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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, ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam]]'') 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|Admiral Summerfield]]'s battleship, ''[[Tisiphone]]'', fell into a spatio-temporal rift, and was transported to [[1963]] [[Earth]]. Benny was seven at the time. ([[NA]]: ''[[Return of the Living Dad]]'') | |||
Later in the year — at some point between [[Benny's birthday]] and [[21st 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]]''. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam|The Evacuation . . .]]'') Benny was eight at the time. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Extinction Event]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
Just to be clear, most of this is ''calculated'' knowledge, rather than direct statement. The starting point for calculations is [[2540]] because that year ''is'' directly stated in ''[[Just War]]'' as her birth year, and because ''Just War'' goes to great lengths to invalidate the year given in ''[[Falls the Shadow]]'', 2422, as being a year following a different calendar. 2540 is later confirmed by ''[[Genius Loci]]'', because that audio has her getting her M.A. in 2562 at the age of 22. | |||
So, 2540 is clearly her birth year. | |||
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 . . .]]''. | |||
Since six months before 21 June is 21 December, the earliest time she could have lost her dad was 21 December 2547. However, neither ''The Evacuation . . . '' nor ''The Extinction Event'' characterise Benny as having ''just'' turned eight. Thus, she ''probably'' has been eight for more than 10 days, meaning that the [[Battle of Bellatrix]] more likely occurred in early '48 than late '47. | |||
