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* Although purporting to be an encyclopaedia of the first fifty years of [[The War|the War in Heaven]], ''The Book of the War'' offers mostly original information rather than summaries of established events. It should | * Although purporting to be an encyclopaedia of the first fifty years of [[The War|the War in Heaven]], ''The Book of the War'' offers mostly original information rather than summaries of established events. It should be understood as a work of fiction in its own right, somewhere between an anthology and a collaborative novel. | ||
* Its narrator is unreliable | * Its narrator is unreliable at times unaware of details from other sources which might cast a different light on the events related. Information offered as 'fact' in the book should not be uncritically accepted as such. Despite this and despite the Doctor's actions in [[The Ancestor Cell]] preventing many of the events it describes from ever occurring, ''The Book of the War'' offers the closest and most detailed look so far at a [[Time War]] in progress. | ||
* [[Lance Parkin]] submitted an entry for the book which would have told the story of Mr [[Saldaamir]], a character who appeared in many Doctor Who novels written by Parkin. Miles removed this section from the final draft of the book, leaving only an apology sentence in the first pages of the book. | * [[Lance Parkin]] submitted an entry for the book which would have told the story of Mr [[Saldaamir]], a character who appeared in many Doctor Who novels written by Parkin. Miles removed this section from the final draft of the book, leaving only an apology sentence in the first pages of the book. | ||
