Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor's Stories Ranked From Worst To Best

10. Paradise Towers

Paradise Towers is one of those Doctor Who stories that splits fans. Like, say, Love and Monsters and The Rings of Akhaten of the modern series, the majority think it's abysmal but there are a smaller group of fans who believe it's an under-appreciated gem. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, if still closer to the former. With some wildly campy moments and a production design that makes it look like it should be on kid's channel CBBC, Paradise Towers, the Seventh Doctor's second outing may not be the best executed of all Doctor Who stories but it does have a fresh, original story, especially compared to the Sixth Doctor's time which was cluttered with returning foes and Time Lord shenanigans. For the first time in ages, the Doctor simply lands in a new environment and has to solve the local mystery without any confusing continuity cluttering it up. On the other hand, there are some things that are hard to overlook. The normally brilliant Richard Brier's gives a very strange performance as main villain the Chief Caretaker while the story's 'monsters', the Cleaners, are some of the least threatening robots in the show's history. Clearly, the show was aiming high but not quite reaching the top of the tower.