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The Keelernoid grows bigger and bigger, eventually beginning to take over Chase's mansion, while the mad collector decides to turn the Doctor into compost to feed it - but ends up falling into the crusher himself, while the Krynoid is bombed by [[Ultimate Defence of the Realm|the RAF]].
The Keelernoid grows bigger and bigger, eventually beginning to take over Chase's mansion, while the mad collector decides to turn the Doctor into compost to feed it - but ends up falling into the crusher himself, while the Krynoid is bombed by [[Ultimate Defence of the Realm|the RAF]].


Not to be confused with "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S6 E5 The Seedsof Death|The Seeds of Death]]".
Not to be confused with "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S6 E5 The Seedsof Death|The Seeds of Death]]".


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* [[Plant Aliens]]
* [[Plant Aliens]]
* [[Put On a Bus]]: This serial marked the last appearance of UNIT in the series for a long time. Except for a minor appearance in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/20th AS the Five Doctors/Recap|The Five Doctors]]'', there wouldn't be another UNIT story until ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S26 E1 Battlefield|Battlefield]]'' 13 years later.
* [[Put On a Bus]]: This serial marked the last appearance of UNIT in the series for a long time. Except for a minor appearance in ''[[Doctor Who/20th AS the Five Doctors/Recap|The Five Doctors]]'', there wouldn't be another UNIT story until ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26 E1 Battlefield|Battlefield]]'' 13 years later.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: When Amelia, who Chase tried to welsh on earlier, comes around demanding her money for the painting she did, Chase not only pays what he owes but ''doubles it'' in order to get her out of his house as quickly as possible. See also [[Rewarded As a Traitor Deserves]] below.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: When Amelia, who Chase tried to welsh on earlier, comes around demanding her money for the painting she did, Chase not only pays what he owes but ''doubles it'' in order to get her out of his house as quickly as possible. See also [[Rewarded As a Traitor Deserves]] below.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Scorby. Chase's house is also guarded by his private security force armed with Uzis.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Scorby. Chase's house is also guarded by his private security force armed with Uzis.

Revision as of 10:52, 25 January 2014

 Harrison Chase: "What do you do for an encore, Doctor?"

The Doctor: "I win."

"You and your kind are nothing but parasites. You're dependent upon us for the air you breathe and the food you eat. We have only one use for you..."
—The Krynoid, speaking through Harrison Chase

The TARDIS arrives in England as two large alien seed-pods are found in the Antarctic permafrost. Helicoptered out to the Antarctic base to see for himself, the Doctor identifies them as Krynoids - a particularly rapacious plant that will, if allowed to germinate, consume all life on Earth.

One of the scientists, Winlett, is infected by the pod and begins to turn into a Krynoid himself, but is destroyed by a bomb set by two mercenaries called Scorby and Keeler, who steal the other pod on behalf of their employer, plant collector Harrison Chase. Chase takes Sarah hostage and plans to open the pod in her presence, which will infect her. The Doctor rescues Sarah and it is Keeler who is infected. This doesn't bother Chase much, and he begins to feed Keeler raw meat to accelerate the transformation.

The Keelernoid grows bigger and bigger, eventually beginning to take over Chase's mansion, while the mad collector decides to turn the Doctor into compost to feed it - but ends up falling into the crusher himself, while the Krynoid is bombed by the RAF.

Not to be confused with "The Seeds of Death".

Tropes

  • BBC Quarry: As Antarctica with a white paint job. A different part of the same quarry was then used as an actual quarry for the fight scene between the Doctor and Chase's chauffeur.
  • Body Horror: There's no other way to describe the Krynoid transformation.
  • Bond Villain Stupidity: Scorby, all the time.
  • Conveyor Belt O' Doom: Leading into Chase's compost machine.
  • Doomy Dooms of Doom
  • Dressing As the Enemy: The Doctor gains entry to Chase's mansion by stealing the hat and coat of the limo driver who tried to kill him and just driving through the front gate. Once he actually gets out of the car and the guards realize he's not the regular driver, the disguise fails. Hilarity Ensues.
  • Evil Is Not a Toy
  • Fate Worse Than Death: "It's more serious than death, Mr. Stevenson. He's changing form."
  • For Science!: Chase's original motivation until the Krynoids possessed him.
  • Frickin' Laser Beams: UNIT now has rather clunky and homemade-looking laser guns. It still does little more than annoy.
  • Garden of Evil: Chase's estate is turned into one of these as all the flora falls under the control of the Krynoid.
  • "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Averted by the first Krynoid, as the Doctor makes it clear that Winlett's consciousness was destroyed at a relatively early stage of the infection. Subverted by the second Krynoid, as it's revealed that the Krynoid did keep some of Keeler's personality... but only enough to enable it to speak English.
  • Karmic Death: Chase ends up shredded in his own human compost machine, after trying to drag the Doctor in. While the Doctor was trying to save him.
  • Kill Us Both: the Doctor ends the story by calling in an air strike on a building he's trapped in. He gets out in time.
  • Little Old Lady Investigates: Amelia Ducat.
  • Man-Eating Plant
  • Minion With an F In Evil: Keeler is only a botanist, sure, but you'd think Chase would've sent someone more ruthless to assist Scorby in Antarctica. Keeler objects to everything Scorby does and even initially refuses to use a gun. When he finally accepts a gun the poor guy is such a nervous wreck it's amazing he doesn't accidentally shoot himself.
  • Moral Guardians: one of a number of Who stories from the era to be specifically attacked by Mary Whitehouse. In this case, she complained about "strangulation by obscene vegetable matter" and the possibility of children imitating the scene where Scorby makes a petrol bomb.
  • Mysterious Antarctica
  • Not My Driver
  • Obstructive Bureaucrat: The Doctor demonstrates how to get their co-operation.

 "If that Krynoid spawns it will mean the end of everything, even your pension!"

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