Radio Free Skaro

Description:: Radio Free Skaro is possibly the most popular, most prolific and charmingly irreverent (but never irrelevant) Doctor Who podcast around. Since August 2006, hosts Warren (in Vancouver, BC) and Steven (in Edmonton, AB) have provided listeners with their brand of amusing Doctor Who praise and punishment. A year later, Chris (in Amherst, NS) was added to the team, and The Three Who Rule were born. Recommended by Doctor Who Magazine, Radio Free Skaro provides an entertaining and diverting listen for the diehard or casual Doctor Who fan. New episodes usually appear on Sundays, following a loose magazine format of the three hosts discussing the news and events of the past week in the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and the Sarah Jane Adventures. They have also recorded special commentary podcasts for classic series and new series episodes of Doctor Who along with interviews of some of the brightest of the Doctor Who luminaries. Radio Free Skaro is also the official podcast of Gallifrey One, the world's largest and longest-running annual Doctor Who convention.

Homepage: http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

RSS Feed: http://freyburg.libsyn.com/rss

Radio Free Skaro Statistics

Episodes:: 3024
Average Episode Duration:: 0:1:04:25
Longest Episode Duration:: 0:2:39:04
Total Duration of all Episodes:: 135 days, 6 hours, 37 minutes and 8 seconds
Earliest Episode:: 16 August 2006 (4:08am GMT)
Latest Episode:: 27 October 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Average Time Between Episodes:: 2 days, 4 hours, 45 minutes and 30 seconds

Radio Free Skaro Episodes

Radio Free Skaro #984 - Intellect and Nomance

27 October 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes and 32 seconds

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It’s time for some overanalyzing, pondering and intellectual cogitating as the Three Who Rule examine the second anniversary of the Disney+ and Doctor Who agreement, as well as a fascinating survey from the UCLA (partially funded by Disney) of what teens are both watching and want to see! Plus, a detailed hashing-over of where to start watching Doctor Who if you’re a novice, some random tat, and Part Three of our Terry Nation Miniscope covering Planet of, and Death to, the Daleks!

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Radio Free Skaro #983 - Spherical Hieroglyphics

20 October 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 42 seconds

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Controversy stalks the BBC as the question is asked: did they censor Ncuti Gatwa’s comments on The Graham Norton Show about a possible third season of New New Doctor Who? And the answer is…likely not. What is much more probable is the Three Who Rule excoriating the current state of television while referring to a recent Deadline story on that same topic, but enough of these dour matters! There’s a new Gallifreyan translator that can turn your words into circles, an Adventures in Type and Space book on the way featuring the work of Sid Sutton, and part two of our Terry Nation Miniscope, where we delve into his work on “The Chase”, “Mission to the Unknown”, and “The Daleks’ Master Plan”! Assemble the Galactic Council!

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Radio Free Skaro #982 - A Gin-Fueled Tour of the Finer Salons

13 October 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 42 minutes and 28 seconds

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It’s a new and wonderful era as Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action dollies are both announced and will trounce your bank account! That’s in addition to intrigue and mumblesuch on the set of the Graham Norton Show as insight-sharer Ncuti Gatwa mentions movement on the Series 3 front, which was then mysteriously absent from the broadcast! There’s a contest to see the upcoming Xmas special “Joy to the World” in your local cinema, unless you live in Canada, in which case you can go to hell, and ITV is now premiering Coronation Street online previous to broadcast, a move sure to perturb elderly Corrie-heads! All this and part one of the Terry Nation Miniscope multi-part spectacular awaits.

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Radio Free Skaro #981 - Dollar Store Taxi Driver

6 October 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 38 seconds

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It’s a banner week for VAM enthusiasts as comedian, writer and Blu-Ray documentary impresario Toby Hadoke joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion and mutual Doctor Who actor identification session with Steven, plus we have some ruminating on both a Variety article about toxic fandom and foment a conspiracy about the lack of 1980s Cybermen in Big Finish! Could it be an audio phonic conspiracy to commit David Banks erasure? Listen…and find out nothing!

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Interview:
- Toby Hadoke
Radio Free Skaro #980 - Close To The Edit

29 September 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 17 seconds

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It’s a banner day for filmic snipping enthusiasts as we have an exclusive (we emailed, he said yes) interview with film editor and 1960s Doctor Who alumnus Chris Hayden, who speaks with Steven about working on “Planet of Giants” and “The War Games”, hanging out with New Hollywood legends in the early 1970s, and more! Plus we have Big Finish news, bookywook updates, and a special project that Steven has worked on in tribute to the late and great James Earl Jones. That’s right, Sally!

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Interview:
- Chris Hayden
Radio Free Skaro #979 - Doctor Who and The Invasion, Starring Peter Ustinov

22 September 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 47 seconds

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On this week’s show, Archie Panjabi is playing a new Doctor Who villain (probably not The Rani) next season, plus Russell T Davies and Disney+ teasing a TARDIS set pic (and potential Season 3 renewal?) on Instagram, but the key to this whole endeavour is the flights of fancy on our latest Fluid Links where we invent not one but two imaginary Doctor Who media properties! Lights, camera, nonsense!

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Radio Free Skaro #978 - The Blue Screen of Death

15 September 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 42 seconds

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Despite a dearth of real news, and because of one glorious piece of fake news from the Onion, the Three Who Rule faff on less than usual this week, with a look at various Blu-Ray controversies, David Banks in Doctor Who magazine, a Classic Who event at the cool-name-having Electric Palace movie theatre. Plus our Classic Series Commentary for the final episode of “Planet of the Spiders”!

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Commentary:
- Planet of the Spiders Episode 6
Radio Free Skaro #977 - A Well Lit Tragedy

8 September 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 17 seconds

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A Gallifrey One guest announcement tops the RFS headlines as Jenna Coleman aka Clara Oswald is set to arrive in Los Angeles this upcoming February! Plus Russell T Davies is in the latest SFX to explain how TV works to you nerds, so what better time for the Three Who Rule to add their uninformed insights to the pile? An Emperor Davros dolly is on the way from B&M, Ncuti Gatwa’s theatrical spectacular The Importance of Being Earnest heads for cinema screens and more, before a Classic Series Commentary on the penultimate episode of both “Planet of the Spiders” and the Jon Pertwee era!

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Commentary:
- Planet of the Spiders Episode 5
Radio Free Skaro #976 - Pex, Lies, and 2-Inch Videotape

1 September 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 41 seconds

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The Radio Free Skaro crew dips further into their nostalhia-tinged well of archive videotape fetishism this week, in addition to deep analysis of the Youtube algorithm, Star Wars Outlaws, and Steven’s never ending quest to ignore current media trends and lose himself in production minutiae. And just to add to the second-hand smoke, rampant alcoholism and leaded gasoline, it’s back to 1974 for our Classic Series Commentary of “Planet of the Spiders”, Part the Fourth!

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Commentary:
- Planet of the Spiders Episode 4
Radio Free Skaro #975 - Achievement in a Thankless Role

25 August 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 30 seconds

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Warren has returned from his European travails, and just in time as casting for The War Between the Land and the Sea (henceforth known as TWBTLATS) is announced to much fanfare, A Disney poobah nods approvingly at Doctor Who as an idea, Catherine Tate herself hosts the BBC Proms, and Blake’s 7 news takes the internet (well, us) by storm with an amazing box set on the way for the UK (and North America?). All this as a preamble for some of the greatest acting in British televisual history as we commentate on Part Three of Planet of the Spiders!

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Commentary:
- Planet of the Spiders Episode 3
Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera

18 August 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 53 seconds

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While Warren tours Europe, after having chatted with Doctor Who scribes Paul Cornell and LM Myles at Worldcon (which you can hear on this podcast), Doctor Who composer (and Edmonton native) Sam Watts steps in as co-host! Hear of Tales of the TARDIS, Sarah Jane Adventures, and other audio delights as news of a new Jodie Whittaker Blu-ray set is announced, overseas filming for The War Between the Land and the Sea is confirmed, and is a renewal for a third season of Doctor Who or perhaps another new spinoff in the works?

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Guest:
- Sam Watts
Interview:
- Paul Cornell
- Liz Myles
Radio Free Skaro #973 - This Is Democracy Manifest

11 August 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 59 seconds

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With Warren galavanting around Glasgow for WorldCon, and Chris on assignment, the Three Who Rule are augmented by two of Verity!, namely Erika and Deb, for this episode, wherein such delights as Doctor Who archival chatter and praise for the 1975 BBC serial “The Legend of Robin Hood” are central to the discussion. But Warren does check in with an interview with noted author and Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch, recorded in Glasgow!

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Interview:
- Ben Aaronovitch
Radio Free Skaro #972 - Metal British LEGO

4 August 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 32 seconds

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It’s an international podcast of mystery as Warren radiophonically joins the podcast from Edinburgh in his continued journey across Europa as he and the other Two Who Rule discuss the latest news from Doctor Who about Catherine Tate’s return to Gallifrey One, the full Who and Trek SDCC panel is new viewable by all and sundry, Steven guests on the Nerdist’s Laser Focus podcast with esteemed colleague Kyle Anderson, and we return to the longest chase scene in Doctor Who history in Part Two of our Classic Series Commentary of “Planet of the Spiders”!

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Commentary:
- Planet of the Spiders Episode 2
Radio Free Skaro #971 - The Theatre Kid of Nations

28 July 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 44 seconds

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What do you do to follow up on a historically spectacular Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France? Why, you head to San Diego Comic-Con where Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson. and Russell T Davies kept a hall (H, in particular) enthralled with hints of the second Disney+ season of Doctor Who, a preview of the Xmas special, casting and confirmation of the existence of The War Between The Land and The Sea, and more! We not only have our own meagre insights into things SDCC but also a report on the ground from Drs. Heather Berberet and Stacy Watnick of the Free The Squee podcast, who were in Hall H and have much, much more to tell us about goings on at the con! As another SDCC fixture once said, Excelsior!

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Report:
- Heather Berberet and Stacy Watnick (Free the Squee)
Radio Free Skaro #970 - Take California

21 July 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 6 seconds

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San Diego looms as 2024’s Comic Con and all the attendant Doctor Who goodies within await! We’ve got news of official merchandise, hints of special correspondents from said Con of Comics, Louise Jameson returning to Doctor Who, Disney intrigues and a controversial Deadline article, and a special bonus tirade from Chris about Madame Tussauds in London followed by a warm restorative bath in Star Trek novel nostalgia by both Chris and Warren as Steven looks on in confused silence. Plus the beginning of our Classic Series Commentary for “Planet of the Spiders”! Prepare yourselves, Two Legs!

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Classic Series Commentary:
- Planet of the Spiders Episode 1
Radio Free Skaro #969 - Only Nixon Could Go To China

14 July 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 31 seconds

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Thasmin Returns! That’s right, Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill are back in audio form in just announced Big Finish adventures, just one of the many highlights of a busy week of Who news, including a Doctor Who panel at San Diego Comic Con, D23 without Who content, and detente has been reached as Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies and Star Trek guy-in-charge Alex Kurtzman share a panel at SDCC title “Inaugural Intergalactic Friendship Day!”! A shocking lack of Farscape and Starlost representation, but here we are. Also even more audio news, Susan Twist materializing at Gallifrey One, and an interview with Doctor Who Blu-Ray High One and Nothing at the End of the Lane creator Richard Bignell!

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Radio Free Skaro #968 - We Are Going to Be Too Late Again

7 July 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 14 seconds

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It’s time again for some televisual detective work as Tim Burrows of the Missing Episodes Podcast joins Steven for a fulsome discussion on the latest news in the ongoing search for lost Doctor Who episodes and the collectors hoarding, curating, and preserving them. Plus we’ve got news of Russell T Davies discussing new companion Varada Sethu, the first block of Gallifrey One guests for 2025 is announced, Ncuti Gatwa heads to London Comic-Con in November, Season 25 coming to Blu-ray, endless tangents about letterboxing versus 4:3 and more!

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Interview:
Radio Free Skaro #967 - Foaming Ones and Zeros

30 June 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 56 seconds

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With the end of Season One of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule fall back on old habits (not unlike a certain showrunner) and return to the fertile fields of Fluid Links! Nothing will be solved but a whole lot will be discussed as they blather in a confused fashion about questions sent in by you, the viewer! Plus some new information about upcoming spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, pondering on the very nature of a modern Doctor Who showrunner, some very quick cogitating as Marvel returns to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, and more!

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Radio Free Skaro #966 - My Empire of Dirt

23 June 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 19 seconds

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The moment has arrived for the Doctor, Millie and their big fluffy dog Sutekh as the universe gets dusted, mysteries are solved to varying degrees of success, and the Three Who Rule reach unforetold levels of Grumpy Old Man-ism as they discuss “Empire of Death”, the finale to Doctor Who, Season 1! What did they think of the first finale of the RTD2 era? Were their memories jogged by a certain cramped TARDIS? Who’s pointing at what, and why? Abase yourselves, insects, and find out!

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Radio Free Skaro #965 - Abase Yourself, You Groveling Insect

16 June 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 5 seconds

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It’s the penultimate episode of Doctor Who Season 1 and the mysteries are piling up in UNIT HQ! Who or what is Susan Twist? What about the cloaked lady who may or may not be Ruby’s mum? Why in the name of all the gods in the pantheon is Sutekh causing trouble and blinged out in Disney finery? The Three Who Rule don’t have the answers but they do have baseless speculation and a bunch of irrelevant Classic Who references to tide us over until next week! Plus some book and comic and Big Finish stuff but let’s be real…..SUTEKH’S BACK!

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Radio Free Skaro #964 - Fowl and Fallibility

9 June 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 18 seconds

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It’s Regency drama, gossip, and scandalous dances on this week’s Doctor Who adventure, “Rogue!” The Bridgerton fans are losing their minds at this episode, including one Ruby Sunday, but what did the Three Who Rule think of this theatrical and romantic undertaking? Plus we pay tribute to William Russell, Doctor Who’s original Man of Action and Knight of Jaffa, and we encourage you to listen to our own interview with Mr. Russell from 2012. Plus Big Finish celebrates 25 years, Tales of the TARDIS mystery, and this very podcast gets called out for both its numerous crimes and its place as one of the best Doctor Who podcasts! Will wonders never cease?

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Radio Free Skaro #963 - White Mirror

2 June 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 4 seconds

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Doctor Who shows its range again with “Dot and Bubble,” an adventure that goes from the superficiality of social media all the way to some very real-world issues in what’s ostensibly a Doctor-lite episode but is in fact very heavy. Does it seem like we’re dancing around the content of the story? Well, we are! Tune in and listen to our takes, then find out about a new visual guide chronicling the adventures of Character Options dollies, a sneak peek at the first 15th Doctor comic, the further exploits of the Terry Nation Army, more Big Finish excitement including Christopher Eccelston’s final audio adventure (for now), and more! Don’t slide us!

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Radio Free Skaro #962 - I Saw Her Standing There

26 May 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 5 seconds

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A very divisive episode of one Radio Free Skaro as the Three Who Rules review “73 Yards,” a parable of Welsh magic, loopy time conundrums and craven Prime Ministers (well, one at least). What did they think of this Millie Gibson acting tour-de-force and what in the dickens is the mysterious lady saying? Listen and find out! Plus DWM 604, virtual production, a rabbit hole discussion of 4K Blu-Rays and much, much more! Also, why not metric?

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Radio Free Skaro #961 - Kiss Kiss Boom Boom

19 May 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 27 seconds

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Steven Moffat returns to the world of Doctor Who with Boom, a tension-filled episode with land mines, Anglican Marines, many a trope from his previous era, and more! The Three Who Rule are well-known Moffat-ites to be sure, but did this measure up to their thoughts and prayers? Plus the media blitz continues with Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Time Magazine (of all things) and a halfhearted stab at the increasingly irrelevant…stats! Ahhh-aahhhhh!

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Radio Free Skaro #960 - Space Baby Lasagna

12 May 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 56 seconds

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Doctor Who returns! Two new episodes dropped this weekend as we enter both the wacky madcap hijinks of “Space Babies” and the outright lunacy of “The Devil’s Chord”! What did the Three Who Rule think of CG baby mouths, Jinkx Monsoon vamping all over the place, Beatles instrument accuracy and more? Listen to our multi-hour discourse but know this: the twist at the end is that song isn’t very good. Plus the media onslaught continues with Ncuti Gatwa on Canadian radio, RTD dropping secret controversies in Men’s Journal, Big Finish fun and golden sonic screwdriver tat, and more! Next week, we see how it all goes…Boom!

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Radio Free Skaro #960 - Space Baby Lasagna

12 May 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 56 seconds

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Doctor Who returns! Two new episodes dropped this weekend as we enter both the wacky madcap hijinks of “Space Babies” and the outright lunacy of “The Devil’s Chord”! What did the Three Who Rule think of CG baby mouths, Jinkx Monsoon vamping all over the place, Beatles instrument accuracy and more? Listen to our multi-hour discourse but know this: the twist at the end is that song isn’t very good. Plus the media onslaught continues with Ncuti Gatwa on Canadian radio, RTD dropping secret controversies in Men’s Journal, Big Finish fun and golden sonic screwdriver tat, and more! Next week, we see how it all goes…Boom!

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Radio Free Skaro #959 - Time of the Season

5 May 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 49 seconds

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It’s less than one week until Doctor Who enters a new era on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer, and the Disney+ money machine has been busy bussing Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson all around New York City to promote the show, look generally gorgeous wearing many different looks, and riding a Doctor Who-themed NYC subway car! There’s also chatter about Doctor Who: Unleashed, the TARDIS at Disneyland, theatre productions, and more, with our friend Sarah Murphy sitting in as guest host!

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Guest:
- Sarah Murphy
- Is It Camp?
Radio Free Skaro #959 - Time of the Season

5 May 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 49 seconds

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It’s less than one week until Doctor Who enters a new era on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer, and the Disney+ money machine has been busy bussing Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson all around New York City to promote the show, look generally gorgeous wearing many different looks, and riding a Doctor Who-themed NYC subway car! There’s also chatter about Doctor Who: Unleashed, the TARDIS at Disneyland, theatre productions, and more, with our friend Sarah Murphy sitting in as guest host!

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Guest:
- Sarah Murphy
- Is It Camp?
Radio Free Skaro #958 - Ghost Threat

28 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 17 seconds

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The Doctor Who publicity machine is slipping into second gear with Gatwa and Gibson making the rounds of a BBC premiere, chat shows, Variety Magazine, and more, but that doesn’t stop the Three Who Rule from marinating in questionable nostalgia as they recall viewing The Phantom Menace for the first time 25 years ago, aka the Dawn of Anticipointment. Plus we issue an all hands on deck alert for next week’s Gallifrey One Hotelmageddon, and Warren emerges from the Metaverse to give his take on the just released PS VR2 version of The Edge of Time! Don your own Helmet of Pretend and join us!

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Radio Free Skaro #958 - Ghost Threat

28 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 17 seconds

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The Doctor Who publicity machine is slipping into second gear with Gatwa and Gibson making the rounds of a BBC premiere, chat shows, Variety Magazine, and more, but that doesn’t stop the Three Who Rule from marinating in questionable nostalgia as they recall viewing The Phantom Menace for the first time 25 years ago, aka the Dawn of Anticipointment. Plus we issue an all hands on deck alert for next week’s Gallifrey One Hotelmageddon, and Warren emerges from the Metaverse to give his take on the just released PS VR2 version of The Edge of Time! Don your own Helmet of Pretend and join us!

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Radio Free Skaro #957 - What Are The Movellans Watching?

21 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 58 seconds

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The hype train has left the station for Doctor Who as Entertainment Weekly, SFX, Attitude, and other pulp-based data products celebrate the impending Full-On Ncuti Gatwa Era along with the BBC and Disney+ releasing promo illustrations, and most importantly of all the release of Movellan action dollies, which caused spontaneous disco-infused celebrations across the United Kingdom. There’s also the quite suspicious timing of a restored Let It Be hitting Disney+ two days before the two-part premiere of Doctor Who, and most exciting of all, Episode Four of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 4
Radio Free Skaro #957 - What Are The Movellans Watching?

21 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 58 seconds

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The hype train has left the station for Doctor Who as Entertainment Weekly, SFX, Attitude, and other pulp-based data products celebrate the impending Full-On Ncuti Gatwa Era along with the BBC and Disney+ releasing promo illustrations, and most importantly of all the release of Movellan action dollies, which caused spontaneous disco-infused celebrations across the United Kingdom. There’s also the quite suspicious timing of a restored Let It Be hitting Disney+ two days before the two-part premiere of Doctor Who, and most exciting of all, Episode Four of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 4
Radio Free Skaro #956 - Lesser Mithril

14 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 42 seconds

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We’re less than a month away from new Doctior Who on Disney+ and the BBC and to help us navigate this stormy sea of streaming madness is professor, media expert, and all-around lovely fellow Derek Kompare as we look into the BBC’s inevitable admission that Varada Sethu is joining the cast of the show, a fascinating Beatles-centric (or lack thereof) interview in Empire Magazine with Ncuti Gatwa and one Russell T. Davies, archive film musings, Chicago TARDIS news, and a very important televisual anniversary! Plus Episode Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 3
Radio Free Skaro #956 - Lesser Mithril

14 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 42 seconds

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We’re less than a month away from new Doctior Who on Disney+ and the BBC and to help us navigate this stormy sea of streaming madness is professor, media expert, and all-around lovely fellow Derek Kompare as we look into the BBC’s inevitable admission that Varada Sethu is joining the cast of the show, a fascinating Beatles-centric (or lack thereof) interview in Empire Magazine with Ncuti Gatwa and one Russell T. Davies, archive film musings, Chicago TARDIS news, and a very important televisual anniversary! Plus Episode Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 3
Radio Free Skaro #955 - The Roblox of Death

7 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 2 seconds

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Chris is a wandering vagabond this week, trolling both the Internet and ourselves with images of the real Magna Carta, but the real highlight of this week is the appearance of one Kyle Anderson of Nerdist fame for his thoughts on Doctor Who trailers, the current media landscape, and more! Plus we have news of one Dr. Who in Roblox form, the release of the Companions of Doctor Who on April 10, and River Song is back in Big Finish’s “Death and Life of River Song: Last Words”! Plus Past Chris returns in Episode Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 2
Radio Free Skaro #955 - The Roblox of Death

7 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 2 seconds

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Chris is a wandering vagabond this week, trolling both the Internet and ourselves with images of the real Magna Carta, but the real highlight of this week is the appearance of one Kyle Anderson of Nerdist fame for his thoughts on Doctor Who trailers, the current media landscape, and more! Plus we have news of one Dr. Who in Roblox form, the release of the Companions of Doctor Who on April 10, and River Song is back in Big Finish’s “Death and Life of River Song: Last Words”! Plus Past Chris returns in Episode Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 2
Radio Free Skaro #954 - Heaven On Their Minds

31 March 2024 (6:30pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 53 seconds

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Another new Doctor Who trailer! New episode titles unveiled! Golda Rosheuvel is in Episode 1! All this and more in a timey-wimey episode of the podcast, which contains much Mrrahh Business, more cast announcements, a light dusting of contempt for AI, a Steven Moffat conversation on Youtube, and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 1
Radio Free Skaro #954 - Heaven On Their Minds

31 March 2024 (6:30pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 53 seconds

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Another new Doctor Who trailer! New episode titles unveiled! Golda Rosheuvel is in Episode 1! All this and more in a timey-wimey episode of the podcast, which contains much Mrrahh Business, more cast announcements, a light dusting of contempt for AI, a Steven Moffat conversation on Youtube, and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!

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Commentary:
- Terror of the Autons Episode 1
Radio Free Skaro #953 - Sweet Childs of Mine

24 March 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 59 seconds

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In an exciting adventure in time and mostly space, Chris joins Warren in Vancouver for a very special episode of Radio Free Skaro where we look at a new Disney+ Doctor Who trailer featuring dinosaurs, Ruby Sunday stepping on a butterfly, glimpses of upcoming mysteries, and clearly a whole lot of Disney+ money. Plus confirmation Steven Moffat is back for at least one Season 1 episode, Russell T Davies using a Canadian emoji to not only tease the audience but also confound us, Big Finish celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a very special day, some MRAHHH BUSINESS from Doctor Who producer Jane Tranter ,and our Miniscope examining the work of Thirteenth Doctor-era director Jamie Childs!

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Miniscope:
- Doctor Who director Jamie Childs
- Jamie Childs on Radio Free Skaro #676
Radio Free Skaro #953 - Sweet Childs of Mine

24 March 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 59 seconds

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In an exciting adventure in time and mostly space, Chris joins Warren in Vancouver for a very special episode of Radio Free Skaro where we look at a new Disney+ Doctor Who trailer featuring dinosaurs, Ruby Sunday stepping on a butterfly, glimpses of upcoming mysteries, and clearly a whole lot of Disney+ money. Plus confirmation Steven Moffat is back for at least one Season 1 episode, Russell T Davies using a Canadian emoji to not only tease the audience but also confound us, Big Finish celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a very special day, some MRAHHH BUSINESS from Doctor Who producer Jane Tranter ,and our Miniscope examining the work of Thirteenth Doctor-era director Jamie Childs!

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Miniscope:
- Doctor Who director Jamie Childs
- Jamie Childs on Radio Free Skaro #676
Radio Free Skaro #952 - Let's Do The Time Zone Again

17 March 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 3 seconds

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After a long and punishing era of North America tapping its toes and drumming its fingers waiting for the adventures of Doctor Who on their televisual devices, Disney+ has upended the universe with a global release on its streaming service with the result that North Americans will see the show Friday afternoon and the UK will suffer the INDIGNITY of having their beloved Gallifreyan arrive at midnight, a crime as monumental as the United States seceding from the Commonwealth. We also have Steven Moffat allegedly writing the 2024 Xmas special, man about town and Nerdist scribe Kyle Anderson’s look at regenerations, and an interview with Chris Chapman about his Graham Williams documentary on said collection,”Darkness and Light: The Life of Graham Williams”!

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Interview:
- Chris Chapman
- Graham Williams documentary on the Season 15 Collection
Radio Free Skaro #952 - Let's Do The Time Zone Again

17 March 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 3 seconds

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After a long and punishing era of North America tapping its toes and drumming its fingers waiting for the adventures of Doctor Who on their televisual devices, Disney+ has upended the universe with a global release on its streaming service with the result that North Americans will see the show Friday afternoon and the UK will suffer the INDIGNITY of having their beloved Gallifreyan arrive at midnight, a crime as monumental as the United States seceding from the Commonwealth. We also have Steven Moffat allegedly writing the 2024 Xmas special, man about town and Nerdist scribe Kyle Anderson’s look at regenerations, and an interview with Chris Chapman about his Graham Williams documentary on said collection,”Darkness and Light: The Life of Graham Williams”!

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Interview:
- Chris Chapman
- Graham Williams documentary on the Season 15 Collection
Radio Free Skaro #951 - Magna Karma

10 March 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 6 seconds

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It’s time for a mea culpa about Magna Carta by the Three Who Rule (much less than before) before we move on to the news of the moment, including Rachel Talalay highlighting female Doctor Who directors and appearing in Edmonton to celebrate her film work, Mark Ayres going to bat for the Celestial Toymaker’s experimental animations, the BBC with an AI-generated foot in its mouth after it decided simple humans can’t possibly promote their Doctor Who material, Warren has news of scribbling for an RPG merchant ,and the second part of a completely historically accurate exploration Classic Series Commentary of Magna Carta AND shapeshifting robots in…”The King’s Demons”, Part the Second!

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Commentary:
- Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part Two
Radio Free Skaro #951 - Magna Karma

10 March 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 6 seconds

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It’s time for a mea culpa about Magna Carta by the Three Who Rule (much less than before) before we move on to the news of the moment, including Rachel Talalay highlighting female Doctor Who directors and appearing in Edmonton to celebrate her film work, Mark Ayres going to bat for the Celestial Toymaker’s experimental animations, the BBC with an AI-generated foot in its mouth after it decided simple humans can’t possibly promote their Doctor Who material, Warren has news of scribbling for an RPG merchant ,and the second part of a completely historically accurate exploration Classic Series Commentary of Magna Carta AND shapeshifting robots in…”The King’s Demons”, Part the Second!

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Commentary:
- Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part Two
Radio Free Skaro #950 - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

3 March 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 42 seconds

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On this most important Magna Carta Day (yes, we know it’s actually June 15), the Three Who Rule are digging deep on morsels of news including the BFI screening of the Celestial Toymaker along with some Hot Takes on the current state of AI, the Sea Devils spinoff supposedly starting shooting on March 4, new casting, “The Daleks in Colour” available for digital purchase, an entirely made up new villain called the RUSAN, an upcoming convention for The Tripods which sold out within hours, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary for “The King’s Demons”!

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Commentary:
- Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part One
Radio Free Skaro #950 - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

3 March 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 42 seconds

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On this most important Magna Carta Day (yes, we know it’s actually June 15), the Three Who Rule are digging deep on morsels of news including the BFI screening of the Celestial Toymaker along with some Hot Takes on the current state of AI, the Sea Devils spinoff supposedly starting shooting on March 4, new casting, “The Daleks in Colour” available for digital purchase, an entirely made up new villain called the RUSAN, an upcoming convention for The Tripods which sold out within hours, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary for “The King’s Demons”!

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Commentary:
- Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part One
Radio Free Skaro #949 - Official Pretend

25 February 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 15 seconds

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It’s the week after Gallifrey One but your dedicated town criers The Three Who Rule are here to give you the latest facts from the worlds of Doctor Who including a BFI showing of The Celestial Toymaker on March 2, a surfeit of scripts from the BBC, even more Blu-rays from the BBC Shop (sorta), and even more Big Finish news, most of it announced at the aforementioned Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles! But all this is burying the lede as the BBC Archive’s Youtube channel rewards us with a visit in 1990 to…the BBC Film and Tape Library! And also, the Three remember the great Pamela Salem.

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Radio Free Skaro #949 - Official Pretend

25 February 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 15 seconds

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It’s the week after Gallifrey One but your dedicated town criers The Three Who Rule are here to give you the latest facts from the worlds of Doctor Who including a BFI showing of The Celestial Toymaker on March 2, a surfeit of scripts from the BBC, even more Blu-rays from the BBC Shop (sorta), and even more Big Finish news, most of it announced at the aforementioned Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles! But all this is burying the lede as the BBC Archive’s Youtube channel rewards us with a visit in 1990 to…the BBC Film and Tape Library! And also, the Three remember the great Pamela Salem.

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Radio Free Skaro #948 - Cosmic Joyride

19 February 2024 (4:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 5 seconds

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That’s a wrap from Gallifrey One this year, but what a weekend it was! Disney+ chose Gallifrey One as the time and the place to launch their promo campaign for Doctor Who, including a special message to the convention and a new promotional poster. Gallifrey One Program Director Shaun Lyon tells us what went into that. Also, Simon Guerrier talks about BBC Television that eventually inspired Doctor Who, and Peter Harness joins us to preview his new series Constellation, premiering February 21 on Apple TV+!

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Radio Free Skaro #948 - Cosmic Joyride

19 February 2024 (4:00pm GMT)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 5 seconds

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That’s a wrap from Gallifrey One this year, but what a weekend it was! Disney+ chose Gallifrey One as the time and the place to launch their promo campaign for Doctor Who, including a special message to the convention and a new promotional poster. Gallifrey One Program Director Shaun Lyon tells us what went into that. Also, Simon Guerrier talks about BBC Television that eventually inspired Doctor Who, and Peter Harness joins us to preview his new series Constellation, premiering February 21 on Apple TV+!

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