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Lisa Bowerman (born 1 February 1962[1]) is an actor and director. She played Karra in Survival, the last televised story of the original Doctor Who series, but is better known as the voice of the Seventh Doctor's companion Professor Bernice Summerfield in the spin-off audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions. She is also the human face of the character, appearing in publicity photographs dressed as Summerfield.

Bowerman also provided the voice of Ellie Higson in the Jago & Litefoot audio series and the voice of Murash in the I, Davros story Guilt. She has appeared in Dreamland, an animated Doctor Who serial, as the voice of Seruba Velak. She has also directed many stories in Big Finish's various ranges, including being the most prolific director of the Companion Chronicles and Short Trips audio series, as well as directing all but one of the Jago & Litefoot series.

She also contributed to the reference book Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, as well as the documentary Cat Flap.

She was a regular in the first series of the BBC medical drama Casualty. Outside of acting, she also works as a professional photographer.

In the DWU[]

In the audio story In Living Memory, the Epoch convinced Bernice Summerfield that she was actually an actress named Lisa Bowerman, merely playing a character.

Personal life[]

She was the younger sister of fellow Big Finish actor Robin Bowerman.

She was also the partner of Unbound Doctor actor David Warner[2].

Acting Credits[]

As Bernice Summerfield

Webcasts[]

Doctor Who: Lockdown[]

Bernice Summerfield[]

Audio[]

Doctor Who Main Range[]

Special Releases[]

The Seventh Doctor Adventures[]

The Ninth Doctor Adventures[]

Novel Adaptations[]

The Companion Chronicles[]

Short Trips[]

Bernice Summerfield[]

The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield[]

The Eighth of March[]

Gallifrey[]

Dark Gallifrey[]

As Ellie Higson

Audio[]

Special Releases[]

The Sixth Doctor Adventures[]

The Companion Chronicles[]

Jago and Litefoot[]

The Paternoster Gang[]

Other Roles

Television[]

Doctor Who[]

Other[]

BBV Productions[]

Audio[]

Doctor Who Main Range[]

Special Releases[]

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[]

The Early Adventures[]

The Companion Chronicles[]

Short Trips[]

The Paternoster Gang[]

Gallifrey[]

I, Davros[]

Graceless[]

Iris Wildthyme[]

Torchwood[]

Torchwood Special Releases[]

Among Us[]

Audiobook Readings[]

Target Novelisations[]

Virgin New Adventures[]

BBC New Series Adventures[]

Bernice Summerfield Novels[]

The Christmas Collection[]

Bernice Summerfield Short Stories[]

Jago & Litefoot[]

Director Credits[]

Doctor Who Main Range[]

Special Releases[]

The Lost Stories[]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[]

The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles[]

The Early Adventures[]

The Companion Chronicles[]

Short Trips[]

Time Lord Victorious[]

Bernice Summerfield[]

Jago and Litefoot[]

Susan's War[]

Graceless[]

Torchwood[]

Documentary appearances[]

  • Escape Room: First Doctor

External links[]

Footnotes[]

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