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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> | 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> | ||
He also wrote ''[[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 2007 series. Both were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, although he lost out both times to fellow Who scribe [[Steven Moffat]]. | 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 2007 series. Both were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, although he lost out both times to fellow Who scribe [[Steven Moffat]]. | ||
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Revision as of 01:22, 9 March 2014
Paul Cornell wrote several 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'." [1]
He also wrote 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. Both were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, although he lost out both times to fellow Who scribe Steven Moffat.
Bibliography
Novels
Virgin New Adventures
Virgin Missing Adventures
BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures
Other Doctor Who novels
Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures
Short stories
Doctor Who Magazine
Virgin Decalogs
The Daily Telegraph
Web short stories
Television
Doctor Who TV stories
Reference books
Audio
Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories
- The Shadow of the Scourge
- Seasons of Fear (with Caroline Symcox)
- Circular Time (with Mike Maddox)
- The 100 Days of the Doctor
Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series
Comic stories
DWM comic stories
- The Chameleon Factor
- Emperor of the Daleks!
- Time & Time Again
- Stairway to Heaven (with John Freeman)
Doctor Who Magazine special issues
Doctor Who Yearbook
IDW
As editor
Short Trips
External links
- Official site
- Interview with Paul Cornell, 3rd March 1995, which appeared in Broadsword issue three
- Interview with Paul Cornell, 1999, which appeared in issue 3 of The Curse magazine
- Interview with Paul Cornell, 01, January 2004, on BBC - Doctor Who website
- TSV 43 Four Writers, One Discussion - Andy Lane, Paul Cornell, Steven Moffat & David Bishop By Guy Blythman
- Den of Geek - Paul Cornell interview: Captain Britain, Doctor Who, Matt Smith, Primeval and more…, Published 23rd March, 2009
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