Stories Audio Drama Faction Paradox Audios The Eleven Day Empire 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 2 Statistics Quotes 3 Overview Released October 2001 Written by Lawrence Miles Publisher BBV Productions Directed by Nigel Fairs Runtime 61 minutes Time Travel Unclear Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Ritual, Spaceship Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) War in Heaven Location (Potential Spoilers!) The Eleven Day Empire Synopsis PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION) 1: FACTION PARADOX Era: Non-specific. Technology: Post-linear (subtle), time-active. Even before the outbreak of the "War in Heaven", Faction Paradox was regarded as the most unpredictable (and opportunistic) of the time-active powers. Aware of the precarious nature of history -- but under no obligation to protect it -- while the other Great Houses were still attempting to uphold a "universal order", the Faction was following its own, far more ambiguous, protocols. Ruthless, secretive and at times difficult to understand, it's hardly surprising that the Faction should have eventually found itself under siege from its rival powers... Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Justine Lolita First Appearance Sontarans Eliza Morlock Quelch Show All Characters (6) How to listen to The Eleven Day Empire: Faction Paradox Faction Paradox 01: The Eleven Day Empire Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 16 June 2025 · 142 words Review by Goibniu 2 The Eleven Day Empire is the first Faction Paradox story I’m reading/listening to. It was all I hoped for—a little bit of chaos, a little bit of madness, and some “Time Lord mysticism.” But there’s still enough structure and coherence to make for a good listening experience. I enjoy being dropped into the middle of a story and figuring things out as I go. For me, this story had a good mix of sparse explanations and elements I had to file away for later. The gist of the story is clear, which is important for being able to follow along, and the open questions just make the listening experience more intriguing. The cast did a bang-up job. As a non-native English speaker, I especially enjoyed the slight accent of Cousin Justine, played by Suzanne Proctor. Overall, the production quality is high. Goibniu View profile Like Liked 2 15 November 2024 · 102 words Review by ItsR0b0tNinja 6 The Eleven Day Empire is my first foray into Faction Paradox. The story is interesting, and kept my attention for the whole piece. They established just enough of the world so I wasn't completely lost, but left enough of it unexplained so that I am interested in learning more. The characters seem interesting, with mystery as to true motives etc. The voice acting was solid, with not a bad actor in the bunch. I'm excited about continuing my first foray into Faction Paradox. The world they have presented so far reminds me of the paranormal Victorian era tales that I have read. ItsR0b0tNinja View profile Like Liked 6 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating48 members 3.90 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 71 Favourited 7 Reviewed 2 Saved 2 Skipped 7 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Sad JUSTINE: What did you mean, "I can't go through this again"? ELIZA: What? JUSTINE: It's what you said before. When the time-ships came. ELIZA: Christ. You've got a good memory, haven't you? JUSTINE: Only for things that seem important. ELIZA: Yeah. Well. I've seen it happen before, you know? Before I came here. I used to live in a city a lot like this. Different world. Different time. Different universe, come to think of it. Same thing happened, though. One day, the sky just opened. And that was it. That was the end of it all. JUSTINE: The Sontarans? ELIZA: God, no. One of the other Houses. Tore up all the cities. Turned most of the people into worker-drones. That was the way I found out about things. About how the universe really works. About the Houses running it all from behind the scenes. I was pretty much the only person who got away, so... you can see how I ended up here. You know what the family's like for picking up hopeless people. No offence. — The Eleven Day Empire Show All Quotes (3) Open in new window