History Characters / BerniceSummerfield

Characters appearing in the Franchise/BerniceSummerfield franchise. Please note this is part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}.

* TheAce
* AnythingThatMoves: No. Really. [[ExtremeOmnisexual ANYTHING]].

* [[spoiler:ADeathInTheLimelight]]

* TheRunaway

* BadassBaritone: Actor Harry Myers has a very low and gravelly voice, presumably to suit the character's canine influences.
** [[FridgeLogic Which is odd]], because the Kiloran in ''Paradise Frost'' had a low but very human sounding voice (i.e. Welsh, [[ArousedByTheirVoice not that anyone's complaining]]).
** Perhaps, Adrian just has a lower than average voice for a Kiloran? (He is larger and stronger than average, remember) and also, it's clear from other plays that that voice is [[RealityIsUnrealistic all Myers's, no sound effects]]

* TriangRelations: Type 3 with Adrian and Jason in the earlier Big Finish books.

* SuperStrength: Peter is stronger than all but the most augmented humans by late childhood. This was why [[MagnificentBastard Braxiatel]] [[spoiler: manipulated/hypnotised him into killing Jason ''when he was eight years old.'']] It also came in handy when [[spoiler: he became the security officer on the complete cesspit of a planet that was Legion.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Let's see, he was born by a C-section while Benny was [[spoiler: in a prison and without much medication]] not a promising start. Then, during the occupation of the Collection by [[ANaziByAnyOtherName The Fifth Axis]] he was forcibly separated from his mother and hidden away for months. Then, when he was eight he [[spoiler: was manipulated/hypnotised into murdering Jason by Braxiatel]] (and it's implied, later remembered every second of it) and was held responsible for the death. Two stories later, he was forced to go on the run with his mother (who regularly faces danger, so one has to question the introduction of a child into all of it). Of course, the biggest blow was when he was [[spoiler: held on a slave planet for possibly three years with no knowledge of how he had arrived there or where his family were]]. And just before he was rescued by [[spoiler: Alternate Braxiatel, his lover, Antonio, who'd been his only source of hope in all that time was murdered]]. It's hard not to blame him for being a little bitter by ''Legion''. But just to rub in further [[spoiler: numerous manipulations by his 'other' mother, [[MagnificentBitch Avril]] [[BodySurf Fenman]] meant that a fragment of Antonio's mind (namely his love for Peter) continued to exist inside his own mind, convincing him that Antonio was still alive. So when it was revealed that Antonio was dead and that Fenman was using a solid light image of his body to make herself corporeal, Peter essentially had to destroy the image of the person he loved ''and it still contained a fraction of Antonio's consciousness, which was begging for death''.]] All this by the time he was eighteen. In short; if you're a Creator/BigFinish character, don't have children, they will go through hell.

* BerserkButton: ''Do not'' threaten or harm Benny or Peter [[spoiler: or Bev]] or you'll have an incredibly strong humanoid canine bearing down on you.

* HollywoodNerd: He's a bit of a sci-fi dork.

--> Played by: Lisa Bowerman

* HumanMomNonhumanDad

* {{Diary}}: She kept a diary from her childhood, She wrote longhand in a notebook she kept with her at all times — if she forgot, she would try to go back for it. She frequently "corrected" diary entries with sticky notes or correcting fluid, often rewriting embarrassing or painful events to be more appealing. She published at least one compilation of her diary entries. At some point before 2601, she replaced her notebook with an electronic catalogue of vocal recordings.

* ParentalAbandonment: [[MissingMom dead mother]] and [[DisappearedDad missing (presumed dead) father]], both by the time she was eight.

* AdventurerArchaeologist
%% * ActionGirl / ActionMom
%% * AllergicToRoutine

* ParentalAbandonment [[MissingMom dead mother]] and [[DisappearedDad missing (presumed dead) father]], both by the time she was 8.

* ActionGirl / ActionMom
* AllergicToRoutine

* BrainyBrunette
* CrazyPrepared: Key to being a successful archaeologist.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Her son, Peter.

* [[spoiler: [[SuddenlySexuality Suddenly Sexuality]]]]: Although it makes sense considering his age and how being half-human is more of an issue for most people [[spoiler:(although Antonio thought it made him look cute)]] rather than [[spoiler: who they're interested in.]] Benny [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] it.
-->There's a turn up for the books. Adrian Wall, wherever you are, I salute you! I wonder what you'd make of our grown up little boy.

* BiTheWay

* BiTheWay: She has a preference for men, and has no problem with female suitors either. (Though the only time in the series she's actually seen to be intimate with a woman, they were both under the influence of a sex drive stimulating pollen.)
** When asked a question about whether River Song had ever travelled with Benny, [[Creator/StevenMoffat Steven Moffat]] replied: "Remember those 428 marriages..." referring to an earlier answer he gave to a question that suggested River had been married 428 times. [[WordOfGod It took less than 24 hours for Paul Cornell, who invented Benny, to state that if there were such a thing as a unified Doctor Who canon this would ''totally'' be canon]].[[labelnote:Note]]In other words, he's decided it's true, and so can you, if you like.[[/labelnote]]

* MamaBear: Towards Peter. Her pregnancy was a complete surprise, considering her body was stolen by someone who then proceeded to have sex with Adrian (who'd fancied Benny since forever and didn't know it wasn't she). Benny takes it all in her stride as best as she can, although occasionally (like in "The Plague Herds Of Excelis") she has to take a break and get away from it all.

** When asked a question about whether River Song had ever travelled with Benny, [[Creator/StevenMoffat Steven Moffat]] replied: "Remember those 428 marriages..." referring to an earlier answer he gave to a question that suggested River had been married 428 times. [[WordOfGod It took less than 24 hours for Paul Cornell, who invented Benny, to state that if there were such a thing as a unified Doctor Who canon this would ''totally'' be canon]].[[labelnote:Note]]Which means that, if truly canon as Moffat and Cornell seem to suggest, Bernice was one of River Song's wives.[[/labelnote]]

* MamaBear: Towards Peter. Her pregnancy was a complete surprise, considering her body was stolen by someone who then proceeded to have sex with Adrian (who'd fancied Benny since forever and didn't know it wasn't her). Benny takes it all in her stride as best as she can, although occasionally (like in "The Plague Herds Of Excelis") she has to take a break and get away from it all.

Another Time Lord, strongly implied to be the Doctor's brother. (Rumor has it that this was [[WordOfGod confirmed by the writers at a con]], in fact.) He has an archive/museum/gallery of ''everything'', which he keeps on a private planet. First mentioned in a throwaway line in the 1979 TV serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath City of Death]]". Used to be a neutral MrExposition who'd send Bernice Summerfield off on adventures, but has been steadily getting more and more evil following certain plot developments in AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}, where he's also a main cast member. Braxiatel's timeline in general is all sorts of screwed up and tends to involve alternate universes to boot.

* FaceHeelTurn: Retroactively, with Pandora's influence (see AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}) reverberating through time. (It's complicated.) The first glimpse of this is in [[spoiler:"The Mirror Effect"]], and it comes to full bloom in [[spoiler:[[Recap/BigFinishBSS6E5TheCrystalOfCantus "The Crystal of Cantus"]]]].

** Gary Russell explains (Gallifrey spoilers ahoy):

--> [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments You were always rubbish at keeping secrets!]]

** Hell, he even [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments bought Peter a fluffy toy rabbit]] (despite apparently not being allowed to be involved with his offspring).

* PettingZooPeople

Temporally-displaced former teenage runaway from the 1990's and intermittent street hustler. Briefly and acrimoniously married to Bernice Summerfield, divorced almost immediately afterwards, and dating her most of the time since then. Peter's adoptive father.

* ChristmasCake: Benny was in her thirties when she travelled with the Doctor. Though she still has men half her age fawning over her.

* BigDamnKiss: Can't resist tackle-snogging the Eighth Doctor, following by a SexyDiscretionShot. (The author was quite miffed that the BBC wouldn't allow an illustration.)

--> [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming You were always rubbish at keeping secrets!]]

** Hell, he even [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming bought Peter a fluffy toy rabbit]] (despite apparently not being allowed to be involved with his offspring).