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{{simplequote|I like the book, and at the time I was preparing the original submission (Autumn [[1993]]), it was one of the best of the range. It's still very popular - which is why the blurb I wrote for ''Just War'' makes it sound like a sequel! There were problems, though: my main criticism being the depiction of [[Hitler]]. The frightening thing, to my mind, is that Hitler wasn't possessed by the devil or the [[Timewyrm]]; he was just an ordinary man. [[Oskar Steinmann|Steinmann]] is a reaction to the Exodus Hitler — a talented, intelligent, cultured man who chooses to be a [[Nazi]]. That is much scarier than the thought he's been hypnotised by aliens. ...Hitler, of course, isn't mentioned once in Just War — I wanted to try and explore the Nazi mentality without needing to refer to him."|[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv48/lanceparkin.html TSV 48 Lance Parkin interview by Paul Scoones]}} | {{simplequote|I like the book, and at the time I was preparing the original submission (Autumn [[1993]]), it was one of the best of the range. It's still very popular - which is why the blurb I wrote for ''Just War'' makes it sound like a sequel! There were problems, though: my main criticism being the depiction of [[Hitler]]. The frightening thing, to my mind, is that Hitler wasn't possessed by the devil or the [[Timewyrm]]; he was just an ordinary man. [[Oskar Steinmann|Steinmann]] is a reaction to the Exodus Hitler — a talented, intelligent, cultured man who chooses to be a [[Nazi]]. That is much scarier than the thought he's been hypnotised by aliens. ...Hitler, of course, isn't mentioned once in Just War — I wanted to try and explore the Nazi mentality without needing to refer to him."|[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv48/lanceparkin.html TSV 48 Lance Parkin interview by Paul Scoones]}} | ||
In the three years between writing ''The Infinity Doctors'' and ''Father Time'', Parkin worked as a storyline editor for ''[[Emmerdale]]''. He also wrote a synopsis for a book that was to have been published in the slot that ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'' occupies, known as ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (novel)|Enemy of the Daleks]]''.<ref name="BBC interview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20061212182253/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13699.shtml BBC Website Interview with Lance Parkin 01 January 2004] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]</ref> | In the three years between writing ''The Infinity Doctors'' and ''Father Time'', Parkin worked as a storyline editor for ''[[Emmerdale]]''. He also wrote a synopsis for a book that was to have been published in the slot that ''[[Parallel 59 (novel)|Parallel 59]]'' occupies, known as ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (unproduced novel)|Enemy of the Daleks]]''.<ref name="BBC interview">[http://web.archive.org/web/20061212182253/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13699.shtml BBC Website Interview with Lance Parkin 01 January 2004] via [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive: Wayback Machine]</ref> | ||
Parkin has said that he "relies on 'continuity references' in my books, and I still do to an extent – but references to the spirit, not the letter. It's good to be looking forward, not back. It's good to have the Doctor centre stage, as the protagonist." In particular following events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''/''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]''.<ref name="BBC interview" /> | Parkin has said that he "relies on 'continuity references' in my books, and I still do to an extent – but references to the spirit, not the letter. It's good to be looking forward, not back. It's good to have the Doctor centre stage, as the protagonist." In particular following events of ''[[The Ancestor Cell (novel)|The Ancestor Cell]]''/''[[The Burning (novel)|The Burning]]''.<ref name="BBC interview" /> | ||
