Cuddlesome (audio story)

Cuddlesome was a 2008 audio drama starring the Fifth Doctor. A remake of an Audio Visuals story of the same title, it was originally released on an audio CD included with Doctor Who Magazine issue 393, then later released as free content on the Big Finish Podcast 3 August 2011.

Publisher's summary
Do you remember the '80s? The Rubik's Cube ... Duran Duran ... deelyboppers ... and the Cuddlesomes - pink vampire hamsters, the must-have toy of twenty-three Christmases ago.

For so long now, the Cuddlesomes have been forgotten, lying in attics and junk shops. But now they're waking up. And they want to give us all a cuddle. A long, slow deadly cuddle...

Landing in an England gripped by a strange new plague, the Doctor is soon on the Cuddlesomes' trail. But the toys are just part of a twisted plan to wipe out a whole generation...

Cast

 * The Doctor - Peter Davison
 * Angela Wisher - Roberta Taylor
 * Ronald Turvey - Timothy West
 * The Tinghus - David Troughton
 * John Dixon/New Cuddlesomes - Matthew Noble
 * Miranda Evenden/Cuddlesomes/Dr. Cooper/Vehicle - Kate Brown
 * Newsreader - Nicholas Briggs

Continuity

 * The Doctor talks about building a new sonic screwdriver. This would appear to place the events of this story after that of The Visitation, during which his previous one was destroyed. However he is travelling without companions, making it difficult to give it exact placement.

Timeline

 * This story occurs after BFA: The Gathering
 * This story occurs before BFA: Son of the Dragon