Miles' most recent controversy occurred when he posted a damning review of The Unquiet Dead on the Internet within an hour of its broadcast, focusing on a perceived political subtext about asylum seekers.
While widely praised for its accessible style and erudition, About Time (particularly volume 3) has also been criticised for easily-corrected errors about the making of the programme. There will be six volumes in total, the last covering the late eighties, the 1996 television movie and everything up to, but not including, the new 2005 series. They are published order of popularity rather than chronologically volumes three and four have been published first, covering the early and late 1970s. In contrast to other Doctor Who guides, About Time is divided by "era" rather than by the lead actor, broadly reflecting different production philosophies and cultural climates. "How might the sonic screwdriver work?" and "Why didn't they just spend more money?"). Co-written with polymath Tat Wood, the guide contains detailed accounts of the various concerns that fed into the making of the series and a number of lauded essays answering specific questions (e.g.
He now enjoys popularity as editor and writer of the Faction Paradox series, which encompasses books, comic books and audio dramas, and also through his web site The Beasthouse, where since 2004 he has posted a "monthly analysis of British popular culture using the UK Hit Parade as a framework and all-purpose excuse."Ībout Time, Miles' current project, is a Doctor Who episode guide which examines the series in its cultural and historical context. (The interview was not printed in the intended fanzine, but was subsequently posted on the Internet see External links.) Miles later changed his mind and has conducted interviews since.
Miles is also known for being an outspoken member of the Doctor Who fan community, having publicly voiced his frank opinions of other Doctor Who authors and fans in an infamous "final" interview before withdrawing from fandom. The major elements of this arc were reused, without the Doctor Who references, to create the Faction Paradox universe. Miles' major contribution to the Doctor Who expanded universe is the "War in Heaven" arc begun in his novel Alien Bodies. He is also co-author (with Tat Wood) of the About Time series of Doctor Who critiques. Lawrence Miles (born 1972 in Middlesex) is a science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels (both for the Virgin New Adventures and BBC Books series), and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox.
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