At Benton's Hotel
Prologue THE GREATEST STAY IN THE GALAXY Whoever would have dreamt that dear old Sergeant Benton of UNIT would end up running the best hotel in the universe! Located in the vast space station the Wheel in Space in the Nova constellation, Benton ’s Hotel was very expensive, but that was not really the point. You paid through the nose, but you got what you paid for. Once you reserved your room at Benton ’s, all worry, anxiety and discomfort melted away! It was quite customary for husbands to say joyfully to their wives, “It will be all right, darling, I can come with you to Alpha Centaurii: I’ve booked the kids and nannybot into Benton ’s .” Or else they’d say: “So few places where an elderly lady can stay alone in this solar system, but of course great-great-great-grandmama will be quite all right at Benton ’s , we’ve been staying there for years ”. Dear old Benton ’s! All the upper echelons of galaxy society would vie to stay there –...