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|publisher    = Cutaway Comics
|publisher    = Cutaway Comics
|type        = Comic series
|publisher2  = Obverse Books
|type        = Multimedia series
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|release date = [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|release date =
* [[August (releases)|August]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] - [[April (releases)|April]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] <small>(Kickstarter backer's releases of ''Paradise Found'')</small>
* [[19 October (releases)|19 October]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] - present
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'''''Paradise Towers''''' was a comic series focusing on the [[Kang]]s of [[Paradise Towers]], who were [[List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC|licensed directly from their copyright-holders]]. It was published by [[Cutaway Comics]].<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/room5064/lytton-a-comic-mini-series-by-doctor-whos-eric-saward/description LYTTON - a comic mini-series by Doctor Who's Eric Saward.]</ref>
'''''Paradise Towers''''' was a series of stories set in [[Paradise Towers]], which debuted in the [[1987 (releases)|1987]] [[Seventh Doctor]] episode {{cs|Paradise Towers (TV story)}} and were [[List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC|licensed directly]] from their creator, [[Stephen Wyatt]]. The series included comics published by [[Cutaway Comics]]<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cutawaycomics/paradise-towers-paradise-found/ PARADISE TOWERS: PARADISE FOUND by Matt Charlton]</ref><ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/room5064/lytton-a-comic-mini-series-by-doctor-whos-eric-saward/description LYTTON - a comic mini-series by Doctor Who's Eric Saward.]</ref> and anthologies published by [[Obverse Books]] beginning in [[2021 (releases)|2021]].
 
== Publisher's summary ==
''to be added''


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
=== Comics ===
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Writer || Artist || Featuring || Printed in || Release date
! # || Title || Writer || Artist || Featuring || Printed in || Release date
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|-
|1
|1
|''[[Build High for Happiness (comic story)|Build High for Happiness]]''
|''[[Paradise Found (comic story)|Paradise Found]]''
|[[Sean Mason]]
|[[Sean Mason]]
|[[Silvano Beltramo]]
|[[Silvano Beltramo]]
|[[Kang]]s
|[[Kang]]s
|[[PTPF 1]] - PTPF 4
|[[PTPF 1]]-[[PTPF 4|4]]
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] -
|
* Issue 1:<br>[[August (releases)|August]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 2021 <small>(public release)</small>
* Issue 2:<br>[[November (releases)|November]] 2021 <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[4 February (releases)|4 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] <small>(public release)</small>
* Issue 3:<br>[[March (releases)|March]] 2022 <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[16 August (releases)|16 August]] 2022 <small>(public release)</small>
* Issue 4:<br>[[January (releases)|January]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[15 January (releases)|15 June]] 2023 <small>(public release)</small>
|}
|}


=== Backup ===
==== Backup ====
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! # || Title || Writer || Artist || Featuring || Printed in || Release date
! Title || Writer || Artist || Featuring || Printed in || Release date
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|colspan=2|''Terra Alpha Nights''
|''[[Terra Alpha Nights (comic story)|Terra Alpha Nights]]''
|rowspan=5|[[Andrew Orton]]
|[[Andrew Orton]]
|rowspan=5|[[Faiz Rehman]]
|[[Faiz Rehman]]
|rowspan=5|[[Happiness Patrol]]
|
|rowspan=2|[[PTPF 1]]-[[PTPF 4|4]]
|rowspan=2|
* Issue 1:<br>[[August (releases)|August]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[19 October (releases)|19 October]] 2021 <small>(public release)</small>
* Issue 2:<br>[[November (releases)|November]] 2021 <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[4 February (releases)|4 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] <small>(public release)</small>
* Issue 3:<br>[[March (releases)|March]] 2022 <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[16 August (releases)|16 August]] 2022 <small>(public release)</small>
* Issue 4:<br>[[January (releases)|January]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small><br>[[15 January (releases)|15 June]] 2023 <small>(public release)</small>
|-
|-
|1
|''[[Paradise Before (comic story)|Paradise Before]]''
|''[[Ecstatic (comic story)|Ecstatic]]''  
|[[Sean Mason]]
|[[PTPF 1]]
|[[Silvano Beltramo]]
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|[[Kroagnon]]
|}
 
=== Short stories ===
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Writer || Released || Publisher || Release date
|-
|-
|2
|''[[When Bubble Wrap Went Pop (short story)|When Bubble Wrap Went Pop]]''
|
|[[Sean Mason]]
|PTPF 2
|[[PTPF 3]]
|[[Cutaway Comics]]
|
|
* [[March (releases)|March]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] <small>(Kickstarter backer's release)</small>
* [[16 August (releases)|16 August]] 2022 <small>(public release)</small>
|}
=== Anthologies ===
==== Cutaway Comics ====
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Track || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|rowspan=4|''[[Paradise Towers (audio anthology)|Paradise Towers]]''<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cutawaycomics/paradise-towers-paradise-found/posts/4067333</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/cutawayuniverse/status/1804839209703747729?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A</ref>
|1-3<br>''[[Maddy's Diary (audio story)|Maddy's Diary]]''
|rowspan=3|[[Stephen Wyatt]]
|rowspan=3|[[Kroagnon]]
|rowspan=4|[[29 August (releases)|29 August]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|-
|4-6<br>''[[The Wallscrawler (audio story)|The Wallscrawler]]''
|-
|7-11<br>''[[The Rotwang Family Mausoleum (audio story)|The Rotwang Family Mausoleum]]''
|-
|-
|3
|12<br>''[[Rotwang Family Mausoleum Cast Chat (interview)|Rotwang Family Mausoleum Cast Chat]]''
|
|N/A
|PTPF 3
|N/A
|
|}
 
==== Obverse Books ====
Inspired by the success of Cutaway's ''Paradise Towers'' Kickstarter,<ref name="obv">[https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/build-high-for-happiness.298309/#post-13057445 GallifreyBase: "Build High for Happiness"]</ref> [[Obverse Books]] aquired the prose rights to the setting and began a series of ''Paradise Towers'' anthologies.
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Editor || Release date
|-
|-
|4
|''[[Build High for Happiness (anthology)|Build High for Happiness]]''
|
|[[Stuart Douglas]]
|PTPF 4
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|
|-
|-
| -
|''[[Ice Hot (anthology)|Ice Hot]]''
|''[[Paradise Before (comic story)|Paradise Before]]''
|[[Kara Dennison]]
|[[Sean Mason]]
|[[30 May (releases)|30 May]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|[[Silvano Beltramo]]
|[[Kroagnon]]
|PTPF 1 - 4
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] -
|}
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''Paradise Towers: Paradise Found'' was originally planned to be released in January 2021.<ref>[http://room5064.co.uk/productions/cutaway-comics/ Cutaway Comics — 5064 Productions]</ref>
* ''Paradise Towers: Paradise Found'' was originally planned to be released in January 2021.<ref>[http://room5064.co.uk/productions/cutaway-comics/ Cutaway Comics — 5064 Productions]</ref>
* The logo design for the miniseries was significantly changed between announcement and release.
* The logo design for the comic series was significantly changed between announcement and release:


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=== Value added material ===
=== VAMs ===
Each issue of ''Paradise Towers: Paradise Found'' purchased directly from Cutaway Comics included a bonus DVD of "value added material" (VAM).
Each issue of ''Paradise Towers: Paradise Found'' purchased directly from [[Cutaway Comics]] included a bonus [[DVD]] of "value added material" (VAM).


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|1
|1
|[[file:Paradise Towers Paradise Found 1 VAM.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:Paradise Towers Paradise Found 1 VAM.jpg|250px]]
|
* Audio Content - Newly Recorded commentary for ''[[Doctor Who]]'': "{{cs|Time and the Rani (TV story)}}", with [[Andrew Cartmel]] and [[Karen Clegg]], moderated by the [[BFI Southbank|BFI]]’s [[Justin Johnson]]
* Video Content - Commentary for [[PTPF 1|Issue 1]] of ''Paradise Towers'' with [[Sean Mason]] (Writer)
* Video Content - [[An Afternoon with the Script Doctor: Andrew Cartmel in Conversation]]
|-
|2
|
|
* Audio Content - {{cs|Turn Left (TV story)}} Commentary with [[Graeme Harper]] (Director), moderated by Justin Johnson
* Video Content - Commentary for [[PTPF 2|Issue 2]] of ''Paradise Found'' with Sean Mason (Writer)
* Video Content - Archive convention panel with Andrew Cartmel and [[Ben Aaronovitch]], recorded at [[Vworp 3]], [[Lass O'Gowrie]], [[Manchester]] in [[2012 (production)|2012]]
|-
|3
|
|
* Audio Content - {{cs|Paradise Towers (TV story)}} commentary with [[Stephen Wyatt]] (Writer), Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor), moderated by Justin Johnson
* Audio Content - {{cs|Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)}} commentary with [[Malcolm Kohll]] (Writer), Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor), moderated by Justin Johnson
* Audio Content - {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}} commentary with [[Ian Briggs]] (Writer), Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor), moderated by Justin Johnson
* Video Content - Commentary for [[PTPF 3|Issue 3]] of ''Paradise Found'' with Sean Mason (Writer)
* Video Content - ''[[In Conversation: Stephen Wyatt]]''
* Video Content - {{'}}''[[Gods and Monsters (comic series)|Gods and Monsters]]''{{'}} teaser trailer
|-
|4
|[[File:Paradise Towers Paradise Found 4 VAM.jpg|250px]]
|
|
* Audio Content - Newly Recorded commentary for Doctor Who: "Time and the Rani", with Andrew Cartmel and Karen Clegg, moderated by the BFI’s Justin Johnson
* Audio Content - ''Dragonfire'' Episodes 1-3 commentary with [[Sophie Aldred]] (moderated by Justin Johnson)
* Video Content - Commentary for Issue 1 of Paradise Towers with Sean Mason (Writer)
* Audio Content - ''Dragonfire'' Episode 1-3 commentary with [[Patricia Quinn]] (moderated by Justin Johnson)
* Video Content - An Afternoon with the Script Doctor: Andrew Cartmel in Conversation
* Video Content - [[PTPF 4|Issue 4]] Commentary with writer Sean Mason
* Video Content - "[[Kangs Are Best]]" Featurette
* Video Content - ''Gods and Monsters'' Trailer
|-
|-
|}
|}
== Cover gallery ==
'''''Paradise Found'''''
:'''[[PTPF 1|Issue 1]]'''
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Paradise Found - Issue 1 - Cover A.jpg|Cover A<br>[[Silvano Beltramo]]
Paradise Found - Issue 1 - Cover B.jpg|Cover B<br>[[Martin Geraghty]]
Paradise Found - Issue 1 - Cover C.jpg|Cover C<br>[[Stephen B. Scott]]
</gallery>
:'''[[PTPF 2|Issue 2]]'''
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Paradise Found - Issue 2 - Cover A.jpg|Cover A<br>[[Silvano Beltramo]]
Paradise Found - Issue 2 - Cover B.jpg|Cover B<br>[[Martin Geraghty]]
Paradise Found - Issue 2 - Cover C.jpg|Cover C<br>[[Robert Hack]]
</gallery>
:'''[[PTPF 3|Issue 3]]'''
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Paradise Found - Issue 3 - Cover A.jpg|Cover A<br>[[Silvano Beltramo]]
Paradise Found - Issue 3 - Cover B.jpg|Cover B<br>[[Martin Geraghty]]
Paradise Found - Issue 3 - Cover C.jpg|Cover C<br>[[Martin Baines]]
</gallery>
:'''[[PTPF 4|Issue 4]]'''
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
Paradise Found - Issue 4 - Cover A.jpg|Cover A<br>[[Silvano Beltramo]]
Paradise Found - Issue 4 - Cover B.jpg|Cover B<br>[[Martin Geraghty]]
Paradise Found - Issue 4 - Cover C.jpg|Cover C<br>[[Martin Baines]]
</gallery>
'''Anthologies'''
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Build High for Happiness (anthology).jpg|''[[Build High for Happiness (anthology)|Build High for Happiness]]''
Paradise Towers - Ice Hot.jpg|''[[Ice Hot (anthology)|Ice Hot]]''
</gallery>


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Revision as of 15:28, 1 September 2024

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Paradise Towers was a series of stories set in Paradise Towers, which debuted in the 1987 Seventh Doctor episode Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"] and were licensed directly from their creator, Stephen Wyatt. The series included comics published by Cutaway Comics[1][2] and anthologies published by Obverse Books beginning in 2021.

Stories

Comics

# Title Writer Artist Featuring Printed in Release date
1 Paradise Found Sean Mason Silvano Beltramo Kangs PTPF 1-4

Backup

Title Writer Artist Featuring Printed in Release date
Terra Alpha Nights Andrew Orton Faiz Rehman PTPF 1-4
Paradise Before Sean Mason Silvano Beltramo Kroagnon

Short stories

Title Writer Released Publisher Release date
When Bubble Wrap Went Pop Sean Mason PTPF 3 Cutaway Comics

Anthologies

Cutaway Comics

Title Track Author Featuring Released
Paradise Towers[3][4] 1-3
Maddy's Diary 		Stephen Wyatt Kroagnon 29 August 2024
4-6
The Wallscrawler
7-11
The Rotwang Family Mausoleum
12
Rotwang Family Mausoleum Cast Chat 		N/A N/A

Obverse Books

Inspired by the success of Cutaway's Paradise Towers Kickstarter,[5] Obverse Books aquired the prose rights to the setting and began a series of Paradise Towers anthologies.

Title Editor Release date
Build High for Happiness Stuart Douglas 25 November 2021
Ice Hot Kara Dennison 30 May 2024

Notes

  • Paradise Towers: Paradise Found was originally planned to be released in January 2021.[6]
  • The logo design for the comic series was significantly changed between announcement and release:
  • Original logo

    Original logo

  • Final logo

    Final logo

VAMs

Each issue of Paradise Towers: Paradise Found purchased directly from Cutaway Comics included a bonus DVD of "value added material" (VAM).

# Cover Content
1 Paradise Towers Paradise Found 1 VAM.jpg
2
3
  • Audio Content - Paradise Towers [+]Loading...["Paradise Towers (TV story)"] commentary with Stephen Wyatt (Writer), Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor), moderated by Justin Johnson
  • Audio Content - Delta and the Bannermen [+]Loading...["Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)"] commentary with Malcolm Kohll (Writer), Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor), moderated by Justin Johnson
  • Audio Content - Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"] commentary with Ian Briggs (Writer), Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor), moderated by Justin Johnson
  • Video Content - Commentary for Issue 3 of Paradise Found with Sean Mason (Writer)
  • Video Content - In Conversation: Stephen Wyatt
  • Video Content - 'Gods and Monsters' teaser trailer
4 Paradise Towers Paradise Found 4 VAM.jpg
  • Audio Content - Dragonfire Episodes 1-3 commentary with Sophie Aldred (moderated by Justin Johnson)
  • Audio Content - Dragonfire Episode 1-3 commentary with Patricia Quinn (moderated by Justin Johnson)
  • Video Content - Issue 4 Commentary with writer Sean Mason
  • Video Content - "Kangs Are Best" Featurette
  • Video Content - Gods and Monsters Trailer

Cover gallery

Paradise Found

Issue 1
Issue 2
Issue 3
Issue 4

Anthologies

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ PARADISE TOWERS: PARADISE FOUND by Matt Charlton
  2. ↑ LYTTON - a comic mini-series by Doctor Who's Eric Saward.
  3. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cutawaycomics/paradise-towers-paradise-found/posts/4067333
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/cutawayuniverse/status/1804839209703747729?s=46&t=n1ymF6URs9Fk5Zw8aOt81A
  5. ↑ GallifreyBase: "Build High for Happiness"
  6. ↑ Cutaway Comics — 5064 Productions
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