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Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden

A freak accident leaves two dangerously unstable spacecraft locked together, and a horde of monsters unleashed on their passengers.

Release Date : 1979-12-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : The Doctor

Original Name : Tom Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Romana

Original Name : Lalla Ward

Gender : Female

Character Name : K9 (voice)

Original Name : David Brierly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tryst

Original Name : Lewis Fiander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rigg

Original Name : David Daker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dymond

Original Name : Geoffrey Bateman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Della

Original Name : Jennifer Lonsdale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secker

Original Name : Stephen Jenn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman

Original Name : Richard Barnes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stott

Original Name : Barry Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Fisk

Original Name : Geoffrey Hinsliff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Costa

Original Name : Peter Craze

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passenger

Original Name : Annet Peters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passenger

Original Name : Lionel Sansby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passenger

Original Name : Maggie Petersen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman

Original Name : Sebastian Stride

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crewman

Original Name : Eden Phillips

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-08-21

This time, it's not the TARDIS that dematerialises in the wrong place for a change, but a star cruiser that comes out of warp and crashes headlong into a scientific venture aboard the ominously named "Hecate". Their distress beacon is what brings our travellers to the rescue, and quickly they are embroiled in some intra-temporal shenanigans that release the "Mandrels" from another dimension onto the ship who begin eating the economy passengers! It's also a bit worrying that there is a drugs smuggling operation going on here too - and, of course, the "Doctor" (Tom Baker) and "Romana" (Lalla Ward) are initially suspects before, well you know the drill by now... I don't recall "K9" ever needing his laser quite so often before, but phew are they glad he is there as this mystery becomes quite (tea time) violent. This isn't really one of the best stories and the cast - especially "Prof. Tryst" (Lewis Flander) with his seriously ropey Eastern European accent and David Daker hamming it up as the captain don't really do much to help pad out what is a really quite thin plot. There are times when I'm sure Baker looks like he's laughing... Not the best, maybe the best of the worst?