Paul Starkey
@starkers.bsky.social
Reader, watcher, writer. Existing in a curious hinterland where Science Fiction, Horror, James Bond, Information Governance and Derby County intersect.
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OUT NOW! 🥳 Surprise #McGannuary Doctor Who release! Click https://bgfn.sh/8str1 to buy four previously subscriber-only Short Trips audiobooks featuring the Eighth Doctor!
⊚ Late Night Shopping
⊚ The Caves of Erith
⊚ Tuesday
⊚ An Ocean of Sawdust
⊚ Late Night Shopping
⊚ The Caves of Erith
⊚ Tuesday
⊚ An Ocean of Sawdust
An Ocean of Sawdust, my one and only Big Finish writing credit! Glad it's finally available to all!
Still remember going down for the recording and meeting Stephen Critchlow who seemed like a lovely bloke ❤
Still remember going down for the recording and meeting Stephen Critchlow who seemed like a lovely bloke ❤
Name a movie where the title character isn't the main character.
February 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Name a movie where the title character isn't the main character.
Best episode of Deep Space Nine in ages 😉
February 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Best episode of Deep Space Nine in ages 😉
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I'll never forget listening to it when it was only a Subscriber exclusive, and I'm so pleased that your Short Trip is now widely accessible. As for the late Stephen Critchlow, he was an outstanding narrator.
February 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I'll never forget listening to it when it was only a Subscriber exclusive, and I'm so pleased that your Short Trip is now widely accessible. As for the late Stephen Critchlow, he was an outstanding narrator.
Drop a JUDGE (legal or otherwise)
February 5, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Drop a JUDGE (legal or otherwise)
An Ocean of Sawdust, my one and only Big Finish writing credit! Glad it's finally available to all!
Still remember going down for the recording and meeting Stephen Critchlow who seemed like a lovely bloke ❤
Still remember going down for the recording and meeting Stephen Critchlow who seemed like a lovely bloke ❤
OUT NOW! 🥳 Surprise #McGannuary Doctor Who release! Click https://bgfn.sh/8str1 to buy four previously subscriber-only Short Trips audiobooks featuring the Eighth Doctor!
⊚ Late Night Shopping
⊚ The Caves of Erith
⊚ Tuesday
⊚ An Ocean of Sawdust
⊚ Late Night Shopping
⊚ The Caves of Erith
⊚ Tuesday
⊚ An Ocean of Sawdust
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
An Ocean of Sawdust, my one and only Big Finish writing credit! Glad it's finally available to all!
Still remember going down for the recording and meeting Stephen Critchlow who seemed like a lovely bloke ❤
Still remember going down for the recording and meeting Stephen Critchlow who seemed like a lovely bloke ❤
Me watching the end of the Night Manager tonight...we'd better not have to wait ten years for season 3!
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media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Me watching the end of the Night Manager tonight...we'd better not have to wait ten years for season 3!
My #filmreview of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Directed by Nia DaCosta. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman and Chi Lewis-Parry. (seen in January) At the end of the last film young Spike (Williams) was re…
werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
My #filmreview of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
Bristol City 0 Derby County 5
Great start to the weekend!
Great start to the weekend!
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Bristol City 0 Derby County 5
Great start to the weekend!
Great start to the weekend!
Starfleet Academy continues to be a lot of fun.
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Starfleet Academy continues to be a lot of fun.
New book review werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/a...
A Good Hanging (and other stories)
By Ian Rankin Rankin has been writing about Inspector John Rebus since 1987. I’ve read a few, but probably not as many as I thought I had. I can now add this anthology to the list though. As with a…
werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New book review werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/a...
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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@eddavey.libdems.org.uk absolutely spot on here 👌🫡
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk absolutely spot on here 👌🫡
In the last 72 hours I've seen two Oscar worthy performances. I genuinely hope Buckley wins but I'm annoyed that likely Fiennes won't even be considered.
January 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
In the last 72 hours I've seen two Oscar worthy performances. I genuinely hope Buckley wins but I'm annoyed that likely Fiennes won't even be considered.
So, seen the first two episodes of Starfleet Academy...and I really like it!
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
So, seen the first two episodes of Starfleet Academy...and I really like it!
New book review werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/s...
Slough House
By Mick Herron. At the end of the last book Jackson Lamb’s raggedy band of failures and fuckups discovered that they’d been wiped from MI5 records. They’re still being paid at least which is someth…
werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:19 PM
New book review werewolvesonthemoon.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/s...
Finally got around to watching The Americans. I'm only two episodes in but it's safe to say I'm already hooked.
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Finally got around to watching The Americans. I'm only two episodes in but it's safe to say I'm already hooked.
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Trump's message to the new Venezuelan leader.
January 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Trump's message to the new Venezuelan leader.
Me at the start of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025 😉
December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Me at the start of 2025 vs me at the end of 2025 😉
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my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
my time and space bending #scifi #sciencefiction #timetravel #thriller #Tempo is currently #free #Kindle #kindlebooks #KindleUnlimited #kindlefree #freebook #FreeDownload amzn.to/3Ewv42Q
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
"There are FOUR ghosts!"
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"There are FOUR ghosts!"