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 Fifth Doctor is soon on the Cuddlesomes’ trail. But the toys are just part of a twisted plan to wipe out a whole generation…