''The Crystal of Cantus'' is a Big Finish Productions

audio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

featuring Lisa Bowerman as

Bernice Summerfield 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 Wh ...

, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British

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series '' Doctor Who''.

Plot

Bernice, Jason and Irving Braxiatel visit the planet of Cantus to locate its fabled Crystal. There, they unearth what seems to be a

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Cybermen The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. The Cybermen are a species of space-faring cyborgs who often forcefully and painfully convert human beings ( ...

. When even that isn't what it first appears to be, Bernice discovers that she can no longer trust one of her oldest friends.

Cast

— Lisa Bowerman * Jason Kane — Stephen Fewell * Ronan McGinley —

Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Dal ...

Irving Braxiatel Irving Braxiatel or Cardinal Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures—spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He subsequently became a regular character in novels and audio d ...

—

Miles Richardson Miles Richardson (born 15 July 1963) is a British actor, born in Battersea, London to parents Ian Richardson (the well-known Shakespearean actor) and Maroussia Frank (daughter of dancer and critic Elizabeth Frank), both founder members of th ...

Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

— Steven Wickham * Peter Summerfield — Thomas Grant * Parasiel — Paul Bryant * Commander Hallan — Michael Cuckson *Babs — Katarina Olsson *Jack —

Toby Longworth Toby Longworth is a British actor who has appeared on film, radio and television. He is originally from Somerset, where he attended King Edward's School, Bath. He has worked most often as a voice actor, however, notably in several science-ficti ...

* Thesanius — Gary Russell * Cassus — Joseph Lidster

Trivia

This story features a return to the Garazone Bazaar, first heard in the Doctor Who audio adventure '' Sword of Orion''. It's suggested that the Pandora creature is still trapped inside Irving Braxiatel's head which may explain his behaviour. The story features the culmination of events leading back to ''

The Mirror Effect ''The Mirror Effect'' 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 Inside ...

''. It's implied that the Crystal of Cantus is actually from the Coronet of Rassilon.

External links

Big Finish Productions - ''Professor Bernice Summerfield: The Crystal of Cantus''
Bernice Summerfield audio plays Cybermen audio plays Fiction set in the 27th century {{DoctorWho-stub