episode guide
nightmare of eden
story 107 : season 17 : serial 5K : 4 episodes
Producer: Graham Williams
Director: Alan Bromly
Writer: Bob Baker
Script Editor: Douglas Adams
Designer: Roger Cann
cast information
Tom Baker (Doctor Who); Lalla Ward (Romana); David Brierley (voice of K-9); Lewis Fiander (Tryst); Geoffrey Bateman (Dymond); David Daker (Captain Rigg); Barry Andrews (Stott); Jennifer Lonsdale (Della); Geoffrey Hinsliff (Fisk); Peter Craze (Costa); Stephen Jenn (Secker); Richard Barnes (Crewman); Sebastian Stride (Crewman); Eden Phillips (Crewman); Annette Peters (Passenger); Lionel Sansby (Passenger); Peter Roberts (Passenger); Maggie Petersen (Passenger);
crew information
Val McCrimmon (Assistant Floor Manager); Rupert Jarvis (Costumes); Dudley Simpson (Incidental Music); Joan Stribling (Make-Up); Carolyn Montagu (Production Assistant); John Nathan-Turner (Production Unit Manager); Dick Mills (Special Sounds); Warwick Fielding (Studio Lighting); Anthony Philpott (Studio Sound); Delia Derbyshire (Theme Arrangement); Ron Grainer (Title Music); Colin Mapson (Visual Effects);
episode information
Title | First UK Transmission | Duration | Ratings | Archive Status | |
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1 | Part One | 24 November 1979 at 18:00 | 24'17" | 8.7mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
2 | Part Two | 1 December 1979 at 18:00 | 22'44" | 9.6mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
3 | Part Three | 8 December 1979 at 18:00 | 24'06" | 9.6mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
4 | Part Four | 15 December 1979 at 17:55 | 24'31" | 9.4mil | PAL 2 inch colour videotape |
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Part One
» Always held by the FVTL -
Part Two
» Always held by the FVTL -
Part Three
» Always held by the FVTL -
Part Four
» Always held by the FVTL
release information
In Print:
Novelised as: Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden
Written by: Terrance Dicks
Number 045 in the Target Doctor Who Library
Versions | |
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1980 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in hardback With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter ISBN: 0 491 02118 6 |
21 August 1980 |
Published by W. H. Allen, UK
in paperback With cover artwork by: Andrew Skilleter ISBN: 0 426 20130 2 |
plot synopsis
Emerging from Hyperspace at the same moment, a star liner and a freighter crash in space and fuse. The TARDIS lands on board, and the Doctor and Romana find that huge creatures called Mandrels have escaped from a Continuous Event Transmitter, and are roaming the ship killing the passengers. Mandrels disintegrate into a powder when they die, which is also a highly addictive drug called Vraxoin. The Doctor determines to smash the drug ring that is smuggling the live creatures....
links to other sites
- Episode Guide and Production Documents: BBC Official Site -- Official episode guide entry. Based on information combined from The Television Companion and The Discontinuity Guide. Also contains links to original production documents.
- Rankings and Ratings: GEOS Listing -- Online rankings, ratings and reviews database. Vote on this story and view ratings and broadcast information of this story for over ten countries. Also contains details of production credits and summary information
- Episode Guide: Outpost Gallifrey -- A general overview of the story. Includes information from the Doctor Handbook series of books.
- Background Information: A Brief History of Time (Travel) -- Detailed background and behind-the-scenes information
- Detailed Synopsis: Dr. Who Reference Guide -- Contains an episode-by-episode detailed breakdown
- Story Reviews: The Doctor Who Ratings Guide -- Story reviews "by fans, for fans"
- Target Novelisation: On Target -- Details of the Target Novelisation for this story.
- Images: Doctor Who's Tragical History Tour -- Images from the story from "The history of Doctor Who in images."