Bernice Summerfield Audios
Big Finish's series of Bernice Summerfield books and audios have brought Bernice to the Braxiatel Collection, with Braxiatel himself becoming a key part of the regular cast. He is aloof and mysterious but is still considered one of Benny's closest friends.
A conspiracy started to develop around Braxiatel, first occurring in the audio The Mirror Effect. While all the characters were shown dark, twisted mirror images of themselves, Braxiatel was unaffected and when Jason Kane wondered if the real Braxiatel was the mirror version, Jason was brainwashed into being unable to be suspicious of Braxiatel. Further incidents showed the Time Lord to be secretly more dangerous and manipulative than he was letting on — in the book A Life In Pieces, he was shown using a brainwashed Jason for his own ends as well as having murder done in his name and causing a civil war in the Domus system. The other characters remained unaware of any of this.
Braxiatel was finally caught out when, following the Collection's occupation by the Fifth Axis and their Dalek masters, he decided to ensure the Collection would survive by finding an army to defend it. He turned to the colony of Cantus, which had been taken over long ago by the Cybermen, and had a member of the Collection, Ronan McGinley, turned into a Cyber-Controller subordinate to Braxiatel's will. Using a mysterious Gallifreyan crystal, Ronan was able to make all the Cybermen follow Braxiatel's orders. In the audio adventure, The Crystal of Cantus it was revealed that the crystal was slowly killing Ronan, so Braxiatel arranged for Jason to arrive on Cantus to become the new Controller. Thanks to Benny, this plan backfired and Jason remembered everything that Braxiatel had done to him. Braxiatel then left the Collection. Before he left, the last words Ronan McGinley spoke were, "The thing in your head... it's still there...", hinting that Pandora is still active.
Braxiatel turned up again in The Tub Full of Cats, in which he returned to the Collection to negotiate an agreement that would prevent war between the Draconians and the Mim. Later, in the audio The End of the World (not to be confused with the Doctor Who episode of the same name), Jason Kane confronted him for the things he had done to him, Benny, and their friends. It was during this confrontation, that partly due to Brax's own manipulations, but partly also by accident, Jason was killed. Benny soon learns of Brax's role in Jason's death, and in The Wake she flees from him.
Braxiatel soon reveals that Benny plays a critical role in his plans, and lures her into a trap. She is freed from this trap in Resurrecting the Past, which directly follows the animated short Dead and Buried. This version of Braxiatel finally meets his maker in Escaping the Future.
From Judgement Day onwards, an alternative version of Braxiatel has appeared, claiming to be the version from the Gallifrey continuity. The exact nature of the relationship between these and other hinted at versions of Braxiatel is currently unknown.
Braxiatel is voiced by actor Miles Richardson, whose interpretation of the role has influenced the changing nature of the character.
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