Doctor Who Hornets Nest 2 The Dead ..., Paul Magrs
Doctor Who Hornets Nest 2 The Dead ..., Paul Magrs
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Doctor Who Hornets' Nest 2: The Dead Shoes

Author: Paul Magrs

Narrator: Full Cast, Richard Franklin, Tom Baker

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2009

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Visiting the English seaside town of Cromer in the summer of 1932, the Doctor happens upon the strange world of the Cromer Palace of Curios. The young Ernestina Scott is unusually beguiled by one of the museum’s exhibits, and when the Doctor befriends her, they unwittingly embark upon a terrifying escapade. Chased by animated dolls through a nightmarish model house, the Doctor realises he is being hunted by a familiar enemy. The unmistakable sound of hornets is in the air, and they are keen to speak to him. Overseeing this game of cat and mouse is the Palace of Curios’ curator - a certain Mrs Wibbsey... With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey, Clare Corbett as Ernestina, and Christian Rodska as the Reverend Small, The Dead Shoes is the second of five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs. '... a lively mix of humour and horror' - Cambs Times. '... Baker delivers the drama and intensity that you recognise from the Fourth Doctor of old' - Doctor Who Magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Polly on September 05, 2023

"The Hornets and I are forming a foxtrot through time! A temporal tango! I am waltzing with the storm!"......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on February 01, 2017

Doctor Who: Hornets' Nest, Part 2 -The Dead Shoes was an excellent listen. The audio drama portrayed Doctor Who, played by Tom Baker, taking on the alien hornets again in the realm of ballet. The story was just a little creepy in places. Would I recommend the audio drama? Absolutely!......more

Goodreads review by Bobby on October 27, 2021

Good performance by original cast members of this classic show. Good take on the red shoes story as well.......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on November 30, 2009

This is a bit more like it. The complaints about the sparseness of the sound design and the balance of narration versus dramatization that I made in my review of Hornets' Nest: The Stuff of Nightmares largely still apply to this next installment. However, laying those aside and taking this audio on......more

Goodreads review by Leila on May 04, 2020

2nd of the 5 linked Dr Who stories in the Hornet's Nest series by Paul Magrs featuring Tom Baker. We learn the origin of the Doctor's housekeeper Mrs. Wibbsey in this super creepy tale which begins in an old curiosity museum on Cromer pier in 1932. Demonically possessed ballet shoes, alien hornets, r......more


Quotes

Tom Baker gives a mercurial performance in the role... He shares a lovely rapport with Corbett http://www.doctorwhoreviews.co.uk