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Doctor Who Hornets' Nest 4: A Sting In The Tale

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 The Doctor arrives in a bleak English midwinter of long ago. Plunging into the snowy landscape of the Dark Ages, he learns that wild dogs besiege the local Tilling Abbey every night. When he is given shelter by the sisters of the abbey, the Doctor begs an audience with the Mother Superior they fiercely protect. Something unearthly has already happened here - and if the Doctor is right, it’s connected to his recent encounters with an ancient enemy. As night falls again, the dogs can be held off no longer - and the sisters’ secret is about to be revealed. Forced to draw his enemy off into the depths of the TARDIS, the Doctor finds himself in a nightmarish chase through his own ship - but is he the pursuer, or the pursued? As they fight him on his own ground, the hornets are determined to possess his mind... With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Clare Corbett as the Nun, Susie Riddell as the Sister, Rula Lenska as the Swarm and Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey, A Sting in the Tale is the fourth of five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs. '... Baker delivers the drama and intensity that you recognise from the Fourth Doctor of old' - Doctor Who Magazine©2009 Paul Magrs; (P)2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction

Critic reviews

... great fun to listen to
A Sting in the Tale is probably the most alluring (not to mention probably the most rewarding) instalment of the Hornets’ Nest saga to date.
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The fourth part of Hornet's Nest is building the tension nicely, ready for the finale in part five. This instalment takes the Doctor to a nunnery in the year 1039, to meet the Hornets for the first time. Wonderful cast, great to have Tom Baker back in the Tardis again.

It Stings Good...

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Dark compelling frightening horror superbly read. The Doctor in magnificent form, part 4 is the best part of this tale so far. Battles with beasts and creatures through time and space.

unmissable

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