Controversies
Miles is also known for being a member of the Doctor Who fan community, having publicly voiced his opinions of other Doctor Who authors and fans in an infamous "final" interview before withdrawing from fandom. The interview was not printed in the intended fanzine, but was subsequently posted on the Internet. Miles later changed his mind and has conducted interviews since.
Miles created controversy when he posted a review of the 2005 series episode "The Unquiet Dead", focusing on his perceived political subtext about asylum seekers. The review produced considerable backlash in various Internet forums, mainly over his comments about writer Mark Gatiss. Miles conceded in a later edit of the review that the subtext he had written about was probably unintentional, but still felt it should have been detected and edited out of the script, as well as admitting in a later blog that he was intoxicated at the time of writing the original review. The review has since been removed from his blog, but is still mirrored in various locations.
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