Bernice Summerfield

Character in the Virgin New Adventures series of books Fictional character Bernice SummerfieldDoctor Who characterBernice Summerfield portrayed by Lisa Bowerman in a promotional photo for Big Finish ProductionsFirst appearanceLove and WarCreated byPaul CornellPortrayed byLisa Bowerman (voice)In-universe informationSpeciesHumanAffiliationSeventh DoctorEighth DoctorTwelfth DoctorAlt Third Doctor (Unbound)St. Oscar's University, DellahThe Braxiatel CollectionHomeBeta CaprisisHome era26th century Professor Bernice Surprise Summerfield, or simply 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 licensed novels carrying on from where the Doctor Who television series had left off, featuring a number of writers that previously worked on the series, along with several new to the franchise.[citation needed] Summerfield was introduced in Cornell's novel Love and War in 1992, the first companion character original to the series. Bernice would later go on to take the lead role of the New Adventures book series, upon Virgin Pub