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| | |image = hornetsnest4.jpg | ||
|range = Hornets' Nest | |||
|number in range = 4 | |||
|series = [[Hornets' Nest]] | |series = [[Hornets' Nest]] | ||
|number = 4 | |number = 4 | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|companions = [[Mike Yates]] | |companions = [[Mike Yates|Yates]] | ||
|enemy = [[ | |enemy = [[Hornet]]s | ||
| | |setting = {{il|[[Tilling Abbey]], [[Northumbria]], [[1039]]|[[Venice]], [[1768]]|[[Nest Cottage]], [[24 December]] [[2010]]}} | ||
| | |writer = Paul Magrs | ||
|release date = | |director = [[Kate Thomas]] | ||
|format = CD | |producer =Kate Thomas | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1- | |music =[[Simon Power]] | ||
| | |publisher = BBC Audio | ||
|next story = [[ | |release date = 3 December 2009 | ||
}} | |format = 1 CD<br/>4th of 5 stories | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-60283-869-7 | |||
|prev = The Circus of Doom (audio story) | |||
|next = Hive of Horror (audio story) | |||
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|featuring = [[Fenella Wibbsey|Mrs Wibbsey]] | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
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'''''A Sting in the Tale''''' is the fourth story in the [[Hornets' Nest]] arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]] alongside [[Richard Franklin]] as [[Mike Yates]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | |||
== | 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. | ||
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 | |||
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... | |||
== Plot == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
[[Nun ( | == Cast == | ||
* [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | |||
* [[Mike Yates]] - [[Richard Franklin]] | |||
* [[Nun (A Sting in the Tale)|Nun]] - [[Clare Corbett]] | |||
* [[Sister (A Sting in the Tale)|Sister]] - [[Susie Riddell]] | |||
* [[Hornet|The Swarm]] - [[Rula Lenska]] | |||
* [[Wibbsey|Mrs Wibbsey]] - [[Susan Jameson]] | |||
[[ | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Doctor mentions many malevolent alien races including the [[Trod]]s, the [[Zygon]]s, the [[Axos|Axons]], the [[Nestene Consciousness]], the [[Kraal (species)|Kraals]], the [[Pescaton]]s, the [[Krynoid]]s. | |||
* The Doctor sings "[[Good King Wenceslas]]". | |||
[[ | == Notes == | ||
* This story was recorded at [[Electric Airwaves and Motivation Sound Studios]]. | |||
* This story was later included in ''[[The Nest Cottage Chronicles]]''. | |||
* A free download of this story was given away with ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper on [[24 February (releases)|24 February]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-guardian/20110224/page/1|title=The Guardian|date of source=24 February 2011|publisher=Press Reader|accessdate=19 March 2021}}</ref> | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Doctor recalls the TARDIS being compromised by the [[Mandragora Helix]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]'') and [[Sutekh|an Egyptian god]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]'') | ||
* The Doctor witnesses the possession of [[Antonio (The Circus of Doom)|Antonio]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Circus of Doom (audio story)|The Circus of Doom]]'') | |||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
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== | == External links == | ||
* {{Tetrap|4/stinginthetale.html|A Sting in the Tale}} | |||
{{dwrefguide|hornets04.htm|A Sting in the Tale}} | |||
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[[Category:Stories set in Venice]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 1768]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 1039]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in 2010]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in Hexford]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:27, 13 May 2024
A Sting in the Tale is the fourth story in the Hornets' Nest arc, a series of five audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor alongside Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor - Tom Baker
- Mike Yates - Richard Franklin
- Nun - Clare Corbett
- Sister - Susie Riddell
- The Swarm - Rula Lenska
- Mrs Wibbsey - Susan Jameson
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions many malevolent alien races including the Trods, the Zygons, the Axons, the Nestene Consciousness, the Kraals, the Pescatons, the Krynoids.
- The Doctor sings "Good King Wenceslas".
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was recorded at Electric Airwaves and Motivation Sound Studios.
- This story was later included in The Nest Cottage Chronicles.
- A free download of this story was given away with The Guardian newspaper on 24 February 2011.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor recalls the TARDIS being compromised by the Mandragora Helix, (TV: The Masque of Mandragora) and an Egyptian god. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)
- The Doctor witnesses the possession of Antonio. (AUDIO: The Circus of Doom)
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ The Guardian. Press Reader (24 February 2011). Retrieved on 19 March 2021.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- DisContinuity for A Sting in the Tale at Tetrapyriarbus - The DisContinuity Guide
- A Sting in the Tale at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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