Buried Treasures (audio anthology)

Buried Treasures

Main character(s):

Bernice Summerfield

Key crew

Release details

Release date:

August 1999

Format:

2 stories on 1 CD:
Making Myths (22:24)
Closure (29:51)

*Bernice Summerfield*
← Previous	Next →
Just War	Dragons' Wrath

Buried Treasures was a 1999 audio anthology in the Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series. It was a special limited-edition subscriber-exclusive release accompanying the Time Ring Trilogy and featured first original stories about Benny recorded by Big Finish Productions.

The stories included were:

Making Myths by Jacqueline Rayner
Closure by Paul Cornell

The disc also included Gary Russell's interviews with Paul Cornell^[1], the author of one of the stories and the creator of Bernice Summerfield. It also contained a musical suite from Just War and a trailer for the rest of the range.

Publisher's summary

Professor Bernice Summerfield: 26th century archaeology professor, and tutor at St Oscar's University on the planet Dellah. Prone to getting involved in adventures, scrapes and general derring-do armed only with her wits, cunning and a flask of brandy! Aged about 35ish, but frequently says she's younger. Odd that...

The Time-Rings: Given to Benny and her ex-husband Jason as wedding rings, they are two extraordinarily powerful devices which, used together, can take them anywhere in time and space. Bernice has now found a reason to use them once again...

Keri the Pakhar: An investigative journalist famous for getting herself into the darkest, most dangerous corners of the galaxy to bring her stories to her audience. Brave, dedicated and frequently putting her own life at risk, she found time to be Maid of Honour at Benny's wedding and how has her own radio show onto which she can invite whosoever she pleases...

Notes

This special release was included in the first special offer by Big Finish Productions. The Time Ring Trilogy (Walking to Babylon, Birthright and Just War) was sold at a reduced price with Buried Treasures as a bonus CD, which was sent out together with Just War.^[1]
This release marked the directorial debut of Jason Haigh-Ellery.
This limited edition disc cannot be commercially rereleased for contractual reasons. The stories in it can only be distributed free and have been occasionally made available through the Big Finish Podcast.^[2]
The stories were recorded on 9 January 1999 at Gary Gillatt and Ed Salt's flat.^[1]
This release did not have a production code.^[1]

External links

Buried Treasures at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 The Big Finish Companion: Volume 1
↑ Vortex 79, Vortex mail, p.22

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series

Audio stories

The original series of Bernice Summerfield ran from 1998 to 2013, followed by The New Adventures.

Series 1

Oh No It Isn't! • Beyond the Sun • Walking to Babylon • Birthright • Just War • Dragons' Wrath

Series 2

The Secret of Cassandra • The Stone's Lament • The Extinction Event • The Skymines of Karthos

Series 3

The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy • The Green-Eyed Monsters • The Plague Herds of Excelis • The Dance of the Dead • The Mirror Effect

Series 4

The Bellotron Incident • The Draconian Rage • The Poison Seas • Death and the Daleks

Series 5

The Grel Escape • The Bone of Contention • The Relics of Jegg-Sau • The Masquerade of Death

Series 6

The Heart's Desire • The Kingdom of the Blind • The Lost Museum • The Goddess Quandary • The Crystal of Cantus

Series 7

The Tartarus Gate • Timeless Passages • The Worst Thing in the World • Summer of Love • The Oracle of Delphi • The Empire State

Series 8

The Tub Full of Cats • The Judas Gift • Freedom of Information • The End of the World • The Final Amendment • The Wake

Series 9

Beyond the Sea • The Adolescence of Time • The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel • The Diet of Worms

Series 10

Glory Days • Absence • Venus Mantrap • Secret Origins

Series 11

Resurrecting the Past • Escaping the Future • Year Zero • Dead Man's Switch

Epoch

The Kraken's Lament • The Temple of Questions • Private Enemy No. 1 • Judgement Day

Road Trip

Brand Management • Bad Habits • Paradise Frost

Legion

Vesuvius Falling • Shades of Gray • Everybody Loves Irving

New Frontiers

A Handful of Dust • HMS Surprise • The Curse of Fenman

Missing Persons

Big Dig • The Revenant's Carnival • The Brimstone Kid • The Winning Side • In Living Memory

The New
Adventures
of Bernice
Summerfield

The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield	The Revolution • Good Night, Sweet Ladies • Random Ghosts • The Lights of Skaro

The Triumph of Sutekh	The Pyramid of Sutekh • The Vaults of Osiris • The Eye of Horus • The Tears of Isis

The Unbound Universe	The Library in the Body • Planet X • The Very Dark Thing • The Emporium at the End

Ruler of the Universe	The City and the Clock • Asking for a Friend • Truant • The True Saviour of the Universe

Buried Memories	Pride of the Lampian • Clear History • Dead and Breakfast • Burrowed Time

Lost in Translation	Have I Told You Lately? • The Undying Truth • Inertia • Gallifrey

Blood & Steel	Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen

The Story So Far

Volume One	Ever After Happy • The Grel Invasion of Earth • Braxiatel in Love

Volume Two	Every Dark Thought • Empress of the Drahvins • The Angel of History

The Christmas
Collection

Tap • Null Zeit • Glory to the Reborn King • Signifiers of the Verphidiae • The Frosted Deer • Collector's Item • Santa Benny at the Bottom of the Sea • Bernice Summerfield and the Christmas Adventure • White Christmas • Wise Woman

Special releases

Buried Treasures (Making Myths, Closure) • Silver Lining • Many Happy Returns • The Worlds of Big Finish • The Eighth of March: The Big Blue Book

Prose

Anthologies	The Dead Men Diaries • A Life of Surprises • Life During Wartime • A Life Worth Living • A Life in Pieces • Parallel Lives • Something Changed • Collected Works • Old Friends • Nobody's Children • Missing Adventures • The Vampire Curse • Secret Histories • Present Danger • True Stories • In Time

Novels	The Doomsday Manuscript • The Gods of the Underworld • The Squire's Crystal • The Infernal Nexus • The Glass Prison • The Big Hunt • The Tree of Life • Genius Loci • The Two Jasons • The Weather on Versimmon • The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis • Filthy Lucre • Adorable Illusion

Webcasts

Dead and Buried • Transmission from Mars • A Visit from Prof. Summerfield

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