Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-3151908-20121220040818/@comment-88790-20130322144809

While I don't know what the OP is talking about, and I've not listened to any of what I'm about to mention, I have done some quick research.

According to this review and interview with Scott Handcock he doesn't consider it a spin-off. Because the central character was conceived by Wilde (and also says that would be like saying Sherlock Holmes is a spin-off from DW because he featured in All-Consuming Fire.

Dorian Gray does however feature in Shades of Gray (audio story) which was suggested to Scott Handcock that he write it by Gary Russell.

So according to Handcock he doesn't think it's a spin-off, but Dorian as played Alexander Vlahos does appear in Shades of Gray and the Confessions series. Handcock's Dorian did appear in the Bernice Summerfield story first. Which makes him part of Benny and the DW universe.