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According to the Doctor's research, the Hornets once ruled a world, resulting in its destruction. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hive of Horror (audio story)|Hive of Horror]]'') | According to the Doctor's research, the Hornets once ruled a world, resulting in its destruction. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hive of Horror (audio story)|Hive of Horror]]'') | ||
The Hornets were "blown" to Earth in [[1039]] | The Hornets were "blown" to Earth in [[1039]]. Struggling to survive they took possession of a pack of wild dogs and a pig near [[Tilling Abbey]]. Nuns belonging to the Abbey captured the pig, which contained the swarm's Queen, so the rest of the swarm used the dogs to lay siege to the Abbey. During this the Hornets encountered the [[Fourth Doctor]] for the first time, although for the Doctor this was his fourth encounter with them as he had encountered the Hornets in reverse order. Reaching the pig, the swarm reunited in [[Captain (The Stuff of Nightmares)|a single dog]]. The Doctor lured them to [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], taking them away from Earth. They took possession of him and forced him to take them back to Earth, arriving in [[Venice]] in [[1768]]. As he refused to leave the ship. they left the Doctor and outside possessed [[Antonio (The Circus of Doom)|Antonio]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]'') Antonio used their powers to pursue his own revenge. | ||
The Hornets used Antonio to set up the [[Circus of Delights]]. With Antonio as the ringleader, and the Hornets travelled from town to town, enlisting people to join the circus where they could influence them. They encountered the Doctor again in [[Blandford]] in [[1812]] where he mesmerised Antonio for information. In response the Hornets abandoned Antonio, leaving him dead, and took full possession of tightrope walker [[Francesca (The Circus of Doom)|Francesca]]. As the Doctor closed in they compelled her to jump off the high wire to her death. The Hornets remained dormant in Francesca's dead body, and eventually, her mummified feet and ballet shoes would make their way to a museum in Cromer. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Circus of Doom (audio story)|The Circus of Doom]]'') | The Hornets used Antonio to set up the [[Circus of Delights]]. With Antonio as the ringleader, and the Hornets travelled from town to town, enlisting people to join the circus where they could influence them. They encountered the Doctor again in [[Blandford]] in [[1812]] where he mesmerised Antonio for information. In response the Hornets abandoned Antonio, leaving him dead, and took full possession of tightrope walker [[Francesca (The Circus of Doom)|Francesca]]. As the Doctor closed in they compelled her to jump off the high wire to her death. The Hornets remained dormant in Francesca's dead body, and eventually, her mummified feet and ballet shoes would make their way to a museum in Cromer. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Circus of Doom (audio story)|The Circus of Doom]]'') | ||
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By [[1932]], the Hornets had possessed the museum's curator [[Wibbsey|Mrs Wibbsey]]. After being stung by a Hornet, famous dancer [[Ernestina Stott]] felt compelled to steal Francesa's shoes from the museum, using the Hornets' power residing on them in her dances. The Hornets used Wibbsey's voice to compell Francesca to dance towards the sea in revenge for abusing their power but she was saved by the Doctor. He and Ernestina returned the shoes to the museum, where the Hornets through Wibbsey shrank them and imprisoned them in a dolls' house. TThey possessed a [[China Doll]] in order to speak with the Doctor while he was inside the house. The Doctor and Ernestina escaped and used his [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and the Hornets' power lingering on Francesa's shoes to return to normal size. The Doctor helped Wibbsey overcome the Hornets and took her away to [[Nest Cottage]] in the future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Shoes (audio story)|The Dead Shoes]]'') Though the Doctor initially believed her free of them, the Hornets actually remained dormant in Ernestina, eventually managing to possess her grandson [[Percy Noggins]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]'') | By [[1932]], the Hornets had possessed the museum's curator [[Wibbsey|Mrs Wibbsey]]. After being stung by a Hornet, famous dancer [[Ernestina Stott]] felt compelled to steal Francesa's shoes from the museum, using the Hornets' power residing on them in her dances. The Hornets used Wibbsey's voice to compell Francesca to dance towards the sea in revenge for abusing their power but she was saved by the Doctor. He and Ernestina returned the shoes to the museum, where the Hornets through Wibbsey shrank them and imprisoned them in a dolls' house. TThey possessed a [[China Doll]] in order to speak with the Doctor while he was inside the house. The Doctor and Ernestina escaped and used his [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and the Hornets' power lingering on Francesa's shoes to return to normal size. The Doctor helped Wibbsey overcome the Hornets and took her away to [[Nest Cottage]] in the future. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Shoes (audio story)|The Dead Shoes]]'') Though the Doctor initially believed her free of them, the Hornets actually remained dormant in Ernestina, eventually managing to possess her grandson [[Percy Noggins]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]'') | ||
Controlling Percy, the Hornets possessed [[Taxidermy|stuffed animals]] he repaired at his | Controlling Percy, the Hornets possessed [[Taxidermy|stuffed animals]] that he repaired at his factory. They used the animals to assassinate prominent individuals, including a Cabinet minister, attracting the Doctor's attention. He lured them to [[Nest Cottage]] where he contained them using the TARDIS' force field and hypnotised them to keep them docile, though occasionally the Hornets attempted to kill him especially at night. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]'') Using Mrs Wibbsey, who they still had influence over, the Hornets arranged the summoning of [[Mike Yates]] to Nest Cottage via a newspaper ad. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]'') At night they moved against him and the Doctor so they sought refuge in the basement. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]'') In the morning, the Hornets used Wibbsey to lure them out, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Sting in the Tale (audio story)|A Sting in the Tale]]'') but the Doctor was able to hypnotise them into docility again. Using his TARDIS' [[Dimensional Stabiliser]], the Doctor shrank himself, Wibbsey and Mike so they could confront the Queen in person inside a stuffed zebra. The entire hive abandoned their stuffed animals to come to her defence in the zebra, where she attempted to turn Mike against the Doctor. The Doctor helped him overcome her influence and used one of Francesca's shoes and his sonic screwdriver to turn the Hornets' power against the Queen, shrinking her down until she only existed in the [[Micro-universe]]. With her gone, anarchy took over the hive enabling the Doctor and his companions to escape, return to normal size and then contain the whole swarm in a forceshield around the zebra. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hive of Horror (audio story)|Hive of Horror]]'') | ||
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