Review The Seeds of Death (1969)

Doctor Omega

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Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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I like this one. The Ice Warriors are very brutal in it throughout. The guest actors are well played in it too. A nice character arc for one of the base personnel too where he goes from cowardice and self preservation to bravery and self sacrifice is something that the new series could see more of. But would it be as well played these days? I doubt it.

Poor Troughton must have been knackered as he approached the end of his reign. And episode one has that cheeky ad lib:

"Look at the size of that one, Doctor!"

"Yes Jamie. It is a big one!"
 
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Alan Bennion appeared in 13 episodes of Doctor Who, playing Ice Lords in three serials featuring the Ice Warriors.

He first played Slaar, the leader of the Ice Warriors in the 1969 second Doctor story The Seeds of Death. He returned to the series in 1972 playing Izlyr, the Ice Warrior delegate to Peladon alongside the third Doctor, in The Curse of Peladon. His final appearance as a martian came in 1974 when he played Azaxyr. the leader of the Galactic Federation troops, sent to Peladon in the story The Monster of Peladon

Other television roles included playing The Scorpion in Sexton Blake, the Magistrate in Oliver Twist and Ted Williams in Juliet Bravo. He appeared in A Family at War, Z Cars, The Gentle Touch and Sorry!.


Alan Bennion passed away in July, 2018
 
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