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-'''''Valentine's Day''''' was a planned [[Lawrence Miles]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] that would have continued the "fractured biodata" plotline that began in ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]''. After [[Justin Richards]] became editor of the range, Miles tried adapting it to work as a conclusion to the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s "[[Earth]] arc" that began in ''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]'', but the rights with the [[Dalek]]s fell through, and the novel was rejected in place of ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]''.
+'''''Valentine's Day''''' was a proposed [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novel by [[Lawrence Miles]] that would have continued the "fractured biodata" plotline that began in {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference}}. After [[Justin Richards]] became editor of the range, Miles tried adapting it to work as a conclusion to the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s "[[Earth]] arc" that began in {{cs|The Burning (novel)}}, but the rights with the [[Dalek]]s fell through, so the proposal was never officially submitted. Instead, the arc was concluded by {{cs|Escape Velocity (novel)}}.
 In [[2000 (production)|2000]] and [[2001 (production)|2001]], Lawrence Miles said that he regarded ''Valentine's Day'' as "without question, the strongest plotline I've ever come up with"<ref name="64K">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php March 2001 64 Thousand Questions]</ref> and "the best thing I've ever done in Doctor Who" that "would've said everything I've ever wanted to say in a Doctor Who novel."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225192943/http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=FactionFinal The Potential Last Ever Doctor Who Interview with Lawrence Miles]</ref> He suggested that he could turn it into an ongoing [[Doctor Who Magazine]] comic.<ref name="64K" />
 == Summary ==
-In the story, the Doctor would have realised that, due to the damage done to his timeline in ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]'', if he were to [[regeneration|regenerate]] again, he would become something "so completely horrible that even Faction Paradox weren't ready for the consequences." As a result, he would go into a self-imposed exile in an attempt to avoid risk.
+The Doctor realises that due to the [[biodata virus|damage]] done to his timeline in {{cs|Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference}}, if he were to [[regeneration|regenerate]] again he would become something "so completely horrible that even Faction Paradox weren't ready for the consequences." To avoid the risk of regeneration, he goes into self-imposed exile.
-However, during this retirement, a balance in the universe was disturbed, and the [[Dalek]]s became a major power, threatening even the Time Lords. This prompted the Doctor to come out of his exile to train a replacement under the combined guidance of the [[Time Lord]]s, [[Faction Paradox]], and anyone else who wanted to be involved. Their training ground would have been [[Earth]]'s [[21st century]], beginning on [[14 February]] [[2000]] and ending exactly one hundred years later. The story would have ended with the Doctor and his replacement entering into a life-or-death struggle.<ref name="64K" />
+However, with the Doctor gone, the balance of the universe is disturbed and the [[Dalek]]s arise as the major power the [[Time Lord]]s have always feared. This prompts the Doctor to come out of his exile to train a replacement under the combined guidance of the [[Time Lord]]s, [[Faction Paradox]], and anyone else who wanted to be involved. Their training ground is [[Earth]]'s [[21st century]], beginning on [[14 February]] [[2000]] and ending exactly 100 years later.<ref name="64K" />
 == Behind the scenes ==
-* [[Lance Parkin]]'s planned, ultimately-unproduced novel ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (novel)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'' would also have explored the Daleks' involvement in the [[War in Heaven]].
+* Miles planned for ''Valentine's Day'' to begin an arc that would end in a life-or-death struggle between the Doctor and his replacement.<ref name="64K" /> He would later reuse some elements of this pitch, such as the Doctor's conflict with [[Sabbath|a potential successor]], in {{cs|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)}}<ref>[http://beasthouse-lm2.blogspot.com/2009/08/captain-jacks-guts.html Lawrence Miles: Captain Jack's Guts]</ref> and his later proposal {{cs|333 (unproduced novel)}}.
+* The story would have featured the [[Dalek]]s, following on rumours that BBC Books might attain usage rights to the Daleks. As [[Big Finish]] had recently received these rights, Miles called [[Gary Russell]] and offered to synchronize with Big Finish's ''[[Dalek Empire (audio series)|Dalek Empire]]''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/The_Beasthouse/status/1807491551444013535 Lawrence Miles on Twitter]</ref> [[Lance Parkin]]'s proposal ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (novel)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'' also would have explored the Daleks' involvement in the [[War in Heaven]].
 == Footnotes ==