Bernice Summerfield

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Bernice Summerfield
Doctor Who character
Official image of Bernice Summerfield, as used on the Bernice Summerfield Inside Story book, published October 2007.
First appearance	Love and War
Created by	Paul Cornell
Portrayed by	Lisa Bowerman (voice)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Affiliation	Seventh Doctor Eighth Doctor Twelfth Doctor Alt Third Doctor (Unbound) St. Oscar's University, Dellah The Braxiatel Collection
Home	Beta Caprisis
Home era	26th 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 authorised novels carrying on from where the Doctor Who television series had left off,^{[citation needed]} and Summerfield was introduced in Cornell's novel Love and War in 1992.