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'''''Valentine's Day''''' was a planned [[Lawrence Miles]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] that would have continued the "fractured biodata" plotline that began in ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]''. After [[Justin Richards]] became editor of the range, Miles tried adapting it to work as a conclusion to the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s "[[Earth]] arc" that began in ''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]'', but the rights with the [[Dalek]]s fell through, and the novel was rejected in place of ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]''. | '''''Valentine's Day''''' was a planned [[Lawrence Miles]] [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|Eighth Doctor novel]] that would have continued the "fractured biodata" plotline that began in ''[[Interference - Book Two (novel)|Interference - Book Two]]''. After [[Justin Richards]] became editor of the range, Miles tried adapting it to work as a conclusion to the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s "[[Earth]] arc" that began in ''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]'', but the rights with the [[Dalek]]s fell through, and the novel was rejected in place of ''[[Escape Velocity (novel)|Escape Velocity]]''. | ||
In [[2000 (production)|2000]] and [[2001 (production)|2001]], Lawrence Miles said that he regarded ''Valentine's Day'' as "without question, the strongest plotline I've ever come up with"<ref name="64K">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php March 2001 64 Thousand Questions]</ref> and "the best thing I've ever done in Doctor Who" that "would've said everything I've ever wanted to say in a Doctor Who novel."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030204002644/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/inter/INTER00.TXT May 2000 Menace Interview]</ref> He suggested that he could turn it into an ongoing [[Doctor Who Magazine]] comic.<ref name="64K" /> | In [[2000 (production)|2000]] and [[2001 (production)|2001]], Lawrence Miles said that he regarded ''Valentine's Day'' as "without question, the strongest plotline I've ever come up with"<ref name="64K">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php March 2001 64 Thousand Questions]</ref> and "the best thing I've ever done in Doctor Who" that "would've said everything I've ever wanted to say in a Doctor Who novel."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030204002644/http://www.menace.ndo.co.uk/loz/inter/INTER00.TXT May 2000 Menace Interview]</ref> He suggested that he could turn it into an ongoing [[Doctor Who Magazine]] comic.<ref name="64K" /> | ||
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However, during this retirement, a balance in the universe was disturbed, and the [[Dalek]]s became a major power, threatening even the Time Lords. This prompted the Doctor to come out of his exile to train a replacement under the combined guidance of the [[Time Lord]]s, [[Faction Paradox]], and anyone else who wanted to be involved. Their training ground would have been [[Earth]]'s [[21st century]], beginning on [[14 February]] [[2000]] and ending exactly one hundred years later. The story would have ended with the Doctor and his replacement entering into a life-or-death struggle.<ref name="64K" /> | However, during this retirement, a balance in the universe was disturbed, and the [[Dalek]]s became a major power, threatening even the Time Lords. This prompted the Doctor to come out of his exile to train a replacement under the combined guidance of the [[Time Lord]]s, [[Faction Paradox]], and anyone else who wanted to be involved. Their training ground would have been [[Earth]]'s [[21st century]], beginning on [[14 February]] [[2000]] and ending exactly one hundred years later. The story would have ended with the Doctor and his replacement entering into a life-or-death struggle.<ref name="64K" /> | ||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
* [[Lance Parkin]]'s planned, ultimately-unproduced novel ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (novel)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'' would also have explored the Daleks' involvement in the [[War in Heaven]]. | |||
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