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The semi-mythical founder of Faction Paradox is Grandfather Paradox, named after the grandfather paradox of time travel theory.
The Faction Paradox universe is heavily centered around the 'War in Heaven', a history spanning conflict between 'The Great Houses' and 'The Enemy'. It features characters and concepts introduced in Doctor Who, in most cases with names changed or obscured for literary reasons or licensing issues.
Faction Paradox take a perverse pride in causing time paradoxes and achieving impossible or ridiculous effects for their own sake. For instance, their stronghold on Earth exists in London of 1752, within what they call "The Eleven-Day Empire." In that year, the British Empire first adopted the Gregorian calendar, and in so doing had to correct their dating scheme by eleven days (September 2, 1752 being followed by September 14, 1752). Faction Paradox claimed the missing eleven days as their base (even though, logically, only the numbering scheme changed and no days were actually "missing").
An ongoing series of novels featuring Faction Paradox or related themes is published by Mad Norwegian Press . A series of comic books was also written by Lawrence Miles, produced by Image Comics, but was placed on hiatus indefinitely after publication of its second issue.
So far the Faction Paradox novels include:
Mad Norwegian has announced that they intend to republish Dead Romance by Lawrence Miles which was originally published by Virgin PublishingVirgin Publishing is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. The book publishing arm was established in the late 1980s after Virgin purchased several existing companies, includin as part of their Virgin New AdventuresThe Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left of line.
A series of full-cast audio dramas dubbed 'The Faction Paradox Protocols' has been produced by BBVBBV is a video and audio production company specialising in science fiction drama, known for its links with the British science fiction television series Doctor Who (founder Bill Baggs is a fan, and BBV productions often feature characters and/or actors f, written by Lawrence Miles:
In May, 2004 it was announced that Magic Bullet Productions, known for their 'Kaldor City' audio dramas, had obtained the license to produce further Faction Paradox audios.