Seasons of Fear (audio story)

	[[doctor::Eighth Doctor]]
	Charley Pollard
	Nimon / Grayle
	Earth, Singapore, December 31st, 1930 Abbey of Felsecar Earth, A Roman Fort, 305AD Earth, England, London, Court of Edward the Confessor, 1055AD Earth, England, Buckinghamshire, Wickham Caves, 1806 Time Vortex
	[[publisher::Big Finish]]
	Paul Cornell and Caroline Symcox
	Gary Russell
	Jim Mortimore
	30
	March 2002
	4 Episodes on 2 CDs
	8H
	ISBN 1-903654-59-9

Publisher's Summary

On New Year's Eve, 1930, the 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: Roman Britannia, 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
  • The Doctor smells of honey (according to Charley).
  • He enjoys the Singapore Hilton tea gardens.
• Charley Pollard - India Fisher
  • Charley has been to an orgy before.
• 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 visit The Abbey of Felsecar to research Grayle.
• The Zagreus nursery rhyme makes an 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.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

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

Timeline

• Seasons of Fear occurs after: The Chimes of Midnight
• Seasons of Fear occurs before: Embrace the Darkness

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