New 4th Doc Audios: Hornets Nest Out Now!

[Perry Vale]

Yes, apparently so, a S17 Doctor with help from The Brigadier, in a 'season' of five linked/continuous stories.....

http://www.galaxy4.co.uk/products.php?sec_id=106

Blimey, it's all happening today!

[SiHart]

OH MY!

Si xx

[Pip Madeley]

So is this an actual proper bona-fide audio drama or just Tom reading a story?

[Perry Vale]

Not very clear from the press release, but looks like it'll maybe just be Tom & Nick.

[Si Hunt]

The words "Read By" chill our bones. So not an actual audio drama, just another reading. Panic over!

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

Still, how they managed to get Tom to do it...

[Si Hunt]

Without wishing to be cynical, I wonder if it was anyone else doing five episodes, they'd put them in a 2 or 3 disc set and charge £15 for it - but as it's Tom, they've dragged them out over five and asked fifty quid for it.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

A similar thought had ocurred to me - dragging it out over five months...

[SiHart]

DWM apparently says these are full cast audio plays all of which are written by Paul Magrs. Make of that what you will. I think it sounds rather more exciting than it did before, but others may well disagree!

Si xx

[Pip Madeley]

I've got DWM and it does indeed say they are full-cast plays

[Andrew Curnow]

So if they're a success, will Big Finish's licence not be renewed when the time comes? It's already happened with the books...

[Stuart Wallis]

I was a bit more enthusiastic til I noticed who the writer was...

[Pip Madeley]

Apparently Nicholas Courtney was ill and so they replaced him at the last minute with Richard Franklin.

Sigh.

[Si Hunt]

That has to go down as a sizeable disaster for the project really, doesn't it.

Si.

[Andrew Curnow]

Surely Benton would have been a better choice - Yates wouldn't even recognise the fourth Doctor would he?

[Logo Polish]

Possibly, but Richard Franklin doesn't live in California.

[Si Hunt]

No. He doesn't.

Si.

[Logo Polish]

Whereas John Levene does and so might be difficult to get for projects like these.

[Andrew Curnow]

I take your point.

[Carol Baynes]

I'm very happy with this news! It'd be good to have a cameo from Tom in the new series (maybe a variation on "The Dark Dimension" aborted project), but this will do very nicely.

[SiHart]

First cover!



How lovely and retro! (and will Doctor Who be talking to foxes? it looks like it!)

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

How come Tom gets to appear in his prime, and yet Franklin is old and grey?

Si.

[shada pavlova]

Because it's set in the present day?

[SiHart]

Blurb:

Hornets' Nest #1: The Stuff of Nightmares
Featuring: Tom Baker as The 4th Doctor

Tom Baker reprises the role of the Fourth Doctor in the first of five thrilling brand new audio adventures, with Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.

‘Wanted: retired army Captain for light household duties and fireside companionship. Must tolerate mild eccentricity and strong scientific advice. Knowledge of Giant Maggots, Super Intelligent Spiders and Prehistoric Monsters a positive boon.’

Responding to an advert apparently worded for him alone, Captain Mike Yates (retired) is reunited with a ghost from the past. But why has the Doctor, that mysterious traveller in Time and Space, sent for his former UNIT acquaintance? Trapped by a horde of vicious creatures in an apparently innocuous English country cottage, the two old friends are on the brink of an enormous adventure.

As the Doctor relates his recent escapades, it becomes clear to Mike that they – and the Earth at large – are facing an enemy of unimaginable power and horrific intent. The nightmare is only just beginning...

With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey and Daniel Hill as Percy Noggins, The Stuff of Nightmares is the first of five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs.

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

Gorgeous cover!