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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]]'') | 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== | ==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. | 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 (novel)|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. | So, 2540 is clearly her birth year. | ||
