Arnold Keeler

Arnold Keeler
Species:	[[species::Human (Later Krynoid)|Human]]
Place of origin:	Earth
Appearances:	DW: The Seeds of Doom
Main actor:	[[actor::Mark Jones|Mark Jones]]

Arnold Keeler was a botanist working for Harrison Chase.

Biography

Recovering the pod

On Chase's orders, Keeler and Scorby went to Antarctica to steal the Krynoid pod discovered there and bring it to England.

Keeler's biology changes. (DW: The Seeds of Doom)

While performing experiments on the pod, it infected Keeler and he slowly transformed into a Krynoid himself. His biology changed from that of an animal to a plant. Keeler grew angry at Chase as he refused him medical attention and locked him up to study, feeding him on raw meat. As he fully changed he effectively ceased to exist.

As a Krynoid

Keeler grew to gigantic size, became psychically linked to Chase, and took control of the nearby plant life as part of its plan to take over the world. It was destroyed when Major Beresford of UNIT, on the Fourth Doctor's advice, called in an aerial attack to bomb Chase Mansion. (DW: The Seeds of Doom)