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|image = In Living Memory | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' | ||
|story number = 70 | |||
|series= [[ | |range = BSBS | ||
|story number = 70 | |series in range = Missing Persons (audio anthology) | ||
| | |series number in range = 5 | ||
|number = 5 | |number in series = 5 | ||
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |number = 5 | ||
|setting = | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|writer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Scott Handcock]] | |featuring = Irving Braxiatel{{!}}Irving | ||
| | |featuring2 = Peter Summerfield | ||
| | |featuring3 = Ruth | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |featuring4 = Jack (The Kraken's Lament) | ||
|release date = | |featuring5 = Victorian Benny{{!}}Benny | ||
|format = 1 CD | |featuring6 = Willem van der Heever{{!}}van der Heever | ||
|production code = BFPBSBOX005 | |featuring7 = Krige | ||
|isbn = 978-1-78178-102-9 | |featuring8 = Shrynor | ||
|prev = The Winning Side (audio story) | |enemy = [[Bernard Springmoore|Springmoore]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Heart of Time]] | ||
}} | |writer = Gary Russell, Scott Handcock | ||
'''''In Living Memory''''' was the seventieth ''[[ | |director = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|music = [[James Dunlop]] and [[Steve Foxon]] | |||
|sound = [[Robbie Dunlop]] and [[Steve Foxon]] | |||
|cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | |||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |||
|release date = December 2013 | |||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>5th of 5 stories | |||
|production code = BFPBSBOX005 | |||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-102-9 | |||
|prev = The Winning Side (audio story) | |||
|series2 = Big Finish Bernice Summerfield audio stories | |||
|prev2 = The Winning Side (audio story) | |||
|next2 = The Revolution (audio story) | |||
|producer = [[Gary Russell]] and [[Scott Handcock]] | |||
|epcount = 1 | |||
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'''''In Living Memory''''' was the seventieth ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' audio story released by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was the fifth and final story of the ''[[Missing Persons (audio anthology)|Missing Persons]]'' series. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Bernice Summerfield is | [[Bernice Summerfield]] is alone... | ||
Having been captured | Having been captured — albeit technically rescued — by [[the Epoch|an old enemy]], she finally learns the truth her friends and their disappearances... and realises that she is a cog in a far greater machine. | ||
Whatever happens, this is now the end for Bernice | Whatever happens, this is now the end for Bernice Summerfield... and she's determined to go down fighting. | ||
But how long can she resist when the odds are stacked against her? And is there really such a thing as a happy | But how long can she resist when the odds are stacked against her? And is there really such a thing as a happy ending...? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | [[The Epoch]] take [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] to a base at the [[Heart of Time]] from which they stem the flow of [[history]]. [[Bernard Springmoore|Dr Bernard Springmoore]], whom she met on [[Saravas]], [[Moros Prime]] and [[Legion (planet)|Legion]] but cannot recall, explains that he is the occulant of all [[reality|realities]] and that the Epoch detected temporal instabilities around Benny which they believed were exacerbated by [[Ruth]] and [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]], two people who were out of their [[time]]. He removed them from her [[timeline]], but the instabilities continued, so they took [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] and [[Irving Braxiatel|Irving]] as well. | ||
Dr Springmoore shows Benny an entrance to the [[Time Vortex]] and an [[eddy of the vortex|eddy]] where the Epoch isolate people from continuity if they threaten their scheme. Because of her [[time travel]] and stubbornness, time would split and the universe would reset itself if she were to enter the Vortex. To prevent this, the Epoch isolate her timeline and map and remap her [[memory|memories]] to make her believe that she is Lisa Bowerman, an [[actor|actress]] playing a remapped Benny called Emma Dunlop. She records an audio story with the remapped Irving, Peter, Ruth and Jack, who are called Miles Richardson, Thomas Grant, Ayesha Antoine and David Ames. | |||
Emma arrives in [[Bridgermere]] with the deeds to [[Bridgermere Hall]], the ancestral home of Julius, played by Richardson, who tells her that they are all being held in a [[soap opera]] by the Epoch. He invites her to join him in escaping, but she declines. Finn, Brooke and Troy, played by Grant, Antoine and Ames respectively, also reveal that they are aware of the truth and Emma changes her mind, heading with them up the [[road]] in the hopes of entering the real world. A door appears and [[Victorian Benny|another Benny]] steps in, whom Scott Handcock explains is the Benny from [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]] in ''Judgement Day''. Gary Russell, a [[Hierophant]], tells the actors that Benny is real. | |||
Victorian Benny takes the actors to the Heart of Time where their memories start to come back. They confront Dr Springmoore, who sends a group of Epoch back in time to stop Benny on [[Earth|Atlantis]], inadvertently creating a paradox. He then sends another group to [[Theon]]'s [[Planet (The Winning Side)|planet]], creating a further paradox where they collect Benny and bring her here. The Epoch place Irving, Peter, Ruth and Jack in a [[time bubble]] and the two Bennys reveal that Dr Springmoore is another version of them from an alternative timeline, mapped and remapped. Victorian Benny jumps into the Vortex with Dr Springmoore, splintering them across time and rendering the scheme redundant. The universe is reset. | |||
With the Epoch's continuity disrupted, their temporal operations are suspended and their agents and Hierophants returned to their proper place and time. They explain that they mapped history and saw the [[chaos]] of the universe, which they believed was due to Benny's adventures, and employed her help in resolving it; instead, she mapped and remapped reality and became Dr Springmoore. The Epoch has now reached its end. Benny suggests that, rather than return to [[Legion (planet)|Legion]], they use the Epoch technology to be selfish and find those that they have lost: [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Antonio Tulloch|Antonio]], [[Lara (Many Happy Returns)|Lara]], [[Leonidas|Leo]] and [[Gallifrey]]. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]] | ||
* [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] - [[David Ames]] | * [[Jack (The Kraken's Lament)|Jack]] - [[David Ames]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Ruth]] - [[Ayesha Antoine]] | ||
* [[Peter Summerfield]] - [[Thomas Grant]] | * [[Peter Summerfield]] - [[Thomas Grant]] | ||
* [[Irving Braxiatel]] - [[Miles Richardson]] | * [[Irving Braxiatel]] - [[Miles Richardson]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Bernard Springmoore|Dr Bernard Springmoore]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | ||
* [[The Epoch]] - [[Michael Thomson]] | * [[The Epoch]] - [[Michael Thomson]] | ||
* [[Willem van der Heever]] - [[David Warwick]] | * [[Willem van der Heever]] - [[David Warwick]] | ||
* [[Krige]] - [[Susan Vidler]] | * [[Krige]] - [[Susan Vidler]] | ||
* [[Shrynor]] - [[Brett Underwood]] | * [[Shrynor]] - [[Brett Underwood]] | ||
* [[Scott Handcock]] - Himself | |||
* [[Gary Russell]] - Himself | === Uncredited cast === | ||
== | * [[Scott Handcock (in-universe)|Scott Handcock]] - [[Scott Handcock|Himself]] | ||
* [[Gary Russell (in-universe)|Gary Russell]] - [[Gary Russell|Himself]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Gary Russell is a [[Hierophant]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* | * Within the story, [[the Epoch]] convince Bernice that she is actually an actress named [[Lisa Bowerman]], merely playing a character called Bernice Summerfield, as well as convincing Jack, Ruth, Peter, and Irving that they are each their real-life voice actors. In this world, all the tales of Bernice Summerfield are actually books, short story anthologies and audios. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Benny has not been travelling alone since [[Raster]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Year Zero (audio story)|Year Zero]]'') | |||
* Ruth mentions the Dominiccis, [[Gabriella Dominicci|Gabriella]] and [[Federico Dominicci|Federico]], in her brainwashed state. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Brand Management (audio story)|Brand Management]]'') | |||
* Springmoore visited Benny on [[Saravas]] after her "mishap" with [[Shepton Rothwell]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'') | |||
* Benny says that villains normally dress for the occasion. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | |||
* Benny says that she would be split into millions of splinters if she were to be pushed into the Vortex. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') | |||
* In this story three versions of Bernice Summerfield appear. One from the prime timeline, the one from the Victorian London reality ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (BFBS audio story)|Judgement Day]]'') and a male version named Dr Bernard Springmoore who was originally a woman but was remapped multiple times by [[the Epoch]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'') | * In this story three versions of Bernice Summerfield appear. One from the prime timeline, the one from the Victorian London reality ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Judgement Day (BFBS audio story)|Judgement Day]]'') and a male version named Dr Bernard Springmoore who was originally a woman but was remapped multiple times by [[the Epoch]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Big Dig (audio story)|Big Dig]]'') | ||
* Benny mentions Theon. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Winning Side (audio story)|The Winning Side]]'') | |||
* Benny wants to use the Epoch's technology to find [[Bev Tarrant]], [[Adrian Wall]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Adorable Illusion (novel)|Adorable Illusion]]'') and [[Jason Kane]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The End of the World (audio story)|The End of the World]]'') Peter wants to use it to find [[Antonio Tulloch]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Curse of Fenman (audio story)|The Curse of Fenman]]'') Jack for Lara ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'') and Ruth for [[Leonidas]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Private Enemy No. 1 (audio story)|Private Enemy No. 1]]'') Braxiatel intends to use it to find [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Disassembled (audio story)|Disassembled]]'', ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'') | |||
* Benny's adventure in [[Athens]] is mentioned in passing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Oracle of Delphi (audio story)|The Oracle of Delphi]]'') | |||
* One Benny comments about Dr Springmoore's name: "At least it's not Wintergreen". Later, an older version of Bernice Summerfield will use Wintergreen as an alias so she won't be recognised by her teenage self. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ever After Happy (audio story)|Ever After Happy]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{Bigfinish|releases/v/missing-persons-766|Missing Persons}} | |||
{{BFBS}} | {{BFBS}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Missing Persons audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | ||
[[Category:Irving Braxiatel audio stories]] | [[Category:Irving Braxiatel audio stories]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 28 March 2024
In Living Memory was the seventieth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the fifth and final story of the Missing Persons series.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Bernice Summerfield is alone...
Having been captured — albeit technically rescued — by an old enemy, she finally learns the truth her friends and their disappearances... and realises that she is a cog in a far greater machine.
Whatever happens, this is now the end for Bernice Summerfield... and she's determined to go down fighting.
But how long can she resist when the odds are stacked against her? And is there really such a thing as a happy ending...?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Epoch take Benny to a base at the Heart of Time from which they stem the flow of history. Dr Bernard Springmoore, whom she met on Saravas, Moros Prime and Legion but cannot recall, explains that he is the occulant of all realities and that the Epoch detected temporal instabilities around Benny which they believed were exacerbated by Ruth and Jack, two people who were out of their time. He removed them from her timeline, but the instabilities continued, so they took Peter and Irving as well.
Dr Springmoore shows Benny an entrance to the Time Vortex and an eddy where the Epoch isolate people from continuity if they threaten their scheme. Because of her time travel and stubbornness, time would split and the universe would reset itself if she were to enter the Vortex. To prevent this, the Epoch isolate her timeline and map and remap her memories to make her believe that she is Lisa Bowerman, an actress playing a remapped Benny called Emma Dunlop. She records an audio story with the remapped Irving, Peter, Ruth and Jack, who are called Miles Richardson, Thomas Grant, Ayesha Antoine and David Ames.
Emma arrives in Bridgermere with the deeds to Bridgermere Hall, the ancestral home of Julius, played by Richardson, who tells her that they are all being held in a soap opera by the Epoch. He invites her to join him in escaping, but she declines. Finn, Brooke and Troy, played by Grant, Antoine and Ames respectively, also reveal that they are aware of the truth and Emma changes her mind, heading with them up the road in the hopes of entering the real world. A door appears and another Benny steps in, whom Scott Handcock explains is the Benny from Victorian London in Judgement Day. Gary Russell, a Hierophant, tells the actors that Benny is real.
Victorian Benny takes the actors to the Heart of Time where their memories start to come back. They confront Dr Springmoore, who sends a group of Epoch back in time to stop Benny on Atlantis, inadvertently creating a paradox. He then sends another group to Theon's planet, creating a further paradox where they collect Benny and bring her here. The Epoch place Irving, Peter, Ruth and Jack in a time bubble and the two Bennys reveal that Dr Springmoore is another version of them from an alternative timeline, mapped and remapped. Victorian Benny jumps into the Vortex with Dr Springmoore, splintering them across time and rendering the scheme redundant. The universe is reset.
With the Epoch's continuity disrupted, their temporal operations are suspended and their agents and Hierophants returned to their proper place and time. They explain that they mapped history and saw the chaos of the universe, which they believed was due to Benny's adventures, and employed her help in resolving it; instead, she mapped and remapped reality and became Dr Springmoore. The Epoch has now reached its end. Benny suggests that, rather than return to Legion, they use the Epoch technology to be selfish and find those that they have lost: Bev, Adrian, Jason, Antonio, Lara, Leo and Gallifrey.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Jack - David Ames
- Ruth - Ayesha Antoine
- Peter Summerfield - Thomas Grant
- Irving Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
- Dr Bernard Springmoore - Seán Carlsen
- The Epoch - Michael Thomson
- Willem van der Heever - David Warwick
- Krige - Susan Vidler
- Shrynor - Brett Underwood
Uncredited cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Gary Russell is a Hierophant.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Within the story, the Epoch convince Bernice that she is actually an actress named Lisa Bowerman, merely playing a character called Bernice Summerfield, as well as convincing Jack, Ruth, Peter, and Irving that they are each their real-life voice actors. In this world, all the tales of Bernice Summerfield are actually books, short story anthologies and audios.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Benny has not been travelling alone since Raster. (AUDIO: Year Zero)
- Ruth mentions the Dominiccis, Gabriella and Federico, in her brainwashed state. (AUDIO: Brand Management)
- Springmoore visited Benny on Saravas after her "mishap" with Shepton Rothwell. (AUDIO: Big Dig)
- Benny says that villains normally dress for the occasion. (TV: Doctor Who)
- Benny says that she would be split into millions of splinters if she were to be pushed into the Vortex. (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- In this story three versions of Bernice Summerfield appear. One from the prime timeline, the one from the Victorian London reality (AUDIO: Judgement Day) and a male version named Dr Bernard Springmoore who was originally a woman but was remapped multiple times by the Epoch. (AUDIO: Big Dig)
- Benny mentions Theon. (AUDIO: The Winning Side)
- Benny wants to use the Epoch's technology to find Bev Tarrant, Adrian Wall (PROSE: Adorable Illusion) and Jason Kane. (AUDIO: The End of the World) Peter wants to use it to find Antonio Tulloch, (AUDIO: The Curse of Fenman) Jack for Lara (AUDIO: Many Happy Returns) and Ruth for Leonidas. (AUDIO: Private Enemy No. 1) Braxiatel intends to use it to find Gallifrey. (AUDIO: Disassembled, Intervention Earth)
- Benny's adventure in Athens is mentioned in passing. (AUDIO: The Oracle of Delphi)
- One Benny comments about Dr Springmoore's name: "At least it's not Wintergreen". Later, an older version of Bernice Summerfield will use Wintergreen as an alias so she won't be recognised by her teenage self. (AUDIO: Ever After Happy)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Missing Persons page at bigfinish.com
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