Paradise Towers (novelisation)

Novelisation

 * This novelisation is based on the original television serial (DW): Paradise Towers which was shown from 5th October 1987 and written by Stephen Wyatt
 * The cover and information shown on the right is for the original Target novel and featured the artwork of Alister Pearson. (See below for information on other UK and international editions which published with a different cover).
 * The cover art of the original 1988 edition marked the first appearance of an image of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and, in fact, the first time an image of the then-current incarnation of the Doctor had been featured since the final use of a photographic image of Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor on the cover of Enlightenment in 1984.
 * A hardcover edition was planned, but cancelled.

1988 edition
Much in need of a holiday, Mel and the Doctor head for Paradise Towers: a luxury man-made planet with sparkling fountains, sunny streets, exotic flowers and a shimmering blue swimming pool. But when the TARDIS materialises in a dark, rubbish filled, rat-infested alley it seems that this particular Paradise has turned into Hell! Pursued by rogue cleaning machines, authoritarian caretakers and old ladies with strange eating habits, the Doctor and Mel track down the source of the chaos to one mysterious character – the designer of Paradise Towers, the Great Architect himself …

Illustrations

 * None

Deviations from televised story
To be added

Writing and publishing notes

 * The inside back pages feature colour advert for Fantastic Doctor Who Posters Offer!
 * A proposed hardback edition for July 1988 was never published.

British publication history
First Publication: Paperback (December 1988) Re-issues: (1991)
 * Target / W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. One single paperback edition, estimated print run: 25,000,  priced £1.99 (UK).
 * Target / Virgin Publishing, estimated print run: 9,000, priced £2.50 (UK).

Editions published outside Britain
To be added

External Sources

 * The Target Book by David J Howe (Telos Publishing 2007)
 * On Target a comprehensive guide to the Target novelisations by Tim Neal