Seasons of Fear (audio story)

Seasons of Fear (audio story)

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Seasons of Fear
Doctor:	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Charley Pollard
Main enemy:	Nimon Sebastian Grayle
Main setting:	Earth, Singapore, December 31st, 1930 Earth, A Roman Fort, 305AD Earth, England, London, Court of Edward the Confessor, 1055AD Earth, England, Buckinghamshire, Wycombe Caves, 1806 Time Vortex
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::Big Finish Productions]]
Writers:	Paul Cornell and Caroline Symcox
Director:	Gary Russell
Producer:	Jim Mortimore
Release details
Release number:	30
Release date:	March 2002
Format:	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Production code:	8H
ISBN:	ISBN 1-903654-59-9

Publisher's summary

On New Year's Eve, 1930, the Eighth Doctor lets Charley keep her appointment at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. But his unease at what he's done to time by saving her life soon turns into fear. Sebastian Grayle: immortal, obsessed, ruthless, has come to the city to meet the Time Lord. To the Doctor, he's a complete stranger, but to Grayle, the Doctor is an old enemy.

An enemy that, many years ago, he finally succeeded in killing. And this is his only chance to gloat.

The Doctor and Charley desperately search human history for the secret of Grayle's power and immortality. Their quest takes in four different time periods, the Hellfire Club, the court of Edward the Confessor, and the Time Vortex itself. And when the monsters arrive, the stakes are raised from the life of one Time Lord to the existence of all humanity.

Cast

• The Doctor - Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
• Sebastian Grayle - Stephen Perring
• Lucillius - Stephen Fewell
• Richard Martin - Stephen Fewell
• King Edward - Lennox Greaves
• Queen Edith - Sue Wallace
• Grayle’s Masters - Robert Curbishley

References

• The Nimon are Grayle's masters.
• The Doctor and Charley spend 3 weeks researching Grayle in The Abbey of Felsecar.
• The Zagreus nursery rhyme makes its first appearance.
• Charley and the Doctor walk into the caves of the Hellfire Club.
• Charley uses the TARDIS' Fast Return Switch.
• Grayle (as Leofric of Exeter) mines uranium and creates plutonium in 1055 England.
• Before finding out that Grayle is evil, the Doctor says to him that he "...must be confused. I'm not the one that says you must obey me, I don't meddle, and I'm not a glamorous woman at the moment." These are references to the Master, the Monk, and the Rani.
• Charley has been to an orgy before (she didn't stay).

Notes

• This story marks the first appearance of the Nimon in an audio play.
• The Doctor smells of honey (according to Charley).
• He enjoys the Singapore Hilton tea gardens.

Continuity

• The Doctor previously encountered the Nimon in DW: The Horns of Nimon.
• The Doctor and Charley last encountered the Hellfire Club in BFA: Minuet in Hell.
• A Dalek appears in Roman times; this is explained in BFA: The Time of the Daleks.
• Felsecar (Monks and Abbeys) are mentioned in NA: Love and War and NA: Human Nature.
• The being that attacks Lucy and Richard Martin is revealed in BFA: Neverland.

Timeline

• Seasons of Fear occurs after BFA: Living Legend
• Seasons of Fear occurs before ST: Lady of the Snows

External links

• Big Finish Seasons of Fear page
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Seasons of Fear
• The Discontinuity Guide Seasons of Fear page