Stories Audio Drama Big Finish Main Range Seasons of Fear 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 11 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 3 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 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 11 reviews 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 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 0 20 December 2024 · 134 words Review by RandomJoke Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! Love this one! Not the deepest, but if they ever wanted to do a theatrical Movie of Doctor Who (i know we got that with the Daleks Movie, but they were more Daleks Movies than Doctor Who), this one would be pretty much a good Inspiration for. On another note, I always have a big soft spot for Stories, where we travel to different settings in each of the Episodes. How the Story starts is amazing and I really love it! The Humor here is pretty great, and I think Eight and Charley are at some of their best as a duo here. After Chimes this is such a perfect comforting “actiony” Story, which mixes some aspects of Keys of Marinus and City of Death into a delightful romp! Big Fan of the Story! RandomJoke View profile Like Liked 1 Show All Reviews (11) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating403 members 3.87 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating708 votes 3.86 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 679 Favourited 91 Reviewed 11 Saved 11 Skipped 2 Related Stories Classic Who S17 • Serial 5 · (4 episodes) The Horns of Nimon Rating: 2.83 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 (3) Open in new window