It is written by Dale Smith, author of the BBC Books Past Doctor Adventure Heritage.

The novella is also available in a limited edition hardback, signed by the author (ISBN 1-84583-101-2) The series is not formally connected to the Whoniverse.

It has been suggested that the Ninth Doctor makes a brief cameo in the novella, although Smith has neither confirmed nor denied it.

An encounter with the mysterious Catherine Howkins warns Honoré Lechasseur that Emily Blandish is about to die.

Smith created the character of the Albino prior to The Albino's Dancer in a Doctor Who short story, "Virgo the Virgin", which was submitted for the Big Finish Productions anthology Short Trips: Zodiac but ultimately rejected.