Seasons of Fear (audio story)
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, 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 & Characters
- 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
Richard Martin - Stephen Fewell
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 Hell Fire Club.
- Charley uses the TARDIS Fast Return switch.
- Grayle (as Leofric of Exeter) mines uranium and creates plutonium in 1055 England.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- The Doctor previous encountered the Nimon in The Horns of Nimon.
- Charley last encountered the Hell Fire 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
