Lisa Bowerman

Bowerman has had a connection with the British science fiction television series Doctor Who—and its assorted spinoffs—since 1989. For the BBC, she played the role of Karra in Survival (the final serial in the original run of Doctor Who in 1989), and voiced Saruba Velak in Dreamland (a 2009 animated serial connected to the revived series). In November 2013 she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.[2]

Since 1998, she has played companion Bernice Summerfield in the Big Finish Productions series of the same name. She appeared in six Bernice Summerfield/ Doctor Who audio plays opposite Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace, as well as four boxed sets opposite her partner David Warner as the 'Unbound Doctor'; she has starred in over 150 audio plays and audiobooks based solely on Bernice. It is now acknowledged as the longest running female led drama series in any medium. Bowerman has also either directed or played supporting roles in numerous other Big Finish audio series: the latter roles have included Ruby in the Sapphire & Steel stories "Water Like a Stone", "Cruel Immortality" and "Second Sight", Murash in "I, Davros: Guilt" and Ellie in 14 series of Jago & Litefoot starring Trevor Baxter and Christopher Benjamin.