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DOCTOR WHO: HORNETS NEST: STUFF OF NIGHTMARES NEST 1 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Paul Magrs,Full Cast,Richard Franklin,Tom Baker | 1 pages | 03 Sep 2009 | BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House | 9781408426739 | English | London, United Kingdom Doctor Who - Hornets' Nest: The Stuff of Nightmares Is this a bestial attack on mankind for this insult of their deaths? Back street menageries — somebody is stealing the cast off stuffed creatures. Mr Noggin the taxidermist is carrying them off into the belly of his lorry. Making monsters, reanimating them and filling them with hate and turning them back into the human world from a workshop of filthy creation. The Doctor stabs a badger in the chest urging the flames to catch hold. When he opens the creature up he discovers origami brains with insects huddled inside, feebly twitching antennae as they scramble about the papery walkways of their home. The hornets can take control of human minds as easily as the beasts and can change their size at will. They love creatures with flesh to burrow into, with warmth inside eww that is horrible. Mr Noggin was just working under some petty revenge on human beings for treating animals so badly. All of the animals contain a splinter, a shard of the hive mind. He has put a force shield around Nest Cottage and is keeping the creatures, the hornets docile inside. The Doctor has been fighting the swarm again and again through time. Result: Can you imagine anything more wonderful than tucking up under the duvet and letting tom Baker regale with a story written by Paul Magrs? Magrs descriptions make this a sensual, atmospheric listen; his use of language paints worlds more enchantingly than any number of sound effects. The story introduces some gorgeous imagery with the hornets and their paper hives inside the skulls of dead animals and from the set up it appears this will be an anthology of separate stories told by the Doctor to Mike Yates. Posted by Doc Oho at Newer Post Older Post Home. I've seen a couple of reviews commenting that it has a lot more talking-book style narration by Yates and the Doctor, and hence much less actual dialogue, than we are used to from Big Finish; myself, I felt that this was being honest t "Hornet's Nest 1: The Stuff of Nightmares, by Paul Magrs, brings back the Fourth Doctor in alliance with ex-Captain Mike Yates who was actually a Third Doctor companion, but never mind , inhabiting a peculiar country house with even more peculiar stuffed animals. I've seen a couple of reviews commenting that it has a lot more talking-book style narration by Yates and the Doctor, and hence much less actual dialogue, than we are used to from Big Finish; myself, I felt that this was being honest to an earlier style of doing things, namely that of Doctor Who and the Pescatons, the first ever Doctor Who audio from the. Amazon tells me that the second CD is already winging its way to me; can't wait! Sep 22, Leila Anani rated it it was amazing Shelves: audio-books , dr-who , paul-magrs , sci-fi , tv-tie-in , favourite-audio-books , 4th-doctor , insects , sf-horror , telepaths-empaths. One of my absolute favourites this series is what made me love Dr Who in the first place mixing weird and creepy. It begins like a Sherlock Holmes tale in which Captain Mike Yates, now retired, responds to a highly unusual advertisement that can only be meant for him, and ends with alien hornets infesting the brains of taxidermied animals. If I have to be picky, it's not the greatest stand alone story - you do need to have the rest of the series on hand - but it truly is a cracking start. This knows it's Whoverse - with references to The Green Death, Image of the Fendahl and Ark in Space - all favourites of mine - There are definite parallels with the Wirrin - though of course this one's set on Earth rather than in space. Its genuinely scary, tense and freaky with an excellent voice cast. Baker is marvellous and I love Susan Jameson as the no nonsense Mrs. Wibbsey - What Dr Who is all about. Oct 10, J. Remy rated it liked it Shelves: doctor-who , 4th-doctor , mike-yates , fenella-wibbsey. I have to say I found this story a bit odd. Partially because I'm used to the quality of the Big Finish audios, and I just don't think this one lived up to what those audio dramas offer. But, mostly because this felt so much like a Paul Magrs story. Magrs has a habit of writing silly into the middle of serious moments, which Tom Baker tends to do very well. In this situation, however, the transition felt a bit odd from the seriousness of Baker in Invasion of Time which this story is meant to be I have to say I found this story a bit odd. In this situation, however, the transition felt a bit odd from the seriousness of Baker in Invasion of Time which this story is meant to be set sometime after to the silliness of the 4th Doctor in this story. Once I accepted the Doctor's attitude not completely out of character, just a dramatic shift from the last story and was able to shift into a near-audio book form of narrative rather than audio drama , it was quite a bit of fun. Baker is hilarious, and imagining the Doctor tell this story to Mike Yates is almost as fun as having them actually go through the adventure. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Apr 20, April rated it it was ok. I'm torn. This was fun to hear performed so well by Tom Baker and Richard Franklin as Mike Yates but the story is slow and, until nearly the end of the Classic Who style of cliff-hanger ending, a bit dull. Not a great start to the 5-book series; unsure if I'm enthused enough to continue. Jan 24, Min rated it really liked it. Listening to Demon Quest first, thus-out of order, I am puzzled why when Captain Yates arrives, he says he recognizes him. If this is Tom Baker's incarnation, then he and Captain Yates never met on screen. Yates' last story is Jon Pertwee's last episode, Planet of the Spiders. Yates had already been dismissed after Invasion of the Dinosaurs, thus, should not have been at U. That aside, I like how the Doctor lures him to The Nest. Half of this firs Listening to Demon Quest first, thus-out of order, I am puzzled why when Captain Yates arrives, he says he recognizes him. Half of this first episode is Tom Baker delivery a dramatic monologue to tell Captain Yates what the situation is at the moment. It is a fine beginning. I am ready for the next one! Jan 18, Gabriel Wallis rated it really liked it Shelves: This audio drama was my first Tom Baker experience. Excellent narrator! In The Stuff of Nightmares , Doctor Who takes on alien hornets who inhabit the dead, stuffed bodies of animals. The story was a little creepy to me, which made it all the more entertaining to listen to. Do I recommend listening to The Stuff of Nightmares? Jul 29, Terri rated it really liked it Shelves: based-on-tv-shows , science-fiction. Mike Yates answers an unusual ad in the paper for a companion and when he gets to Nest cottage finds his old friend, The Doctor is involved in more strange happenings. This time stuffed and not the cute fluffy kind are coming to life and attacking. The thought of taxidermist animal attacking really creeps me out, never been a big fan overall though I do acknowledge it IS an artform. Always love The Doctor and of course, Tom Baker's narration just gives it even more of a fun factor. Mar 12, Debra Cook rated it did not like it Shelves: audiobooks. He just put me to sleep. Jun 16, Paul Doody rated it really liked it. In , Tom Baker was lured back to the show which made him world-famous, and this is the first of a five-part sequence. It's great to have him back, but the story disappoints. Feb 20, Nathan Friedl rated it liked it Shelves: read Some of them are over a hundred years old. It wasn't the idea at all. Leave me alone. Perhaps I'd better let myself out. Let us get on with our Your valuable work? What are you up to, you foolish man? What is controlling you? Get out! This is where part one ended on the radio. He looked so defeated and pathetic. I had no time to dwell on fripperies such as feelings, Mike, as I had to get myself out of that place pretty sharpish, otherwise they'd lock me up again somewhere more secure this time, and I had work to do, vital work, investigative work. You know me, Mike, subtle and blithe as a shadow when I want to be. This is where part two started on the radio. What kind of discarnate being might deliberately possess the dead forms of these creatures? What kind of twilight spirit might be so desperate to find corporeal form once more? Well, I had all sorts of ideas about that, ideas jostling about, vying for attention. But at hearts, I am of course a scientist.