Doctor Who Guide: Nightmare of Eden

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 518

World Premiere: Sat 24 Nov 1979 - 6:01pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 1 Nov 1981 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 17 seconds

8.70 Million (UK)

Chart Position: 41 () (UK)

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 hide uncredited
Doctor Who		Tom Baker
Romana		Lalla Ward
Tryst		Lewis Fiander
Rigg		David Daker
Dymond		Geoffrey Bateman
Della		Jennifer Lonsdale
Secker		Stephen Jenn
Crewman		Richard Barnes
Voice of K-9		David Brierley
Computer Voice		Pamela Ruddock (uncredited)
Crewman		David Cole (uncredited)
Crewman		Mark Kirby (uncredited)
Crewman		Simon Sutton (uncredited)
Crewman		Terence Creasy (uncredited)
Mandrel		James Muir (uncredited)
Medic		Gary Dean (uncredited)
Medic		Reg Turner (uncredited)
Passenger		Ann Garry Lee (uncredited)
Passenger		Audrey Searle (uncredited)
Passenger		Derek Hunt (uncredited)
Passenger		Derek Hunt (uncredited)
Passenger		Greg Marlow (uncredited)
Passenger		Jay Roberts (uncredited)
Passenger		Jean Channon (uncredited)
Passenger		Jenny Roberts (uncredited)
Passenger		Judy Rodger (uncredited)
Passenger		Madelaine Simpson (uncredited)
Passenger		Pat Judge (uncredited)
Stewardess		Sally Sinclair (uncredited)
Stott		Barry Andrews (uncredited)
Wounded Passenger		Billy Gray (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Bob Baker
Director		Alan Bromly
Producer		Graham Williams
Designer		Roger Cann
Script Editor		Douglas Adams
Costume Designer		Rupert Jarvis
Makeup Artist		Joan Stribling
Visual Effects Designer		Colin Mapson
Video Effects		A J Mitchell
Vision Mixer		Nigel Finnis
Videotape Editor		Rod Waldron
Studio Lighting		Warwick Fielding
Studio Sound		Anthony Philpott
Technical Manager (TM2)		Terry Brett
Senior Cameraman		Peter Hider
Production Assistant		Carolyn Montagu
Production Unit Manager		John Nathan-Turner
Director's Assistant		Monica Rodger
Assistant Floor Manager		Val McCrimmon
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Floor Assistant		Alison Barnett (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Andrew Hunter (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Elizabeth Hardiment (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Carol Smith (uncredited)
Prop Buyer		Robert Fleming (uncredited)
Show Working Supervisor		Chick Hetherington (uncredited)
K9 Operator		Steve Cambden (uncredited)
Title Music		Ron Grainer (uncredited)
Title Music		BBC Radiophonic Workshop (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)

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