Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code (audio story)
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| Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code | ||
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| Doctor: | Seventh Doctor | |
| Companion(s): | Benny | |
| Main setting: | Shanquis | |
| Key crew | ||
| Publisher: | Big Finish Productions | |
| Writer: | Eddie Robson | |
| Director: | John Ainsworth | |
| Music: | Jamie Robertson | |
| Sound: | Jamie Robertson | |
| Read by: | Lisa Bowerman Charlie Hayes | |
| Release details | ||
| Release number: | 4.6 | |
| Release date: | 31 January 2010 | |
| Format: | 1 CD | |
| Production code: | BFPDWCC26 | |
| ISBN 978-1-84435-462-7 | ||
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Contents |
Publisher's summary 
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The Doctor and Bernice Summerfield are on the planet Shanquis, where the Doctor is trying to negotiate a peace settlement between this world and the neighbouring world of Esoria. The Doctor should be in his element, in an arena where the fighting is done with words, not weapons.
Yet after days of talks, the situation is getting worse. The planets are on a war footing and the Doctor cannot break the deadlock. He'd planned to join Bernice at an archaeology conference on the planet, but she ends up going on her own in an effort to distract herself from the increasingly dismal situation.
Whilst there, Bernice learns of the Shanquin 'forbidden language', which it is illegal to read, speak or even think. As Bernice pursues the root of this obscure, archaic law, she finds herself obstructed and threatened - and realises that her investigations may have given her the only hope of stopping this war...
Cast Edit
References Edit
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Notes Edit
- This is the first Companion Chronicle to star a companion who does not come from the television series. It would be followed by Solitaire (Charley Pollard), A Town Called Fortune (Evelyn Smythe) and Beyond the Ultimate Adventure (Jason and Crystal).
- This audio drama was recorded on 6 September 2009.
Continuity Edit
- The function of the TARDIS' telepathic circuits (which here allow Benny to understand the forbidden language) was first described in TV: The Masque of Mandragora.
- Bernice recalls her first meeting the Doctor on Heaven. (PROSE: Love and War)
External links Edit
- Detailed synopsis of Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Official Bernice Sumerfield and the Criminal Code page at bigfinish.com
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