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{{Infobox Story

|image=Paradise of Death cover.jpg

|companions= [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]], [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brig]], [[Jeremy Fitzoliver|Jeremy]]

|enemy=[[Freeth]], [[Tragan]]

|writer= [[Barry Letts]]

|setting=[[London]], [[1970s]], [[Parakon]]

|network = [[BBC Radio]]

|broadcast date= [[27 August (releases)|27 August]] - [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]

|next=The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)

|music = [[Peter Howell]]}}{{audio stub}}

'''''The Paradise of Death''''' was a [[BBC Radio]] drama first broadcast in [[1993 (releases)|1993]]. It was the second audio drama made, after ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]'' in [[1985 (releases)|1985]], and the first audio drama to feature [[Jon Pertwee]] as the [[Third Doctor]]. This made him the earliest actor to portray the Doctor that also lent his voice to an audio serial. However, he would only perform one more audio story in his lifetime.

When a horrific and inexplicable death occurs at [[Space World]], a new theme park on [[Hampstead Heath]], [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] is called in to investigate. [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] is highly suspicious. Just who controls the [[Parakon Corporation]], the shadowy organisation behind the running of the park? What is "[[Experienced Reality]]" and what are the limits of its awesome powers?

* [[The Brigadier]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]

* [[Nobby]] / [[Kitson]] / [[Wilkins]] / [[Soldier (The Paradise of Death)|Soldier]] - [[Dominic Letts]]

* [[Clorinda]] / [[Secretary General of the UN|Sec. Gen. of the U.N.]] - [[Jillie Meers]]

* [[Director]] - [[Phil Clarke]]

== References ==

=== The Doctor ===

* The Doctor used to ride [[skimmer]]s on [[Gallifrey]] during his childhood with his friends, which are likened to [[bicycle]]s.

* The Doctor says he is several hundred years older than Sarah and Jeremy.

 

 

* This story puts a different spin on the opening moments of the television story ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''. Television viewers may have thought the opening moments of ''Dinosaurs'' directly followed the closing scene of ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]''. This story suggests otherwise, depicting the first meeting of the Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith.

* A [[The Paradise of Death (novelisation)|novelisation]] by [[Barry Letts]] was published in [[1994 (releases)|1994]]. It was the final release in the long-running [[Target Books]] novelisation series.

=== Releases ===

* This story was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.

* It was re-released as part of [[The BBC Radio Episodes]] box set on [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]].

== Continuity ==

* The Doctor mentions travelling to [[Atlantis]] and that the TARDIS got stuck inside [[the Master's TARDIS]] and was on the verge of a [[time ram]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'')

* The Doctor speaks of his and Sarah's recent encounter with [[Irongron]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]'')

* The Doctor survives a fall of 200 feet. He would later regenerate due to falling from a great height. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')

* The Brigadier asks the Doctor about the [[Blinovitch Limitation Effect]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'')

* The Doctor refers to the last time he saw a [[Tyrannosaurus rex|Tyrannosaurus]]. He would see another shortly after these events. ([[TV]]: ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'')

* The Doctor sings a [[Venusian lullaby]] with less success than he had with [[Aggedor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]'')

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