Edgar Nelson-Stanley

Professor Edgar Nelson-Stanley was a human archaeologist. He was the husband of Bea Nelson-Stanley. At one time he had encountered Sontarans. He thought that they were "the silliest race in the galaxy". (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)

In 1953, he discovered a Vondraxian orb in the Arctic. It was shipped to Cardiff for analysis by Torchwood Three. (PROSE: Trace Memory)

He and Bea discovered the Gorgon's talisman in Syria. They were also responsible for the defeat of the second of the three Gorgons on Earth. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)

Bea and Edgar saw wonderful things, among them people made of light, mermaids leaping with dolphins, and young Yetis frolicking in the snow. (PROSE: Eye of the Gorgon) He once told Bea to meet him between the paws of the Sphinx. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)