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|range           = The Eighth of March (audio series)
|range           = The Eighth of March (audio anthology)
|series in range = The Eighth of March (audio anthology)
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|number in series = 2
|audio anthology = The Eighth of March (audio anthology)
|number          = 1.2
|main character  = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Ace]]
|main character  = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Ace]]
|featuring        = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|featuring        = [[Seventh Doctor]]
|enemy            =  
|enemy            = [[Vassa]], [[Lycurgus (The Big Blue Book)|Lycurgus]]
|setting          = [[Liverpool]]
|setting          = [[St Matthew's University]], [[14 February]]-[[8 March]], [[1990s]]
|writer          = [[Lizzie Hopley]]
|writer          = Lizzie Hopley
|director        = [[Helen Goldwyn]]
|director        = [[Helen Goldwyn]]
|sound            = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]], [[Joe Kraemer]], [[Nigel Fairs]]
|producer        = [[David Richardson]] and [[Emma Haigh]]
|music           = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]], [[Joe Kraemer]], [[Nigel Fairs]]
|music            = [[Nigel Fairs]]
|sound           = Nigel Fairs
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|cover            = [[Tom Webster]]
|release date    = 8 March 2019
|release date    = [[8 March (releases)|8 March]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|format          = 1 X 1 hour
|format          = 1 X 1 hour
|anthology        = ''[[The Eighth of March (audio anthology)|The Eighth of March]]''
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|series          = ''[[The Eighth of March (audio anthology)|The Eighth of March]]''
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78703-793-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-794-6 (digital)
|series          = ''[[The Eighth of March (audio series)|The Eighth of March]]''
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second audio story in the anthology ''[[The Eighth of March (audio anthology)|The Eighth of March]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second audio story in the anthology ''[[The Eighth of March (audio anthology)|The Eighth of March]]''. It was written by [[Lizzie Hopley]] and featured [[Lisa Bowerman]] as [[Bernice Summerfield]], [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Seventh Doctor]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
With [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] AWOL, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Ace]] are left to their own devices, going native in a [[Liverpool]] [[university]].
With [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] AWOL, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Ace]] are left to their own devices, going native in a [[St Matthew's University|Liverpool university]].


Benny accepts an invitation she really shouldn't, and Ace meets a very strange collector.
Benny accepts an invitation she really shouldn't, and Ace meets a very strange collector.


An [[alien]] [[library]] is about to gain a big, blue book... but where's [[the TARDIS]]?
An [[library (The Big Blue Book)|alien library]] is about to gain a big, blue book... but where's [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* [[Harvey (The Big Blue Book)|Harvey]] - [[Orlando Gibbs]]
* [[Harvey (The Big Blue Book)|Harvey]] / [[Judge (The Big Blue Book)|The Judge]] - [[Orlando Gibbs]]
* [[Vassa]] - [[Rosemary Ashe]]
* [[Vassa]] - [[Rosemary Ashe]]
* [[Lycurgus (The Big Blue Book)|Lycurgus]] - [[Robert Gill]]
* [[Lycurgus]] - [[Robert Gill]]
and featuring
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[Harvey (The Big Blue Book)|Harvey]] has a [[tattoo]] of [[Schrödinger equation]] for the [[wave function]] of the [[particle]].
* [[St Matthew's University]] has, according to Benny, one of the best [[egyptology]] departments on [[Earth]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Vassa replies that Benny is an [[archaeologist]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War ]]'' et. al) an [[orphan]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]]'' et. al) and that she was born on [[21 June]] [[2540]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
* Vassa says that Benny is an [[archaeologist]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]],'' et al.) an [[orphan]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]], ''et al.) and that she was born on [[21 June]] [[2540]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{bigfinish|releases/v/the-eighth-of-march-1982}}
{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-eighth-of-march-1982}}


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The Big Blue Book was the second audio story in the anthology The Eighth of March. It was written by Lizzie Hopley and featured Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, Sophie Aldred as Ace and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

With the Doctor AWOL, Benny and Ace are left to their own devices, going native in a Liverpool university.

Benny accepts an invitation she really shouldn't, and Ace meets a very strange collector.

An alien library is about to gain a big, blue book... but where's the TARDIS?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]