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{{Infobox TV|
{{Infobox ClassicTV|
story name=Nightmare of Eden|
story name=Nightmare of Eden|
image= [[Image:Nightmare_title.jpg|250px]]|
image= [[Image:Nightmare_title.jpg|250px]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]], [[Season 17]] |
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[TV stories|TV Stories]]|
number= 107 |
number= [[Season 17]]|
story number= 107|
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
doctor=[[Fourth Doctor]] |
companions= [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mk2]]|
companions= [[Romana II]], [[K9 Mk2]]|
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year= [[2116]]|
year= [[2116]]|
writer= [[Bob Baker]]|
writer= [[Bob Baker]]|
director=  [[Alan Bromly]], [[Graham Williams]] (uncredited)|
director=  [[Alan Bromly]]<br> [[Graham Williams]] (uncredited)|
producer= [[Graham Williams]]|
producer= [[Graham Williams]]|
broadcast date= [[24th November]] - [[15th December]] [[1979]]|
broadcast date= [[24th November]] - [[15th December]] [[1979]]|
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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
The TARDIS arrives on the space liner [[Empress (spaceship)|Empress]] which has become locked together with a private ship, the [[Hecate (spaceship)|Hecate]], after colliding with it on emerging from hyperspace.
The TARDIS arrives on the space liner ''[[Empress (spaceship)|Empress]]'' which has become locked together with a private ship, the [[Hecate (spaceship)|Hecate]], after colliding with it on emerging from hyperspace.


The Doctor and Romana meet the scientist Tryst, who has with him a [[Continuous Event Transmuter]] (CET) machine containing crystals on which are stored supposed recordings of planets that he and his team have visited.
The Doctor and Romana meet the scientist Tryst, who has with him a [[Continuous Event Transmuter]] (CET) machine containing crystals on which are stored supposed recordings of planets that he and his team have visited.
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==References==
==References==
*[[Mandrel]]s  
*[[Vraxoin]] is also known as XYP, it is a [[fungus]], it induces apathy.
*[[Vraxoin]]
*[[Mandrel]]s when electrocuted turn into Vraxoin.
*The ''[[Empress (spaceship)|Empress]]'', with 900 passengers, commutes between [[Station 9]] and [[Azure]] in the [[Western Galaxy]].
*Examples of life from various planets are stored in the [[Continuous Event Transmuter]] (CET), including [[Eden]], [[Gidi]], [[Zil]], [[Bros]], [[Vij]], [[Darp]], [[Lvan]] and [[Ranx]].
*[[Galactic Salvage Insurance]], whom the Doctor claims to work for, was formed in [[London]] in [[2068]] and was liquidated in [[2096]].
*Stott is a Major in the intelligence section of the [[Space Corps]].
*The Doctor asks whether the CET features a [[spatial integrator]], a [[transmutation oscillator]], a [[hologistic retention circuit]] or a [[dimensional osmosis damper]].
*Tryst and Dymond plan to smuggle vraxoin with an [[entuckor laser]].


==Story Notes==
==Story Notes==
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''to be added''
''to be added''


===Location Filming===
===Filming Locations===
''to be added''
*[[BBC Television Centre]] (Studio 6), Shepherd's Bush, [[London]]


===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
''to be added''
*In episode two, when K9 seals up the wall panel, a hand emerges to hold the thing in place.
*When Della gets shot in the face in episode four, she clutches her stomach.


==Continuity==
==Continuity==
''to be added''
*The CET machine recalls elements of the miniscope see in [[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''.


==Novelisation==
==Novelisation==
[[Image:Nightmare of Eden novel.jpg|right|75px]]
[[Image:Nightmare of Eden novel.jpg|right|75px]]
: ''Main article: [[Doctor Who and the Nighmare of Eden)]]'''
: ''Main article: [[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]'''


* Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]].
* Novelised as ''[[Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden]]'' by [[Terrance Dicks]].


==See Also==
==See also==
*[[Carnival of Monsters]]
''to be added''


==DVD and Video Releases ==
==DVD and Video Releases ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/nightmareofeden/ BBC '''Nightmare of Eden''' episode guide]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/nightmareofeden/ BBC Episode Guide to '''Nightmare of Eden''']
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=5k Outpost Gallifrey '''Nightmare of Eden''' page]
* [http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=5k Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: '''Nightmare of Eden''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_5k.htm The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of '''Nightmare of Eden''']
* [http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_5k.htm Doctor Who Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - '''Nightmare of Eden''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5k.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide to '''Nightmare of Eden''']
* [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/serials/5k.html A Brief History of Time (Travel) Guide: '''Nightmare of Eden''']


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Revision as of 14:09, 8 September 2008


Synopsis

The TARDIS arrives on the space liner Empress which has become locked together with a private ship, the Hecate, after colliding with it on emerging from hyperspace.

The Doctor and Romana meet the scientist Tryst, who has with him a Continuous Event Transmuter (CET) machine containing crystals on which are stored supposed recordings of planets that he and his team have visited.

Someone on board the liner is smuggling the dangerously addictive drug vraxoin, and to complicate matters the interface between the two ships allows some monstrous Mandrels from the mud-swamps of Eden to escape from the CET machine - which does not merely take recordings but actually displaces whole planetary areas into its crystals.

The smugglers are revealed to be Tryst and the Hecate's pilot, Dymond. Vraxoin is in fact the material into which the Mandrels decompose when they are killed. The Doctor thwarts this plan, separates the two ships and returns the Mandrels to Eden.

Plot

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Cast

Crew

References

Story Notes

  • Vraxoin was originally called 'xylophilin', but was changed so as not to sound appealing to children.
  • This story had the working title of Nightmare of Evil.

Ratings

  • Part 1 - 8.7 million viewers
  • Part 2 - 9.6 million viewers
  • Part 3 - 9.6 million viewers
  • Part 4 - 9.4 million viewers

Myths

to be added

Filming Locations

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • In episode two, when K9 seals up the wall panel, a hand emerges to hold the thing in place.
  • When Della gets shot in the face in episode four, she clutches her stomach.

Continuity

Novelisation

Nightmare of Eden novel.jpg
Main article: Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden'

See also

to be added

DVD and Video Releases

to be added

External Links

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