Vertigo

Vertigo was the irrational fear of heights. According to Bernice Summerfield, few people — even those not suffering from the condition — "would lean on the outside walls, and most kept to the middle of corridors out of instinct." Benny identified a more extreme case as a "full-out phobia". (PROSE: The Glass Prison) Benign positional vertigo was one of its forms, and was an illness of the inner ear. (PROSE: Turn the Light On) Companion Sarah Jane Smith got vertigo when near ledges. (TV: The Five Doctors) Among others, Pydych also suffered from the illness. (PROSE: Drift)
Roz Forrester described her "ears popping" in an isolated case of vertigo. (PROSE: The Death of Art) 20 storeys above ground, the Seventh Doctor overcame his vertigo when he realised that he'd "lost one life that way". (PROSE: The Hollow Men) To recover from a dizzying case of vertigo, Turlough squatted down, shut his eyes and took deep breaths. (PROSE: Deep Blue)
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart became "nauseous with vertigo" after first encountering the Waro. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune) Fitz Kreiner felt a "real sense" of vertigo when on top of a roof with nothing substantial to hang on to. (PROSE: Escape Velocity)
The Sixth Doctor listed vertigo with agoraphobia and xenophobia as fears which, when mixed together, would form "naked fear". (PROSE: The Ultimate Evil)
== Behind the scenes ==
The DWU's depiction of vertigo is very much at odds with the real world definition. Vertigo is in fact not the fear of heights, but rather the perception of a spinning motion when one is not actually spinning. It is a neurological disorder, not a phobia. is closer to the fear described in DWU material.
Category:Phobias from the real world