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'''Paul Cornell''' is an author, who is notable for creating [[Bernice Summerfield]] in his novel [[Love and War]].
{{Infobox Person
He has written several New Adventures and edited several Bernice Summerfield anthologies for [[Big Finish]].
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He is also co-author of ''The Avengers Programme Guide''.
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'''Paul Cornell''' (born [[18 July (people)|18 July]] [[1967 (people)|1967]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=PaulCornell Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) wrote several [[Virgin New Adventures]] and edited several ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' anthologies for [[Big Finish Productions]].


Paul Cornell was responsible for several additions to the Doctor Who universe other than Bernice Summerfield. He also created [[Wolsey|Wolsey the cat]] ''"A friend of mine has cat called Wolsey, and I wanted there to be a cat in the TARDIS, and I put it to Peter Darvill-Evans and Co. And they said No no no. And then a few nights latter at a nice drinking session [[Rebecca Levene|Rebecca]] said, 'Thish cat Poll, Thish cat Wolsey, we'll av im we'll av im'."'' <ref>[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue3/interview3.html Interview with Paul Cornell conducted by Nathan Bottomley at the March Tavern, Australian Museum Hotel, Sydney, 3rd March 1995]</ref>
He co-authored ''The Avengers Programme Guide''.


He also wrote [[Father's Day (TV story) | Father's Day]] for the 2005 series of Doctor Who, and adapted his novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' into the two-part ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'' for the 2006 series. Both were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, though he lost out both times to fellow Who scribe [[Steven Moffat]].
Paul Cornell was responsible for several additions to the ''Doctor Who'' universe. He created [[Bernice Summerfield]] and [[Wolsey|Wolsey the cat]]. "A friend of mine has a cat called Wolsey, and I wanted there to be a cat in the TARDIS, and I put it to [[Peter Darvill-Evans]] and Co. And they said No no no. And then a few nights later at a nice drinking session [[Rebecca Levene|Rebecca]] said, 'Thish cat Poll, Thish cat Wolsey, we'll av im we'll av im'."<ref>[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue3/interview3.html Interview with Paul Cornell conducted by Nathan Bottomley at the March Tavern, Australian Museum Hotel, Sydney, 3rd March 1995]</ref>


==Bibliography==
He also wrote two televised stories, the first being ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]'' for the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|2005 series]] of ''Doctor Who'', and adapted his novel ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'' into the two-part ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'' for the [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|2007 series]] being the second. Both were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, although he lost both times to fellow Who scribe [[Steven Moffat]].
===Doctor Who Novels===
'''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'''
*''[[Timewyrm: Revelation]]''
*''[[Love and War]]''
*''[[No Future]]''
*''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''
*''[[Happy Endings]]''


'''[[Virgin Missing Adventures]]'''
He was later nominated in the Best Graphic Story category for ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'', making him the only person to be nominated in two separate categories for his work on ''Doctor Who''.
*''[[Goth Opera]]''


'''[[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'''
Cornell pitched several ''Doctor Who'' television stories during [[Steven Moffat]]'s tenure, including the script ''[[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (TV story)|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies]]'' and adaptations of his stories ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'' and ''[[The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)|The Hopes and Fears of All the Years]]''. None of these were produced; however, elements of ''The Hopes and Fears of All the Years'' were used in ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''.<ref>[https://doctornolonger.tumblr.com/post/174977054618/paul-cornells-email-newsletter-from-1562018 15/6/2018 Newsletter]</ref>
*''[[The Shadows of Avalon]]''


'''Other Doctor Who Novels'''
He also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
*''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)]]''


===Other Doctor Who Productions===
He was interviewed for the revival series' tenth anniversary. He commented that he always thought the show would return to TV. ([[REF]]: [[DWM 485]])
*''[[Scream of the Shalka]]''


===Bernice Summerfield Novels===
''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]'', a comic story released from [[September (releases)|September]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] to [[February (releases)|February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]], was originally Cornell's final contribution to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], as he afterwards planned to cease writing for characters not of his own design. However, he later wrote the [[Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)|Target novelisation]] of ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', published in [[April (releases)|April]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]], and a "shadow" trilogy of short stories for ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]'' in [[2020 (releases)|2020]].
'''[[Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures]]'''
*''[[Oh No It Isn't!]]''


===Short Stories===
== Credits ==
*''[[Lackaday Express]]''
=== Television ===
*''[[The Trials of Tara]]''
==== ''Doctor Who'' TV stories ====
* ''[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]''
* ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]''


===[[List of Doctor Who television stories# Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston | Doctor Who TV Stories]]===
=== Novels ===
*''[[Father's Day (TV story) | Father's Day]]''
==== Target Novelisations ====
*''[[Human Nature (TV story)]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]''
* ''[[Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)|Twice Upon a Time]]''


===[[:Category:Reference Books|Reference Books]]===
==== BBC Novelisations ====
*[[The Discontinuity Guide]]
* ''[[Scream of the Shalka (novelisation)|Scream of the Shalka]]''


===[[List of Audio Stories#Big Finish Audio Dramas | Big Finish Audios]]===
==== Virgin New Adventures ====
'''Doctor Who Audios'''
* ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]''
*''[[The Shadow of the Scourge]]''
* ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]''
*''[[Seasons of Fear]]'' (with [[Caroline Symcox]])
* ''[[No Future (novel)|No Future]]''
*''[[Circular Time]]'' (with [[Mike Maddox]])
* ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]''
* ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]''


'''Bernice Summerfield Audios'''
==== Virgin Missing Adventures ====
*''[[Death and the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Goth Opera (novel)|Goth Opera]]''


===As Editor===
==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
====[[Big Finish - Short Trips]]====
* ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]''
*[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]


==External Links==
==== Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures ====
*[http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue3/interview3.html Interview with Paul Cornell, 3rd March 1995, which appeared in ''Broadsword'' issue three]
* ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]''
*[http://www.dwarves.demon.co.uk/curse/issue2/paul.htm Interview with Paul Cornell, 1999, which appeared in issue 3 of ''The Curse'' magazine]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13703.shtml Interview with Paul Cornell, 01, January 2004, on BBC - Doctor Who website]
*[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv43/onediscussion.html TSV 43 Four Writers, One Discussion - Andy Lane, Paul Cornell, Steven Moffat & David Bishop By Guy Blythman]


==Footnotes==
=== Short stories ===
<references/>
==== ''Doctor Who Magazine'' ====
* ''[[An Incident Concerning the Continual Bombardment of the Phobos Colony (short story)|An Incident Concerning the Continual Bombardment of the Phobos Colony]]''
* ''[[Prelude Love and War (short story)|Prelude Love and War]]''
* ''[[Prelude No Future (short story)|Prelude No Future]]''
* ''[[Prelude Human Nature (short story)|Prelude Human Nature]]''
* ''[[Teenage Kicks (short story)|Teenage Kicks]]''
* ''[[Cathedral Heart (short story)|Cathedral Heart]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor (short story)|Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor]]''


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==== Virgin Decalogs ====
[[Category:Audio writers|Cornell, Paul]]
* ''[[Lackaday Express (short story)|Lackaday Express]]'' (in ''[[Decalog]]'')
[[Category:Prose writers|Cornell, Paul]]
* ''[[The Trials of Tara (short story)|The Trials of Tara]]'' (in ''[[Decalog 2: Lost Property]]'')
[[Category:Doctor Who fans|Cornell, Paul]]
 
[[Category:Novelisation writers|Cornell, Paul]]
==== Doctor Who Yearbook ====
[[Category:Doctor Who television writers|Cornell, Paul]]
* ''[[Country of the Blind (short story)|Country of the Blind]]''
[[Category:Prose editors|Cornell, Paul]]
 
[[Category:Reference writers|Cornell, Paul]]
==== ''Doctor Who'' annuals ====
* ''[[The Masks of Makassar (short story)|The Masks of Makassar]]''
 
==== The Sunday Times ====
* ''[[Deep and Dreamless Sleep (short story)|Deep and Dreamless Sleep]]''
 
==== The Daily Telegraph ====
* ''[[The Hopes and Fears of All the Years (short story)|The Hopes and Fears of All the Years]]''
 
==== Web short stories ====
* ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''
* ''[[The Shadow Passes (short story)|The Shadow Passes]]''
 
==== Big Finish ''Bernice Summerfield'' series ====
* ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (short story)|The Dead Men Diaries]]'' (in ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Man Diaries]]'')
* ''[[The Shape of the Hole (short story)|The Shape of the Hole]]'' (in ''[[A Life of Surprises (anthology)|A Life of Surprises]]'')
* ''[[The Fall (short story)|The Fall]]'' (in ''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]'')
* ''[[Lockdown Conversations: 1 (short story)|Lockdown Conversations: 1]]'' (in ''Life During Wartime'')
* ''[[Lockdown Conversations: 2 (short story)|Lockdown Conversations: 2]]'' (in ''Life During Wartime'')
* ''[[Lockdown Conversations: 3 (short story)|Lockdown Conversations: 3]]'' (in ''Life During Wartime'')
* ''[[Lockdown Conversations: 4 (short story)|Lockdown Conversations: 4]]'' (in ''Life During Wartime'')
* ''[[Misplaced Spring (short story)|Misplaced Spring]]'' (in ''[[A Life Worth Living (anthology)|A Life Worth Living]]'')
 
=== Reference books ===
* ''[[The Discontinuity Guide]]''
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Shadow of the Scourge (audio story)|The Shadow of the Scourge]]''
* ''[[Seasons of Fear (audio story)|Seasons of Fear]]'' (with [[Caroline Symcox]])
* ''[[Circular Time (audio anthology)|Circular Time]]'' (with [[Mike Maddox]])
* ''[[The 100 Days of the Doctor (audio story)|The 100 Days of the Doctor]]''
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Buried Treasures (audio anthology)|Buried Treasures]]''
** ''[[Closure (audio story)|Closure]]''
 
==== Novel Adaptations ====
* ''[[Love and War (audio story)|Love and War]]'' (adapted by [[Jacqueline Rayner]])
 
==== Big Finish ''Bernice Summerfield'' series ====
* ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (audio story)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'' (adapted by Jacqueline Rayner)
* ''[[Closure (audio story)|Closure]]''
* ''[[Death and the Daleks (audio story)|Death and the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Many Happy Returns (audio story)|Many Happy Returns]]'' (with [[Xanna Eve Chown]], [[Stephen Cole]], [[Scott Handcock]], [[Stephen Fewell]], [[Simon Guerrier]], [[Rebecca Levene]], [[Jacqueline Rayner]], [[Justin Richards]], [[Miles Richardson]], [[Eddie Robson]] and [[Dave Stone]])
* ''[[Misplaced Spring (short story)|Misplaced Spring]]''
 
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown ====
* ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (audio story)|Shadow of a Doubt]]''
 
=== Webcasts ===
==== Other ====
* ''[[Scream of the Shalka (webcast)|Scream of the Shalka]]''
 
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown ====
* ''[[The Shadow in the Mirror (webcast)|The Shadow in the Mirror]]''
 
=== Comic stories ===
==== ''Doctor Who Magazine'' comic stories ====
* ''[[Stairway to Heaven (comic story)|Stairway to Heaven]]'' (with [[John Freeman]])
* ''[[The Chameleon Factor (comic story)|The Chameleon Factor]]''
* ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]''
* ''[[Time & Time Again (comic story)|Time & Time Again]]''
 
==== ''Doctor Who Magazine'' special issues ====
* ''[[Seaside Rendezvous (comic story)|Seaside Rendezvous]]''
 
==== Doctor Who Yearbook ====
* ''[[Metamorphosis (comic story)|Metamorphosis]]''
* ''[[Blood Invocation (comic story)|Blood Invocation]]''
 
==== BBC Writers' Comics ====
* ''[[Just Another Thursday (comic story)|Just Another Thursday]]''
 
==== IDW ====
* ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]''
 
==== Titan Comics ====
* ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]''
* ''[[The Doctor Shops for Comics (comic story)|The Doctor Shops for Comics]]''
* ''[[Open Mic Night (comic story)|Open Mic Night]]''
* ''[[The Meeting (comic story)|The Meeting]]''
* ''[[The Doctors Do... Classic Comedy (comic story)|The Doctors Do... Classic Comedy]]''
* ''[[The Doctor Shops for Angels (comic story)|The Doctor Shops for Angels]]''
* ''[[In-Between Times (comic story)|In-Between Times]]''
 
==== Doctor Who: The Third Doctor ====
* ''[[The Heralds of Destruction (comic story)|The Heralds of Destruction]]''
 
=== As editor ===
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury]]''
 
==== Big Finish ''Bernice Summerfield'' series ====
* ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]''
* ''[[A Life of Surprises (anthology)|A Life of Surprises]]''
* ''[[Life During Wartime (anthology)|Life During Wartime]]''
 
== External links ==
* {{official website|www.paulcornell.com}}
* {{imdb name|id=0180280}}
* [http://www.sorddin.com/broadsword-old/issue3/interview3.html Interview with Paul Cornell, 3rd March 1995, which appeared in ''Broadsword'' issue three]
* [http://www.dwarves.demon.co.uk/curse/issue2/paul.htm Interview with Paul Cornell, 1999, which appeared in issue 3 of ''The Curse'' magazine]
* [http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv43/onediscussion.html TSV 43 Four Writers, One Discussion - Andy Lane, Paul Cornell, Steven Moffat & David Bishop By Guy Blythman]
* [http://www.denofgeek.com/television/223624/paul_cornell_interview_captain_britain_doctor_who_matt_smith_primeval_and_more.html Den of Geek - Paul Cornell interview: Captain Britain, Doctor Who, Matt Smith, Primeval and more..., Published 23rd March, 2009]
* [http://jao.voxtheory.net/2014/08/28/throwback-interview-paul-cornell-2002/ Throwback Interview: Paul Cornell (2002)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050406224152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13703.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with Paul Cornell, 01 January 2004]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041105002249/http://gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=cornell Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: '''Paul Cornell''' (archived)]
 
== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Doctor Who television writers]]
[[Category:BBCi writers]]
[[Category:Bernice Summerfield novelists]]
[[Category:Prose editors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who short story writers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who novelisation writers]]
[[Category:Reference writers]]
[[Category:Comic writers]]
[[Category:Writers' Guild of Great Britain award winners]]
[[Category:Hugo award nominees]]
[[Category:People who appeared in documentaries about classic Doctor Who that weren't part of the production team]]
[[Category:People interviewed on The Fan Show]]
[[Category:Writers interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential]]
[[Category:Novel Adaptations voice actors]]
[[Category:Main Range writers]]
[[Category:BFBS audio writers]]
[[Category:Novel Adaptations writers]]
[[Category:Behind the Sofa contributors]]
 
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Paul Cornell (born 18 July 1967[1]) wrote several Virgin New Adventures and edited several Bernice Summerfield anthologies for Big Finish Productions.

He co-authored The Avengers Programme Guide.

Paul Cornell was responsible for several additions to the Doctor Who universe. He created Bernice Summerfield and Wolsey the cat. "A friend of mine has a cat called Wolsey, and I wanted there to be a cat in the TARDIS, and I put it to Peter Darvill-Evans and Co. And they said No no no. And then a few nights later at a nice drinking session Rebecca said, 'Thish cat Poll, Thish cat Wolsey, we'll av im we'll av im'."[2]

He also wrote two televised stories, the first being Father's Day for the 2005 series of Doctor Who, and adapted his novel Human Nature into the two-part Human Nature / The Family of Blood for the 2007 series being the second. Both were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, although he lost both times to fellow Who scribe Steven Moffat.

He was later nominated in the Best Graphic Story category for The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who, making him the only person to be nominated in two separate categories for his work on Doctor Who.

Cornell pitched several Doctor Who television stories during Steven Moffat's tenure, including the script Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and adaptations of his stories Love and War and The Hopes and Fears of All the Years. None of these were produced; however, elements of The Hopes and Fears of All the Years were used in A Christmas Carol.[3]

He also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

He was interviewed for the revival series' tenth anniversary. He commented that he always thought the show would return to TV. (REF: DWM 485)

The Heralds of Destruction, a comic story released from September 2016 to February 2017, was originally Cornell's final contribution to the Doctor Who universe, as he afterwards planned to cease writing for characters not of his own design. However, he later wrote the Target novelisation of Twice Upon a Time, published in April 2018, and a "shadow" trilogy of short stories for Doctor Who: Lockdown! in 2020.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who TV stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin New Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin Missing Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]

Virgin Decalogs[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Yearbook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sunday Times[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Daily Telegraph[[edit] | [edit source]]

Web short stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reference books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novel Adaptations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown[[edit] | [edit source]]

Comic stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine comic stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Magazine special issues[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Yearbook[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Writers' Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

IDW[[edit] | [edit source]]

Titan Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: The Third Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

As editor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  2. ↑ Interview with Paul Cornell conducted by Nathan Bottomley at the March Tavern, Australian Museum Hotel, Sydney, 3rd March 1995
  3. ↑ 15/6/2018 Newsletter
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