I'm
astonished and pleased that Bernice lives on. As an author, it
gives you the weird feeling that whatever happens to you doesn't
matter anymore, because your character still prospers. It's probably
a bit like being a Dad. My daughter is in good company, she seems
to be doing well, and her friends are all very kind. Big Finish
are keeping her in the style to which she's accustomed.
-
Paul Cornell
A
New Beginning...
Welcome
back to the world of Professor Bernice Summerfield after, well,
a lengthy break between semesters!
A
lot has happened to Benny recently. She's faced some fairly arduous
foes, lost her ex-hubby to an alternate dimension, seen her adopted
world disintegrate - physically as well as metaphorically - beneath
her and just as she was admiring the grey hairs (well, she claims
to have been admiring - with hindsight, we're not sure we believe
her) she got aged regressively by about six years.
Which
made her happy as a sandboy.
And
so, we now prepare to pick up the story of her life, and those
around her, some time later- at the dawn of the twenty-seventh
century in fact. Benny has now set up home on The Braxiatel Collection,
a small planetoid that her old chum and fellow academic Irving
Braxiatel has created to house what is, probably, the biggest
and best collection of... well things that people with money collect,
in the galaxy. Scholars, researchers and interested parties the
cosmos over flock to The Braxiatel Collection to see the art,
literature, history and science on display there.
Or
they will, when Irving gets around to actually finishing it.
Benny
has recently kindly allowed Big Finish Productions exclusive
access to her diaries, mementos and Wolsey's litter-tray (we haven't
quite worked out why we need the latter, but hopefully that'll
be revealed soon) so that we can create a whole new series of
full-length novels and audio dramas chronicling her exploits.
Amazingly enough, she hasn't asked us to edit out the booze, mistakes,
sex and embarrassing secrets that embellish her extravagant lifestyle
so much.
Which
is fine by us we just want to tell rollicking, thrilling, fun
and fantastical inter-galactic adventure stories. She seems cool
with that.
Check
out the details of the new (and old) range of audio dramas and
novels by clicking on titles in the sideabars. And, to find out
more about Benny's Friends and Colleagues
or about the Braxiatel Collection
itself, hit our Articles and Features
page.
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Last
Update: 19 August, 2000
The
Latest News...
UPDATE
ON
"DRAGONS' WRATH"
19
August, 2000
Big
Finish Productions would like to apologise to everyone who
has waited so patiently for the final audio in our first 'Season'
of Benny audio dramas, Dragons' Wrath,
based on the novel by Justin Richards. As some of you may be
aware from information on our Doctor
Who webpage, Dragons Wrath
fell victim to a number of post-production difficulties and
delays beyond or control. This situation has been rectified
and right now the final tweaks to the edit and sound design
are being made and we anticipate the music tracks being laid
down over the next couple of weeks. All being well, Dragons'
Wrath will finally see release during September.
Because of the alarming delay, we've also opted to bring the
packaging into line with our newest Benny ranges and we will
have a final cover up on these pages soon.
LISA
BOWERMAN
19 August,
2000
Fans
of Lisa Bowerman's excellent portrayal of Benny in our earlier
audio drama adaptations of the Virgin novels will be pleased
to know that she will continue to play the part in our new releases.
Whereas the older CDs were adapted from the Virgin novels, all
our new audios, starting with The Secret
of Cassandra, will be brand new and specially written
for the audio medium adventures.
BACK
FOR GOOD
19 August,
2000
Once
again Big Finish Productions apologise for the delay
in getting Benny back up to speed, but rest assured, now she
is back and here to stay.
Big
Finish Productions
is JASON HAIGH-ELLERY and NANCY HINE. The adventures
of Professor Bernice Summerfield are produced by GARY RUSSELL
and JASON HAIGH-ELLERY. Bernice Summerfield created by
Paul Cornell and used under licence.