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Though it originated in the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] and still takes place in the [[Whoniverse]], the Bernice Summerfield line spun off into its own continuity over a decade ago.
The character of Professor Bernice Summerfield, interstellar archaeologist, was created by [[Paul Cornell]] (he of "[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E8 Human Nature|Human Nature]] / [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E9 The
In addition to the New Adventures, Bernice has been the star of her own [[Big Finish Doctor Who]] spinoff, which begins its season 12 (yes--''twelve'') in 2011. It is one of the [[Expanded Universe]]'s most successful spinoffs.
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* [[Artifact Collection Agency]]: the Braxiatel Collection
* [[Bottle Fairy]]
* [[Character Name and
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]: Beverly
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Brax: 'And that's another thing you're misremembering! I spent the last cosmic cycle as a rock, not under one!'
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* [[Crossover]]: Frequently. Benny's sometime boss, Braxiatel, is the same character that appears in ''[[Gallifrey]]''; Ace occasionally visits; and Iris Wildthyme has popped up a time or two.
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Peter. {{spoiler|Braxiatel manipulates him into killing Jason due to this.}}
* [[Dropped a Bridge
** {{spoiler|The Jason Clones.}}
* [[Everybody Is Single]]: Thanks, in part, to [[Executive Meddling]]. Benny marrying Jason really ''was'' going to be [[Home, Sweet Home|her happy ending and departure from the New Adventures]]. Then the editors lost their license to ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and decided to re-launch it around Benny. Since she'd have to be single for romantic subplots, Benny and Jason's marriage was deep-sixed.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Robyn, in ''Resurrecting The Past''.}}
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: During the Fifth Axis occupation especially.
* [[Final Solution]]: Hass's extermination of the Mim.
* [[Future Imperfect]]: Benny catches people out on their knowledge of history, and is not infrequently caught out herself. (She thought ''[[
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Benny's son, Peter; a case of [[Human Mom, Nonhuman Dad]].
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Actress Lisa Bowerman has been the voice of Benny since the first audio dramas featuring the character were produced in 1998. She coincidentally resembled the artistic rendering of Benny dating back to the character's first appearance on the cover of the novel ''Love and War'' in 1992. As Bowerman became more identified in the role, artistic renderings of Benny began to resemble her more. The 2010 CGI animated short ''Dead and Buried'' based Benny's appearance on that of Bowerman (with elements from earlier renderings tossed in). Beginning with the September 2011 release ''Epoch'', Big Finish begins using straight photographs of Bowerman for the cover art.
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* [[Musical Episode]]: ''The Worst Thing In The World'', said "worst thing" being {{spoiler|Bernice Summerfield singing an obnoxiously cheerful, obnoxiously catchy musical number to save the day.}}
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The People. They're made up of several races, none of which are human beings.
* [[Not
* [[Out
* [[Opposite Sex Clone]]: Maggie to {{spoiler|Braxiatel.}}
* [[Pantomime]]: ''Oh No It Isn't!'', both pantomime and deconstruction of pantomime.
** The same goes for ''The Masquerade Of Death''.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: And how. Benny's babydaddy is a wolf/ape alien, one of her close friends is an enormous sentient ''[[Intelligent Gerbil|hamster]]'', and another is a [[Cthulhumanoid|squid-headed humanoid]].
* [[Put
* [[Robot Buddy]]: Joseph
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: The water planet Maximediras. It's also a complete hole.
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