Paradise 5 (audio story)

 was the fifth story in the first series of The Lost Stories, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was adapted by Andy Lane, from the original script by PJ Hammond, and featured Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Nicola Bryant as Peri Brown.

Publisher's summary
The Doctor and Peri visit the planet Targos Delta to check in on old friend Professor Albrecht Thompson, only to discover that he has vanished. He was last sighted taking a shuttle to the holiday resort of Paradise 5, then never seen again.

The Doctor's curiosity is piqued. They must investigate, but they must do so stealthily...Peri will go undercover on Paradise 5, while the Doctor hides in the shadows. Because paradise holds a terrible secret beneath the white marble and golden trimmings. The mute Cherubs have a story to tell. And the Elohim are coming.

Beware.

Part one
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Part two
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Part three
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Part four
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Cast

 * The Doctor – Colin Baker
 * Peri Brown – Nicola Bryant
 * Gabriel – Alex Macqueen
 * Michael – James D'Arcy
 * Stella / Bella – Helen Goldwyn
 * Lorelei – Andree Bernard
 * Mr Gelter / Mr Bliss / Elohi – Teddy Kempner
 * Mrs Aht – Claire Wyatt
 * Mr Tapp / Mr Winterbourne – Richard Earl

Worldbuilding

 * The Targos system has at least four planets.
 * Targos Epsilon is a business destination.
 * Targos Beta has lava oceans on its surface.
 * Paradise 5 is a leisure space station orbiting Targos Beta.
 * The Elohim are fighting a war in another dimension.
 * The Doctor sings "The Nightmare Song" from the comic opera Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan.
 * Gabriel sings "He Who Would Valiant Be".

Continuity

 * The Doctor and Peri both refer to the events of AUDIO: The Hollows of Time.
 * The Doctor tells Peri that he has not been to Manhattan since 1965. (TV: The Chase) He would visit it again in his tenth incarnation. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks).
 * One of the guests makes a joke about the Psychic Fair. (TV: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)
 * The Doctor appears to carry around a sonic lance similar to the one he used in TV: Attack of the Cybermen.
 * The Doctor compares the Paradise Machine to the Matrix "on a good day". (TV: The Deadly Assassin)
 * The Doctor will later encounter another Gabriel involved in finding soldiers for a war in the higher dimensions. (AUDIO: The Rapture)