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|director               = [[Scott Handcock]]
|writer         = [[Jacqueline Rayner]]
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|director       = [[Scott Handcock]]
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|publisher             = Big Finish Productions  
|cover           = [[Simon Holub]]
|release date           = [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|publisher       = Big Finish Productions  
|format                 = 1 Episode on 1 CD (2nd of 3 stories)
|release date   = [[25 September (releases)|25 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
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|prev           = Ever After Happy (audio story)
|next                   = Braxiatel in Love (audio story)
|next           = Braxiatel in Love (audio story)
|producer              = [[James Goss]]
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' box set ''[[The Story So Far: Volume One]]''.
'''''The Grel Invasion of Earth''''' was the second story in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' box set ''[[The Story So Far: Volume One]]''.
 
In a similar vein to [[Jacqueline Rayner]]'s previous [[Grel]] story, ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape]]'', this story was something of an homage to a [[First Doctor]] [[Dalek]] story, in this case ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
Using [[Jason Kane's Time Ring|his Time Ring]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]] makes several attempts to speak with [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] at [[St Oscar's University|St Oscar's]] before disguising himself as a [[deliveryman]] and tricking her into using their [[Time Ring]]s to take them both to [[Paris]] [[1889]]. Benny tries to cancel the journey mid-[[time jump]] and they instead arrive in a ruined [[Bournemouth]] in or after [[August]] [[2164]] without their rings. Whilst she explores, Jason, his [[ankle]] twisted, is kidnapped by [[Kerrigan]].
 
Jason is taken to [[Davina (The Grel Invasion of Earth)|Davina]] and learns that the [[Grel]], whom he has never encountered, made the [[human]]s forget things and create a state of panic which allowed them to invade and conquer Earth, converting some humans into [[Greloid]]s to spread disinformation. The [[Amne]]s, who have no [[memory|memories]] at all, have been put to work whilst a group of those who retain some of their old [[knowledge]] have formed a [[rebellion]].
 
Benny finds an injured Greloid who is killed by a Grel who emerges from the [[sea]]. She sees that Jason is missing and hides in the [[Oceanarium]] when a Grel [[spaceship]] passes overhead, but she is soon discovered and forced to jump from a [[balcony]] and run. After slipping on [[otter]] [[faeces]] and tricking a Grel into hitting a [[squid]] tank, she is cornered and observed by Davina being taken to the Grel ship and imprisoned.
 
Davina returns to Jason and Kerrigan and suggests that they fight the Grel to free Benny, whose information could be of use to the rebel cause. Armed with an experimental [[fact bomb]], Davina and Kerrigan take Jason to the Oceanarium to find him a [[wheelchair]] and then head to the ship, using Jason's [[simsuit]] and a dead squid to make Kerrigan look like a Greloid. They are quickly discovered and Davina uses the fact bomb to cause disarray, but she is captured and Jason and Kerrigan do not manage to get aboard before the door is closed. The two men take a [[hot air balloon]] and weld it to the ship so as to be taken with them.
 
Benny meets Davina in the cell and they are taken to [[Dunstable]], where they escape by correctly answering the [[fact lock]]'s [[question]]s and learn that the Grel's [[slave]]s are being made to dig into the Earth's core so that it can be used as transport. When a Grel queries the point of this given that the Grel already have interstellar and intertemporal travel, he is told that it is because a flying planet is "really cool" and enviable. Benny finds [[Extra-Strong Fact-Removal Gas]] and threatens to unleash it, but Jason arrives and begs her not to make them forget one another. Davina shoots Jason and, unwilling to live with the memory of his death, Benny releases the gas.
 
Benny wakes up and is told by Jason that Kerrigan was wearing his simsuit to stop Benny from releasing the gas and making him forget [[Dennis Kerrigan|his father]], whom he saw at the dig site. In fact, the release of the gas brought back the humans' memories in addition to erasing the memories of the Grel; Benny and Jason are unaffected due to their medical implants from [[Seventh Doctor|"you know who"]]. The two of them confront the [[Grel Supreme Controller]] and promise to tell him about his race and how to return to [[Grellor]] in return for him leaving Earth and allowing them to use his technology to return home.
 
Davina reveals that her weapon was set to stun when she shot Kerrigan and that he is actually her son. The Kerrigans are reunited and the Grel take Benny and Jason back to St Oscar's where they find their Time Rings. Jason asks for [[coffee]], but Benny says that they are not going to get their happy ending, at least not at this point in time, and that they both need to move forwards. She closes the door on him.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
* The [[Grel]] - [[Liam Hourican]]
* [[Jason Kane]] - [[Stephen Fewell]]
* [[Grel|The Grel]] - [[Liam Hourican]]
* [[Davina Kerrigan|Davina]] - [[Ellie Darvill]]
* [[Kerrigan]] - [[Jonny Green]]


''rest to be added''
== Worldbuilding ==
 
* Benny lives at [[Garland College]].
== References ==
* Jason pretends to be a [[milkman]].
''to be added''
* Jason uses a [[simsuit]] to disguise himself as a [[deliveryman]] and then to make it look like he is wearing [[jeans]] and a [[T-shirt]]. He briefly takes the forms of Davina and Kerrigan.
* Jason twists his [[ankle]].
* Jason mentions [[La Belle Époque]] and [[Moulin Rouge]].
* It is forbidden to dump bodies in the [[Oceanarium]] [[penguin]] pool.
* Benny once drank a [[yard of ale]] during [[Freshers' Week]].
* The [[Greloid]]s are [[servant]]s of the [[Grel]].
* Davina remembers how to make [[jam]].
* The Grel use [[dataxe]]s.
* The Grel are led by the [[Grel Supreme Controller]].
* The Grel define [[compassion (emotion)|compassion]] as "sympathy, concern or pity for the suffering of others".
* Davina has created [[fact bomb]]s.
* Davina adds a number of facts from ''[[Fun Facts for Children: Volume S-T]]'', a [[book]] found by [[Dennis Kerrigan]], to a fact bomb:
** The biggest extant [[fish]] on Earth is the [[whale shark]].
** [[Saturn]]'s rings are made of [[ice]].
** [[Lantern shark]]s glow in the dark.
** The first passengers of the [[Montgolfier brothers]]' [[hot air balloon]] were a [[duck]], a [[sheep]] and a [[cockerel]].
** [[Shark]]s must [[swimming|swim]] continuously in order to [[breathing|breathe]].
** A shark may grow as many as 20,000 [[tooth|teeth]] during its lifetime.
* Jason proves his use by listing a number of facts;:
** [[Brazil nut]]s are [[radioactivity|radioactive]].
** Young [[hedgehog]]s are called hoglets.
** A [[banana]] is a [[berry]].
* Jason asks for a [[wheelchair]].
* Greloids are not programmed to express [[gratitude]].
* According to Jason, [[Bedfordshire]] is 150 miles from Bournemouth.
* The [[fact lock]] asks Benny and Davina several questions. The answers are as follows:
** [[Neanderthal]]s had bigger [[brain]]s than humans.
** [[Butterfly|Butterflies]] taste using their [[foot|feet]].
** The capital of [[Brazil]] is [[Brasília]] and not [[Rio de Janeiro]].
** [[Venus]] is the hottest [[planet]] in the [[solar system]] because of its dense [[cloud]]s which keep in the [[heat]].
** [[Henry VIII]] had six [[knife|knives]].
* Benny finds [[Extra-Strong Fact-Removal Gas]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Benny mentions her and [[Jason Kane|Jason]]'s [[divorce]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'')
* Benny mentions not wanting to use [[Bernice Summerfield's Time Ring|her Time Ring]] again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
* The year [[2164]] reminds Benny of something. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
* Jason was on [[the Moon]] a few years ago. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Eternity Weeps (novel)|Eternity Weeps]]'')
* Benny has told Jason about her experiences with the [[Grel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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The Grel Invasion of Earth was the second story in the Bernice Summerfield box set The Story So Far: Volume One.

In a similar vein to Jacqueline Rayner's previous Grel story, Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape, this story was something of an homage to a First Doctor Dalek story, in this case The Dalek Invasion of Earth.

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

Good Fact: Jason Kane is still in love with Benny!

Additional Fact: He's using the Time Rings to prove it!

Bad Fact: The year is 2150-ish and the Grel have invaded the Earth!

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Using his Time Ring, Jason makes several attempts to speak with Benny at St Oscar's before disguising himself as a deliveryman and tricking her into using their Time Rings to take them both to Paris 1889. Benny tries to cancel the journey mid-time jump and they instead arrive in a ruined Bournemouth in or after August 2164 without their rings. Whilst she explores, Jason, his ankle twisted, is kidnapped by Kerrigan.

Jason is taken to Davina and learns that the Grel, whom he has never encountered, made the humans forget things and create a state of panic which allowed them to invade and conquer Earth, converting some humans into Greloids to spread disinformation. The Amnes, who have no memories at all, have been put to work whilst a group of those who retain some of their old knowledge have formed a rebellion.

Benny finds an injured Greloid who is killed by a Grel who emerges from the sea. She sees that Jason is missing and hides in the Oceanarium when a Grel spaceship passes overhead, but she is soon discovered and forced to jump from a balcony and run. After slipping on otter faeces and tricking a Grel into hitting a squid tank, she is cornered and observed by Davina being taken to the Grel ship and imprisoned.

Davina returns to Jason and Kerrigan and suggests that they fight the Grel to free Benny, whose information could be of use to the rebel cause. Armed with an experimental fact bomb, Davina and Kerrigan take Jason to the Oceanarium to find him a wheelchair and then head to the ship, using Jason's simsuit and a dead squid to make Kerrigan look like a Greloid. They are quickly discovered and Davina uses the fact bomb to cause disarray, but she is captured and Jason and Kerrigan do not manage to get aboard before the door is closed. The two men take a hot air balloon and weld it to the ship so as to be taken with them.

Benny meets Davina in the cell and they are taken to Dunstable, where they escape by correctly answering the fact lock's questions and learn that the Grel's slaves are being made to dig into the Earth's core so that it can be used as transport. When a Grel queries the point of this given that the Grel already have interstellar and intertemporal travel, he is told that it is because a flying planet is "really cool" and enviable. Benny finds Extra-Strong Fact-Removal Gas and threatens to unleash it, but Jason arrives and begs her not to make them forget one another. Davina shoots Jason and, unwilling to live with the memory of his death, Benny releases the gas.

Benny wakes up and is told by Jason that Kerrigan was wearing his simsuit to stop Benny from releasing the gas and making him forget his father, whom he saw at the dig site. In fact, the release of the gas brought back the humans' memories in addition to erasing the memories of the Grel; Benny and Jason are unaffected due to their medical implants from "you know who". The two of them confront the Grel Supreme Controller and promise to tell him about his race and how to return to Grellor in return for him leaving Earth and allowing them to use his technology to return home.

Davina reveals that her weapon was set to stun when she shot Kerrigan and that he is actually her son. The Kerrigans are reunited and the Grel take Benny and Jason back to St Oscar's where they find their Time Rings. Jason asks for coffee, but Benny says that they are not going to get their happy ending, at least not at this point in time, and that they both need to move forwards. She closes the door on him.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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