Paul Cornell

Paul Cornell (born 18 July 1967Doctor Who Guide) 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'."Interview with Paul Cornell conducted by Nathan Bottomley at the March Tavern, Australian Museum Hotel, Sydney, 3rd March 1995
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.15/6/2018 Newsletter
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 The Shadow Passes in 2020.
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who TV stories ====
* Father's Day
* Human Nature / The Family of Blood
=== Novels ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* Twice Upon a Time
==== BBC Novelisations ====
* Scream of the Shalka
==== Virgin New Adventures ====
* Timewyrm: Revelation
* Love and War
* No Future
* Human Nature
* Happy Endings
==== Virgin Missing Adventures ====
* Goth Opera
==== BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures ====
* The Shadows of Avalon
==== Virgin Bernice Summerfield New Adventures ====
* Oh No It Isn't!
=== Short stories ===
==== Doctor Who Magazine ====
* An Incident Concerning the Continual Bombardment of the Phobos Colony
* Prelude Love and War
* Prelude No Future
* Prelude Human Nature
* Teenage Kicks
* Cathedral Heart
* Doctor Who - The Ninth Doctor
==== Virgin Decalogs ====
* Lackaday Express (in Decalog)
* The Trials of Tara (in Decalog 2: Lost Property)
==== Doctor Who Yearbook ====
* Country of the Blind
==== Doctor Who annuals ====
* The Masks of Makassar
==== The Sunday Times ====
* Deep and Dreamless Sleep
==== The Daily Telegraph ====
* The Hopes and Fears of All the Years
==== Web short stories ====
* The War of Art
* The Shadow Passes
==== Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series ====
* The Dead Men Diaries (in The Dead Man Diaries)
* The Shape of the Hole (in A Life of Surprises)
* The Fall (in Life During Wartime)
* Lockdown Conversations: 1 (in Life During Wartime)
* Lockdown Conversations: 2 (in Life During Wartime)
* Lockdown Conversations: 3 (in Life During Wartime)
* Lockdown Conversations: 4 (in Life During Wartime)
* Misplaced Spring (in A Life Worth Living)
=== Reference books ===
* The Discontinuity Guide
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* The Shadow of the Scourge
* Seasons of Fear (with Caroline Symcox)
* Circular Time (with Mike Maddox)
* The 100 Days of the Doctor
==== Special Releases ====
* Buried Treasures
** Closure
==== Novel Adaptations ====
* Love and War (adapted by Jacqueline Rayner)
==== Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series ====
* Oh No It Isn't! (adapted by Jacqueline Rayner)
* Closure
* Death and the Daleks
* 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
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown ====
* Shadow of a Doubt
=== Webcasts ===
==== Other ====
* Scream of the Shalka
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown ====
* The Shadow in the Mirror
=== Comic stories ===
==== Doctor Who Magazine comic stories ====
* Stairway to Heaven (with John Freeman)
* The Chameleon Factor
* Emperor of the Daleks!
* Time & Time Again
==== Doctor Who Magazine special issues ====
* Seaside Rendezvous
==== Doctor Who Yearbook ====
* Metamorphosis
* Blood Invocation
==== BBC Writers' Comics ====
* Just Another Thursday
==== IDW ====
* The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who
==== Titan Comics ====
* Four Doctors
* The Doctor Shops for Comics
* Open Mic Night
* The Meeting
* The Doctors Do... Classic Comedy
* The Doctor Shops for Angels
* In-Between Times
==== Doctor Who: The Third Doctor ====
* The Heralds of Destruction
=== As editor ===
==== Short Trips ====
* Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury
==== Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series ====
* The Dead Men Diaries
* A Life of Surprises
* Life During Wartime
=== Documentary ===
* Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction
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== External links ==
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* 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
* 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
* Throwback Interview: Paul Cornell (2002)
* BBC.co.uk website interview with Paul Cornell, 01 January 2004
* Outpost Gallifrey - Interview: Paul Cornell (archived)
== Footnotes ==
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Category:Comic writers
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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
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