B00DPX9ST8 EBOK (299 page)

[
896
]
Benny: Epoch: Private Enemy No. 1

[
897
] Dating
Benny: The Doomsday Manuscript
(Benny BF novel #1) - The story opens on New Year’s Eve; Benny declares that it’s “January the first” (p40) while tumbling into bed at three in the morning. Benny’s diary cites the end date of the adventure as on or about “January 6th” (p125), and also confirms the year as 2600.

[
898
] Dating
Benny: The Secret of Cassandra
(Benny audio #2.1) - The audio takes place between
Benny: The Doomsday Manuscript
and
Benny: The Squire’s Crystal
. Chosan is named in
Benny: The Poison Seas
.

[
899
]
Benny: The Poison Seas

[
900
] Dating
Benny: The Squire’s Crystal
(Benny BF novel #3) - The month is given, which means that
The Squire’s Crystal
takes place before
Benny: The Gods of the Underworld,
even though it was published afterwards.

[
901
] Dating
Benny: The Gods of the Underworld
(Benny BF novel #2) - Benny’s diary dates the start of the adventure to “March 12th 2600” (p7) and the story unfolds for some days afterwards.

[
902
]
Love and War
, presumably a reference to the Daleks’ use of blackmail in
Death to the Daleks.

[
903
] Dating
Death to the Daleks
(11.3) - There is no date given on screen, but the story takes place after the Dalek Wars.
The Programme Guide
placed it in “c.3700” (first edition), “c.2800” (second edition) and
The Terrestrial Index
put it in “the twenty-fifth century”.

The TARDIS Logs
offered a date of “3767 AD” (the same year as
The Monster of Peladon
).
The Official Doctor Who & the Daleks Book
claimed that the Dalek Plague used in this story is the Movellan Virus, so the author set the story between
Resurrection of the Daleks
and
Revelation of the Daleks
, around 3000 AD. This is nonsense, though, as that plague would have no effect on humans - as the Doctor says in
Resurrection of the Daleks
, “it is only partial to Dalek”. The gas that disfigures humans seen in
Resurrection of the Daleks
is not the Movellan Virus, but a weapon that the Daleks themselves are immune to.

The Daleks routinely use germ warfare throughout their history (we see it in
The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Planet of the Daleks
and
Resurrection of the Daleks
). It’s never stated in this story that the Daleks caused the plague on the human colony planets, but it’s fair to infer they did, especially as they’re stopped from launching a “plague missile” at Exxilon.
Timelink
suggested “3500”.
About Time
said, “A dating between 2600 and 2900 would be plausible”.

[
904
] Dating
Benny: The Stone’s Lament
and
Benny: The Extinction Event
(Benny audios #2.2, 2.3) - These are placed strictly by order of release.

[
905
] Dating
Benny: The Infernal Nexus
(Benny BF novel #4) - “A few months” (p185) have passed since
The Squire’s Crystal
.

[
906
] Dating
Benny: The Skymines of Karthos
(Benny audio #2.4) - Five months have passed since Benny got impregnated (in absentia) in
The Squire’s Crystal
.

[
907
] Dating
Benny: The Glass Prison
(Benny BF novel #5) - “About ten months” (p17) have passed since
Benny: The Doomsday Manuscript
. That’s in line with Benny being inseminated in
Benny: The Squire’s Crystal
(which takes place in February), allowing that human-Killoran matings must still have a nine-month gestation cycle.
The Glass Prison
begins at “Day -7” (p9) from Peter’s birth and finishes with the event on “Day 0” (p122), save for an epilogue with his christening. It’s still 2600 (p25). Peter’s middle name is a remembrance of Guy de Carnac from
Sanctuary
.

[
908
] Dating Bernice Summerfield Series 3 (
Benny: The Greatest Shop in the Galaxy
, audio #3.1;
Benny: The Green-Eyed Monster
, audio #3.2;
Benny: The Plague Herds of Excelis
,
Excelis
series #4;
Benny: The Dance of the Dead
, audio #3.3;
Benny: A Life of Surprises
, collection #2; and
Benny: The Mirror Effect
, audio #3.4) and Series 4 (
Benny: The Bellotron Incident
audio #4.1;
Benny: The Draconian Rage
, audio #4.2;
Benny: The Poison Seas
, audio #4.3;
Benny: Life During Wartime
, collection #3;
Benny: Death and the Daleks
, audio #4.4;
Benny: The Big Hunt
, novel #6) - The dating clues within these stories are sparse, but time, particularly with regards Peter’s growth and development, appears to be progressing roughly in accord with the real world. The opening story of Series 5 (
Benny: The Grel Escape
) dates to 2603, so it seems reasonable to conclude that Series 3 and 4 respectively occur in 2601 and 2602.

[
909
] “Seven years” before
Benny: Beyond the Sea
. IMC operatives were seen in
Colony in Space
; the company is also mentioned in
Benny: Resurrecting the Past
.

[
910
]
Benny: Death and the Daleks

[
911
] Dating
Benny: Life During Wartime
(Benny collection #3) and
Benny: Death and the Daleks
(Benny audio #4.4) - According to the introduction of
Life During Wartime
, “It’s 2602.” The audio follows on from the short story collection.

[
912
]
Benny: The End of the World
. Mira is mentioned throughout the works of Dave Stone, and first appeared in
Benny: The Mary-Sue Extrusion
.

[
913
] Dating
Benny: The Big Hunt
(Benny BF novel #6) - The blurb says that Benny is taking a break from the rebuilding of the Braxiatel Collection, suggesting that
The Big Hunt
follows on from
Benny: Death and the Daleks
- although technically, it was released between
Benny: The Grel Escape
and
Benny: The Bone of Contention
. The Eagle Museum is presumably in Armstrong City, mentioned in
The Sword of Forever
.

[
914
] “A good few years” before
Benny: The Empire State
. Maggi’s full name is given in
Benny: The Tub Full of Cats
. Braxiatel tells Maggi that the raw energy for her power comes from a stabilised black hole - presumably the Eye of Harmony on Gallifrey.

[
915
] Dating Bernice Summerfield Series 5 (
Benny: The Grel Escape
, audio #5.1;
The Bone of Contention
, audio #5.2;
Benny: A Life Worth Living
, collection #4;
Benny: The Relics of Jegg-Sau
, audio #5.3;
Benny: The Masquerade of Death
, audio #5.4;
Benny: Silver Lining
, promo with
DWM
#351;
Benny: The Tree of Life
, Benny BF novel #7) and Series 6 (Benny
: The Heart’s Desire
, audio #6.1;
Benny: The Kingdom of the Blind
, audio #6.2; Benny
: A Life in Pieces
, collection #5;
Benny: The Lost Museum
, audio #6.3;
Benny: The Goddess Quandary
, audio #6.4;
Benny: Parallel Lives
, collection #6;
Benny: Something Changed
, collection #7;
Benny: The Crystal of Cantus
, audio #6.5) - The Series 5 opener (
The Grel Escape
) cites 2603 as “the present day”, and the final adventure of Series 6 (
The Crystal of Cantus
) occurs in January (or possibly February) 2606. Ergo, Benny Series 5 and 6 must be extended over a nearly three-year period.

Helpfully, two markers denote when the calendar changes -
Benny: A Life Worth Living
(released between
The Bone of Contention
and
The Relics of Jegg-Sau
) says “it’s now 2604” (p1) and also that it’s “April 2604” (p17), and
Benny: The Heart’s Desire
takes place on Christmas Eve of the same year, pushing the remainder of Series 6 into 2605. The only problem with this arrangement is that Benny has a comparatively unadventurous 2603, but it’s no different from the similarly uneventful gap between her New Adventures and Big Finish stories.

[
916
]
Benny: The Crystal of Cantus
;
Benny: A Life Worth Living:
“A Summer Affair”.

[
917
] Dating
100:
“The 100 Days of the Doctor” (BF #100d) - The expedition occurs while Benny is in Braxiatel’s employ; otherwise, its placement is arbitrary.

[
918
] The year prior to
Benny: The Goddess Quandary.

[
919
] Dating
Benny: The Heart’s Desire
(Benny audio #6.1) - The story occurs on Christmas Eve, and ends at the stroke of midnight. Mention is made of a flight to Stella Stora, which was first referenced in
Terror of the Vervoids
and is cited in
Benny: Present Danger
(p93).

[
920
] This is the background to the Monoid race seen in
The Ark
. They appear to have some contact with humanity long prior to that story, however:
The Doomsday Weapon
(the novelisation of
Colony in Space
) cites the Monoids as a race that humanity encountered during its expansion into space, and
The Pirate Loop
references them as a slave race akin to the Ood.

[
921
] At least a year prior to
Benny: The Tartarus Gate.

[
922
] Dating
Benny: A Life in Pieces
(Benny collection #5) - The collection was published in December 2004, which all things being equal would place it between
Benny: The Relics of Jegg-Sau
and
Benny: Masquerade of Death
in 2604. However, Benny’s diary and other notations date these stories to 2605. Morton is murdered on 23rd of September, 2605 (extrapolating backward from the anniversary of his death, p150), and Benny’s diary claims that she and Jason return to the Collection on the last day of his trial, “14/11/05”.