The Nightmare Fair (audio story)

The Nightmare Fair
Doctor:	[[doctor::Sixth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Peri
Main enemy:	Celestial Toymaker
Main setting:	1986
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
Writer:	Graham Williams
Director:	John Ainsworth
Producer:	Jamie Robertson
Release details
Release number:	1.01
Release date:	November 2009
Format:	2 Episodes on 2 CDs

The Nightmare Fair is an adaptation of an unproduced Sixth Doctor story of the same name which was originally intended for Season 23, but was cancelled along with other planned stories when Doctor Who went on a production hiatus. It is the first of a series of Big Finish audio adaptations based upon these lost stories.

Publisher's summary

The TARDIS has been drawn to Blackpool in the year 1985, where the Doctor intends to investigate a dangerous space/time vortex… while enjoying some local attractions along the way. But an old enemy is watching from his base deep within the amusement park, a timeless being who craves revenge.

The Celestial Toymaker has returned. The game is on. And, should he lose, the Doctor will pay the ultimate forfeit…

Cast

• The Doctor – Colin Baker
• Peri – Nicola Bryant

References

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Notes

• This is actually the second audio adaptation of The Nightmare Fair (which was also adapted as a novelisation); in 2003 an unofficial adaptation, without any of the original cast, was produced for charity.

Continuity

• As originally filmed, DW: Revelation of the Daleks, the final story of Season 22, ended with the Doctor telling Peri he was going to take her to Blackpool. This reference was removed before broadcast as the BBC had decided to take the series off the air. The reference to Blackpool would have originally led into The Nightmare Fair.

Timeline

• The story takes place immediately after DW: Revelation of the Daleks.
• The story takes place before BFA: Mission to Magnus.