Canaries (The Wintertime Paradox)

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  There's a lot going on in this short story written for The Wintertime Paradox anthology and tying in to Time Lord Victorious.  It's about the curator of a small museum of objects from timelines that have ceased to exist and which together may cause a tear in reality.  She's "haunted" by the Doctor in the form of various phone calls  warning her of the dangers inherent in keeping the collection together, one of which is Eighth, who's given the key line that these artefacts are "canaries in the coalmine", omens of dark times ahead, presumably as a result of the Tenth Doctor 2.0 going off the rails.

Also off the rails is the conclusion to the story as two masks arrive for display on the last of twelve available plinths with a note which reads, "Worn by a long-forgotten cult who worshipped impossibility and contradiction."  Yes, folks, it's the Faction Paradox.  In the middle of this ambitious multi-format event, the author Dave Rudden makes reference to one of the Wilderness Years greatest creations.  As his Reddit AMA reveals, Alien Bodies was the first piece of Who media he consumed, which he found deeply confusing but he's loved the Faction in everything he's read of them.

Placement:  Various TLV timelines have different ideas, so I'll just list it at the end of that section to be on the safe side.

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