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 == Notes ==
 * While editing ''The Book of the War'', [[Lawrence Miles]] described it as "a continuity in a book, it's an encyclopaedia to the War Era universe. It's got a structure rather than a plot, the way history's got a structure or a Bible's got a structure. Some parts of the universe are cross-referenced with other parts, and it all comes together to make up this great big … vision."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080509161052/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Outpost Gallifrey Interview]</ref>
-* Miles carefully structured the book so it could also be understood if the entries were read in alphabetical order: at one point, he specifically requested that [[Jonathan Dennis]] rename a character to move the respective entry in the book.<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Jade_Pagoda/conversations/messages/56227 Re: JP The Book of War]</ref> The entries in several sections of the Design Specs listing are notably given in alphabetical order.<ref name="DesignSpecs" />
+* Miles carefully structured the book so it could also be understood if the entries were read in alphabetical order: at one point, he specifically requested that [[Jonathan Dennis]] rename a character to move the respective entry in the book.<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Jade_Pagoda/conversations/messages/56227 Re: JP The Book of War]</ref> The entries in several sections of the Design Specs reading order were notably given in alphabetical order.<ref name="DesignSpecs" />
-* Miles was selective regarding which concepts were explicitly borrowed from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' universe, particularly with regards to alien species. For instance, he had permission from the [[Robert Holmes]] estate to use the [[Sontaran]]s, who had previously appeared in his ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' audio stories, but he decided they weren't necessary.<ref name="ebook discussion" /> In contrast, he obtained permission from [[Neil Penswick]] to use the [[Yssgaroth]] from ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'', because, even though the concept was generic, Miles described "Yssgaroth" as "the best name I've ever heard".<ref>''[[Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story]]''</ref>
+* Miles was selective regarding which concepts were borrowed from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' universe, particularly with regards to alien species. For instance, he had permission from the [[Robert Holmes]] estate to use the [[Sontaran]]s, who had previously appeared in his ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' audio stories, but he decided they weren't necessary.<ref name="ebook discussion" /> In contrast, he obtained permission from [[Neil Penswick]] to use the [[Yssgaroth]] from ''[[The Pit (novel)|The Pit]]'', because, even though the concept was generic, Miles described "Yssgaroth" as "the best name I've ever heard".<ref>''[[Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story]]''</ref>
+* Besides its continuity connections to the Doctor Who universe, ''The Book of the War'' also included references to many stories from other universes and genres:
+** The effects of [[praxis]] reference the classic science fiction novel {{wi|Dune (novel)|Dune}}, as does the story of [[Robert Scarratt]] defusing a native uprising on [[House Xianthellipse]]'s praxis-supplying planet.
+** The self-mutilating [[Eremite]]s and their [[Labyrinth (The Book of the War)|Labyrinth]] mirrored the {{iw|cenobite|Cenobites}} from {{w|Clive Barker}}'s {{wi|Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser}} franchise.
+** The term "[[Violent Unknown Event]]" was borrowed from {{w|Peter Greenaway}}'s 1980 film {{wi|The Falls (1980 film)|The Falls}}.
 * Lawrence Miles briefly considered releasing an expanded version of ''The Book of the War'' on CD-ROM.<ref name="SBJunused">[https://simonbjones.blogspot.com/2006/12/book-of-war-unused-material.html Book Of The War unused material]</ref> Though [[Mad Norwegian Press]]' other ''Faction Paradox'' books would be later be released as ebooks, CEO [[Lars Pearson]] said that the number of permissions that would be needed from the contributors made it untenable.<ref name="ebook discussion">[http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5668976&postcount=26 Re: Faction Paradox (Non-BBC) - Your Favourites]</ref>
 * The entry for the [[City of the Saved]] quotes a traveller's lyrical description of the City as "an urban sprawl the size of a spiral [[galaxy]]… a fabulous shimmering lightscape nonillions of miles across". This traveller was intended to be [[Iris Wildthyme]].<ref name="iriscity">[http://www.infinitarian.com/iriscity.html Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved]</ref>
-* Besides its continuity connections to the Doctor Who universe, ''The Book of the War'' also includes references to many stories from other universes and genres. For instance, the effects of [[praxis]] and, more specifically, the story of [[Robert Scarratt]] defusing a native uprising on [[House Xianthellipse]]'s praxis-supplying planet reference the classic science fiction novel ''{{w|Dune (novel)|Dune}}''; similarly, the [[Eremite]]s, who self-mutilate and live in the [[labyrinth (The Book of the War)|labyrinth]], mirror the [[w:c:cenobite:Cenobite|Cenobite]]s from {{w|Clive Barker}}'s ''{{w|Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser}}'' franchise.
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