Miles, Lawrence
Entry updated 15 May 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1972- ) UK author best known for his significant contributions to the Doctor Who universe, though he has occasionally published unconnected work. After some early work in Comics, he began his main association with Doctor Who: The New Adventures: Christmas on a Rational Planet (1996). His most influential work has been in the Doctor Who: Eight Doctor sequence; the four-volume story arc beginning with Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: Alien Bodies (1997) and closing with Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (2001), perhaps because it does not novelize a prior Television sequence, shakes off some of the claustrophobic introversion typical of its hundreds of stablemates, offering some genuine Space Opera, with a soupçon of speculative matter, in its stead. With Tat Wood he co-authored the first five volumes of the series companion The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who [see Checklist below], later continued by Wood alone. The Paradox Faction, originally a subplot in the Eighth Doctor books, were developed by Miles initially using characters and settings from Doctor Who. This series took on a life of its own, eventually losing – probably for legal reasons – the tenuous links it had had to Doctor Who. [JC]
Lawrence Miles
born Middlesex County, England: 1972
works
series
Doctor Who
Doctor Who New Adventures
- Doctor Who: The New Adventures: Christmas on a Rational Planet (London: Doctor Who Books, 1996) [tie to the series: Doctor Who: New Adventures: pb/Mike Posen]
- The New Adventures: Down (London: Virgin Publishing, 1997) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: New Adventures: pb/Mark Salwowski]
- The New Adventures: Dead Romance (London: Virgin Publishing, 1999) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: New Adventures: pb/David Wyatt]
- The New Adventures: Dead Romance (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2004) [tie: exp of the above as coll: with implicit connections to Doctor Who: Faction Paradox: Doctor Who: New Adventures: pb/Steve Johnson]
Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor
- Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: Alien Bodies (London: BBC Books, 1997) [tie to the series: Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: pb/black sheep]
- Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: Interference Book One: Shock Tactic (London: BBC Books, 1999) [tie to the series: Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: pb/black sheep]
- Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: Interference Book Two: The Hour of the Geek (London: BBC Books, 1999) [tie to the series: Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: pb/black sheep]
- Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (London: BBC Books, 2001) [tie to the series: Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor: pb/black sheep]
Doctor Who: Faction Paradox
- Faction Paradox: The Book of the War (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2002) [tie to Doctor Who: a novel presented as an encyclopedia: Doctor Who: Faction Paradox: pb/Steve Johnson]
- Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2003) [tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Faction Paradox: pb/Steve Johnson]
- Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2011) with Stuart Douglas [anth: tie to Doctor Who: Doctor Who: Faction Paradox: hb/]
Faction Paradox: Protocols: The Scripts
- Faction Paradox: Protocols – The Scripts Vol. 1 (Southampton, Hampshire: BBV Productions, 2021) [scripts for two audio dramas The Eleven Day Empire and The Shadow Play: Faction Paradox: Protocols: The Scripts: pb/]
- Faction Paradox: Protocols – The Scripts Vol. 2 (Southampton, Hampshire: BBV Productions, 2021) [scripts for two audio dramas Sabbath Dei and In The Year of the Cat: Faction Paradox: Protocols: The Scripts: pb/]
- Faction Paradox: Protocols – The Scripts Vol. 3 (Southampton, Hampshire: BBV Productions, 2021) [scripts for two audio dramas Movers and A Labyrinth of Histories: Faction Paradox: Protocols: The Scripts: pb/]
nonfiction
series
Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who
Volumes are listed in order of internal chronology.
- About Time 1: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who – Seasons 1 to 3 (Des Moines, Iowa: Mad Norwegian Press, 2006) with Tat Wood [nonfiction: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/]
- About Time 2: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 4 to 6) (Des Moines, Iowa: Mad Norwegian Press, 2006) with Tat Wood [nonfiction: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/]
- About Time 3: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 7 to 11) (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2004) with Tat Wood [nonfiction: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/Steve Johnson]
- About Time 3: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 7 to 11) Revised 2nd Edition (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2009) with Tat Wood [nonfiction: exp vt of the above: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/Steve Johnson]
- About Time 4: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 12 to 17) (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2004) with Tat Wood [nonfiction: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/]
- About Time 4: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: Expanded 2nd Edition: 1975-1977 (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2023) credited to Tat Wood alone [nonfiction: exp vt of the above split into two volumes: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/]
- About Time 4: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: Expanded 2nd Edition: 1977-1979 (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2023) credited to Tat Wood alone [nonfiction: exp vt of the above split into two volumes: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/]
- About Time 5: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Seasons 18 to 21) (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2005) with Tat Wood [nonfiction: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: pb/]
individual titles
- Dusted: The Unauthorized Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (New Orleans, Louisiana: Mad Norwegian Press, 2003) with Christa Dickson and Lars Pearson [nonfiction: pb/]
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