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'''Lawrence Miles''' wrote several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Bernice Summerfield]]'' novels and created the [[Faction Paradox (series)|''Faction Paradox'' series]]. | '''Lawrence Miles''' wrote several ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Bernice Summerfield New Adventures|Bernice Summerfield]]'' novels and created the [[Faction Paradox (series)|''Faction Paradox'' series]]. | ||
He introduced [[Faction Paradox]] and the [[Time Lord]]s' [[War in Heaven|Future War]] in his [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[Eighth Doctor]] novel ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. At the time, he never intended for it to become a large arc: "It was never supposed to be a big murder-mystery type of thing, with this huge question hovering over it. At the time, I was planning on revealing who [[the enemy]] was in the next book I did, but [[Stephen Cole]] stopped me doing it."<ref name="Last Interview">[https://web.archive.org/web/ | He introduced [[Faction Paradox]] and the [[Time Lord]]s' [[War in Heaven|Future War]] in his [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[Eighth Doctor]] novel ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]''. At the time, he never intended for it to become a large arc: "It was never supposed to be a big murder-mystery type of thing, with this huge question hovering over it. At the time, I was planning on revealing who [[the enemy]] was in the next book I did, but [[Stephen Cole]] stopped me doing it."<ref name="Last Interview">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101225192943/http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=FactionFinal The Potential Last Ever Doctor Who Interview with Lawrence Miles]</ref> The first draft of his [[1999 (releases)|1999]] novel ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'' barely even mentioned Faction Paradox, but upon learning that [[Kate Orman]] planned to include them in ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'', he felt emboldened to do more with them.<ref name="64 Thousand">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093713/http://www.planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/64thousand.php 64 Thousand-Dollar Questions]</ref> | ||
At its release, ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'' was the only two-part novel ever released by BBC Books, and it garnered widespread controversy. Although fans on the Internet liked and supported ''Interference'',<ref name="Last Interview" /> extremely negative reviews like [[Ness Bishop]]'s in [[DWM 281]] made Miles feel that he had "lost [his] mandate", and on 17 August 1999 he posted his resignation from writing Doctor Who.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050228081424/http://planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/coat.php All-Purpose Internet Statement]</ref> Instead, he began working on the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series, and by the year [[2000 (production)|2000]] [[BBV Productions]] agreed to <ref name="Last Interview" /> | At its release, ''[[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference]]'' was the only two-part novel ever released by BBC Books, and it garnered widespread controversy. Although fans on the Internet liked and supported ''Interference'',<ref name="Last Interview" /> extremely negative reviews like [[Ness Bishop]]'s in [[DWM 281]] made Miles feel that he had "lost [his] mandate", and on 17 August 1999 he posted his resignation from writing Doctor Who.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050228081424/http://planeteleven.co.uk:80/features/lmia/coat.php All-Purpose Internet Statement]</ref> Instead, he began working on the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series, and by the year [[2000 (production)|2000]] [[BBV Productions]] agreed to <ref name="Last Interview" /> | ||
