Season 17 (1979-1980)

Nightmare of Eden: Part One

Last Updated 06 May 2013 by Chuck Foster

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Part One

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 518

First Broadcast: Sat 24 Nov 1979 - 06:01:18pm
Running Time: 24 minutes 17 seconds

Chart Position: 41
Recorded on Sun 12 Aug 1979 in Television Centre 6

A terrible hyperspace accident results in two starships becoming locked together. The Doctor arrives and discovers that the incident may have also released a deadly menace.

Characters include uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Voice of K-9		David Brierley
Romana		Lalla Ward
Dymond		Geoffrey Bateman
Della		Jennifer Lonsdale
Stott		Barry Andrews
Crewman		Richard Barnes
Rigg		David Daker
Tryst		Lewis Fiander
Secker		Stephen Jenn
Computer Voice		Pamela Ruddock

Production Team include uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Director		Alan Bromly
Director		Graham Williams
Producer		Graham Williams
Script Editor		Douglas Adams
Designer		Roger Cann
Studio Lighting		Warwick Fielding
Costume Designer		Rupert Jarvis
Visual Effects Designer		Colin Mapson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Studio Sound		Anthony Philpott
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Make-up Artist		Joan Stribling
Assistant Floor Manager		Val McCrimmon
Production Assistant		Carolyn Montagu
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner

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