Bernice Summerfield (series)

Bernice Summerfield was the first series produced by Big Finish Productions, combining both audio and prose releases in an ongoing narrative, with the titular character portrayed by Lisa Bowerman.

The series began in 1998 with audio adaptations of six Virgin New Adventures novels. After this first season's success, Big Finish began producing audio stories and prose stories simultaneously. These were initially released alternately so that both the audio and the prose made up one continuous series, with some of the wider arc stories only being featured and explained in detail in one medium. For example, Bernice's pregnancy began and ended in the novels The Gods of the Underworld and The Glass Prison, but the audio stories made several minor references to her pregnancy. However, this practice ceased after the third series.

Many characters created or established in the Virgin New Adventures, such as Jason Kane and Irving Braxiatel, made major appearances in this series. Most of the stories cover Bernice's life following her departure from travelling with the Doctor. However, several prose releases have featured stories that portrayed Bernice's life long before she met the Doctor.

The series concluded in 2013, but it was relaunched the next year as The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield.

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

Special releases

 * Buried Treasures (limited edition released as a subscriber special with Series 1; the second story Closure is included as a bonus with Death and the Daleks)
 * Silver Lining (on free giveaway disc released with Doctor Who Magazine issue 351)
 * The Plague Herds of Excelis (Part of the Excelis Saga)
 * Dead and Buried (an animated webcast special available on Big Finish's official YouTube channel; later released on DVD as a bonus with the Epoch box set)
 * Many Happy Returns (Download only 20th anniversary story with proceeds going to Invest in ME charity)
 * The Worlds of Big Finish (A crossover of multiple Big Finish ranges including Bernice Summerfield)

Paperback
These releases intertwined with the second series of audio dramas, forming part of the ongoing narrative.
 * The Doomsday Manuscript
 * The Gods of the Underworld
 * The Squire's Crystal
 * The Infernal Nexus
 * The Glass Prison

Hardcover

 * 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

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