Doctor Who Guide: Paradise Towers

Last updated 24 March 2024

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Series Episode Number: 661

World Premiere: Mon 26 Oct 1987 - 7:35pm GMT [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
First Broadcast: Tue 23 Jun 2015 - 8:30pm EDT [Retro TV]
Running Time: 24 minutes 21 seconds

5.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 57 (UK)

Chart Position: 93 () (UK)

Recorded on Thu 18 Jun 1987 in Television Centre 1

Kroagnon has been reborn and is using the Chief Caretaker's reanimated corpse to move around Paradise Towers. To stop him the Doctor must teach the residents teamwork.

Characters include uncredited
The Doctor		Sylvester McCoy
Melanie Bush		Bonnie Langford
Chief Caretaker		Richard Briers CBE
Deputy Chief		Clive Merrison
Maddy		Judy Cornwell
Pex		Howard Cooke
Fire Escape		Julie Brennon
Bin Liner		Annabel Yuresha
Blue Kang Leader		Catherine Cusack

Production Team hide 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
Make-up Designer		Shaunna Harrison
Studio Lighting		Henry Barber
Studio Sound		Brian Clark
Technical Coordinator		Richard Wilson
Studio Camera Supervisor		Alec Wheal
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Visual Effects Designer		Simon Taylor
Video Effects		Dave Chapman
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
OB Lighting		Ian Dow
OB Sound		Doug Whittaker
OB Cameraman		David Hunter
OB Cameraman		Alisdair Mitchell
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
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)
Make-Up Assistant		Sharon Walsh (uncredited)
Make-Up 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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