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|image = HMS Surprise.jpg | |image = HMS Surprise.jpg | ||
|series= ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' | ||
|story number = 64 | |story number = 64 | ||
|range | |range = BSBS | ||
|series in range = New Frontiers (audio anthology) | |series in range = New Frontiers (audio anthology) | ||
|series number in range = 4 | |series number in range = 4 | ||
|number in series = 2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|number = 2 | |number = 2 | ||
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|setting = [[Mortis Dock]], [[2619]] | |featuring = [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] | ||
|writer = | |enemy = | ||
|director = [[Scott Handcock]] | |setting = [[Mortis Dock]], [[2619]]<ref>[[9 April]] [[2618]] was just over twelve months ago.</ref> | ||
|music = [[James Dunlop]] | |writer = Alexander Vlahos | ||
|sound = [[Robbie Dunlop]] | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | |music = [[James Dunlop]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |sound = [[Robbie Dunlop]] | ||
|release date = | |cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | ||
|format = 1 CD | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|production code = BFPBSBOX004 | |release date = 30 April 2013 | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-101-2 | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>Part 2 of 3 | ||
|prev = A Handful of Dust (audio story) | |production code = BFPBSBOX004 | ||
|next = The Curse of Fenman (audio story) | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-101-2 | ||
}} | |prev = A Handful of Dust (audio story) | ||
''''' | |next = The Curse of Fenman (audio story) | ||
|producer = [[Scott Handcock]] and [[Gary Russell]] | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
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'''''HMS Surprise''''' was the sixty-fourth ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio story released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the second story of the ''[[New Frontiers (BFBS audio anthology)|New Frontiers]]'' series. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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Population: six thousand and two... | Population: six thousand and two... | ||
And now, not a soul in sight... at least, until [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] and [[Jack | And now, not a soul in sight... at least, until [[Bernice Summerfield|Bernice]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] and [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] are drawn off-course. | ||
Where have all the workers disappeared to? Why is Jack behaving oddly? And what is the secret of the [[HMS Surprise]]? | Where have all the workers disappeared to? Why is Jack behaving oddly? And what is the secret of the [[HMS Surprise]]? | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] invites [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] to travel with him in the ''[[Irverfield]]'' to a sector of [[space]] where [[spaceship]]s have been vanishing for [[month]]s. They pick up a recording warning them to leave and are almost immediately pulled into the [[orbit]] of an [[ocean]] [[moon]] and land at [[Mortis Dock]]. Peter explains that it was the last manned [[shipyard]] in the [[galaxy]] after all of the others were automated, but it now seems to be abandoned. Jack finds a [[mobile news droid]] from which they learn that whatever happened to the dock happened just over a year ago on [[9 April]] [[2618]]. | ||
Benny registers hundreds of life readings around them, four of which are corporeal. She goes to investigate a [[lighthouse]] whilst Peter and Jack go to the last remaining ship, [[HMS Surprise|HMS ''Surprise'']], at the dock and finds [[Lucas Catch]] chained to a railing. He denies being the one who sent the signal and tells her that, one by one, the people of the dock were drawn to HMS ''Surprise'' and became [[zombie]]s. She releases him against his will to take him to the ''Irverfield'' for his safety. | |||
The [[captain's log]] of the HMS ''Surprise'' is missing a number of entries, with the last one being dated [[4 December]] [[1964]], and the [[black box]] contains a recording of [[Kincade (HMS Surprise)|Captain Kincade]] on the day that the ship was due to be destroyed. Jack comes under the ship's control and Peter runs from him and the zombies. Benny comes to his help with Lucas and tells him that she thinks that the ship is one of the [[Healer (species)|Healers]], an ancient race born to embody and protect objects of a good nature. When Peter points out that HMS ''Surprise'' is a [[warship]], she realises that the Healer entered the ship by accident and wants help. | |||
Benny suggests that the Healer enter a living body and Lucas volunteers himself after it begins a countdown to self-destruct. The ship sinks and the Healer decides to stay at Mortis Dock whilst Benny, Peter and Jack return to the ''Iverfield'' and head back to [[Legion (planet)|Legion]]. Before they leave, the Healer tells Benny that she needs to heal Peter despite him not wanting her to, although she does not understand what he means. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
* [[Peter Summerfield]] - [[Thomas Grant]] | * [[Peter Summerfield]] - [[Thomas Grant]] | ||
* [[Jack | * [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] - [[David Ames]] | ||
* [[Lucas Catch]] - [[Geoffrey Breton]] | * [[Lucas Catch]] - [[Geoffrey Breton]] | ||
* | * [[Kinkade (HMS Surprise)|Captain Kinkade]] - [[David Benson]] | ||
* [[Beacon (HMS Surprise)|Beacon]] - [[David Selby]] | * [[Beacon (HMS Surprise)|Beacon]] - [[David Selby]] | ||
* [[Mobile news droid|Mobile News Droid]] - [[Thomas Rees-Kaye]] | * [[Mobile news droid|Mobile News Droid]] - [[Thomas Rees-Kaye]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Lucas was a [[fire warden]]. | |||
* Lucas was born on [[6 April]] [[2594]]. | |||
* [[Isaac Summerfield II]] told Benny about the [[Healer (species)|Healers]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * ''HMS Surprise'' is the first ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' story in audio or print not to feature [[Ruth]] since her first appearance in ''[[The Kraken's Lament (audio story)|The Kraken's Lament]]''. | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] says "all these corridors look the same to me", which Peter says that she says a lot. The line, with some variation, was often used by [[Peri Brown]] from ''[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]'' onwards. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Peter notes that Benny never takes her own advice ("Stick together"). Recently, she failed to follow the advice ("Don't wander Legion alone.") that she gave to Ruth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Filthy Lucre (novel)|Filthy Lucre]]'') | * Peter notes that Benny never takes her own advice ("Stick together"). Recently, she failed to follow the advice ("Don't wander Legion alone.") that she gave to Ruth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Filthy Lucre (novel)|Filthy Lucre]]'') | ||
* Jack mentions "[[Emergency temporal shift]]s", a term first used by [[Dalek Sec]] in [[TV]]: ''[[ | * Jack mentions "[[Emergency temporal shift]]s", a term first used by [[Dalek Sec]] in ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''. | ||
* Jack knows that Peter is the only person who can see [[Antonio Tulloch|Antonio]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Everybody Loves Irving (audio story)|Everybody Loves Irving]]'') | |||
* Jack says that [[Portsmouth]] is a [[city]] on "Zordi- Earth. Whatever." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Man's Switch (BFBS audio story)|Dead Man's Switch]]'') | |||
* Peter mentions travelling the cosmos with Benny. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beyond the Sea (audio story)|Beyond the Sea]]'', etc.) | |||
* Peter says that it would not be the first time that his [[Killoran]] side had overruled his [[human]] side. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the World (audio story)|The End of the World]]'') | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 25 March 2024
HMS Surprise was the sixty-fourth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the second story of the New Frontiers series.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Mortis Dock: the last manned shipyard in the cosmos...
Population: six thousand and two...
And now, not a soul in sight... at least, until Bernice, Peter and Jack are drawn off-course.
Where have all the workers disappeared to? Why is Jack behaving oddly? And what is the secret of the HMS Surprise?
Only a stranger in a lighthouse holds the key... but can he be trusted?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Peter invites Benny and Jack to travel with him in the Irverfield to a sector of space where spaceships have been vanishing for months. They pick up a recording warning them to leave and are almost immediately pulled into the orbit of an ocean moon and land at Mortis Dock. Peter explains that it was the last manned shipyard in the galaxy after all of the others were automated, but it now seems to be abandoned. Jack finds a mobile news droid from which they learn that whatever happened to the dock happened just over a year ago on 9 April 2618.
Benny registers hundreds of life readings around them, four of which are corporeal. She goes to investigate a lighthouse whilst Peter and Jack go to the last remaining ship, HMS Surprise, at the dock and finds Lucas Catch chained to a railing. He denies being the one who sent the signal and tells her that, one by one, the people of the dock were drawn to HMS Surprise and became zombies. She releases him against his will to take him to the Irverfield for his safety.
The captain's log of the HMS Surprise is missing a number of entries, with the last one being dated 4 December 1964, and the black box contains a recording of Captain Kincade on the day that the ship was due to be destroyed. Jack comes under the ship's control and Peter runs from him and the zombies. Benny comes to his help with Lucas and tells him that she thinks that the ship is one of the Healers, an ancient race born to embody and protect objects of a good nature. When Peter points out that HMS Surprise is a warship, she realises that the Healer entered the ship by accident and wants help.
Benny suggests that the Healer enter a living body and Lucas volunteers himself after it begins a countdown to self-destruct. The ship sinks and the Healer decides to stay at Mortis Dock whilst Benny, Peter and Jack return to the Iverfield and head back to Legion. Before they leave, the Healer tells Benny that she needs to heal Peter despite him not wanting her to, although she does not understand what he means.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Peter Summerfield - Thomas Grant
- Jack - David Ames
- Lucas Catch - Geoffrey Breton
- Captain Kinkade - David Benson
- Beacon - David Selby
- Mobile News Droid - Thomas Rees-Kaye
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Lucas was a fire warden.
- Lucas was born on 6 April 2594.
- Isaac Summerfield II told Benny about the Healers.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- HMS Surprise is the first Bernice Summerfield story in audio or print not to feature Ruth since her first appearance in The Kraken's Lament.
- Benny says "all these corridors look the same to me", which Peter says that she says a lot. The line, with some variation, was often used by Peri Brown from Attack of the Cybermen onwards.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Peter notes that Benny never takes her own advice ("Stick together"). Recently, she failed to follow the advice ("Don't wander Legion alone.") that she gave to Ruth. (PROSE: Filthy Lucre)
- Jack mentions "Emergency temporal shifts", a term first used by Dalek Sec in Doomsday.
- Jack knows that Peter is the only person who can see Antonio. (AUDIO: Everybody Loves Irving)
- Jack says that Portsmouth is a city on "Zordi- Earth. Whatever." (AUDIO: Dead Man's Switch)
- Peter mentions travelling the cosmos with Benny. (AUDIO: Beyond the Sea, etc.)
- Peter says that it would not be the first time that his Killoran side had overruled his human side. (AUDIO: The End of the World)
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official HMS Surprise page at bigfinish.com
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