The Nightmare Fair (Audio Story)

The Nightmare Fair is the first story in the first series of The Lost Stories.

=Synopsis= ''The Lost Stories: Adventures that were originally written for the Doctor Who television series but never made. Now available to hear for the first time...''

The TARDIS has been drawn to Blackpool in the year 1985, where the Doctor intends to investigate a dangerous space/time vortex... while enjoying some local attractions along the way. But an old enemy is watching from his base deep within the amusement park, a timeless being who craves revenge.

The Celestial Toymaker has returned. The game is on. And, should he lose, the Doctor will pay the ultimate forfeit...

=Plot=

Part 1
A man is being chased by something, when he runs into Kevin. The man rushes past him before being struck down by a creature.

The Doctor and Peri are on top of Blackpool Tower admiring the view. After some banter, they descended and the Doctor took Peri to the amusement park. Unknown to him, the Celestial Toymaker is observing him in secret.

Kevin was being interviewed by the police on what happened. he describes a faceless, glowing red creature who chased the man. The police doesn't believe him, and the man described a "mandarin" who wasn't present that night when he was the other night. The policeman dismissed him and scolded him for wasting police resources.

Stefan meets with the Toymaker, who had found the TARDIS and set a barrier around it. The Toymaker continues to observe the Doctor. Stefan then brings the Doctor's biodata to confirm his identity. The Doctor can hear the Toymaker call out to him. The Doctor set out to investigate.

The Doctor notifies Peri of someone following them. They then go on a ride called "Galactic Adventure". This is then Peri start to hear the Celestial Toymaker. The attendant denies letting the Doctor be in the same carriage as Peri, instead bringing him on a different carriage instead. The Doctor's carriage stops, and the Doctor disappears.

The Doctor was taken to an arcade by a group of thugs and was then imprisoned in a cell. The Doctor hears a prisoner in a cell next to him, and addresses him. They communicate by tapping on the pipes on the wall, although their communication goes nowhere. The Celestial Toymaker finally addresses the Doctor by rendering a wall invisible.

Peri was making a report to the security guard on the Doctor's disappearance. The man that was following them introduces himself as Kevin, and takes her to make a police report when they were confronted by a group of thugs. They take the duo hostage and takes them somewhere, but they manage to escape when Kevin steals one of the thug's machine gun. Kevin was struck by a ricochet bullet in his arm. They continue to venture down the tunnel and enters an old rusty door.

They continue exploring an old arcade when Peri hears someone following them. They continue into an old ride, when the animatronic came alive and knocked out Kevin. With no choice, Peri abandons Kevin.

The Doctor talks with the Celestial Toymaker and expressed his distaste of him. After some arguments, the Doctor finally accepts the Toymaker's game, calling this their "last game".

Part 2
=Cast=
 * Colin Baker - Sixth Doctor
 * Nicola Bryant - Peri Brown
 * David Bailie - Celestial Toymaker
 * Louise Faulkner - Woman
 * Andrew Fettes - Stefan
 * Toby Longworth - Yatsumoto, Truscott, Manager, Man
 * Matthew Noble - Kevin
 * William Whymper - Shardlow, Attendant
 * Duncan Wisbey - Humandroid, Security Man, Geoff, Guard

=Notes=
 * This story was originally made for Season 23 of Doctor Who Classic Series. The story was unmade after the original Season 23 was cancelled due to the show being put on hiatus.
 * This story was previously novelised as part of the Target Missing Episodes novel series by Graham Williams.
 * The part of the Celestial Toymaker was recast as David Bailie, who previously played the role in the Monthly Adventures Seventh Doctor audio story The Nightmare Trap.

=Continuity=
 * This story takes place between Season 22 and Season 23: Trial of a Time Lord.
 * This story takes place immediately after the Season 22 story Revelations of the Daleks.

=Links=
 * The Nightmare Fair
 * The Nightmare Fair Part 1