Phobia

A phobia was a psychiatric disorder causing fear of a particular object or situation.

Named phobias

Agoraphobia was the fear of open spaces and the outside. (PROSE: The Algebra of Ice ^[+]Loading...["The Algebra of Ice (novel)"])

Ailurophobia was the fear of felines. (AUDIO: Nevermore ^[+]Loading...["Nevermore (audio story)"])

Anachrophobia was a fear of temporal displacement. (PROSE: Anachrophobia ^[+]Loading...["Anachrophobia (novel)"])

Aphenphosmphobia was the fear of physical contact. (PROSE: The Tunnel at the End of the Light ^[+]Loading...["The Tunnel at the End of the Light (novel)"])

Aquaphobia was the fear of water. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire ^[+]Loading...["House of Blue Fire (audio story)"])

Arachnophobia was the fear of spiders. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress ^[+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"])

Athazagoraphobia was the fear of being forgotten or ignored. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire ^[+]Loading...["House of Blue Fire (audio story)"])

Blattodephobia was the fear of cockroaches. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire ^[+]Loading...["House of Blue Fire (audio story)"])

Catoptrophobia was the fear of mirrors, of seeing one's reflection. (AUDIO: House of Blue Fire ^[+]Loading...["House of Blue Fire (audio story)"])

Chocophobia was the fear of chocolate. (AUDIO: Memory Lane ^[+]Loading...["Memory Lane (audio story)"])

Claustrophobia was the fear of enclosed spaces. (TV: Detained ^[+]Loading...["Detained (TV story)"])

Coulrophobia was the fear of clowns. (TV: The Day of the Clown ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Clown (TV story)"])

Haemophobia was the fear of blood. (TV: The Girl Who Died ^[+]Loading...["The Girl Who Died (TV story)"])

Pantophobia was the fear of everything. (TV: Night Terrors ^[+]Loading...["Night Terrors (TV story)"])

Technophobia was the fear of advanced technology. (AUDIO: Technophobia ^[+]Loading...["Technophobia (audio story)"])

Teleportaphobia was a fear of near-instant transport methods such as teleportation, transmat and T-Mat. (PROSE: Down ^[+]Loading...["Down (novel)"])

Triskaidekaphobia was a fear of the number 13. (COMIC: A Confusion of Angels ^[+]Loading...["A Confusion of Angels (comic story)"])

Xenophobia was, as Ian Chesterton put it, a "dislike for the unlike". (TV: "The Ambush" ^[+]Part of The Daleks, Loading...{"namedep":"The Ambush (4)","1":"The Daleks (TV story)"}) Cymrophobia was a form of xenophobia against Welsh people. (AUDIO: Superiority Complex ^[+]Loading...["Superiority Complex (audio story)"])

Unnamed phobias

Lesterson observed that an examiner, actually the Second Doctor had a phobia regarding the Daleks. (TV: The Power of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])

Bradley was "darkness-phobic" and had a note to prove it. (TV: In the Forest of the Night ^[+]Loading...["In the Forest of the Night (TV story)"])

Larles had a phobia of squirrels, which she did not name. (PROSE: Ring Theory ^[+]Loading...["Ring Theory (short story)"])