Bernice Summerfield, welcome to The Eternity Club
Benny joins a society of intergalactic adventurers in a new audio drama series from Big Finish Productions, due to be released in four monthly instalments beginning September 2024.
Welcome to The Eternity Club, where a warm welcome awaits the universe’s greatest explorers. A place of mystery, intrigue and creeping danger. Professor Bernice Summerfield has finally been invited to join. But membership comes at a terrible price.
Lisa Bowerman returns as the 26th-century archaeologist for this eighth series of The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. Joining her throughout the eight episodes are Nickolas Grace (Brideshead Revisited, Robin of Sherwood) as Secretary Pym and acclaimed theatre actor Niamh Cusack as the Oldest.
Writer and producer James Goss said: “Benny's finally made it! She's a member of an elite club of the galaxy's top explorers, living a life of luxury on their private asteroid. Only, not everything is as it seems. The club is falling apart, the members seem to be stirring up an intergalactic war between the Draconians and the Sontarans, there's a terrifying and mysterious old woman in the library, and no-one at the club can quite remember how they got there...”
The complete Bernice Summerfield: The Eternity Club series bundle is now available to pre-order for just £40 (collector's edition CD + download) or £32 (download only).
The Eternity Club comprises four full-cast audio drama releases, each including two half-hour episodes:
The Armageddon Chair / Triumph of the Drahvin by James Goss (due for release in September 2024)
Rhubarb / Please Retain Your Ticket for the Cloakroom by Tim Foley (due for release in October 2024)
The Terrible Shame of a Tree / Mr Pym has an Adventure by James Goss (due for release in November 2024)
Sanctuary / Liturgy of Death by Tim Foley (due for release in December 2024)
The series’ cast also includes Dan Starkey (Doctor Who), Simon Kane (John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme) and Jaye Jacobs (Casualty, Holby City).
Big Finish executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery said: “The story of Bernice Summerfield continues, though there’s one very important person missing. David Warner had become an integral and much-loved part of the series and a great friend to us at Big Finish, and we were all terribly upset by his passing in July 2022.
“After discussing the future of the range with Lisa Bowerman, we’ve decided that The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield should carry on, and James Goss and Tim Foley have done a brilliant job of creating an exciting new world for Benny to explore.”
Big Finish listeners can purchase each two-episode release of The Eternity Club individually for just £10.99 (collector's edition CD + download) or £8.99 (download only), here.
All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release.
Please note: the collector’s edition CDs are strictly limited to 1,000 copies each and will not be repressed.
Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.