Mr Saldaamir (short story)

Mr Saldaamir was an entry written by Lance Parkin for the Faction Paradox collaborative novel The Book of the War. Following its rejection by the book's editor, Lawrence Miles, it was published in the unofficial 2003 fanzine Myth Makers 13. Finally, on 1 June 2021, an ebook of the story was officially published by BBV Productions as part of the Faction Paradox range, followed by an audiobook recording on 11 August of the same year. The audio version was initially released simply under the Faction Paradox title, but was eventually incorporated into the Faction Paradox: Rebirth subseries.

Summary
The invention of time travel ended the great Golden Age and plunged the elder races into the Time Wars. Mister Saldaamir, last of his kind, rooted himself to the new history and is devoted to protecting the existence of a timeline. He lives in San Francisco and worries about Last Contact.

Characters

 * Mister Saldaamir
 * Witch

Worldbuilding

 * Mister Saldaamir's companions were destroyed in the Time Wars.

Continuity

 * The Klade were present for Last Contact. (PROSE: Father Time)
 * The Eighth Doctor previously used the same method of rooting himself to a new history by marrying a witch. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
 * San Francisco has multiple temporal anomalies. (PROSE: Unnatural History)
 * Saldaamir keeps in touch with a few likeminded individuals. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)