| "Nightmare of Eden" Part One | |
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| Air date | November 24th, 1979 |
| Writers | David Fisher Douglas Adams Graham Williams |
| Director | Michael Hayes |
| Producers | Graham Williams |
| Starring | Tom Baker; Lalla Ward |
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"Nightmare of Eden (Part 1)" is the first part of the "Nightmare of Eden" storyline, which ran through episodes 13-16 in series 17 of Doctor Who. The episodes originally aired on BBC1 from November 24th to December 15th, 1979. It was directed by Michael Hayes and written by David Fisher, Douglas Adams and Graham Williams, all credited under the single pseudonym of David Agnew. In this episode, Scaroth captures Romana and blackmails her into completing Kerensky's work on his time machine. The Doctor fails to prevent him from activating it, and must follow him back to Earth's primordial past to stop him from preventing the development of the human race.