1. The Paradise Of Death
The Third Doctor and Jo Grant
fromJo: I thought the TARDIS was working again.
The Doctor: What gave you that idea?
Jo: Oh, being dragged off to an alien planet 500 years in the future, for example. You know, all that business with the miners and the colonists.
The Doctor: My dear Jo, the TARDIS was being operated under remote control by the High Council of the Time Lords.
Jo: Well, if it worked for them...
The Doctor: I don't want it to work for them. I want it to work for me.
Synopsis
After a skirmish with an alien warrior in the Middle Ages, Sarah Jane Smith's life as a journalist in Croydon seems rather tame. She decides to track down the enigmatic character who took her back in time; with the Doctor, a good story is never far away. Her intuition pays off.
The Doctor and UNIT are called to investigate a grisly murder at Space World, a futuristic new theme park. Tagging along, Sarah Jane Smith and her new colleague Jeremy soon find themselves facing huge crab-like creatures, mind-controlling devices and vicious flesh-eating beetles. And those are just the attractions...
Regular Cast
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: Nicholas Courtney
- Sarah Jane Smith: Elisabeth Sladen
Guest Cast
- Freeth: Harold Innocent
- Tragan: Peter Miles
- Jeremy Fitzoliver: Richard Pearce
- The President: Maurice Denham
- Onya: Jane Slavin
- Waldo: Jonathan Tafler
- Radio Voice/Crestin/Bill/Ambulanceman: Andrew Wincott
- Grebber/Reporter: Brian Hall
- Medan/Hunter: David Holt
- Nobby/Kitson/Wilkins/Soldier: Dominic Letts
- Greckle: Emma Myant
- Clorina/Secretary General of the UN: Jillie Meers
- Odun/Patrol Leader: John Fleming
- General Commanding Unit/Professor Mortimor Willow: John Harwood
- Guard/Rance/Board Member/Echolocation Operator/Lexan: Julian Rind Tutt
- Rasco Heldal: Michael Onslow
- Yalett/Officer of the Dat: Philip Anthony
- Kadio/Guard 2/Custodian of Data Store/Jenhegger: Trevor Martin
Running Time: 2hrs 35 mins
ISBN: 0 563 55323 5