Tom Baker reprises the role of the Fourth Doctor in five thrilling brand new adventures, with Richard Franklin as his old friend Mike Yates. 'Wanted: retired army Captain...Must tolerate mild eccentricity and strong scientific advice. Knowledge of Giant Maggots, Super Intelligent Spiders and Prehistoric Monsters a positive boon.' Responding to a strangely worded advertisement, 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? Beset by vicious creatures in an English country cottage, the Doctor tells Mike about his recent adventures, travelling through the centuries right back to the Middle Ages. In each location he battled a powerful race of alien insects intent on global domination. But now they are here, in the 21st Century - and it's up to the Doctor and Mike to defeat them...Tom Baker stars as the Doctor, with Richard Franklin as Mike Yates and a cast including Susan Jameson, Daniel Hill, Christian Rodska, Michael Maloney, Stephen Thorne and Rula Lenska, in these five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs. '...Baker delivers the drama and intensity that you recognise from the Forth Doctor of old' - "Doctor Who Magazine".
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... a cracking, mystifying and frankly weird tale -- Chichester Observer, October 23, 2009
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I find it hard to understand all the negative reviews here, as someone who grew up with Tom Baker's melifluous tones as The Doctor on television, I think the opportunity to hear him reprise the role is simply irresistible. This series has been hugely enjoyable - but it's not supposed to be high theatre; the evocatice music and Baker's dulcet drawl just make me smile constantly, and the story featuring a macabre circus troupe and it's sinister ringmaster are superb. Surely the opportunity to hear a group of outstanding actors play their roles without frills and endless explosions is what audio drama is all about? And Richard Franklin, Tom Baker et al acquit themselves with aplomb - Paul Magrs' script is sharp and witty, and the endless bandying of polysyllabic words is ideally suited to Baker's style. Fun, cosy, and hugely entertaining - for me this series is going from strength to strength,
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this story and can't understand why others didn't. It takes place in the early 19th Century as the Doctor follows his foes back in time. Arriving in the small town of Blandford he finds the place almost deserted. A shop assistant tells him that the townsfolk are all still in bed, having been the previous night to "The Circus of Delights", a travelling circus that has recently arrived in town. The Doctor soon realises that there is something amiss about this troupe and before you know it he's in the thick of an adventure. Very dark and macabre. Fast moving too.
Tom Baker is completely in character as the Doctor by now and i believed every word he said and every second of the story.
Tom Baker is completely in character as the Doctor by now and i believed every word he said and every second of the story.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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third in the talking books series featuring tom baker reprising the role of the fourth doctor. There's an ongoing storyline here that is slowly taking precedence so casual listeners might be better off starting with the first one "Doctor Who": Hornets' Nest: Stuff of Nightmares v. 1 (BBC Audio).
Those who've followed the series so far will find this adopting the format as before. A complete story in roughly seventy minutes spread over one disc, with the doctor telling mike yates about an encounter of his with the strange alien hornets. There's a short reprise of the first two parts at the start of the story that lasts roughly three minutes.
The main story here involves the doctor investigating a circus that is visiting a rural town in 1832.The quality of the performances they put on are hypnotic. literally, it would seem. The doctor investigates, teaming up with a victorian doctor called farrow who is trying to make his sister leave the place, and finds a little more than he bargained for as the truth about the hornets slowly comes out.
Whilst this does slightly have middle of a series problems in that it really only exists just to push the main plot on somewhat, it makes up for that for the most of it by being a delightfully atmospheric and absorbing listen for the most part. the script is superbly evocative and tom baker really gets his teeth into it, plus the ringmaster and doctor farrow are very strong characters and very well played by the cast members who take the roles, as they make them believable and never go over the top.
Come the last third though the pace does drop off somewhat. Still, the plot development is pretty intriguing, and it did leave me eager to find what will happen next. So I'll be back for part four
Those who've followed the series so far will find this adopting the format as before. A complete story in roughly seventy minutes spread over one disc, with the doctor telling mike yates about an encounter of his with the strange alien hornets. There's a short reprise of the first two parts at the start of the story that lasts roughly three minutes.
The main story here involves the doctor investigating a circus that is visiting a rural town in 1832.The quality of the performances they put on are hypnotic. literally, it would seem. The doctor investigates, teaming up with a victorian doctor called farrow who is trying to make his sister leave the place, and finds a little more than he bargained for as the truth about the hornets slowly comes out.
Whilst this does slightly have middle of a series problems in that it really only exists just to push the main plot on somewhat, it makes up for that for the most of it by being a delightfully atmospheric and absorbing listen for the most part. the script is superbly evocative and tom baker really gets his teeth into it, plus the ringmaster and doctor farrow are very strong characters and very well played by the cast members who take the roles, as they make them believable and never go over the top.
Come the last third though the pace does drop off somewhat. Still, the plot development is pretty intriguing, and it did leave me eager to find what will happen next. So I'll be back for part four
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The story is ok but the author has managed to meander just enough to leave you wondering if he forgot the story line on more than one occasion
Published 4 months ago by Dean Love
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A Brilliant Return by Tom Baker
Most of the other reviewers have mentioned what I'd declare myself.
Simply put. This is magic. Read more
Simply put. This is magic. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Sean Curtin
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"Appointment with Tom"
No need for an introduction Sir Tom Baker in new adventures as The Doctor. These are in a different style to say the more tradtionally dramatised stories of Big Finish's Doctor Who... Read more
Published on 11 April 2011 by Bob Marlowe
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Getting better and better - this series has the tension building nicely.
I never tire of hearing Tom Baker's wonderful voice rolling out those words; and his style, and... Read more
I never tire of hearing Tom Baker's wonderful voice rolling out those words; and his style, and... Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2011 by Keen Reader
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Doctor Who - Hornet's Nest vol 3: Circus of Doom
If you've either heard the first two volumes or read my other reviews you will know how good these audios are. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2010 by Andy
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No, No, No, No, No!
This should have been a major event for old school Doctor Who fans. Tom Baker finally back in the saddle after so many years away? What's not to like? Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2010 by S Maslin
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Great fun but not particularly 'Who'
The pluses of this series remain - Tom Baker attacks the role with relish and is ably supported by a decent cast (although Richard Franklin again doesn't get much to do). Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2010 by A. I. Mackenzie
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Bigger on the inside...
This is an interesting title for a classic Doctor. In the starring roll is Tom Baker back as the 4th Doctor, but not in a full audio drama which all Who fans would have liked. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2010 by Holtonr
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A real Circus of Delights!
The third installment of the Hornet's Nest saga sees events take a much darker and serious tone, as the Doctor finds himself involved in a very sinister and dark tale, revolving... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by M. Evans
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Tom's Old Rope
I really want to like this series of CDs - honestly, I really do! Magrs' writing is as rich as ever (which is a great opportunity for new young fans to improve their vocabulary! Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by Langella
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