Doctor Who Guide: Paradise Towers

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Part One

Series Episode Number: 658

World Premiere: Mon 5 Oct 1987 - 7:34pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Sun 1 Jan 1989 - 11:00pm CST [WTTW 11 Chicago]
Running Time: 24 minutes 33 seconds

4.50 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 61 (UK)

Chart Position: 88 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 04 Jun 1987 in Television Centre 1

The legendary Paradise Towers is supposed to be the height of luxury but when the Doctor and Mel arrive, they find it is as far from paradise as possible

Characters hide uncredited
The Doctor		Sylvester McCoy
Melanie Bush		Bonnie Langford
Chief Caretaker		Richard Briers CBE
Deputy Chief		Clive Merrison
Tilda		Brenda Bruce
Tabby		Elizabeth Spriggs
Fire Escape		Julie Brennon
Bin Liner		Annabel Yuresha
Pex		Howard Cooke
Blue Kang Leader		Catherine Cusack
Yellow Kang		Astra Sheridan
Young Caretaker		Joseph Young
Red Kang		Louise Clifford (uncredited)
Red Kang		Martha Stylianou (uncredited)
Red Kang		Jennie Slade (uncredited)
Red Kang		Julietta Horde (uncredited)
Red Kang		Roberta Wells (uncredited)
Red Kang		Elizabeth Gardner (uncredited)
Red Kang		Lottie Winter (uncredited)
Red Kang		Nisha Nayar (uncredited)
Red Kang		Helen Fung (uncredited)
Red Kang		Christina Clark (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Leigh Funnell (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Heather Mair Thomas (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Liz Wood (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Tanya Davidson-Jones (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Harriet Eedle (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Suzanna Cardash (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Iona Dean (uncredited)
Caretaker		Rupert Clive (uncredited)
Caretaker		James Carrington (uncredited)
Caretaker		Andrew J Bush (uncredited)
Caretaker		Barrimore (uncredited)
Caretaker		Don Weinstein (uncredited)
Caretaker		William Perrie (uncredited)

Production Teamhide uncredited
Writer		Stephen Wyatt
Director		Nicholas Mallett
Producer		John Nathan-Turner
Designer		Martin Collins
Script Editor		Andrew Cartmel
Graphic Designer		Oliver Elmes
Costume Designer		Janet Tharby
Makeup Designer		Shaunna Harrison
Lighting Director		Henry Barber
Sound		Brian Clark
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Manager (TM2)		Richard Wilson
Studio Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Visual Effects Designer		Simon Taylor
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Production Manager		Ian Fraser
Production Associate		Ann Faggetter
Production Assistant		Frances Graham
Assistant Floor Manager		Val McCrimmon
Title Music		Ron Grainer
Title Music Arranger		Keff McCulloch
Incidental Music		Keff McCulloch
Special Sound		Dick Mills
Stunt coordinator		Roy Scammell (uncredited)
OB Lighting		Ian Dow (uncredited)
OB Sound		Doug Whittaker (uncredited)
OB Cameraman		David Hunter (uncredited)
OB Cameraman		Alisdair Mitchell (uncredited)
Visual Effects Assistant		Mark Collcutt (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Jane Litherland (uncredited)
Costume Assistant		Charlotte Palmer (uncredited)
Design Assistant		Philip Harvey (uncredited)
Production Secretary		Kate Esteal (uncredited)
Dresser		Belinda Peters (uncredited)
Dresser		Lena Hansen (uncredited)
Dresser		Lisa Pembroke (uncredited)
Dresser		Tom Reeve (uncredited)
Dresser		Leslie Bingham (uncredited)
Dresser		Liz Scammell (uncredited)
Dresser		Bob Springett (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Sharon Walsh (uncredited)
Makeup (Assistant)		Wendy Holmes (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Bob Sutton (uncredited)
Props Buyer		Steve Dolphin (uncredited)
Studio Engineer		Dan Shaw (uncredited)
Studio Engineer		Peter Brown (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Mike Weaver (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		Derrick Perry (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		Len Hunt (uncredited)
Lighting Chargehand		Geoff Allen (uncredited)
Production Operative		Stan Cresswell (uncredited)
Production Operative		Barry Du Pile (uncredited)
Production Operative		Dave Rogers (uncredited)
Computer Animation		CAL Video (uncredited)
Production Operative Supervisor		Les Runham (uncredited)
OB Sound Assistant		Peter Hales (uncredited)
OB Sound Assistant		Dave Roll (uncredited)
OB Vision Supervisor		Barry Milne (uncredited)
OB Videotape Engineer		Dave Lees (uncredited)
Racks Engineer		David Taylor (uncredited)
Racks Engineer		Dave Packham (uncredited)
Rigger Supervisor		Mick Keates (uncredited)
Rigger Driver		John Cowling (uncredited)
Rigger Driver		Ron Bentley (uncredited)

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