Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Heart's Desire (audio story)

Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Heart's Desire was the twenty-fourth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the first story of the sixth season of audio stories, released in June 2005. This story continues the same themes and focus as the 1983 Doctor Who television story Enlightenment, featuring both Enlightenment and the Eternals.

Publisher's summary

Christmas is a time for family, for feeling a bit sick after you've stuffed your face full of food, and for forcing a smile at the musical socks that Braxiatel thought would amuse you. It's not a time for zipping halfway across the galaxy with the wafer-thin hope that you can save your home from being destroyed by a previously uncharted pulsar that's heading your way.

And that's pulsing a message in Morse Code.

Deciphering the message leads Bernice Summerfield to Marlowe's World, a place where death is irrelevant even though it lies at every corner, where the wildlife is just sooo cute — but lethal — and, most important of all, where you must be very, very careful what you wish for...

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

Species

Benny meets two Eternals who are battling for Enlightenment.

Notes

This audio drama was recorded on 4 March 2005.

Continuity

Both Enlightenment and the Eternals were introduced in TV: Enlightenment.
Benny mentions the time she faced an angry mob of veterans on Mars. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars)

External links

Official The Heart's Desire page at bigfinish.com
The Heart's Desire at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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

Tardis

Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Heart's Desire (audio story)

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