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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 [[Ultimate Defence of the Realm|the RAF]].
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{{quote|"If that Krynoid spawns it will mean the end of everything, even your pension!"}}
* [[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/Recap/20th AS the Five Doctors
* [[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.
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