Bernice Summerfield

Bernice Surprise Summerfield - Benny to her friends - has lived through many adventures. She's a professor of archaeology from the 27th Century.

She's travelled with the Doctor (several of them, in fact), set up home at various academic establishments and been across the galaxy from end to the other and beyond, battling the likes of Daleks and Draconians, Monoids and Martians. She's also battled pig-headedness, brutality and ignorance, and the troubling puzzle to find a decent drink...