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|image = The Judas Gift cover.jpg | |image = The Judas Gift cover.jpg | ||
|series= ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio stories | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio stories | ||
|story number = 36 | |story number = 36 | ||
|range | |range = BSSR | ||
|series in range = Series 8 (BFBS) | |series in range = Series 8 (BFBS) | ||
|series number in range = 8 | |series number in range = 8 | ||
|number in series = 2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|number=2 | |number = 2 | ||
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|featuring = Bev Tarrant | |enemy = [[Jarith Kothar|Kothar]] | ||
|setting = | |featuring = Bev Tarrant | ||
|writer = | |featuring2 = Adrian Wall | ||
|director = [[Edward Salt]] | |featuring3 = Irving Braxiatel | ||
|producer= [[Simon Guerrier]] | |featuring4 = Doggles | ||
|music = [[David Darlington]] and [[Thea Cochrane]] | |featuring5 = Joseph (Steal from the World) | ||
|sound = Thea Cochrane | |featuring6 = Hass | ||
|cover = [[Adrian Salmon]] | |epcount = 1 | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |setting = [[Braxiatel Collection]], [[23 October|23]]-[[24 October]] [[2607]] | ||
|release date = | |writer = Nick Wallace | ||
|format = 1 CD | |director = [[Edward Salt]] | ||
|production code = BFPCD36 | |producer = [[Simon Guerrier]] | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-273-9 | |music = [[David Darlington]] and [[Thea Cochrane]] | ||
|prev = The Tub Full of Cats (audio story) | |sound = Thea Cochrane | ||
|next = Freedom of Information (audio story) | |cover = [[Adrian Salmon]] | ||
|series2=''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|prev2=The Tub Full of Cats (audio story) | |release date = April 2007 | ||
|next2=The Two Jasons (novel) | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download | ||
|musicsuite = https://soundcloud.com/matcochr/judas-gift-suite | |production code = BFPCD36 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84435-273-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-83868-672-7 (digital) | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-sixth ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio story released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the second story of the eighth season. | |prev = The Tub Full of Cats (audio story) | ||
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|next2 = The Two Jasons (novel) | |||
|musicsuite = https://soundcloud.com/matcochr/judas-gift-suite | |||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the thirty-sixth ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio story released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the second story of the [[Series 8 (BFBS)|eighth season]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
The [[Braxiatel Collection]]. Once it was a home, a haven, one of the 800 Wonders of the Universe. Not any more. [[Draconia]] and the [[Mim]] are at war and the Collection is caught in the crossfire. Its future hangs in the balance as [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] tries to fathom the motives of a new [[Draconian]] ambassador. Director [[Bev Tarrant]] must use every trick she knows if the Collection is to survive. She's been a smuggler, a killer and a thief, but all that's behind her now. Isn't it? Beware your | The [[Braxiatel Collection]]. Once it was a home, a haven, one of the 800 Wonders of the Universe. Not any more. [[Draconia]] and the [[Mim]] are at war and the Collection is caught in the crossfire. Its future hangs in the balance as [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]] tries to fathom the motives of a new [[Draconian]] ambassador. Director [[Bev Tarrant]] must use every trick she knows if the Collection is to survive. She's been a [[smuggler]], a [[killer]] and a [[thief]], but all that's behind her now. Isn't it? Beware your [[sin]]s will find you out. Especially when you accept the [[Judas Gift]]. They'll just have to do something impossible... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | Whilst a [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] team prepares to travel to the [[Mimsphere]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]] welcomes [[Draconian]] [[ambassador]] [[Jarith Kothar|Kothar]] to the [[Braxiatel Collection]], which [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]] is restoring by making repairs to [[Irving Braxiatel's TARDIS|his time machine]]. [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] gives [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]] her blessing to propose to Bev, whom Kothar gives a [[gauntlet]] as a sign of friendship between the [[Draconian Star Empire]] and the Collection. Benny soon deduces, however, that Kothar wants the Collection's support in convincing the [[court]]s that the [[Mim]] are non-sentient and [[weapon]]s that have thus far been forbidden may be used against them as a result. She and Bev consult Braxiatel, but he deems the matter unrelated to his reasons for being at the Collection. | ||
Bev finds that she is unable to remove the gauntlet and goes with Benny to ask Kothar for help, not wanting to risk a breakdown of diplomatic relations by destroying it, and he assures them that there will be no such repercussions. A [[laser cutter]] proves ineffective, however, and Bev goes to consider Kothar's plans for the Mim in the wake of [[Doggles]]' reports on the Draconian [[fleet]]'s movements whilst Benny and Braxiatel decide what to do about the gauntlet. Bev receives an update from [[Hass]] and [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], whom she has sent to the Mimsphere instead of [[Khalifa|Dr Khalifa]] and his team at Braxiatel's suggestion due to their immunity to the [[atmosphere]], and attempts to contact [[John Fletcher (The Judas Gift)|John Fletcher]], a [[doctor]] at [[Stonehauser Medical Facility|Stonehauser]] who has tended to Mim. | |||
After hearing a man's [[voice]] calling her "[[Butterfly]]", Bev collapses and is found by Adrian, who takes her receive medical care and blames Kothar upon being told that the gauntlet has embedded itself into her forearm and is targeting her [[nerve]] clusters. Benny and Braxiatel learn from the [[Draconian Public Archives]] that Kothar was once a [[cultural attaché]] to [[Earth]] and made progressive speeches before the [[Earth Parliament]], but Braxiatel suggests that he was being manipulative. They also deduce that the gauntlet is the [[Judas Gift]], a [[lie detector]] given to the now-dissolved [[House Kaitar]] by the [[first Emperor of Draconia|first Emperor]], and that Kothar must want to restore his house's [[honour]] by using it to distract Bev whilst she considers cooperation. Upon awakening from [[dream]]s about her former lover and partner in crime, [[Ethan (The Judas Gift)|Ethan]], she decides to oppose Kothar. | |||
Bev once again attempts to contact Stonehauser without success and learns that it has been destroyed by the Draconians. The Draconians occupy the Collection and Kothar reveals that there are no plans to have the Mim ruled as non-sentient; he has come to get [[revenge]] on Bev for her alleged role in the [[death]] of Ethan, a [[human]] who was raised as Kothar's brother and died during a raid on a weapons facility on [[Ataxia]]. She manages to steal a [[combat flier]] and records a final message containing a subtrack in which she warns Benny that Kothar could not have known about how she left Ethan to die for betraying her and that somebody must have been using him. She confesses and the Judas Gift cuts off her arm before putting on an [[EVA suit]] and sneaking aboard a Draconian ship, asking Benny to meet her on [[Port Royal]]. | |||
Braxiatel presents the [[black box]] to Benny, but she does not feel ready to listen to it yet. He does so without her and finds the subtrack, leading him to delete the message to prevent her warning from reaching Benny. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
* [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]] - [[Louise Faulkner]] | * [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]] - [[Louise Faulkner]] | ||
* [[Kothar]] - [[Michael Fenner]] | * [[Jarith Kothar|Kothar]] - [[Michael Fenner]] | ||
* [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]] - [[Harry Myers]] | * [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]] - [[Harry Myers]] | ||
* [[Irving Braxiatel]] - [[Miles Richardson]] | * [[Irving Braxiatel]] - [[Miles Richardson]] | ||
* [[Reporter (The Judas Gift)|Reporter]] - [[Gary Russell]] | * [[Reporter (The Judas Gift)|Reporter]] - [[Gary Russell]] | ||
* [[Doggles]] - [[Sam Stevens]] | * [[Doggles]] - [[Sam Stevens]] | ||
* [[Joseph ( | * [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]] - [[Steven Wickham]] | ||
* [[Hass]] - [[Paul Wolfe]] | * [[Hass]] - [[Paul Wolfe]] | ||
== | == Crew == | ||
''to | |||
* Cover Art - [[Adrian Salmon]] | |||
* Director - [[Edward Salt]] | |||
* Music - [[David Darlington]] and [[Thea Cochrane]] | |||
* Producers - [[Simon Guerrier]] and [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] | |||
* Sound Design - Thea Cochrane | |||
* Writer - [[Nick Wallace]] | |||
* Draconians created by [[Malcolm Hulke]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Bev sends [[Khalifa|Dr Khalifa]] to the [[Mimsphere]] with a diplomatic team. | |||
* Braxiatel merged [[Irving Braxiatel's TARDIS|his ship]] with the Collection. | |||
* [[Jason Kane|Jason]] looks after [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] during Kothar's reception. | |||
* Bev is friends with [[John Fletcher (The Judas Gift)|John Fletcher]] at the [[Stonehauser Medical Facility]]. | |||
* Benny describes the Draconians as an [[archaeologist]]'s [[wet dream]]. | |||
* Benny and Bev try to use a [[laser cutter]] to remove the gauntlet. | |||
* The [[Draconian razorhawk]] is a [[bird]] on [[Draconia]]. It is a common symbol in Draconian [[heraldry]]. | |||
* [[Book]]s that Benny looks at include ''[[The Draconian Lexicon]]'', ''[[Draconian Heraldry]]'', ''[[The Rough Guide to Draconia]]'', ''[[The Time Out Guide to Draconia]]'' and ''[[Twitching for Draconians]]''. | |||
* Sophisticated [[opiate]]s were an important part of feudal Draconian life. | |||
* Kothar was appointed as [[cultural attaché]] to the Draconian embassy on [[Earth]] in [[2582]]. | |||
* Kothar once spoke before the [[Earth Parliament]]. | |||
* Braxiatel mentions [[Errol Flynn]]. | |||
* The [[first Emperor of Draconia]] united the warring houses and was ambushed by the [[traitor]]ous [[Salak|Lord Salak]], who was executed and, according to some, had his house dissolved. As Salak was left-handed, fighting left-handed only became acceptable for the royals. | |||
* Bev mentions [[Galactipol]]. | |||
* [[Marcus Hall]] runs a [[bar]] on [[Port Royal]], past the [[Bethesdan Rim]]. | |||
* [[Galyari]] [[trader]]s and [[Cahlian]] [[pirate]]s died on Stonehauser. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Braxiatel mentions what Jason did to his office in | * Braxiatel mentions what Jason did to his office in ''[[The Two-Level Effect]]'', while Benny counters with what Braxiatel did to Jason in ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]''. | ||
* The tension between the Mim and the Collection is set off from the events of | * The tension between the Mim and the Collection is set off from the events of ''[[Old Friends]]''. | ||
* Kothar was part of the video conference that occurred in | * Kothar was part of the video conference that occurred in ''[[Summer of Love (audio story)|Summer of Love]]''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 5 February 2024
The Judas Gift was the thirty-sixth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the second story of the eighth season.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Braxiatel Collection. Once it was a home, a haven, one of the 800 Wonders of the Universe. Not any more. Draconia and the Mim are at war and the Collection is caught in the crossfire. Its future hangs in the balance as Bernice tries to fathom the motives of a new Draconian ambassador. Director Bev Tarrant must use every trick she knows if the Collection is to survive. She's been a smuggler, a killer and a thief, but all that's behind her now. Isn't it? Beware your sins will find you out. Especially when you accept the Judas Gift. They'll just have to do something impossible...
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Whilst a diplomatic team prepares to travel to the Mimsphere, Bev welcomes Draconian ambassador Kothar to the Braxiatel Collection, which Braxiatel is restoring by making repairs to his time machine. Benny gives Adrian her blessing to propose to Bev, whom Kothar gives a gauntlet as a sign of friendship between the Draconian Star Empire and the Collection. Benny soon deduces, however, that Kothar wants the Collection's support in convincing the courts that the Mim are non-sentient and weapons that have thus far been forbidden may be used against them as a result. She and Bev consult Braxiatel, but he deems the matter unrelated to his reasons for being at the Collection.
Bev finds that she is unable to remove the gauntlet and goes with Benny to ask Kothar for help, not wanting to risk a breakdown of diplomatic relations by destroying it, and he assures them that there will be no such repercussions. A laser cutter proves ineffective, however, and Bev goes to consider Kothar's plans for the Mim in the wake of Doggles' reports on the Draconian fleet's movements whilst Benny and Braxiatel decide what to do about the gauntlet. Bev receives an update from Hass and Joseph, whom she has sent to the Mimsphere instead of Dr Khalifa and his team at Braxiatel's suggestion due to their immunity to the atmosphere, and attempts to contact John Fletcher, a doctor at Stonehauser who has tended to Mim.
After hearing a man's voice calling her "Butterfly", Bev collapses and is found by Adrian, who takes her receive medical care and blames Kothar upon being told that the gauntlet has embedded itself into her forearm and is targeting her nerve clusters. Benny and Braxiatel learn from the Draconian Public Archives that Kothar was once a cultural attaché to Earth and made progressive speeches before the Earth Parliament, but Braxiatel suggests that he was being manipulative. They also deduce that the gauntlet is the Judas Gift, a lie detector given to the now-dissolved House Kaitar by the first Emperor, and that Kothar must want to restore his house's honour by using it to distract Bev whilst she considers cooperation. Upon awakening from dreams about her former lover and partner in crime, Ethan, she decides to oppose Kothar.
Bev once again attempts to contact Stonehauser without success and learns that it has been destroyed by the Draconians. The Draconians occupy the Collection and Kothar reveals that there are no plans to have the Mim ruled as non-sentient; he has come to get revenge on Bev for her alleged role in the death of Ethan, a human who was raised as Kothar's brother and died during a raid on a weapons facility on Ataxia. She manages to steal a combat flier and records a final message containing a subtrack in which she warns Benny that Kothar could not have known about how she left Ethan to die for betraying her and that somebody must have been using him. She confesses and the Judas Gift cuts off her arm before putting on an EVA suit and sneaking aboard a Draconian ship, asking Benny to meet her on Port Royal.
Braxiatel presents the black box to Benny, but she does not feel ready to listen to it yet. He does so without her and finds the subtrack, leading him to delete the message to prevent her warning from reaching Benny.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Bev - Louise Faulkner
- Kothar - Michael Fenner
- Adrian - Harry Myers
- Irving Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
- Reporter - Gary Russell
- Doggles - Sam Stevens
- Joseph - Steven Wickham
- Hass - Paul Wolfe
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Adrian Salmon
- Director - Edward Salt
- Music - David Darlington and Thea Cochrane
- Producers - Simon Guerrier and Jason Haigh-Ellery
- Sound Design - Thea Cochrane
- Writer - Nick Wallace
- Draconians created by Malcolm Hulke
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bev sends Dr Khalifa to the Mimsphere with a diplomatic team.
- Braxiatel merged his ship with the Collection.
- Jason looks after Peter during Kothar's reception.
- Bev is friends with John Fletcher at the Stonehauser Medical Facility.
- Benny describes the Draconians as an archaeologist's wet dream.
- Benny and Bev try to use a laser cutter to remove the gauntlet.
- The Draconian razorhawk is a bird on Draconia. It is a common symbol in Draconian heraldry.
- Books that Benny looks at include The Draconian Lexicon, Draconian Heraldry, The Rough Guide to Draconia, The Time Out Guide to Draconia and Twitching for Draconians.
- Sophisticated opiates were an important part of feudal Draconian life.
- Kothar was appointed as cultural attaché to the Draconian embassy on Earth in 2582.
- Kothar once spoke before the Earth Parliament.
- Braxiatel mentions Errol Flynn.
- The first Emperor of Draconia united the warring houses and was ambushed by the traitorous Lord Salak, who was executed and, according to some, had his house dissolved. As Salak was left-handed, fighting left-handed only became acceptable for the royals.
- Bev mentions Galactipol.
- Marcus Hall runs a bar on Port Royal, past the Bethesdan Rim.
- Galyari traders and Cahlian pirates died on Stonehauser.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This audio drama was recorded on 4 February 2007.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Braxiatel mentions what Jason did to his office in The Two-Level Effect, while Benny counters with what Braxiatel did to Jason in The Crystal of Cantus.
- The tension between the Mim and the Collection is set off from the events of Old Friends.
- Kothar was part of the video conference that occurred in Summer of Love.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official The Judas Gift page at bigfinish.com
- The Judas Gift at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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