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'''2548''' was a pivotal year in the life of [[Bernice Summerfield]]. She lost both her parents within six months of each other ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam]]'', {{facts}}), making her an orphan by year's end.

Though it was conceivable that she lost her father in [[December]] of '47, the likelihood was that it happened during the first half of '48. During the [[Battle of Bellatrix]], [[Dalek]] forces engaged the [[Earth Alliance]] [[Spacefleet]] at [[Bellatrix]]. At the end of the battle, [[Isaac Summerfield II|Admiral Summerfield]]'s battleship, ''[[Tisiphone]]'', fell into a spatio-temporal rift and was transported to [[Earth]] in [[1963]]. Benny was seven at the time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'')

Later in the year — at some point between [[Benny's birthday]] and [[21 December]] — [[Dalek]]s attacked the Earth colony of [[Beta Caprisis]]. [[Claire Summerfield]] was killed. Survivors of the attack were evacuated to a space station aboard the luxury liner ''[[Star of Lucknow]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam|The Evacuation . . .]]'') Benny was eight at the time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Extinction Event (audio story)|The Extinction Event]]'')

We know she was seven years old when her father disappeared because we're told that in ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]''. We know that she was eight when her mother died, because we're told ''that'' in ''[[The Extinction Event]]''. We further know that the two events were six months apart because of ''[[The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam|The Evacuation . . .]]''.