Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Embrace the Darkness 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 11 Statistics Quotes 1 Overview Released Monday, April 29, 2002 Written by Nicholas Briggs Cover Art by Clayton Hickman Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Nicholas Briggs Runtime 124 minutes Time Travel Unclear Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Web of Time Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Cimmeria IV Synopsis The Doctor and Charley travel to the remote Cimmerian System to unravel the mystery of its sun. But darkness has already embraced the scientific base on Cimmeria IV in more ways than one. In a fight for survival, the Doctor must use all his wits against a deadly artificial life-form and an ancient race whose return to the Cimmerian System threatens suffering and death on an apocalyptic scale. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Eighth Doctor Paul McGann Charlotte Pollard India Fisher Cimmerians Show All Characters (3) How to listen to Embrace the Darkness: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio Embrace the Darkness Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 11 reviews 21 April 2025 · 52 words Review by joeymapes21 A story which felt really intriguing, and had me hooked for the first part, and into the second, but felt it rapidly felt steam. By the end, I was very underwhelmed, and left feeling a bit uncaring about this story by the end. Which is a shame, after such a solid start. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 0 5 April 2025 · 34 words Review by megaminxwin 1 i dont know, the ending to this one just felt a bit. eh? i guess? i mean its a decent enough audio but the ending is just odd and i couldnt really follow it megaminxwin View profile Like Liked 1 2 February 2025 · 132 words Review by mndy Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! Perfectly okay story, not super memorable. Nice Charley moments, especially her being pissed that Doctor is going to nobly offer himself up as a sacrifice out of guilt, which would leave her in 1)outer space 2)in the future 3)with people she's just met. The Doctor's mistake with lighting up the artificial suns ends up not being a mistake in the end, which felt like cop out, plotwise. And the Cimmerians were pretty chill about it anyways; the Doctor is like 'I'm ready for punishment :(' and they are 'oh, no, it's okay man, we all make mistakes :)'. Overall, the beginning of the story was great and scary (big fan of the Cimmerian's little whisper-y voices), but it got boring the longer it went on. ROSM was nice! The others were meh. mndy View profile Like Liked 2 20 December 2024 · 126 words Review by RandomJoke Spoilers 2 This review contains spoilers! I really love this one, admittedly it’s been a while since I listen to that one, but I remember it quite well. I adore the atmosphere presented here, and I am surprised how graphic it became (just the Parts with their Eyes does give me a bit of an unease, when I first listen to it). I think this Story gets a bit weaker around the end, perhaps the first two are just SO good, compared to those, the other two feel a little less, I suppose? Yet another one that uses the Audio Medium so well, some may say it even embrace it. The Performances are all well done, and I like how claustrophobic it all felt. India was probably the standout here. Overall excellent. RandomJoke View profile Like Liked 2 24 November 2024 · 20 words Review by Rock_Angel 2 The only way to listen to this is during a black out otherwise the effect isn’t as strong I fear Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 2 Show All Reviews (11) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating355 members 3.40 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating631 votes 3.62 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 615 Favourited 29 Reviewed 11 Saved 7 Skipped 2 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite CHARLEY: Your eyes. FERRAS: What about them? CHARLEY: You've lost your eyes. — Embrace the Darkness