Stacy was born in 2220. (COMIC: Dreadnought) Her parents were Christopher and Mary Townsend. (PROSE: Placebo Effect) By 2246, she was a worker on a deep space haulage freighter, the Dreadnought, along with Bill, her fiancé. They hoped to get married at St Christopher's Church in Norfolk. Then the Cybermen attacked. They captured Bill and subjected him to cyber-conversion. By the time the Doctor arrived in his TARDIS in response to the Dreadnought's distress signal, he could not save Bill. However Bill was able to fight back against his conditioning enough to defeat the Cybermen. Stacy decided to join the Doctor on his travels. (COMIC: Dreadnought)