The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam (short story)

The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam was the second story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology Missing Adventures. It was written by Ben Aaronovitch.
== Summary ==
Eight-year-old Bernice Summerfield has just been evacuated from the ruins of Beta Caprisis, after a devastating Dalek attack destroyed her home and killed her mum. Benny, numb with grief, isn't sure she wants to continue living... until a bizarre encounter with the mysterious Pythia and her Circus of the Dead convinces her to go on.
== Characters ==
* Bernice Summerfield
* Pandemonium Jack
* Spider
* Mr Custard
* Longpork
* Pythia
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Notes ==
* Terry Gilliam is a noted American film director and animator who became a cult figure in the early 1970s as the in-house animator for Monty Python's Flying Circus. He also made frequent acting appearances with the troupe. Monty Python and the Holy Grail was the first major film Gilliam directed.
* This was later one of the eight stories collected in Treasury.
== Continuity ==
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Category:Bernice Summerfield sources
Category:Missing Adventures short stories
Category:Stories set in 2548
Category:Treasury short stories