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 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 following the destruction of the original one by the Terileptil leader in September 1666. (DW: The Visitation) However, he would not actually do so until towards the end of his seventh incarnation. (DW: Doctor Who (1996))

Timeline

 * Cuddlesome occurs after DWM: Time on a Vine
 * Cuddlesome occurs before BFA: Son of the Dragon