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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (born [[13 January (people)|13 January]] [[1972 (people)|1972]]<ref>[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mccormack_una SF Encyclopedia]</ref>) is an English writer whose first piece of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction, ''[[A Time & a Place]]'', was published in issue #[[DWM 197|197]] of the [[Doctor Who Magazine]], in 1993.
}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an English writer whose first piece of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fiction, ''[[A Time & a Place]]'', was published in [[Doctor Who Magazine]] issue #[[DWM 197|197]] in [[1993 (releases)|1993]].  


== Writing for the DWU ==
== Writing for the DWU ==
After ''A Time & a Place'', part of the ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' series, her next short story would not be published until some 15 years later in [[2008 (releases)|2008]]; ''[[The Slave War]]'' in the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership|The Quality of Leadership]]''. She subsequently wrote two [[Eleventh Doctor]] novels ''[[The King's Dragon]]'' and ''[[The Way Through the Woods]]'' to tie in with the shows [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|fifth]] and [[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|sixth]] series, respectively.
After ''A Time & a Place'', part of the ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' series, her next short story would not be published until some 15 years later in 2008; ''[[The Slave War (short story)|The Slave War]]'' in the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' anthology ''[[Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership|The Quality of Leadership]]''. This led to her writing for the [[BBC New Series Adventures]] book series, including two [[Eleventh Doctor]] novels, one [[Twelfth Doctor]] novel and one [[Thirteenth Doctor]] novel.


McCormack has also contributed to various reference books, including ''[[Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures|Impossible Worlds, Impossible things]]'', which she co-edited, and the [[Hugo Award]] nominated ''[[Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who|Chicks Unravel Time]]''. More recently she has also written a number of audio adventures.
McCormack has also contributed to various reference books, including ''[[Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures|Impossible Worlds, Impossible things]]'', which she co-edited, and the [[Hugo Award]] nominated ''[[Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who|Chicks Unravel Time]]''. More recently she has also written a number of audio adventures for various series, including the [[The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (audio anthology)|New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield]] releases.


== Other writing ==
== Other writing ==
McCormack has also written for other science fiction franchises, most notably ''[[Star Trek (franchise)|Star Trek]]''. Having gained popularity writing online fan-fiction, she has since had a short story and six novels published. Her 2013 novel ''{{mb|The Crimson Shadow}}'' is also a ''New York Times'' best-seller.  
McCormack has also written for other science fiction franchises, most notably ''[[Star Trek (franchise)|Star Trek]]''. Having gained popularity writing online fanfiction, she has since had a short story and several novels published. Her 2013 novel ''{{mb|The Crimson Shadow}}'' is also a ''New York Times'' best-seller.


She has also written for the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] ''[[Blake's 7]]'' audio adventures, as well as an essay on the original TV series in ''British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker’s Guide''. A number of her original science fiction short stories have also been published in various anthologies, and she recently co-wrote the Weird Space novel ''The Baba Yaga''.
She has also written for the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] ''[[Blake's 7]]'' audio adventures, as well as an essay on the original TV series in ''British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker's Guide''. A number of her original science fiction short stories have also been published in various anthologies, and in 2015 she began writing for the Weird Space series, co-writing the novel ''The Baba Yaga''.
 
== Credits ==
=== Novels ===
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[The King's Dragon (novel)|The King's Dragon]]''
* ''[[The Way Through the Woods (novel)|The Way Through the Woods]]''
* ''[[Royal Blood (novel)|Royal Blood]]''
* ''[[Molten Heart (novel)|Molten Heart]]''
* ''[[Caged (novel)|Caged]]''
 
==== Time Lord Victorious ====
* ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]''
 
=== Short Stories ===
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[The Slave War (short story)|The Slave War]]''
 
==== Brief Encounter ====
* ''[[A Time & a Place (short story)|A Time & a Place]]''
 
==== The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who ====
* ''[[In Search of Lost Time (short story)|In Search of Lost Time]]''
 
==== The Target Storybook ====
* ''[[Grounded (short story)|Grounded]]''


== Published [[DWU]] works ==
=== Audio ===
=== Audio ===
==== Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' main range ====  
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories (audio anthology)|Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories]]'' - ''[[An Eye For Murder (audio story)|An Eye For Murder]]''
* ''[[Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories]]''
** ''[[An Eye For Murder (audio story)|An Eye For Murder]]''
* ''[[Red Planets (audio story)|Red Planets]]''
 
==== The Ninth Doctor Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Window on the Moor (audio story)|The Window on the Moor]]''


==== Gallifrey ====
==== The Tenth Doctor Chronicles ====
* ''[[Evolution (audio story)|Evolution]]''
* ''[[The Siege of Shackleton (audio story)|The Siege of Shackleton]]''
 
==== The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles ====
* ''[[Field Trip (audio story)|Field Trip]]''
 
==== The Companion Chronicles ====
* ''[[The Bonfires of the Vanities (audio story)|The Bonfires of the Vanities]]''
 
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[This Sporting Life (audio story)|This Sporting Life]]''
* ''[[Peace in Our Time (audio story)|Peace in Our Time]]''


==== The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield ====
==== The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield ====
* ''[[Good Night, Sweet Ladies (audio story)|Good Night, Sweet Ladies]]''
* ''[[Good Night, Sweet Ladies (audio story)|Good Night, Sweet Ladies]]''
* ''[[The Tears of Isis (audio story)|The Tears Of Isis]]''
* ''[[The Tears of Isis (audio story)|The Tears Of Isis]]''
* ''[[The Very Dark Thing (audio story)|The Very Dark Thing]]''
* ''[[The Angel of History (audio story)|The Angel of History]]''
==== ''Gallifrey'' ====
===== Series 5 =====
* ''[[Evolution (audio story)|Evolution]]''


=== Prose ===
===== Time War: Volume 2 =====
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* ''[[Partisans (audio story)|Partisans]]''
* ''[[The King's Dragon]]''
 
* ''[[The Way Through the Woods]]''
===== ''Echoes Through Eternity'' =====
* ''[[Royal Blood]]''
* ''[[In Search of Lost Time (audio story)|In Search of Lost Time]]''


==== Short Trips ====  
==== The War Master ====
* ''[[Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership|The Quality of Leadership]]'' - ''[[The Slave War]]''
* ''[[The Players (audio story)|The Players]]''


==== Brief Encounter ====
==== Torchwood ====
* ''[[A Time & a Place]]''
* ''[[Infidel Places (audio story)|Infidel Places]]''


==== The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who ====
==== Among Us ====
* ''[[In Search of Lost Time (short story)|In Search of Lost Time]]''
* ''[[Colin Alone (audio story)|Colin Alone]]''


=== Reference ===
=== Reference Books ===
* ''[[Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' - ''Fifty Not Out – The Doctor’s Enduring Appeal''
==== Edited Collections ====
* ''[[The Unsilent Library: Essays on the Russell T. Davies Era of the new Doctor Who]]'' - ''He’s Not the Messiah: undermining political and religious authority in new Doctor Who''
* ''[[Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' - ''Fifty Not Out – The Doctor's Enduring Appeal'' (also co-editor)
* ''[[The Unsilent Library: Essays on the Russell T. Davies Era of the new Doctor Who]]'' - ''He's Not the Messiah: undermining political and religious authority in new Doctor Who''
* ''[[Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who]]'' - ''No Competition''
* ''[[Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who]]'' - ''No Competition''
* ''[[Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who]]'' - ''Amy‘s Choice: Doctor Who Companions and the Nightmare of Domesticity''
* ''[[Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who]]'' - ''Amy's Choice: Doctor Who Companions and the Nightmare of Domesticity''
* ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
 
==== The Black Archive ====
* ''[[The Curse of Fenric (reference book)|The Curse of Fenric]]''


== External link ==
== External links ==
{{Twitter|unamccormack}}
{{Official website|unamccormack.co.uk/}}
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*'''{{iw|blakes7|Una McCormack}}''' at the {{iw|blakes7|Main Page|''Blake's 7'' Wiki}}
* '''{{iw|blakes7|Una McCormack}}''' at the {{iw|blakes7|Main Page|''Blake's 7'' Wiki}}
* '''[https://starcops.fandom.com/wiki/Una_McCormack Una McCormack]''' at the ''[https://starcops.fandom.com/wiki/ Star Cops]'' wiki
* [https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interview-una-mccormack-doctor-who-star-trek Una McCormack | DOCTOR WHO, STAR TREK - Starburst Magazine]


== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Reference writers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who short story writers]]
[[Category:Main Range writers]]
[[Category:The Companion Chronicles writers]]
[[Category:The Doctor Chronicles writers]]
[[Category:Short Trips audio writers]]
[[Category:The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield audio writers]]
[[Category:Gallifrey audio series writers]]
[[Category:NSA novelists]]
[[Category:Behind the Sofa contributors]]
[[Category:Big Finish script editors]]
[[Category:The Black Archive writers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who novelists]]
[[Category:Time Lord Victorious writers]]
[[Category:BFTW writers]]
[[Category:The War Master writers]]


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Latest revision as of 16:54, 29 November 2024

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Una McCormack (born 13 January 1972[1]) is an English writer whose first piece of Doctor Who fiction, A Time & a Place, was published in issue #197 of the Doctor Who Magazine, in 1993.

Writing for the DWU[[edit] | [edit source]]

After A Time & a Place, part of the Brief Encounter series, her next short story would not be published until some 15 years later in 2008; The Slave War in the Short Trips anthology The Quality of Leadership. This led to her writing for the BBC New Series Adventures book series, including two Eleventh Doctor novels, one Twelfth Doctor novel and one Thirteenth Doctor novel.

McCormack has also contributed to various reference books, including Impossible Worlds, Impossible things, which she co-edited, and the Hugo Award nominated Chicks Unravel Time. More recently she has also written a number of audio adventures for various series, including the New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield releases.

Other writing[[edit] | [edit source]]

McCormack has also written for other science fiction franchises, most notably Star Trek. Having gained popularity writing online fanfiction, she has since had a short story and several novels published. Her 2013 novel The Crimson Shadow is also a New York Times best-seller.

She has also written for the Big Finish Blake's 7 audio adventures, as well as an essay on the original TV series in British Science Fiction Television: A Hitchhiker's Guide. A number of her original science fiction short stories have also been published in various anthologies, and in 2015 she began writing for the Weird Space series, co-writing the novel The Baba Yaga.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC New Series Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Victorious[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Brief Encounter[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Target Storybook[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

The Ninth Doctor Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 5[[edit] | [edit source]]
Time War: Volume 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
Echoes Through Eternity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The War Master[[edit] | [edit source]]

Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]

Among Us[[edit] | [edit source]]

Reference Books[[edit] | [edit source]]

Edited Collections[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Black Archive[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ SF Encyclopedia
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