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:* "Maybe there's no one left on Gallifrey..." This likely refers to the Time Lords' abandonment of Gallifrey seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''. | :* "Maybe there's no one left on Gallifrey..." This likely refers to the Time Lords' abandonment of Gallifrey seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]''. | ||
:* "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 | :* "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 travelling 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.'' | * [[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. | ||
