 The book is set before Benny met the Doctor and was not officially licensed by the BBC (as owners of "Doctor Who"), but does contain some allusions to "Doctor Who", specifically the Silurians as depicted in the television series and in the Virgin New Adventures spin-off novels.The book also references Benny's back-story as explored in the New Adventures.A young Bernice Summerfield lands a job as an archaeologist on a colony world.