Resurrecting the Past (audio story)
Resurrecting the Past was the forty-ninth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the first story of the eleventh season.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
When a group of Irving Braxiatel's defensive mechanoids embarks on a kidnapping spree, Braxiatel denies all knowledge – but his former associates Bev Tarrant and Adrian Wall suspect something else is going on. They've been waiting for Braxiatel to show his hand for months and this looks like it.
The only problem is, Bernice Summerfield isn't around to help. She's vanished. Her son, Peter, and Adrian search for her on a craggy forgotten planet.
Meanwhile Robyn, an android from the future, is on a mission to find out why Braxiatel wants her creators wiped from the timelines for good. She and Bev team up to investigate the kidnappings. What is Braxiatel doing with all these people? And why has Bernice been so important to his plans for all these years?
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Peter and Adrian search for Benny on Javarda and receive a message from Bev and Robyn, informing them that they are attempting to prevent the kidnap of Allen Ward, a transactions clerk on Gleory, by a Braxiatel Protective Mechanoid. The two women manage to get him to safety by claiming amnesty in another territory and using the border robots to destroy the BPM, making Ward the first person they have managed to save in a series of kidnappings by BPMs across known space. Braxiatel makes a public accouncement that the BPMs in question were stolen from the Braxiatel Collection and offers a reward for information on those who are utilising them. He then purchases Maximediras cheaply, claiming that it is as a venue for public art displays, and takes Joseph and Hass with him to prepare it.
Once Peter and Adrian find the BPM in which Benny has been held in stasis for five days, Benny is revived and they tell her about the kidnappings. Thanks to Robyn experiencing time in reverse, she was able to identify Ward as the next victim, but time being in flux has made things unclear for her recently. Robyn is teleported away whilst inspecting the BPM that was after Ward and Bev sends out a message to Benny, Peter and Adrian asking them to join her in following Robyn's trace to the Moon.
to be completed
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Irving Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
- Adrian Wall - Harry Myers
- Bev Tarrant - Louise Faulkner
- Joseph - Steven Wickham
- Hass - Paul Wolfe
- Doggles - Sam Stevens
- Robyn - Donna Berlin
- Peter - Thomas Grant
- Lianna - Rachel Laurence
- Allen - Alex Mallinson
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Benny got a lead to Javarda from a Bandril trader on Javeenia.
- Hass has been trying to get rid of the linchflies.
- Braxiatel calls Hass "Capability Hass".
- Lianna Martin speaks Yesodi.
- Braxiatel knows that his people are doomed and plans to make Maximediras their new homeworld.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was recorded on 19 April 2010.
- It was released on 13 September 2010.[1]
- The webcast animated special Dead and Buried leads directly into this story. It explains the circumstances leading to Bernice's capture and disappearance.
- A download version of this story was released on 23 May 2022.[2]
- This story's cover art is one half of a full illustration, with Escaping the Future completing the other half.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Braxiatel has bought the planet Maximediras, Benny has previously visited this planet. (AUDIO: Beyond the Sea)
- Peter mentions the Absence mission. (AUDIO: Absence)
- Benny previously encountered members of IMC. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising)
- Hass mentions Brax getting him to destroy the Mim. (AUDIO: Freedom of Information)
- Brax mentions that the Time Lords have fallen or are about to fall. (PROSE: Alien Bodies, Dead Romance, AUDIO: Panacea, Enemy Lines, TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
- Benny mentions Doggles' attempted rape of her. (AUDIO: The Wake)
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Resurrecting the Past at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Official Resurrecting the Past page at bigfinish.com
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