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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 on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Biography Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell's Virgin Publishing, Virgin Virgin New Adventures, New Adventure novel ''Oh No It Isn't!#Audio adaptation, Oh No It Isn't!'' for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish Productions, Big Finish. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield and was part of a Doctor Who spin-offs, spin-off series from ''Doctor Who''.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield#Bernice Summerfield audio plays, 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' ...
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Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Story creation and scientific accuracy Science fiction tries to blend fiction and reality seamlessly so that the viewer can be immersed in the imaginative world. This includes characters, settings, and tools. Viewers often critique the scientific plausibility and accuracy of technology and technological concepts. In the 2020 series ''Away (TV series), Away'' a notable plot point in the eight episode, ''Vital Signs'' has astronauts listen intently for a sound boom picked up by a real-life Mars rover called InSight. Similarity, in 2022 scientists used InSight to listen for the landing of a real spacecraft. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or char ...
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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, an ...
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Winner Takes All (Doctor Who)
''Winner Takes All'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was published on 19 May 2005, alongside ''The Clockwise Man'' and ''The Monsters Inside''. It features the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Jackie Tyler and Mickey Smith. Plot On finding that her mum has just won the lottery, Rose decides to visit Earth. Rose and the Doctor go to visit Mickey, who tells them that everyone is playing ''Death to Mantodeans'', the game that is complementary with the console. Interested, the Doctor starts playing it, while Rose goes out. The Doctor and Robert are again interrupted by Quevvils calling to find out why the game isn't being played as expected. The door explodes before they are able to get the controlled Quevvil to respond, so the Doctor has to go back to pretending to play. He and Robert are taken to another room. All of the other prisoners are brought into the room as we ...
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The Grel Escape
''The Grel Escape'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The fact-obsessed Grel chase Peter throughout time and space after he manages to use Bernice and Jason's Time Rings. Cast *Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman * Jason Kane - Stephen Fewell * Joseph the Porter - Steven Wickham *Sophia Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) *Sophia (given name) Places *Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu *Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana *Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorpor ... - Julia Houghton * The Grel - Daniel Hogarth * Peter Summerfield - Dacey Warriner Trivia This story is a spoof of the Doctor Who adventure '' The Chase''. External linksBig Finish Productions - ''Professor Bernice Summerfield: The Grel Escape'' Bernice Summerf ...
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Or The Lass That Lost A Sailor
Or or OR may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * "O.R.", a 1974 episode of M*A*S*H * Or (My Treasure), a 2004 movie from Israel (''Or'' means "light" in Hebrew) Music * ''Or'' (album), a 2002 album by Golden Boy with Miss Kittin * ''O*R'', the original title of Olivia Rodrigo's album ''Sour'', 2021 * "Or", a song by Israeli singer Chen Aharoni in Kdam Eurovision 2011 * Or Records, a record label * Organized Rhyme, a Canadian hip-hop group featuring Tom Green Businesses and organizations * Or (political party) (), Israel * OR Books, an American publisher * Owasco River Railway, Auburn, New York, U.S. (by reporting mark) * TUI fly Netherlands, formerly ''Arke'', a Dutch charter airline (by IATA designator) Language and linguistics * Or (digraph), in the Uzbek alphabet * Or (letter) (or ''forfeda''), in Ogham, the Celtic tree alphabet * Odia language, an ancient Indo-Aryan tongue spoken in East India (ISO 639) * Or, an English grammatical conjunction * -or ...
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The Glass Prison (novel)
''The Glass Prison'' is a novel by Jacqueline Rayner, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The book features the birth of Bernice's son Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur .... External linksBig Finish Productions - ''Bernice Summerfield: The Glass Prison'' 2001 British novels Bernice Summerfield novels Novels by Jacqueline Rayner {{2000s-DoctorWho-novel-stub ...
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Wolfsbane (novel)
''Wolfsbane'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It features both the Fourth and Eighth Doctors, Sarah Jane, and Harry, although the two Doctors never meet- their sequences taking place a month apart as the Eighth tackles the main crisis with Harry while the Fourth and Sarah tie up the loose ends a month later when they attempt to return to pick Harry up- and with nobody ever realising that the Doctors are the same person due to the Eighth's current amnesia. This novel is part of the story arc of companions being taken out of time, which is resolved in '' Sometime Never...''. The Eighth Doctor's appearance is during the time when he is amnesia Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused ...
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The Marian Conspiracy
''The Marian Conspiracy'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Plot The Sixth Doctor meets Evelyn Smythe and attempts to find out why she is disappearing by travelling back in time to the era of Queen Mary. This episode addresses issues of freedom of religious expression. Cast *The Doctor — Colin Baker *Evelyn Smythe — Maggie Stables *George Crow — Sean Jackson *John Wilson — Gary Russell *William Leaf — Jez Fielder *Lady Sarah — Jo Castleton *The Queen — Anah Ruddin *Reverend Thomas — Nicholas Pegg *François de Noailles — Barnaby Edwards *Royal Guard — Alistair Lock Continuity * This story features the first appearance of the first made-for-Big Finish companion, Evelyn. How she parted company with the Doctor is revealed in '' Thicker Than Water''. * The Doctor mentions being in the Tower of London in ''The Mind of Evil''. The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn return to it in ...
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Dragons' Wrath
Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length '' Doctor Who'' novels, the '' New Adventures''. The ''New Adventures'' were authorised novels carrying on from where the ''Doctor Who'' television series had left off, and Summerfield was introduced in Cornell's novel '' Love and War'' in 1992. History A 26th century archeologist, Summerfield became a hugely popular character amongst fans of the books, and was present right up until their end in 1997. She officially stopped travelling with the Doctor in '' Happy Endings'' but returned a few times thereafter, including the last Virgin New Adventure, ''The Dying Days''. That year, Virgin had lost the licence to publish ''Doctor Who'' fiction, which was not renewed by the BBC. However, range editors Peter Darvill-Evans and Rebecca Levene decided to co ...
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Buried Treasures (Bernice Summerfield)
Buried treasure is an important part of the beliefs surrounding pirates and Old West outlaws. See hoard for the concept in archaeology. Buried treasure may also refer to: Film and television * Buried Treasure (1915 film), ''Buried Treasure'' (1915 film), a U.S. silent short film featuring Florence Crawford * ''Buried Treasure'' (1921 film), a U.S. silent film featuring Norman Kerry * ''Buried Treasure'' (1926 film), a 1926 ''Our Gang'' short * ''Buried Treasure'' (2001 TV film), aka ''Hidden Treasure'' (UK), featuring John Thaw * "Buried Treasure" (''Donkey Kong Country'' episode), a 1998 episode of cartoon series ''Donkey Kong Country'' * "Buried Treasure" (My Name Is Earl), a 2007 episode of the television series ''My Name Is Earl'' * ''Buried Treasure'' (Rocky & Bullwinkle episode), 1961 story arc in the animated series ''Rocky and His Friends'' * ''Buried Treasure'' (TV series), a 2011 Fox Broadcasting Company television series * ''Buried Treasure (UK TV programme)'', a 1954 ...
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Lance Parkin
Lance Parkin is a British author. He is best known for writing fiction and reference books for television series, in particular '' Doctor Who'' (and spin-offs including the Virgin New Adventures and Faction Paradox) and as a storyliner on ''Emmerdale''. Doctor Who Parkin first became known in ''Doctor Who'' fan circles, writing both criticism and fan fiction. His most notable work was for Seventh Door Fanzines, including the novella ''Snare'' in the ''Odyssey'' series (which he edited for a period) and 1994's ''The Doctor Who Chronology'', a detailed timeline of events in the ''Doctor Who'' universe. The ''Odyssey'' series later included novellas by Parkin's then-girlfriend Cassandra May and his later protégé Mark Clapham. Parkin's first professional novel, ''Just War'', published in 1996, for Virgin's New Adventures series of original fiction ''Doctor Who'' novels. This was followed by ''A History of the Universe'' (a re-working of his ''Chronology'') and a second novel, ''Col ...
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Just War (novel)
''Just War'' is a novel by Lance Parkin from the Virgin New Adventures. The New Adventures were based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The novel featured the characters of the Seventh Doctor, Bernice Summerfield (known as Benny), Chris Cwej and Roz Forrester. The story is set in Nazi Germany-occupied Guernsey, a rare example of part of the British Isles being 'colonised' by another power. Plot The Doctor and his companions land in German-occupied Guernsey in 1941 where the Nazis are pursuing a top-secret weapon which could change the course of the war. Continuity *The novel features a predecessor to UNIT called "LONGBOW". In a thread on the Usenet group rec.arts.drwho as to what this stood for, Parkin admitted he had only got as far as "League Of Nations Global..." He accepted Chris Schumacher's suggestion of "League Of Nations Global Bizarre Occurrences Watch". Notes Parkin had recently completed an MA and his dissertation the ...
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