Serial: 5K
Episode Nos. 518, 519, 520, and 521. Title: Nightmare of
A hyperspace accident has caused two ships to collide and meld. Answering the distress call,
the Doctor sets about finding a way to separate the ships again. His efforts become hindered by
a passenger's machine that holds within its systems whole portions of worlds, and its unstable
interface with the collision zone that allows monstrous creatures from the machine to escape.
To make matters worse, a fatally addicting drug is being smuggled on one of the ships, and the
smugglers will let nothing interfere with their run...
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Lalla Ward as Romana, and David Brierley as the
Voice of K9.
Written by Bob Baker, Produced by Graham Williams, and Directed by Alan Bromly.
Originally
transmitted from
DVD Features:
- All 4
episodes of the story digitally remastered and
restored.
- Graphical menus, episode and scene
selection features, and subtitles for the hearing
impaired.
- Optional commentary track with a rotation of contributors. They are actors Lalla
Ward
and Peter Craze (Costa), writer Bob Baker, visual effects
designer Colin Mapson,
and make-up designer Joan Stribling. Moderated by Toby Hadoke.
- Information Text subtitles
option. Displays
pop-up production trivia throughout the story.
- The Nightmare of Television
Centre. A 13-minute featurette
about the fractious making
of this story, featuring most of the commentary
track contributors as well as assistant
floor manager Val McCrimmon.
- Going Solo. An 8-minute interview with writer Bob Baker
about how he tackled writing
for the series on his own after 8 years of
working in a partnership previously.
- The Doctor's Strange Love. A 16-minute discussion between young
professional writers
Simon Guerrier (of Big Finish Doctor Who audios), Josie Long (British
TV writer), and
Joe Lidster (from The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood)
about what they thought
of this story.
- Ask Aspel. An 11-minute interview with
Lalla Ward from a British talk show in 1980.
- Photo Gallery. Plays 6 minutes worth of
still photos taken during the production.
- Coming Soon trailer for Dragonfire and The
Happiness Patrol. 2 minutes.
- PDF Materials. Place this disc into a computer and you can
have a look at the Radio
Times billing for this story from 1979.
