2. Kroagnon, The Great Architect
There are a couple of potentially good ideas floating around in the morass of utter bilge and twaddle that is 1987's stunning Seventh Doctor debacle, Paradise Towers. Sadly, Richard Briers's turn as Kroagnon, the Great Architect, possessing the body of the petty Chief Caretaker, isn't one of them. Briers opted to put on a slurred, zombiefied voice for the scenes in which the psychopathic architect of Paradise Towers is inhabiting the Chief Caretaker's flesh. The result is certainly distinctive. But not in a good way. How could this villain get any worse? Well, by having the crazed architect murder his way through an entire tower block with the aide of spectacularly naff looking cleaning robots, that's how. After a few minutes of watching this tripe, viewers may feel like joining the block's residents in being "unalive". But wait, it gets worse...
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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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