Bernice Summerfield Timeline

Yes, it's kinda complicated at times. You try weaving through all the media. A lot of this is borrowed from the 3rd edition of Lance Parkin and Lars Pearson's Ahistory, but they omit the anthologies, which I find a bit suspect, personally, as it renders some aspects of Benny's ongoing adventures incoherent. Simon Guerrier's Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story and many contributions to this thread on Gallifrey Base [note: link is members-only] were also useful.
  • NA - The New Adventures novels, published by Virgin
  • BFN - Big Finish Productions novels
  • Aud - Single audio dramas, published by Big Finish
  • Anth - Anthologies, published by Big Finish
  • BX - Box sets of audio dramas, published by Big Finish
  • NABS - The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield audio box sets, published by Big Finish
  • TSSF - The Story So Far audio box sets, published by Big Finish

    2540
    [Benny is born.]

    2550s
    Missing Adventures,‡ stories #1-3 (Anth XI)
    "Ever After Happy" (TSSF #1.1)

    2561
    Genius Loci (BFN #8)

    2562
    Old Friends: "The Ship of Painted Shadows" (Anth IX)

    early 2560s
    Missing Adventures,‡ stories #4-10 (Anth XI)

    2565
    The Vampire's Curse: "The Badblood Diaries" (Anth XII)

    late 2560s
    Missing Adventures, stories #11-12 (Anth XI)

    2570
    Love and War (Doctor Who: Novel Adaptations #1)
    [Benny begins traveling with the Doctor.]

    2593
    [Benny returns to her own time, give or take a generation.]
    Oh No It Isn't! (NA #1) / Oh No It Isn't! (Aud #1.1)
    Dragons' Wrath (NA #2)
    Beyond the Sun (NA #3) / Beyond the Sun (Aud #1.2)
    Ship of Fools (NA #4)

    2594
    Down (NA #5)
    Deadfall (NA #6)
    Ghost Devices (NA #7)
    Mean Streets (NA #8)
    Tempest (NA #9)
    Walking to Babylon (NA #10) / Walking to Babylon (Aud #1.3)
    Birthright (Aud #1.4)
    Just War (Aud #1.5)
    Oblivion (NA #11)
    Dry Pilgrimage (NA #13)

    2595
    Buried Treasures (Aud)
    Dragons' Wrath (Aud #1.6)
    "The Grel Invasion of Earth" (TSSF #1.2)
    Dead Romance (NA #19)

    2596
    The Joy Device (NA #22)
    2600
    The Doomsday Manuscript (BFN #1)
    The Dead Men Diaries,*‡ frame story (Anth I)
    The Secret of Cassandra (Aud #2.1)
    The Squire's Crystal (BFN #3)
    The Gods of the Underworld (BFN #2)
    The Stone's Lament (Aud #2.2)
    The Extinction Event (Aud #2.3)
    The Infernal Nexus (BFN #4)
    The Skymines of Karthos (Aud #2.4)
    The Glass Prison (BFN #5)

    2601
    The Green-Eyed Monsters (Aud #3.2)
    The Plague Herds of Excelis (Aud Excelis IV)
    A Life of Surprises*‡ (Anth II)
    The Mirror Effect (Aud #3.4)

    2602
    The Draconian Rage (Aud #4.2)
    The Poison Seas (Aud #4.3)
    Death and the Daleks,† main story (Aud #4.4)
    The Big Hunt (BFN #6)
    A Christmas Treasury: "...Be Forgot" (Doctor Who: Short Trips #11)

    2603
    The Grel Escape (Aud #5.1)
    A Life Worth Living‡ (Anth IV)
    "Braxiatel in Love" (TSSF #1.3)

    2604
    Silver Lining (Aud Doctor Who Magazine, no. 351)
    The Heart's Desire (Aud #6.1)

    2605
    The Kingdom of the Blind (Aud #6.2)
    100: "The 100 Days of the Doctor" (The Audio Adventures of Doctor Who #100)
    "Every Dark Thought" (TSSF #2.1)

    2606
    The Goddess Quandary, main story (Aud #6.4)
    Parallel Lives (Anth VI)
    Something Changed‡ (Anth VII)
    The Lost Museum (Aud #6.3)
    The Crystal of Cantus, main story (Aud #6.5)
    Death and the Daleks, frame story (Aud #4.4)
    The Goddess Quandary,† frame story (Aud #6.4)
    The Crystal of Cantus,† frame story (Aud #6.5)
    Collected Works, prologue (Anth VIII)
    The Tartarus Gate (Aud #7.1)
    Collected Works, stories #1-4 (Anth VIII)
    Timeless Passages (Aud #7.2)

    2607
    Collected Works, stories #5-12 (Anth VIII)
    Collected Works,† stories #13-20 (Anth VIII)
    Summer of Love (Aud #7.4)
    Collected Works, stories #21-23 (Anth VIII)
    Old Friends,† frame story (Anth IX)
    The Oracle of Delphi (Aud #7.5)
    The Empire State (Aud #7.6)
    The Tub Full of Cats (Aud #8.1)
    The Judas Gift (Aud #8.2)
    Freedom of Information (Aud #8.3)
    Nobody's Children (Anth X)
    The Two Jasons (BFN #9)
    Jason Kane: The End of the World (Aud #8.4)
    The Final Amendment (Aud #8.5)
    The Wake (Aud #8.6)

    2608
    Beyond the Sea (Aud #9.1)
    The Adolescence of Time (Aud #9.2)
    The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (Aud #9.3)

    2609
    The Vampire's Curse:† "Predating the Predators" (Anth XII) 
    The Diet of Worms (Aud #9.4)
    Glory Days (Aud #10.1)
    Absence (Aud #10.2)
    Venus Mantrap (Aud #10.3)
    Secret Origins (Aud #10.4)
    The Company of Friends: "Benny's Story" (The Audio Adventures of Doctor Who #123)
    Secret Histories,* frame story (Anth XIII)

    2610
    Dead and Buried (webcast)
    Resurrecting the Past (Aud #11.1)
    Present Danger (Anth XIV)
    Escaping the Future (Aud #11.2)

    Year 54
    Year Zero (Aud #11.3)
    Dead Man's Switch (Aud #11.4)

    Year 57
    Epoch: "The Kraken's Lament" (BX #1.1)
    Epoch: "The Temple of Questions" (BX #1.2)
    Epoch: "Private Enemy No. 1" (BX #1.3)

    2616
    Epoch: "Judgement Day" (BX #1.4) 

    2617
    Road Trip: "Brand Management" (BX #2.1)
    The Weather On Versimmon (BFN)
    "Empress of the Drahvins" (TSSF #2.2)
    Road Trip: "Bad Habits" (BX #2.2)
    Adorable Illusion (BFN)
    Road Trip: "Paradise Frost" (BX #2.3)
    Legion: "Vesuvius Falling" (BX #3.1)

    2618
    "The Revolution" (NABS #1.1)
    "Good Night, Sweet Ladies" (NABS #1.2)
    "Random Ghosts" (NABS #1.3)
    "The Lights of Skaro" (NABS #1.4)
    Legion: "Shades of Gray" (BX #3.2)
    Legion: "Everybody Loves Irving" (BX #3.3)
    The Slender-Fingered Cats of Bubastis (BFN)

    2619
    Many Happy Returns (Aud)
    New Frontiers: "A Handful of Dust" (BX #4.1)
    Filthy Lucre (BFN)
    New Frontiers: "HMS Surprise" (BX #4.2)
    New Frontiers: "The Curse of Fenman" (BX #4.3)
    Missing Persons: "Big Dig" (BX #5.1)
    Missing Persons: "The Revenant's Carnival" (BX #5.2)
    Missing Persons: "The Brimstone Kid" (BX #5.3)
    Missing Persons: "The Winning Side" (BX #5.4)
    Missing Persons: "In Living Memory" (BX #5.5)
    The Glamour Chase: Big Bang Generation (Doctor Who New Series Adventure #56)
     
    2620s (?)
    The Worlds of Big Finish: "The Phantom Wreck"/"The Lady from Callisto" (Aud)
    "Ever After Happy"† (TSSF #1.1)
    The Triumph of Sutekh: "The Pyramid of Sutekh" (NABS #2.1)
    The Triumph of Sutekh: "The Vaults of Osiris" (NABS #2.2)
    The Triumph of Sutekh: "The Eye of Horus" (NABS #2.3)
    The Triumph of Sutekh: "The Tears of Isis" (NABS #2.4)
    Lockdown!: "Shadow of a Doubt" (webcast)
    The Unbound Universe: "The Library in the Body" (NABS #3.1)
     
    The Unbound Universe
    The Unbound Universe: "Planet X" (NABS #3.2)
    The Unbound Universe: "The Very Dark Thing" (NABS #3.3)
    The Unbound Universe: "The Emporium at the End" (NABS #3.4)
    True Stories (Anth)
    The Christmas Collection* (Anth)
    In Time* (Anth)
    Ruler of the Universe: "The City and the Clock" (NABS #4.1)
    Ruler of the Universe: "Asking for a Friend" (NABS #4.2)
    Ruler of the Universe: "Truant" (NABS #4.3)
     
    New Adventures in Time and Space
    Ruler of the Universe: "The True Saviour of the Universe" (NABS #4.4)
    Buried Memories: "Pride of the Lampian" (NABS #5.1)
    Buried Memories: "Clear History" (NABS #5.2)
    Buried Memories: "Dead and Breakfast" (NABS #5.3)
    Buried Memories: "Burrowed Time" (NABS #5.4)
    Lost in Translation: "Have I Told You Lately?" (NABS #6.1)
    Lost in Translation: "The Undying Truth" (NABS #6.2)
    Lost in Translation: "Inertia" (NABS #6.3)
    Lost in Translation: "Gallifrey" (NABS #6.4)
    "The Angel of History" (TSSF #2.3)
    Blood and Steel: "Wilkommen" (NABS #6.1)
    Blood and Steel: "Wulf" (NABS #6.2)
    Blood and Steel: "Übermensch" (NABS #6.3)
    Blood and Steel: "Auf Wiedersehen" (NABS #6.4)
     
    52nd Century
    "Lies in Ruins" (Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time #1)

    * Stories in this collection take place at various points in Benny's life, but it is "centered" here.
    † This entry has multiple listings because it is fragmented in terms of time, but this is where it is best experienced as a whole.
    ‡ Contains a story (or stories) later released in Treasury (Anth). If you want a place to listen to all of Treasury in one go without spoiling anything, I would do it based on the chronologically latest story (Something Changed).

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