Stories Audio Drama The Nest Cottage Chronicles The Nest Cottage Chronicles Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Hive of Horror 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, December 3, 2009 Written by Paul Magrs Runtime 70 minutes Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Miniaturisation Location (Potential Spoilers!) Hexford Synopsis As a new day breaks over Nest Cottage, the Doctor and Mike know they have to face their enemy for a final confrontation. Reduced to miniature size, and with Mrs Wibbsey along as an unwilling adventurer, they venture inside the hornets' nest itself. The Queen lies in wait for the enemy which she and her brood have faced so many times over the millennia. If she is to guarantee the survival of her alien hornet race for another thousand years, this is a battle she must win! The loyalty of the Doctor's friends will be tested to the limit. And perhaps, at last, they will all understand why Mike Yates is so important... Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Fourth Doctor Mike Yates The Hornets / Swarm Fenella Wibbsey Show All Characters (4) How to listen to Hive of Horror: Audio CD The Nest Cottage Chronicles Audio CD Hornets’ Nest: The Complete Series Audio CD Hive of Horror Vinyl Hornet’s Nest (10LP Black & Yellow Vinyl) TOM BAKER SIGNED EDITION Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 4 June 2024 · 202 words Review by thedefinitearticle63 Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This is part of a series of reviews of Doctor Who in chronological timeline order. Previous Story: A Sting in the Tale Yates is arguably the most nuanced character in the UNIT team, bar the Doctor so I was worried when I first started Hornets' Nest that Mike Yates would be sidelined in favour of the Doctor. I was concerned that he was only in these stories because they needed a returning character and Richard Franklin was available. Luckily that's not the case at all. Paul Magrs proves that Mike Yates is here for a reason. This is a really good exploration of his character, how he viewed his time at UNIT, how he views the Doctor. Aside from Yates, this story is a very good conclusion to the series. The hornet queen is defeated and the Swarm is stopped. Luckily the Swarm is not fully explained and left mysterious like all the best villains in Doctor Who. I'm excited to see where the next two series go. Poor Yates this is the third time he's betrayed the Doctor, he just can't catch a break. Next Story: The Relics of Time Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating96 members 3.76 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating96 votes 3.76 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating52 votes 3.75 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 34 Favourited 2 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 1 Owned 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
