Phobia
A phobia was a psychiatric disorder causing fear of a particular object or situation.
Named phobias[[edit] | [edit source]]
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
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)"])
