5 Doctor Who Writers Who Should Return For Series 9 (Plus 5 New Ones)

8. Paul Cornell

Although Paul Cornell has only contributed two stories to the revived series, they are both amongst the highest rated and most critically acclaimed adventures to date, which has of course left fans wondering why on Earth he hasn't returned to recapture the magic. His first episode, Father's Day, was a heartbreaking adventure which pushed the Ninth Doctor's companion Rose Tyler to her emotional limits when she travelled back in time to save her father from his untimely death. As everyone else but Rose was already seemingly aware, though, the priviledged act of time travel comes with certain important rules which one must abhere to, including a rather vital one concluding that a particularly problematic time paradox such as this can result in the ruthless Reapers descending on Earth to devour all of time and space. Oops! Rose's desperate act of heroism therefore escalated into a moral dilemma and one which was no doubt responsible for fully establishing Billie Piper's place within the nation's heart. Paul's dialogue in the episode, meanwhile, showed a new, darker side to the Doctor and Rose's rocky relationship, affirming that there was a lot more going on than first met the eye. Paul returned in 2007 for a two-part adventure adapted from a novel he had written in 1995. In Human Nature and The Family of Blood, the Tenth Doctor was forced to disguise himself as a human and hide out on Earth in 1913 to escape the pursue of the sinister Family of Blood. It was another emotional adventure for our Time Lord and one which conveyed a sense of heart and deeper meaning which is often lacking in some of Doctor Who's more "sciency-wiency" scripts. It also gave us this memorable moment... The moral of the story is, bring back Paul Cornell!