Paradise 5 (1.05)

Big Finish Lost Adventures, March 2010

The Doctor and Peri head to Targos Delta to check on friend Professor Albrecht and they stumble on a mystery!  The solution to which seems a bit out there.  I understand the concept and the alien Elohim but how does the Paradise 5 resort get away with accepting people in and never sending them back?  There’s no questions?  Really?  Seems a bit odd.

What’s being done to the people is a bit hideous and the Cherubs are ick right down to their cute little toes!  Though we don’t know why until the very end of the story…  Everything wraps up nicely and it’s really cool to see Peri off investigating while the Doctor does something sooo not him – skulk around in the shadows investigating.  Definitely a bit of a reversal of roles which was the best part of the story.  It made things a lot more tense but it also was great to listen to!  But the wackiness of the mystery that is only a one way trip makes it a bit too unbelievable.

Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant

writer: PJ Hammond & Andy Lane

director: Barnaby Edwards