Paradise Towers is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 5 to October 26, 1987.
The Doctor and Melanie arrive in a dingy tower block, somewhere in post 21st-century Earth. They were expecting their destination, Paradise Towers, to be more welcoming on the basis of the architectural awards it has won. The building is divided between roaming gangs of young g...
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Paradise Towers is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 5 to October 26, 1987.
The Doctor and Melanie arrive in a dingy tower block, somewhere in post 21st-century Earth. They were expecting their destination, Paradise Towers, to be more welcoming on the basis of the architectural awards it has won. The building is divided between roaming gangs of young girls called Kangs, grouped in colour theme, and the Doctor and Mel encounter the Red Kangs. They have just discovered the death of the last Yellow Kang and are plotting how to attack the Blue Kangs. Elsewhere in the Towers, one of the Caretakers - who act as 'Judge Dredd' style policemen – is hunted down and killed by a robotic cleaner, which seems to appeal to the sadistic Chief Caretaker when he overhears the death.
The Chief then sends a squad of Caretakers to arrest the Red Kangs and in the ensuing confusion the Doctor is split from Mel...
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