The Big Blue Book (audio story)

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The Big Blue Book

Main character(s):

Benny, Ace

Featuring:

Seventh Doctor

Main enemy:

Vassa, Lycurgus

Main setting:

St Matthew's University, 14 February-8 March, 1990s

Key crew

Sound:

Nigel Fairs

Cover by:

Tom Webster

Release details

Release number:

Part of:

The Eighth of March

Release date:

8 March 2019

Format:

1 X 1 hour

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The Big Blue Book was the second audio story in the anthology The Eighth of March. It was written by Lizzie Hopley and featured Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield and Sophie Aldred as Ace.

Publisher's summary

With the Doctor AWOL, Benny and Ace are left to their own devices, going native in a Liverpool university.

Benny accepts an invitation she really shouldn't, and Ace meets a very strange collector.

An alien library is about to gain a big, blue book... but where's the TARDIS?

Plot

to be added

Cast

References

Harvey has a tattoo of Schrödinger equation for the wave function of the particle.
St Matthew's University has, according to Benny, one of the best egyptology departments on Earth.

Notes

to be added

Continuity

Vassa says that Benny is an archaeologist, (PROSE: Love and War, et al.) an orphan (PROSE: Return of the Living Dad, et al.) and that she was born on 21 June 2540. (AUDIO: Just War)

External links

Official The Big Blue Book page at bigfinish.com

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Special Releases

The Churchill Years

Volume One	The Oncoming Storm • Hounded • Living History • The Chartwell Metamorphosis

Volume Two	Young Winston • Human Conflict • I Was Churchill's Double • Churchill Victorious

Tales from New Earth

Escape from New New York • Death in the New Forest • The Skies of New Earth • The Cats of New Cairo

Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter

Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter	Stolen Goods • Prisoner of the Ood • Neon Reign • Zero Space

Still Running	Inside the Maldovarium • Altered Status • Calamity Jenny • Her Own Worst Enemy

Lady Christina

Series One	It Takes a Thief • Skin Deep • Portrait of a Lady • Death on the Mile

Series Two	The Wreck • Outback • Long Shot

The Eighth of March

The Eighth of March	Emancipation • The Big Blue Book • Inside Every Warrior • Narcissus

Protectors of Time	Stolen Futures • Prism • The Turn of the Tides

Strange Chemistry	A Ghost of Alchemy • Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden

Donna Noble: Kidnapped!

Special	Prequel to Donna Noble: Kidnapped

Donna Noble: Kidnapped!	Out of this World • Spinvasion • The Sorcerer of Albion • The Chiswick Cuckoos

Susan's War

Prequel	Prequel to Susan's War

Susan's War	Sphere of Influence • The Uncertain Shore • Assets of War • The Shoreditch Intervention

Master!

Master!	Faustian • Prey • Vengeance

Nemesis Express	Nemesis Express • Capture the Chronovore! • Passion

The Lone Centurion

Volume One: Rome	Gladiator • The Unwilling Assassin • I, Rorius

Volume Two: Camelot	The Once and Future Nurse • The Glowing Warrior • The Last King of Camelot

The Year of Martha Jones

The Last Diner • Silver Medal • Deceived

Rani Takes on the World

Beyond Bannerman Road	Here Today • Destination: Wedding • The Witching Tree

The Revenge of Wormwood	Time Schisms! • The Star-Crossed Diversion • The Ghost of Bannerman Road

Special anthologies

The Worlds of Doctor Who	Mind Games • The Reesinger Process • The Screaming Skull • Second Sight

Masterful	Masterful • I Am The Master • The Switching • Terror of the Master

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

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 == Publisher's summary ==
-With [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] AWOL, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Ace]] are left to their own devices, going native in a [[Liverpool]] [[university]].
+With [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] AWOL, [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] and [[Ace]] are left to their own devices, going native in a [[St Matthew's University|Liverpool university]].
 Benny accepts an invitation she really shouldn't, and Ace meets a very strange collector.
-An alien library is about to gain a big, blue book... but where's [[the TARDIS]]?
+An [[library (The Big Blue Book)|alien library]] is about to gain a big, blue book... but where's [[the TARDIS]]?
 == Plot ==
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 == Cast ==
+* [[Ace]] - [[Sophie Aldred]]
-''to be added''
+* [[Bernice Summerfield]] - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
+* [[Harvey (The Big Blue Book)|Harvey]] / [[Judge (The Big Blue Book)|The Judge]] - [[Orlando Gibbs]]
+* [[Vassa]] - [[Rosemary Ashe]]
+* [[Lycurgus]] - [[Robert Gill]]
+* [[Seventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]]
 == References ==
+* [[Harvey (The Big Blue Book)|Harvey]] has a [[tattoo]] of [[Schrödinger equation]] for the [[wave function]] of the [[particle]].
-''to be added''
+* [[St Matthew's University]] has, according to Benny, one of the best [[egyptology]] departments on [[Earth]].
 == Notes ==
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 == Continuity ==
+* Vassa says that Benny is an [[archaeologist]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]],'' et al.) an [[orphan]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad (novel)|Return of the Living Dad]], ''et al.) and that she was born on [[21 June]] [[2540]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Just War (audio story)|Just War]]'')
-''to be added''
 == External links ==
-* {{bigfinish|releases/v/the-eighth-of-march-1982}}
+{{bigfinish|releases/v/the-eighth-of-march-1982}}
 {{EoM}}
+{{BFBS}}
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 [[Category:Bernice Summerfield stories]]
 [[Category:Bernice Summerfield audio stories]]
+[[Category:Seventh Doctor audio stories]]
+[[Category:Stories set in Liverpool]]
+[[Category:Stories set in the 1990s]]
+[[Category:Audio stories that use the Keff McCulloch theme]]

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