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|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|setting = | |featuring = [[Gilly (Hue and Cry)|Gilly]], [[Andrea McCallister|Callie]] | ||
|setting = [[Qiyos]], [[December]] | |||
|release date = [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | |release date = [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
|writer = [[Q (writer)|Q]] | |writer = [[Q (writer)|Q]] | ||
|director = | |director = | ||
|producer = [[Xanna Eve Chown]] | |||
|read by = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | |read by = [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
|music = | |music = | ||
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|series = ''[[The Christmas Collection (audio anthology)|The Christmas Collection]]'' | |series = ''[[The Christmas Collection (audio anthology)|The Christmas Collection]]'' | ||
|prev = White Christmas (audio story) | |prev = White Christmas (audio story) | ||
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''''' | '''''Wise Women''''' was the tenth and final story of the audio anthology ''[[The Christmas Collection (audio anthology)|The Christmas Collection]]''. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Bernice's plans to join her friend Gilly for a traditional Qiyotian holiday is scuppered by a less-than-festive crash. Soon she finds herself trekking through the desert on the back of a Nurmash in search of engine coolant. Whoever thinks Christmas is boring has never spent the holidays with Benny! | [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]]'s plans to join her friend [[Gilly (Hue and Cry)|Gilly]] for a traditional [[Qiyotian]] holiday is scuppered by a less-than-festive crash. Soon she finds herself trekking through the [[desert]] on the back of a [[Nurmash]] in search of [[engine coolant]]. Whoever thinks [[Christmas]] is boring has never spent the holidays with Benny! | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
'' | On her [[Christmas]] holiday, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] is invited to [[Qiyos]] by [[Gilly (Hue and Cry)|Gilly]] to celebrate [[Three Sisters (festival)|Three Sisters]], but the pod malfunctions and she, [[pilot (Wise Women)|the pilot]] and [[Andrea McCallister|Callie]] land some distance from where they intended. Gilly and a group of other [[Qiyotian]]s find them and take them on giant [[caterpillar]]-like [[Nurmash]] that Benny, Callie and Gill fall from when Benny's, who is in season, mates with another. | ||
Gilly explains to Benny and Callie that the Three Sisters are a trio of [[star]]s, called [[Grandmother (star)|Grandmother]], [[Mother (star)|Mother]] and [[Daughter (star)|Daughter]], which align once a year. They meet the [[Mother of the Waters]] and gift the three newborn queens of Qiyos with Benny's [[rum]], Gilly's [[ukelele]] and Callie's [[jar]] of [[mountain]] [[snow]]melt. In return, the Mother of the Waters takes them back to the pod by [[hovercraft]] and they find that the pilot has called for a replacement. They celebrate the alignment. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Pilot (Wise Women)|Pilot]] | |||
* [[Andrea McCallister]] | |||
* [[Gilly (Hue and Cry)|Gilly]] | |||
* [[Mother of the Waters]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Qiyotian]]s look like [[gecko]]s. | |||
* Qiyotians worship [[water]]. | |||
* Gilly plays the [[ukelele]]. | |||
* Benny plays [[I-spy]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * This story is set a few months after ''[[Hue and Cry (short story)|Hue and Cry]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:41, 9 November 2023
Wise Women was the tenth and final story of the audio anthology The Christmas Collection.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Bernice's plans to join her friend Gilly for a traditional Qiyotian holiday is scuppered by a less-than-festive crash. Soon she finds herself trekking through the desert on the back of a Nurmash in search of engine coolant. Whoever thinks Christmas is boring has never spent the holidays with Benny!
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On her Christmas holiday, Benny is invited to Qiyos by Gilly to celebrate Three Sisters, but the pod malfunctions and she, the pilot and Callie land some distance from where they intended. Gilly and a group of other Qiyotians find them and take them on giant caterpillar-like Nurmash that Benny, Callie and Gill fall from when Benny's, who is in season, mates with another.
Gilly explains to Benny and Callie that the Three Sisters are a trio of stars, called Grandmother, Mother and Daughter, which align once a year. They meet the Mother of the Waters and gift the three newborn queens of Qiyos with Benny's rum, Gilly's ukelele and Callie's jar of mountain snowmelt. In return, the Mother of the Waters takes them back to the pod by hovercraft and they find that the pilot has called for a replacement. They celebrate the alignment.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story is set a few months after Hue and Cry.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
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External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Wise Women page at bigfinish.com
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