The Judas Gift (audio story)

 was the thirty-sixth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the second story of the eighth season.

Publisher's summary
The Braxiatel Collection. Once it was a home, a haven, one of the 800 Wonders of the Universe. Not any more. Draconia and the Mim are at war and the Collection is caught in the crossfire. Its future hangs in the balance as Bernice tries to fathom the motives of a new Draconian ambassador. Director Bev Tarrant must use every trick she knows if the Collection is to survive. She's been a smuggler, a killer and a thief, but all that's behind her now. Isn't it? Beware your sins will find you out. Especially when you accept the Judas Gift. They'll just have to do something impossible...

Plot
Whilst a diplomatic team prepares to travel to the Mimsphere, Bev welcomes Draconian ambassador Kothar to the Braxiatel Collection, which Braxiatel is restoring by making repairs to his ship. Kothar presents Bev with a gauntlet as a sign of friendship between the Draconian Star Empire and the Collection and she puts it on, although Benny, having given Adrian her permission for him to propose to her, attempts to subtly hint that she should remove it.

to be completed

Cast

 * Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
 * Bev - Louise Faulkner
 * Kothar - Michael Fenner
 * Adrian - Harry Myers
 * Irving Braxiatel - Miles Richardson
 * Reporter - Gary Russell
 * Doggles - Sam Stevens
 * Joseph - Steven Wickham
 * Hass - Paul Wolfe

Continuity

 * Braxiatel mentions what Jason did to his office in PROSE: The Two-Level Effect, while Benny counters with what Braxiatel did to Jason in AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus.
 * The tension between the Mim and the Collection is set off from the events of PROSE: Old Friends.
 * Kothar was part of the video conference that occurred in AUDIO: Summer of Love.