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In the third episode of the four-part story "Nightmare of Eden," the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) brave the horrors of Eden, a hyperspace "virtual reality" world created by the fusion of two space cruisers. It is hard to determine which is the greater threat: the rampaging Mandrels, animals which have escaped from an electronic menagerie, or two warring gangs of drug smugglers -- one of whom was indirectly responsible for causing the fusion in the first place. Originally telecast December 8, 1979, "Nightmare of Eden, Episode 3" was written by Bob Baker and codirected by Alan Bromly and (uncredited) Graham Williams.