Collected Works (Bernice Summerfield anthology)

Collected Works is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Nick Wallace, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Collected Works
First edition
Cover artistLee Sullivan
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Bernice Summerfield
Release number
8
SubjectFeaturing:
Bernice Summerfield
PublisherBig Finish Productions
Publication date
September 2006
ISBN1-84435-241-2
Preceded bySomething Changed 
Followed byOld Friends 

Although an anthology of short stories, the individual stories are somewhat linked, creating an overarching narrative for the book. Collected Works takes place concurrently with Season 7 of the Bernice Summerfield audio plays range, and contains references to several of the plays.

Stories
TitleAuthor
Work in ProgressNick Wallace
The Tears of LaughterDavid N. Smith
Perspectives: Tribal ReservationsPhilip Purser-Hallard
Outside the WallSin Deniz
KeyJonathan Blum
The Inconstant GalleryJames Swallow
Perspectives: Quire as FolkPhilip Purser-Hallard
Cabinets of CuriositiesMags L. Halliday
AnightintheninthageLance Parkin
Grey's AnatomySimon A. Forward
The Tree that WasSteven Kitson
Perspectives: Forging a BondPhilip Purser-Hallard
The Two-Level EffectEddie Robson
Let There Be StarsMark Michalowski
SleeptalkingJohn Fletcher
Perspectives: IntermissionsPhilip Purser-Hallard
False SecurityNick Walters
The Painting on the StairSimon Bucher-Jones
The Cost for a CollectionIan Mond
LockKate Orman
Perspectives: The Injured PartyPhilip Purser-Hallard
Mother's RuinDale Smith
Future RelationsPhilip Purser-Hallard & Nick Wallace
  • The alien scholars "The Quire" were created by contributing author Philip Purser-Hallard, working closely with editor Nick Wallace. Each member of the Quire was named after an archaic bookbinding term.
  • Cabinets of Curiosities by Mags Halliday features Freidrich I's Amber Room, which vanished under mysterious circumstances.

Synopsis

Following on from the events of The Crystal of Cantus, Collected Works details a year in the life of the Braxiatel Collection following its founder's disappearance. The staff of the Collection have to cope with their new place in the universe, and a visit from a team of post-human scholars from the future, called the Quire. As the year progresses, it becomes clear that even though he has left them, Braxiatel's influence can still be felt on the Collection.


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