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The '''Hornets''' were an insect species which resembled the hornets of [[Earth]]. They came to Earth to invade. They possessed [[Taxidermy|stuffed animals]] and [[Percy Noggins]], the director of a factory. They thought the [[Fourth Doctor]] would be a good host, but he avoided this by escorting them to his home at [[Nest Cottage]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]'')
The '''Hornets''' were an alien insect species which resembled the hornets of [[Earth]]. They possessed powerful psychic abilities, such as possession of both living beings and inanimate objects and the ability to change both their own size and the sizes of other beings at will. They would wander space in their swarm, invading and taking over worlds until they had exhausted all resources on the planet, at which point they would abandon the wrecked world and move on to the next one.


By stinging famous dancer [[Ernestina Stott]], the Hornets were able to possess her and used [[Wibbsey|Mrs Wibbsey's]] voice to command her to sacrifice her life to the sea. They possessed a [[China Doll]] in order to speak with the Doctor while he was inside the [[Victorian]] house. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Shoes (audio story)|The Dead Shoes]]'')
The Hornets arrived on earth during the dark ages, arriving in Northumberland, near an abbey inhabited by nuns. The Hornets possessed some of the wildlife found in the surrounding area, including a pack of wolves and a pig. However, the pig, which contained the Hornet Queen, was found by the nuns, who believed it to be holy due to the "lights in her eyes", which were in fact the Hornets visible inside the pig.
 
The Hornets then were hunted by the Doctor through time and space until he came to a circus called the Circus of Delights. The ringleader was possessed by Hornets, and the plot was to kill the town by enlisting them in the dreadful "Circus of Delights" where... accidents happened. They would have possessed/killed the entire town had the Doctor not stopped them.{{fact}}


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Revision as of 19:02, 22 March 2018

The Hornets were an alien insect species which resembled the hornets of Earth. They possessed powerful psychic abilities, such as possession of both living beings and inanimate objects and the ability to change both their own size and the sizes of other beings at will. They would wander space in their swarm, invading and taking over worlds until they had exhausted all resources on the planet, at which point they would abandon the wrecked world and move on to the next one.

The Hornets arrived on earth during the dark ages, arriving in Northumberland, near an abbey inhabited by nuns. The Hornets possessed some of the wildlife found in the surrounding area, including a pack of wolves and a pig. However, the pig, which contained the Hornet Queen, was found by the nuns, who believed it to be holy due to the "lights in her eyes", which were in fact the Hornets visible inside the pig.