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|series= ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories | ||
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Clarissa Jones|Ms Jones]], [[Crofton]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Cornell | ||
| | |anthology = Life During Wartime (anthology) | ||
| | |release date = 13 October 2003 | ||
}}'''''The Fall''''' was the first story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[Life During Wartime]]''. | |prev = Dear Friend (short story) | ||
|next = Careless Talk (short story) | |||
|series2 = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' | |||
|prev2 = The Poison Seas (audio story) | |||
|next2 = Careless Talk (short story) | |||
}} | |||
'''''The Fall''''' was a [[2003 (releases)|2003]] short story written by [[Paul Cornell]] and released as the first story in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' anthology ''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]''. | |||
This story directly follows on from the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio story ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Poison Seas (audio story)|Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Poison Seas]]''. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Benny, having received a scrambled message from [[Irving Braxiatel]], heads back home to the [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]]. When she arrives, she is startled to see warships. When one of the ships tries to intercept her, her ship is suddenly in free fall. She crashes onto the planetoid. When she awakes in the medical wing, she sees strangers. They inform her that the Fifth Axis is the authority on the planetoid now and that Braxiatel is under house arrest. | ''To be added'' | ||
== Plot == | |||
Benny, having received a scrambled message from [[Irving Braxiatel]], heads back home to the [[Braxiatel Collection|Collection]]. When she arrives, she is startled to see warships. When one of the ships tries to intercept her, her ship is suddenly in free fall. She crashes onto the planetoid. When she awakes in the medical wing, she sees strangers. They inform her that the [[Fifth Axis]] is the authority on the planetoid now and that Braxiatel is under house arrest. | |||
After having her identity checked, Benny is free to go. She wanders the Collection, until one of the soldiers brings her to a woman at a desk. The woman informs her that her son [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] was killed during the initial missile barrage. They have no body for her to see. | After having her identity checked, Benny is free to go. She wanders the Collection, until one of the soldiers brings her to a woman at a desk. The woman informs her that her son [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]] was killed during the initial missile barrage. They have no body for her to see. | ||
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* [[Orst Gemayal]] | * [[Orst Gemayal]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The gravity of the [[Braxiatel Collection]] reaches four thousand miles out from the surface. | * The [[gravity]] of the [[Braxiatel Collection]] reaches four thousand miles out from the surface. | ||
* Benny's ship crashes into the Collection's [[cricket pitch]]. | * Benny's ship crashes into the Collection's [[cricket pitch]]. | ||
* The [[Fifth Axis]] doesn't approve of [[human]]s inter-breeding with other species. | * The [[Fifth Axis]] doesn't approve of [[human]]s inter-breeding with other species. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Bernice heads home to the Collection after receiving a message of danger from Braxiatel. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[ | * Bernice heads home to the Collection after receiving a message of danger from Braxiatel. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Poison Seas (audio story)|The Poison Seas]]'') | ||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | ||
[[Category:Life During Wartime short stories]] | [[Category:Life During Wartime short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Irving Braxiatel short stories]] | [[Category:Irving Braxiatel short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2602]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2602]] | ||