Episode 17: The Seeds of Death

Doctor Who: the World Enough and Time podcast

This month, in an episode dedicated to late great Doctor Who legend Terrance Dicks, Andy and Alex look back at one the very first Troughton stories they ever saw: The Seeds of Death. The rewatch prompts them to ask heaps of questions about the the impact of T-Mat on the Earth of the time, as they worry not unduly about the size of T-Mat cubicles, transport infrastructure, obesity and why you’d bother to ship food anywhere if you can control the weather. Before they get to the story though there’s a Janet Fielding-themed quiz to tackle (as suggested by Ian Chambers): ‘Janet or Janot’, and a chat about the relative merits of Wentworth and Prisoner Cell Block H. The Cailleach meanwhile valiantly tries to bring us up-to-date with your Hall of Fame votes but only gets us up to episode 14. Back to Seeds and Andy and Alex are on the Fewsham and Phipps trains respectively, while they both heap praise on Gia Kelly and Zoe. Dressed for Success inevitably focuses on the underpants suits and we reveal which actor in this story ended up paying towards their outfit! We also ask whether you have ever played Doctor Who Pictionary and if Susan ever did anything more significant than befriend Ping-Cho? All this and cocking-a-snook at NASA and the space race. What more could you possibly want? Spacesuits? Gravity? Backwards projected countdowns? Space madness? Another space museum? Next month: Planet of the Spiders