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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Whilst writing ''Unnatural History'' both Kate Orman and Jon Blum didn't deliberately make it part of [[the War]] arc, though it did contain accidental foreshadowing for [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''. However, there were intentional references to the Earth arc, which was being planned at the time.<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=276&stop=300 Jonathan Blum on 'Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum' - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 12) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref> | * Whilst writing ''Unnatural History'' both Kate Orman and Jon Blum didn't deliberately make it part of [[the War]] arc, though it did contain accidental foreshadowing for [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''. However, there were intentional references to the Earth arc, which was being planned at the time.<ref>[http://p102.ezboard.com/fthedoctorwhoforumfrm4.showMessageRange?topicID=7.topic&start=276&stop=300 Jonathan Blum on 'Ask Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum' - The Doctor Who Forum at Outpost Gallifrey (Page 12) (ezyboard membership required)]</ref> | ||
* There are references to various characters and events from [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors|The Infinity Doctors.]] ''Professor Joyce works at Berkeley — in ''The Infinity Doctors'' the Doctor thinks that his father might be a professor at Berkeley. Larna from ''The Infinity Doctors'' is implied to be Joyce's assistant. Parkin's later [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'' would show Larna beginning a partnership with [[Ulysses]] and [[Penelope Gate]], implied to be the Doctor's parents. | |||
* Following a deal with the Faction Paradox, their representative asks the Doctor some interesting questions about his past: | * Following a deal with the Faction Paradox, their representative asks the Doctor some interesting questions about his past: | ||
:* "Is this the version where they banned all mention of [[the Doctor's father|his]] name, and yours, for consorting with aliens? Or the one where he got every record of himself deleted from the files?" | :* "Is this the version where they banned all mention of [[the Doctor's father|his]] name, and yours, for consorting with aliens? Or the one where he got every record of himself deleted from the files?" | ||
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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> | ||
* [[Boy (Unnatural History)|The Boy]]'s mention of a "greyness" destined to fall over the universe is a reference to the end of the universe seen in [[Lance Parkin]]'s ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]''. Implications in Parkin's ''[[Father Time (novel)|Father Time]]'' and ''[[Miranda (comic story)|Miranda]]'' link this greyness to the [[post-War universe]]. [[Mark Clapham]]'s ''Analysis'', a short story published in ''Walking in Eternity'', shows the amnesic Eighth Doctor's premonitions of a lifeless grey "nothing." Clapham is the author of ''[[Hope (novel)|Hope]]'', which takes place in the same future seen in ''Father Time ''and ''Miranda.'' | |||
* 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. | * 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}} | ||
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* The events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' began the anomalies throughout San Francisco. | * The events of [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' began the anomalies throughout San Francisco. | ||
* The [[Book of Lies]] explains the "small improvements" Rassilon guided the Eighth Doctor to make in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''. | * The [[Book of Lies]] explains the "small improvements" Rassilon guided the Eighth Doctor to make in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors (novel)|The Eight Doctors]]''. | ||
* The Book of Lies predicts that a "greyness" will fall across the universe ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]''). | |||
* The Doctor was last in San Francisco in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''. | * The Doctor was last in San Francisco in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science]]''. | ||
* The Doctor briefly thinks about [[Carolyn McConnell]] and [[James Court]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'') | * The Doctor briefly thinks about [[Carolyn McConnell]] and [[James Court]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'') | ||
* Blinovitch (of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect) was first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]''. | * Blinovitch (of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect) was first mentioned in [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks]]''. | ||
* The Doctor doesn't have a shadow after the events of this book. Reasons for this are revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference]]''. | * The Doctor doesn't have a shadow after the events of this book. Reasons for this are revealed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference]]''. | ||
* The Doctor also contacted [[Grace Holloway]] in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]''. | * The Doctor also contacted [[Grace Holloway]] in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Fallen (comic story)|The Fallen]]''. | ||
