Doctor Who Guide: Paradise Towers

Last updated 09 January 2020

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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)

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 include uncredited
The Doctor		Sylvester McCoy
Melanie		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

Production Team include 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
Lighting Director		Henry Barber
Sound		Brian Clark
Vision Mixer		Shirley Coward
Videotape Editor		Hugh Parson
Technical Coordinator		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

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