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|series = ''[[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)|The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]]'' | |series = ''[[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio series)|The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]]'' | ||
|audio anthology = | |audio anthology = The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio anthology) | ||
|number = 3 | |number = 3 | ||
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Ace]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Ace]] | ||
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|setting = [[Skaro]], [[27th century]] | |setting = [[Skaro]], [[27th century]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Guy Adams | ||
|director = [[Scott Handcock]] | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|music = [[Steve Foxon]] | |music = [[Steve Foxon]] | ||
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|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 13 June 2014 | ||
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>3rd of 4 stories | ||
|production code = BFPDWNABOX001 | |production code = BFPDWNABOX001 | ||
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* Writer - [[Guy Adams]] | * Writer - [[Guy Adams]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Forbidden World, also known as the Ghost Planet, is trapped in a [[time loop]], with each loop lasting for 24 hours. | * The Forbidden World, also known as the Ghost Planet, is trapped in a [[time loop]], with each loop lasting for 24 hours. | ||
* Benny describes Vince Foster as resembling "a [[Badger (species)|badger]] in a [[spacesuit]]". | * Benny describes Vince Foster as resembling "a [[Badger (species)|badger]] in a [[spacesuit]]". | ||
* Foster claims to have made [[documentary|documentaries]] for the [[Mystery Channel]] including ''[[The Spirit Ships of Tegeddon]]'' and ''[[The Beasts of the Fennal Cluster]]'', the latter of which he won an [[award]] for. | * Foster claims to have made [[documentary|documentaries]] for the [[Mystery Channel]] including ''[[The Spirit Ships of Tegeddon]]'' and ''[[The Beasts of the Fennal Cluster]]'', the latter of which he won an [[award]] for. | ||
* Benny claims that [[Klinus]]' name makes him sound like a [[dictator]] or a mad [[professor]]. | * Benny claims that [[Klinus]]' name makes him sound like a [[dictator]] or a mad [[professor]]. | ||
* Benny has seen paintings on [[Cephalus]] composed of [[plankton]] and [[cuttlefish]]. | * Benny has seen paintings on [[Cephalus]] composed of [[plankton]] and [[cuttlefish]]. | ||
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[[Category:2014 audio stories]] | [[Category:2014 audio stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:11, 16 March 2024
Random Ghosts was the third full cast audio story in The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield audio anthology released in 2014 by Big Finish Productions.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Welcome to the Forbidden World. This world has a secret. The problem is that no-one can remember what it is. Time is broken here. Those trapped here must live the same day over and over — forming alliances, lying to each other, trying to escape. Welcome to the Forbidden World.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
On a planet where time is broken, Benny watches a recorded message from herself explaining that she is in a twenty-four-hour time loop and that memories can only be carried from one day to the next via video recordings stored in the Cloud. She meets Foster, who says that he came to make a documentary, Klinus, an artist, and Varna, a scientist who believes that time was damaged by a time bomb. Following the bomb's detonation, Ace explains, the planet was time locked but failed to disappear from history.
The group encounter ghosts that vapourise everything they touch, whom Varna believes to be the rest of the population outside of reality. Despite the loop, those that are killed by the ghosts remain dead. Varna suggests that they find a way to use the exothermic reaction caused by the ghosts to enter the city, which many of them, aside from Ace, believe to be a safe place. Ace also tells Benny not to trust anybody as they are all lying to themselves in the recordings and deleting footage and tries to tell her a secret about Klinus, whom Benny is attracted to.
Klinus remembers fighting in a war before he was brought here and is grateful to whoever is behind it for giving him peace. Benny begins a sexual relationship with him. The group eventually manage to get into the city and, the next day, Varna decides to route power through the Cloud to bring the city to life and hopefully break the loop by proving the existence of their world. The plan works and the ghosts vanish. Klinus remembers his whole life and Ace reveals that they are on Skaro, the home of the Daleks.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Foster - Colin MacFarlane
- Varna - Amber Revah
- Klinus - Matthew Gravelle
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Cover Art - Tom Webster
- Director - Scott Handcock
- Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music and Sound Design - Steve Foxon
- Producer - James Goss
- Writer - Guy Adams
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Forbidden World, also known as the Ghost Planet, is trapped in a time loop, with each loop lasting for 24 hours.
- Benny describes Vince Foster as resembling "a badger in a spacesuit".
- Foster claims to have made documentaries for the Mystery Channel including The Spirit Ships of Tegeddon and The Beasts of the Fennal Cluster, the latter of which he won an award for.
- Benny claims that Klinus' name makes him sound like a dictator or a mad professor.
- Benny has seen paintings on Cephalus composed of plankton and cuttlefish.
- Jaffa, Lyman, Cassius and Cade are killed.
- Klinus has never heard of ice cream.
- Ace reveals to Benny that the Forbidden World is, in actuality, Skaro.
- Skaro has been time locked.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is the first audio drama in which Ace appears but the Seventh Doctor does not since The Veiled Leopard in March 2006.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Benny came to Skaro in the hope of finding Ace. Her efforts were successful. (AUDIO: The Revolution, Good Night, Sweet Ladies)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Random Ghosts page at bigfinish.com
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