The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel
Main character(s):	Bernice Summerfield
Featuring:	Mycroft Holmes
Main setting:	London, 1893
Key crew
Publisher:	Big Finish Productions
Writer:	Jim Smith
Director:	Nigel Fairs
Producer:	David Darlington
Release details
Release number:	43
Release date:	August 2008
Format:	1 CD
ISBN 978-1-84435-328-6
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Publisher's summary Edit

Diverted to Victorian London by persons or powers unknown, twenty seventh century archaeologist, adventuress and inadvertent absent mother Bernice Summerfield finds herself beset with problems of a kind that those unused to time-travel could barely even imagine.

What are the plans of the mysterious Lord Straxus? Who is Ludvig Cooray and what has the number seven to do with all this? Can Bernice acquire the help of Mycroft Holmes, the cleverest man of the age, and more importantly how is she going to get home?

Cast Edit

• Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
• Mycroft Holmes - David Warner
• Straxus - Peter Miles
• Septimus - Simon Kingsley

References Edit

• Mycroft Holmes deduces who Bernice is from having read All-Consuming Fire the Reminiscences of Doctor John Watson Edited by Arthur Conan Doyle, which contained several pages from Bernice's diary.
• Bernice's time ring deposits her in the London Zoo. Not knowing anyone in London, she goes to the Diogenes Club, looking for Mycroft.
• Bernice writes in her diary, something she hasn't done for some time.
• Three Cwejen appear. They are clones of Chris Cwej created by the Time Lords.
• The Cwejen argue that Mycroft Holmes and Bernice have made their abstract plan to summon "Mister Seven" more concrete and real, via quantum mnemonics.
• Straxus is a Time Lord.
• Straxus' time ring can override Bernice's.
• Straxus regenerates.
• Straxus ponders if Bernice is a member of the Faction.

Notes Edit

• David Warner (Mycroft Holmes) previously played the the Doctor in NOTDWU: Sympathy for the Devil and NOTDWU: Masters of War, Sir Isaac Newton in AUDIO: Summer and Coordinator Angell in AUDIO: Empathy Games. He would later play Lord Azlok in TV: Dreamland, Professor Boston Schooner in AUDIO: Deimos and Autarch Siris in AUDIO: Children of Seth. He made his first on-screen appearance as Professor Grisenko in TV: Cold War
• Peter Miles (Straxus) previously played Dr. Lawrence in TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians, Professor Whitaker in TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Nyder in TV: Genesis of the Daleks and AUDIO: Guilt.

Continuity Edit

• Bernice previously met Sherringford Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in PROSE: All-Consuming Fire. She met Sherlock Holmes and Watson once more in PROSE: Happy Endings.
• Bernice mentions Menaxus which she visited in. PROSE: Theatre of War.
• Bernice last encountered Chris Cwej in PROSE: Twilight of the Gods.
• Bernice was given her time ring in PROSE: Happy Endings.
• Bernice travelled to 1893 from pre-historic Earth. (AUDIO: The Adolescence of Time)
• Another incarnation of Straxus met the Eighth Doctor and his companion Lucie Miller on two occasions. (AUDIO: Human Resources, AUDIO: Sisters of the Flame / The Vengeance of Morbius) His next incarnation sent the Eighth Doctor to No Man's Land in France during World War I at the behest of the Lord President of Gallifrey. (AUDIO: The Great War)
• Straxus knows that Benny has met the Cybermen before. (AUDIO: Silver Lining)

External links Edit

• Official The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel page at bigfinish.com
• The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel at the Doctor Who Reference Guide