Main menuBob Baker, Doctor Who - Nightmare of Eden
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Nightmare of Eden | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Bob Baker | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC3 - BBCDVD 3378 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1979 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101932883-B911 03 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 9224 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 149, rank in dvds is 16. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Amazon online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Part 1 | 24.17 | |||||||||
| A2 | Part 2 | 22.44 | |||||||||
| A3 | Part 3 | 24.06 | |||||||||
| A4 | Part 4 | 24.31 | |||||||||
| A5 | The nightmare of Television Centre | 13.24 | |||||||||
| A6 | Going solo - Writer Bob Baker talks about Nightmare of Eden | 7.45 | |||||||||
| A7 | The Doctor's strange love - Josie Long, Joe Lister and Simon Guerrier | 15.44 | |||||||||
| A8 | Ask Aspel - Lala Ward | 11.03 | |||||||||
| A9 | Coming soon - The Ace box | 2.00 | |||||||||
| A10 | Photo gallery | 5.50 | |||||||||
| A11 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| Total length of media 2:31:24. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
| Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) Lalla Ward (Romana) David Brierley (Voice of K-9 Mk. II) Lewis Fiander - Professor Tryst Jennifer Lonsdale - Della Geoffrey Bateman - Dymond David Daker - Captain Rigg Stephen Jenn - Secker Barry Andrews - Stott Geoffrey Hinsliff - Officer Fisk Peter Craze - Officer Costa Richard Barnes, Sebastian Stride, Eden Phillips Crewmen Annet Peters, Lionel Sansby, Peter Roberts, Maggie Petersen - Passengers Written byBob Baker Produced byGraham Williams Directed byAlan Bromly SynopsisTwo spacecraft fuse in a hyperspace collision. Fortunately the Doctor, Romana and K-9 arrive to help. But when a crewmember is found clawed by a ferocious animal, it seems there's something even more frightening stalking the corridors. The answers lie with zoologist, Professor Tryst, his CET projection machine, and a planet called Eden - the home to the ferocious Mandrels ... BackgroundThough Bob Baker and Dave Martin had decided to stop writing together after their series sixteen story, The Armageddon Factor, Baker had continued to develop proposals for Doctor Who. One of these, Nightmare of Eden, had impressed Script Editor, Douglas Adams, with its originality and relevance. As well as the central drug abuse theme, Baker took his influence from disaster movies of the Seventies such as The Poseidon Adventure, Airport and The Towering Inferno. Unfortunately, the humour and pleasure of the finished story did not extend behind the scenes. The semi-retired Alan Bromly was hired to direct, having previously helmed The Time Warrior. Tom Baker was critical of his uncompromising, old-school methods, having clear ideas about how he should perform. This resulted in a very strained production, finally leading to Bromly quitting and leaving Graham Williams to finish the story. Happily, Williams shows an aptitude for pace, mood and tension, despite the production's growing faults. However, no one could gloss over the Mandrels. Scripted as swamp beasts dripping with mud, they were another case of the programme's budget limiting the realisation, with critics labelling them "cute rejects from The Muppet Show". Nightmare of Eden is a witty, mature story slightly undermined by its overplaying into pantomime. Though it has its defects, it displays them unashamedly and remains clever, bold and dramatic, with an unusually serious anti-drug moral. Yet it still manages to marry beautifully with the Adams-style humour of series seventeen. And that's quite a feat. | ||
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