History Recap / BigFinishDoctorWho030SeasonsOfFear

** The final time he and the Doctor meet, he's gone all the way to CompleteMonster, no longer worshipping his "masters" even though he continues to serve them, and craving nothing more than power and immortality for their own sake.

* HiddenDepths: Charley says she once attended an orgy, but left quickly because it just wasn't her scene. LadyOfAdventure, indeed.

** The Doctor admits that he actually pities Grayle in some ways, noticing that where his ability to regenerate allows him to occasionally change his personality and see world with fresh eyes, Grayle is stuck being the same person forever, trapped in his own thoughts and becoming more and more embittered as the ages passes him by.

** The Doctor admits that he actually pities Grayle in some ways, noticing that where his ability to regenerate allows him to occasionally change his personality and perspective on the world, Grayle is stuck being the same person forever, trapped in his own thoughts and becoming more and more embittered as the ages passes him by.

* AlternateTimeline: Edith Swan-Neck was the consort of Harold Godwinesson, not Edward the Confessor. It was a different Edith, Edith of Wessex, that was Edward's wife. Benjamin Franklin is mentioned as an American President when he never was. This actually becomes relevant as [[spoiler:it is a sign of the damage the Anti-Time has done to the Web of Time, and [[Foreshadowing foreshadowes]] the Anti-Time Crisis]].

* AlternateTimeline: Edith Swan-Neck was the consort of Harold Godwinesson, not Edward the Confessor. It was a different Edith, Edith of Wessex, that was Edward's wife. Benjamin Franklin is mentioned as an American President when he never was.

** The Doctor admits that he actually pities Grayle in some ways, noticing that where his ability to regenerate allows him to occasionally change his personality and perspective on the world, Grayle is stuck being the same person forever.

-->Past-Grayle: [[spoiler:He was... e-evil. The worst kind of man. I couldn't let him kill you. How I could turn into that- that ''thing''? No honour, no love, no humanity...]]

---> Charley: "I don't know what's a Cretan Urn."
---> Doctor: "Less than a Grecian."

--> Charley: "...I'm deeply cheered."

--> Grayle: "My hand wants to reach for my mace and slay you, for all my [[TitleDrop seasons of fear]]."

--> Doctor: "I haven't got a clue."

-->'''The Doctor''': We were travelling in the hills when we saw the ladies and the pages of [[Creator/RolfHarris the Court of King Caractacus.]]
-->'''Charley''': Just passing by.

--> Doctor: "Bats! [[AdmiringTheAbomination Great]]!!"

--> Grayle: "Quite spacious."

--> Charley: "Another mouse?"

!Tropes

** The Doctor admits that he actually pities Grayle in some ways, noticing that where his ability to regenerate allows him to occasionally change his perspective and personality Grayle is stuck being the same person forever.

* WouldHitAGirl: Or rather the future Grayle would kill women. This is used to show how he has changed over the years, [[spoiler:which his past self picks up on to realise he has become evil.]]

* CompleteImmortality: Sebastian Grayle.

* TimeyWimeyBall: One of the most notorious offenders in the series' long history.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Grayle had several.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Garlyle sees Grayle and can't understand drove him to this.]]

* TalkingToHimself: Garlyle and Grayle.

--> '''The Doctor:''' [[{{Beat}} (beat)]] We do not shoot him.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Who is the Doctor narrating to? How did the Doctor create the TemporalParadox?]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Grayle with the [[spoiler:Nimon]], who are even called demons.

* FutureMeScaresMe

** [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho019MinuetInHell The Hellfire club]] gets referenced.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Grayle falls off a cliff in the DarkAges.

* RegencyEngland: Charley very happily bluffs her way through its social niceties, using her extensive knowledge of JaneAusten dialogue. The Doctor just groans.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Doctor shouting: "[[MattSmith GERONIMOOOOOO]]!!"

* IncrediblyLamePun
---> Charley: "I don't know what's a Cretan Urn."
---> Doctor: "Less than a Grecian."

The Doctor tells Charley [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus an old Gallifreyan nursery rhyme]]...

-> Zagreus sits inside your head,
-> Zagreus lives among the dead,
-> Zagreus sees you in your bed,
-> And eats you when you're sleeping.

Charley wonders whether the Doctor thwarting Grayle's plans is what will cause him to kill the Doctor in the first place. The Doctor tells her not to think about it too hard, because her brain would turn into a spiral staircase and she'd get lost trying to climb it. The Doctor tells Charley [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus an old Gallifreyan nursery rhyme]]...