Paradise Towers (series)

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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[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

#	Title	Writer	Artist	Featuring	Printed in	Release date
1	Paradise Found	Sean Mason	Silvano Beltramo	Kangs	PTPF 1-4	Issue 1: August 2021 (Kickstarter backer's release) 19 October 2021 (public release) Issue 2: November 2021 (Kickstarter backer's release) 4 February 2022 (public release) Issue 3: March 2022 (Kickstarter backer's release) 16 August 2022 (public release) Issue 4: January 2023 (Kickstarter backer's release) 15 June 2023 (public release)

Backup[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title	Writer	Artist	Featuring	Printed in	Release date
Terra Alpha Nights	Andrew Orton	Faiz Rehman		PTPF 1-4	Issue 1: August 2021 (Kickstarter backer's release) 19 October 2021 (public release) Issue 2: November 2021 (Kickstarter backer's release) 4 February 2022 (public release) Issue 3: March 2022 (Kickstarter backer's release) 16 August 2022 (public release) Issue 4: January 2023 (Kickstarter backer's release) 15 June 2023 (public release)
Paradise Before	Sean Mason	Silvano Beltramo	Kroagnon	PTPF 1-4

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title	Writer	Released	Publisher	Release date
When Bubble Wrap Went Pop	Sean Mason	PTPF 3	Cutaway Comics	March 2022 (Kickstarter backer's release) 16 August 2022 (public release)

Anthologies[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cutaway Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Obverse Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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
Final logo

VAMs[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

#	Cover	Content
1		Audio Content - Newly Recorded commentary for Doctor Who: "Time and the Rani ^[+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]", with Andrew Cartmel and Karen Clegg, moderated by the BFI’s Justin Johnson Video Content - Commentary for Issue 1 of Paradise Towers with Sean Mason (Writer) Video Content - An Afternoon with the Script Doctor: Andrew Cartmel in Conversation
2		Audio Content - Turn Left ^[+]Loading...["Turn Left (TV story)"] Commentary with Graeme Harper (Director), moderated by Justin Johnson Video Content - Commentary for 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
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		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