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Jacqueline Rayner is a best selling British
United Kingdom

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 author
Author

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, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British
United Kingdom

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 science fiction television
Science fiction on television

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 series Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
.

Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell

Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom 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....
's Virgin New Adventure
Virgin New Adventures

The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the United Kingdom Science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 novel Oh No It Isn't!
Oh No It Isn't!

Oh No It Isn't! is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield....
 for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish
Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions is a United Kingdom company that produces books and radio dramas based on British cult television science fiction properties....
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Jacqueline Rayner is a best selling British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 science fiction television
Science fiction on television

Science fiction first appeared on television during the golden age of science fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium for science fiction, which in turn contributes to its...
 series Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
.

Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell
Paul Cornell

Paul Cornell is a United Kingdom 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....
's Virgin New Adventure
Virgin New Adventures

The Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the United Kingdom Science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 novel Oh No It Isn't!
Oh No It Isn't!

Oh No It Isn't! is a novel published in 1997 by Paul Cornell from the Virgin New Adventures featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield....
 for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish
Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions is a United Kingdom company that produces books and radio dramas based on British cult television science fiction properties....
. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield
Bernice Summerfield

Bernice Surprise Summerfield is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the Virgin New Adventures....
 and was part of a spin-off series from Doctor Who
Doctor Who spin-offs

Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield audio adaptations
Bernice Summerfield

Bernice Surprise Summerfield is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the Virgin New Adventures....
 and further work for Big Finish before going to work for BBC Books
BBC Books

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 on their Doctor Who lines.

Her first novels came in 2001, with the Eighth Doctor Adventures
Eighth Doctor Adventures

The Eighth Doctor Adventures are a series of Doctor Who spin-offs novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint....
 novel EarthWorld
EarthWorld

EarthWorld is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 for BBC Books and the Bernice Summerfield novel The Squire's Crystal
The Squire's Crystal

The Squire's Crystal is a novel by Jacqueline Rayner, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 for Big Finish. Rayner has written several other Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs

Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 and was also for a period the executive producer for the BBC on the Big Finish range of Doctor Who audio dramas. She has also contributed to the audio range as a writer. In all, her Doctor Who and related work (Bernice Summerfield stories), consists of five novels, a number of short stories and four original audio plays.

Rayner has edited several anthologies of Doctor Who short stories, mainly for Big Finish, and done work for Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine

Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who. Its current editor is Tom Spilsbury....
. Beyond Doctor Who, her work includes the children's television tie-in book Horses Like Blaze.

With the start of the new television series of Doctor Who in 2005 and a shift in the BBC's Doctor Who related book output, Rayner has become, along with Justin Richards
Justin Richards

Justin Richards is a United Kingdom writer. He has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and he is Creative Director for the BBC Books range....
 and Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole (writer)

Stephen Cole is an author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999: this was a role which found him deciding on which stories should be released on video, commissioning and editing a range of fiction and non-fiction titles...
, one of the regular authors of the BBC's New Series Adventures
New Series Adventures (Doctor Who)

The New Series Adventures are a series of Doctor Who spin-offs novels based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint....
. She has also abridged several of the books to be made into audiobooks.

She is also a member of Doctor Who Magazine's Time Team.

Abbreviated bibliography

  • Doctor Who: The Marian Conspiracy
    The Marian Conspiracy

    'The Marian Conspiracy' is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2000) - audio play
  • Doctor Who: EarthWorld
    EarthWorld

    EarthWorld is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2001)
  • Pet Rescue: Horses Like Blaze (2001)
  • Bernice Summerfield
    Bernice Summerfield

    Bernice Surprise Summerfield is a fictional character originally created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length Doctor Who novels, the Virgin New Adventures....
    : The Squire's Crystal
    The Squire's Crystal

    The Squire's Crystal is a novel by Jacqueline Rayner, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2001)
  • Doctor Who: Wolfsbane
    Wolfsbane (Doctor Who)

    Wolfsbane is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2001)
  • Bernice Summerfield: The Glass Prison
    The Glass Prison (Bernice Summerfield)

    The Glass Prison is a novel by Jacqueline Rayner, featuring Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2002)
  • Doctor Who: Doctor Who and the Pirates: Or the Lass That Lost a Sailor
    Doctor Who and the Pirates

    Doctor Who and the Pirates is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who....
     (2003) - audio play
  • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Grel Escape
    The Grel Escape

    The Grel Escape is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2004) - audio play
  • Doctor Who: Winner Takes All
    Winner Takes All (Doctor Who)

    Winner Takes All is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2005)
  • Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Kingdom Of The Blind
    The Kingdom of the Blind

    The Kingdom of the Blind is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2005) - audio play
  • Doctor Who: The Stone Rose
    The Stone Rose

    The Stone Rose is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long-running United Kingdom science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
     (2006)
  • Doctor Who: The Last Dodo
    The Last Dodo

    The Last Dodo is a BBC Books original novel written by Jacqueline Rayner and based on the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who....
     (2007)


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