The Seeds of Death

Story Code: XX / Season 6	UK Airdate: 25 Jan to 1 Mar 1969	Doctor: Patrick Troughton
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This story aired in the following countries. They are listed in chronological order according to known airdate. (Refer also to Selling Doctor Who for expanded airdates.)

Australia	Sep 70	b/w
Hong Kong	Dec 70	b/w
Singapore	Apr 71	b/w
Gibraltar	Jun 72	b/w
Zambia	Feb 76	b/w

• Hong Kong presumably sent its films to Singapore soon after transmission, as that was the fate of the RTV prints of The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear.
• The ABC in Australia returned its prints to the BBC on 4 June 1975.
• Some of the ex-Australian films may have been sent to Zambia.
• A 16mm b/w print of episode 2 was found in Taiwan in 2013. It is believed to have been part of a package acquired for free by the AFRTS /American Armed Forces Network in the mid-1970s, however no airdates have been found.
• See also the Troughton Junkings page.

Reissue

• The serial was reissued by the BBC in late 1985, and sold for the first time to:

United States	from Feb 86	b/w
New Zealand	Nov 88	b/w
Canada	1990s	b/w

US TV Guide descriptions

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Title: The Seeds of Death

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