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Life During Wartime (anthology)

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Life During Wartime was the third Bernice Summerfield prose anthology published by Big Finish Productions. Throughout its 25 stories it tells the story of the Braxiatel Collection's occupation by the Fifth Axis and leads into the next audio story Death and the Daleks. This was the last Bernice Summerfield anthology to be edited by Benny's creator Paul Cornell.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Braxiatel Collection has been occupied by the Fifth Axis. This shouldn't have happened: Brax picked this place to be safe, and surely he knows the history of time and space?

Bernice and her friends find themselves living under a military government. Bev joins the resistance. Adrian is thrown into a prison camp for aliens. Jason finds a comfortable little niche for himself in the new administration. Bernice's half-human son, Peter, is now under threat every minute of every day.

Bernice finds herself caught in the middle of the occupation, her old friends, and her desperate need to protect her child.

25 brand-new short stories all about Benny and her extended “family”: Jason, her ex-husband and all-round git; Irving Braxiatel, enigmatic owner of The Braxiatel Collection, a planetoid which houses a fantastic art and artefact gallery; Bev Tarrant, art thief and adventurer; Adrian Wall, the Killoran architect and builder and father of Peter, Benny's son. These are the tales of how they, and the others that surround them, cope under a military occupation. How they face life during wartime...

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title	Author	Featuring
The Fall	Paul Cornell	Jason, Adrian, Bev, Ms Jones, Crofton
Careless Talk	Justin Richards	Braxiatel, Jason, Bev, Ms Jones, Crofton, Joseph, Vosta, Oliver
The Birthday Party	Simon Guerrier	Mushtaq, Luke
Five Dimensional Thinking	Nick Wallace	Braxiatel, Bev, Mushtaq
Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy...	Rob Shearman
Lockdown Conversations: 1	Paul Cornell	Jason, Bev, Vosta, Wolsey
The Price of Everything	Gregg Smith	Braxiatel, Jason, Joseph, Mushtaq
Hit	John Binns
The Garden of Whispers	Martin Day	Ms Jones, Mushtaq, Bernard
Lockdown Conversations: 2	Paul Cornell	Adrian
The Crystal Flower	Cavan Scott, Mark Wright	Crofton, Spang
Midrash	Ian Mond	Braxiatel, Jason, Bev, Crofton, Joseph, Mushtaq
Fear of Corners	Mark Stevens	Braxiatel, Bev, Joseph
The Traitors	Jonathan Morris	Mushtaq
Paths Not Taken	Rupert Booth, Barry Williams	Braxiatel, Bev, Joseph
Every Picture Tells a Story	Jim Sangster	Vosta
Fluid Prejudice	Paul Ebbs	Braxiatel, Joseph, Mushtaq
Suffer the Children	Dave Stone	Jason, Mushtaq
Drinking with the Enemy	Jonathan Blum	Jason, Ms Jones, Bernard
Lockdown Conversations: 3	Paul Cornell	Peter
Passing Storms	Peter Anghelides	Braxiatel, Bev, Mushtaq, Peter
Speaking Out	Simon Guerrier	Mushtaq, Luke
The Peter Principle	Kate Orman	Crofton, Mushtaq, Bernard, Spang
Lockdown Conversations: 4	Paul Cornell	Braxiatel, Jason, Adrian, Bev, Ms Jones, Crofton, Mushtaq, Bernard, Peter, Isaac
A Bell Ringing in an Empty Sky	Jim Mortimore

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Life During Wartime at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
Official Life During Wartime page at bigfinish.com

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Bernice Summerfield

Audio stories

The original series of Bernice Summerfield ran from 1998 to 2013, followed by The New Adventures.

Series 1

Oh No It Isn't! • Beyond the Sun • Walking to Babylon • Birthright • Just War • Dragons' Wrath

Series 2

The Secret of Cassandra • The Stone's Lament • The Extinction Event • The Skymines of Karthos

Series 3

The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy • The Green-Eyed Monsters • The Plague Herds of Excelis • The Dance of the Dead • The Mirror Effect

Series 4

The Bellotron Incident • The Draconian Rage • The Poison Seas • Death and the Daleks

Series 5

The Grel Escape • The Bone of Contention • The Relics of Jegg-Sau • The Masquerade of Death

Series 6

The Heart's Desire • The Kingdom of the Blind • The Lost Museum • The Goddess Quandary • The Crystal of Cantus

Series 7

The Tartarus Gate • Timeless Passages • The Worst Thing in the World • Summer of Love • The Oracle of Delphi • The Empire State

Series 8

The Tub Full of Cats • The Judas Gift • Freedom of Information • The End of the World • The Final Amendment • The Wake

Series 9

Beyond the Sea • The Adolescence of Time • The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel • The Diet of Worms

Series 10

Glory Days • Absence • Venus Mantrap • Secret Origins

Series 11

Resurrecting the Past • Escaping the Future • Year Zero • Dead Man's Switch

Epoch

The Kraken's Lament • The Temple of Questions • Private Enemy No. 1 • Judgement Day

Road Trip

Brand Management • Bad Habits • Paradise Frost

Legion

Vesuvius Falling • Shades of Gray • Everybody Loves Irving

New Frontiers

A Handful of Dust • HMS Surprise • The Curse of Fenman

Missing Persons

Big Dig • The Revenant's Carnival • The Brimstone Kid • The Winning Side • In Living Memory

The New
Adventures
of Bernice
Summerfield

The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield	The Revolution • Good Night, Sweet Ladies • Random Ghosts • The Lights of Skaro

The Triumph of Sutekh	The Pyramid of Sutekh • The Vaults of Osiris • The Eye of Horus • The Tears of Isis

The Unbound Universe	The Library in the Body • Planet X • The Very Dark Thing • The Emporium at the End

Ruler of the Universe	The City and the Clock • Asking for a Friend • Truant • The True Saviour of the Universe

Buried Memories	Pride of the Lampian • Clear History • Dead and Breakfast • Burrowed Time

Lost in Translation	Have I Told You Lately? • The Undying Truth • Inertia • Gallifrey

Blood & Steel	Willkommen • Wulf • Übermensch • Auf Wiedersehen

The Eternity Club 1	The Armageddon Chair • Triumph of the Drahvin

The Eternity Club 2	Rhubarb • Please Retain Your Ticket for the Cloakroom

The Eternity Club 3	The Terrible Shame of a Tree • Mr Pym Has an Adventure

The Story So Far

Volume One	Ever After Happy • The Grel Invasion of Earth • Braxiatel in Love

Volume Two	Every Dark Thought • Empress of the Drahvins • The Angel of History

The Christmas
Collection

Tap • Null Zeit • Glory to the Reborn King • Signifiers of the Verphidiae • The Frosted Deer • Collector's Item • Santa Benny at the Bottom of the Sea • Bernice Summerfield and the Christmas Adventure • White Christmas • Wise Woman

Special releases

Buried Treasures (Making Myths, Closure) • Silver Lining • Many Happy Returns • The Worlds of Big Finish (The Phantom Wreck) • Treasury • The Eighth of March (The Big Blue Book)

Prose

Anthologies	The Dead Men Diaries • A Life of Surprises • Life During Wartime • A Life Worth Living • A Life in Pieces • Parallel Lives • Something Changed • Collected Works • Old Friends • Nobody's Children • Missing Adventures • The Vampire Curse • Secret Histories • Present Danger • True Stories • In Time

Novels	The Doomsday Manuscript • The Gods of the Underworld • The Squire's Crystal • The Infernal Nexus • The Glass Prison • The Big Hunt • The Tree of Life • Genius Loci • The Two Jasons • The Weather on Versimmon • The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis • Filthy Lucre • Adorable Illusion

Webcasts

Dead and Buried • Transmission from Mars • A Visit from Prof. Summerfield