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| '''Lawrence Miles''' wrote several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Bernice Summerfield]]'' novels and created the [[Faction Paradox (series)|''Faction Paradox'' series]]. | | '''Lawrence Miles''' shidded and farded a lot[[fr:Lawrence Miles]] |
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| He introduced [[Faction Paradox]] and the [[Time Lord]]s' [[War in Heaven|Future War]] in his [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[Eighth Doctor]] novel ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. At the time, he never intended for it to become a large arc: "It was never supposed to be a big murder-mystery type of thing, with this huge question hovering over it. At the time, I was planning on revealing who [[the enemy]] was in the next book I did, but [[Stephen Cole]] stopped me doing it."<ref name="Last Interview">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225192943/http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=FactionFinal The Potential Last Ever Doctor Who Interview with Lawrence Miles]</ref> The first draft of his [[1999 (releases)|1999]] novel ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'' barely even mentioned Faction Paradox, but upon learning that [[Kate Orman]] planned to include them in ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', he felt emboldened to do more with them.<ref name="64 Thousand">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php 64 Thousand-Dollar Questions]</ref>
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| At its release, ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'' was the only two-part novel ever released by BBC Books, and it garnered widespread controversy. Although fans on the Internet liked and supported ''Interference'',<ref name="Last Interview" /> extremely negative reviews like [[Ness Bishop]]'s in [[DWM 281]] made Miles feel that he had "lost [his] mandate", and on 17 August 1999 he posted his resignation from writing Doctor Who.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050228081424/http://planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/coat.php All-Purpose Internet Statement]</ref> Instead, he began working on the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series, and by the year [[2000 (production)|2000]] [[BBV Productions]] agreed to <ref name="Last Interview" />
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| However, he returned to [[BBC Books]] in [[2002 (releases)|2002]] with ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', which introduced the major recurring villain [[Sabbath Dei|Sabbath]]. "I didn't write ''Adventuress'' because I had the desperate urge to write another book," Miles said. "I did it because I needed a job."<ref name="Outpost Miles Interview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20041104232208/http://gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Archive of Outpost Gallifrey - Lawrence Miles Interview]</ref>
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| The first story in the [[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox series]], the two-part audio story ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven Day Empire]]'' and ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]'', was released in [[2001 (releases)|2001]]. Due to the audios' popularity, [[BBV Productions]] switched their previously anthology-style [[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]] range to exclusively focus on Faction Paradox audios. However, BBV cancelled its audio line in [[2004 (releases)|2004]], ending the [[the Faction Paradox Protocols|Faction Paradox Protocols]]. Looking for a new publisher, Miles was impressed by the actors at [[Magic Bullet Productions]] and reached out to [[Alan Stevens]]; though the resultant [[The True History of Faction Paradox|True History of Faction Paradox]] series was designed as a stand-alone release, it featured the characters of [[Justine McManus|Justine]] and [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]] from the Protocols audios.<ref>[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]</ref>
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| Meanwhile, the first Faction Paradox book, ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', was published by [[Mad Norwegian Press]] in [[2002 (releases)|2002]] with Miles as both main contributor and editor. This release was followed first by Miles' novel ''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]'' and then by a string of Faction Paradox novels edited by Miles and published by Mad Norwegian. When Mad Norwegian cancelled the line in [[2006 (releases)|2006]] and the rights passed to [[Random Static]], Miles continued as editor, but Random Static published only one Faction Paradox novel in [[2007 (releases)|2007]] before the rights were passed on to [[Obverse Books]]. Miles edited Obverse's first Faction Paradox book, the [[2011 (releases)|2011]] anthology ''[[A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)|A Romance in Twelve Parts]]'', before ending his involvement in the series. However, the first two Obverse-published Faction Paradox novels, ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'' and ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'', had been edited by Miles while he was still working with the range.
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| In [[2003 (releases)|2003]], Miles wrote a Faction Paradox comic, which Mad Norwegian published through [[Image Comics]]. Due to a variety of reasons, only two issues of the comic were produced and published; however, at the same time, Mad Norwegian began working with Miles on a series of Doctor Who reference guides.<ref name="Mad Norwegian Comic">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100527225636/http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic_overview.php Comic Overview]</ref> In these "[[About Time]]" books, cowritten with [[Tat Wood]], Miles presented his perspective on seasons [[Season 1|1]] through [[Season 21|21]] of the classic Doctor Who series. Miles would later review many episodes of the modern Doctor Who series on [https://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com his blog.]
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| Despite spending much of his writing career on the Faction Paradox series, Miles considered Doctor Who inescapable and feared that he had been "tainted for life".<ref name="BBC Miles Interview">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060314193829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13690.shtml BBC Miles Interview]</ref> He would later affectionately called it part of his "native mythology".<ref name="Comic Interview">[https://www.ninthart.org/display.php?article=739 Comic Interview]</ref>
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| == Bibliography ==
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| === Novels ===
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| ==== Virgin New Adventures ====
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| * ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]''
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| * ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]''
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| * ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''
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| ==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
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| * ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''
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| * ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One: Shock Tactic]]''
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| * ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two: The Hour of the Geek]]''
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| * ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''
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| ==== Faction Paradox ====
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| * ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' (with [[Simon Bucher-Jones]], [[Daniel O'Mahony]], [[Ian McIntire]], [[Mags L. Halliday]], [[Helen Fayle]], [[Philip Purser-Hallard]], [[Kelly Hale]], [[Jonathan Dennis]], & [[Mark Clapham]])
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| * ''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
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| === Short stories ===
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| ==== Virgin Decalog ====
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| * ''[[The Judgement of Solomon (short story)|The Judgement of Solomon]]'' (in ''[[Decalog 5: Wonders]]'')
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| ==== BBC Short Trips ====
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| * ''[[Vrs (short story)|Vrs]]'' (in ''[[Short Trips and Side Steps]]'')
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| ==== ''Faction Paradox'' ====
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| * ''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]'' (in ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
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| * ''[[Grass (short story)|Grass]]'' (in ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
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| * ''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go Prologue (short story)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go Prologue]]''
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| * ''[[The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic (short story)|The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic]]'' (in ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
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| === Audio ===
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| ==== ''The Faction Paradox Protocols'' =====
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| * ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven Day Empire]]''
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| * ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]''
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| * ''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]''
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| * ''[[In the Year of the Cat (audio story)|In the Year of the Cat]]''
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| * ''[[Movers (audio story)|Movers]]''
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| * ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)|A Labyrinth of Histories]]''
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| ===== ''The True History of Faction Paradox'' =====
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| * ''[[Coming to Dust (audio story)|Coming to Dust]]''
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| * ''[[The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)|The Ship of a Billion Years]]''
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| * ''[[Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]''
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| * ''[[Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)|Words from Nine Divinities]]''
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| * ''[[Ozymandias (audio story)|Ozymandias]]''
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| * ''[[The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)|The Judgment of Sutekh]]''
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| ===== ''Bernice Summerfield'' ====
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| * ''[[The Adolescence of Time (audio story)|The Adolescence of Time]]''
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| === Comics ===
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| * ''[[Political Animals (comic story)|Political Animals]]''
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| * ''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]''
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| === Reference books ===
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| * ''[[About Time 1]]''
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| * ''[[About Time 2]]''
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| * ''[[About Time 3]]''
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| * ''[[About Time 4]]''
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| * ''[[About Time 5]]''
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| === Unfinished pitches ===
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| * ''[[Valentine's Day (novel)|Valentine's Day]]''
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| * ''[[The War (novel)|The War]]''
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| * ''[[Beneath the Planet of the Spiders (novel)|Beneath the Planet of the Spiders]]''
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| * ''[[Creatures of Habit (comic story)|Creatures of Habit]]''
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| == Footnotes ==
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| == External links ==
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| * [https://beasthouse-lm.blogspot.com Lawrence Miles' Beasthouse]
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| * [https://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com Lawrence Miles' Doctor Who blog]
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101225192943/http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=FactionFinal The Potential Last Ever Doctor Who Interview with Lawrence Miles]
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060314193829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13690.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Lawrence Miles, 01 January 2004]
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| * [http://web.archive.org/web/20041104232208/http://gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Lawrence Miles''' (archived)]
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