Doctor Who Guide: Paradise Towers

Last updated 24 March 2024

Part Three

Series Episode Number: 660

World Premiere: Mon 19 Oct 1987 - 7:36pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 23 Jun 2015 - 8:00pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 30 seconds

Appreciation Index: 58 (UK)

Chart Position: 79 () (UK)

Recorded on Wed 17 Jun 1987 in Television Centre 1

Mel and Pex play cat and mouse with the lethal cleaner robots while the Doctor and the surviving Kangs learn all about Kroagnon the Great Architect.

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
Maddy		Judy Cornwell
Pex		Howard Cooke
Fire Escape		Julie Brennon
Bin Liner		Annabel Yuresha
Blue Kang Leader		Catherine Cusack
Video Commentary		Simon Coady
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		Tanya Davidson-Jones (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Harriet Eedle (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Suzanna Cardash (uncredited)
Blue Kang		Leigh Funnell (uncredited)
Caretaker		James Carrington (uncredited)
Caretaker		Andrew J Bush (uncredited)
Caretaker		Don Weinstein (uncredited)
Caretaker		William Perrie (uncredited)
Caretaker		Barrimore (uncredited)
Caretaker		Nick Santini (uncredited)

Production Teaminclude 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