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Walking To Babylon
''Walking to Babylon'' is a 1998 novel by Kate Orman in the Virgin New Adventures series featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny). The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', but after the publisher Virgin Books lost the license to do ''Doctor Who'' stories from the BBC, the New Adventures continued, centred on the character of Benny and further characters and settings created for the series. ''Walking to Babylon'' is the tenth Benny-led New Adventure. Orman had previously written several ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures, but this was her first for the post-''Doctor Who'' series. As characterises her work, the novel mixes hard science fiction with strong characters. The book also contains some scenes of a sexual nature, reflecting Virgin's willingness to include more adult content than the BBC had allowed for the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures. The story features the People, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Orman
Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Orman was born in Sydney, but grew up in Canberra and Melbourne and spent two years living in the United States. She earned a degree in biology at Sydney University before becoming a professional author. She is a self-described "liberal feminist". She is married to American writer Jonathan Blum, whom she met through ''Doctor Who'' fandom. Writing Orman penned many spin-off novels from ''Doctor Who'' for Virgin Publishing, BBC Books and Telos Publishing, the first non-British and first female author to do so. Several of her later ''Doctor Who'' works were in collaboration with her husband. She has also collaborated with Paul Cornell: Orman and Cornell co-plotted ''Human Nature'', written by Cornell, and ''Return of the Living Dad'', written by Orman. More recent ''Doctor Who'' and relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Rayner
Jacqueline Rayner is a British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell's Virgin New Adventure novel ''Oh No It Isn't!'' for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield and was part of a spin-off series from ''Doctor Who''.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield audio adaptations and further work for Big Finish before going to work for BBC Books on their ''Doctor Who'' lines. Her first novels came in 2001, with the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel '' EarthWorld'' for BBC Books and the Bernice Summerfield novel '' The Squire's Crystal'' for Big Finish. Rayner has written several other ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs and was also for a period the executive producer for the BBC on the Big Finish range of ''Doctor Who'' audio d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Fairs
Nigel Fairs is a British actor and writer. He trained at Bretton Hall College and his theatre credits include stage production of ''Translations'' at The National Theatre, Inspector Morse in the UK tour of ''House of Ghosts'', Dr Watson in ''To Kill a Canary'' at the Kenton Theatre, Henley), Nurse Ratched in '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' at The English Theatre Frankfurt, Christopher Wren in The Mousetrap in the West End, John Haigh in his own award-winning play ''In Conversation with an Acid Bath Murderer'' and Gavin in another award-winner, ''My Gay Best Friend'' (which he co-wrote with Louise Jameson. Television credits include '' EastEnders'', ''Emmerdale'', '' Silent Witness'' and ''Unforgotten''. Film credits include ''Angels on the Ceiling'', ''In From The Side'', '' Ashens and the Polybius Heist'' and ''Do You Have A License To Save This Planet?''. He has also worked for Big Finish Productions, as an actor, writer, director and composer, and was the produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Edwards
Barnaby Edwards (born 20 August 1969) is a British actor, writer, director and artist. He is known as a performer for the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', in the role of a Dalek operator. He has also written, directed, produced or performed in over 80 Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories. Alongside frequent radio and voice over work, Edwards has narrated over 40 unabridged audiobooks for Audible.com and others. Early life Edwards graduated from the University of Exeter in 1991 with a degree in Fine Art and French. He subsequently went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting, where he won the Postgraduate Award for Acting in 1992. Career Edwards has worked in the theatre, television, radio and audio plays, as a director and writer. Edwards is also an artist and his pictures hang in galleries and private collections across Europe as well as being exhibited widely within the UK. Following a successful show at the Blue Lias gallery in Lyme Regis, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bernice Summerfield Characters
This is a list of recurring characters from the Bernice Summerfield stories, both the original ''Virgin New Adventures'' featuring Bernice and the subsequent and ongoing series of audio dramas and novels by Big Finish Productions. Bernice Summerfield was a companion of the Doctor in the ''New Adventures'', a series of books based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', but which latterly became based around the character of Bernice. B Irving Braxiatel C Clarence Clarence is an artificial intelligence from the People. The character was created and introduced by Simon Bucher-Jones for ''Ghost Devices'' in which Clarence appears in the form of an angel (he is named after the angel in ''It's a Wonderful Life'') to Benny. Clarence is an agent of God, the artificial intelligence that controls the People's Dyson sphere and is eventually revealed (in '' Tears of the Oracle'') to be a character from '' The Also People''. G God God is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Fewell
Stephen Fewell is a British actor who portrays Jason Kane in the audio adventures of Bernice Summerfield. He has also appeared in classical theatre, in various ''Doctor Who'' audio productions, an episode of the 2005 Channel 4 drama ''The Courtroom'', Headlong Theatre's production of ''Paradise Lost'' at the Hackney Empire and in the musical play ENRON at the Royal Court and in the West End. He has written short stories: three for ''Doctor Who'' and one for ''Bernice Summerfield'' anthologies. He originated the role of Charrington in the original Headlong Theatre production of George Orwell's 1984 In September and October 2012 he played Alan Turing at The English Theatre Frankfurt in Hugh Whitemore's biographical play ''Breaking the Code''. In 2019 he played the Scofield/ McKellen role of Pierre in Venice Preserv'd for the RSC. In 2019 he appears as Pope Clement V in the History Channel Knight's Templar drama ''Knightfall''. In 2019 appears as Lord Grey in Netflix p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Kane (Doctor Who)
Jason Peter Kane is a fictional character from Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length '' Doctor Who'' novels, the ''New Adventures''. The ''New Adventures'' were fully licensed novels carrying on from where the ''Doctor Who'' television series had left off. Jason was introduced in Dave Stone's novel ''Death and Diplomacy'' in 1996. Character history Jason was born on Christmas Eve 1983 and grew up around London. Jason's father, Peter was abusive towards Jason and his sister, leading Jason to eventually run away from home. In 1996, Jason was caught in an alien transportation beam, causing him to be deposited in a swamp on the planet t'Kao in the 26th century. After thirteen years, the first human being he saw was Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. They fell in love and got married, but after a turbulent relationship were soon divorced. When he first meets Benny, and they discuss their sex lives, Jason candidly discusses having slept with nine women, five men and a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh No It Isn't!
''Oh No It Isn't!'' is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a series of novels based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', made by the BBC. They had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but in the wake of the return of ''Doctor Who'' to television screens with the 1996 movie, the BBC did not renew publisher Virgin Books' licence. Virgin had for some time planned for a spin-off series based on the characters and settings created in the ''Doctor Who'' New Adventures. With the licence gone, they continued the monthly release schedule of the New Adventures, but switched to stories featuring the character of Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny), beginning with ''Oh No It Isn't!''. The author, Paul Cornell, had originally created Benny as a companion for the Doctor. She appeared regularly in the ''Doctor Who'' New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running BBC Television science fiction on television, science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' and two of Doctor Who spin-offs, its spin-offs. Sarah Jane is a dogged investigative journalist who first encounters alien time travel in fiction, time traveller the Doctor (Doctor Who), The Doctor while trying to break a story on a top secret research facility, and subsequently becomes his companion (Doctor Who), travelling companion on a series of adventures spanning the breadth of space and time. After travelling with The Doctor in four seasons of the show they suddenly part ways, and after this she continues to investigate strange goings-on back on Earth. Over time, Sarah Jane establishes herself as a committed defender of Earth from alien invasions and other threats, occasionally reuniting with The Doctor in the course of her own adventures, all the while continuing to work as a freelance investigative jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen (1 February 1946 – 19 April 2011) was an English actress. She became best known as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series ''Doctor Who'', appearing as a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprising the role many times in subsequent decades, both on ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, ''K-9 and Company'' (1981) and '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (2007–2011). Sladen was interested in ballet and theatre from childhood, and began to appear on stage in the mid-1960s, although she was more often a stage manager at this time. She moved to London in 1970 and won several television roles, with her acting in the police drama ''Z-Cars'' leading to her being recommended for the role in ''Doctor Who''. After leaving the series, she had other roles on both television and radio before semi-retiring to bring up a family in the mid-1980s. Sladen returned to the public eye in the 2000s with more ''Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Bowerman
Lisa Bowerman (born 1 February 1962) is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Sandra Mute, the paramedic, in the BBC One medical drama '' Casualty'', in the first two series (1986–1987). She also starred as Professor Bernice Summerfield in many ''Doctor Who'' Big Finish Productions audio plays, as well as directing many series for the company. Career Bowerman trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a regular in the first two series of BBC medical drama '' Casualty'' playing Sandra Mute, the show's first female paramedic. Her other television work includes: ''Dodgem'', ''The Count of Solar'', ''Grange Hill'', ''The Vision Thing'', '' Doctors'', '' McCallum'', '' Bad Girls'' and '' Night and Day''. In 2007 she guest-starred as the home secretary's PA in '' Spooks'', and returned to ''Casualty'' for a one-episode cameo role as a patient. In 2011 and 2012, she appeared in five episodes of ''Coronation Street'' as solicitor Jennifer Lingwood. In July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birthright (Doctor Who)
''Birthright'' is a novel by Nigel Robinson from the Virgin New Adventures. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Although part of the main run of New Adventures featuring the Seventh Doctor, the Doctor only appears in the beginning and end of the novel; most of the story involves his companions Bernice Summerfield and Ace. The events in this book occur simultaneously (from the point of view of the characters) to those in the New Adventure '' Iceberg'', which was written by former ''Doctor Who'' actor David Banks. A prelude to this novel was published in '' Doctor Who Magazine'' #203, penned by the author. Plot After the TARDIS malfunctions and then explodes, the Doctor's companions find themselves in two different time zones. Bernice is stranded in the East End of London of 1909, where a series of grisly murders is occurring blamed on Spring Heeled Jack, while Ace is trapped on the planet Ant'ykhon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
