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The '''''Bernice Summerfield''''' audio stories were the first audio dramas that [[Big Finish Productions]] produced. Beginning in [[1998]] with ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' it was the first of 6 [[Virgin New Adventures]] and [[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]] novels that were adapted for audio. The adaptions removed characters such as the Doctor, Ace and any other ''Doctor Who'' character that Big Finish did not have the licence for. Others were adapted for the audio medium.
{{Infobox Audio Series
|image              = Oh No It Isn't audio cover.jpg
|main character    = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|release year      = 1998
|release year2      = present
|release count      = 90
|story count        = 132
|first story        = Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)
|cover              = Adrian Salmon
|sound              = Matthew Cochrane
|music              = Matthew Cochrane
|first release      = [[September (releases)|September]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|publisher          = Big Finish Productions
|type              = Audio and prose series
|series            = [[Bernice Summerfield]] series
|prev              = Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures
|next              = The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)
|soundcloudclip    = https://soundcloud.com/stevefoxon/03-bernice-summerfield-theme
|musictheme        = https://soundcloud.com/stevefoxon/bs-theme02
}}{{big toc}}
'''''Bernice Summerfield''''' was the first series produced by [[Big Finish Productions]], combining both audio and prose releases in an ongoing narrative, with the [[Bernice Summerfield|titular character]] portrayed by [[Lisa Bowerman]].


[[Bernice Summerfield]] (also known as "Benny") was performed by [[Lisa Bowerman]] who had previously played [[Kara]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV story ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''.
The series began in [[1998 (releases)|1998]] with audio adaptations of six [[Virgin New Adventures]] novels. After the first season's success, Big Finish began producing audio stories and prose stories simultaneously.


After this first season's success Big Finish began producing audio stories and prose-based stories, these were released alternately so that both the audio and the prose (novel and short story) made up the Bernice Summerfield series, with some of the wider arc story only being featured and explained in detail in one medium. Bernice's pregnancy was one such occurrence which began in the novel ''[[The Gods of the Underworld]]'' and she gave birth in the novel ''[[The Glass Prison (novel)|The Glass Prison]]'' with minor references to the actual pregnancy in audio stories released around the same time.
Initially, the ongoing narrative was spread evenly between the two media - for instance, Benny became pregnant in the novel ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal]]'' and gave birth in the novel ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison]]'', with the audio stories making several minor references to her pregnancy. However, from the third series onward, the audio stories became the primary series, with novels and short story collections providing greater depth to the world and heavily expanding on the large cast of regular characters. Occasionally, however, prose stories would be integral to the overall narrative, such as the audio story ''[[Death and the Daleks (audio story)|Death and the Daleks]]'' continuing on directly from the anthology ''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]'', and the regular characters [[Hass]] and [[Doggles]] being introduced in the anthologies ''[[A Life Worth Living (anthology)|A Life Worth Living]]'' and ''[[Something Changed (anthology)|Something Changed]]'' respectively. When [[Simon Guerrier]] took over as executive producer for Series 7, he made an effort to better combine the audio and prose stories, featuring hitherto prose-only characters in audio and incorporating prose-featured events, such as the death of semi-regular character [[Clarissa Jones|Ms Jones]] in the anthology ''[[Parallel Lives (anthology)|Parallel Lives]]'', into the overall story arc.


Many characters that had been created or established in the Virgin New Adventures or the Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures appeared in this series, character such as Bernice's ex-husband [[Jason Kane]] and [[Irving Braxiatel]] both featured in the series. Kane was voiced by [[Stephen Fewell]] and Braxiatel by [[Miles Richardson]].
Many characters created or established in the Virgin New Adventures, such as [[Jason Kane]] and [[Irving Braxiatel]], made major appearances in this series, and several others, such as [[Wolsey]], [[Isaac Summerfield]] and [[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart]], were featured in occasional stories. Additionally, links were made with Big Finish's ''Doctor Who'' content, such as the character of [[Bev Tarrant]] crossing over from the [[Main Range]] to become a regular character.


Most of the stories cover Bernice's life following her departure from travelling with the Doctor, but several prose-based stories have featured stories that portrayed Bernice's life long before she met the Doctor.
Several authors who wrote for Benny at Virgin also contributed to the line. Writers like Matt Jones, Paul Cornell, Justin Richards, Lance Parkin, Dave Stone, Ben Aaronovitch, Daniel O'Mahony, Lawrence Miles, Mark Clapham and Gary Russell had at least one story produced.


== Audio stories ==
Most of the stories cover Bernice's life following her departure from travelling with the Doctor. However, several prose releases have featured stories that portrayed Bernice's life long before she met the Doctor.
=== Season 1 ===
* ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''
* ''[[Beyond the Sun (audio story)|Beyond the Sun]]''
* ''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]''
* ''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]''
* ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]''
* ''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|Dragons' Wrath]]''


=== Season 2 ===
The series concluded in [[2013 (releases)|2013]], but Benny received a new series the [[2014 (releases)|next year]] as ''[[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)|The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]]'', where she was briefly reunited with the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]], before teaming up with [[Unbound Doctor|an incarnation of the Doctor from an alternate universe]]. The release format continued to be annual boxsets, with occasional accompanying book releases under the ''Bernice Summerfield'' title. Following the passing of [[David Warner]] (who played the alternate Doctor) in 2022, the series returned in 2024 with Bernice on her own, in anthologies centred around [[the Eternity Club]], an exclusive group of interplanetary explorers.
* ''[[The Secret of Cassandra (audio story)|The Secret of Cassandra]]''
* ''[[The Stone's Lament (audio story)|The Stone's Lament]]''
* ''[[The Extinction Event (audio story)|The Extinction Event]]''
* ''[[The Skymines of Karthos (audio story)|The Skymines of Karthos]]''


=== Season 3 ===
== Stories ==
* ''[[The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy (audio story)|The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy]]''
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* ''[[The Green-Eyed Monsters (audio story)|The Green-Eyed Monsters]]''
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* ''[[The Plague Herds of Excelis (audio story)|The Plague Herds of Excelis]]''
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* ''[[The Dance of the Dead (audio story)|The Dance of the Dead]]''
| align="left" |Novel
* ''[[The Mirror Effect (audio story)|The Mirror Effect]]''
!
! width="10%" |<div id="block" class="row-red"></div>
| align="left" |Anthology
|}


=== Season 4 ===
<!-- The stories on this page are listed NOT in release order but in a modified in-universe chronological order that represents which prose releases were meant to correspond with which audio series. Much thought and consideration has gone into this; if you intend to change it, please bring it up on the Talk page first! -->
* ''[[The Bellotron Incident (audio story)|The Bellotron Incident]]''
* ''[[The Draconian Rage (audio story)|The Draconian Rage]]''
* ''[[The Poison Seas (audio story)|The Poison Seas]]''
* ''[[Death and the Daleks (audio story)|Death and the Daleks]]''


=== Season 5 ===
=== Series 1 ===
* ''[[The Grel Escape (audio story)|The Grel Escape]]''
{{Main|Series 1 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[The Bone of Contention (audio story)|The Bone of Contention]]''
Series 1 was a collection of audio adaptations of [[Virgin New Adventures]] novels.
* ''[[The Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|The Relics of Jegg-Sau]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Masquerade of Death (audio story)|The Masquerade of Death]]''
! # || Title || Author || Medium ||  Featuring || Released
|-
|1
|''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''
|[[Paul Cornell]] and [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|rowspan=8|Audio
|[[Wolsey]], [[Grel]]
|rowspan=2|[[September (releases)|September]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|-
|2
|''[[Beyond the Sun (audio story)|Beyond the Sun]]''
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matt Jones]]
|[[Jason Kane]]
|-
|3
|''[[Walking to Babylon (audio story)|Walking to Babylon]]''
|[[Kate Orman]] and Jacqueline Rayner
|rowspan=2|{{il|Jason Kane|[[John Lafayette]]}}
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|-
|4
|''[[Birthright (audio story)|Birthright]]''
|[[Nigel Robinson]] and Jacqueline Rayner
|[[February (releases)|February]] 1999
|-
|5
|''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]] and Jacqueline Rayner
|Jason Kane
|rowspan=3|[[August (releases)|August]] 1999
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Buried Treasures (audio anthology)|Buried Treasures]]''
|''[[Making Myths (audio story)|Making Myths]]''
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|[[Keri]]
|-
|''[[Closure (audio story)|Closure]]''
|[[Paul Cornell]]
|
|-
|6
|''[[Dragons' Wrath (audio story)|Dragons' Wrath]]''  
|[[Justin Richards]] and Jacqueline Rayner
|
|September [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|}


=== Season 6 ===
=== Series 2 ===
* ''[[The Heart's Desire (audio story)|The Heart's Desire]]''
{{Main|Series 2 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[The Kingdom of the Blind (audio story)|The Kingdom of the Blind]]''
Beginning with series 2, Big Finish began to release original audio stories about Bernice Summerfield. They also began to publish short story anthologies that continued ongoing plotlines from the audios.
* ''[[The Lost Museum (audio story)|The Lost Museum]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Goddess Quandary (audio story)|The Goddess Quandary]]''
! # || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[The Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|The Crystal of Cantus]]''
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[September (releases)|September]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday Manuscript (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday Manuscript]]''
|[[Justin Richards]]
|Novel
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Fifth Axis]]
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2000
|-
|2.1
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Secret of Cassandra (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Secret of Cassandra]]''
|[[David Bailey]]
|Audio
|
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2000
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld]]''
|[[Stephen Cole]]
|rowspan=2|Novel
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal]]''
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|[[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Avril Fenman|Fenman]]
|[[April (releases)|April]] 2001
|-
|2.2
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Stone's Lament (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Stone's Lament]]''
|[[Mike Tucker]]
|rowspan=2|Audio
|[[Adrian Wall|Adrian]]
|[[May (releases)|May]] 2001
|-
|2.3
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Extinction Event (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Extinction Event]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2001
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|Novel
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2001
|-
|2.4
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Skymines of Karthos (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Skymines of Karthos]]''
|[[David Bailey]]
|Audio
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|September 2001
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison (novel)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison]]''
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|Novel
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Isaac Summerfield II|Isaac]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Fifth Axis]], [[Avril Fenman|Fenman]], [[Chris Cwej]]
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|}


=== Season 7 ===
=== Series 3 ===
* ''[[The Tartarus Gate (audio story)|The Tartarus Gate]]''
{{Main|Series 3 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[Timeless Passages (audio story)|Timeless Passages]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Worst Thing in the World (audio story)|The Worst Thing in the World]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[Summer of Love (audio story)|Summer of Love]]''
|-
* ''[[The Oracle of Delphi (audio story)|The Oracle of Delphi]]''
|3.1
* ''[[The Empire State (audio story)|The Empire State]]''
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Greatest Shop in the Galaxy (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Greatest Shop in the Galaxy]]''
|[[Paul Ebbs]]
|rowspan=3|Audio
|[[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|3.2
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Green-Eyed Monsters (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Green-Eyed Monsters]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]]
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2002
|-
|3.3
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead]]''<ref>''The Dance of the Dead'' follows directly from ''The Plague Herds of Excelis''.</ref>
|[[Stephen Cole]]
|[[Ice Warrior]]s
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2002
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[A Life of Surprises (anthology)|A Life of Surprises]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|October 2002
|-
|3.4
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Mirror Effect (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Mirror Effect]]''
|[[Stewart Sheargold]]
|Audio
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|}


=== Season 8 ===
=== Series 4 ===
* ''[[The Tub Full of Cats (audio story)|The Tub Full of Cats]]''
{{Main|Series 4 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[The Judas Gift (audio story)|The Judas Gift]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Freedom of Information (audio story)|Freedom of Information]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[The End of the World (audio story)|The End of the World]]'' (features [[Jason Kane]] rather than Benny)
|-
* ''[[The Final Amendment (audio story)|The Final Amendment]]''
|4.1
* ''[[The Wake (audio story)|The Wake]]''
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bellotron Incident (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bellotron Incident]]''
|[[Mike Tucker]]
|rowspan=3|Audio
|[[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Rutan]]s
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|4.2
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Draconian Rage (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Draconian Rage]]''
|[[Trevor Baxendale]]
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Draconian]]s
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2003
|-
|4.3
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Poison Seas (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Poison Seas]]''
|[[David Bailey]]
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Sea Devil]]s
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2003
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[13 October (releases)|13 October]] 2003
|-
|4.4
|''[[Death and the Daleks (audio story)|Death and the Daleks]]''
|[[Paul Cornell]]
|Audio
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Isaac Summerfield II|Isaac]], [[Fifth Axis]], [[Dalek]]s
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|}


=== Season 9 ===
=== Series 5 ===
* ''[[Beyond the Sea (audio story)]]''
{{Main|Series 5 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[The Adolescence of Time (audio story)|The Adolescence of Time]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[The Diet of Worms (audio story)|The Diet of Worms]]''
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[The Big Hunt (novel)|The Big Hunt]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|Novel
|
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|5.1
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape]]''
|[[Jac Rayner]]
|Audio
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Grel|The Grel]]
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2004
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[A Life Worth Living (anthology)|A Life Worth Living]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|July 2004
|-
|5.2
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bone of Contention (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bone of Contention]]''
|[[Simon A. Forward]]
|rowspan=3|Audio
|[[Galyari|The Galyari]]
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2004
|-
|5.3
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau]]''
|[[Stephen Cole]]
|[[K1]]
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2004
|-
|SP
|''[[Silver Lining (audio story)|Silver Lining]]''
|[[Colin Brake]]
|[[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]]
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] 2004
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[A Life in Pieces (anthology)|A Life in Pieces]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2004
|-
|5.4
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield in the Masquerade of Death (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield in the Masquerade of Death]]''
|[[Stewart Sheargold]]
|Audio
|[[Adrian Wall|Adrian]]
|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|}


=== Season 10 ===
=== Series 6 ===
* ''[[Glory Days (audio story)|Glory Days]]''
{{Main|Series 6 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[Absence (audio story)|Absence]]''
Starting in series 6, the anthology releases began to alternate between collections of short stories and groupings of three novellas. This continued until series 9.
* ''[[Venus Mantrap (audio story)|Venus Mantrap]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Secret Origins (audio story)|Secret Origins]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|-
|6.1
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Heart's Desire (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Heart's Desire]]''
|[[David Bailey]] and [[Neil Corry]]
|Audio
|[[Eternal]]s
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[The Tree of Life (novel)|The Tree of Life]]''
|[[Mark Michalowski]]
|Novel
|[[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
|[[3 June (releases)|3 June]] 2005
|-
|6.2
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Kingdom of the Blind (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Kingdom of the Blind]]''
|[[Jac Rayner]]
|rowspan=2|Audio
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Monoid]]s
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2005
|-
|6.3
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Lost Museum (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Lost Museum]]''
|[[Simon Guerrier]]
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2005
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Parallel Lives (anthology)|Parallel Lives]]''
|Various
|Novella anthology
|Various
|[[2 January (releases)|2 January]] 2006
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Something Changed (anthology)|Something Changed]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[3 January (releases)|3 January]] 2006
|-
|6.4
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Goddess Quandary (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Goddess Quandary]]''<ref>The events Benny recounts in this story take place before ''The Lost Museum''. However the framing narrative takes place sometime after ''The Crystal of Cantus''. Despite being published before it, the anthology ''Parallel Lives'' follows from Benny's trip to Etheria recounted in ''The Goddess Quandary''.</ref>
|[[Andy Russell]]
|rowspan=2|Audio
|[[Keri]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|6.5
|''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus]]''<ref>The main events of this story take place immediately after ''The Lost Museum''. However the framing narrative takes place after the framing narratives for both ''Death and the Daleks'' and ''The Goddess Quandary''.</ref>
|[[Joseph Lidster]]
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]]
|June 2006
|}


=== Season 11 ===
=== Series 7 ===
* ''[[Resurrecting the Past (audio story)|Resurrecting the Past]]''
{{Main|Series 7 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[Escaping the Future (audio story)|Escaping the Future]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Year Zero (audio story)|Year Zero]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[Dead Man's Switch (audio story)|Dead Man's Switch]]''
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[Genius Loci (novel)|Genius Loci]]''<ref>''Genius Loci'' is set not during series 6 or 7 but during Benny's earlier life.</ref>
|[[Ben Aaronovitch]]
|Novel
|
|[[19 June (releases)|19 June]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|7.1
|''[[The Tartarus Gate (audio story)|The Tartarus Gate]]''
|[[Stewart Sheargold]]
|rowspan=2|Audio
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2006
|-
|7.2
|''[[Timeless Passages (audio story)|Timeless Passages]]''
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2006
|-
|7.3
|''[[The Worst Thing in the World (audio story)|The Worst Thing in the World]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|rowspan=2|Audio
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2006
|-
|7.4
|''[[Summer of Love (audio story)|Summer of Love]]''
|[[Simon Guerrier]]
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Doggles]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Hass]]
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2006
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]''<ref>The short story ''Mother's Ruin'' is set a few weeks after ''Summer of Love''.</ref>
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] 2006
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Old Friends (anthology)|Old Friends]]''
|Various
|Novella anthology
|Various
|[[2 November (releases)|2 November]] 2006
|-
|7.5
|''[[The Oracle of Delphi (audio story)|The Oracle of Delphi]]''
|[[Scott Handcock]]
|rowspan=2|Audio
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|rowspan=2|[[November (releases)|November]] 2006
|-
|7.6
|''[[The Empire State (audio story)|The Empire State]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|[[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Maggie Matsumoto|Maggie]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|}


=== Epoch ===
=== Series 8 ===
[[File:12-1_Epoch_Box_Set.jpg|thumb|right|The box set cover for ''Epoch'']]
{{Main|Series 8 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[The Kraken's Lament (audio story)|The Kraken's Lament]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Temple of Questions (audio story)|The Temple of Questions]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[Private Enemy No. 1 (audio story)|Private Enemy No. 1]]''
|-
* ''[[Judgement Day (BFBS audio story)|Judgement Day]]''
|8.1
|''[[The Tub Full of Cats (audio story)|The Tub Full of Cats]]''
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|rowspan=3|Audio
|[[Maggie Matsumoto|Maggie]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]
|-
|8.2
|''[[The Judas Gift (audio story)|The Judas Gift]]''
|[[Nick Wallace]]
|[[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], Brax, [[Doggles]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Hass]], the [[Mim]], [[Draconian]]s
|[[April (releases)|April]] 2007
|-
|8.3
|''[[Freedom of Information (audio story)|Freedom of Information]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|Adrian, Brax, Doggles, Joseph, Hass, [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], the Mim, Draconians
|[[June (releases)|June]] 2007
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Nobody's Children (anthology)|Nobody's Children]]''
|Various
|Novella anthology
|Various
|[[3 August (releases)|3 August]] 2007
|-
|8.4
|''[[The End of the World (audio story)|The End of the World]]''
|[[Dave Stone]]
|Audio
|Jason, Brax, Adrian, [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]]
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2007
|- class="row-yellow"
|
|''[[The Two Jasons (novel)|The Two Jasons]]''<ref>This story tales place contemporaneously with ''The End of the World'' and ''The Final Amendment''.</ref>
|[[Dave Stone]]
|Novel
|Jason, Mira
|[[May (releases)|May]] 2007
|-
|| 8.5
|''[[The Final Amendment (audio story)|The Final Amendment]]''
|[[Joseph Lidster]]
|Audio
|[[Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart|Kadiatu]], Jason
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2007
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Missing Adventures (anthology)|Missing Adventures]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007
|-
|8.6
|''[[The Wake (audio story)|The Wake]]''
|[[Simon Guerrier]]
|Audio
|Peter, Brax, Adrian, Bev, Doggles, Joseph, Hass
|[[January (releases)|January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|}


=== Road Trip ===
=== Series 9 ===
[[File:Road_Trip.png|thumb|right|The box set cover for ''Road Trip'']]
{{Main|Series 9 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[Brand Management (audio story)|Brand Management]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Bad Habits (audio story)|Bad Habits]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]''
|-
|9.1
|''[[Beyond the Sea (audio story)|Beyond the Sea]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|rowspan=3|Audio
|rowspan=2|[[Peter Summerfield|Peter]]
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|9.2
|''[[The Adolescence of Time (audio story)|The Adolescence of Time]]''
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2008
|-
|9.3
|''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]''
|[[Jim Smith]]
|[[Mycroft Holmes|Mycroft]], [[Straxus (The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel)|Straxus]], [[Cwejen]]
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2008
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[The Vampire Curse (anthology)|The Vampire Curse]]''<ref>Though this anthology was published between ''The Diet of Worms'' and ''Glory Days'', there is no gap between those two stories.</ref>
|Various
|Novella anthology
|Various
|[[2 December (releases)|2 December]] 2008
|-
|9.4
|''[[The Diet of Worms (audio story)|The Diet of Worms]]''
|[[Matthew Sweet]]
|Audio
|Peter
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2008
|}


=== Legion ===
=== Series 10 ===
* ''[[Vesuvius Falling (audio story)|Vesuvius Falling]]''
{{Main|Series 10 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[Shades of Gray (audio story)|Shades of Gray]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Everybody Loves Irving (audio story)|Everybody Loves Irving]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|-
|10.1
|''[[Glory Days (audio story)|Glory Days]]''
|[[Nick Wallace]]
|rowspan=4|Audio
|[[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|10.2
|''[[Absence (audio story)|Absence]]''
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|Peter
|[[July (releases)|July]] 2009
|-
|10.3
|''[[Venus Mantrap (audio story)|Venus Mantrap]]''
|[[Mark Clapham]], [[Lance Parkin]]
|Adrian, Peter
|[[August (releases)|August]] 2009
|-
|10.4
|''[[Secret Origins (audio story)|Secret Origins]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|Peter, [[Robyn (Secret Origins)|Robyn]], Brax
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2009
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Secret Histories (anthology)|Secret Histories]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 2009
|-
|}


=== New Frontiers ===
=== Series 11 ===
* ''[[A Handful of Dust (audio story)|A Handful of Dust]]''
{{Main|Series 11 (BFBS)}}
* ''[[HMS Surprise (audio story)|HMS Suprise]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|-
|SP
|''[[Dead and Buried (webcast)|Dead and Buried]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Eddie Robson]]
|Video
|[[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|[[1 September (releases)|1 September]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|-
|11.1
|''[[Resurrecting the Past (audio story)|Resurrecting the Past]]''
|Audio
|[[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], Brax, [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Robyn (Secret Origins)|Robyn]], [[Doggles]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Hass]]
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2010
|- class="row-red"
|
|''[[Present Danger (anthology)|Present Danger]]''
|Various
|Short story anthology
|Various
|[[20 September (releases)|20 September]] 2010
|-
|11.2
|''[[Escaping the Future (audio story)|Escaping the Future]]''
|[[Eddie Robson]]
|rowspan=3|Audio
|Peter, Brax, Bev, Adrian, Doggles, Joseph, Hass
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2010
|-
|11.3
|''[[Year Zero (audio story)|Year Zero]]''
|[[Jonathan Clements]]
|
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2010
|-
|11.4
|''[[Dead Man's Switch (BFBS audio story)|Dead Man's Switch]]''
|[[John Dorney]], [[Richard Dinnick]]
|
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2010
|}


=== Missing Persons ===
=== ''Epoch'' ===
5 CD box set scheduled to be released September 2013.
{{Main|Epoch (audio anthology)}}
* ''The Big Dig''
After series 11, Big Finish began to release new Bernice Summerfield audios in collected "boxsets" rather than spread out over months.
* ''The Revenant's Carnival''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''The Brimstone Kid''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''The Winning Side''
|-
* ''In Living Memory''
|1
|''[[The Kraken's Lament (audio story)|The Kraken's Lament]]''  
|[[Mark Wright]]
|rowspan=4|Audio
|[[Ruth]], [[Acanthus]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]]
|rowspan=4|September [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|-
|2
|''[[The Temple of Questions (audio story)|The Temple of Questions]]''  
|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]
|Ruth, [[Leonidas]], Jack, [[Acanthus|Heskith]]
|-
|3
|''[[Private Enemy No. 1 (audio story)|Private Enemy No. 1]]''  
|[[Tony Lee]]
|Ruth, Leonidas, Heskith, [[the Epoch]]
|-
|4
|''[[Judgement Day (BFBS audio story)|Judgement Day]]''  
|[[Scott Handcock]]
|Ruth, Jack, the Epoch, [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|}


=== Special Releases ===
=== ''Road Trip'' ===
* ''[[Silver Lining]]'' (on free giveaway disc released with [[DWM 351|''Doctor Who Magazine'' issue 351]])
{{Main|Road Trip (audio anthology)}}
* ''[[Buried Treasures]]'' (limited edition released with Season 1; now can be downloaded from the Big Finish podcasts for free)
''Road Trip'' began the pattern that would last until the series' penultimate release, where the boxset would include three audio stories and be accompanied by a tie-in novel.
* ''[[The Plague Herds of Excelis (audio story)|The Plague Herds of Excelis]]'' (Part of the [[Excelis Saga]])
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Dead and Buried]]'' (an animated webcast special available on Big Finish's official YouTube channel; later released on DVD as a bonus with the ''Epoch'' box set)
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[Love and War (audio story)|Love and War]]'' (Part of the Special Releases from October 2012)
|-
* ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'' (Download only 20th anniversary story with proceeds going to Invest in ME charity)
|1
|''[[Brand Management (audio story)|Brand Management]]''  
|[[Christopher Cooper]]  
|rowspan=2|Audio
|rowspan=3| [[Ruth]]
|rowspan=4|February [[2012 (releases)|2012]]
|-
|2
|''[[Bad Habits (audio story)|Bad Habits]]''  
|[[Simon Barnard]] and [[Paul Morris]]  
|- class="row-yellow"
|
||''[[The Weather on Versimmon (novel)|The Weather on Versimmon]]''<ref name="Tie-in">This tie-in novel is set between stories in the accompanying boxset.</ref>
|[[Matthew Griffiths]]
|Novel
|-
|3
|''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]''  
|[[David Llewellyn]]
|Audio
|Ruth, [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]]  
|}


== Prose works ==
=== ''Legion'' ===
{{Main|Legion (audio anthology)}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|-
|1 || ''[[Vesuvius Falling (audio story)|Vesuvius Falling]]'' || [[Tony Lee]] || Audio || [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]] || September 2012
|- class="row-yellow"
| || ''[[The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis (novel)|The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis]]'' <ref name="Tie-in" />|| [[Xanna Eve Chown]] || Novel || [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] || [[28 September (releases)|28 September]] 2012
|-
|| 2 || ''[[Shades of Gray (audio story)|Shades of Gray]]'' || [[Scott Handcock]] || rowspan="2"|Audio || [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Dorian Gray|Dorian]] || rowspan="2"|September 2012
|-
|| 3 || ''[[Everybody Loves Irving (audio story)|Everybody Loves Irving]]'' || [[Miles Richardson]] || [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]]
|}


=== Anthologies ===
=== ''Many Happy Returns'' ===
* ''[[The Dead Men Diaries]]''
The audio story ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'' was released in November 2012 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Bernice Summerfield's introduction in ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''. Its contributors included [[Xanna Eve Chown]], [[Stephen Cole]], [[Paul Cornell]], [[Stephen Fewell]], [[Simon Guerrier]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Rebecca Levene]], [[Jacqueline Rayner]], [[Justin Richards]], [[Miles Richardson]], [[Eddie Robson]], and [[Dave Stone]]. A portion of the proceeds went to the myalgic encephalomyelitis charity "Invest in M.E."
* ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[Life During Wartime]]''
!Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[A Life Worth Living]]''
|-
* ''[[A Life in Pieces]]''
|''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'' || Various || Audio || [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]],
* ''[[Parallel Lives]]''
[[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Leonidas]], [[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]], [[Panda]], [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]]
* ''[[Something Changed]]''
|November 2012
* ''[[Collected Works]]''
|}
* ''[[Old Friends]]''
* ''[[Nobody's Children]]''
* ''[[Missing Adventures (anthology)|Missing Adventures]]''
* ''[[The Vampire Curse]]''
* ''[[Secret Histories]]''
* ''[[Present Danger]]''


=== Novels ===
=== ''New Frontiers'' ===
* ''[[The Doomsday Manuscript (novel)|The Doomsday Manuscript]]''
{{Main|New Frontiers (audio anthology)}}
* ''[[The Gods of the Underworld (novel)|The Gods of the Underworld]]''
{| {{prettytable}}
* ''[[The Squire's Crystal (novel)|The Squire's Crystal]]''
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
* ''[[The Infernal Nexus (novel)|The Infernal Nexus]]''
|-
* ''[[The Glass Prison (novel)|The Glass Prison]]''
| 1 || ''[[A Handful of Dust (audio story)|A Handful of Dust]]'' || [[Xanna Eve Chown]] || Audio  || [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] || [[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 2013
* ''[[The Big Hunt (novel)|The Big Hunt]]''
|- class="row-yellow"
* ''[[The Tree of Life (novel)|The Tree of Life]]''
| || ''[[Filthy Lucre (novel)|Filthy Lucre]]'' || [[James Parsons]] and [[Andrew Stirling-Brown]] || Novel || [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]] || [[24 April (releases)|24 April]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]<ref>This novel leads into ''HMS Surprise''.</ref>
* ''[[Genius Loci (novel)|Genius Loci]]''
|-
* ''[[The Two Jasons (novel)|The Two Jasons]]''
|| 2 || ''[[HMS Surprise (audio story)|HMS Surprise]]'' || [[Alexander Vlahos]] || rowspan="2"|Audio || [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] || rowspan="2"|[[30 April (releases)|30 April]] 2013
* ''[[The Weather on Versimmon (novel)|The Weather on Versimmon]]''
|-
* ''[[The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis (novel)|The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis]]''
|| 3 || ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[Avril Fenman|Fenman]]
* ''[[Filthy Lucre (novel)|Filthy Lucre]]''
|}


=== External links ===
=== ''Missing Persons'' ===
* {{bigfinish|hubs/v/bernice-summerfield|Bernice Summerfield}}
{{Main|Missing Persons (audio anthology)}}
{| {{prettytable}}
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|- class="row-yellow"
| || ''[[Adorable Illusion (novel)|Adorable Illusion]]''<ref>This novel is set before ''Missing Persons'' despite being published later.</ref>|| [[Gary Russell]] || Novel || [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Avril Fenman|Fenman]] || [[13 March (releases)|13 March]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]]
|-
| 1 || ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'' || [[Hamish Steele]] || rowspan="5"|Audio || [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[The Epoch]] || rowspan="5"|[[24 December (releases)|24 December]] 2013
|-
|| 2 || ''[[The Revenant's Carnival (audio story)|The Revenant's Carnival]]'' || [[Martin Day]] || [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]]
|-
|| 3 || ''[[The Brimstone Kid (audio story)|The Brimstone Kid]]'' || [[David Llewellyn]] || [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|-
|| 4 || ''[[The Winning Side (audio story)|The Winning Side]]'' || [[James Goss]] || [[The Epoch]]
|-
|| 5 || ''[[In Living Memory (audio story)|In Living Memory]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] and [[Scott Handcock]] || [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], [[Ruth]], [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]], [[The Epoch]]
|}
 
=== ''The Story So Far'' ===
{{Main|The Story So Far}}
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the ''Bernice Summerfield'' series in [[2018 (releases)|2018]], Big Finish released several boxsets in the ''Bernice Summerfield'' range, including ''[[Treasury (audio anthology)|Treasury]]'', a collection of narrated ''Bernice Summerfield'' short stories narrated by [[Lisa Bowerman]] and [[Andrew Cartmel]]; and ''[[The Story So Far: Volume One]]'' and '' [[The Story So Far: Volume Two|Volume Two]]'', a collection of six new audio stories set throughout Bernice's life.
 
{| {{prettytable}}
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|- class="row-red"
| || ''[[Treasury (audio anthology)|Treasury]]'' || Various || Narrated anthology || Various || [[7 August (releases)|7 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|-
| 1 || ''[[Ever After Happy (audio story)|Ever After Happy]]'' || [[James Goss]] || rowspan="6"|Audio || || rowspan="6"|[[25 September (releases)|25 September]] 2018
|-
|| 2 || ''[[The Grel Invasion of Earth (audio story)|The Grel Invasion of Earth]]'' || [[Jacqueline Rayner]] || [[Jason Kane|Jason]]
|-
|| 3 || ''[[Braxiatel in Love (audio story)|Braxiatel in Love]]'' || [[Simon Guerrier]] || [[Irving Braxiatel|Brax]]
|-
|| 4 || ''[[Every Dark Thought (audio story)|Every Dark Thought]]'' || [[Eddie Robson]] || [[The Valeyard]]
|-
|| 5 || ''[[Empress of the Drahvins (audio story)|Empress of the Drahvins]]'' || [[David Llewellyn]] || [[Ruth]]
|-
|| 6 || ''[[The Angel of History (audio story)|The Angel of History]]'' || [[Una McCormack]] || [[The Doctor (Sympathy for the Devil)|The Doctor]]
|- class="row-red"
| || ''[[In Time (anthology)|In Time]]'' || Various || Short story anthology || Various || [[19 December (releases)|19 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|}
 
=== Further releases ===
{| {{prettytable}}
!# || Title || Author || Medium || Featuring || Published
|- class="row-yellow"
| || ''[[Benny in Wonderland]]'' || Xanna Eve Chown || Colouring book ||  || [[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|- class="row-red"
| || ''[[The Christmas Collection (audio anthology)|The Christmas Collection]]'' || Various || Narrated anthology || Various || [[2 December (releases)|2 December]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]
|}
 
== Unproduced stories ==
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Author || Medium ||  Featuring
|-
|''[[Bizarre Love Triangle (audio story)|Bizarre Love Triangle]]''
|[[Matt Jones (writer)|Matt Jones]]
|rowspan=4|Audio
|[[Emile Mars-Smith|Emile]], [[vampire]]s, [[the People]]
|-
|''[[The Children of Shreeva (audio story)|The Children of Shreeva]]''
|[[Andy Russell]]
|
|-
|''[[Figure of Eight (audio story)|Figure of Eight]]''
|[[Iain McLaughlin]]
|
|-
|''[[Last of the Drop Dead Divas (audio story)|Last of the Drop Dead Divas]]''
|[[Jim Mortimore]]
|
|-
|- class="row-yellow"
|''[[Terra Incognita (novel)|Terra Incognita]]''
|[[Ben Aaronovitch]]
|Novel
|
|}
 
== Special releases ==
* ''[[Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story]]'': A reference book of Bernice Summerfield's life up to Series 8.
 
=== Crossovers ===
The ''Bernice Summerfield'' range occasionally crossed over with other ranges:
 
* ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Plague Herds of Excelis]]'': was branded as the ''Bernice Summerfield'' range story 3.0 but published under the ''[[Excelis Saga]]'' range.
* ''[[The Phantom Wreck (audio story)|The Phantom Wreck]]'': Story from the special anthology ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Big Finish]]'', a [[2015 (releases)|2015]] boxset which also featured characters from [[Big Finish]]'s ''[[Graceless (audio series)|Graceless]]'', ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'', ''[[Vienna (series)|Vienna]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes (audio series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', and ''[[The Confessions of Dorian Gray|Dorian Gray]]'' ranges.
* ''[[Benny's Story (audio story)|Benny's Story]]'': part of ''[[The Company of Friends (audio anthology)|The Company of Friends]]'' anthology from the ''[[Main Range]]'', but set during the events of this series.
 
== External links ==
{{bigfinish|hubs/v/bernice-summerfield}}
 
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
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{{Big Finish}}
{{Spin-offs}}
[[fr:Bernice Summerfield (Liste de livres publiés par Big Finish Productions)]]
[[fr:Bernice Summerfield (Liste de livres publiés par Big Finish Productions)]]
[[pt:Big Finish Bernice Summerfield (série)]]


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Bernice Summerfield was the first series produced by Big Finish Productions, combining both audio and prose releases in an ongoing narrative, with the titular character portrayed by Lisa Bowerman.

The series began in 1998 with audio adaptations of six Virgin New Adventures novels. After the first season's success, Big Finish began producing audio stories and prose stories simultaneously.

Initially, the ongoing narrative was spread evenly between the two media - for instance, Benny became pregnant in the novel Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal and gave birth in the novel Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison, with the audio stories making several minor references to her pregnancy. However, from the third series onward, the audio stories became the primary series, with novels and short story collections providing greater depth to the world and heavily expanding on the large cast of regular characters. Occasionally, however, prose stories would be integral to the overall narrative, such as the audio story Death and the Daleks continuing on directly from the anthology Life During Wartime, and the regular characters Hass and Doggles being introduced in the anthologies A Life Worth Living and Something Changed respectively. When Simon Guerrier took over as executive producer for Series 7, he made an effort to better combine the audio and prose stories, featuring hitherto prose-only characters in audio and incorporating prose-featured events, such as the death of semi-regular character Ms Jones in the anthology Parallel Lives, into the overall story arc.

Many characters created or established in the Virgin New Adventures, such as Jason Kane and Irving Braxiatel, made major appearances in this series, and several others, such as Wolsey, Isaac Summerfield and Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart, were featured in occasional stories. Additionally, links were made with Big Finish's Doctor Who content, such as the character of Bev Tarrant crossing over from the Main Range to become a regular character.

Several authors who wrote for Benny at Virgin also contributed to the line. Writers like Matt Jones, Paul Cornell, Justin Richards, Lance Parkin, Dave Stone, Ben Aaronovitch, Daniel O'Mahony, Lawrence Miles, Mark Clapham and Gary Russell had at least one story produced.

Most of the stories cover Bernice's life following her departure from travelling with the Doctor. However, several prose releases have featured stories that portrayed Bernice's life long before she met the Doctor.

The series concluded in 2013, but Benny received a new series the next year as The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, where she was briefly reunited with the Seventh Doctor and Ace, before teaming up with an incarnation of the Doctor from an alternate universe. The release format continued to be annual boxsets, with occasional accompanying book releases under the Bernice Summerfield title. Following the passing of David Warner (who played the alternate Doctor) in 2022, the series returned in 2024 with Bernice on her own, in anthologies centred around the Eternity Club, an exclusive group of interplanetary explorers.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

 Novel
Anthology


Series 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 1 (BFBS)

Series 1 was a collection of audio adaptations of Virgin New Adventures novels.

# Title Author Medium Featuring Released
1 Oh No It Isn't! Paul Cornell and Jacqueline Rayner Audio Wolsey, Grel September 1998
2 Beyond the Sun Matt Jones Jason Kane
3 Walking to Babylon Kate Orman and Jacqueline Rayner
Jason Kane
John Lafayette
 January 1999
4 Birthright Nigel Robinson and Jacqueline Rayner February 1999
5 Just War Lance Parkin and Jacqueline Rayner Jason Kane August 1999
Buried Treasures Making Myths Jacqueline Rayner Keri
Closure Paul Cornell
6 Dragons' Wrath Justin Richards and Jacqueline Rayner September 2000

Series 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 2 (BFBS)

Beginning with series 2, Big Finish began to release original audio stories about Bernice Summerfield. They also began to publish short story anthologies that continued ongoing plotlines from the audios.

# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries Various Short story anthology Various September 2000
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday Manuscript Justin Richards Novel Brax, Joseph, Adrian, Fifth Axis November 2000
2.1 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Secret of Cassandra David Bailey Audio December 2000
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld Stephen Cole Novel Brax, Joseph February 2001
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal Jacqueline Rayner Adrian, Joseph, Brax, Fenman April 2001
2.2 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Stone's Lament Mike Tucker Audio Adrian May 2001
2.3 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Extinction Event Lance Parkin Brax July 2001
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Infernal Nexus Dave Stone Novel Jason August 2001
2.4 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Skymines of Karthos David Bailey Audio Brax September 2001
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Glass Prison Jacqueline Rayner Novel Brax, Joseph, Jason, Adrian, Isaac, Peter, Fifth Axis, Fenman, Chris Cwej January 2002

Series 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 3 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
3.1 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Greatest Shop in the Galaxy Paul Ebbs Audio Joseph February 2002
3.2 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Green-Eyed Monsters Dave Stone Jason, Adrian, Peter June 2002
3.3 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dance of the Dead[1] Stephen Cole Ice Warriors October 2002
A Life of Surprises Various Short story anthology Various October 2002
3.4 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Mirror Effect Stewart Sheargold Audio Brax, Jason, Adrian, Joseph March 2003

Series 4[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 4 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
4.1 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bellotron Incident Mike Tucker Audio Bev, Brax, Joseph, Rutans April 2003
4.2 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Draconian Rage Trevor Baxendale Brax, Draconians August 2003
4.3 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Poison Seas David Bailey Brax, Sea Devils September 2003
Life During Wartime Various Short story anthology Various 13 October 2003
4.4 Death and the Daleks Paul Cornell Audio Brax, Jason, Adrian, Joseph, Bev, Isaac, Fifth Axis, Daleks January 2004

Series 5[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 5 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
The Big Hunt Lance Parkin Novel May 2004
5.1 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape Jac Rayner Audio Jason, Peter, Joseph, The Grel July 2004
A Life Worth Living Various Short story anthology Various July 2004
5.2 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Bone of Contention Simon A. Forward Audio The Galyari August 2004
5.3 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Relics of Jegg-Sau Stephen Cole K1 November 2004
SP Silver Lining Colin Brake Cybermen 9 December 2004
A Life in Pieces Various Short story anthology Various December 2004
5.4 Professor Bernice Summerfield in the Masquerade of Death Stewart Sheargold Audio Adrian March 2005

Series 6[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 6 (BFBS)

Starting in series 6, the anthology releases began to alternate between collections of short stories and groupings of three novellas. This continued until series 9.

# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
6.1 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Heart's Desire David Bailey and Neil Corry Audio Eternals June 2005
The Tree of Life Mark Michalowski Novel Joseph 3 June 2005
6.2 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Kingdom of the Blind Jac Rayner Audio Jason, Monoids July 2005
6.3 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Lost Museum Simon Guerrier Jason December 2005
Parallel Lives Various Novella anthology Various 2 January 2006
Something Changed Various Short story anthology Various 3 January 2006
6.4 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Goddess Quandary[2] Andy Russell Audio Keri February 2006
6.5 Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Crystal of Cantus[3] Joseph Lidster Brax, Jason, Joseph, Peter June 2006

Series 7[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 7 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
Genius Loci[4] Ben Aaronovitch Novel 19 June 2006
7.1 The Tartarus Gate Stewart Sheargold Audio Jason, Joseph July 2006
7.2 Timeless Passages Daniel O'Mahony August 2006
7.3 The Worst Thing in the World Dave Stone Audio Jason September 2006
7.4 Summer of Love Simon Guerrier Jason, Bev, Adrian, Doggles, Joseph, Hass October 2006
Collected Works[5] Various Short story anthology Various 1 September 2006
Old Friends Various Novella anthology Various 2 November 2006
7.5 The Oracle of Delphi Scott Handcock Audio Jason November 2006
7.6 The Empire State Eddie Robson Jason, Maggie, Brax

Series 8[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 8 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
8.1 The Tub Full of Cats Daniel O'Mahony Audio Maggie, Brax February 2007
8.2 The Judas Gift Nick Wallace Bev, Adrian, Brax, Doggles, Joseph, Hass, the Mim, Draconians April 2007
8.3 Freedom of Information Eddie Robson Adrian, Brax, Doggles, Joseph, Hass, Jason, Peter, the Mim, Draconians June 2007
Nobody's Children Various Novella anthology Various 3 August 2007
8.4 The End of the World Dave Stone Audio Jason, Brax, Adrian, Mira September 2007
The Two Jasons[6] Dave Stone Novel Jason, Mira May 2007
8.5 The Final Amendment Joseph Lidster Audio Kadiatu, Jason October 2007
Missing Adventures Various Short story anthology Various 19 November 2007
8.6 The Wake Simon Guerrier Audio Peter, Brax, Adrian, Bev, Doggles, Joseph, Hass January 2008

Series 9[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 9 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
9.1 Beyond the Sea Eddie Robson Audio Peter June 2008
9.2 The Adolescence of Time Lawrence Miles July 2008
9.3 The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel Jim Smith Mycroft, Straxus, Cwejen September 2008
The Vampire Curse[7] Various Novella anthology Various 2 December 2008
9.4 The Diet of Worms Matthew Sweet Audio Peter October 2008

Series 10[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 10 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
10.1 Glory Days Nick Wallace Audio Peter, Bev, Adrian, Brax June 2009
10.2 Absence Daniel O'Mahony Peter July 2009
10.3 Venus Mantrap Mark Clapham, Lance Parkin Adrian, Peter August 2009
10.4 Secret Origins Eddie Robson Peter, Robyn, Brax September 2009
Secret Histories Various Short story anthology Various 1 December 2009

Series 11[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Series 11 (BFBS)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
SP Dead and Buried Eddie Robson Video Brax 1 September 2010
11.1 Resurrecting the Past Audio Peter, Brax, Bev, Adrian, Robyn, Doggles, Joseph, Hass September 2010
Present Danger Various Short story anthology Various 20 September 2010
11.2 Escaping the Future Eddie Robson Audio Peter, Brax, Bev, Adrian, Doggles, Joseph, Hass October 2010
11.3 Year Zero Jonathan Clements November 2010
11.4 Dead Man's Switch John Dorney, Richard Dinnick December 2010

Epoch[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Epoch (audio anthology)

After series 11, Big Finish began to release new Bernice Summerfield audios in collected "boxsets" rather than spread out over months.

# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
1 The Kraken's Lament Mark Wright Audio Ruth, Acanthus, Jack September 2011
2 The Temple of Questions Jacqueline Rayner Ruth, Leonidas, Jack, Heskith
3 Private Enemy No. 1 Tony Lee Ruth, Leonidas, Heskith, the Epoch
4 Judgement Day Scott Handcock Ruth, Jack, the Epoch, Brax

Road Trip[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Road Trip (audio anthology)

Road Trip began the pattern that would last until the series' penultimate release, where the boxset would include three audio stories and be accompanied by a tie-in novel.

# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
1 Brand Management Christopher Cooper Audio Ruth February 2012
2 Bad Habits Simon Barnard and Paul Morris
The Weather on Versimmon[8] Matthew Griffiths Novel
3 Paradise Frost David Llewellyn Audio Ruth, Brax, Peter, Jack

Legion[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Legion (audio anthology)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
1 Vesuvius Falling Tony Lee Audio Peter, Ruth, Jack, Brax September 2012
The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis [8] Xanna Eve Chown Novel Ruth, Jack 28 September 2012
2 Shades of Gray Scott Handcock Audio Ruth, Jack, Dorian September 2012
3 Everybody Loves Irving Miles Richardson Brax, Peter, Ruth, Jack

Many Happy Returns[[edit] | [edit source]]

The audio story Many Happy Returns was released in November 2012 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Bernice Summerfield's introduction in Love and War. Its contributors included Xanna Eve Chown, Stephen Cole, Paul Cornell, Stephen Fewell, Simon Guerrier, Scott Handcock, Rebecca Levene, Jacqueline Rayner, Justin Richards, Miles Richardson, Eddie Robson, and Dave Stone. A portion of the proceeds went to the myalgic encephalomyelitis charity "Invest in M.E."

Title Author Medium Featuring Published
Many Happy Returns Various Audio Joseph, Brax, Adrian, Bev,

Peter, Ruth, Jack, Leonidas, Iris, Panda, The Doctor

November 2012

New Frontiers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: New Frontiers (audio anthology)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
1 A Handful of Dust Xanna Eve Chown Audio Peter, Ruth, Jack 30 April 2013
Filthy Lucre James Parsons and Andrew Stirling-Brown Novel Ruth, Jack, Brax 24 April 2013[9]
2 HMS Surprise Alexander Vlahos Audio Peter, Jack 30 April 2013
3 The Curse of Fenman Gary Russell Peter, Ruth, Jack, Brax, Fenman

Missing Persons[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Missing Persons (audio anthology)
# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
Adorable Illusion[10] Gary Russell Novel Jack, Adrian, Bev, Fenman 13 March 2014
1 Big Dig Hamish Steele Audio Ruth, Jack, The Epoch 24 December 2013
2 The Revenant's Carnival Martin Day Peter
3 The Brimstone Kid David Llewellyn Brax
4 The Winning Side James Goss The Epoch
5 In Living Memory Gary Russell and Scott Handcock Peter, Ruth, Jack, Brax, The Epoch

The Story So Far[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: The Story So Far

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Bernice Summerfield series in 2018, Big Finish released several boxsets in the Bernice Summerfield range, including Treasury, a collection of narrated Bernice Summerfield short stories narrated by Lisa Bowerman and Andrew Cartmel; and The Story So Far: Volume One and Volume Two, a collection of six new audio stories set throughout Bernice's life.

# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
Treasury Various Narrated anthology Various 7 August 2018
1 Ever After Happy James Goss Audio 25 September 2018
2 The Grel Invasion of Earth Jacqueline Rayner Jason
3 Braxiatel in Love Simon Guerrier Brax
4 Every Dark Thought Eddie Robson The Valeyard
5 Empress of the Drahvins David Llewellyn Ruth
6 The Angel of History Una McCormack The Doctor
In Time Various Short story anthology Various 19 December 2018

Further releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Medium Featuring Published
Benny in Wonderland Xanna Eve Chown Colouring book 3 October 2019
The Christmas Collection Various Narrated anthology Various 2 December 2020

Unproduced stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Medium Featuring
Bizarre Love Triangle Matt Jones Audio Emile, vampires, the People
The Children of Shreeva Andy Russell
Figure of Eight Iain McLaughlin
Last of the Drop Dead Divas Jim Mortimore
Terra Incognita Ben Aaronovitch Novel

Special releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crossovers[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Bernice Summerfield range occasionally crossed over with other ranges:

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ The Dance of the Dead follows directly from The Plague Herds of Excelis.
  2. ↑ The events Benny recounts in this story take place before The Lost Museum. However the framing narrative takes place sometime after The Crystal of Cantus. Despite being published before it, the anthology Parallel Lives follows from Benny's trip to Etheria recounted in The Goddess Quandary.
  3. ↑ The main events of this story take place immediately after The Lost Museum. However the framing narrative takes place after the framing narratives for both Death and the Daleks and The Goddess Quandary.
  4. ↑ Genius Loci is set not during series 6 or 7 but during Benny's earlier life.
  5. ↑ The short story Mother's Ruin is set a few weeks after Summer of Love.
  6. ↑ This story tales place contemporaneously with The End of the World and The Final Amendment.
  7. ↑ Though this anthology was published between The Diet of Worms and Glory Days, there is no gap between those two stories.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 This tie-in novel is set between stories in the accompanying boxset.
  9. ↑ This novel leads into HMS Surprise.
  10. ↑ This novel is set before Missing Persons despite being published later.
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