Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. As well as Doctor Who, other television dramas for which he has written include Robin Hood, Casualty, Holby City and Coronation Street. He has also written for Marvel Comics, and has had two original novels published in addition to his Doctor Who fiction. This article is about the lawyer and real estate speculator. ... Image File history File links Paul Cornell File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ... Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. ... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One (with repeats on UKTV Gold). ... Holby City is a medical drama television serial, formerly a drama series, broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ... Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... This article is about the comic book company. ...

Professional biography

Already known in Doctor Who fan circles, Cornell's professional writing career began in 1990 when he was a winner in a young writers’ competition and his entry, Kingdom Come, was produced and screened on BBC Two. Soon after, he wrote Timewyrm: Revelation, a novel for the Virgin New Adventures series of Doctor Who novels. Timewyrm: Revelation was a reworking of a serialised fan fiction piece Cornell had penned previously for the fanzine Queen Bat. Several other Doctor Who novels followed, including the award-winning Human Nature. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... Fan fiction (also spelled fanfiction and commonly abbreviated to fanfic) is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other media work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... Human Nature is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Cornell then began working for Granada Television, where he wrote for the popular children’s medical drama Children's Ward and created his own children’s series Wavelength for Yorkshire Television, which ran for two series. He made the crossover to working in adult television full-time in 1996, when he was one of the main contributors to Granada’s supernatural soap opera Springhill, which ran for two years on Sky One and later on Channel 4. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Childrens Ward (briefly retitled The Ward in 1995) was a British childrens television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Childrens ITV strand on weekday afternoons. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Springhill was a British soap opera/drama, broadcast in 1996/1997 on the Sky One satellite channel, and later on Channel 4. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

After a short stint on Coronation Street, he began working for other production companies, including contributing an episode in 1999 to Red Production Company’s anthology drama series Love in the 21st Century for Channel 4. His episode, entitled Masturbation, starred Ioan Gruffudd as Jack. He was due to be one of the writers on Red Production Company’s planned Queer as Folk spin-off series Misfits, but the series was never made, being abruptly cancelled by Channel 4. Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ... This article is about the year. ... Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker. ... Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced , yoe-an gri-fidh) (born October 6, 1973) is a British actor from Wales. ... Queer as Folk Series 1 DVD Cover Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men let loose in Manchesters gay village around Canal Street. ...

In the 21st century he has written mainly for the BBC, contributing episodes to all three of their regular medical dramas: Casualty, Holby City and the daytime soap opera Doctors. He has also contributed to the 1950s-set Sunday evening prime time drama series Born and Bred and was one of the writers of the 2005 series revival of Doctor Who, writing the episode "Father's Day". The episode was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2006 and came third in terms of votes for its category. Cornell later wrote a two-part story for Doctor Who's 2007 series, based on his 1995 Virgin New Adventures novel Human Nature. The title of the first episode was also "Human Nature", while the second was titled "The Family of Blood".^[1] For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Born and Bred is a light drama serial created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, which appeared on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fathers Day is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on May 14, 2005. ... The Hugo Awards are given annually by members of the World Science Fiction Convention for the best science fiction or fantasy works. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... For the Doctor Who novel of the same name, see Human Nature (Doctor Who novel). ... The Family of Blood is the ninth episode of Series 3 of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

In February 2006, Cornell announced in a post on his weblog ^[2] that he would be writing an episode for the BBC's forthcoming Robin Hood, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for the same Saturday evening family slot as Doctor Who. He later announced on his blog that he was also writing a second Robin Hood episode for later in the first series. His first episode, "Who Shot The Sheriff?", aired on BBC One on October 21, 2006. His second, "A Thing Or Two About Loyalty", followed on December 2, 2006. He is writing an episode for the second season of another Saturday evening family adventure programme, the ITV science-fiction series Primeval, due for transmission in 2008.^[3] Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States. ... Tiger Aspect Productions is a British television production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. ... Who Shot The Sheriff? is the third episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One. ... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Thing Or Two About Loyalty is the ninth episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One. ... is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cast of Primeval: (left to right:) Hannah Spearritt, Andrew-Lee Potts, Douglas Henshall, Lucy Brown, James Murray and Mark Wakeling. ...

Outside of television, he has been active in various other media, having written six Doctor Who novels for Virgin Publishing and BBC Books during the 1990s, three Doctor Who audio dramas for Big Finish Productions and a fully-animated internet-broadcast Doctor Who adventure, Scream of the Shalka (starring Richard E. Grant as the Doctor) for BBCi in 2003. He has also written two mainstream science-fiction novels, Something More and British Summertime for Gollancz, and various novels, short stories and audio dramas based around a character he created for the New Adventures, Professor Bernice Summerfield, and whom he later licensed to Big Finish Productions. Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ... BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Scream of the Shalka was a flash-animated serial based on the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Richard E. Grant depicted as the unofficial Ninth Doctor. ... BBCi is the brand name for the BBCs interactive television services. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... British Summertime is a science fantasy novel by Paul Cornell, first published by Gollancz in 2002. ... A Gollancz edition of The Door Into Summer, displaying the distinctive yellow dust jacket style. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishings range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the New Adventures. ...

He has also co-authored (often working with Keith Topping and Martin Day) several non-fiction books on television, including The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, X-treme Possibilities (a guide to The X-Files), and The Discontinuity Guide (a humorous guide to Doctor Who). (Topping and Day's Doctor Who novel The Devil Goblins from Neptune was also based on an original idea with Cornell.) He has also written comics, both for Doctor Who Magazine and 2000AD spin-off Judge Dredd Megazine. Keith Topping (born 1963 in Tyneside) is a writer most associated with his work relating to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and also for writing several unnofficial guide books to a variety of television and film series. ... Martin Day (born 1968) is a novelist and screen-writer most known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and several episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs. ... The X-Files is a Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ... The Devil Goblins from Neptune is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping (developed from an original idea by Day, Topping and Paul Cornell) and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ... Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ...

He has written Wisdom, a 6-issue limited series for Marvel Comics' MAX imprint, featuring the character Pete Wisdom, with art by Trevor Hairsine and Manuel Garcia. The limited series is a term referring to a comic book series with a set finite number of issues. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... MAX is an imprint of Marvel Comics for adult audiences, launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system. ... Peter Winston Pete Wisdom is a fictional character, a secret agent in the Marvel Comics comic book universe. ... Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist. ...

It was announced at the 2007 Wizard World Chicago comic book convention that Cornell will be following Chris Claremont on Marvel's New Excalibur. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Excalibur is the title of three Marvel Comics series, each offshoots of the popular X-Men franchise. ...

Personal life

In a recent interview on the DWO WhoCast, Cornell states that this entry in wikipedia described him as "..both a Christian and a pagan..", which he has chosen not to correct as it illustrates his sympathies for the pagan world. He then goes on to state that he is an Anglican but is very "..Low Church, almost a Calvinist.." and this is partly because he doesn't enjoy hymns. Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Low church is a term of distinction in the Church of England or other Anglican churches, initially designed to be pejorative. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... See also hymn - a program to decrypt iTunes music files. ...

Spiritual themes are not uncommon in his work (for example his novel Something More). Other frequent references in his work include owls.^[4] For other uses, see Owl (disambiguation). ...

Cornell is married to Caroline Symcox, who also has written Doctor Who-based audio plays for Big Finish Productions on her own and with Cornell. Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ...

Bibliography

He has written novels, non-fiction, audio plays and comic scripts.

Novels

Virgin New Adventures

• Doctor Who: Timewyrm: Revelation (ISBN 0-426-20360-7)
• Doctor Who: Love and War (ISBN 0-426-20385-2)
• Doctor Who: No Future (ISBN 0-426-20409-3)
• Doctor Who: Human Nature (ISBN 0-426-20443-3)
• Doctor Who: Happy Endings (ISBN 0-426-20470-0)

The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... Love and War is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... No Future is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Human Nature is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Happy Endings is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Virgin Missing Adventures

• Doctor Who: Goth Opera (ISBN 0-426-20418-2)

The Virgin Missing Adventures (often referred to simply as MAs in fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... Goth Opera is an original Doctor Who novel, published by Virgin Publishing in their Missing Adventures range of Doctor Who novels. ...

Eighth Doctor Adventures

• Doctor Who: The Shadows of Avalon (ISBN 0-563-55588-2)

The Eight Doctors was the first novel in the Eighth Doctor Adventures range. ... The Shadows of Avalon is a BBC Books original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Other Doctor Who novels

• Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (ISBN 0-563-48619-8)
• Bernice Summerfield: Oh No It Isn't! (ISBN 0-426-20507-3)
• Bernice Summerfield: The Dead Men Diaries (editor)
• Bernice Summerfield: A Life of Surprises (editor)
• Bernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime (editor)

Scream of the Shalka was a flash-animated serial based on the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Oh No It Isnt! (ISBN 0426205073) is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... The Dead Men Diaries is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Life of Surprises is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Life During Wartime is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Paul Cornell, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Other novels

• Something More (ISBN 0-575-07203-2)
• British Summertime (ISBN 0-575-07404-3)
• The Uninvited (ISBN 0-7535-0220-8) (novelisation for Virgin of 1997 ITV science-fiction drama serial)

British Summertime is a science fantasy novel by Paul Cornell, first published by Gollancz in 2002. ... The Uninvited is an ITV science fiction television series first shown in 1997. ... A novelization (or novelisation in British English) is a fictional book that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work. ... Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting...

Non-fiction

• Avengers Dossier: The Definitive Unauthorised Guide (ISBN 0-86369-754-2) with Martin Day and Keith Topping
• Licence Denied: Rumblings from the Doctor Who Underground (ISBN 0-7535-0104-X) (editor)
• X-treme Possibilities: Irreverent Rummage Through The X-files (ISBN 0-7535-0228-3) with Day and Topping
• The DIScontinuity Guide (ISBN 0-426-20442-5) with Day and Topping
• The Guinness Book of Classic British TV with Day and Topping
• The New Trek Programme Guide (ISBN 0-86369-922-7) with Day and Topping

Martin Day (born 1968) is a novelist and screen-writer most known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and several episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs. ... Keith Topping (born 1963 in Tyneside) is a writer most associated with his work relating to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and also for writing several unnofficial guide books to a variety of television and film series. ...

Audio plays

Doctor Who

• The Shadow of the Scourge (2000)
• Seasons of Fear with Caroline Symcox (2002)
• Circular Time with Mike Maddox (2007)

The Shadow of the Scourge is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Seasons of Fear is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Circular Time is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Professor Bernice Summerfield

• Oh No It Isn't! (audio adaptation by Jacqueline Rayner of novel) (1999)
• Death and the Daleks (2004)

Oh No It Isnt! (ISBN 0426205073) is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. ... Jacqueline Rayner is a best-selling British science fiction author, most notably of the Doctor Who series of books and audio productions. ... Death and the Daleks is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

Comics

• Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine #156, 174, 197-202 & 207, 1990-91, 1993-94)
• Pan-African Judges (with Siku, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.44-2.49, 1993-94)
• Deathwatch: "Faust & Falsehood" (with Adrian Salmon, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.8-3.13, 1995-96)
• XTNCT (with D'Israeli, in Judge Dredd Megazine #209-214, 2003-2004, collected in trade paperback, XTNCT: CM ND HV G F Y THNK YR HRD NGH!, 48 pages, hardcover, December 2006, ISBN 1-904265-69-3)
• Wisdom (with Trevor Hairsine, 6-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2006, tpb, 144 pages, August 2007, ISBN 0785121234)

Upcoming Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Pan-Africa is what remains of Africa following the Atom Wars in the Judge Dredd comic book series, and is the home of several Megacities. ... Siku is the pseudonym of British/Nigerian artist Ajibayo Akinsiku, whose fully-painted work (particularly on Judge Dredd and the Pan-African Judges stories) has been appearing in 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine since 1991. ... Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ... Adrian Salmon is a comic book artist and illustrator from England. ... XTNCT is a comic strip set in the Far Future which involved genetically modified dinosaurs. ... Matt Brooker, whose work most often appears under the pseudonym DIsraeli (sometimes DIsraeli DEmon DRaughtsman), is a British cartoonist. ... Peter Paul Winston Pete Wisdom is a fictional secret agent in the Marvel Comics comic book multiverse, created by writer Warren Ellis. ... Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist. ... This article is about the comic book company. ...

• Excalibur (late 2007/early 2008 onwards)
• An issue of an as yet untitled Young Avengers miniseries focused on The Vision (2008)

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References

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External links

• Paul Cornell at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Cornell's weblog
• Paul Cornell at MySpace
• 2000 AD profile
• "Human Nature" E-book on the BBC website
• The Deer Stalker, Sherlock Holmes fiction by Cornell on BBC Cult website

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Interviews

• Podcast Interview with Paul Cornell (in mp3 format)
• Interview with Paul Cornell on the Bullpen Bulletins Podcast
• Interview with Paul Cornell at Millarworld
• Interview with Paul Cornell at YMCA England
• SDCC 06: PAUL CORNELL AND NICK LOWE TALK WISDOM FOR MAX, at Newsarama