Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Secret of Cassandra was the seventh Bernice Summerfield audio story produced by Big Finish Productions. It was also the first original audio story produced for the series. This was writer David Bailey's first contribution to a Doctor Who universe story, he continued on to contribute to a range of Doctor Who elements including further Bernice Summerfield stories and Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who novels.
For the whole cast this is their only Bernice Summerfield audio story, they have all however appeared in other Big Finish audio story productions.
Publisher's summary
A vicious war between two nations is coming to a head, and the final movements are centred on the sailing ship Cassandra. Along with a very strange cargo, Cassandra carries Captain Colley, a man with his own sad burden, and the paranoid General Brennan, a woman convinced that her actions will end the war once and for all. Their grim mission goes entirely to plan, until the Cassandra gains an extra passenger - a shipwrecked archaeology professor by the name of Bernice Summerfield.
Sensing something is very wrong aboard the ship, Bernice's snooping brings her close to a terrible truth. Soon, Bernice doesn't know who to trust, and she can no longer be sure if anyone is who they claim to be...
Plot
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Cast
- Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Captain Colley - Lennox Greaves
- General Brennan - Sally Faulkner
- Computer - Helen Goldwyn
- Sheen - Robert Curbishley
References
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Notes
- There exists two covers for this audio, the first release which features Lisa Bowerman's face on the cover and then the second release with a new design by Adrian Salmon. Big Finish had Salmon design a new cover for this story to standardise it with the rest of the series, following this story all audio covers were designed by Salmon. Books took a little longer though and it was not until the fourth novel The Infernal Nexus that Salmon's work debuted on a novel.
- This audio drama was recorded on 26 August 2000.
Continuity
- Bernice returns to Chosan in AUDIO: The Poison Seas.
External links
- Official The Secret of Cassandra page at bigfinish.com
- The Secret of Cassandra at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
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