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Season 24 (1987)


Paradise Towers

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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Paradise Towers

Story Number: 145 (7E)

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Writer: Stephen Wyatt
Director: Nicholas Mallett

Starring: : Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Julie Brennon, Richard Briers CBE, Brenda Bruce, Howard Cooke, Judy Cornwell, Elizabeth Spriggs

No of Episodes: 4
First Broadcast: Mon 05 Oct 1987 - Mon 26 Oct 1987
Running Time: 98 minutes 3 seconds


Average Audience: 4.92 Million       Average AI: 59


Mel wants to go swimming so the Doctor takes her to a tower block called Paradise Towers where there is reputed to be a fantastic pool. When they arrive they discover that the place is far from being the superb leisure resort they had expected - it is run-down and dilapidated.

The hallways are roamed by gangs of young girls known as Kangs; the apartments are inhabited by cannibalistic old ladies, the Rezzies; and the building is managed by a group of dictatorial caretakers, presided over by the Chief Caretaker…