Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Seasons of Fear 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 12 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 4 Overview Released Monday, March 25, 2002 Written by Caroline Symcox, Paul Cornell Cover Art by Clayton Hickman Publisher Big Finish Productions Directed by Gary Russell Runtime 120 minutes Story Type New Year Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) By Royal Command, Doctor imprisoned, Doctor Who?, Time Travel Pivotal, Transmat, Vegetarian Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) Web of Time Location (Potential Spoilers!) Time Vortex, Singapore, Earth, England Synopsis 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. 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 Daleks Nicholas Briggs Nimons Sebastian Grayle The Auditor Show All Characters (6) How to listen to Seasons of Fear: Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify Big Finish Audio Seasons of Fear 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 12 reviews 19 May 2025 · 267 words Review by Leromica Unlike the Eighth Doctor's previous story I went into this one knowing absolutely nothing about it and that is perhaps one of the reasons I enjoyed it just as much. Its a completely different beast, as whilst Chimes of Midnight takes place entirely in one location, Seasons of Fear is a rollicking adventure yarn. Its also the first Monthly Series release I've listened to which uses it's individual parts in an interesting way by having large parts of each one set in a different time period. The set up with the villain (Grayle) boasting, with traditional bad guy arrogance, that the Doctor has already been defeated sets up an enticing mystery for the rest of the episode, and interactions between him and the Doctor are some of the most entertaining back-and-forth's of McGann's tenure up until now. Grayle is a really fun villain and its interesting to see his change to over different points in his development. We are also treated to the Tardis getting a good run out. It spends most adventures sat in whatever corner it happens to appear in the first ten seconds of the story, so it's nice that it gets utilised. Multi-period stories should be more of thing in my opinion (maybe they are, I've only listened to a fraction of Big Finish releases). If I had one complaint it would be that I think the elements of the wider ark could have been incorporated slightly better into the story, but this is only a minor issue in what amounts to the second fantastic story in a row for the Eighth Doctor. Leromica View profile Like Liked 0 18 April 2025 · 28 words Review by joeymapes21 A fantastic villain, which is explored and built really well in a story which uses time travel really well. Love the format with the storytelling, framing the story. joeymapes21 View profile Like Liked 0 5 April 2025 · 23 words Review by megaminxwin 1 i mean. its fine. but i really dont get the hype surrounding this one, each part barely feels like they connect at all megaminxwin View profile Like Liked 1 29 January 2025 · 37 words Review by mndy 2 What can I say, I just really really like this story. Fun time travel, fun Eight and Charley moments, fun magical sword, fun villain, fun everything. Not a single dull moment. Zagreus mentioned! 'Doctor who?' asked!!! mndy View profile Like Liked 2 8 January 2025 · 56 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! An overlooked, stellar early audio. Sebastian Grayling is a sensational villain, so well established that I fully anticipated that he would be in one of the stories that followed - you really get inside his head. (It would have been great if he was the big bad in ‘Neverland’). Why aren’t more people talking about this? 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (12) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating451 members 3.87 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 754 Favourited 96 Reviewed 12 Saved 12 Skipped 2 Related Stories Classic Who S17 • Serial 5 · (4 episodes) The Horns of Nimon Rating: 2.85 Story Skipped Television Reviews(4) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Doctor Who Season 17 Set of Stories: Doctor Who (1963-1996) Set of Stories: Fourth Doctor Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: Cheer up. Look, there's a mouse. CHARLEY: I am deeply cheered. — Seasons of Fear Show All Quotes (4) Open in new window