Baker's End: The King of Cats

By: Paul Magrs

Narrated by: Tom Baker, Katy Manning, Susan Jameson, David Benson

Length: 1 hr and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Former Doctor Who star Tom Baker stars as himself, Tom Baker, in a series of bedazzling audio adventures from the pen of Paul Magrs (Doctor Who, The Brenda and Effie Mysteries): Baker's End.

Peevish actors are descending mournfully upon the remote English village of Happenstance for the funeral of TV legend Tom Baker. His one-time costar Suzy Goshawk is sucked into a parochial vortex of intrigue involving the quailsome local vicar, Tom's acidulous housekeeper Mrs Frimbly and various other fruminous scumblebums. None of them can agree upon how Tom met his disastrous end, and Suzy is starting to suspect that something murksome and swervish is going on.

The snow comes down, and Suzy finds herself trapped at Baker's End for Christmas, with all the village's creepy pensioners enslaved by a strange, dancing dragon...and a Sinister Presence lurking on the sidelines.

Why are old ladies twerking their bottoms outside the post office-cum-mini-mart? Why is the vicar creeping about in the bushes in the dead of night? And why, just when all looks hopeless, does a strange, scobberlotching creature spring into view? Who exactly is the King of Cats in his furry costume and his battered golden crown?

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Critic reviews

"A bizarre, off-kilter story suffused with the feeling that almost anything might happen.... Baker is in full flow here, playing an amped-up version of himself, much in the same way that Matt Le Blanc does on Episodes.... this shaggy cat story is probably the oddest thing you will hear all year. It may well be the funniest too!" ( Cultbox)
"Beautifully bizarre and laugh-out-loud funny, writer Paul Magrs wonderfully baroque dialogue suggests the star himself may have had some input.... A riotous, fantastical, absurdist romp then.... 82-year-old Tom has never sounded more at home than in Baker's End." ( Edinburgh Evening News)
"Giggle-inducingly joyous listening.... Top wordsmithery on the part of the lovely Mister Magrs, beautifully realised by the cast and crew.... Highly recommended listening, if you like the clever, the silly, and the downright delightfully batty." ( We Are Cult)

If Tom Baker and Katy Manning did Monty Python

Too silly to make serious comparisons
But their fun is infectious and as I said it was deliciously pythonesque

Only for dedicated to Tom or Katy fans
They have taken their signature comedic forms and pushed them to the limit of outrageousness

If you are looking for a story story it’s not much
But Tom and Katy camping it up max are a fun ride to listen to just for the fun

Great fun!

A wacky adventure for Tom Baker and Susie Goshawk in Bakers End. Quite fun for fans of Tom's work.

DELIGHTFUL

Absolutely fantastically laugh out loud fun!
Katy & Tom a marvelous pair! Enjoyed every bafflegabbing minute!

funny

so funny none stop laughing. great story, spiritual sequel to the nest cottage trilogy.

Well done, Paul Magrs! Delightfully excentric!

I love Tom Baker, and these stories are an absolute delight! Thank you for the blazing wit and humor, getting me off to a wonderful start before work! I can tell these will be favorites for years to come. All hail the King of Cats!

Tom ... King of the Cool Cats ?

Wonderful English Fluff From the 4th Doctor & Friends, wonderful everyday story of almost nearly normal folk, bring out more Tom! ... Are you a Sir Yet! ... Merry Jingles old bean.