The Final Amendment
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| The Final Amendment | |
| Series: | Big Finish - Bernice Summerfield Audio Drama |
| Release Number: | 40 |
| Main Character: | Bernice Summerfield |
| Featuring: | Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart |
| Enemy: | |
| Setting: | Earth, 2606 |
| Writer: | Joseph Lidster |
| Director: | Edward Salt |
| Post Production: | Matthew Cochrane and David Darlington |
| Publisher: | Big Finish |
| Release Date: | October 2007 |
| Format: | 1 CD |
| Prod. Code: | BFPCD39 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 978-1-84435-276-0 |
| Previous Story: | The End of the World |
| Following Story: | The Wake |
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
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?
[edit] Cast & Characters
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart - Sara Carver
- Fiona - Ann Bryron
- Howard - Richard Glaves
- Adrian Wall - Harry Myers
- Irving Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
- Jason Kane - Stephen Fewell
- Joseph - Steven Wickham
- Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy (cameo)
[edit] References
- Bernice mentions Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester.
- Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart is a descendant of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
- Benny mentions Kadiatu came to her wedding, to which Kadiatu counters "...Sherlock Holmes also came to your wedding it was hardly an exclusive event...".
- Kadiatu was once Earth's Champion.
- Benny and Kadiatu have a drink in the undercity.
- Hollyoaks: Life on Phobos is broadcast after the Jason Kane Adventures.
[edit] Notes
- Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart's ship makes a TARDIS like dematerialisation sound.
- This is the first appearance of the Doctor in a Bernice Summerfield Audio Drama albeit a cameo.
[edit] Continuity
- Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart first appeared in NA: Transit Benny 'helped her (with the whole mad psychosis thing) in NA: The Also People and they last encountered each other in NA: The Dying Days.
- Benny mentions that Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart also came to her wedding in NA: Happy Endings.
- Benny has been to the Undercity before in NA: Original Sin (which is in the 'future') which she and Kadiatu have both seen.
[edit] Adventures of Jason Kane and Bernice Summerfield - TV series
In the TV series excerpts there are several references to previous stories:
- The Oracle of the Lost and Bernice's cancer: BNA: Tears of the Oracle
- The effects of her cancer and the Mary-Sue: BNA: Return to the Fractured Planet
- The TV Jason says he deals in (NA:) Death and Diplomacy
- Irving Braxiatel and his plans: BFBS: The Crystal of Cantus
[edit] Timeline
- The Final Amendment occurs after: Nobody's Children
- The Final Amendment occurs concurrently with: The End of the World
- The Final Amendment occurs before: The Wake
