Who but Professor Bernice Summerfield, interstellar archaeologist, raconteur, boozer and wit, would get other people to write her autobiography albeit under threat of death from two bounty hunters sent by a publisher far too concerned about little things like deadlines?

These stories are an ideal introduction to the life of Bernice Summerfield: falling off cliffs, getting sacrificed to orange pygmies, saving the universe and trying to buy a new frock.

Cliffhanging escapes! Adventure on distant planets! Scones for tea!

Edited and with linking material by Paul Cornell.

Contents

• A Question of Identity by Caroline Symcox
• Steal from the World by Kate Orman
• The Light that Never Dies by Eddie Robson
• Heart of Glass by Daniel O'Mahony
• The Monster and the Archaeologists by Kathy Sullivan
• Step Back in Time by Matthew Jones
• Christmas Spirit by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
• The Door in to Bedlam by Dave Stone
• The Least Important Man by Steven Moffat
• Digging Up the Past by Mark Michalowski