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'''''Seconds''''' was a unproduced ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel pitched by [[Lawrence Miles]] to [[Virgin Books]]' ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Missing Adventures]]'' line. It was rejected by editor [[Simon Winstone]] for being too similar to ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'', and ''[[A Device of Death (novel)|A Device of Death]]'' was commissioned in its stead.
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a was an unproduced ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel by [[Lawrence Miles]]. It was pitched for the [[Virgin Missing Adventures]] series but was rejected by [[Simon Winstone]] for being too similar to ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]''.


''Seconds'' would have been a [[Third Doctor]] story similar to ''[[The Italian Job]]'' and would have featured the first appearance of [[Faction Paradox]]. The Doctor would have led a band of criminals to raid [[the Matrix]] tapes from [[Gallifrey]] in the [[Whomobile]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301095733/http://planeteleven.co.uk/features/lmia/lastever.php The Potential Last Ever Doctor Who Interview with Lawrence Miles (28th May 2000)]</ref>
''Seconds'' would have been similar to ''[[The Italian Job]]'', with the [[Third Doctor]] leading a band of criminals to raid [[the Matrix]] tapes from [[Gallifrey]] in the [[Whomobile]]. It would have featured the first appearance of [[Faction Paradox]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301095733/http://planeteleven.co.uk/features/lmia/lastever.php The Potential Last Ever Doctor Who Interview with Lawrence Miles (28th May 2000)]</ref>


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Seconds was a unproduced Doctor Who novel pitched by Lawrence Miles to Virgin Books' Missing Adventures line. It was rejected by editor Simon Winstone for being too similar to Christmas on a Rational Planet, and A Device of Death was commissioned in its stead.

Seconds would have been similar to The Italian Job, with the Third Doctor leading a band of criminals to raid the Matrix tapes from Gallifrey in the Whomobile. It would have featured the first appearance of Faction Paradox.[1]

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