The Paradise of Death
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| The Paradise of Death | |
| Series: | Doctor Who - BBC Radio Dramas |
| Release Number: | 01 |
| Doctor: | Third Doctor |
| Companions: | Sarah Jane Smith |
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| Writer: | Barry Letts |
| Director: | Phil Clarke |
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| Publisher: | BBC Radio |
| Release Date: | 1993 (original play) ---- (cassette) 2000 (CD) |
| Format: | CD |
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| ISBN: | ISBN 0-563-55323-5 |
| Previous Story: | none |
| Following Story: | The Ghosts of N-Space |
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
When a horrific and inexplicable death occurs at Space World, a new theme park on Hampstead Heath, UNIT is called in to investigate. The Doctor is highly suspicious. Just who controls the Parakon Corporation, the shadowy organization behind the running of the park? What is "Experienced Reality" and what are the limits of its awesome powers?
[edit] Cast & Characters
- The Doctor - Jon Pertwee
- Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Nicholas Courtney
- Freeth - Harold Innocent
- Tragan - Peter Miles
- President - Maurice Denham
- Jeremy Fitzoliver - Richard Pearce
- Crestin / Bill / Radio Voice / Ambulance Man / Man - Andrew Wincott
- Nobby / Kitson / Wilkins / Soldier - Dominic Letts
- Grebber / Reporter - Brian Hall
- Clorinda / Sec. Gen. of the U.N. - Jillie Meers
- General Commanding Unit - John Hardwood
- Odun / Patrol Leader - John Fleming
- Captain Waldo Rudley - Jonathan Tafler
- Onya - Jane Slavin
- Greckle - Emma Myant
- Rasco Heldal - Michael Onslow
- Medan / Hunter - David Holt
- Echolocation Operator / Lexhan - Julian Rhind Tutt
- Kaido / Guard 2 / Ungar / Custodian of Data Store / Jenhegger - Trevor Martin
- Yallett / Officer of the Day - Philip Anthony
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[edit] Notes
- This story was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
- Released on double cassette in September 1993.
- In March 2000, it was re-released on CD.
[edit] Continuity
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[edit] Novelisation
- Main article: The Paradise of Death (novelisation)
- A novelisation by Barry Letts was published in 1994. It was the final release in the long-running Target Books novelisation series.
[edit] Timeline
- The Paradise of Death occurs after: to be added
- The Paradise of Death occurs before: The Ghosts of N-Space
