But when the TARDIS materializes in a dark, rubbish-filled, rat-infested alley, it seems that this particular paradise has turned to hell!

Pursued by rogue cleaning machines, authoritarian caretakers and old ladies with strange eating habits, the Doctor and Mel track down the source of the chaos to one mysterious figure - the Grand Architect himself...
 

Much in need of a holiday, the Doctor and Mel head for Paradise Towers, a luxury man-made planet with sparkling fountains, sunny streets and a shimmering blue swimming pool.

But when the TARDIS materializes in a dark, rubbish-filled, rat-infested alley, it seems that this particular paradise has turned to hell!

Pursued by rogue cleaning machines, authoritarian caretakers and old ladies with strange eating habits, the Doctor and Mel track down the source of the chaos to one mysterious figure - the Grand Architect himself ...

Doctor Who - Paradise Towers was first broadcast on BBC television in 1987. This is a novelisation by Stephen Wyatt of his own original script.
 

"A visitor? Well it must be a long time since the Tower saw any of those."

Built towards the end of the twenty-first century, Paradise Towers is a massive housing block stretching up towards the sky. With its beautiful decor, smart apartments, fantastic facilities and high standards of maintainance, it is hardly suprising that the architect Kroagnon, won many professional awards.

Mels wants to go swimming and as the TARDIS pool has been jettisoned due to a leak, Paradise Towers seems to fit the bill. However, when she and the Doctor arrive, instead of the bright squares and charming cloisters the brochure promised, they find dark, rat-infested corridors full of uncontrollable machines, undiscipolined street gangs and over-worked and beligerent caretakers, some of whom are disappearing in mysterious circumstances.

What has caused such terrible decay? How could such perfect accomodation have become so run down and dangerous? And why are the street-wise Kangs, apathetic caretakers, sinister rezzies and Pex - the sef-appointed warrior who puts the worldof Paradise Towers to rights - all fear whatever terrible force dwells in the basement? Only the unpredictable Chief Caretaker knows what is down there - and the real secret behind the disappearances...

Running time: 98 mins approx.

Produced by John Nathan-Turner
Directed by Nicholas Mallett
Cover Illustration by Colin Howard