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The 1976 audio story {{cs|Exploration Earth (audio story)}}, written by [[Bernard Venables]] who contributed nothing else to ''Doctor Who'', features the [[Fourth Doctor]] fighting ancient "Lords of Chaos" who are characterized similarly to the Lords of Chaos from the ''Elric'' stories. | The 1976 audio story {{cs|Exploration Earth (audio story)}}, written by [[Bernard Venables]] who contributed nothing else to ''Doctor Who'', features the [[Fourth Doctor]] fighting ancient "Lords of Chaos" who are characterized similarly to the Lords of Chaos from the ''Elric'' stories. | ||
In 1978, the [[Season 16 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 16]] storyline concerning the conflict between the [[White Guardian]] and [[Black Guardian]] had elements very similar to the [[Cosmic Balance]] between [[Chaos]] and [[Law (The Coming of the Terraphiles)|Law]] of Moorcock's stories, with Season 16 being based around a [[universal balance]] between [[chaos]] and [[order]]. ''Doctor Who'' essayists such as [[Elizabeth Sandifer]] (in ''[[TARDIS Eruditorum]]'' and ''[[Outside In Regenerates]]'') have argued for Moorcock being a clear inspiration for this storyline. The parallels between the Guardians and Moorcock's cosmology are heightened in the ''Key 2 Time'' trilogy of audio stories, which describe the Guardians as representing Chaos and Law; {{cs|The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)}} also complicates this duality in the same manner that Moorcock's stories do by associating freedom with Chaos and showing that a victory of Law would doom the universe just as much as one of Chaos. | In 1978, the [[Season 16 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 16]] storyline concerning the conflict between the [[White Guardian]] and [[Black Guardian]] had elements very similar to the [[Cosmic Balance]] between [[Chaos]] and [[Law (The Coming of the Terraphiles)|Law]] of Moorcock's stories, with Season 16 being based around a [[universal balance]] between [[chaos]] and [[order]]. ''Doctor Who'' essayists such as [[Elizabeth Sandifer]] (in ''[[TARDIS Eruditorum]]'' and ''[[Outside In Regenerates (reference book)|Outside In Regenerates]]'') have argued for Moorcock being a clear inspiration for this storyline. The parallels between the Guardians and Moorcock's cosmology are heightened in the ''Key 2 Time'' trilogy of audio stories, which describe the Guardians as representing Chaos and Law; {{cs|The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)}} also complicates this duality in the same manner that Moorcock's stories do by associating freedom with Chaos and showing that a victory of Law would doom the universe just as much as one of Chaos. | ||
[[Daniel O'Mahony]]'s novel {{cs|Falls the Shadow (novel)}} references various works with its chapter titles, including Moorcock's novel ''The English Assassin''. The novel's plot concerns a force known as the [[Grey Man]] living in [[Cathedral (engine)|a strange isolated dimension]] who seeks to soften universal dualities such as [[good]] and [[evil]] and [[order]] and [[chaos]]; these elements strongly evoke the [[Grey Council|Grey Lords]] of the Moorcock Multiverse. | [[Daniel O'Mahony]]'s novel {{cs|Falls the Shadow (novel)}} references various works with its chapter titles, including Moorcock's novel ''The English Assassin''. The novel's plot concerns a force known as the [[Grey Man]] living in [[Cathedral (engine)|a strange isolated dimension]] who seeks to soften universal dualities such as [[good]] and [[evil]] and [[order]] and [[chaos]]; these elements strongly evoke the [[Grey Council|Grey Lords]] of the Moorcock Multiverse. | ||
