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|companions = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|companions = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]], [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah]]
|featuring=[[Jeremy Fitzoliver|Jeremy]]
|featuring=[[Jeremy Fitzoliver|Jeremy]]
|enemy=[[Freeth]], [[Tragan]]
|enemy = [[Freeth]], [[Tragan]]
|writer= [[Barry Letts]]
|writer= Barry Letts
|director= [[Phil Clarke]]
|director= [[Phil Clarke]]
|setting=[[London]], [[1970s]], [[Parakon]]
|setting = [[London]], [[1970s]], [[Parakon]]
|producer= [[Phil Clarke]]
|producer= [[Phil Clarke]]
|novelisation= The Paradise of Death (novelisation)
|novelisation= The Paradise of Death (novelisation)
|network = [[BBC Radio]]
|network = BBC Radio 5
|broadcast date= [[27 August (releases)|27 August]] - [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] [[1993 (releases)|1993]]
|broadcast date= 27 August - 24 September 1993
|format= 5x30-minute episodes
|format= 5x30-minute episodes
|production code=
|production code=
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55323-5
|isbn= ISBN 0-563-55323-5
|prev= Slipback (audio story)
|prev= Slipback (audio story)
|next=The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)
|next = The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)
|music = [[Peter Howell]]|epcount=5|thwr=200|thwr2=201}}{{audio stub}}
|music = [[Peter Howell]]
'''''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.
|epcount = 5
|thwr = 200|thwr2=201
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'''''The Paradise of Death''''' was a [[BBC Radio]] drama first broadcast in [[1993 (releases)|1993]]. It was the third audio drama produced for radio, following ''[[Exploration Earth (audio story)|Exploration Earth]]'' and ''[[Slipback (audio story)|Slipback]]'', and the first publicly released<ref>''[[Glorious Goodwood (audio story)|Glorious Goodwood]]'' (1974) starred Pertwee as the Third Doctor and [[Elisabeth Sladen|Sladen]] as [[Sarah Jane Smith]], but was not given any wide public release until 2005.</ref> 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.


The story introduced new companion [[Jeremy Fitzoliver]], played by [[Richard Pearce]]. The story also featured a number of actors who also played different characters in the TV series, including [[Maurice Denham]], [[Trevor Martin]], [[Philip Anthony]], [[Peter Miles]] and [[Harold Innocent]].
The story introduced new companion [[Jeremy Fitzoliver]], played by [[Richard Pearce]]. The story also featured a number of actors who also played different characters in the TV series, including [[Maurice Denham]], [[Trevor Martin]], [[Philip Anthony]], [[Peter Miles]] and [[Harold Innocent]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== 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. [[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?
When a horrific and inexplicable death occurs at [[Space World]], a new theme park on [[Hampstead Heath]], [[UNIT]] is called in to investigate. The [[Third 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?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jon Pertwee]]
* [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jon Pertwee]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
* [[Sarah Jane Smith]] - [[Elisabeth Sladen]]
*[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brigadier]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]]
* [[Freeth]] - [[Harold Innocent]]
* [[Freeth]] - [[Harold Innocent]]
* [[Tragan]] - [[Peter Miles]]
* [[Tragan]] - [[Peter Miles]]
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== Crew ==
== Crew ==
* [[Writer]] - [[Barry Letts]]
* [[Writer]] - [[Barry Letts]]
* [[Director]] - [[Phil Clarke]]
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[Phil Clarke]]
* [[Incidental music|Incidental Music]] - [[Peter Howell]]
* [[Incidental music|Incidental Music]] - [[Peter Howell]]
* Technical Presentation - [[John Whitehall]]
* Technical Presentation - [[John Whitehall]]
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* [[Producer]] - [[Phil Clarke]]
* [[Producer]] - [[Phil Clarke]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== The Doctor ===
* The Doctor takes [[Bessie]] to the press coverage of [[Space World]].
* The Doctor takes [[Bessie]] to the press coverage of [[Space World]].
* The Doctor uses his [[sonic screwdriver]].
* The Doctor used to ride [[skimmer]]s on [[Gallifrey]] during his childhood with his friends, which are likened to [[bicycle]]s, and says he is several hundred years older than Sarah and Jeremy.
* The Doctor used to ride [[skimmer]]s on [[Gallifrey]] during his childhood with his friends, which are likened to [[bicycle]]s.
* The Doctor uses [[Venusian aikido]] on a guard.
* The Doctor says he is several hundred years older than Sarah and Jeremy.
 
=== Individuals ===
* Sarah and the Brigadier meet for the first time.
* Sarah and the Brigadier meet for the first time.
* [[Freeth]] notes that whilst being on Earth, he is an [[ethnic minority]].
* [[Freeth]] notes that, whilst being on Earth, he is part of an [[ethnic minority]].
 
=== Science ===
* The Brigadier mocks the Doctor's use of the phrase "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow". The Doctor says that it would sound like nonsense to a classical subatomic physicist.
* The Brigadier mocks the Doctor's use of the phrase "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow". The Doctor says that it would sound like nonsense to a classical subatomic physicist.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
[[File:ParadiseDeathBook.jpg|thumb|Novelisation cover]]
[[File:ParadiseDeathBook.jpg|thumb|Novelisation cover]]
* 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.
* ''The Paradise of Death'' 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]]'', but ''The Paradise of Death'' 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.
* [[The Paradise of Death (novelisation)|A novelisation]] by [[Barry Letts]] was published in [[1994 (releases)|1994]]. It was the final release in the (original) long-running [[Target Books]] novelisation series.
* Harold Innocent (Freeth) died while the serial was originally being broadcast, with the fourth and fifth episodes released posthumously.


== Continuity ==
== 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 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 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 Doctor survives a fall of 200 feet. His [[fourth incarnation]] would later regenerate into his [[fifth incarnation]] due to falling from a great height off the [[Pharos Project]]. ([[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 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]]'')
* 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]]'')


== Releases ==
== Releases ==
* This story was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
* ''The Paradise of Death'' was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
* It was released on double cassette in September [[1993 (releases)|1993]].
* It was released on double cassette in September [[1993 (releases)|1993]].
* It was released on [[CD]] on [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]].
* It was released on [[CD]] on [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]].
* It was re-released as part of [[The BBC Radio Episodes]] box set on [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]].
* It was re-released as part of ''[[The BBC Radio Episodes Collection|The BBC Radio Episodes]]'' boxset on [[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]].
* It is now available for sale as a download on iTunes.
* It is now available for sale as a download on iTunes.
* It was released on Vinyl by Demon Records, along with ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'', on [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]].
* It was released on Vinyl by Demon Records, along with ''[[The Ghosts of N-Space (audio story)|The Ghosts of N-Space]]'', on [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]].


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The Paradise of Death was a BBC Radio drama first broadcast in 1993. It was the third audio drama produced for radio, following Exploration Earth and Slipback, and the first publicly released[1] 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.

The story introduced new companion Jeremy Fitzoliver, played by Richard Pearce. The story also featured a number of actors who also played different characters in the TV series, including Maurice Denham, Trevor Martin, Philip Anthony, Peter Miles and Harold Innocent.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When a horrific and inexplicable death occurs at Space World, a new theme park on Hampstead Heath, UNIT is called in to investigate. The Third 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?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Doctor takes Bessie to the press coverage of Space World.
  • The Doctor used to ride skimmers on Gallifrey during his childhood with his friends, which are likened to bicycles, and says he is several hundred years older than Sarah and Jeremy.
  • Sarah and the Brigadier meet for the first time.
  • Freeth notes that, whilst being on Earth, he is part of an ethnic minority.
  • The Brigadier mocks the Doctor's use of the phrase "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow". The Doctor says that it would sound like nonsense to a classical subatomic physicist.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novelisation cover
  • The Paradise of Death puts a different spin on the opening moments of the television story Invasion of the Dinosaurs. Television viewers may have thought the opening moments of Dinosaurs directly followed the closing scene of The Time Warrior, but The Paradise of Death suggests otherwise, depicting the first meeting of the Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith.
  • A novelisation by Barry Letts was published in 1994. It was the final release in the (original) long-running Target Books novelisation series.
  • Harold Innocent (Freeth) died while the serial was originally being broadcast, with the fourth and fifth episodes released posthumously.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 1993 cassette release

    1993 cassette release

  • 2000 CD release

    2000 CD release

  • Digital release

    Digital release

  • The BBC Radio Episodes 2011 release

    The BBC Radio Episodes 2011 release

  • The BBC Radio Episodes 2022 re-release

    The BBC Radio Episodes 2022 re-release

  • The BBC Radio Episodes individual cover

    The BBC Radio Episodes individual cover

  • Revised individual cover with 2018 logo

    Revised individual cover with 2018 logo

  • Vinyl Record release

    Vinyl Record release

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Glorious Goodwood (1974) starred Pertwee as the Third Doctor and Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, but was not given any wide public release until 2005.
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