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Parkin first became known in ''Doctor Who'' fan circles, writing both criticism and fan fiction. His most notable work was for Seventh Door Fanzines, including the novella ''Snare'' in the ''Odyssey'' series (which he edited for a period) and 1994 's ''The Doctor Who Chronology'', a detailed timeline of events in the ''Doctor Who'' universe. The ''Odyssey'' series later included novellas by Parkin's then girlfriend Cassandra May and his later protégé Mark Clapham . Parkin went professional with '' Just War '', published in 1996 , for Virgin 's New Adventures series of original fiction ''Doctor Who'' novels. This was rapidly followed by ''A History of the Universe'' (a re-working of his ''Chronology'') and a second novel for Virgin's Missing Adventures , ''Cold Fusion''. Parkin proved immediately popular with his readership, although he himself would later be somewhat critical of ''Cold Fusion''. Virgin lost their licence to do ''Doctor Who'' fiction and Parkin landed the prestigious job of writing the last New Adventure to feature the character of the Doctor, 1997 's ''The Dying Days''. This was also the only Virgin novel to feature the Eighth Incarnation Of The Doctor , played in the 1996 ''Doctor Who'' Television Movie by Paul McGann . The Virgin ''Who'' books went out of print with the loss of the ''Doctor Who'' licence and ''The Dying Days'' was one of a number of Virgin books that began to attract vastly inflated second-hand prices. Copies of ''The Dying Days'' went for over $100 and still regularly go for over £25. The New Adventures continued without the ''Doctor Who'' label and Parkin returned to the series with 1998 's ''Beige Planet Mars'', written with Mark Clapham. Around this time, Parkin joined Virgin alumni Rebecca Levene and Gareth Roberts to work as a storyliner for television soap ''Emmerdale'' for a period. (He also appeared as an extra in the series once.) He later wrote both non-fiction (including ''30 Years of Emmerdale'') and fiction (''Mandy's Secret Diary'', ''Their Finest Hour'') connected to the series. Parkin continued writing official ''Doctor Who'' prose fiction for BBC Books , including a number of event books, including the 35th anniversary celebration ''The Infinity Doctors''. ''The Dying Days'' became the first of several Virgin ''Doctor Who'' books to be re-worked as ebooks for the BBC's ''Doctor Who'' website. Parkin also wrote ''The Winning Side'', the first in the ''Time Hunter'' novella series, a spin-off from Telos Publishing 's line of official ''Doctor Who'' novellas, and ''Warlords of Utopia'', the third in Mad Norwegian Press 's Faction Paradox series of novels. Most recently he was chosen to write the last in BBC series of Eighth Doctor Novel Adventures , '' The Gallifrey Chronicles '' ( 2005 ). Parkin continued to write non-fiction as well, including guides to '', and ''Secret Identities: An Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Alias'' with Mark Clapham. Publication of ''Miranda'', a comic based on a character in his ''Doctor Who'' novel ''Father Time'' and published through the small independent company of Comeuppance Comics, stalled after its third issue, but other comic work followed. Comeuppance still hopes to publish the three remaining issues at some point in the future. WORKS BY LANCE PARKIN '' Doctor Who '' and related works
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