Her husband, Edgar Nelson-Stanley, was an archaeologist, and he had found some kind of talisman during a dig in Syria. They were found by the second of the Gorgons and she was turned to stone before her husband managed to slay it. She was returned to flesh soon after by the talisman. After Alan Jackson was restored to normal, Bea was given the talisman for safe-keeping, originally remembering the danger it posed until Sarah Jane told her the Gorgon was dead. After putting the talisman on, Bea could hear the voice of her husband telling her that he loved her, much to her shock.