Hornets' Nest is an audio play in five episodes based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is written by Paul Magrs, and stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates. It was released on five CDs by BBC Audiobooks between September and December 2009. They feature multiple actors, but all five episodes contain some degree of narration by different characters.
Hornets' Nest
The Stuff of Nightmares
Captain Mike Yates (retired) responds to an advert in a paper that seems to be specifically directed at him. This leads him to a small cottage in Sussex and a meeting with his old UNIT colleague, the Doctor, who looks exactly as he did over three decades ago. Once there, the Doctor tells Yates about his recent fight against a swarm of psychic alien Hornets. His first encounter with them involved their possession of an army of taxidermy animals.
Cast
The Doctor – Tom Baker
Captain Mike Yates – Richard Franklin
Mrs Wibbsey – Susan Jameson
Percy Noggins – Daniel Hill
The Dead Shoes
The Doctor explains that he tracked the Hornets back to 1932, to a pair of ballet slippers in a shop called Cromer’s Palace of Curios. The owner, Mrs Wibbsey, shrinks the Doctor and traps him inside a possessed dollhouse.
Cast
The Doctor – Tom Baker
Captain Mike Yates – Richard Franklin
Mrs Wibbsey – Susan Jameson
Ernestina Stott – Clare Corbett
The Reverend Small – Christian Rodska
The Circus of Doom
The Doctor traces the Hornets further back in time. In 1832, a decadent circus run by a bitter dwarf, entrances the simple citizens of Blandford.
Cast
The Doctor – Tom Baker
Captain Mike Yates – Richard Franklin
Sally – Susie Riddell
Dr. Adam Farrow – Michael Maloney
Old Lady – Susan Jameson
Francesca – Jilly Bond
Antonio – Stephen Thorne
A Sting in the Tale
Yates and the Doctor make their final confrontation with the queen
of the hive, inside the paper skull of a stuffed zebra.
Cast
The Doctor – Tom Baker
Captain Mike Yates – Richard Franklin
Mrs Wibbsey – Susan Jameson
The Queen – Rula Lenska
Production
Writer Paul Magrs
Producer Kate Thomas
Series 1
Length 5 episodes
70 minutes each
Originally broadcast 3 September – 3 December 2009
Media Info
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General Audio For All
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