Spin-Offs: Bernice Summerfield
2002
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Greatest Shop in the Galaxy (CD)
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis (CD)
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Green-Eyed Monsters (CD)
- A Life of Surprises
- Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead (CD)
Bernice Summerfield first appeared in Paul Cornell's Love and War, a novel in Virgin Publishing's New Adventures range of original Doctor Who books. When the company lost the licence to produce Doctor Who fiction in 1997, it was decided that Benny would be made the lead character.
The New Adventures ceased publication in December 1999, but Benny was revived the following year in a series of original novel and audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
A number of anthologies and collections of original novellas have also been released by the company.
The New Adventures ceased publication in December 1999, but Benny was revived the following year in a series of original novel and audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
A number of anthologies and collections of original novellas have also been released by the company.
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison
by Jacqueline Rayner
- UK
- Paperback
- Big Finish Productions
- January 2002
- Book Number: 5
Back Cover Blurb
Don't ever annoy the Fifth Axis. They might throw you into the Glass Prison on Deirbhile — and then throw away the key.
Once you're inside, there's nowhere to hide. They can see your every movement. They control you. You're going to be watched for the rest of your life, wherever you go, whoever you are. Even if you're a professor of archaeology. Even if you're a friend of the famous Irving Braxiatel, and you've written several popular coffee-table books.
Even if you're pregnant. Even if your baby's due any day now.
But, of course, they know all about your baby.
And they're planning to take it away.
That is, if the loony cultists you're locked up with don't get it first.
Don't ever annoy the Fifth Axis. They might throw you into the Glass Prison on Deirbhile — and then throw away the key.
Once you're inside, there's nowhere to hide. They can see your every movement. They control you. You're going to be watched for the rest of your life, wherever you go, whoever you are. Even if you're a professor of archaeology. Even if you're a friend of the famous Irving Braxiatel, and you've written several popular coffee-table books.
Even if you're pregnant. Even if your baby's due any day now.
But, of course, they know all about your baby.
And they're planning to take it away.
That is, if the loony cultists you're locked up with don't get it first.
Notes
- Sadly, Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison was the last book in the regular range of paperback novels due to low sales. All was not lost for fans, however, as the audio adventures continued to be released on a regular basis by Big Finish and the first in what was initially a series of annual hardback anthologies was to be released in the October under the title A Life of Surprises.
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Greatest Shop in the Galaxy
Writer: Paul Ebbs
- UK
- 1 × CD / Download
- Running Time: ??h ??m
- Big Finish Productions
- February 2002
- Audio Number: 3.1
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Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis
Writer: Stephen Cole
- UK
- 1 × CD / Download
- Running Time: ??h ??m
- Big Finish Productions
- July 2002
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Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Green-Eyed Monsters
Writer: Dave Stone
- UK
- 1 × CD / Download
- Running Time: ??h ??m
- Big Finish Productions
- August 2002
- Audio Number: 3.2
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Professor Bernice Summerfield: A Life of Surprises
Edited by Paul Cornell
- UK
- Hardback
- Big Finish Productions
- October 2002
Back Cover Blurb
Professor Bernice Summerfield, interstellar archaeologist, adventurer, romantic and drinker, has had either one very big life or a number of only slightly smaller ones.
This anthology contains stories from many times and places across her long career, ranging from the starkly dramatic, through the thrilling, to the hilarious.
It links Bernice to her roots, as well as sending her forward into new adventures. And it celebrates a decade of Bernice in print. Cheers!
Professor Bernice Summerfield, interstellar archaeologist, adventurer, romantic and drinker, has had either one very big life or a number of only slightly smaller ones.
This anthology contains stories from many times and places across her long career, ranging from the starkly dramatic, through the thrilling, to the hilarious.
It links Bernice to her roots, as well as sending her forward into new adventures. And it celebrates a decade of Bernice in print. Cheers!
Short Stories
The Shape of the Hole — Paul Cornell
Kill the Mouse! — Daniel O'Mahony
Solar Max and the Seven-Handed Snake Mother — Kate Orman
A Mutual Friend — Terrance Dicks
Alien Planets and You — Dave Stone
Something Broken — Paul Ebbs
The Collection — Peter Anghelides
Setting Stone — Mark Stevens
Time's Team — David A McIntee
Beedlemania by Nev Fountain
The All-Seeing Eye — Justin Richards
And Then Again — Robert Shearman
Cuckoo — Stephen Fewell
A la Recherche de Temps Perdu — David Bailey
Squadborronfell by Nick Walters
Taken by the Muses — Steve Lyons
The Spartacus Syndrome — Jonathan Morris
Might — Neil Corry
Paydirt by Lance Parkin
Dear Friend — Jim Sangster
Afterword — Lloyd Rose
The Shape of the Hole — Paul Cornell
Kill the Mouse! — Daniel O'Mahony
Solar Max and the Seven-Handed Snake Mother — Kate Orman
A Mutual Friend — Terrance Dicks
Alien Planets and You — Dave Stone
Something Broken — Paul Ebbs
The Collection — Peter Anghelides
Setting Stone — Mark Stevens
Time's Team — David A McIntee
Beedlemania by Nev Fountain
The All-Seeing Eye — Justin Richards
And Then Again — Robert Shearman
Cuckoo — Stephen Fewell
A la Recherche de Temps Perdu — David Bailey
Squadborronfell by Nick Walters
Taken by the Muses — Steve Lyons
The Spartacus Syndrome — Jonathan Morris
Might — Neil Corry
Paydirt by Lance Parkin
Dear Friend — Jim Sangster
Afterword — Lloyd Rose
Notes
- A Life of Surprises was the first of a new range of hardback books featuring Bernice Summerfield, after the sales of the previous paperback series were insufficient for the range to continue. The book was released to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Benny's first appearance in the Doctor Who novel Love and War.
- The title to the book is something of a pun as Bernice's middle name is Surprise.
- One unique aspect of A Life of Surprises was that a competition was launched via the Down Among the Dead Men Yahoo group for a previously unpublished author to get into print. The eventual winner was Mark Stevens with Setting Stone.
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead
Writer: Stephen Cole
- UK
- 1 × CD / Download
- Running Time: ??h ??m
- Big Finish Productions
- October 2002
- Audio Number: 3.3
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