Jason Kane

Jason Peter Kane (previously Summerfield-Kane) was the husband of Bernice Summerfield. After their divorce, they continued an on-again/off again affair for several years. Born in the 20th century, he acclimatised to life in the 26th and 27th centuries.

After a period living adrift in the multiverse, Jason settled successfully on the Braxiatel Collection with Bernice in the 2600s. Amongst his other achievements he was regarded as a hero to many for saving the lives of children during the Fifth Axis occupation of the Collection, and in other circles as a noted author of erotic xenopornographic literature. Throughout his life, he had multiple romantic interests - male and female, human and alien.

Early life
Jason was born on 24 December 1983 to Peter Kane and his wife. (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad) He had a sister, Lucy, and grew up in the English countryside, sixty or seventy miles outside of London. Perhaps because he lost his own father in World War II, Peter beat Jason and Lucy. (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy) Jason found comfort in his favourite book, The Magician's Nephew, identifying with Digory and wanting a girlfriend with Polly, (PROSE: Eternity Weeps) and built a den at the beach using a pillbox as somewhere to go when playing truant from school. (PROSE: Oblivion)

Due to his father's abuse, Jason ran away at the age of almost fourteen, walking five miles to the nearest town before leaving. Over the course of two and a half years, he wandered around Yorkshire, (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy) Piccadilly (PROSE: Beyond the Sun) and Mile End, staying at places such as Centrepoint. (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy) He worked as a prostitute to make money (AUDIO: Just War) and had sixteen romantic relationships with various men and women. (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy) He felt guilty for leaving his sister behind with their father. (AUDIO: Just War)

In 1996, Jason was caught in a transmat beam set up by Shug and arrived on t'Kao in the Dagellan Cluster in the late 26th century. He got a lift off of the planet on an ore processor, taking Shug as a pet, and spent several years travelling around the Cluster in a second-hand ship that he acquired. He learnt to speak Basic and carried a small-gauge microflenser. During his time in the Cluster, he heard talk of Time Lords and Daleks. He had sex with at least six aliens (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy) - including a Deneb that he charged before being beaten up by him - (PROSE: Eternity Weeps) drank Malkovian mead and only just managed to escape with his life after giving a smile to a Fnarok. (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy)

Marriage to Benny
Fifteen years after arriving in the Cluster, Jason met Bernice Summerfield, the first human he had encountered in the 26th century, and fled Jaris with her without paying his docking fees. He refused to take her to the summit and, after saving her life from asphyxiation, defrauding a casino on Markath and having sex, he left her behind on Kalas, only to return for her and take her to the summit. Shug attempted to kill him on the way and, after he was defeated, Benny informed Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester that Jason had proposed to her and that she had accepted. (PROSE: Death and Diplomacy)

The Seventh Doctor took Jason and Benny to Cheldon Bonniface to be wed on 24 April 2010. The two argued a lot prior to the day but, after defeating, the two were married using Time Rings gifted to them by the Doctor, who in turn was given them by his final incarnation. They were taken to Plautus by the Doctor for their honeymoon, (PROSE: Happy Endings) where Jason gave Benny a Bible. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps) At Benny's insistence, Jason took the surname "Summerfield-Kane" whilst she became "Kane-Summerfield". (PROSE: Happy Endings, Return of the Living Dad)

Jason and Benny decided to have a child, choosing the names Keith and Dorothy, and tried for some time without success. They considered adoption, but found it unlikely that they would be accepted given their respective pasts. Jason helped Benny work towards her PhD, enjoying listening to her.

In 2587, Jason and Benny were reunited with the Doctor, Chris and Roz and travelled back in time to 1983 to meet Benny's father, Isaac Summerfield, and considered visiting his own father to get revenge. There, a ghost handed them an eighteen-month-old Keith who later faded away. Upon returning to 2587, Jason continued to help Benny achieve her PhD (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad) and attended her graduation. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun)

Jason and Benny attended Roz's funeral in Africa in 2982. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin) They once visited South Africa and found themselves stranded due to an outbreak of ebola. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps)

Jason began to find that sex with Benny was becoming boring, something that he saw as a sign of the marriage not working. The two went on a holiday to 2003 using their Time Rings and, following an argument, joined separate expeditions to find Noah's Ark in Turkey. They eventually used their rings to call in the Doctor and Chris and worked with them to stop Agent Yellow, Jason accidentally causing the situation in an attempt to prevent it from happening and finally wiping out the Cthalctose.

Because of a number of reasons, including Benny lying about being pregnant in order to manipulate Jason into arming the bombs, the pair decided to get a divorce whilst on the Moon. Jason returned his Time Ring and chose to stay on Earth in 2003 to help with the aftermath that he himself had created, saying that, unlike his father, he did not shirk his responsibilities. (PROSE: Eternity Weeps) They had a divorce ceremony after which they parted ways. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun)

Return to crime
Having returned to the 26th century, Jason resumed his life of crime and began a criminal and sexual relationship with Iranda, whom he met on Denaria 7. They assisted the Sunless by negotiating for the return of their looted historical artefacts until Jason realised that they were attempting to reassemble a weapon and fled with a figurine, taking it to Benny on Apollox 4 after looking for her at St Oscar's University. The pair had sex and, hours later, he was kidnapped by the Sunless and taken to their homeworld from which Benny eventually rescued him. He asked if they could start seeing each other again, but Benny declined. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun)

Jason was hired by the Knights of Jeneve to look into the Baygent Apotheosis, accepting the job in order to protect Benny and as he knew that Chris was involved. He visited Benny and Irving Braxiatel at St Oscar's and stole the co-ordinates of Ardethe, unaware that they were incorrect, and headed there with Emile Mars-Smith, being led by a distress call to an unconscious Chris. To help Charlene Connor start a new life, Jason agreed to marry her. (PROSE: Deadfall)

Jason and Charlene married, but he continued to have sex with others. Two years after last having sex with Benny, a woman in the Proximan Chain-rafts flirted with him and stole his travelling money, leaving him stranded until Sgloomi Po picked him, Chris and Benny up for assistance. He refused to answer Benny's questions about his wife, telling her that she had no idea what she was talking about, and, after being hooked up to virtual reality where he was imprisoned and raped, he headed for the Catan Nebula to deal with some "unfinished business". (PROSE: Oblivion)

Jason brought WiRgo!xu to meet Benny so they could get access to Benny's time ring. Once he went back to Babylon, he stayed with the People as he sympathised with them. In Babylon, he was tied up and tried to suggest he was useful. He eventually escaped and tried to explain to Ninan-ashtammu that things weren't preordained and that she could change her life. Before going back home, he bought Miriam's freedom. (AUDIO: Walking to Babylon)

Due to the presence of the People's bomb in the time corridor, he exited the corridor in 22000 instead of 2593. Here he encountered the Charrl and was taken to Queen Ch'tizz. He learnt of their plan to go back in time. Learning of his time ring, they planned to use it to go back in time before he was placed in their feeding farm. He escaped and deceived Ch'tizz to allow him to go to Earth to get the other time ring and help the Charrl that way. (AUDIO: Birthright)

Due to Jared Khan's intervention, Jason ended up in Germany in 1936 instead of the 26th century. He talked to a barman about radar. In 1941, he acted as a spy for the Royal Air Force. Upon hearing about the shooting of six islanders, he went to Guernsey to find out more information. He was captured and interrogated by Oskar Steinmann about why he was there. Later he was asked to look over the experimental plane's plans to see why one of them exploded. Benny was taken to him after she escaped from prison. She helped him to escape and work out what destroyed the German plane and destroyed its twin. He killed Joachim Wolff for what he did to Benny. They then returned to the 26th century. (AUDIO: Just War)

Jason wanted to talk to Benny, and had to trick her to use her time ring to go to Paris 1890. They drifted of course and when they landed he injured his ankle. He was taken by Kerrigan before the Grel came afterwards. He didn't know what a Grel was. He told Davina that he knew facts which they could use against the Grel. He used his simsuit to imitate a Grelloid but couldn't use it in practice. He followed the Grel ship to Bedfordshire by welding a air baloon to it. He becamse angry when Kerrigan knocked out the easiest method to get into the Grel base. (AUDIO: The Grel Invasion of Earth)

While newly divorced Benny settled down with a steady job at St Oscar's University on the planet Dellah, Jason continued adventuring around the galaxy, often getting mixed up in legally or morally questionable affairs. Though he still cared deeply for his ex-wife, he would often go months without contacting her. He felt this was the best course of action to shield Benny from the dangers he regularly faced; Bernice, however, felt that she didn't need to be shielded, and resented being called upon only when Jason got in over his head.

Becoming involved in the destruction/loss of the planet Dellah, Jason was inadvertently lost in a parallel dimension at the mercy of the alien Ferutu. (PROSE: Twilight of the Gods) He spent several years wandering between dimensions, spending a lot of time in Hell, before finally being rescued and returned to the normal universe around 2601. Having nowhere else to go, Jason reluctantly accepted Bernice's offer to stay at the Braxiatel Collection. The two began, tentatively, to rekindle their relationship — a task made more difficult by Benny being pregnant by Adrian Wall. (PROSE: The Infernal Nexus)

Life on the Collection
Jason supported Bernice throughout her pregnancy and was determined to help her raise her son, Peter Summerfield. Though Benny insisted that she needed no help, she softened her stance; Peter called Jason "Daddy" for at least part of his childhood. Benny left Peter in his hands when she went to Goronos. He found it a difficult situation, and Peter was kindapped by Ashantra's people. He used his criminal contacts to get Peter back. (AUDIO: The Green-Eyed Monsters)

In his spare time Jason rekindled his career as a published author of xenopornography. (PROSE: A Life Worth Living)

Jason did not get along well with the Collection's owner, Irving Braxiatel. Their quarrels began when Jason was paranoid about the absence of Braxiatel's dark side. To shut him up, Braxiatel hypnotised Jason and placed him in a coma. (AUDIO: The Mirror Effect) During the Axis occupation of the Collection, Jason pretended to collaborate with the Axis whilst in secret he helped protect children from the damage. To endorse his image as a collaborator he wore a fat suit to give the image of a man living too well. (PROSE: Life During Wartime) He accompanied Benny to Heaven where he discovered that the Daleks behind the Fifth Axis. When he returned to the collection he led his irregulars into the liberation of the collection. (AUDIO: Death and the Daleks) After recovering, Jason went through several unusual incidents, at one point going on trial for the murder of a prominent politician, manipulated into position by Irving Braxiatel. (PROSE: A Life in Pieces)

Braxiatel gave him the task of looking after the grounds whilst he looked for a replacement for Crofton. He was offworld when Veronica Bland helped with the grounds and was being attacked by lizard women. (AUDIO: Braxiatel in Love)

When he was looking after Peter, he showed him 20th century TV using Joseph. He wanted to take him and Peter to a fun fair using the time rings. He was taken through time at Peter's whim. They first travelled o the Festival of Piranha where they encountered flesh eating wraiths in the ghost train. They managed to escape to Ancient Egypt. However, when Benny was shot by the Grel, he became emotional and evasive towards them. He managed to stop them and got Peter to take them away to a jungle. He then took Peter away to help Benny recover. He encountered a Grel copy of Benny who blew up when Benny noticed it thought that they were still married. When the Grel pursuing them realised that one of them were his mother and decided not to blow them up, Jason was delighted. (AUDIO: The Grel Escape)

He was looking after Peter when Benny started acting strangely and he followed her offworld. His legs were injured in the blast off as he wasn't strapped in. On being taken to 44 he hatched a plan to help the Halyvons overthrow the Monoids. (AUDIO: The Kingdom of the Blind)

Markwood invited him and Benny to search through the damage of the Trib Museum during the civil war. He invented a translation device which he used to help the military understand the locals. He discovered the terrible stories of the locals of how the soldiers abused them. In order to stop the fighting he changed the diction on the translators and updated the dictionaries, this lead the locals to dance. (AUDIO: The Lost Museum)

He discovered how he had been manipulated, though, when Braxiatel nearly tricked him into becoming a Cyberman as part of his scheme to protect the Collection from outside threats. When Jason confronted Braxiatel the latter fled the Collection. (AUDIO: The Crystal of Cantus)

Final years
Jason was upset that not enough was being done to find Benny when she went missing. He travelled with CroSSScape to Cerebus Iera where her diary was discovered. When La^Heyne couldn't convert Benny, she tried to convert him because he had spent time in another universe. La^Heyne managed to remove Braxiatel's blocks on his mind. (AUDIO: The Tartarus Gate)

He was asked to give an interview in the Drome to promote his news Xenopornography, but he didn't manage it do to a murder happening. He then asked Benny to investigate it. Jane Peters protected him when he was to be attacked by the security men. He was stabbed by a member of the support staff. Before this he believed that the support staff believed they were at war. After recovering he hacked into the computer to allow Benny access. (AUDIO: The Worst Thing in the World)

He was away from the collection when a sex virus ran through the Collection, which was much to Benny's annoyance. (AUDIO: Summer of Love)

He accompanied Benny to ancient Greece to find the Oracle. He met Megaira who enticed him into her cult, and used him as her voice in the Athenian senate. (AUDIO: The Oracle of Delphi)

Jason stayed on the Collection when Benny went to the Empire State and told her about the weird things that were happening there. (AUDIO: The Empire State)

Though they did not remarry, Jason and Benny continued their on-again, off-again romantic relationship. They aimed to conceive children of their own, bringing about the twins that they had originally been destined to conceive, but for reasons unknown to them, had not. (PROSE: Nobody's Children)

Jason had also become aware of several other peculiarities in the world about them, a growing sense of wrongness about the world. Following Braxiatel's return to the Collection and the destruction of the Stonehauser Medical Facility in the Draconian-Mim War, Jason began to search for proof of the man's interference with the timeline. (AUDIO: Freedom of Information)

He discovered entire sections of his (and Bernice's) life had been rewritten to suit Braxiatel's unknown agenda. Incensed, he confronted Braxiatel and was killed by unarmed attacks from Peter Summerfield, under Braxiatel's control. (AUDIO: The End of the World)

Personality
Although he was left feeling insecure and unworthy by his father's abuse, Jason was charming and able to get on with anybody by presuming that he would be welcome and liked. (PROSE: Beyond the Sun)

Appearance
Jason Kane was 35-ish when he and Benny first met, 6'1", fairly good-looking (although usually somewhat unkempt and unshaven), and had dark curly hair which he cut short and dyed blond for a period of time.

Behind the scenes
His change of appearance was due to the casting of Stephen Fewell for the character's appearances in the Big Finish Bernice Summerfield range, who looked very little like Jason's depiction on the covers of Death and Diplomacy and Happy Endings.