The Seeds of Doom

(Series 13, Episodes 21-26)

Summary: Not to be confused with The Seeds of Death; these are seeds of doooooom, where Doctor Who meets Tarantino and people are minced alive into compost. Crazy botanist Chase, a composer who just wants to be a plant (he would’ve enjoyed Dance and Movement at my primary school), really doesn’t like bonsai.  The Doctor and Sarah turn into a crack hand-to-hand combat team, UNIT-lite turns up and people pop back and forth from Antarctica as if they’re just nipping to the shops.

Watch it because: An impressively fiery finale.

Original Air Date: 31 January – 6 March 1976.

Doctor: Tom Baker.

Companions: Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen).

Writer: Robert Banks Stewart.

Director: Douglas Camfield.

Producer: Philip Hinchcliffe.