Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

1976 · 150 MIN · IMDB 8.5 · 721 VOTES · DIR. Douglas Camfield

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Overview

When scientists in the Antarctic uncover a mysterious seed pod, the Doctor is called in to investigate. He soon realises it is extraterrestrial and extremely dangerous. At the same time, however, ruthless millionaire plant-lover Harrison Chase has learned of the find and decides he must have the pod for his collection of rare and beautiful flora. Meanwhile the pod itself harbours intelligent life with sinister plans of its own...

Dialogue Timeline — 352 lines

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00:00:02 (DOCTOR WHO THEME)
00:02:06 I guess about the ninth layer.
00:02:44 -JOHN: Don't you feel it? -Feel what?
00:03:40 Personally, I don't think you can help us.
00:04:28 Shh.
00:05:36 It's growing, five centimetres since this morning.
00:06:17 Until this Doctor character arrives, why should we? It's our pod.
00:07:26 No answer.
00:08:17 from some other biosphere.
00:09:26 We shall meet again very soon to discuss your remuneration.
00:11:08 ''Pod carries infection. Winlett seriously ill.
00:12:01 How many of you live here?
00:12:58 I've been trying to keep him warm, but it's dropping hourly.
00:13:48 (BEEPING)
00:14:28 They were in white-out conditions and their snowcat's fallen into a crevasse.
00:15:20 I put it under a lamp and it started to expand.
00:17:23 Who sold you that, an Eskimo?
00:18:12 -Schizophytes. -DOCTOR: Exactly.
00:18:58 Will they be able to help that man?
00:19:37 An obvious question. I wish I knew the answer.
00:20:28 Sorry to be such a nuisance.
00:21:20 What good would that do? Can't you see the infection's all over his body?
00:21:59 Oh, at least you could try.
01:00:00 to discuss the weather, Mr Moberley.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed352
Dialogue density2.3 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:00:00

Production Record

DirectorDouglas Camfield
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes721