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|name = Setting Stone
|series= [[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series]]
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|featuring =  
|featuring     = [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
|writer = [[Mark Stevens]]
|writer         = Mark Stevens
|publication = ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''
|anthology      = A Life of Surprises (anthology)
|prev = The Collection (short story)
|release date  = 4 October 2002
|next = Time's Team (short story)
|series        = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories
}}'''''Setting Stone''''' was the eighth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''. It was written by [[Mark Stevens]].
|prev           = The Collection (short story)
== Summary ==
|next           = Time's Team (short story)
Benny and Adrian visit an uninhabited [[Planet (Setting Stone)|planet]] to investigate its ruins. They find a young girl named [[Nina (Setting Stone)|Nina]] on the planet. Adrian thinks she stowed away on their spacecraft, but [[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]] confirms that she was already on the planet when they arrived.
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'''''Setting Stone''''' was the eighth story in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' anthology ''[[A Life of Surprises (anthology)|A Life of Surprises]]''. It was written by [[Mark Stevens]].
While conditions on the planet require that Adrian take their craft into orbit, Nina leads Benny on a search for statues. Benny keeps getting memory-like flashes of the species that lived here centuries ago.  


When they reach the ruins, there are hundreds of statues. Nina is looking for a particular one, and when she finds him, she says it is her brother and she can't hear him anymore.
== Plot ==
[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] goes with [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]] and [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]] to [[planet (Setting Stone)|a seemingly uninhabited planet]] to investigate a series of ruins. They meet [[Nina (Setting Stone)|Nina]], a young girl who takes Benny to a [[courtyard]] of hundreds of [[statue]]s whilst Adrian takes their [[spacecraft]] into orbit due to the planet's conditions.


Nina explains to Benny that her people were transformed into statues by their enemies, and they used their mental energy to bring her here so she could tell their story. Nina slowly turns to stone, and Benny apologises to her, realising that she had been partially responsible for the defeat of Nina's people.
Benny learns that the statues were once the family and supporters of a cruel [[Emperor (Setting Stone)|Emperor]] who usurped power in the name of the common people. He was defeated and his supporters turned to stone by a weapon supplied to the [[rebel]]s by a race of [[alien]]s brought to the planet by [[Seventh Doctor|a man]] and a woman who travelled in [[the Doctor's TARDIS|a blue box]]. Centuries have passed since then and the statues have used their collective mental energy to restore the Emperor's daughter long enough to share their story with Benny. Benny apologises and Nina turns to stone once more.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]]
* [[Joseph (Oh No It Isn't!)|Joseph]]
* [[Joseph (Steal from the World)|Joseph]]
* [[Peter Summerfield]]
* [[Peter Summerfield]]
* [[Adrian Wall]]
* [[Adrian Wall]]
* [[Nina (Setting Stone)|Nina]]
* [[Nina (Setting Stone)|Nina]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The planet has a [[green]] sun.
* The planet has a [[green]] sun.


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Setting Stone was the eighth story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology A Life of Surprises. It was written by Mark Stevens.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Benny goes with Joseph and Adrian to a seemingly uninhabited planet to investigate a series of ruins. They meet Nina, a young girl who takes Benny to a courtyard of hundreds of statues whilst Adrian takes their spacecraft into orbit due to the planet's conditions.

Benny learns that the statues were once the family and supporters of a cruel Emperor who usurped power in the name of the common people. He was defeated and his supporters turned to stone by a weapon supplied to the rebels by a race of aliens brought to the planet by a man and a woman who travelled in a blue box. Centuries have passed since then and the statues have used their collective mental energy to restore the Emperor's daughter long enough to share their story with Benny. Benny apologises and Nina turns to stone once more.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The planet has a green sun.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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