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The '''''Faction Paradox'' series''' is a standalone collection of audio, prose, and comic stories set in and around the [[War in Heaven]], introduced in [[Lawrence Miles]]' [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''.
{{you may|Faction Paradox|Faction Paradox (in-universe series)|n1=the organisation|n2=the series' in-universe counterpart}}'''''Faction Paradox''''' is a series of audio, prose, and comic stories set in and around the [[War in Heaven]] and prominently featuring [[Faction Paradox]], both of which were introduced in [[Lawrence Miles]]'s [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', and utilising several other elements originally from ''[[Doctor Who]]''. In addition to direct and licensed inclusions, including [[Sontaran]]s and [[Sutekh]], there are also frequent allusions to other concepts from ''Doctor Who'' and other sci-fi series, such as the [[Time Lord]]s via the [[Homeworlder]]s.


== History ==
== History ==
At the time that [[Lawrence Miles]] wrote ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', he intended for the [[War in Heaven]] to stay indeterminably far in [[the Doctor]]'s future, like [[The Doctor (Battlefield)|Merlin]] or [[the Valeyard]].<ref name="Last Interview">{{cite web
The [[War in Heaven]] was introduced in the novel {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}. At the time the book was written, author [[Lawrence Miles]] intended for the War to remain indeterminably far in the series' future.<ref name="Last Interview">{{cite web
|url=http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/inter/INTER00.TXT
|url = http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/inter/INTER00.TXT
|title=The "Last Ever" Interview
|title=The "Last Ever" Interview
|author=[[Lawrence Miles]]
|author = [[Lawrence Miles]]
|date of source=28 May 2000
|date of source=28 May 2000
|website name=Menace The Miles
|website name = Menace The Miles
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030204002644/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/inter/INTER00.TXT
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030204002644/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/inter/INTER00.TXT
|archivedate=4 February 2003
|archivedate = 4 February 2003
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6018251
|url = https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/rate-36-the-ancestor-cell-by-peter-anghelides-and-stephen-cole.146561/#post-6018251
|title=Re: Rate 36. The Ancestor Cell
|title=Re: Rate 36. The Ancestor Cell
|author=[[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|author = [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|date of source=20 August 2012
|date of source=20 August 2012
|website name=[[Gallifrey Base]]
|website name = [[Gallifrey Base]]
|quote=The Time Lord War was never meant to be something which actually happened in the EDA range – it was part of the Doctor's distant future, like Merlin or the Valeyard, and could have been kept there indefinitely if the editors had shown wiling.
|quote=The Time Lord War was never meant to be something which actually happened in the EDA range – it was part of the Doctor's distant future, like [[The Doctor (Battlefield)|Merlin]] or [[the Valeyard]], and could have been kept there indefinitely if the editors had shown wiling.
}}</ref> However, after he learned that [[Kate Orman]] and [[Jon Blum]] were including [[Faction Paradox]] in their novel ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', he felt justified to explore them further in his [[1999 (releases)|1999]] two-part novel ''[[Interference (novel)|Interference]]'',<ref name="64 Thousand">{{cite web
}}</ref> However, after he learned that [[Kate Orman]] and [[Jon Blum]] would be including [[Faction Paradox]] in {{cs|Unnatural History (novel)}}, he felt justified to explore the idea further in his two-part novel {{cs|Interference (novel)}},<ref name="64 Thousand">{{cite web
|url=http://www.planeteleven.co.uk/features/lmia/64thousand.php
|url = http://www.planeteleven.co.uk/features/lmia/64thousand.php
|title=64 Thousand-Dollar Questions
|title=64 Thousand-Dollar Questions
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|date of source=11 March 2001
|date of source=11 March 2001
|website name=The Complete Lawrence Miles
|website name = The Complete Lawrence Miles
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php
|archivedate=1 March 2005}}</ref> which introduced the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] and the [[Remote]]. Despite the novel's positive online and international reception, after ''Interference'' received unfavourable reviews in [[DWM 281]] and elsewhere, Miles felt he had "lost [his] mandate" and resigned from writing ''[[Doctor Who]]''<ref>{{cite web
|archivedate = 1 March 2005}}</ref> which introduced the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] and the [[Remote]]. Despite positive online and international reception, ''Interference'' received an unfavourable review in [[DWM 281]], and Miles subsequently felt he had "lost [his] mandate" and resigned from writing ''Doctor Who''<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.drwho/VAjJbVHxGeE/BOiYChXgSg8J
|url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.drwho/VAjJbVHxGeE/BOiYChXgSg8J
|title=All-Purpose Internet Statement
|title = All-Purpose Internet Statement
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author=Lawrence Miles
|date of source=17 August 1999
|date of source = 17 August 1999
|website name=[[Rec.arts.drwho]]
|website name=[[Rec.arts.drwho]]
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010422150307/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk:80/loz/coat.htm
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010422150307/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk:80/loz/coat.htm
|archivedate=22 April 2001
|archivedate=22 April 2001
}}</ref> to instead develop a ''Faction Paradox'' series.<ref name="Last Interview" />
}}</ref> to instead develop a ''Faction Paradox'' series.<ref name="Last Interview" />


By the year [[2000 (production)|2000]], [[BBV Productions]] had agreed to produce ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' audio series.<ref name="Last Interview" /> These audios introduced several concepts that would later become staples of the ''Faction Paradox'' range, such as the Faction's [[shadow-weapon]]s and alternate names like "[[Great House]]s" for the [[Time Lord]]s or "[[timeship]]s" for [[TARDIS]]es. Miles described these alternate names as the continuation of the reinvention that he began in ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'': as he developed more of the mechanics of the [[War in Heaven]], the War-era Time Lords evolved further and further away from the Time Lords of the past.<ref name="Gallifrey One Interview">{{cite web
By the year [[2000 (production)|2000]], [[BBV Productions]] had agreed to produce ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' audio series.<ref name="Last Interview" /> These audios introduced several concepts that would later become staples of the ''Faction Paradox'' range, such as the Faction's [[shadow-weapon]]s and alternate names like "[[Great House]]s" for the [[Time Lord]]s and "[[timeship]]s" for [[TARDIS]]es. Miles described these reinventions as the continuation of the process that he began in ''Alien Bodies'': as he developed more of the War in Heaven, its factions evolved further and further away from the versions from the past.<ref name="Gallifrey One Interview">{{cite web
|url=http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles
|url = http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles
|title=Outpost Gallifrey Interview
|title=Outpost Gallifrey Interview
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|year of source=2001
|year of source=2001
|website name=[[Outpost Gallifrey]]
|website name = [[Outpost Gallifrey]]
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030614094049/http://gallifreyone.com:80/interview.php?id=miles
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030614094049/http://gallifreyone.com:80/interview.php?id=miles
|archivedate=14 June 2003}}</ref>
|archivedate = 14 June 2003}}</ref>


This process would not be completed until the writing of ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', a "guidebook to a series that doesn't exist yet"<ref name="Gallifrey One Interview" /> intended to be a standalone companion to the ''Protocols'' audios.<ref name="Old MNP News">{{cite web
This process was completed in the writing of {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)}}, a "guidebook to a series that doesn't exist yet"<ref name="Gallifrey One Interview" /> intended to be a standalone companion to the ''Protocols'' audios.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/news.php4
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/news.php4
|title=Mad Norwegian News
|title=New ''Faction Paradox'' Book Announced - Edited by Lawrence Miles!
|year of source=2002-2003
|date of source = 12 February 2002
|website name=[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|website name=[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422184311/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/news.php4
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030422184311/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/news.php4
|archivedate=22 April 2003
|archivedate=22 April 2003
}}</ref> A total of twelve authors, including established ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novelists as well as less-experienced writers from contemporary [[charity publication]]s, contributed short stories to the book in the form of alphabetically-sorted encyclopedia entries. As Miles collected, edited, and synthesized these stories, he developed the War as a more mythological setting with the scale and appearance of [[science fiction]] but none of the props.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> A total of twelve authors, including established ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novelists as well as writers from contemporary [[charity publication]]s, contributed short stories to the book in the form of alphabetically-sorted encyclopedia entries. As Miles collected, edited, and synthesised these stories, he developed the War as a more mythological setting with the scale and appearance of [[science fiction]] but none of the "props".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbvonline.co.uk/fea_faction_paradox_Intvw_LM.htm
|url = http://www.bbvonline.co.uk/fea_faction_paradox_Intvw_LM.htm
|title=The Faction Paradox Interview
|title=The Faction Paradox Interview
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|year of source=2003
|year of source=2003
|website name=[[BBV Productions|BBV Online]]
|website name=[[BBV Productions|BBV Online]]
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030506161546/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk:80/fea_faction_paradox_Intvw_LM.htm
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030506161546/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk:80/fea_faction_paradox_Intvw_LM.htm
|archivedate=6 May 2003
|archivedate=6 May 2003
}}</ref> For instance, rather than using [[alien]]s in ''The Book of the War'', Miles characterised all non-[[human]]s as either [[god]]s, like the [[Great House]]s and [[Celestis]], or monsters, like the [[Yssgaroth]] and [[Mal'akh]].<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> For instance, rather than using [[alien]]s in ''The Book of the War'', Miles characterised all non-[[human]]s as either [[god]]s, like the [[Great House]]s and [[Celestis]], or monsters, like the [[Yssgaroth]] and [[Mal'akh]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook3.html
|url = http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook3.html
|title=''Of the City of the Saved'' Notes – Book Three
|title=''Of the City of the Saved'' Notes – Book Three
|author=Philip Purser-Hallard
|author = Philip Purser-Hallard
|website name=Infinitarian.com
|website name=Infinitarian.com
|quote=Lawrence Miles decided early on that there would be minimal emphasis on “aliens” in the Faction universe: in ''The Book of the War'' non-humans are gods, like the members of the Great Houses, or monsters, like the Mal'akh.
|quote = Lawrence Miles decided early on that there would be minimal emphasis on “aliens” in the Faction universe: in ''The Book of the War'' non-humans are gods, like the members of the Great Houses, or monsters, like the Mal'akh.
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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At some point these Houses engaged in a [[War in Heaven|war]] with an [[the enemy|equally inscrutable enemy]], and the war intersected – still intersects – human history like a [[bible|biblical]] {{w|war in Heaven}}, impacting on humanity but without direct human involvement. Usually. So that makes [[Faction Paradox]] a [[Prometheus]] among the Titans, it's a splinter-group halfway between the elite and humanity, which believes in (a) introducing its principles to the "collaterals" caught in the crossfire... that's us, essentially... and (b) interfering in the plans of the Houses whenever possible.|[[Lawrence Miles]]<ref>{{cite web
At some point these Houses engaged in a [[War in Heaven|war]] with an [[the enemy|equally inscrutable enemy]], and the war intersected – still intersects – human history like a [[bible|biblical]] {{w|war in Heaven}}, impacting on humanity but without direct human involvement. Usually. So that makes [[Faction Paradox]] a [[Prometheus]] among the Titans, it's a splinter-group halfway between the elite and humanity, which believes in (a) introducing its principles to the "collaterals" caught in the crossfire... that's us, essentially... and (b) interfering in the plans of the Houses whenever possible.|[[Lawrence Miles]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.ninthart.org/display.php?article=739
|url = https://www.ninthart.org/display.php?article=739
|title=Paradoxically Speaking
|title=Paradoxically Speaking
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|coauthors=Brent Keane
|coauthors=Brent Keane
|date of source=5 January 2004
|date of source = 5 January 2004
|website name=Ninth Art
|website name=Ninth Art
}}</ref>}}
}}</ref>}}


''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' was published in [[17 September (releases)|September]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]] by [[Mad Norwegian Press]], and it was such a success that, in [[2 December (production)|December]] of that year, Mad Norwegian announced that it was starting a series of standalone ''Faction Paradox'' novels edited by Miles. Despite the series' name, these novels would not specifically focus on the Faction, instead exploring "a myriad of times/settings" throughout the War.<ref name="Old MNP News" /> Each was written by a contributor to ''The Book of the War'', either building upon the contents of their entries (e.g. [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]'s ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved]]'' and [[Mags L. Halliday]]'s ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'') or telling completely new stories (e.g. [[Lance Parkin]]'s ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'' and [[Kelly Hale]]'s ''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]''). Notably, each book was set before its predecessor, with some novels hinting that their events were connected to or even caused by their successors.<ref>{{cite web
''The Book of the War'' was published by [[Mad Norwegian Press]] in [[17 September (releases)|September]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]], and following its success Mad Norwegian announced in [[2 December (production)|December]] of that year that it would publish a series of standalone ''Faction Paradox'' novels edited by Miles. Despite the series' name, these novels would not specifically focus on the Faction, instead exploring "a myriad of times/settings" throughout the War.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook2.html
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/news.php4
|title=Faction Paradox Novels Update
|date of source = 24 February 2003
|website name=[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030422184311/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/news.php4
|archivedate=22 April 2003
}}</ref> Each novel was written by a contributor to ''The Book of the War'', either building upon the contents of their entries (e.g. [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]'s ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved]]'' and [[Mags L. Halliday]]'s ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'') or telling completely new stories (e.g. [[Lance Parkin]]'s ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'' and [[Kelly Hale]]'s ''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]''). Notably, each book was set before its predecessor, with some novels hinting that their events were connected to or even caused by their successors.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook2.html
|title=''Of the City of the Saved'' Notes – Book Two
|title=''Of the City of the Saved'' Notes – Book Two
|author=Philip Purser-Hallard
|author = Philip Purser-Hallard
|website name=Infinitarian.com
|website name=Infinitarian.com
}}</ref><ref>[[Mags L. Halliday]]. ''Author's Notes''. ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'' ebook edition ([[2013 (releases)|]]). “This was another conceit of the series: that each novel was set earlier than the previous one. So the events at the end of ''Erasing Sherlock'' trigger elements of ''Warring States'', and the end of ''Warring States'' triggers elements of ''Of City of the Saved...''”</ref> Along with these original novels, Mad Norwegian also republished Miles' [[1999 (releases)|1999]] book ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'', which had originally been released in [[Virgin Books]]' ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' line.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>[[Mags L. Halliday]]. ''Author's Notes''. ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'' ebook edition ([[2013 (releases)|2013]]). “This was another conceit of the series: that each novel was set earlier than the previous one. So the events at the end of ''Erasing Sherlock'' trigger elements of ''Warring States'', and the end of ''Warring States'' triggers elements of ''Of City of the Saved...''”</ref> Along with these original novels, Mad Norwegian also republished Miles's [[1999 (releases)|1999]] book ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'', which had originally been released in [[Virgin Books]]' ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' line.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/news.php
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/news.php
|title=Faction News
|title=Faction News
|year of source=2003-2005
|year of source = 2003-2005
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050705081124/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/news.php
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050705081124/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/news.php
|archivedate=5 July 2005
|archivedate=5 July 2005
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


[[File:FP1.jpg|thumb|left|The cover of [[Political Animals (comic story)|FP 1]].]]
[[File:FP1.jpg|thumb|left|The cover of [[Political Animals (comic story)|FP 1]].]]
At the same time, Mad Norwegian began producing a ''Faction Paradox'' comic<ref name="Old MNP News" /> to be published by [[Image Comics]]. It was written by Lawrence Miles and tied into his [[2001 (releases)|2001]] [[Eighth Doctor]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|novel]] ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', albeit in a way that required no prior knowledge of that novel or any other ''Faction Paradox'' story.<ref>{{cite web
At the same time, Mad Norwegian began producing [[Faction Paradox (2003)|a ''Faction Paradox'' comic]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic_press1.php
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/news.php4
|title=Faction Paradox comic on the horizon!
|date of source = 19 September 2002
|website name=[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030422184311/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/news.php4
|archivedate=22 April 2003
}}</ref> to be published by [[Image Comics]]. It was written by Lawrence Miles and tied into his novel {{cs|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}}, albeit in a way that required no prior knowledge of that novel or any other ''Faction Paradox'' story.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic_press1.php
|title=Image Comics Press Release
|title=Image Comics Press Release
|date of source=15 May 2003
|date of source = 15 May 2003
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030822100120/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/fp_comic_press1.php
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030822100120/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/fp_comic_press1.php
|archivedate=22 August 2003
|archivedate=22 August 2003
|quote=Faction Paradox has a five-year history in science-fiction novels, but there's not a lick of pre-knowledge required for the comic book series.
|quote = Faction Paradox has a five-year history in science-fiction novels, but there's not a lick of pre-knowledge required for the comic book series.
}}</ref> The first issue, ''[[Political Animals (comic story)|Political Animals]]'', was listed as one of Diamond Distribution's "Gems of the Month"<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> The first issue, {{cs|Political Animals (comic story)}}, was listed as one of Diamond Distribution's "Gems of the Month"<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://previews.diamondcomics.com/products/gems.html
|url = http://previews.diamondcomics.com/products/gems.html
|title=Premier Gems of the Month
|title=Premier Gems of the Month
|year of source=June 2003
|year of source = June 2003
|website name=Diamond Comics
|website name=Diamond Comics
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030604200216/http://previews.diamondcomics.com:80/products/gems.html
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030604200216/http://previews.diamondcomics.com:80/products/gems.html
|archivedate=4 June 2003
|archivedate=4 June 2003
}}</ref> and was received favourably by several mainstream comic reviewers,<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> and was received favourably by several mainstream comic reviewers,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/product.php?item=fpissue1
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/product.php?item=fpissue1
|title=Faction Paradox #1
|title=Faction Paradox #1
|year of source=2003
|year of source = 2003
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040205091126/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/product.php?item=fpissue1
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040205091126/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/product.php?item=fpissue1
|archivedate=5 February 2004
|archivedate=5 February 2004
}}</ref> but for cost reasons Mad Norwegian decided to end the comic series after [[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|issue two]],<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> but for cost reasons Mad Norwegian chose to end the comic series after {{cs|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|its second issue}},<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic_overview.php
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic_overview.php
|title=Mad Norwegian ends ''Faction Paradox'' comic series
|title=Mad Norwegian ends ''Faction Paradox'' comic series
|author=[[Lars Pearson]]
|author = [[Lars Pearson]]
|date of source=June 2004
|date of source=June 2004
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|website name = Mad Norwegian Press
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804213342/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/fp_comic_overview.php
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804213342/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/fp_comic_overview.php
|archivedate=4 August 2004
|archivedate = 4 August 2004
}}</ref> leaving the [[Creatures of Habit (comic story)|third part]] unreleased and the story unfinished.
}}</ref> leaving the [[Creatures of Habit (comic story)|third part]] unreleased and the story unfinished.


In [[September (production)|September]] [[2003 (production)|2003]], [[BBV Productions]] announced that it was ending its ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' range to focus exclusively on the ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' line.<ref>{{cite web
In [[September (production)|September]] [[2003 (production)|2003]], [[BBV Productions]] announced it would end its ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' range to focus exclusively on the ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' line.<ref>{{cite web
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004172524/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk:80/news.html
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031004172524/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk:80/news.html
|url=http://www.bbvonline.co.uk:80/news.html
|url=http://www.bbvonline.co.uk:80/news.html
|title=BBV News
|title = BBV News
|date of source=September 2003
|date of source=September 2003
|archivedate=4 October 2003
|archivedate = 4 October 2003
|website name=BBV Online
|website name=BBV Online
|quote=Season 4 also wraps up BBV's audio output for the time being, with the exception of the Faction Paradox range, which will move to a separate audio series in their own right.}}</ref> However, BBV stopped producing new content after ''[[A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)|A Labyrinth of Histories]]'' in [[2004 (releases)|2004]], so Miles, impressed by the quality of actors in the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series, reached out to [[Magic Bullet Productions]] to continue the ''Faction Paradox'' audios. Though the resultant ''[[The True History of Faction Paradox|True History of Faction Paradox]]'' series was designed to be standalone from the earlier ''Protocols'' audios, it continued to feature the characters of [[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], and [[Lolita]], albeit played by different actors. The first ''True History'' audio was released in [[23 July (releases)|July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]], and the sixth and final story was released on [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref name="Downtime">''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]''</ref>
|quote=Season 4 also wraps up BBV's audio output for the time being, with the exception of the Faction Paradox range, which will move to a separate audio series in their own right.}}</ref> However, BBV stopped producing any new content after {{cs|A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)}} in [[2004 (releases)|2004]], so Miles, impressed by the quality of actors in [[Magic Bullet Productions]]' ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series, reached out to Magic Bullet to continue the ''Faction Paradox'' audios. Though the resultant ''[[The True History of Faction Paradox|True History of Faction Paradox]]'' series was designed to be standalone from the earlier ''Protocols'' audios, it continued to feature the characters of [[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], and [[Lolita]], albeit played by different actors. The six ''True History'' audios were released from [[23 July (releases)|July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] to [[23 November (releases)|23 November]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]].<ref name="Downtime">''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]''</ref>


Mad Norwegian Press CEO [[Lars Pearson]] announced in [[September (production)|September]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] that, as the return of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to television had focused fans' attentions elsewhere, the ''Faction Paradox'' novels would end with ''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]'' that [[December (releases)|December]]<ref>{{cite web
Mad Norwegian Press CEO [[Lars Pearson]] announced in [[September (production)|September]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] that, as the return of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to television had focused fans' attentions elsewhere, the ''Faction Paradox'' novels would end with {{cs|Erasing Sherlock (novel)}} that [[December (releases)|December]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/news.php
|url = http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/news.php
|title=Faction News
|title=Faction News
|year of source=2005-2008
|year of source = 2005-2008
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927235719/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/news.php
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080927235719/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/news.php
|archivedate=27 September 2008
|archivedate=27 September 2008
}}</ref> rather than continuing with [[Novel 6 (novel)|"Novel #6"]] as was previously announced.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> rather than continuing with [[Novel 6 (unproduced novel)|"Novel #6"]] as had been previously announced.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/you-want-to-know-the-few-char-t507.html#p1413
|url = https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/you-want-to-know-the-few-char-t507.html#p1413
|title=You want to know the few-char!
|title=You want to know the few-char!
|author=[[Lars Pearson]]
|author = [[Lars Pearson]]
|date of source=4 October 2005
|date of source=4 October 2005
|website name=The Faction Paradox Community
|website name = The Faction Paradox Community
}}</ref> However, the following July, [[New Zealand]]-based publisher [[Random Static]] announced they would resume the ''Faction Paradox'' novel line with ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'',<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> However, the following July, [[New Zealand]]-based publisher [[Random Static]] announced they would continue the ''Faction Paradox'' novel line with {{cs|Newtons Sleep (novel)}},<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.randomstatic.net/
|url = http://www.randomstatic.net/
|title=Random Static to publish Faction Paradox novels
|title=Random Static to publish Faction Paradox novels
|date of source=July 2007
|date of source = July 2007
|website name=[[Random Static|Random Static Ltd]]
|website name=[[Random Static|Random Static Ltd]]
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822193034/http://www.randomstatic.net/
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070822193034/http://www.randomstatic.net/
|archivedate=22 August 2007}}</ref> published [[12 January (releases)|January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] to some local media attention.<ref>{{cite web
|archivedate=22 August 2007}}</ref> published [[12 January (releases)|January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] to some local media attention.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/node/177600
|url = https://www.thebigidea.nz/node/177600
|title=A tale of love and magic in the Faction universe
|title=A tale of love and magic in the Faction universe
|date of source=11 January 2008
|date of source = 11 January 2008
|website name=The Big Idea
|website name=The Big Idea
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00015/newtons-sleep-puts-wellington-back-on-sci-fi-map.htm
|url = http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00015/newtons-sleep-puts-wellington-back-on-sci-fi-map.htm
|title=''Newtons Sleep'' puts Wellington back on sci-fi map
|title=''Newtons Sleep'' puts Wellington back on sci-fi map
|date of source=7 January 2008
|date of source = 7 January 2008
|website name=Scoop Independent News
|website name=Scoop Independent News
}}</ref> Concerned that the series branding was scaring off unfamiliar readers and distracting reviewers, Random Static later released the novel online as a free ebook without the ''Faction Paradox'' label.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> Concerned that the series branding was scaring off unfamiliar readers and distracting reviewers, Random Static later released the novel online as a free ebook without the ''Faction Paradox'' label.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/newtons-sleep-e-book-and-other-news-t1041.html#p698
|url = https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/newtons-sleep-e-book-and-other-news-t1041.html#p698
|title=Newtons Sleep Ebook and Other News
|title=Newtons Sleep Ebook and Other News
|author=[[Kelly Buchanan]]
|author = [[Kelly Buchanan]]
|date of source=16 January 2009
|date of source=16 January 2009
|website name=The Faction Paradox Community
|website name = The Faction Paradox Community
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://randomstatic.net/newtonssleep.php
|url = http://randomstatic.net/newtonssleep.php
|title=''Newtons Sleep''
|title=''Newtons Sleep''
|author=[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|author = [[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120031348/http://randomstatic.net/newtonssleep.php
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120031348/http://randomstatic.net/newtonssleep.php
|archivedate=20 January 2009
|archivedate = 20 January 2009
|website name=[[Random Static]]
|website name=[[Random Static]]
}}</ref> Despite plans for another novel to be released in [[2010 (releases)|2010]],<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> Despite plans for another novel to be released in [[2010 (releases)|2010]],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://pterodaustrodreams.org/drupal-6.8/node/132
|url = http://pterodaustrodreams.org/drupal-6.8/node/132
|title=New Faction Paradox in 2010
|title=New Faction Paradox in 2010
|author=Kelly Buchanan
|author = Kelly Buchanan
|year of source=2009
|year of source=2009
|quote=In 2010 we'll be publishing an anthology of NZ speculative fiction, and the next novel in the Faction Paradox setting.
|quote = In 2010 we'll be publishing an anthology of NZ speculative fiction, and the next novel in the Faction Paradox setting.
}}</ref> this was Random Static's only ''Faction Paradox'' release.
}}</ref> this was Random Static's only ''Faction Paradox'' release.


[[File:FP 20th logo.jpg|thumb|right|20th anniversary art by [[Blair Bidmead]].]]
[[File:FP 20th logo.jpg|thumb|right|20th anniversary art by [[Blair Bidmead]].]]
On [[7 June (production)|7 June]] [[2010 (production)|2010]], [[Obverse Books]] announced that it had obtained the license to publish a series of ''Faction Paradox'' short story anthologies,<ref>{{cite web
On [[7 June (production)|7 June]] [[2010 (production)|2010]], [[Obverse Books]] announced it had obtained the license to publish a series of ''Faction Paradox'' short story anthologies<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56076
|url = https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/faction-paradox-the-shorter-version.56076/
|title=Faction Paradox – the shorter version
|title=Faction Paradox – the shorter version
|author=[[Stuart Douglas]]
|author = [[Stuart Douglas]]
|date of source=7 June 2010
|date of source=7 June 2010
|website name=Gallifrey Base
|website name = Gallifrey Base
}}</ref> beginning with ''[[A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)|A Romance in Twelve Parts]]'' in [[2011 (releases)|2011]].<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> beginning with {{cs|A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2950898
|url = https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/faction-paradox-a-romance-in-twelve-parts.66988/
|title=Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts
|title=Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts
|author=Stuart Douglas
|author = Stuart Douglas
|date of source=13 August 2010
|date of source=13 August 2010
|website name=Gallifrey Base
|website name = Gallifrey Base
}}</ref> Following that anthology's success, Obverse took over the ''Faction Paradox'' prose license in its entirety. They began their new novel line with ''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]'' and ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'',<ref name="FP 2012">{{cite web
}}</ref> Following that anthology's success, Obverse took over the ''Faction Paradox'' prose license in its entirety. The new novel line began with {{cs|Against Nature (novel)}} and {{cs|The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)}},<ref name="FP 2012">{{cite web
|url=https://obversebooks.co.uk/press-releases/press-release-faction-paradox-2012/
|url = https://obversebooks.co.uk/press-releases/press-release-faction-paradox-2012/
|title=Faction Paradox 2012
|title=Faction Paradox 2012
|author=Stuart Douglas
|author = Stuart Douglas
|date of source=23 December 2011
|date of source=23 December 2011
|website name=[[Obverse Books]]
|website name = [[Obverse Books]]
}}</ref> both of which had begun production while Mad Norwegian was still running the series.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> both of which had begun production while Mad Norwegian was still running the series.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://onereed.blogspot.ca/2013/03/against-nature-has-arrived.html
|url = http://onereed.blogspot.ca/2013/03/against-nature-has-arrived.html
|title=Against Nature has Arrived
|title=Against Nature has Arrived
|author=[[Lawrence Burton]]
|author = [[Lawrence Burton]]
|website name=Onereed
|website name=Onereed
|date of source=22 March 2013
|date of source = 22 March 2013
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://simonbjones.blogspot.ca/2014/01/shard-apocrypha-brakespeare.html
|url = http://simonbjones.blogspot.ca/2014/01/shard-apocrypha-brakespeare.html
|title=Shard Apocrypha – Brakespeare Initialisation
|title=Shard Apocrypha – Brakespeare Initialisation
|author=[[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
|author = [[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
|website name=SBJ's Pantechnicon Extravaganza
|website name=SBJ's Pantechnicon Extravaganza
|date of source=28 January 2014
|date of source = 28 January 2014
}}</ref> At the same time they announced novellas from [[Kelly Hale]] and [[Jim Mortimore]],<ref name="FP 2012" /> neither of which have been released {{as of|2022|04|lc=y}}. Obverse also began the first ''Faction Paradox'' prose spinoff: ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'', a series of short story anthologies edited by Philip Purser-Hallard.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> At the same time Obverse announced novellas from [[Kelly Hale]] and [[Jim Mortimore]],<ref name="FP 2012" /> neither of which were released. Obverse also began the first ''Faction Paradox'' prose spinoff: ''[[The City of the Saved (series)|The City of the Saved]]'', a series of short story anthologies edited by Philip Purser-Hallard.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4766783
|url = https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/faction-paradox-a-romance-in-twelve-parts.98920/page-5#post-4766783
|title=Re: Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts
|title=Re: Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts
|author=Stuart Douglas
|author = Stuart Douglas
|website name=Gallifrey Base
|website name=Gallifrey Base
|quote=Ahem...watch this (or some related) space :)
|quote = Ahem...watch this (or some related) space :)
|date of source=22 August 2011
|date of source=22 August 2011
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129676
|url = https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/the-obverse-quarterly-year-two-now-with-added-dr-who-content.129676/
|title=The Obverse Quarterly Year Two
|title=The Obverse Quarterly Year Two
|website name=Gallifrey Base
|website name = Gallifrey Base
|author=Stuart Douglas
|author=Stuart Douglas
|date of source=6 December 2011
|date of source = 6 December 2011
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


Obverse maintains a steady release schedule of ''Faction Paradox'' prose. In [[2015 (releases)|2015]], they notably published the anthology ''[[Liberating Earth (anthology)|Liberating Earth]]'', edited by acclaimed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novelist [[Kate Orman]], which featured only women writers. This precedent was continued two years later in the ''City of the Saved'' release ''[[Tales of the Civil War (anthology)|Tales of the Civil War]]''.
Obverse maintains a steady release schedule of ''Faction Paradox'' prose. Notably, in [[2015 (releases)|2015]] it published the anthology {{cs|Liberating Earth (anthology)}}, edited by acclaimed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novelist [[Kate Orman]], which featured only women writers. This precedent was continued two years later by the ''City of the Saved'' release {{cs|Tales of the Civil War (anthology)}}.


[[24 November (releases)|24 November]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] marked the twentieth anniversary of Faction Paradox's first appearance in ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. Obverse Books commemorated the occasion by releasing the ''Faction Paradox'' novel ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''<ref>{{cite web
In [[2017 (releases)|2017]], Obverse celebrated the 20th anniversary year of Faction Paradox's first appearance with several releases: the novel {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://wearecult.rocks/faction-paradox-weapons-grade-snake-oil-author-qa
|url = http://wearecult.rocks/faction-paradox-weapons-grade-snake-oil-author-qa
|title=''Faction Paradox – Weapons Grade Snake Oil'': Author Q&A
|title=''Faction Paradox – Weapons Grade Snake Oil'': Author Q&A
|author=[[Blair Bidmead]]
|author = [[Blair Bidmead]]
|coauthor=James Gent
|coauthor=James Gent
|website name=We Are Cult
|website name = We Are Cult
|date of source=1 January 2017
|date of source=1 January 2017
}}</ref> and the ''City of the Saved'' anthology ''[[Tales of the Civil War (anthology)|Tales of the Civil War]]'' in the first months of the year. Then, on [[25 November (releases)|25 November]], Obverse released the novel ''[[Spinning Jenny (novel)|Spinning Jenny]]'', which had been in production since [[2012 (production)|2012]],<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref>; the ''City of the Saved'' anthology {{cs|Tales of the Civil War (anthology)}}; the novel {{cs|Spinning Jenny (novel)}}, which had been in production since [[2012 (production)|2012]];<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://dalesmithonline.com/get-asked/spinning-jenny
|url = https://dalesmithonline.com/get-asked/spinning-jenny
|title=Spinning Jenny
|title=Spinning Jenny
|author=[[Dale Smith]]
|author = [[Dale Smith]]
|website name=Dale Smith Online
|website name=Dale Smith Online
|year of source=2018
|year of source = 2018
}}</ref> and opened preorders for the anthology ''[[The Book of the Enemy (anthology)|The Book of the Enemy]]''.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> and the anthology {{cs|The Book of the Enemy (anthology)}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10155376414783752
|url = https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10155376414783752
|title=Coming very soon – THE BOOK OF THE ENEMY
|title=Coming very soon – THE BOOK OF THE ENEMY
|website name=Obverse Books on Facebook
|website name = Obverse Books on Facebook
|date of source=25 November 2017
|date of source=25 November 2017
}}</ref> They also announced ''[[The Book of the Peace (anthology)|The Book of the Peace]]'',<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> Also announced was {{cs|The Book of the Peace (anthology)}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10155169571683752
|url = https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10155169571683752
|title=Coming soon – The Book of the Peace
|title=Coming soon – The Book of the Peace
|website name=Obverse Books on Facebook
|website name = Obverse Books on Facebook
|date of source=7 September 2017
|date of source=7 September 2017
}}</ref> the [[23 December (releases)|December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] release of which was accompanied by a series of promotional vignettes and interviews collected on the Obverse Books website as ''[[The Book of the Peace Dossier]]''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://obversebooks.co.uk/the-book-of-the-peace-dossier-the-writers/
|title=The Book of the Peace Dossier
|website name=Obverse Books
|year of source=2018
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


To celebrate Obverse Books' tenth anniversary in [[2019 (releases)|2019]], six novellas were released in the ''[[Obverse Sextet]]'' line, each a tie-in to one of Obverse Books' fiction series. This included a new ''Faction Paradox'' book, ''[[Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production (novel)|Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production]]'', and the seventh ''City of the Saved'' release, ''[[Vanishing Tales of the City (novel)|Vanishing Tales of the City]]''.<ref>{{cite web
To celebrate Obverse Books' tenth anniversary in [[2019 (releases)|2019]], six novellas were released in the ''[[Obverse Sextet]]'' line, each a tie-in to one of Obverse Books' fiction series. This included a new ''Faction Paradox'' book, {{cs|Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production (novel)|Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production}}, and the seventh ''City of the Saved'' release, {{cs|Vanishing Tales of the City (novel)}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10156400814663752
|url = https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10156400814663752
|title=Sextet – An Obverse Anniversary Celebration
|title=Sextet – An Obverse Anniversary Celebration
|website name=Obverse Books on Facebook
|website name = Obverse Books on Facebook
|date of source=6 February 2019
|date of source=6 February 2019
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


In [[2021 (releases)|2021]], [[BBV Productions]] reacquired the ''Faction Paradox'' audio and video license after a 17 year hiatus, quickly releasing new standalone ''Faction Paradox'' audio stories, scriptbooks of ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'', and [[Lance Parkin]]'s rejected ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' entry ''[[Mr Saldaamir (short story)|Mr Saldaamir]]''. Notably, some of BBV's early decisions were decried by Lawrence Miles.<ref>{{cite web
After a 17 year hiatus, [[BBV Productions]] reacquired the ''Faction Paradox'' audio and video license in [[2021 (releases)|2021]] and began releasing new standalone ''Faction Paradox'' audio stories, as well as two video [[crossover]]s with its ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://twitter.com/The_Beasthouse/status/1401654193312706562
|url = https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1497235084180553730
|title= ''P.R.O.B.E. Case Files: Volume 2'' announcement
|author = [[BBV Productions]]
|website name=BBV on Twitter
|date of source = 25 February 2022
}}</ref> However, many of BBV's early decisions were decried by Lawrence Miles,<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://twitter.com/The_Beasthouse/status/1401654193312706562
|title=I strongly recommend that you don't buy any Faction Paradox material from BBV.
|title=I strongly recommend that you don't buy any Faction Paradox material from BBV.
|author=[[Lawrence Miles]]
|author = [[Lawrence Miles]]
|website name=Lawrence Miles on Twitter
|website name=Lawrence Miles on Twitter
|date of source=6 June 2021
|date of source = 6 June 2021
|archiveurl=https://archive.today/gvr1M
|archiveurl=https://archive.today/gvr1M
|archivedate=6 June 2021
|archivedate = 6 June 2021
}}</ref> BBV also released ''[[Daylight Savings (home video)|Daylight Savings]]'', a live-action crossover between ''Faction Paradox'' and ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'', although the Faction appeared only as static illustrations rather than in live-action. A second crossover short, ''[[Ex-President (home video)|Ex-President]]'', was released in ''[[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2]]'' on [[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]; though mostly in the same format, it included a brief shot of a Faction Paradox member in live-action.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> and following public outcry in [[October (production)|October]] 2021 over the company's hiring of an accused child predator on a different project,<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1497235084180553730
|url = https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/qig08e/
|title= ''P.R.O.B.E. Case Files: Volume 2'' announcement
|author=[[BBV Productions]]
|website name=BBV on Twitter
|date of source=25 February 2022
}}</ref>
 
Following public outcry over BBV's hiring and defence of an accused child predator on another audio project in [[October (production)|October]] 2021,<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/qig08e/
|title=Thread on the Current Situation with BBV Productions
|title=Thread on the Current Situation with BBV Productions
|website name=r/Gallifrey
|website name = r/Gallifrey
|publisher=Reddit
|publisher=Reddit
|date of source=29 October 2021
|date of source = 29 October 2021
}}</ref> [[Jacob Keith]], who had previously worked on BBV's ''Faction Paradox'' audioplays, suggested in [[March (production)|March]] 2022 that Baggs "no longer ha[d] his hands on" ''Faction Paradox''.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> its ''Faction Paradox'' license was revoked.<ref name="hands">{{cite web
|url=https://twitter.com/NoNotTheMemes/status/1499205683736055813
|url = https://gallifreybase.com/gb/threads/new-faction-paradox-audio-content-from-bbv.296030/post-13455441
|title="While he no longer has his hands on it…"
|title="So the Faction Paradox stuff is tricky"
|author=[[Jacob Keith]]
|author = [[Jacob Addyman]]
|website name=Twitter
|website name=[[Gallifrey Base]]
|date of source=3 March 2022
|date of source = 30 May 2022
|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/Qox39
|archivedate=3 March 2022
}}</ref> As a result, a number of BBV's planned ''Faction Paradox'' stories were never released, including  ''[[Faction Paradox (home video)|Case File - Faction Paradox]]'', the finale to the ''P.R.O.B.E.'' crossover arc.<ref name="8LBP">{{cite web
|url=https://aristidetwain.tumblr.com/post/678262054451347456/eight-lost-bbv-projects
|title=Eight "Lost" BBV Projects
|author=[[Aristide Twain]]
|website name=Aristide Twain on Tumblr
|date of source=9 March 2022
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
On [[21 April (production)|21 April]] [[2021 (production)|2021]], [[Obverse Books]] announced ''[[Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)|Worlds of the Spiral Politic]]'', a new series of novels and anthologies focusing on specific settings around the ''Faction Paradox'' universe.<ref name="WotSP">{{cite web
|url = https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10158412988903752
|title=Announcing a new series – Worlds of the Spiral Politic
|author = [[Obverse Books]]
|publisher=Facebook
|date of source = 21 April 2021
}}</ref> The open call for pitches for the first of these books, an anthology set in the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities]], had been announced that [[19 February (production)|February]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10158279026843752
|title=Open Submissions Call for ''The Boulevard''
|author = [[Obverse Books]]
|publisher=Facebook
|date of source = 19 February 2021
}}</ref> After receiving almost 100 pitches,<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://twitter.com/obversebooks/status/1381220681770237952
|title=Obverse Books on Twitter
|date of source = 11 April 2021
|author=Obverse Books
|publisher = Twitter
}}</ref> Obverse split the anthology into two volumes, and ''[[The Boulevard: Volume One]]'' was released on [[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]].


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
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|''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]''
|''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]''
|ed. [[Lawrence Miles]]
| data-sort-value="Miles, Lawrence" | ed. [[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=7|[[Mad Norwegian Press|Mad Norwegian<br>Press]]
|rowspan=6|[[Mad Norwegian Press|Mad Norwegian<br>Press]]
|[[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|[[17 September (releases)|17 September]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|-
|-
|''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
|''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|{{sortname|Lawrence|Miles}}
|[[September (releases)|September]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|-
|''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]''
|''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]''
|[[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|{{sortname|Philip|Purser-Hallard}}
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|[[11 May (releases)|11 May]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''<ref>A reprint of the [[1999 (releases)|]] ''[[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]]'' novel.</ref>
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=2|[[November (releases)|November]] 2004
|-
|-
|''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]''
|''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|{{sortname|Lance|Parkin}}
|[[13 December (releases)|13 December]] 2004
|-
|-
|''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]''
|''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]''
|[[Mags L. Halliday]]
|{{sortname|Mags L.|Halliday}}
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|[[19 June (releases)|19 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|-
|''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]''
|''[[Erasing Sherlock (novel)|Erasing Sherlock]]''
|[[Kelly Hale]]
|{{sortname|Kelly|Hale}}
|[[December (releases)|December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|[[13 December (releases)|13 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|-
|''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''
|''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''
|[[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|{{sortname|Daniel|O'Mahony}}
|[[Random Static]]
|[[Random Static]]
|[[12 January (releases)|12 January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|[[12 January (releases)|12 January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
|''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]''
|''[[Against Nature (novel)|Against Nature]]''
|[[Lawrence Burton]]
|{{sortname|Lawrence|Burton}}
|rowspan=6|[[Obverse Books]]
|rowspan=6|[[Obverse Books]]
|[[March (releases)|March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|[[22 March (releases)|22 March]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]''
|''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]''
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]], [[Jonathan Dennis]]
| data-sort-value="Bucher-Jones, Simon"|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]], [[Jonathan Dennis]]
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2013
|[[26 October (releases)|26 October]] 2013
|-
|-
|''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]''
|''[[Head of State (novel)|Head of State]]''
|[[Andrew Hickey]]
|{{sortname|Andrew|Hickey}}
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|[[29 June (releases)|29 June]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]
|-
|-
|''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''
|''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''
|[[Blair Bidmead]]
|{{sortname|Blair|Bidmead}}
|[[17 January (releases)|17 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|[[17 January (releases)|17 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|-
|-
|''[[Spinning Jenny (novel)|Spinning Jenny]]''
|''[[Spinning Jenny (novel)|Spinning Jenny]]''
|[[Dale Smith]]
|{{sortname|Dale|Smith}}
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] 2017
|[[25 November (releases)|25 November]] 2017
|-
|-
|''[[Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production (novel)|Hyponormalisation]]''<ref name="Sextet">Published as part of ''[[Obverse Sextet]]''.</ref>
|''[[Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production (novel)|Hyponormalisation]]''{{note|Published as part of ''[[Obverse Sextet]]''.|name="Sextet"}}
|[[Jonathan Dennis]]
|{{sortname|Jonathan|Dennis}}
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|}
==== ''Worlds of the Spiral Politic'' ====
{{main|Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)}}
''[[Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)|Worlds of the Spiral Politic]]'' was an [[Obverse Books]] series focusing on specific settings around the ''Faction Paradox'' universe.<ref name="WotSP" />
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Writer || Publisher || Release date
|-
|''[[Inward Collapse (novel)|Inward Collapse]]''
|[[Lawrence Burton]]
|[[Obverse Books]]
|[[26 April (releases)|April]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]{{note|The exact date of release is complicated due to the book's page on the Obverse website being placed up early at an unknown day in early April. [[Stuart Douglas]] decided not to take down this page, releasing [https://aristidetwain.tumblr.com/post/713867102687232000/worlds-of-the-spiral-politic-inward-collapse a statement] on [[5 April (releases)|5 April]]. The book was later given a "proper" release on the 26th.}}
|}
|}


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{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Editor || Publisher || Release date
! Title || Editor || Publisher || Release date
|-
|''[[Dead Romance (anthology)|Dead Romance]]''{{note|Not directly branded as a ''Faction Paradox'' publication upon release.|name="BRANDING"}}
|[[Lars Pearson]]
|[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|[[7 November (releases)|7 November]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)|A Romance in Twelve Parts]]''
|''[[A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)|A Romance in Twelve Parts]]''
|[[Stuart Douglas]]
|[[Stuart Douglas]]<br />[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=5|[[Obverse Books]]
|rowspan=5|[[Obverse Books]]
|[[31 May (releases)|31 May]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|[[31 May (releases)|31 May]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
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! Title || Editor || Publisher || Release Date
! Title || Editor || Publisher || Release Date
|-
|-
|''[[Tales of the City (anthology)|Tales of the City]]''<ref>Published in ''[[Obverse Quarterly]]''.</ref>
|''[[Tales of the City (anthology)|Tales of the City]]''{{note|Published as part of ''[[Obverse Quarterly]]''.|name="Quarterly"}}
|rowspan=5|[[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|rowspan=5|[[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|rowspan=7|[[Obverse Books]]
|rowspan=7|[[Obverse Books]]
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|[[12 March (releases)|12 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|[[12 March (releases)|12 March]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|-
|-
|''[[Vanishing Tales of the City (anthology)|Vanishing Tales of the City]]''<ref name="Sextet" />
|''[[Vanishing Tales of the City (anthology)|Vanishing Tales of the City]]''{{note|name="Sextet"}}
|[[Kara Dennison]]
|[[Kara Dennison]]
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
|[[9 December (releases)|9 December]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
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==== ''Worlds of the Spiral Politic'' ====
==== ''Worlds of the Spiral Politic'' ====
<!-- {{main|Worlds of Spiral Politic (series)}} -->
{{main|Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)}}
On [[21 April (production)|21 April]] [[2021 (production)|2021]], [[Obverse Books]] announced ''Worlds of the Spiral Politic'', a new book series set in the ''Faction Paradox'' universe.<ref name="WotSP">{{cite web
|url=https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10158412988903752
|title=Announcing a new series – Worlds of the Spiral Politic
|author=[[Obverse Books]]
|publisher=Facebook
|date of source=21 April 2021
}}</ref> The series title referenced not only the [[Spiral Politic]] from ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' but also [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[The Worlds of Big Finish]]'' and ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Doctor Who]]'' series of audio plays. The open call for pitches for the first book, a two-part anthology set in the [[Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities]] from [[Stuart Douglas]]'s [[2010 (releases)|2010]] ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' short story ''[[The Shape of Things (short story)|The Shape of Things]]'', had been announced that [[19 February (production)|February]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.facebook.com/obversebooks/posts/10158279026843752
|title=Open Submissions Call for ''The Boulevard''
|author=[[Obverse Books]]
|publisher=Facebook
|date of source=19 February 2021
}}</ref>
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Editor || Publisher || Release Date
! Title || Editor || Publisher || Release Date
|-
|-
|''[[The Boulevard: Volume One]]''
|''[[The Boulevard: Volume One]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Stuart Douglas]]
|[[Stuart Douglas]]
|rowspan=2|[[Obverse Books]]
|rowspan=2|[[Obverse Books]]
|[[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]<ref>{{cite web
|[[1 June (releases)|1 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|url=https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/faction-paradox-the-boulevard-volume-one/
|title=''Faction Paradox: The Boulevard'', volume one
|date of source=20 April 2022
}}</ref>
|-
|-
|''The Boulevard: Volume Two''
|''[[The Boulevard: Volume Two]]''
|''TBA''
|[[Simon Bucher-Jones]]
|[[17 January (releases)|17 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|}
|}


=== Audio ===
=== Audio ===
==== ''The Faction Paradox Protocols'' ====
{{Main|The Faction Paradox Protocols}}
[[BBV Productions]] released three two-part audios in their series ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' between [[2001 (releases)|2001]] and [[2004 (releases)|2004]].
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!# || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
!# || Title || Series || Author || Featuring || Publisher || Released
|-
|-
!1
!1.1
|''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven-Day Empire]]''
|''[[The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)|The Eleven-Day Empire]]''
|rowspan=6|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=6|''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols|The Faction<br>Paradox Protocols]]''
|rowspan=12|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Lolita]], [[Morlock]], [[Quelch]], [[Sontaran]]s
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Lolita]], [[Morlock]], [[Quelch]], [[Sontaran]]s
|rowspan=6|[[BBV Productions|BBV]]
|rowspan=2|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|rowspan=2|[[October (releases)|October]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|-
|-
!2
!1.2
|''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]''
|''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]''
|-
|-
!3
!1.3
|''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]''
|''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Lolita]], [[Sabbath]], [[Compassion]], [[Peking Homunculus|Peking Homunculi]]
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Lolita]], [[Sabbath]], [[Compassion]], [[Peking Homunculus|Peking Homunculi]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|-
!4
!1.4
|''[[In the Year of the Cat (audio story)|In the Year of the Cat]]''
|''[[In the Year of the Cat (audio story)|In the Year of the Cat]]''
|[[April (releases)|April]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[April (releases)|April]] 2003
|-
|-
!5
!1.5
|''[[Movers (audio story)|Movers]]''
|''[[Movers (audio story)|Movers]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Lolita]], [[Morlock]], [[Sabbath (Movers)|Sabbath]]
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Lolita]], [[Morlock]], [[Sabbath (Movers)|Sabbath]]
|[[December (releases)|December]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[December (releases)|December]] 2003
|-
|-
!6
!1.6
|''[[A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)|A Labyrinth of Histories]]''
|''[[A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)|A Labyrinth of Histories]]''
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|}
==== ''The True History of Faction Paradox'' ====
{{Main|The True History of Faction Paradox}}
In [[2004 (releases)|2004]], [[Magic Bullet Productions]] obtained the ''Faction Paradox'' audio license and began the six-part ''[[The True History of Faction Paradox]]'' series, which ended in [[2009 (releases)|2009]].
{| class="wikitable"
!# || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|-
!1
!2.1
|''[[Coming to Dust (audio story)|Coming to Dust]]''
|''[[Coming to Dust (audio story)|Coming to Dust]]''
|rowspan=6|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=6|''[[The True History of Faction Paradox|The True History<br>of Faction Paradox]]''
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Abelard Finton|Finton]], [[Corwyn Marne|Marne]]
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Abelard Finton|Finton]], [[Corwyn Marne|Marne]]
|rowspan=6|[[Magic Bullet Productions|Magic Bullet]]
|[[23 July (releases)|23 July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|[[23 July (releases)|23 July]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|-
!2
!2.2
|''[[The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)|The Ship of a Billion Years]]''
|''[[The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)|The Ship of a Billion Years]]''
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Sutekh]], [[Abelard Finton|Finton]], [[Corwyn Marne|Marne]]
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Sutekh]], [[Abelard Finton|Finton]], [[Corwyn Marne|Marne]]
|[[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|[[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]
|-
|-
!3
!2.3
|''[[Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]''
|''[[Body Politic (audio story)|Body Politic]]''
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Sutekh]], [[the War King]], [[Lolita]], [[Anubis]], [[Mortega]]
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Sutekh]], [[the War King]], [[Lolita]], [[Anubis]], [[Mortega]]
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|[[May (releases)|May]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
!4
!2.4
|''[[Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)|Words from Nine Divinities]]''
|''[[Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)|Words from Nine Divinities]]''
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Sutekh]], [[the War King]], [[Lolita]], [[Anubis]], [[Mortega]], [[Nephthys]]
|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]], [[Sutekh]], [[the War King]], [[Lolita]], [[Anubis]], [[Mortega]], [[Nephthys]]
|[[24 November (releases)|24 November]] 2008
|[[24 November (releases)|24 November]] 2008
|-
|-
!5
!2.5
|''[[Ozymandias (audio story)|Ozymandias]]''
|''[[Ozymandias (audio story)|Ozymandias]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Horus]], [[Sutekh]], [[Lolita]], [[Geb (Ozymandias)|Geb]], [[Nephthys]], [[Abelard Finton|Finton]], [[Corwyn Marne|Marne]]
|rowspan=2|[[Justine McManus|Justine]], [[Christine Summerfield|Horus]], [[Sutekh]], [[Lolita]], [[Geb (Ozymandias)|Geb]], [[Nephthys]], [[Abelard Finton|Finton]], [[Corwyn Marne|Marne]]
|[[8 June (releases)|8 June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|[[8 June (releases)|8 June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]
|-
|-
!6
!2.6
|''[[The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)|The Judgment of Sutekh]]''
|''[[The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)|The Judgment of Sutekh]]''
|[[23 November (releases)|23 November]] 2009
|[[23 November (releases)|23 November]] 2009
|}
|}


==== ''Dionus's War'' ====
==== BBV spinoffs ====
{{main|Dionus's War (audio series)}}
Starting in [[June (releases)|June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]], [[BBV Productions]] released several new ''Faction Paradox'' audios in its ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' line. These were grouped into the series names ''[[Dionus's War (audio series)|Dionus's War]]''; ''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''; and, retroactively,<ref>{{cite web
Starting in [[June (releases)|June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]], [[BBV Productions]] released several new ''Faction Paradox'' audios. The first of these, ''[[Eternal Escape (audio story)|Eternal Escape]]'', introduced the character of [[Dionus]], a deserter from [[House Military]]. Subsequent releases featuring Dionus were subtitled ''[[Dionus's War (audio series)|Dionus's War]]'', a new subseries into which ''Eternal Escape'' itself was retroactively officially incorporated.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-Dionus-War-4-Audio-Bundle-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-SAVE-MONEY-p425173219
|url=https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-Dionus-War-4-Audio-Bundle-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-SAVE-MONEY-p425173219
|title=''Faction Paradox: Dionus' War'' - 4 Audio Bundle
|title=''Faction Paradox: Dionus' War'' - 4 Audio Bundle
|website=[[BBV Productions]]
|website = [[BBV Productions]]
|accessdate=14 December 2021
|accessdate=14 December 2021
}}</ref>
}}</ref> ''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Rebirth]]''.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
! class="unsortable" | Title
! Series
! Author
! class="unsortable" | Featuring
! Publisher
! data-sort-type="iso-date" | Release date
|-
|-
|''[[Eternal Escape (audio story)|Eternal Escape]]''
|''[[Eternal Escape (audio story)|Eternal Escape]]''
|[[James Hornby]]
|rowspan=4 | ''[[Dionus's War (audio series)|Dionus's War]]''
|{{sortname|James|Hornby}}
|[[Dionus]], [[House Military]], [[the Friend]]
|[[Dionus]], [[House Military]], [[the Friend]]
|rowspan=8|[[BBV Productions]]
|[[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|[[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|-
|-
|''[[Call Me Ishmael (audio story)|Call Me Ishmael]]''
|''[[Call Me Ishmael (audio story)|Call Me Ishmael]]''
|rowspan=2|[[J.T. Mulholland]]
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|J.T.|Mulholland}}
|[[Dionus]], [[House Military]]
|[[Dionus]], [[House Military]]
|[[23 June (releases)|23 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|[[23 June (releases)|23 June]] 2021
|-
|-
|''[[The Healer's Sin (audio story)|The Healer's Sin]]''
|''[[The Healer's Sin (audio story)|The Healer's Sin]]''
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|-
|-
|''[[Me & My Ghost (audio story)|Me & My Ghost]]''
|''[[Me & My Ghost (audio story)|Me & My Ghost]]''
|[[Bill Baggs]]
|{{sortname|Bill|Baggs}}
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 2021
|[[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 2021
|}
A planned fifth ''Dionus's War'' story, [[the Diplomat (audio story)|a prequel]] written by [[Aristide Twain]], was written but never produced.<ref name="8LBP" />
==== ''Faction Paradox: Rebirth'' ====
{{main|Rebirth (audio series)}}
Concurrently with ''Dionus's War'', BBV released a few standalone ''Faction Paradox'' audios. Like ''[[Eternal Escape (audio story)|Eternal Escape]]'', these were originally not released under any series title more specific than ''Faction Paradox'', but they were eventually officially designated ''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Faction Paradox: Rebirth]]''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-Rebirth-3-AUDIO-BUNDLE-DOWNLOADS-p444644655
|title=''Faction Paradox: Rebirth'' - 3 Audio Bundle
|website=[[BBV Productions]]
|accessdate=22 February 2022
}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Title || Author || Featuring || Released
|-
|-
|''[[Mr Saldaamir (audio story)|Mr Saldaamir]]''
|''[[Mr Saldaamir (audio story)|Mr Saldaamir]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|rowspan=3|''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Rebirth]]''
|{{sortname|Lance|Parkin}}
|[[Saldaamir|Mister Saldaamir]]
|[[Saldaamir|Mister Saldaamir]]
|[[11 August (releases)|11 August]] 2021
|[[11 August (releases)|11 August]] 2021
|-
|-
|''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]''
|''[[Sabbath and the King (audio story)|Sabbath and the King]]''
|[[Aristide Twain]]
|{{sortname|Aristide|Twain}}
|[[Sabbath Dei|Sabbath]], [[the War King]]
|[[Sabbath Dei|Sabbath]], [[the War King]]
|[[12 August (releases)|12 August]] 2021
|[[12 August (releases)|12 August]] 2021
|-
|-
|''[[The Confession of Brother Signet (audio story)|The Confession of Brother Signet]]''
|''[[The Confession of Brother Signet (audio story)|The Confession of Brother Signet]]''
|[[Michael Gilroy-Sinclair]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Gilroy-Sinclair}}
|[[Nyarlathotep]]
|rowspan=2|[[Signet (The Confession of Brother Signet)|Signet]]
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 2021
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 2021
|-
|''[[Lucifer (audio story)|Lucifer]]''
|''Hellscape''{{note|While BBV continued to use the ''Faction Paradox'' logo on further ''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]'' releases, they were released without the ''Faction Paradox'' license.<ref name="hands"/>}}
|{{sortname|Trevor|Spencer}}
|[[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|}
|}
A planned fifth ''Dionus's War'' story, [[the Diplomat (unproduced audio story)|a prequel]] written by [[Aristide Twain]], was written but never produced.<ref name="8LBP">{{cite web
|url = https://aristidetwain.tumblr.com/post/678262054451347456/eight-lost-bbv-projects
|title=Eight "Lost" BBV Projects
|author = [[Aristide Twain]]
|website name=Aristide Twain on Tumblr
|date of source = 9 March 2022
}}</ref>


=== Short stories ===
=== Short stories ===
Long before the first print ''Faction Paradox'' short story anthology in 2011, [[Mad Norwegian Press]] and [[Random Static]] both released short stories as tie-ins to their ''Faction Paradox'' novels. These were often published online as part of ''[[The Spiral Politic Database]]'' or as extras with other releases — not only in Mad Norwegian's own novels, but also in the [[Image Comics]] run of ''Faction Paradox'' comic books.
Long before the first print ''Faction Paradox'' short story anthology in 2011, [[Mad Norwegian Press]] and [[Random Static]] both released short stories as tie-ins to their ''Faction Paradox'' novels. These were often published online as part of ''[[The Spiral Politic Database]]'' or as extras with other releases — not only in Mad Norwegian's own novels, but also in the [[Image Comics]] run of [[Faction Paradox (2003)|''Faction Paradox'' comic books]].
 
In [[2018 (releases)|2018]], [[Obverse Books]] resumed the practice with ten vignettes released in an online [[The Book of the Peace Dossier|"Dossier"]] accompanying ''[[The Book of the Peace (anthology)|The Book of the Peace]]''. The Dossier also included a playlist and interviews with the anthology's authors.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://obversebooks.co.uk/the-book-of-the-peace-dossier-the-writers/
|title=The Book of the Peace Dossier
|website name = Obverse Books
|year of source=2018
}}</ref>


In [[2018 (releases)|2018]], [[Obverse Books]] resumed the practice with ten vignettes released in an online [[The Book of the Peace Dossier|"Dossier"]] accompanying ''[[The Book of the Peace (anthology)|The Book of the Peace]]''.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
! Title || Writer || Released || Publisher || Release date
! Title||Writer||Released||Publisher ||Release date
|-
|''[[Grass (short story)|Grass]]''{{note|name="BRANDING"}}
|rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'' Vol. 101 No. 3{{note|Later reprinted as part of ''[[Dead Romance (anthology)|Dead Romance]]''.}}
|[[Spilogale, Inc.]]
|[[September (releases)|September]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|-
|-
|''[[Crimes Against History (short story)|Crimes Against History]]''
|''[[Crimes Against History (short story)|Crimes Against History]]''
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=2|''[[The Spiral Politic Database]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[The Spiral Politic Database]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|rowspan=2|[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|[[11 November (releases)|11 November]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]]
|[[11 November (releases)|11 November]] 2001
|-
|-
|''[[A Tour of the Capital (short story)|A Tour of the Capital]]''
|''[[The Eleven-Day Empire: A Tour of the Capital (short story)|The Eleven-Day Empire: A Tour of the Capital]]''
|[[Mags L. Halliday]]
|[[Mags L. Halliday]]
|[[14 September (releases)|14 September]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
|[[14 September (releases)|14 September]] [[2002 (releases)|2002]]
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|''[[Prologue to This Town Will Never Let Us Go (short story)|Prologue to This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
|''[[Prologue to This Town Will Never Let Us Go (short story)|Prologue to This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Political Animals (comic story)|Political Animals]]''
|[[FP 1]]
|rowspan=2|[[Image Comics]]
|rowspan=2|[[Image Comics]]
|rowspan=2|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Reliquary (short story)|The Reliquary]]''
|''[[The Reliquary (short story)|The Reliquary]]''
|[[FP 1]] - [[FP 2|2]]
|6 August - [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2003
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|-
|''[[Prologue to Of the City of the Saved... (short story)|Prologue to Of the City of the Saved...]]''
|''[[Prologue to Of the City of the Saved... (short story)|Prologue to Of the City of the Saved...]]''
|[[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|[[Philip Purser-Hallard]]
|''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
|''[[This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)|This Town Will Never Let Us Go]]''
|rowspan=8|[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|rowspan=5|[[Mad Norwegian Press]]
|[[September (releases)|September]] 2003
|[[29 October (releases)|29 October]] 2003
|-
|''[[Toy Story (short story)|Toy Story]]''
|rowspan=3|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=3|''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''
|rowspan=3|[[November (releases)|November]] 2003
|-
|''[[The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic (short story)|The Cosmology of the Spiral Politic]]''
|-
|''[[Grass (short story)|Grass]]''
|-
|-
|''[[Prologue to Warlords of Utopia (short story)|Prologue to Warlords of Utopia]]''
|''[[Prologue to Warlords of Utopia (short story)|Prologue to Warlords of Utopia]]''
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|[[Lance Parkin]]
|Online
|''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]''
|[[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|[[11 May (releases)|11 May]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion (short story)|The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion]]''
|''[[The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion (short story)|The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Mags L. Halliday]]
|rowspan=2|[[Mags L. Halliday]]
|''Myth Makers: Issue 14''<br/>''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'' (ebook)
|''Myth Makers: Issue 14''<br />''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]'' (ebook)
|rowspan=2|[[November (releases)|November]] 2004
|[[November (releases)|November]] 2004
|-
|-
|''[[Prologue to Warring States (short story)|Prologue to Warring States]]''
|''[[Prologue to Warring States (short story)|Prologue to Warring States]]''
|''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]''
|Online, ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]''
|[[9 November (releases)|9 November]] 2004
|-
|-
|''[[Prologue to Erasing Sherlock (short story)|Prologue to Erasing Sherlock]]''
|''[[Prologue to Erasing Sherlock (short story)|Prologue to Erasing Sherlock]]''
|[[Kelly Hale]]
|[[Kelly Hale]]
|''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]''
|''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]''
|[[June (releases)|June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|[[19 June (releases)|19 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]''
|''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]''
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|rowspan=2|Online
|rowspan=2|Online
|[[Random Static]]
|[[Random Static]]
|[[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|[[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|-
|-
|''[[The Beasthouse (short story)|The Beasthouse]]''
|''[[The Beasthouse (short story)|The Beasthouse]]''{{note|name="BRANDING"}}
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|
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|-
|''[[Prelude to Against Nature (short story)|Prelude to Against Nature]]''
|''[[Prelude to Against Nature (short story)|Prelude to Against Nature]]''
|[[Lawrence Burton]]
|rowspan=2|[[Lawrence Burton]]
|Online
|Online
|[[Ce Acatl]]
|[[Ce Acatl]]
|[[5 February (releases)|5 February]] 2013
|[[5 February (releases)|5 February]] 2013
|-
|''[[The Unwoken Princess (short story)|The Unwoken Princess]]''
|''[[The Obverse Book of Detectives (anthology)|The Obverse Book of Detectives]]''{{note|name="Quarterly"}}
|[[Obverse Books]]
|[[26 April (releases)|26 April]] 2013
|-
|''[[Sojourner & Ellie (short story)|Sojourner & Ellie]]''
|[[Blair Bidmead]]
|Online
|
|[[16 December (releases)|16 December]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|-
|-
|''[[Unsent letter (short story)|Unsent letter]]''
|''[[Unsent letter (short story)|Unsent letter]]''
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|''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]''
|''[[The Story So Far... (short story)|The Story So Far...]]''
|[[Jacob Black]]
|[[Jayce Black]]
|[[2 October (releases)|2 October]] 2018
|[[2 October (releases)|2 October]] 2018
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|-
|''[[Daring Initiation (short story)|Daring Initiation]]''
|''[[Daring Initiation (short story)|Daring Initiation]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Jacob Black]]
|rowspan=2|[[Jayce Black]]
|[[1 November (releases)|1 November]] 2018
|[[1 November (releases)|1 November]] 2018
|-
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=== Comic ===
=== Comic ===
{{quote|[[December]], [[1774]]. [[America]] stands on the brink of [[American War of Independence|armed revolt]]. With [[Boston]] placed under [[martial law]] and the [[United States of America|colonies]] straining at the [[British Empire]]'s bit, [[England]]'s King [[George III]] is about to receive a rare gift from the Empress of Russia—the [[George III's mammoth|last living woolly mammoth in the Western hemisphere]].
{{main|Faction Paradox (2003)}}
 
Two issues of [[Faction Paradox (2003)|a bimonthly ''Faction Paradox'' comic]] were produced by [[Mad Norwegian Press]] and published by [[Image Comics]] in the latter half of [[2003 (releases)|2003]]. Each issue had a central, 16-page comic along with shorter, illustrated text stories. The main comic story was an ongoing one, so the early cancellation of the title meant that the story was never finished. It was set after the end of the [[War in Heaven]] and acted as a prequel to ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''; the ''[[Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' audio stories ''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]'' and ''[[In the Year of the Cat (audio story)|In the Year of the Cat]]'' were intended to be prequels to the comic, although they were ultimately released first.<ref name="Downtime" />
Among the dignitaries gathered at the mammoth's reception are two representatives from [[Faction Paradox]]. Though the details remain vague, the [[18th century|1700s]] have apparently become a crossroads, an intersection between known [[history]] and the cosmic "[[War in Heaven]]." The Faction seems determined to involve itself in local politics ... for whomever controls this intersection in time will ultimately control [[history]].|[[Mad Norwegian Press]] summary<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic.php
|title=Faction Paradox Comic Series
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030812133036/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/fp_comic.php
|archivedate=12 August 2003
|website=Mad Norwegian Press
}}</ref>}}
Two issues of a bimonthly ''Faction Paradox'' comic were produced by [[Mad Norwegian Press]] and published by [[Image Comics]] in the latter half of [[2003 (releases)|2003]]. Each issue had a central, 16-page comic along with shorter, illustrated text stories. The main comic story was an ongoing one, so the early cancellation of the title meant that the story was never finished. It was set after the end of the [[War in Heaven]] and acted as a prequel to ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''; the ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols|Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' audio stories ''[[Sabbath Dei (audio story)|Sabbath Dei]]'' and ''[[In the Year of the Cat (audio story)|In the Year of the Cat]]'' were intended to be prequels to the comic, although they were ultimately released first.<ref name="Downtime" />
 
The comic was written by [[Lawrence Miles]], edited by [[Lars Pearson]], penciled by [[Jim Calafiore]], inked by [[Peter Palmiotti]], lettered by [[Christa Dickson]], and coloured by [[Paul Monts]]. The covers were made by [[Steve Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.madnorwegian.com/fp/fp_comic_bios.php
|title=Comic Series Creative Team
|website name=Mad Norwegian Press
|year of source=2003
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030812133609/http://www.madnorwegian.com:80/fp/fp_comic_bios.php
|archivedate=13 August 2003
}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!# || Title || Author || Featuring || Released
! # || Title || Writer || Featuring || Printed in || Released
|-
|-
!1
!1
|''[[Political Animals (comic story)|Political Animals]]''
|''[[Political Animals (comic story)|Political Animals]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|rowspan=3|[[Lawrence Miles]]
|[[Scarlette|Isobel]], [[Mayakatula]]
|[[Scarlette|Isobel]], [[Mayakatula]]
|[[August (releases)|August]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|[[FP 1]]
|[[6 August (releases)|6 August]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]]
|-
|-
!2
!2
|''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]''
|''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]''
|[[Scarlette|Isobel]], [[Mayakatula]], [[Sabbath Dei]]
|[[Scarlette|Isobel]], [[Mayakatula]], [[Sabbath Dei]]
|[[October (releases)|October]] 2003
|[[FP 2]]
|[[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2003
|-
|-
!
!
|''[[Creatures of Habit (comic story)|Creatures of Habit]]''
|''[[Creatures of Habit (comic story)|Creatures of Habit]]''
|[[Mayakatula]], [[Sabbath Dei]]
|[[Mayakatula]], [[Sabbath Dei]]
|(unreleased)
| colspan=2|Unreleased
|-
|}
|}


=== Video ===
=== Video ===
Shortly before the release of the [[Political Animals (comic story)|first issue]] of the ''Faction Paradox'' comic, a subsidiary company of [[Warner Brothers]] contacted the publisher to ask about the rights to [[Faction Paradox (theatrical film)|a ''Faction Paradox'' theatrical film]]. The talks came to an abrupt end after [[Lawrence Miles]] described the project as "{{wi|Amadeus (film)|Amadeus}} with monsters".<ref>{{cite web
Shortly before the release of the [[Political Animals (comic story)|first issue]] of the ''Faction Paradox'' comic, a subsidiary company of [[Warner Brothers]] contacted the publisher to ask about the rights to [[Faction Paradox (theatrical film)|a ''Faction Paradox'' theatrical film]]. The talks came to an abrupt end after [[Lawrence Miles]] described the project as "{{wi|Amadeus (film)|Amadeus}} with monsters".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://beasthouse-lm.blogspot.com/2007/01/january-2007-edited-highlights.html
|url = http://beasthouse-lm.blogspot.com/2007/01/january-2007-edited-highlights.html
|title=On Monsters
|title=On Monsters
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|date of source=January 2007
|date of source=January 2007
|website name=The Beasthouse
|website name = The Beasthouse
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330105643/http://beasthouse-lm.blogspot.com:80/2007/01/january-2007-edited-highlights.html
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330105643/http://beasthouse-lm.blogspot.com:80/2007/01/january-2007-edited-highlights.html
|archivedate=30 March 2007}}</ref>
|archivedate = 30 March 2007}}</ref>


In [[2021 (releases)|2021]]-[[2022 (releases)|22]], [[BBV Productions]] released two video crossovers between ''Faction Paradox'' and its ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series, both ultimately collected in ''[[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2]]''. [[Faction Paradox (home video)|A third short]], meant to conclude the storyline, was never released.<ref name="8LBP" />
In [[2021 (releases)|2021]]-[[2022 (releases)|22]], [[BBV Productions]] released two video crossovers between ''Faction Paradox'' and its ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series, both ultimately collected in ''[[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2]]''. The second of these videos, {{cs|Ex-President (home video)}}, included a brief clip of a costumed [[Faction Paradox]] member: technically, the Faction's live-action debut. [[Faction Paradox (home video)|A third short]], meant to conclude the storyline, was never released.<ref name="8LBP" />
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Title || Author || Featuring || Release Date
!Title|| Author||Featuring||Release Date
|-
|-
|''[[Daylight Savings (home video)|Daylight Savings]]''
|''[[Daylight Savings (home video)|Daylight Savings]]''
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|[[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|[[6 June (releases)|6 June]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|-
|-
|''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]''
|''[[Ex-President (home video)|Ex-President]]''
|Giles, [[Felix Mather]]
|Giles, [[Felix Mather]]
|[[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|[[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
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|''[[Faction Paradox (home video)|Faction Paradox]]''
|''[[Faction Paradox (home video)|Faction Paradox]]''
|Giles
|Giles
|(unreleased)
|Unreleased
|}
|}
== Timeline of releases ==
{{FP release timeline}}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Several concepts and characters that originated in ''Faction Paradox'' would later feature in other series set in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' universe. For instance, in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series, [[Cwejen]] from ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' appeared alongside [[Straxus (The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel)|Straxus]] in ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]''; [[Krisztina-Judit Németh]] from ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' appeared in ''[[Predating the Predators (short story)|Predating the Predators]]''; and the [[Ship of a Billion Years]] from the [[The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)|eponymous audio]] was mentioned in ''[[The Eye of Horus (audio story)|The Eye of Horus]]''. [[Ruling Houses]] [[House Dvora|Dvora]] and [[House Mirraflex|Mirraflex]], first mentioned in ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', were respectively mentioned in the Big Finish audios ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]'' and ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]''.
** In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], characters presented as post-War survivors of the Faction, named [[Same (Canaries)|Sibling Same]] and [[Different (Canaries)|Sibling Different]], appeared in a BBC ''Doctor Who'' release, ''[[The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)|The Wintertime Paradox]]'', for the first time since the end of the ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures (prose series)|Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''. ''The Wintertime Paradox'' editor [[Emil Fortune]] acknowledged the ''Faction Paradox'' series as "the Obverse [[canon]]" but noted that Same and Different were part of a different version of the Faction, hailing from a defunct "rewritten timeline".<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://twitter.com/iucounu/status/1532378091607281664
|title=It’s not quite the Faction of old
|author = [[Emil Fortune]]
|website name=Emil Fortune on Twitter
|date of source = 2 June 2022
|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/JX04M
|archivedate = 2 June 2022
}}</ref>
[[file:Faction Paradox mousemat.jpg|thumb|''Faction Paradox'' mousemat]]
[[file:Faction Paradox mousemat.jpg|thumb|''Faction Paradox'' mousemat]]
* Several concepts and characters that originated in ''Faction Paradox'' would later feature in other series set in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' universe. For instance, in [[Big Finish Productions]]' ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' series, [[Cwejen]] from ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' appeared alongside [[Straxus (The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel)|Straxus]] in ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]''; [[Krisztina-Judit Németh]] from ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' appeared in ''[[Predating the Predators (short story)|Predating the Predators]]''; and the [[Ship of a Billion Years]] from the [[The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)|eponymous audio]] was mentioned in ''[[The Eye of Horus (audio story)|The Eye of Horus]]''. [[Ruling Houses]] [[House Dvora|Dvora]] and [[House Mirraflex|Mirraflex]], first mentioned in ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'', were respectively mentioned in the Big Finish audios ''[[Panacea (audio story)|Panacea]]'' and ''[[The Conscript (audio story)|The Conscript]]''.
* A subscription to the short-lived ''Faction Paradox'' comic series at Burton's Books came with a free mousemat based on Steve Johnson's cover art on issue 1.<ref>{{cite web
* A subscription to the short-lived ''Faction Paradox'' comic series at Burton's Books came with a free mousemat based on Steve Johnson's cover art on issue 1.<ref>[https://millenniumeffect.co.uk/index.php/spinoff-comics/ Spinoff Comics – The Millennium Effect]</ref>
|url = https://millenniumeffect.co.uk/index.php/spinoff-comics/
* The ''Faction Paradox'' website was not officially run by [[Mad Norwegian Press]] or [[BBV Productions]], but directly overseen by [[Lawrence Miles]]. It included original material about the ''Faction Paradox'' universe written by Lawrence Miles,<ref>{{cite web
|website name = The Millennium Effect
|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/do-i-need-to-read-henrietta-st-t633.html#p2747
|title = Spinoff Comics
|year of source = 2006
}}</ref>
* From its opening on [[11 November (releases)|11 November]] [[2001 (releases)|2001]] to its expiration in 2007, the ''Faction Paradox'' website was directly overseen by [[Lawrence Miles]]. It included original material about the ''Faction Paradox'' universe written by Lawrence Miles,<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/do-i-need-to-read-henrietta-st-t633.html#p2747
|author=Tom Pratchett
|author=Tom Pratchett
|website name=The Faction Paradox Community
|website name = The Faction Paradox Community
|title=Re: Do I need to read Henrietta St?
|title=Re: Do I need to read Henrietta St?
|date of source=21 February 2003
|date of source = 21 February 2003
|quote=I should really look at what Lawrence sends me before I just upload it willy nilly.
|quote=I should really look at what Lawrence sends me before I just upload it willy nilly.
}}</ref> including the prose contents of ''[[The Spiral Politic Database]]''<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> including the prose contents of ''[[The Spiral Politic Database]]''<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/basics.htm
|url = http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/basics.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115143938/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/basics.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115143938/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/basics.htm
|date of source=11 November 2001
|date of source = 11 November 2001
|archivedate=15 November 2001
|archivedate=15 November 2001
|title=The Story So Far: Faction Paradox, as Much as It's Known
|title = The Story So Far: Faction Paradox, as Much as It's Known
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author=Lawrence Miles
|website name=Faction Paradox
|website name = Faction Paradox
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Faction Armour: Some Design Notes
|title = Faction Armour: Some Design Notes
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author=Lawrence Miles
|url=http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/armour.htm
|url = http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/armour.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030205004601/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/armour.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030205004601/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/armour.htm
|date of source=14 September 2002
|date of source = 14 September 2002
|archivedate=5 February 2003
|archivedate=5 February 2003
|website name=Faction Paradox
|website name = Faction Paradox
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/family.htm
|url = http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/family.htm
|title=Blood Ties: Inside the Grandfather's House
|title=Blood Ties: Inside the Grandfather's House
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|website name=Faction Paradox
|website name=Faction Paradox
|date of source=11 November 2001
|date of source = 11 November 2001
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115105551/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/family.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011115105551/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/family.htm
|archivedate=15 November 2001
|archivedate = 15 November 2001
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/history.htm
|url = http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/history.htm
|title=Crimes Against History
|title=Crimes Against History
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|website name=Faction Paradox
|website name=Faction Paradox
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719211844/http://factionparadox.co.uk:80/history.htm
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060719211844/http://factionparadox.co.uk:80/history.htm
|year of source=2005
|year of source=2005
|archivedate=19 July 2006
|archivedate = 19 July 2006
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/viewtopic.php?p=4111#p4111
|url = https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/viewtopic.php?p=4111#p4111
|author=Mags L. Halliday
|author=Mags L. Halliday
|website name=The Faction Paradox Community
|website name = The Faction Paradox Community
|title=When did the War Actually start
|title=When did the War Actually start
|date of source=
|date of source=
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/elevendayempire.htm
|url = http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/elevendayempire.htm
|author=Mags L. Halliday
|author=Mags L. Halliday
|title=The Eleven-Day Empire: A Tour of the Capital
|title = The Eleven-Day Empire: A Tour of the Capital
|website name=Faction Paradox
|website name=Faction Paradox
|date of source=14 September 2002
|date of source = 14 September 2002
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030204182605/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/elevendayempire.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030204182605/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/elevendayempire.htm
|archivedate=4 February 2003
|archivedate = 4 February 2003
}}</ref> and the original scripts to ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref> and the original scripts to ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/scripts.htm
|url = http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/scripts.htm
|title=Scripts
|title=Scripts
|author=Lawrence Miles
|author = Lawrence Miles
|website name=Faction Paradox
|website name=Faction Paradox
|year of source=2005
|year of source = 2005
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412143227/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/scripts.htm
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412143227/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/scripts.htm
|archivedate=12 April 2006
|archivedate = 12 April 2006
}}</ref>
}}</ref> [[Mad Norwegian Press]] maintained a reduced version of the website from 2009 to 2012. Ultimately the website was fully reopened, including the content of ''The Spiral Politic Database'', on [[31 October (releases)|31 October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]].
* It was originally intended that sidebars would be a part of the ''Faction Paradox'' novels' "house style"; however, only ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' and ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' used them.<ref>{{cite web
* It was originally intended that sidebars would be a part of the ''Faction Paradox'' novels' "house style"; however, only ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' and ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'' used them.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook1.html
|url = http://www.infinitarian.com/otcotsbook1.html
|title=''Of the City of the Saved'' Notes – Book One
|title=''Of the City of the Saved'' Notes – Book One
|author=Philip Purser-Hallard
|author = Philip Purser-Hallard
|website name=Infinitarian.com
|website name=Infinitarian.com
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* On [[1 July (releases)|1 July]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], [[Obverse Music]] released ''[[The Eleven Day Empire (album)|The Eleven Day Empire]]'', an album of ambient electronic music composed by [[Mike Dickinson]] inspired by ''Faction Paradox'' settings and stories.


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Faction Paradox is a series of audio, prose, and comic stories set in and around the War in Heaven and prominently featuring Faction Paradox, both of which were introduced in Lawrence Miles's 1997 Eighth Doctor novel Alien Bodies, and utilising several other elements originally from Doctor Who. In addition to direct and licensed inclusions, including Sontarans and Sutekh, there are also frequent allusions to other concepts from Doctor Who and other sci-fi series, such as the Time Lords via the Homeworlders.

History

The War in Heaven was introduced in the novel Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"]. At the time the book was written, author Lawrence Miles intended for the War to remain indeterminably far in the series' future.[1][2] However, after he learned that Kate Orman and Jon Blum would be including Faction Paradox in Unnatural History [+]Loading...["Unnatural History (novel)"], he felt justified to explore the idea further in his two-part novel Interference [+]Loading...["Interference (novel)"],[3] which introduced the Eleven-Day Empire and the Remote. Despite positive online and international reception, Interference received an unfavourable review in DWM 281, and Miles subsequently felt he had "lost [his] mandate" and resigned from writing Doctor Who[4] to instead develop a Faction Paradox series.[1]

By the year 2000, BBV Productions had agreed to produce The Faction Paradox Protocols audio series.[1] These audios introduced several concepts that would later become staples of the Faction Paradox range, such as the Faction's shadow-weapons and alternate names like "Great Houses" for the Time Lords and "timeships" for TARDISes. Miles described these reinventions as the continuation of the process that he began in Alien Bodies: as he developed more of the War in Heaven, its factions evolved further and further away from the versions from the past.[5]

This process was completed in the writing of The Book of the War [+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"], a "guidebook to a series that doesn't exist yet"[5] intended to be a standalone companion to the Protocols audios.[6] A total of twelve authors, including established New Adventures novelists as well as writers from contemporary charity publications, contributed short stories to the book in the form of alphabetically-sorted encyclopedia entries. As Miles collected, edited, and synthesised these stories, he developed the War as a more mythological setting with the scale and appearance of science fiction but none of the "props".[7] For instance, rather than using aliens in The Book of the War, Miles characterised all non-humans as either gods, like the Great Houses and Celestis, or monsters, like the Yssgaroth and Mal'akh.[8]

The Faction's universe is on the surface an SF universe, but it works on the same principles as traditional folklore. It's all very feudal. There are, or were, 'people' who ran history – 'history' being a way for us to deal with the world around us – and these 'people' are generally nameless and faceless, but with the attitude of an aristocratic upper class. Ruling Houses, in effect. At some point these Houses engaged in a war with an equally inscrutable enemy, and the war intersected – still intersects – human history like a biblical war in Heaven, impacting on humanity but without direct human involvement. Usually. So that makes Faction Paradox a Prometheus among the Titans, it's a splinter-group halfway between the elite and humanity, which believes in (a) introducing its principles to the "collaterals" caught in the crossfire... that's us, essentially... and (b) interfering in the plans of the Houses whenever possible.Lawrence Miles[9]

The Book of the War was published by Mad Norwegian Press in September 2002, and following its success Mad Norwegian announced in December of that year that it would publish a series of standalone Faction Paradox novels edited by Miles. Despite the series' name, these novels would not specifically focus on the Faction, instead exploring "a myriad of times/settings" throughout the War.[10] Each novel was written by a contributor to The Book of the War, either building upon the contents of their entries (e.g. Philip Purser-Hallard's Of the City of the Saved and Mags L. Halliday's Warring States) or telling completely new stories (e.g. Lance Parkin's Warlords of Utopia and Kelly Hale's Erasing Sherlock). Notably, each book was set before its predecessor, with some novels hinting that their events were connected to or even caused by their successors.[11][12] Along with these original novels, Mad Norwegian also republished Miles's 1999 book Dead Romance, which had originally been released in Virgin Books' New Adventures line.[13]

The cover of FP 1.

At the same time, Mad Norwegian began producing a Faction Paradox comic[14] to be published by Image Comics. It was written by Lawrence Miles and tied into his novel The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"], albeit in a way that required no prior knowledge of that novel or any other Faction Paradox story.[15] The first issue, Political Animals [+]Loading...["Political Animals (comic story)"], was listed as one of Diamond Distribution's "Gems of the Month"[16] and was received favourably by several mainstream comic reviewers,[17] but for cost reasons Mad Norwegian chose to end the comic series after its second issue [+]Loading...["Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)","its second issue"],[18] leaving the third part unreleased and the story unfinished.

In September 2003, BBV Productions announced it would end its Audio Adventures in Time & Space range to focus exclusively on the The Faction Paradox Protocols line.[19] However, BBV stopped producing any new content after A Labyrinth of Histories [+]Loading...["A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)"] in 2004, so Miles, impressed by the quality of actors in Magic Bullet Productions' Kaldor City series, reached out to Magic Bullet to continue the Faction Paradox audios. Though the resultant True History of Faction Paradox series was designed to be standalone from the earlier Protocols audios, it continued to feature the characters of Justine, Eliza, and Lolita, albeit played by different actors. The six True History audios were released from July 2005 to 23 November 2009.[20]

Mad Norwegian Press CEO Lars Pearson announced in September 2006 that, as the return of Doctor Who to television had focused fans' attentions elsewhere, the Faction Paradox novels would end with Erasing Sherlock [+]Loading...["Erasing Sherlock (novel)"] that December[21] rather than continuing with "Novel #6" as had been previously announced.[22] However, the following July, New Zealand-based publisher Random Static announced they would continue the Faction Paradox novel line with Newtons Sleep [+]Loading...["Newtons Sleep (novel)"],[23] published January 2008 to some local media attention.[24][25] Concerned that the series branding was scaring off unfamiliar readers and distracting reviewers, Random Static later released the novel online as a free ebook without the Faction Paradox label.[26][27] Despite plans for another novel to be released in 2010,[28] this was Random Static's only Faction Paradox release.

20th anniversary art by Blair Bidmead.

On 7 June 2010, Obverse Books announced it had obtained the license to publish a series of Faction Paradox short story anthologies[29] beginning with A Romance in Twelve Parts [+]Loading...["A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)"].[30] Following that anthology's success, Obverse took over the Faction Paradox prose license in its entirety. The new novel line began with Against Nature [+]Loading...["Against Nature (novel)"] and The Brakespeare Voyage [+]Loading...["The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)"],[31] both of which had begun production while Mad Norwegian was still running the series.[32][33] At the same time Obverse announced novellas from Kelly Hale and Jim Mortimore,[31] neither of which were released. Obverse also began the first Faction Paradox prose spinoff: The City of the Saved, a series of short story anthologies edited by Philip Purser-Hallard.[34][35]

Obverse maintains a steady release schedule of Faction Paradox prose. Notably, in 2015 it published the anthology Liberating Earth [+]Loading...["Liberating Earth (anthology)"], edited by acclaimed Doctor Who novelist Kate Orman, which featured only women writers. This precedent was continued two years later by the City of the Saved release Tales of the Civil War [+]Loading...["Tales of the Civil War (anthology)"].

In 2017, Obverse celebrated the 20th anniversary year of Faction Paradox's first appearance with several releases: the novel Weapons Grade Snake Oil [+]Loading...["Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)"][36]; the City of the Saved anthology Tales of the Civil War [+]Loading...["Tales of the Civil War (anthology)"]; the novel Spinning Jenny [+]Loading...["Spinning Jenny (novel)"], which had been in production since 2012;[37] and the anthology The Book of the Enemy [+]Loading...["The Book of the Enemy (anthology)"].[38] Also announced was The Book of the Peace [+]Loading...["The Book of the Peace (anthology)"].[39]

To celebrate Obverse Books' tenth anniversary in 2019, six novellas were released in the Obverse Sextet line, each a tie-in to one of Obverse Books' fiction series. This included a new Faction Paradox book, Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production [+]Loading...["Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production (novel)","Hyponormalisation: A Faction Hollywood Production"], and the seventh City of the Saved release, Vanishing Tales of the City [+]Loading...["Vanishing Tales of the City (novel)"].[40]

After a 17 year hiatus, BBV Productions reacquired the Faction Paradox audio and video license in 2021 and began releasing new standalone Faction Paradox audio stories, as well as two video crossovers with its P.R.O.B.E. series.[41] However, many of BBV's early decisions were decried by Lawrence Miles,[42] and following public outcry in October 2021 over the company's hiring of an accused child predator on a different project,[43] its Faction Paradox license was revoked.[44]

On 21 April 2021, Obverse Books announced Worlds of the Spiral Politic, a new series of novels and anthologies focusing on specific settings around the Faction Paradox universe.[45] The open call for pitches for the first of these books, an anthology set in the Boulevard of Alternate Brutalities, had been announced that February.[46] After receiving almost 100 pitches,[47] Obverse split the anthology into two volumes, and The Boulevard: Volume One was released on 1 June 2022.

Stories

Novels

Title Writer Publisher Release date
The Book of the War ed. Lawrence Miles Mad Norwegian
Press 		17 September 2002
This Town Will Never Let Us Go Lawrence Miles 29 October 2003
Of the City of the Saved... Philip Purser-Hallard 11 May 2004
Warlords of Utopia Lance Parkin 13 December 2004
Warring States Mags L. Halliday 19 June 2005
Erasing Sherlock Kelly Hale 13 December 2006
Newtons Sleep Daniel O'Mahony Random Static 12 January 2008
Against Nature Lawrence Burton Obverse Books 22 March 2013
The Brakespeare Voyage Simon Bucher-Jones, Jonathan Dennis 26 October 2013
Head of State Andrew Hickey 29 June 2015
Weapons Grade Snake Oil Blair Bidmead 17 January 2017
Spinning Jenny Dale Smith 25 November 2017
Hyponormalisation[nb 1] Jonathan Dennis 9 December 2019

Worlds of the Spiral Politic

Main article: Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)

Worlds of the Spiral Politic was an Obverse Books series focusing on specific settings around the Faction Paradox universe.[45]

Title Writer Publisher Release date
Inward Collapse Lawrence Burton Obverse Books April 2023[nb 2]

Anthologies

Title Editor Publisher Release date
Dead Romance[nb 3] Lars Pearson Mad Norwegian Press 7 November 2004
A Romance in Twelve Parts Stuart Douglas
Lawrence Miles 		Obverse Books 31 May 2011
Burning with Optimism's Flames Jay Eales 31 January 2013
Liberating Earth Kate Orman 31 January 2015
The Book of the Enemy Simon Bucher-Jones 23 January 2018
The Book of the Peace Philip Marsh 23 December 2018

The City of the Saved

Main article: The City of the Saved (series)

Starting in 2012 with Tales of the City, Obverse Books also published a Faction Paradox anthology subseries or spin-off, The City of the Saved, set in the eponymous City introduced in The Book of the War.

Title Editor Publisher Release Date
Tales of the City[nb 4] Philip Purser-Hallard Obverse Books 1 June 2012
More Tales of the City 1 June 2013
Tales of the Great Detectives 1 October 2014
Furthest Tales of the City 31 October 2015
Tales of the Civil War 10 February 2017
Stranger Tales of the City Liz Evershed 12 March 2018
Vanishing Tales of the City[nb 1] Kara Dennison 9 December 2019

Worlds of the Spiral Politic

Main article: Worlds of the Spiral Politic (series)
Title Editor Publisher Release Date
The Boulevard: Volume One Stuart Douglas Obverse Books 1 June 2022
The Boulevard: Volume Two Simon Bucher-Jones 17 January 2024

Audio

# Title Series Author Featuring Publisher Released
1.1 The Eleven-Day Empire The Faction
Paradox Protocols 		Lawrence Miles Justine, Eliza, Lolita, Morlock, Quelch, Sontarans BBV October 2001
1.2 The Shadow Play
1.3 Sabbath Dei Justine, Eliza, Lolita, Sabbath, Compassion, Peking Homunculi February 2003
1.4 In the Year of the Cat April 2003
1.5 Movers Justine, Lolita, Morlock, Sabbath December 2003
1.6 A Labyrinth of Histories February 2004
2.1 Coming to Dust The True History
of Faction Paradox 		Justine, Eliza, Finton, Marne Magic Bullet 23 July 2005
2.2 The Ship of a Billion Years Justine, Eliza, Sutekh, Finton, Marne 15 April 2006
2.3 Body Politic Justine, Eliza, Sutekh, the War King, Lolita, Anubis, Mortega May 2008
2.4 Words from Nine Divinities Justine, Eliza, Sutekh, the War King, Lolita, Anubis, Mortega, Nephthys 24 November 2008
2.5 Ozymandias Justine, Horus, Sutekh, Lolita, Geb, Nephthys, Finton, Marne 8 June 2009
2.6 The Judgment of Sutekh 23 November 2009

BBV spinoffs

Starting in June 2021, BBV Productions released several new Faction Paradox audios in its Audio Adventures in Time & Space line. These were grouped into the series names Dionus's War; Hellscape; and, retroactively,[48] Rebirth.

Title Series Author Featuring Publisher Release date
Eternal Escape Dionus's War James Hornby Dionus, House Military, the Friend BBV Productions 6 June 2021
Call Me Ishmael J.T. Mulholland Dionus, House Military 23 June 2021
The Healer's Sin Dionus 24 July 2021
Me & My Ghost Bill Baggs 1 October 2021
Mr Saldaamir Rebirth Lance Parkin Mister Saldaamir 11 August 2021
Sabbath and the King Aristide Twain Sabbath, the War King 12 August 2021
The Confession of Brother Signet Michael Gilroy-Sinclair Signet 20 October 2021
Lucifer Hellscape[nb 5] Trevor Spencer 1 January 2022

A planned fifth Dionus's War story, a prequel written by Aristide Twain, was written but never produced.[49]

Short stories

Long before the first print Faction Paradox short story anthology in 2011, Mad Norwegian Press and Random Static both released short stories as tie-ins to their Faction Paradox novels. These were often published online as part of The Spiral Politic Database or as extras with other releases — not only in Mad Norwegian's own novels, but also in the Image Comics run of Faction Paradox comic books.

In 2018, Obverse Books resumed the practice with ten vignettes released in an online "Dossier" accompanying The Book of the Peace. The Dossier also included a playlist and interviews with the anthology's authors.[50]

Title Writer Released Publisher Release date
Grass[nb 3] Lawrence Miles The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Vol. 101 No. 3[nb 6] Spilogale, Inc. September 2001
Crimes Against History The Spiral Politic Database Mad Norwegian Press 11 November 2001
The Eleven-Day Empire: A Tour of the Capital Mags L. Halliday 14 September 2002
Prologue to This Town Will Never Let Us Go Lawrence Miles FP 1 Image Comics 6 August 2003
The Reliquary FP 1 - 2 6 August - 19 November 2003
Prologue to Of the City of the Saved... Philip Purser-Hallard This Town Will Never Let Us Go Mad Norwegian Press 29 October 2003
Prologue to Warlords of Utopia Lance Parkin Of the City of the Saved... 11 May 2004
The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion Mags L. Halliday Myth Makers: Issue 14
Warring States (ebook) 		November 2004
Prologue to Warring States Online, Warlords of Utopia 9 November 2004
Prologue to Erasing Sherlock Kelly Hale Warring States 19 June 2005
The Return of the King Daniel O'Mahony Online Random Static 7 January 2008
The Beasthouse[nb 3] Lawrence Miles 6 July 2008
Unification Theory Philip Purser-Hallard Of the City of the Saved... (ebook) Mad Norwegian Press 2013
Prelude to Against Nature Lawrence Burton Online Ce Acatl 5 February 2013
The Unwoken Princess The Obverse Book of Detectives[nb 4] Obverse Books 26 April 2013
Sojourner & Ellie Blair Bidmead Online 16 December 2017
Unsent letter Philip Marsh The Book of the Peace Dossier Obverse Books 17 September 2018
The Story So Far... Jayce Black 2 October 2018
A Scene Niki Haringsma 7 October 2018
Daring Initiation Jayce Black 1 November 2018
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 25 November 2018
Inside the Looking Glass Greg Maughan 7 February 2019
Pure Light Philip Marsh
A Farewell to R.M.S. Nate Bumber 11 February 2019
A Prelude to a Prelude
A Shift in Focus
Mr Saldaamir Lance Parkin Ebook BBV Productions 1 June 2021

Comic

Main article: Faction Paradox (2003)

Two issues of a bimonthly Faction Paradox comic were produced by Mad Norwegian Press and published by Image Comics in the latter half of 2003. Each issue had a central, 16-page comic along with shorter, illustrated text stories. The main comic story was an ongoing one, so the early cancellation of the title meant that the story was never finished. It was set after the end of the War in Heaven and acted as a prequel to The Adventuress of Henrietta Street; the Faction Paradox Protocols audio stories Sabbath Dei and In the Year of the Cat were intended to be prequels to the comic, although they were ultimately released first.[20]

# Title Writer Featuring Printed in Released
1 Political Animals Lawrence Miles Isobel, Mayakatula FP 1 6 August 2003
2 Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses Isobel, Mayakatula, Sabbath Dei FP 2 19 November 2003
Creatures of Habit Mayakatula, Sabbath Dei Unreleased

Video

Shortly before the release of the first issue of the Faction Paradox comic, a subsidiary company of Warner Brothers contacted the publisher to ask about the rights to a Faction Paradox theatrical film. The talks came to an abrupt end after Lawrence Miles described the project as "Amadeus with monsters".[51]

In 2021-22, BBV Productions released two video crossovers between Faction Paradox and its P.R.O.B.E. series, both ultimately collected in P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2. The second of these videos, Ex-President [+]Loading...["Ex-President (home video)"], included a brief clip of a costumed Faction Paradox member: technically, the Faction's live-action debut. A third short, meant to conclude the storyline, was never released.[49]

Title Author Featuring Release Date
Daylight Savings James Hornby Giles 6 June 2021
Ex-President Giles, Felix Mather 25 February 2022
Faction Paradox Giles Unreleased

Timeline of releases

The Peace: A Lost Primer (feature)Faction Paradox (feature)The Enemy (feature)The Great Houses (feature)The War King (feature)Lilith (feature)Sabbath Dei (feature)Godfather Morlock (feature)Cousin Eliza (feature)Cousin Justine (feature)Faction Paradox, as Much as It's Known (feature)Ex-President (home video)Daylight Savings (home video)The Boulevard: Volume TwoThe Boulevard: Volume OneVanishing Tales of the City (novel)The Book of the Peace (anthology)Stranger Tales of the City (anthology)The Book of the Enemy (anthology)Tales of the Civil War (anthology)Furthest Tales of the City (anthology)Liberating Earth (anthology)Tales of the Great Detectives (anthology)More Tales of the City (anthology)Burning with Optimism's Flames (anthology)Tales of the City (anthology)A Romance in Twelve Parts (anthology)Dead Romance (novel)B%C3%AAtes Noires %26 Dark Horses (comic story)Political Animals (comic story)Inward Collapse (novel)

Spinning Jenny (novel)Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)Head of State (novel)The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)Against Nature (novel)Newtons Sleep (novel)Erasing Sherlock (novel)Warring States (novel)Warlords of Utopia (novel)Of the City of the Saved... (novel)This Town Will Never Let Us Go (novel)The Book of the War (novel)Lucifer (audio story)The Confession of Brother Signet (audio story)Me %26 My Ghost (audio story)Sabbath and the King (audio story)Mr Saldaamir (short story)The Healer's Sin (audio story)Call Me Ishmael (audio story)Eternal Escape (audio story)The Judgment of Sutekh (audio story)Ozymandias (audio story)Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)Body Politic (audio story)The Ship of a Billion Years (audio story)Coming to Dust (audio story)A Labyrinth of Histories (audio story)Movers (audio story)In the Year of the Cat (audio story)Sabbath Dei (audio story)The Shadow Play (audio story)The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)Mr Saldaamir (short story)A Shift in Focus (short story)A Prelude to a Prelude (short story)A Farewell to R.M.S. (short story)Pure Light (short story)Inside the Looking Glass (short story)Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (short story)Daring Initiation (short story)A Scene (short story)The Story So Far... (short story)Unsent letter (short story)Sojourner %26 Ellie (short story)The Unwoken Princess (short story)Prelude to Against Nature (short story)Unification Theory (short story)The Beasthouse (short story)The Return of the King (short story)Prologue to Erasing Sherlock (short story)Prologue to Warring States (short story)The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion (short story)Prologue to Warlords of Utopia (short story)Prologue to Of the City of the Saved... (short story)The Reliquary (short story)Prologue to This Town Will Never Let Us Go (short story)Faction Armour: Some Design Notes (short story)Blood Ties: Inside the Grandfather's House (short story)The Eleven-Day Empire%3A A Tour of the Capital (short story)Coda: Off-Cuts and AfterthoughtsCrimes Against History (short story)Grass (short story)

Notes

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Cover gallery

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Published as part of Obverse Sextet.
  2. ↑ The exact date of release is complicated due to the book's page on the Obverse website being placed up early at an unknown day in early April. Stuart Douglas decided not to take down this page, releasing a statement on 5 April. The book was later given a "proper" release on the 26th.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Not directly branded as a Faction Paradox publication upon release.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Published as part of Obverse Quarterly.
  5. ↑ While BBV continued to use the Faction Paradox logo on further Hellscape releases, they were released without the Faction Paradox license.[44]
  6. ↑ Later reprinted as part of Dead Romance.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lawrence Miles (28 May 2000). The "Last Ever" Interview. Menace The Miles. Archived from the original on 4 February 2003.
  2. ↑ Philip Purser-Hallard (20 August 2012). Re: Rate 36. The Ancestor Cell. Gallifrey Base. “The Time Lord War was never meant to be something which actually happened in the EDA range – it was part of the Doctor's distant future, like Merlin or the Valeyard, and could have been kept there indefinitely if the editors had shown wiling.”
  3. ↑ Lawrence Miles (11 March 2001). 64 Thousand-Dollar Questions. The Complete Lawrence Miles. Archived from the original on 1 March 2005.
  4. ↑ Lawrence Miles (17 August 1999). All-Purpose Internet Statement. Rec.arts.drwho. Archived from the original on 22 April 2001.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lawrence Miles (2001). Outpost Gallifrey Interview. Outpost Gallifrey. Archived from the original on 14 June 2003.
  6. ↑ New Faction Paradox Book Announced - Edited by Lawrence Miles!. Mad Norwegian Press (12 February 2002). Archived from the original on 22 April 2003.
  7. ↑ Lawrence Miles (2003). The Faction Paradox Interview. BBV Online. Archived from the original on 6 May 2003.
  8. ↑ Philip Purser-Hallard. Of the City of the Saved Notes – Book Three. Infinitarian.com. “Lawrence Miles decided early on that there would be minimal emphasis on “aliens” in the Faction universe: in The Book of the War non-humans are gods, like the members of the Great Houses, or monsters, like the Mal'akh.”
  9. ↑ Lawrence Miles; Brent Keane (5 January 2004). Paradoxically Speaking. Ninth Art.
  10. ↑ Faction Paradox Novels Update. Mad Norwegian Press (24 February 2003). Archived from the original on 22 April 2003.
  11. ↑ Philip Purser-Hallard. Of the City of the Saved Notes – Book Two. Infinitarian.com.
  12. ↑ Mags L. Halliday. Author's Notes. Warring States ebook edition (2013). “This was another conceit of the series: that each novel was set earlier than the previous one. So the events at the end of Erasing Sherlock trigger elements of Warring States, and the end of Warring States triggers elements of Of City of the Saved...”
  13. ↑ Faction News. Mad Norwegian Press (2003-2005). Archived from the original on 5 July 2005.
  14. ↑ Faction Paradox comic on the horizon!. Mad Norwegian Press (19 September 2002). Archived from the original on 22 April 2003.
  15. ↑ Image Comics Press Release. Mad Norwegian Press (15 May 2003). Archived from the original on 22 August 2003. “Faction Paradox has a five-year history in science-fiction novels, but there's not a lick of pre-knowledge required for the comic book series.”
  16. ↑ Premier Gems of the Month. Diamond Comics (June 2003). Archived from the original on 4 June 2003.
  17. ↑ Faction Paradox #1. Mad Norwegian Press (2003). Archived from the original on 5 February 2004.
  18. ↑ Lars Pearson (June 2004). Mad Norwegian ends Faction Paradox comic series. Mad Norwegian Press. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004.
  19. ↑ BBV News. BBV Online (September 2003). Archived from the original on 4 October 2003. “Season 4 also wraps up BBV's audio output for the time being, with the exception of the Faction Paradox range, which will move to a separate audio series in their own right.”
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who
  21. ↑ Faction News. Mad Norwegian Press (2005-2008). Archived from the original on 27 September 2008.
  22. ↑ Lars Pearson (4 October 2005). You want to know the few-char!. The Faction Paradox Community.
  23. ↑ Random Static to publish Faction Paradox novels. Random Static Ltd (July 2007). Archived from the original on 22 August 2007.
  24. ↑ A tale of love and magic in the Faction universe. The Big Idea (11 January 2008).
  25. ↑ Newtons Sleep puts Wellington back on sci-fi map. Scoop Independent News (7 January 2008).
  26. ↑ Kelly Buchanan (16 January 2009). Newtons Sleep Ebook and Other News. The Faction Paradox Community.
  27. ↑ Daniel O'Mahony. Newtons Sleep. Random Static. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009.
  28. ↑ Kelly Buchanan (2009). New Faction Paradox in 2010. “In 2010 we'll be publishing an anthology of NZ speculative fiction, and the next novel in the Faction Paradox setting.”
  29. ↑ Stuart Douglas (7 June 2010). Faction Paradox – the shorter version. Gallifrey Base.
  30. ↑ Stuart Douglas (13 August 2010). Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts. Gallifrey Base.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Stuart Douglas (23 December 2011). Faction Paradox 2012. Obverse Books.
  32. ↑ Lawrence Burton (22 March 2013). Against Nature has Arrived. Onereed.
  33. ↑ Simon Bucher-Jones (28 January 2014). Shard Apocrypha – Brakespeare Initialisation. SBJ's Pantechnicon Extravaganza.
  34. ↑ Stuart Douglas (22 August 2011). Re: Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts. Gallifrey Base. “Ahem...watch this (or some related) space :)”
  35. ↑ Stuart Douglas (6 December 2011). The Obverse Quarterly Year Two. Gallifrey Base.
  36. ↑ Blair Bidmead (1 January 2017). Faction Paradox – Weapons Grade Snake Oil: Author Q&A. We Are Cult.
  37. ↑ Dale Smith (2018). Spinning Jenny. Dale Smith Online.
  38. ↑ Coming very soon – THE BOOK OF THE ENEMY. Obverse Books on Facebook (25 November 2017).
  39. ↑ Coming soon – The Book of the Peace. Obverse Books on Facebook (7 September 2017).
  40. ↑ Sextet – An Obverse Anniversary Celebration. Obverse Books on Facebook (6 February 2019).
  41. ↑ BBV Productions (25 February 2022). P.R.O.B.E. Case Files: Volume 2 announcement. BBV on Twitter.
  42. ↑ Lawrence Miles (6 June 2021). I strongly recommend that you don't buy any Faction Paradox material from BBV.. Lawrence Miles on Twitter. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021.
  43. ↑ Thread on the Current Situation with BBV Productions. r/Gallifrey. Reddit (29 October 2021).
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