Seasons of Fear (audio story)

 was the thirtieth monthly Doctor Who audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was the third in a series of 6 audio stories featuring the Eighth Doctor. It featured the Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and India Fisher as Charlotte Pollard. It was the first appearance of the Nimon since the 1979/1980 story DW: The Horns of Nimon.

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.

Plot
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Cast

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

The Doctor

 * According to Charley, the Doctor smells of honey.

Gallifreyan culture

 * The Zagreus nursery rhyme makes its first appearance.

Individuals

 * 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.

Locations

 * The Doctor and Charley spend three weeks researching Grayle in The Abbey of Felsecar.
 * Charley and the Doctor walk into the caves of the Hellfire Club.
 * The Doctor enjoys the Singapore Hilton tea gardens.

Minerals

 * Grayle (as Leofric of Exeter) mines uranium and creates plutonium in 1055 England.

Species

 * The Nimon are Grayle's masters.

TARDIS

 * Charley uses the TARDIS' Fast Return Switch.

Continuity

 * The Doctor previously encountered the Nimon on Skonnos during his fourth incarnation. (DW: The Horns of the Nimon)
 * The Doctor and Charley last encountered the Hellfire Club in Malebolgia in 2003. (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.
 * The Fourth Doctor previously visited Roman Britain in 60 AD in the company of Leela, where they encountered Boudicca during her revolt against the Roman occupation. (BFA: The Wrath of the Iceni)
 * Charley mentions to the Doctor that she attended an orgy before but did not stay for long. (BFA: Minuet in Hell)
 * The Doctor once again recites the Zagreus nursery rhyme. (BFA: Project: Twilight)
 * The Celestial Toymaker would later refer to the Nimon in a riddle while Charley was playing his games in the Celestial Toymaker. (CC: Solitaire)

Timeline

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