Stephenson was a renowned 19th century British engineer. When the Eighth Doctor brough Madeline De Roche into his TARDIS, she asked if it a new design by Stephenson or Brunel. (AUDIO: Other Lives)
Behind the scenes
- This individual is most likely Robert Stephenson. His father George Stephenson, an acquiantance of the Sixth Doctor, was also a renowned British engineer but was dead by 1851, when AUDIO: Other Lives takes place. Only a surname is mentioned and the story does not draw a connection between the two men.