Paul Scoones
@paulscoones.bsky.social
Book author (The Comic Strip Companion), magazine features writer, editor, retail business owner and Doctor Who expert. "The global authority on Doctor Who comic strips" - Doctor Who Magazine
This book - pre-dating Big Finish - reproducing the original scripts, with accompanying features (including one by me) is great.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This book - pre-dating Big Finish - reproducing the original scripts, with accompanying features (including one by me) is great.
University life.
Decades ago, I was a student at the University of Auckland. Now I'm back - this time on staff as an exam supervisor. Currently three weeks into a month-long stint.
Decades ago, I was a student at the University of Auckland. Now I'm back - this time on staff as an exam supervisor. Currently three weeks into a month-long stint.
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
University life.
Decades ago, I was a student at the University of Auckland. Now I'm back - this time on staff as an exam supervisor. Currently three weeks into a month-long stint.
Decades ago, I was a student at the University of Auckland. Now I'm back - this time on staff as an exam supervisor. Currently three weeks into a month-long stint.
Arrived at last! I worked on The Brain of Morbius as an infotext subtitle researcher, and received this set as a thank you for my contribution.
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Arrived at last! I worked on The Brain of Morbius as an infotext subtitle researcher, and received this set as a thank you for my contribution.
So this happened on today's episode of Strange New Worlds. So Pelia once met the Doctor? Crossover! #startrek #doctorwho
September 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
So this happened on today's episode of Strange New Worlds. So Pelia once met the Doctor? Crossover! #startrek #doctorwho
We do. They were Denis Alan poster prints of Tom Baker.
August 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We do. They were Denis Alan poster prints of Tom Baker.
My first info text subtitling work for the BBC was released on DVD 15 years ago. Planet of Fire was out in June, but this was when I received my copy. Appropriately I've spent today working on info text for a future release (not saying which one as it won't be announced for sometime yet).
July 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My first info text subtitling work for the BBC was released on DVD 15 years ago. Planet of Fire was out in June, but this was when I received my copy. Appropriately I've spent today working on info text for a future release (not saying which one as it won't be announced for sometime yet).
Good to see the superb Aldo series by @dvbishop.com well represented in New Zealand bookshops!
July 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Good to see the superb Aldo series by @dvbishop.com well represented in New Zealand bookshops!
James May, and The Guardian for that matter, really ought to know better. This is a myth.
July 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
James May, and The Guardian for that matter, really ought to know better. This is a myth.
My contribution to this magnificent set was as researcher for the info text on The Brain of Morbius. Which meant I finally got to see the much sought-after scripts.
July 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My contribution to this magnificent set was as researcher for the info text on The Brain of Morbius. Which meant I finally got to see the much sought-after scripts.
The latest episode of The Brokenwood Mysteries features our shop, Retrospace Sci-Fi Collectibles, as one of the locations. In the story the shop's called Kingdom of Rogues. Several short scenes involve the shop front, interior and our back carpark (where our shop logo can be seen on the wall!).
May 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The latest episode of The Brokenwood Mysteries features our shop, Retrospace Sci-Fi Collectibles, as one of the locations. In the story the shop's called Kingdom of Rogues. Several short scenes involve the shop front, interior and our back carpark (where our shop logo can be seen on the wall!).
Sunrise over Rangitoto as seen from Narrow Neck Beach on our dawn walk around the neighbourhood this morning.
May 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sunrise over Rangitoto as seen from Narrow Neck Beach on our dawn walk around the neighbourhood this morning.
I contributed a couple of feature articles for this new bookazine. Doctor Who: Cybermen – The Ultimate Guide, on sale from 22 May.
May 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I contributed a couple of feature articles for this new bookazine. Doctor Who: Cybermen – The Ultimate Guide, on sale from 22 May.
And for New Zealand and Australian customers, from Retrospace Sci-Fi Collectibles (that's my shop). The book arrived in store yesterday. www.retrospace.co.nz/doctor-who-e...
April 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
And for New Zealand and Australian customers, from Retrospace Sci-Fi Collectibles (that's my shop). The book arrived in store yesterday. www.retrospace.co.nz/doctor-who-e...
As does this one. Which was responsible for young and impressionable me memorably believing for a brief time that the Doctor turned into a green-skinned alien (thinking that he must be the one in the circle).
April 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As does this one. Which was responsible for young and impressionable me memorably believing for a brief time that the Doctor turned into a green-skinned alien (thinking that he must be the one in the circle).
That grouping of letters looks familiar...
April 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
That grouping of letters looks familiar...
Eleven instances within less than a minute of screen time...
March 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Eleven instances within less than a minute of screen time...
Discovered this painting of a Dalek on the wall of a motel we stayed at in Rangiora, New Zealand, this week. So unexpectedly random, yet highly appropriate.
March 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Discovered this painting of a Dalek on the wall of a motel we stayed at in Rangiora, New Zealand, this week. So unexpectedly random, yet highly appropriate.
LiBGen has my fanzine novelisations, though that's unsurprising as they've been freely accessible online for years.
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
LiBGen has my fanzine novelisations, though that's unsurprising as they've been freely accessible online for years.
From an interview with director James Cameron in today's NZ Herald.
The reporter seems to believe that Cameron considers a South American meat dish is something that happens in government.
I'm sure what he actually said was 'peccadillo'...
The reporter seems to believe that Cameron considers a South American meat dish is something that happens in government.
I'm sure what he actually said was 'peccadillo'...
March 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
From an interview with director James Cameron in today's NZ Herald.
The reporter seems to believe that Cameron considers a South American meat dish is something that happens in government.
I'm sure what he actually said was 'peccadillo'...
The reporter seems to believe that Cameron considers a South American meat dish is something that happens in government.
I'm sure what he actually said was 'peccadillo'...
Today marks the 26th anniversary of the day that my friend Neil Lambess and I visited a film collector called Bruce Grenville. We came away from that meeting elated and somewhat awed at the realisation that we had just viewed the only surviving film print of a long-lost episode of #DoctorWho.
January 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Today marks the 26th anniversary of the day that my friend Neil Lambess and I visited a film collector called Bruce Grenville. We came away from that meeting elated and somewhat awed at the realisation that we had just viewed the only surviving film print of a long-lost episode of #DoctorWho.
Doctor Who Season 7 is where it all started for me. 14 March 1975 to be exact, when Spearhead from Space Episode 1 first screened on New Zealand TV. It was therefore particularly meaningful for me that I got to help out with the info text for this particular story on the upcoming blu-ray set.
December 21, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Doctor Who Season 7 is where it all started for me. 14 March 1975 to be exact, when Spearhead from Space Episode 1 first screened on New Zealand TV. It was therefore particularly meaningful for me that I got to help out with the info text for this particular story on the upcoming blu-ray set.
The Tides of Time version of Merlin also shows up in Captain Britain and MI13.
December 15, 2024 at 6:23 PM
The Tides of Time version of Merlin also shows up in Captain Britain and MI13.
"Kiwi comic historian Paul Scoones continues to prove he's the global authority on Doctor Who comic strips with his excellent and informative features..." - Doctor Who Magazine Yearbook (December 2024).
December 14, 2024 at 7:44 AM
"Kiwi comic historian Paul Scoones continues to prove he's the global authority on Doctor Who comic strips with his excellent and informative features..." - Doctor Who Magazine Yearbook (December 2024).
Twice now I've had customers in my shop tell me, "Do you know you look like Quentin Tarantino?"
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
December 8, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Twice now I've had customers in my shop tell me, "Do you know you look like Quentin Tarantino?"
Hmmm...
Hmmm...
I've never lost the thrill of discovering my book on the shelves in libraries.
December 2, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I've never lost the thrill of discovering my book on the shelves in libraries.