tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post315504886491124609..comments2008-07-30T10:28:30.373+01:00Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-16800497655295922072008-07-30T10:28:00.000+01:002008-07-30T10:28:00.000+01:00Thanks! It'll be broadcast on Radio 4 early next year, and will then be available internationally on the BBC IPlayer, so no problem!Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-43128429126904803472008-07-30T10:03:00.000+01:002008-07-30T10:03:00.000+01:00Dear Paul and others,<BR/><BR/>The only thing I like more than Doctor Who in the realm of science fiction is reading Iain Banks, and State of the Art is in my opinion his finest writing. Therefore when there's a bit of overlap... I'm in heaven. Thanks for doing this, and I'm very pleased to read that the Arbitrary is in good hands. Just curious, as an Australian, how would I go about listening to this? Getting Doctor Who down here is painful enough, and Banks is a tad more obscure.<BR/><BR/>Good luck, and thanks,<BR/><BR/>BenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-74225832109719564282008-06-06T08:33:00.000+01:002008-06-06T08:33:00.000+01:00Thanks very much.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-51759651126360838402008-06-05T23:34:00.000+01:002008-06-05T23:34:00.000+01:00Dr. Who fans at Oxford. Marvelous.<BR/><BR/>Much like yourself, I'm gad to see Mr. Moffat take over the show. His contributions these past four seasons have been an absolute delight.<BR/><BR/>I'd really love to see you write another episode. I don't know how much experience you have with writing for TV or film, but I greatly enjoyed Family of Blood. It was very smartly written, with excellent plot mechanics and character development. The show could only benefit from further such contributions.Ryanhttp://www.myspace.com/postironicworldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-86329881446928262152008-06-05T06:32:00.000+01:002008-06-05T06:32:00.000+01:00Thank you, all. It's been mad these last few days, going to blog about it all this weekend. No trespass at all, Le. That's interesting. What sort of things would you like to see?Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-88914195654121303412008-06-04T22:47:00.000+01:002008-06-04T22:47:00.000+01:00Just wanted to mention a snippet of your BBC radio interview about Captain Britain was included at the end of the June 3rd BBC NewsPod podcast., so you've gone international!<BR/><BR/>Rather tongue-in-cheek interview with a superhero-PM- obsessed interviewer. Still all publicity is good publicity, right?heatherfeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13794663459815619104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-67458720408216538592008-06-04T15:04:00.000+01:002008-06-04T15:04:00.000+01:00...and you've featured, briefly, on today's Daily Politics - mostly the <I>Brown</I> connection<BR/><BR/>All good publicity. <BR/><BR/>Should have said before, I Love the comics and <I>Fathers Day</I> - wow.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-69088471264583062832008-06-04T08:55:00.000+01:002008-06-04T08:55:00.000+01:00Loads of stuff about Captain Britain on the BBC news this morning (4th June). Sadly they mainly seemed obsessed with the Gordon Brown cameo, and a general discussion about weekly kids' comics.Mister Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11267155438873955450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-69499900265264921092008-06-03T15:25:00.000+01:002008-06-03T15:25:00.000+01:00You're in the Daily Mail.....<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/4hmg9w<BR/><BR/>An' it was mentioned on the Today Programme this morning at about 6.40<BR/><BR/>Cool!Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-53316163977589431502008-06-02T22:23:00.000+01:002008-06-02T22:23:00.000+01:00Hi Paul. I love reading your blog, it gave me the inspiration to create my own blog. I'm hoping to get some short Dr Who stories published in the TSV fanzine. Hope your ok after the crash now. Thanks :), ps, could you have a quick read of my blog and add a link to your page. It looks a bit bland at the mo but it's work in progress. ThanksThe Time Meddlerhttp://thetimemeddler.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-33543417349863483132008-06-02T22:21:00.000+01:002008-06-02T22:21:00.000+01:00Hi Paul, love the blog and all your thoughts. It's good t hear your ok after the crash and I wish you look for the future!<BR/>PS - Could you have a quick look at my blog and link me? http://thetimemeddler.blogspot.com/. Thanks :)The Time Meddlerhttp://thetimemeddler.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-5193764606020244342008-06-02T21:40:00.000+01:002008-06-02T21:40:00.000+01:00Now there seem to be many different fan nostalgic drama things for male fans. I just wondered, has there ever been a female one? Will there ever be? Being female and a fan, my enquiring mind wants to know. Excuse my trespass.Le Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01508710616712419119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-52763927085673304242008-06-02T16:50:00.000+01:002008-06-02T16:50:00.000+01:00I just received my copy from Amazon UK of the DW 2005 Shooting Scripts book (no autographs, sorry to say, maybe one day at a con or sumpin :)). Am looking forward to reading Father's Day on the page. Nicely produced book.<BR/><BR/>Hope you and your wife are starting to feel better. Also just wanted to say thanks for your DW work, which really got me hooked on the new series, and how much I am looking forward to more of your DW and comic work. Also thanks for your willingness to share the creative process with your fans in a positive, constructive manner. Guess that's all for now :).BaaBaaDoodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955476239461786694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-59142921141194617422008-06-01T10:06:00.000+01:002008-06-01T10:06:00.000+01:00Thanks very much, hope you enjoy the books.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-29582164267198765742008-06-01T07:13:00.000+01:002008-06-01T07:13:00.000+01:00Just wanted to extend my good wishes to you at this difficult time.<BR/><BR/>I'm currently on Shadows of Avalon; also picked up a signed copy of Human Nature on eBay last fall and got that read a couple months back. The transmutation of Doctor Who from my guilty pleasure show into full-on obsession can actually be chalked up almost entirely to the television translation of the latter (along with Blink).<BR/><BR/>Take care, and best of luck to you and yours.<BR/><BR/>W. Owen Powell<BR/>Bloomington, Indiana, USAW. Powellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-26036482859043895972008-05-31T06:08:00.000+01:002008-05-31T06:08:00.000+01:00Thanks very much. We feel much the same way, I think, about how wonderful the cross polination of writers is these days. And I always love hearing from people who are reading my stuff in different corners of the Earth. What a nice message to wake up to.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-37030391070945715902008-05-31T03:49:00.000+01:002008-05-31T03:49:00.000+01:00Hi, Paul!<BR/>I just picked up <I>Captain Britain and MI13</I> #1 this afternoon at The Comic Shop in beautiful Oswego, New York (on the eastern coast of Lake Ontario), partly out of fondness for my battered <I>CB</I> trade paperback of the Davis & Neary Marvel UK run, but primarily because of my appreciation for your writing. After reading and enjoying it as much as I did, I wanted to do the "long-time reader, first-time caller" thing, and add my name to the list of your fans and supporters.<BR/><BR/>If memory serves, my first experience with reading your work was the <I>Doctor Who Discontinuity Guide</I>, which is, alongside Outpost Gallifrey, still my main reference text for classic-era <I>Who</I>. Following that was your portion of the <I>Blood Harvest</I>/<I>Goth Opera</I> NA/MA adventure (which, actually, was the catalyst for getting me reading the NA novels at all; I was much more interested in the notion of telling new stories with existing Doctors at that point), then the brilliant script for last year's <I>Who</I> two-parter, which led me to your blog.<BR/><BR/>I have to second the comment from Captain Mac, regarding the sheer geektastic cool-factor of people like you, Steven Moffat, Neil Gaiman, Mark Gatiss, etc. all being friends, and that your love of the material that ostensibly got you into professional writing remains as strong as ours.<BR/><BR/>I'm also pretty well jazzed by the wonderful cross-pollination of genre writers across the various media that carry fantasy/sci-fi stories from your minds to our senses. Having "TV and Movie" people like Joss Whedon, Damon Lindelof, or Kevin Smith, and literary folk such as you and Gaiman, or Stephen King getting into comics-writing seems like such a natural fit, it's a wonder it took so long for it to come about. <BR/><BR/>Likewise, having people like Brian K. Vaughn (and again, you and Mr. Gaiman) moving in the other direction, from comics and literature to screen, just allows the masses, who have had to hear geeks like me extoll your talents to anyone within earshot during one of our many unselfconscious discussions on such things for years, to see for themselves why our generation of fantasy-and-science-fiction writers has such loyal consumers. Having Paul Dini writing the <I>Gatchaman</I> screenplay, and Mr. Moffat penning the <I>Tintin</I> script has me all a-quiver with antici (say it!) pation, not only at seeing the end result of their work, but at watching people around me who will be experiencing said work for the first time.<BR/><BR/>Okay, officially past the point of marginally coherent babble now. Thank you, Paul, for the wonderful adventures, the down-to-Earth blogging, and for giving geeks like me full-on Stories to share with the unenlightened. Cheers!D0C70RWH0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01619861882303896581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-8989356501347820972008-05-29T06:52:00.000+01:002008-05-29T06:52:00.000+01:00I think he makes a good fit. Big team now!Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-79941721671836972022008-05-28T20:36:00.000+01:002008-05-28T20:36:00.000+01:00Y'know, after the high-visability of the BLADE films, I half-expected him to be in the first roster of THE NEW AVENGERS when it was first announced.<BR/><BR/>So, yeah, 'bout time he was drafted into a top ranking team book at Marvel.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17791352096505994671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-42090087162145148112008-05-28T10:56:00.000+01:002008-05-28T10:56:00.000+01:00Hi Paul,<BR/><BR/>After the Geek Syndicate podcast you did, a while back, I got the incling it was going to BE Blade. Although the rational part of me also argued 'Would they lwet a character with a movie franchise onto a team book?'<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad that they have. This should be very interesting, indeed.The Sword Is Drawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13499212500786272512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-64856216455257133782008-05-28T07:45:00.000+01:002008-05-28T07:45:00.000+01:00Thanks very much, Duck, but I do hope your friend will find that she doesn't need to do that. I think it's often more a case of the problem being the impression of having missed something than actually having missed something.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-35377694868455785152008-05-27T09:20:00.000+01:002008-05-27T09:20:00.000+01:00I'm a big Marvel fan, and heard you'd be writing some comics, but it all seemed so far away ...<BR/><BR/>Then the Vision and Brian Braddock turn up, and I got my hands on both before realising they were yours. And they're superb. The Vision, I feel, has never been done better. And I love Cassie Lang, so it's great to see her turn up.<BR/><BR/>I've also found Captain Britain a tough character to get into in the past, but having already started to catch up this year, it's great to see such a dramatic first issue for him and MI13. A friend of mine (a big fan of Father's Day and Human Nature) read the first two pages of the issue as her first ever reading of modern Marvel, commenting "... what on Earth is going on?".<BR/><BR/>She's now intending to catch up on the last half a decade's worth of comics so she can read this.Iceduckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577969264084077780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-11492447229609464052008-05-27T07:38:00.000+01:002008-05-27T07:38:00.000+01:00Well, we don't know, do we? There's just a big explosion at the end of the issue.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-57714630317330105362008-05-26T21:19:00.000+01:002008-05-26T21:19:00.000+01:00I enjoyed the Cap's Pals and Gals interview, but am I thick? I never realised Brian was meant to be dead. He must come back in time for next year's Eurovision Song Contest - now there's an injustice . . .Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-53000648196365066592008-05-26T08:07:00.000+01:002008-05-26T08:07:00.000+01:00I shall try to find that, ta.Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.com