Paul Cornell Books in Order

Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping survey classic British television, combining programme guides and plot information with background details. Comedy shares space with other television favorites in a reference designed for readers revisiting memorable shows.

Vampires in Britain prepare for the arrival of their long-awaited messiah, while Nyssa suffers a mysterious attack during a holiday with the Doctor. A search for Time Lord blood draws the travelers into an ancient threat.

Architect Jack Carter lives with his second family while his first wife and son remain nearby. When disturbing events disrupt their lives, suspicion falls within the family, turning familiar relationships into a source of fear.

Janie Hyde accompanies her family to Maris Caulfield, a village devastated by the medieval plague. The visit turns into a nightmare that threatens her life in this zodiac-themed horror story for teenage readers seeking supernatural suspense.

Nina resents her twin sister Gemma, especially when the boy she idolizes starts dating her. Jealousy becomes dangerous as Nina considers eliminating her rival and forms a disturbing friendship with a boy who has killed.

Bookish teenager Alice still keeps company with her imaginary childhood friend Rebecca. Discovering that her mother once had another daughter with the same name sends Alice into a troubling mystery involving grief and hidden family history.

Andi becomes trapped in a burning shopping mall while a killer armed with a crossbow stalks her. With other teenagers already missing, she must navigate fire, fear, and uncertainty about whom she can safely trust.

After moving into a new house, Kate becomes interested in Greg, whose former girlfriend Libby once lived there. A haunting presence and Libby's death create an unsettling mystery as Kate begins to understand the ghost's warnings.

Tim Harper occasionally hears other people's thoughts, but his unusual ability becomes terrifying when he picks up a murderer's intentions. Discovering that his girlfriend is a potential victim turns mind-reading into an urgent personal danger.

Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping examine classic Doctor Who through its fictional history and inconsistencies. The guide assembles continuity details alongside mistakes and recurring quirks, giving fans another way to explore the original television stories.

Lia lives with her foster mother and brother, believing her biological mother is dead. When she suspects a connection to a notorious murderer and Iain is attacked, fear about her own identity takes hold.

Photographer Steve Blake witnesses a fatal crash, then sees the supposed victim alive again. Investigating a village that vanished into the sea leads him toward its survivors, whose rise through Britain's establishment conceals a disturbing mystery.

This guide combines episode-by-episode examination of The X-Files with an investigation of its conspiracy mythology. Paul Cornell, Martin Day, and Keith Topping mix humor and detailed criticism while exploring the show's peculiar habits and enduring appeal.

Stranded in Avalon without his TARDIS or companions, the Doctor encounters a grieving Brigadier. When a gateway brings British troops into the dreamlike kingdom, negotiations with its inhabitants threaten to unleash war between very different worlds.

In a divided future Britain, several strangers converge on the mysteriously maintained estate of Heartsease. A priest, an immortal investigator, and a biographer become entangled in secrets connecting the house to humanity's history and possible future.

Interstellar archaeologist Bernice Summerfield appears in stories spanning different stages of her eventful career. This anthology brings together dramatic, comic, and adventurous episodes, revisiting her past while opening routes toward further encounters across space and time.

The Fifth Axis occupies the Braxiatel Collection under a leader linked to Bernice Summerfield's past. As her friends resist the occupation, Bernice undertakes a dangerous rescue mission amid a battle that threatens their lives and freedom.

The Braxiatel Collection falls under Fifth Axis occupation, leaving Bernice Summerfield torn between resistance and protecting her child. Linked short stories follow her and her friends as they navigate repression, compromised loyalties, and life under enemy rule.

Alison's extraordinary ability to read patterns reveals an approaching apocalypse. A pilot displaced from the future, a killer, and an intelligence chief become entangled in her search for a stolen friend across history and time.

The Doctor arrives in Kennet to find frightened residents avoiding the night, loud noises, and questions. An alien presence watches barmaid Alison Cheney, drawing him into an invasion whose danger reaches far beyond the small town.

Bernice Summerfield's luxury holiday is disrupted by the theft of the purpura pawn and a politician's murder. Three linked novellas turn her supposed break into a mystery that draws her toward danger instead of relaxation.

Bernice Summerfield's publisher sends bounty hunters to enforce an autobiographical deadline, prompting the archaeologist to enlist others in telling her story. This collection recounts dangerous adventures and everyday mishaps from a life spent traveling the universe.

Grieving a loss that her friends barely acknowledge, Bernice Summerfield receives an unwelcome assignment overseeing Doggles's history machine. The experiment threatens to change everything while she struggles to manage family responsibilities and life at the Braxiatel Collection.

A funeral forces Bernice Summerfield to revisit people and experiences she has avoided for decades. With Jason eager to accompany her, three linked novellas explore an earlier life marked by adventure, wartime survival, and heartbreak.

With Braxiatel absent, those living at his Collection must claim responsibility for their unusual home. Bernice Summerfield confronts secrets, visitors, and enemies while trying to preserve the institution and protect her family through a time of change.

After the Draconian victory over the Mim, disputed claims about the defeated species' children draw Bernice Summerfield into diplomacy. Determining whether the children need protection or reunification challenges her loyalties and her hopes for lasting peace.

When Skrulls invade Britain, Captain Britain and MI13 stand between the country and conquest. The team must discover what the invaders are really seeking and stop their plans before the battle for England is lost.

Blade joins Captain Britain and MI13 as supernatural danger descends on Birmingham. With Spitfire confronting her connection to vampires and trouble reaching suburban England, the team must face threats that draw their personal lives into the battle.

Dracula threatens Britain after demons freed during the Skrull invasion create new dangers. Captain Britain and MI13 confront a vampire offensive while Spitfire’s loyalties and personal choices complicate the team’s struggle to protect the country.

An advanced race from the future attacks the galaxy, scattering Bernice Summerfield and her friends across the war effort. Bernice searches history for knowledge or a weapon while the Braxiatel Collection struggles to shelter refugees.

A barbarian army threatens a medieval world, forcing Madame Xanadu and Jason Blood to seek unlikely allies. Heroes and villains join a desperate defense against dark sorcery while the demon Etrigan pursues his own interests.

A drug suspect's impossible death draws Detective Inspector James Quill and three colleagues into London's hidden supernatural world. Newly able to perceive its magic, they must adapt ordinary police methods to pursue a killer beyond familiar rules.

New Mexico governor Arcadia Alvarado's presidential ambitions become entangled with memories of an apparent alien abduction. As her team manages political pressures, she pursues the truth behind the encounter and the possible threat facing the world.

Madame Xanadu and Jason Blood face a barbarian horde strengthened by dark sorcery. An unlikely band of medieval heroes and villains must cooperate to defend civilization, despite the demon Etrigan's determination to look after himself.

This science fiction Christmas story asks whether seeing your own future is harder than understanding your past. Christmases already lived and those still to come bring the difficulty of knowing either into focus as time links them together.

The Demon Knights arrive to discover Merlin assassinated and must journey toward Avalon in search of a way to revive him. Along the route, unexpected dangers and tensions within the group threaten their uneasy alliance.

Arcadia Alvarado and her team take their presidential campaign on the road while seeking access to government secrets about aliens. Political ambition and uncertainty about the flying saucers' intentions complicate their investigation into her apparent abduction.

Betrayed by Etrigan, the Demon Knights find themselves trapped in Hell and struggling to escape Lucifer's control. Their attempt to regain freedom threatens to demand a terrible sacrifice and reshapes the group's already troubled relationships.

A prominent politician's murder plunges James Quill's team into another supernatural investigation amid London's unrest. Further killings evoke Jack the Ripper, forcing the detectives to explore a hidden city they still barely understand despite their unusual abilities.

Derived from The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, this electronic guide revisits British television fantasy through the authors' early reference work. Corrections and a revised introduction accompany material repackaged for readers exploring the genre's television history.

A proposed supermarket divides Lychford's residents, but Judith Mawson sees a greater danger: construction could destroy the boundary separating their village from other worlds. To keep malevolent beings out, she needs help from unlikely local allies.

A spaceship crew of sentient artificial intelligences inhabits an assortment of strange digital forms. When their sensors detect an unusual object, they assemble to investigate an encounter whose implications reach far beyond their ship and its inhabitants.

Preparing for her first Christmas as Lychford's reverend, Lizzie already faces pressure from her congregation. The appearance of a small boy in the church raises supernatural questions that draw the village's three witches into another dangerous investigation.

Someone has murdered the ghost of Sherlock Holmes, a figure sustained by London's collective memories. DI James Quill and his supernatural police team pursue a criminal genius through a maze of clues while their own unit threatens to unravel.

Political upheaval over Britain's departure from the European Union reaches the village of Lychford. Its three witches face sinister uncertainties as smartphone maps lead hikers across magical boundaries and local tensions acquire potentially deadly consequences.

After school bullies subject Andrew Waggoner to a brutal assault, his pain and rage take a supernatural form. Near an ancient chalk horse in the West Country, he discovers a power that promises vengeance against his tormentors.

This anthology gathers short adventures featuring archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, including Paul Cornell's story about the Braxiatel Collection recovering from invasion. Other tales involve a history machine, a remote expedition, and an ancient library hiding a deadly secret.

The First and Twelfth Doctors meet in Antarctica while both resist regeneration. Frozen snow, a displaced First World War captain, and a mysterious Glass Woman draw them into an investigation that also brings Bill back into the Doctor's life.

The boundaries protecting Lychford are failing, allowing other realities to threaten the village. As its three witches struggle with personal troubles, a mysterious stranger offers effortless solutions, leaving them to question the hidden price of accepting her help.

Lychford's magical defenses have disappeared, leaving the village exposed as darkness closes in. Autumn and Lizzie must confront changes in the fairy world and interference from celestial powers while trying to protect their community and both worlds.

During World War II, intelligence officer and witch Doreen Valiente is recruited to gather British occult practitioners for a secret mission. Their journey into Nazi-occupied Europe pits their disputed powers against Hitler's command and targets Rudolf Hess.

The gnomes of Lychford clash over prophecy, modern design, and their place in the village. When their king calls in an old promise nobody understands, the residents must come together to face a crisis involving fire and uncertain obligations.

Paul Cornell examines how the Avengers comics of the 1970s responded to the social changes around them. Focusing on their writers and stories, he traces connections between superhero adventures, the civil rights movement, and women’s liberation.