Fear Itself (novel)

Fear Itself was the sole BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel to feature a story that used only the eighth incarnation of the Doctor. He had earlier been a part of PROSE: Wolfsbane, but that was primarily a Fourth Doctor adventure.

It featured companions Anji Kapoor and Fitz Kreiner. Until the release five years later of AUDIO: Fitz's Story, it was the final note of the continuity which had begun in the BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures range. In truth, it was effectively a part of the EDA line, but was published as a PDA because the Ninth Doctor had debuted on television by the time the story was published. Thus, when it hit bookstores, Fear Itself was actually telling the story of a "past" incarnation.

As of 2013, it was the last novel to feature the Eighth Doctor.

Publisher's summary

The 22nd century: a few short years of interstellar contact have taught humanity a hard lesson -- there are creatures abroad that are nightmare manifest. Powerful, unstoppable, alien forces. It's a realisation that deals a body blow to man's belief in his own superiority, and leaves him with the only option he has ever had: to fight.

When the Eighth Doctor and his friends are caught in the crossfire, they find humanity licking its wounds and preparing for war. But the fight against alien forces is no job for an amateur, and for a Doctor only just finding his way in the universe again, one misstep could be fatal.

Plot

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Characters

References

AuDoc

The Doctor

The Doctor starts to regenerate and stops.
He thinks of himself as an unicorn.

Individuals

Fitz's earliest memories are of wartime London and of the reassuring presence of his Dad towering over him.
He is kept in suspended animation during the four years after the Fall.
Anji Kapoor marries Michael, gets a job, and carries a normal life.

Locations

Farside Station
Charing Cross
New Jupiter Cafe

Organisations

Earth Forces

Science

Dortmunium

Species

Native Martians

Vehicles

PSV Pegasus

Notes

There are various references to the "alien occupation of Earth" during the 22nd century, but the Daleks aren't mentioned.

Continuity

A scientist claims that the Doctor can regain his memories if he chooses to. The Doctor says he is reluctant to do so as he is afraid of who he was before the amnesia. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)
He remembers boarding a space shuttle, the smile on his daughter's face, (PROSE: Father Time) Alan Turing, unsteady on a bicycle, (PROSE: The Turing Test) another body, falling back into flood waters, (PROSE: The Burning) the rocking of a railway carriage and soot on his tongue. (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell)
Fitz remembers leaving the Doctor and the TARDIS on Earth to recover (PROSE: The Ancestor Cell) and rendezvousing with him later on. (PROSE: Escape Velocity) The Doctor remembers waking in the train and a note.
There is another mention of Fitz's memories disappearing. (PROSE: Escape Velocity)
The Doctor recalls him killing Nepath in PROSE: The Burning.

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