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Embrace the Darkness
Big Finish Productions audio drama
Series	Doctor Who
Release no.	31
Featuring	Eighth Doctor Charley Pollard
Written by	Nicholas Briggs
Directed by	Nicholas Briggs
Produced by	Gary Russell Jason Haigh-Ellery
Executive producer(s)	Jacqueline Rayner
Production code	8J
Length	2 hours 5 mins
Release date	April 2002
Preceded by	"Seasons of Fear"
Followed by	"The Time of the Daleks"

Embrace the Darkness is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Plot

The Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard encounter an ancient race in the Cimmerian System, whose return could prove apocalyptic. But as the Darkness envelops the station the Doctor learns that their seemingly evil acts might be more than they appear. To save the day, the Doctor must battle an artificial intelligence as well as the Cimmerians

Cast

• The Doctor — Paul McGann
• Charley Pollard — India Fisher
• Ferras — Lee Moone
• Haliard — Mark McDonnell
• Orllesnsa — Nicola Boyce
• ROSM — Ian Brooker

Reception

The Discontinuity Guide like the set up, the new alien race and the story in general, but found the resolution to be low key and almost occurring off screen. Despite this, it recommended the story.^[1]

Production

Released April 2002, number 31 in the Big Finish Doctor Who Catalogue.^[2]

References

External links

• Big Finish Productions - Embrace the Darkness