Publisher's Synopsis
Tom Baker reprises the role of the Fourth Doctor in the second of five thrilling adventures, with Richard Franklin as Mike Yates.
Visiting the English seaside town of Cromer in the summer of 1932, the Doctor happens upon the strange world of the Cromer Palace of Curios. The young Ernestina Stott is unusually beguiled by one of the museum s exhibits, and when the Doctor befriends her, they unwittingly embark upon a terrifying escapade.
Chased by animated dolls through a nightmarish model house, the Doctor realizes he is being hunted by a familiar enemy. The unmistakable sound of hornets is in the air, and they are keen to speak to him.
Overseeing this game of cat and mouse is the Palace of Curios curator a certain Mrs. Wibbsey.
With Tom Baker as the Doctor, Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Susan Jameson as Mrs. Wibbsey, Clare Corbett as Ernestina, and Christian Rodska as the Reverend Small, "The Dead Shoes "is the second of five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs."
