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:* "Maybe they all left. Or maybe the whole planet's being destroyed, and undestroyed, and destroyed, and you just caught them at the wrong moment." [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' both explore this concept. | :* "Maybe they all left. Or maybe the whole planet's being destroyed, and undestroyed, and destroyed, and you just caught them at the wrong moment." [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' both explore this concept. | ||
:* "Or maybe someone wanted us to handle it." An excerpt of the [[Book of Lies]] in ''Unnatural History'' shows [[Rassilon]] making a deal with Faction Paradox to erase the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' from [[Gallifreyan history]]. This explains the "small improvements to the pattern of history" that Rassilon used the Eighth Doctor to make in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'', as well as clarifying why [[Flavia]] is President in that novel and why the Eighth Doctor is traveling with Sam rather than [[Grace Holloway]].<ref>[http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4776508 Jonathan Blum on 'Is it possible to reconcile "The Eight Doctors" with "Lungbarrow"?'] and [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6856416 'So, no one is annoyed about Moffat trying to make Alien Bodies non-cannon?'] - GallifreyBase (requires log-in)</ref> | :* "Or maybe someone wanted us to handle it." An excerpt of the [[Book of Lies]] in ''Unnatural History'' shows [[Rassilon]] making a deal with Faction Paradox to erase the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'' from [[Gallifreyan history]]. This explains the "small improvements to the pattern of history" that Rassilon used the Eighth Doctor to make in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]'', as well as clarifying why [[Flavia]] is President in that novel and why the Eighth Doctor is traveling with Sam rather than [[Grace Holloway]].<ref>[http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4776508 Jonathan Blum on 'Is it possible to reconcile "The Eight Doctors" with "Lungbarrow"?'] and [http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6856416 'So, no one is annoyed about Moffat trying to make Alien Bodies non-cannon?'] - GallifreyBase (requires log-in)</ref> | ||
* Many fans speculated that Daniel Joyce is Professor [[Chronotis]], but Blum denied this on Usenet, saying Joyce was much more connected to the outside world than Chronotis, and the only connection between the two was that [[Robert | * Many fans speculated that Daniel Joyce is Professor [[Chronotis]], but Blum denied this on Usenet, saying Joyce was much more connected to the outside world than Chronotis, and the only connection between the two was that [[Robert deLaurentis]], whose character [[the Doctor's father|John Smith]] heavily influenced Joyce, was in turn inspired by ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]''.<ref>[http://groups.google.co.uk/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/c1d45b12d98e3bcd?hl=en& Jonathan Blum on 'Joyce and Savar! (SPOILERS)' - rec.arts.drwho]</ref> DeLaurentis was thanked in the notes of the book. | ||
* [[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.{{fact}} | * [[BBC Books]] has announced that a "print on demand" reprint edition of this novel will be made available as of 30th September 2011 as the imprint revisits adventures featuring the first eight Doctors.{{fact}} | ||
