

13 minutes of Doctor Who chaos that explains SO much.
A look back at the somewhat troubled production of Nightmare of Eden with three of the behind-the-scenes crew who worked on it.
Production
Effects wizard Colin Mapson's brutally honest war stories.
Editing
Snappy 13-minute runtime respects your time perfectly.
Director
Ed Stradling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nightmare of Eden's infamous 'Mandrel' monsters were so poorly received that crew members still roast them decades later — the doc captures rare on-camera shadethrowing from effects veterans.
This short is part of a wave of 2000s-2010s Doctor Who DVD documentaries that finally let classic era crews speak candidly about BBC working conditions, before many passed away.
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