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Friday, 8 June 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Big Finish Productions has released full details on the next release in the Bernice Summerfieldseries, Freedom of Information.
They're saying it isn't a war. The Draconians have taken over the Braxiatel Collection, but they claim they come in peace.

Insurrectionary acts are easily being quelled - but the Draconian's new head of state on the Collection is troubled by a missing academic. Is Bernice Summerfield one of the revolutionaries, undermining the peaceful campaign? Where is she hiding, and who is protecting her?

And if she's nowhere to be found, why does he keep hearing her voice?

Meanwhile, an unlikely peacebroker struggles to cut a deal on the Mim Sphere. But how can Hass, the Collection's gardener, convince the Mim to back down when they think he's one of the enemy?



Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story
June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper
Big Finish Productions has released more information about its forthcoming guide to Bernice Summerfield, which is due out in October and is written by Simon Guerrier. Bernice creator Paul Cornell writes a foreward to the book, while Bernice actress Lisa Bowerman provides the afterword.
She has brought down empires and decided the fate of the universe. She is feared by the creatures of evil and revered wherever people have had just a little bit too much to drink.

And Bernice Surprise Summerfield is only just turning 15.

The Inside Story charts the history of everyone's favourite space archaeologist. We follow Bernice from her first appearance in Paul Cornell's novel Love and War, through more than 150 books and audio plays to the Draconian-Mim war and the shocking events of The Wake.

The Inside Story talks to those involved in her development. Find out how she came to be, how she was developed and where she's going next. See the stories that almost-got-told, and listen in on the creative battles, personality clashes and very, very bad jokes.

With exclusive access to 15 years' worth of writers, editors, producers and illustrators, it's as wild, exciting and unlikely a journey as Benny has made herself.




Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart to return
June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper
Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart, a recurring character from the New Adventures line, is set to return in the Bernice Summerfield seasons penultimate release,The Final Amendment by Joseph Lidster.
Forget the war and death and boring stuff like that with another trip to the Braxiatel Collection!

"A welcome return of an old favourite!" – Earth Empire News

"A moving parable on what it is to be human in these ever-changing times." – BFM

"Glorious, crukking filth! Hooray!" – Moonmaker

"Something of a curate's egg." – Fandomania

Joined by friends old and new, Jason Kane returns for his 15th series! Will Benny find out about him and Bev? Or about him and Adrian? What is the mysterious connection between Joseph and Doggles? Will Brax ever reveal his sinister plans?

And just who the hell is Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart?

Big Finish Update
June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper
Big Finish Productions has released more information on its forthcoming releases. July sees the release of The Wishing Beast, which has Colin Bakerand Bonnie Langford being joined by Jean MarshThe Wishing Beast is a three part story. Accompanying it is The Vanity Box, a one part adventure which also features the Sixth Doctor and Mel.

Frozen Time, August's release featuring a companionless Seventh Doctor, sees Sylvester McCoy joined by Bond girl,Maryam D'Arbo
 
THE WISHING BEAST

What can it mean when the Doctor and Mel are drawn to an asteroid by a message from the strange, elderly Applewhite sisters? The travellers are promised that they will receive their dearest wishes when they enter the frozen forests of this benighted shard of a world. But the ghosts that haunt this place are desperate to warn the Doctor about the sisters' promises. Only the ghosts know the true nature of the legendary Wishing Beast.


THE VANITY BOX

A strange beauty parlour has opened its doors for business in a dowdy Salford terrace circa 1965. Monsieur Coiffure is the talk of the street with his fabulous make-overs. When the Doctor arrives, however, he knows at once that there's been some unnatural titivation going on.


Frozen Time

In 1929, Lord Barset's expedition to the Antarctic is lost without trace. Or so it seems…

Nearly a century later, his grandson funds a much-publicized return to the icy wastes. His mission: to discover what happened to the original expedition. But what he finds instead is an enigma – a battered London police box frozen in ice millennia old.

But something else lies in wait in this awful place, something from an era before humankind set foot on the continent's cold soil. A menace frozen in time.

Until now.

Return to the Web Planet
June 8, 2007 • Posted By Jarrod Cooper
Big Finish Productions has announced this years subscriber bonus release.Doctor Who subscribers whose subscription includes the December release, The Girl Who Never Was, will also receive the single CD story, Return to the Web Planet which stars Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor returning to the planet Vortis, location of the Classic Series First Doctor tale The Web Planet.




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