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The Eleven Day Empire was the first Faction Paradox audio and — along with The Shadow Play — half of the first story of The Faction Paradox Protocols.

The Eleven Day Empire

Script release:

online here

Main character(s):

Justine, Eliza

Main enemy:

Lolita, Seventy-Ninth Sontaran Assault Corps

Key crew

Publisher:

BBV Productions

Writer:

Lawrence Miles

Director:

Nigel Fairs

Music:

Nigel Fairs

Sound:

Nigel Fairs

Release details

Number of parts:

1

Release number:

1

Release date:

October 2001

Format:

1 CD
Download

ISBN:

none

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Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Faction Paradox website[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Unkindnesses discuss the future over dinner; the Sontarans decide to give extinction a push in the right direction; Justine gains an opportunity by losing her 'closest friend'; Godfather Morlock makes his last appearance in Parliament, and spots a trap just in time to walk into it; the founder of the House leaves a legacy; and the doomed end up dancing on the walls while the Faction prepares for war.

BBV Productions website[[edit] | [edit source]]

PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)
1: FACTION PARADOX

Era: Non-specific.
Technology: Post-linear (subtle), time-active.

Even before the outbreak of the "War in Heaven", Faction Paradox was regarded as the most unpredictable (and opportunistic) of the time-active powers. Aware of the precarious nature of history -- but under no obligation to protect it -- while the other Great Houses were still attempting to uphold a "universal order", the Faction was following its own, far more ambiguous, protocols. Ruthless, secretive and at times difficult to understand, it's hardly surprising that the Faction should have eventually found itself under siege from its rival powers...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cousin Justine meets with the Unkindness on behalf of House Paradox. The Unkindness tear apart her gift of Dodo meat and use it to show her a prophecy of the future where the Eleven-Day Empire is under attack. As the attack begins Cousin Eliza warns Godfather Morlock who then leads a briefing. Meanwhile Godfather Sabbath has already started to mobilise his forces.

Justine and Eliza board the attacking mothership and discover that the Empire is being invaded by the Sontarans. After taking them down with her shadow-weapon, Godfather Sabbath arrives with reinforcements and the Sontarans flee back through the rift. Having escaped, Justine and Eliza report back to Morlock. He believes that the assault on the Empire was a distraction for a more devious play. Consulting the Catalogue, Morlock realizes that a specimen jar has been replaced with a fusion bomb. With minutes left before detonation, Justine drops her shadow sword and, at Morlock's instruction, bonds the bomb to her shadow. The bomb detonates, destroying the shadows of both Morlock and herself.

Back on the mothership, General Kine and his advisor Lolita receive report of the fusion bomb's detonation. While Kine is irritated by Lolita's arrogance and the presence of her child, he continues with her plans. Meanwhile, Morlock and Justine have returned to the surface. The skies above them open, with representatives of the six Ruling Houses emerging from the rift. The Houses have offered to negotiate the recognition of House Paradox as an equal. Despite the suspicious timing of their offer, Morlock recommends that Parliament engage in negotiations.

Cousin Eliza warns of imminent danger to the Empire, based on her own planet's destruction by the Great Houses. Morlock sends Eliza to meet Lord Ruthven of House Tracolix while he observes their biodata. Meanwhile, Morlock takes Justine to the Ritual Hall to prepare for the trap that they have walked into. Parliament decides to reveal the Faction's special weaponry, including Grandfather Paradox's knife, which holds the last remaining physical trace of the now-erased Grandfather. Godmother Quelch has failed in every previous attempt to bond the weapon to a soldier. Despite Quelch's protests, Justine is ordered to bond with the weapon due to her lack of a shadow.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cousin Justine - Suzanne Proctor
Godfather Morlock - Ellis Pike
Lolita - Caroline Burns-Cook
Cousin Eliza / Godmother Quelch - Emma Kilbey
Lord Ruthven / General Kine - Nigel Fairs
The Voice - Linda Bartram

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Unkindnesses lived in the Eleven-Day Empire before Faction Paradox moved there.
Cousin Justine offers the Unkindnesses dodo meat.
Faction Paradox uses flying machines against the Sontarans.
Justine says that the Sontaran Warship is like something out of Jules Verne.
The Sontarans often steal time-technology from the Houses.
Morlock uses a tracking-knife.
The Sontarans plant a fusion bomb in the Faction's biodata catalogue.
Lolita compares General Kine to Humpty Dumpty.
Ruthven is from House Tracolix.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

A brief uncredited role in this story is that of the voices of the Unkindness. Lawrence Miles specified in his script that the Unkindnesses could be played by anyone in the cast.
The script to this story, dated to April 15 2000, was released on the Faction Paradox website in 2003. ^[1]
The story was recorded on 14 July 2001. ^[2]
On the Faction Paradox website, the letters "NEMY" were hidden in the skulls on the page for this story.^[3]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

It is mentioned that Justine was sent on a mission which she failed. In the Eighth Doctor novel Alien Bodies ^[+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"], Justine fails to retrieve the Relic from Qixotl's auction.
Justine remembers the suicide of Father Sanjira, which occured in Alien Bodies ^[+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"]
The Eleven-Day Empire previously appeared in PROSE: Unnatural History ^[+]Loading...["[[Unnatural History (novel)]]"] and Interference - Book One ^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"]
The Sontarans are used as shock troops to pave the way for the invasion of the Eleven-Day Empire by other interested parties. Ironically, they themselves had earlier used the Vardans for the same purpose in TV: The Invasion of Time)
It is later revealed that the War King hired Lolita to destroy the Eleven-Day Empire in the audio story Words from Nine Divinities ^[+]Loading...["[[Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)]]"]
Lord Ruthven was previously mentioned in PROSE: Alien Bodies.
Eliza tells Justine how her world was destroyed by one of the Houses, alluding to her identity as "Christine Summerfield" and the events of the novel Dead Romance ^[+]Loading...["Dead Romance (novel)"]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

[1] Script of The Eleven Day Empire

[2] Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who

[3] The Faction Paradox Protocols, Volume 1

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+'''''The Eleven Day Empire''''' was the first ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' audio and — along with ''[[The Shadow Play (audio story)|The Shadow Play]]'' — half of the first story of ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)<br />
+=== Faction Paradox website ===
-: FACTION PARADOX
+The [[Unkindness]]es discuss the future over dinner; the [[Sontaran]]s decide to give extinction a push in the right direction; [[Justine McManus|Justine]] gains an opportunity by losing her 'closest friend'; [[Morlock|Godfather Morlock]] makes his last appearance in [[Shadow Parliament|Parliament]], and spots a trap just in time to walk into it; [[Grandfather Paradox|the founder of the House]] leaves a legacy; and the doomed end up dancing on the walls while the Faction prepares for [[War in Heaven|war]].
+=== BBV Productions website ===
+[[Primer for the Spiral Politic|PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC]] (POST-WAR EDITION)<br />
+: [[Faction Paradox|FACTION PARADOX]]
 Era: Non-specific.<br />
 Technology: Post-linear (subtle), time-active.
-Even before the outbreak of the "War in Heaven", Faction Paradox was regarded as the most unpredictable (and opportunistic) of the time-active powers. Aware of the precarious nature of history -- but under no obligation to protect it -- while the other Great Houses were still attempting to uphold a "universal order", the Faction was following its own, far more ambiguous, protocols. Ruthless, secretive and at times difficult to understand, it's hardly surprising that the Faction should have eventually found itself under siege from its rival powers...
+Even before the outbreak of the "[[War in Heaven]]", [[Faction Paradox]] was regarded as the most unpredictable (and opportunistic) of the time-active powers. Aware of the precarious nature of history -- but under no obligation to protect it -- while the other [[Great House]]s were still attempting to uphold a [[Web of Time|"universal order"]], the Faction was following its own, far more ambiguous, protocols. Ruthless, secretive and at times difficult to understand, it's hardly surprising that the Faction should have eventually found itself under siege from its rival powers...
 == Plot ==
-''to be added''
+[[Cousin (rank)|Cousin]] [[Justine (Alien Bodies)|Justine]] meets with the [[Unkindness]] on behalf of [[Faction Paradox|House Paradox]]. The Unkindness tear apart her gift of [[Dodo]] meat and use it to show her a prophecy of the [[future]] where the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] is under attack. As the attack begins Cousin [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]] warns [[Godparent (rank)|Godfather]] [[Morlock]] who then leads a briefing. Meanwhile Godfather [[Sabbath (Movers)|Sabbath]] has already started to mobilise his forces.
+Justine and Eliza board the attacking mothership and discover that the Empire is being invaded by the [[Sontarans]]. After taking them down with her [[shadow-weapon]], Godfather [[Sabbath (Movers)|Sabbath]] arrives with reinforcements and the Sontarans flee back through the rift. Having escaped, Justine and Eliza report back to Morlock. He believes that the assault on the Empire was a distraction for a more devious play. Consulting [[the Catalogue]], Morlock realizes that a specimen jar has been replaced with a fusion bomb. With minutes left before detonation, Justine drops her shadow sword and, at Morlock's instruction, bonds the bomb to her shadow. The bomb detonates, destroying the shadows of both Morlock and herself.
+Back on the mothership, General [[Kine]] and his advisor [[Lolita]] receive report of the fusion bomb's detonation. While Kine is irritated by Lolita's arrogance and the presence of her child, he continues with her plans. Meanwhile, Morlock and Justine have returned to the surface. The skies above them open, with representatives of the six Ruling Houses emerging from the rift. The Houses have offered to negotiate the recognition of [[House]] [[Faction Paradox|Paradox]] as an equal. Despite the suspicious timing of their offer, Morlock recommends that Parliament engage in negotiations.
+Cousin Eliza warns of imminent danger to the Empire, based on her own planet's destruction by the Great Houses. Morlock sends Eliza to meet Lord [[Ruthven]] of [[House Tracolix]] while he observes their biodata. Meanwhile, Morlock takes Justine to the [[Ritual Hall]] to prepare for the trap that they have walked into. Parliament decides to reveal the Faction's special weaponry, including [[Grandfather Paradox]]'s knife, which holds the last remaining physical trace of the now-erased Grandfather. [[Godmother (rank)|Godmother]] [[Quelch]] has failed in every previous attempt to bond the weapon to a soldier. Despite Quelch's protests, Justine is ordered to bond with the weapon due to her lack of a shadow.
 == Cast ==
-* [[Cousin]] [[Justine (Alien Bodies)|Justine]] - [[Suzanne Proctor]]
+* [[Cousin (rank)|Cousin]] [[Justine (Alien Bodies)|Justine]] - [[Suzanne Proctor]]
 * Godfather [[Morlock]] - [[Ellis Pike]]
 * [[Lolita]] - [[Caroline Burns-Cook]]
-* [[Cousin]] [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]] / Godmother [[Quelch]] - [[Emma Kilbey]]
+* [[Cousin (rank)|Cousin]] [[Christine Summerfield|Eliza]] / Godmother [[Quelch]] - [[Emma Kilbey]]
-* Lord [[Ruthventracolixabaxil|Ruthven]] / General [[Kine]] - [[Nigel Fairs]]
+* Lord [[Ruthven]] / General [[Kine]] - [[Nigel Fairs]]
-* The [[Unkindnesses|Voice]] - [[Linda Bartram]]
+* The Voice - [[Linda Bartram]]
-== Crew ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-''to be added''
+* The [[Unkindness]]es lived in the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] before [[Faction Paradox]] moved there.
+* Cousin Justine offers the Unkindnesses [[dodo]] meat.
-== References ==
+* Faction Paradox uses [[flying machine]]s against the [[Sontaran]]s.
-* The [[Sontaran]]s often steal time-technology..
+* Justine says that the [[Sontaran Warship]] is like something out of [[Jules Verne]].
-* The [[Unkindnesses]] lived in the [[Eleven Day Empire]] before [[Faction Paradox]] moved there.
+* The Sontarans often steal time-technology from the Houses.
-* [[Morlock]] uses a [[Tracking-knife]].
+* [[Morlock]] uses a [[tracking-knife]].
-* [[Ruthventracolixabaxil|Ruthven]] is a [[Time Lord|Lord]] of [[House Tracolix]].
+* The Sontarans plant a [[fusion bomb]] in the Faction's biodata catalogue.
+* Lolita compares General Kine to [[Humpty Dumpty]].
+* [[Ruthven]] is from [[House Tracolix]].
 == Notes ==
-''to be added''
+* A brief uncredited role in this story is that of the voices of the [[Unkindness]]. Lawrence Miles specified in his script that the Unkindnesses could be played by anyone in the cast.
+* The script to this story, dated to [[15 April (production)|April 15]] [[2000 (production)|2000]], was released on the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' website in [[2003 (production)|2003]]. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030817000534/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/scripts.htm Script of ''The Eleven Day Empire'']</ref>
+* The story was recorded on [[14 July (production)|14 July]] [[2001 (production)|2001]]. <ref>''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]''</ref>
+* On the ''Faction Paradox'' website, the letters "NEMY" were hidden in the skulls on the page for this story.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060721144514/http://factionparadox.co.uk/volume1.htm The Faction Paradox Protocols, Volume 1]</ref>
 == Continuity ==
-* Shortly after she became a Cousin, [[Justine (Alien Bodies)|Justine]] was sent on a mission to rescue [[the Relic]], which she failed because it was sabotaged by the other Houses. She remembers the suicide of Father [[Sanjira]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'')
+* It is mentioned that Justine was sent on a mission which she failed. In the [[EDA|Eighth Doctor novel]] {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}, Justine fails to retrieve [[the Relic]] from [[Qixotl's auction]].
-* It is later revealed that the [[War King]] hired [[Lolita]] to destroy the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)|Words from Nine Divinities]]'')
+* Justine remembers the suicide of Father [[Sanjira]], which occured in {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}
-* Eliza says that the lions in Trafalgar Square "gave [her] the shits." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'')
+* The [[Eleven-Day Empire]] previously appeared in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|[[Unnatural History (novel)]]}} and {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}}
+* The Sontarans are used as shock troops to pave the way for the invasion of the Eleven-Day Empire by other interested parties. Ironically, they themselves had earlier used the [[Vardan]]s for the same purpose in [[TV]]: ''[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]'')
+* It is later revealed that [[the War King]] hired [[Lolita]] to destroy the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] in the audio story {{cs|[[Words from Nine Divinities (audio story)]]}}
+* Lord Ruthven was previously mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''.
+* Eliza tells Justine how her world was destroyed by one of the Houses, alluding to her identity as "Christine Summerfield" and the events of the novel {{cs|Dead Romance (novel)}}
 == External links ==
-*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060212015459/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/scripts.htm Script of '''''The Eleven Day Empire'''''] at [http://web.archive.org/web/20060203210223/www.factionparadox.co.uk/homepage.htm factionparadox.co.uk]
+* [https://factionparadox.co.uk/protocols01.html '''''The Eleven Day Empire'''''] on [https://factionparadox.co.uk the official ''Faction Paradox'' website]
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+* [https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-The-Eleven-Day-Empire-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p338642937 '''''The Eleven Day Empire'''''] on the [https://bbvproductions.co.uk/ official BBV website]
+* [https://factionparadox.co.uk/S01E01%20-%20The%20Eleven-Day%20Empire%20-%20SCRIPT.pdf Script of '''''The Eleven Day Empire'''''] at [https://factionparadox.co.uk the official ''Faction Paradox'' website]
+{{Elx|[http://web.archive.org/web/20060212015459/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/scripts.htm Script of '''''The Eleven Day Empire'''''] at [http://web.archive.org/web/20060203210223/www.factionparadox.co.uk/homepage.htm the 2001 version of the official Faction Paradox website]}}
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+== Footnotes ==
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+{{FP series}}
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+{{Sontaran stories}}
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+[[Category:Stories set in the War]]