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
- Episodes:
- 3117
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:04:19
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:39:04
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 139 days, 5 hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 16 August 2006 (4:08am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 15 June 2025 (6:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 2 days, 4 hours, 57 minutes and 47 seconds
Radio Free Skaro Episodes
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 24
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 54 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 24.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 23
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 47 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 23.
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Radio Free Skaro #992 - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 48 secondsSad news this week as we mark the passing of both novelist David A McIntee and fellow podcaster Siobahn Gallichan, and we extend our sympathies to their loved ones at a difficult time. There’s also news of Season 7 coming to the Doctor Who Collection Blu-ray series, the lead up to Doctor Who Christmas Week (culminating in “Joy To The World” on Christmas Day), extended badinage about a mail order Dalek model kit that extends over the next decade(!), Tom Baker’s Xmas message, and an interview previewing “The War Games in Colour” with Mark Ayres and Kieran Highman!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- New trailer for “Joy to the World”
- Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who Podcast
- Russell T Davies and Writer Steven Moffat Tease Christmas Special
- Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE to guest star in Doctor Who Season 2
- Build your own 1:2 scale Dalek
- Season 7 Collection blu-ray set announced
- Season 7 PDF content, courtesy Richard Bignell
- Doctor Who Season 25 Canada preorder link, North American release due Feb 25
- Radio Times Tom Baker 50th Anniversary Bookazine
- Tom Baker Christmas 2024 message
- Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Dark Gallifrey: Missy Parts One to Three starts April 2025
- David A McIntee died
- Siobhan Gallichan died
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 22
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 19 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 22.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 21
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 9 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 21.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 20
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 49 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 20.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 19
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 37 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 19.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 18
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 12 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 18.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 17
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 22 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 17.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 16
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 53 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 16.
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Radio Free Skaro #991 - The Son of Doctor Who
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 41 minutes and 41 secondsIt is the beginning of Warren’s 54th trip around the Sun (aka Hot Orbie) as we release this episode and as such the Three Who Rule ponder news of new Gallifrey One guests, the official announcement of an animated recon of the 1966 Doctor Who story “The Savages”, an unofficial and very cool animated recon of “The Wheel in Space”, Doctor Who audio news, Steven’s overcomplicated Andor-Doctor Who-Disney+ conspiracy-laden paranoia, and an exciting interview with both Paul and Sonny McGann from Chicago TARDIS! Enjoy!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One guest update: Sheppard, Herron, Redman, Robinson, Handcock, Houser
- RTD & Steven Moffat interview from the Radio Times shoot
- Missing Doctor Who story ‘The Savages’ returns as animation
- The Savages Amazon UK preorder link, shows Mar 24, 2025 release
- The Wheel in Space unofficial animation profiled on Josh Snares’ YouTube channel
- The Wheel in Space animation playlist
- Doctor Who Magazine Special 68 – The 2025 Yearbook released Dec 12
- Doctor Who: Where’s the Doctor? Paperback due 19 Jun. 2025
- Doctor Who: Dracula Paperback due 28 Aug 2025
- Doctor Who: Agent of the Daleks: 1st Doctor Audio Original due 6 Mar 2025
- Doctor Who: The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories: Doctor Who Audio Annual due 3 Apr 2025
- Doctor Who theme added to Australia’s National Film & Sound Archive
- Big Finish The Death and Life of River Song: Ace and Tegan due Mar 2025
- Arnold Yarrow (Bellal in Death to the Daleks) dies aged 104
- Radio Free Skaro Livestream: “Joy To The World” Review: December 26, noon PT/3pm ET/8pm UK
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 15
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 27 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 15.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 14
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 4 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 14.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 13
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 7 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 13.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 12
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 56 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 12.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 11
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 12 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 11.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 10
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 20 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 10.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 9
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 30 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 9.
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Radio Free Skaro #990 - Borad Subsequent Moviefilm
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 22 secondsIt’s a banner weekend in Vancouver as one Taylor Swift graces Warren’s fair city with the final shows of the Eras Tour, and yet the Three Who Rule soldier on (and show just how out of touch they are) with talk of the new trailer for Joy To the World, Doctor Who showrunner holiday photoshoots, some The War Games in Colour backpatting and badinage, a truly inspiring Borad figurine, and the showcase of this episode, Steven’s interview from Chicago TARDIS featuring Season 25 luminaries Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Mark Ayres, and Dominic Glynn!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine #611 Released
- Doctor Who showrunners unite for exclusive Radio Times festive shoot
- Joy to the World trailer
- Joy to the World will go out at 5:10pm GMT Dec 25 on BBC One
- Joy to the World will drop at 9:10am PST/12:10pm EST on Disney+
- The Doctor Who Proms will go out Dec 24 at 4:10 PM GMT on BBC Two
- The War Games in colour will go out Dec 23 at 9pm GMT on BBC Four
- Josh Snares on the 50% Doctor Who Podcast talking about The War Games colourization
- Phil Sims won Best Design RTS award for Doctor Who
- Ncuti Gatwa nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for the Critics Choice TV Awards
- Harrop Buckley Borad figure available to preorder
- Joy to the World DVD/Blu-Ray preorders (Amazon UK), date not yet listed
- Season 9 UK Blu-Ray Standard Packaging due Feb 3
- Season 25 Blu-Ray US preorder (Amazon)
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 46 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 8.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 31 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 7.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 6
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 58 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 6.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 40 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 5.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 40 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 5.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 11 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 4.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 11 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 4.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 34 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 3.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 34 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 3.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 56 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 2.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 56 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 2.
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Radio Free Skaro #989 - Lombard Support
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 31 secondsSteven is a special correspondent from Chicago TARDIS this week while Chris and Warren hold down their respective home forts in Edmonton and Vancouver to bring you news of Disney+ promoting Joy to the World(s), an onslaught of BBC Doctor Who programming around Xmas including the aforementioned special, The War Games In Colour, and the Doctor Who Proms! We’ve also got Big Finish news, an auction by Who director Rachel Talalay of one of her amazing gum bichromate prints of a TARDIS set photo, and from Lombard (Chicago’s Abbotsford) Steven’s interview with Sacha Dhawan and Jo Martin!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Disney+ Doctor Who promo
- Disney+ Doctor Who promo not a typo?
- BBC Christmas 2024 TV and iPlayer line-up, includes Joy to the World synopsis
- UK TV License fee to increase with inflation
- Special ‘Joy to the World’ Sonic Screwdriver available now
- Doctor Who at the Proms to run 109 minutes
- Space Babies script features a musical scene was cut
- Doctor Who Magazine 611 cover has callbacks to The Eleventh Hour
- Next Big Finish War Master box sets “His Greatest Trick” (due Oct/25), “Deeds Without Names” (due Oct/26)
- Big Finish Sirens in Time, the first release, gets special edition
- Doctor Who auction to support Children in Need happening Feb 2025
- Rachel Talalay-signed Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Gum Bichromate Print at auction, supporting ACLU of SoCal
- Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends goes out Dec 29 @ 4:45pm Dec 29
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #989 - Lombard Support
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 31 secondsSteven is a special correspondent from Chicago TARDIS this week while Chris and Warren hold down their respective home forts in Edmonton and Vancouver to bring you news of Disney+ promoting Joy to the World(s), an onslaught of BBC Doctor Who programming around Xmas including the aforementioned special, The War Games In Colour, and the Doctor Who Proms! We’ve also got Big Finish news, an auction by Who director Rachel Talalay of one of her amazing gum bichromate prints of a TARDIS set photo, and from Lombard (Chicago’s Abbotsford) Steven’s interview with Sacha Dhawan and Jo Martin!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Disney+ Doctor Who promo
- Disney+ Doctor Who promo not a typo?
- BBC Christmas 2024 TV and iPlayer line-up, includes Joy to the World synopsis
- UK TV License fee to increase with inflation
- Special ‘Joy to the World’ Sonic Screwdriver available now
- Doctor Who at the Proms to run 109 minutes
- Space Babies script features a musical scene was cut
- Doctor Who Magazine 611 cover has callbacks to The Eleventh Hour
- Next Big Finish War Master box sets “His Greatest Trick” (due Oct/25), “Deeds Without Names” (due Oct/26)
- Big Finish Sirens in Time, the first release, gets special edition
- Doctor Who auction to support Children in Need happening Feb 2025
- Rachel Talalay-signed Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Gum Bichromate Print at auction, supporting ACLU of SoCal
- Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends goes out Dec 29 @ 4:45pm Dec 29
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 32 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 1.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2024 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 20 minutes and 32 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 1.
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Radio Free Skaro #988 - A Mild Curiosity in a Junkyard
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes and 56 secondsHappy Doctor Who Day Weekend! And we celebrate with a bumper length episode! “The War Games” in Colour, coming December 23! (With a tiny bit of help from us…) Steven Moffat returning to Gallifrey One! Plus, a surfeit of Doctor Who tat to celebrate the show’s 61st anniversary, new and exciting action dollies, Jo Martin’s Big Finish debut, and the return of the increasingly irritating (for Warren) Trivia, Mr. Fibuli, with guest contestants Erika and Kat!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Steven Moffat announced as guest for Gallifrey One, replacing Phil Collinson
- Chicago TARDIS schedule announced
- The War Games in colour, 90-minute run time
- Doctor Who Season 1 deleted scenes
- Scripts for Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials and Season 1 now available
- Doctor Who unveils all-new escape room with Fifteenth Doctor battling the Daleks
- Doctor Who Day gifts and offers
- Fifteenth Doctor Build-a-Bear now available
- Casio and Doctor Who countdown to Christmas with a limited edition gift package
- B&M 2024 Friends & Foes of The Doctor action dolly set
- B&M 2024 History of the Daleks Set 19 action dolly set
- Doctor Who: Daleks – The Ultimate Guide available now
- Doctor Who – Once and Future: Coda: The Final Act (Jo Martin’s Big Finish debut) is out now
Trivia Mr Fibuli:
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Radio Free Skaro #988 - A Mild Curiosity in a Junkyard
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes and 56 secondsHappy Doctor Who Day Weekend! And we celebrate with a bumper length episode! “The War Games” in Colour, coming December 23! (With a tiny bit of help from us…) Steven Moffat returning to Gallifrey One! Plus, a surfeit of Doctor Who tat to celebrate the show’s 61st anniversary, new and exciting action dollies, Jo Martin’s Big Finish debut, and the return of the increasingly irritating (for Warren) Trivia, Mr. Fibuli, with guest contestants Erika and Kat!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Steven Moffat announced as guest for Gallifrey One, replacing Phil Collinson
- Chicago TARDIS schedule announced
- The War Games in colour, 90-minute run time
- Doctor Who Season 1 deleted scenes
- Scripts for Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials and Season 1 now available
- Doctor Who unveils all-new escape room with Fifteenth Doctor battling the Daleks
- Doctor Who Day gifts and offers
- Fifteenth Doctor Build-a-Bear now available
- Casio and Doctor Who countdown to Christmas with a limited edition gift package
- B&M 2024 Friends & Foes of The Doctor action dolly set
- B&M 2024 History of the Daleks Set 19 action dolly set
- Doctor Who: Daleks – The Ultimate Guide available now
- Doctor Who – Once and Future: Coda: The Final Act (Jo Martin’s Big Finish debut) is out now
Trivia Mr Fibuli:
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Radio Free Skaro #987 - A Succulent Chinese Meal
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 11 secondsIt’s an exciting week for Doctor Who content as a new “Joy to the World” clip surfaced on Children in Need featuring snark, dinosaurs, and a Silurian in a briefcase along with a teaser from the episode’s writer, one Steven Moffat! Plus a “Coming in 2025” trailer for Disney+ that does not feature Doctor Who at all? Controversial? Not really. Plus Ncuti Gatwa in Vanity Fair being handsome as usual, a sneak peek at updated Blake’s 7 effects, and an exciting adventure in space and time as we present a special anniversary-themed Classic Series Commentary of the raw pilot recording of “An Unearthly Child”, a flub-filled exploration of early 1960s television production!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One now on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads
- Gallifrey One call for panelists
- Doctor Who teaser on Children in Need
- Children in Need raised over £39M
- Steven Moffat teases “Joy to the World”
- Doctor Who not listed in Disney+ “Coming In 2025” Trailer
- Ncuti Gatwa profiled in Vanity Fair (paywall)
- Gatwa posted some clips of the Vanity Fair photoshoot
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 Updated Effects
- Colin Baker reunited with his Doctor Who title sequence
- Big Finish: Faithful Friends due Jan 2025
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Call Me Master: Inner Demons due Feb 2025
- AMC completes purchase of BBC America for $42M
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #987 - A Succulent Chinese Meal
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 11 secondsIt’s an exciting week for Doctor Who content as a new “Joy to the World” clip surfaced on Children in Need featuring snark, dinosaurs, and a Silurian in a briefcase along with a teaser from the episode’s writer, one Steven Moffat! Plus a “Coming in 2025” trailer for Disney+ that does not feature Doctor Who at all? Controversial? Not really. Plus Ncuti Gatwa in Vanity Fair being handsome as usual, a sneak peek at updated Blake’s 7 effects, and an exciting adventure in space and time as we present a special anniversary-themed Classic Series Commentary of the raw pilot recording of “An Unearthly Child”, a flub-filled exploration of early 1960s television production!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One now on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads
- Gallifrey One call for panelists
- Doctor Who teaser on Children in Need
- Children in Need raised over £39M
- Steven Moffat teases “Joy to the World”
- Doctor Who not listed in Disney+ “Coming In 2025” Trailer
- Ncuti Gatwa profiled in Vanity Fair (paywall)
- Gatwa posted some clips of the Vanity Fair photoshoot
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 Updated Effects
- Colin Baker reunited with his Doctor Who title sequence
- Big Finish: Faithful Friends due Jan 2025
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Call Me Master: Inner Demons due Feb 2025
- AMC completes purchase of BBC America for $42M
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #986 - Down and Safe
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 15 secondsThings have taken a turn for the truly awful in the world this week, but Radio Free Skaro is here to assuage your worries (Steven) or at least acknowledge them (Warren). If you’re looking to distract yourself from the latest grim fandango, we have news of deleted scenes coming November 23, unaired footage of David Tennant running around the TARDIS set in “The Star Beast”, props on the auction block, Big Finish art critiques, and an interview with Blake’s 7 Series 1 Blu-Ray contributors Jonathan Helm, Chris Chapman, and Chris Thompson!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who deleted scenes coming November 23
- Doctor Who Magazine 610 released
- Doctor Who: Daleks – The Ultimate Guide due November 21
- TARDIS prop from “Eve of the Daleks” up for auction for Children in Need
- Doctor Who Unaired footage: introduction to the TARDIS from the Star Beast
- Big Finish Companion Chronicles: Families due Apr 2025
- Big Finish Short Trips 2024 winner announced, will be released for free Dec 29
- Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series B available now
- The Andrew Skilleter Doctor Who Art calendar 2025 available
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #986 - Down and Safe
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 15 secondsThings have taken a turn for the truly awful in the world this week, but Radio Free Skaro is here to assuage your worries (Steven) or at least acknowledge them (Warren). If you’re looking to distract yourself from the latest grim fandango, we have news of deleted scenes coming November 23, unaired footage of David Tennant running around the TARDIS set in “The Star Beast”, props on the auction block, Big Finish art critiques, and an interview with Blake’s 7 Series 1 Blu-Ray contributors Jonathan Helm, Chris Chapman, and Chris Thompson!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who deleted scenes coming November 23
- Doctor Who Magazine 610 released
- Doctor Who: Daleks – The Ultimate Guide due November 21
- TARDIS prop from “Eve of the Daleks” up for auction for Children in Need
- Doctor Who Unaired footage: introduction to the TARDIS from the Star Beast
- Big Finish Companion Chronicles: Families due Apr 2025
- Big Finish Short Trips 2024 winner announced, will be released for free Dec 29
- Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series B available now
- The Andrew Skilleter Doctor Who Art calendar 2025 available
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #985 - Angry Petulant Rhinos
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 17 secondsIt’s a Current Producer-Palooza at Gallifrey One this coming February with Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One, and that’s not all on the news list including a “world exclusive preview” of “Joy to the World” coming to Children In Need on November 15, some Robert Banks Stewart iPlayer controversy, Sylveste(r) McCoy missing episodes discovered, an action dolly report and more, including the concluding Terry Nation Miniscope segment, covering “Genesis of the Daleks”, “The Android Invasion”, and “Destiny of the Daleks”! Do you have the right to listen? You do!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One
- “World exclusive preview” of Joy to the World on Children in Need on November 15
- Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom removed from BBC iPlayer
- Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series B available now
- Luke Harrison interviews Richard Martin from 2018
- Two missing 1978 TV episodes featuring Sylvester McCoy have been found
- Doctor Who: Titan Bi-Generation Figurine Set
- Doctor Who: Titan Fifteenth Doctor Figurine
- Doctor Who 15th Doctor Calendar
- Black Archive: Under the Lake/Before the Flood released
- Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water hardcover by Emily Cook due May 29
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show due December
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Infiltration due January 2025
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #985 - Angry Petulant Rhinos
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 29 minutes and 17 secondsIt’s a Current Producer-Palooza at Gallifrey One this coming February with Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One, and that’s not all on the news list including a “world exclusive preview” of “Joy to the World” coming to Children In Need on November 15, some Robert Banks Stewart iPlayer controversy, Sylveste(r) McCoy missing episodes discovered, an action dolly report and more, including the concluding Terry Nation Miniscope segment, covering “Genesis of the Daleks”, “The Android Invasion”, and “Destiny of the Daleks”! Do you have the right to listen? You do!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One
- “World exclusive preview” of Joy to the World on Children in Need on November 15
- Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom removed from BBC iPlayer
- Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series B available now
- Luke Harrison interviews Richard Martin from 2018
- Two missing 1978 TV episodes featuring Sylvester McCoy have been found
- Doctor Who: Titan Bi-Generation Figurine Set
- Doctor Who: Titan Fifteenth Doctor Figurine
- Doctor Who 15th Doctor Calendar
- Black Archive: Under the Lake/Before the Flood released
- Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water hardcover by Emily Cook due May 29
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show due December
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Infiltration due January 2025
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #984 - Intellect and Nomance
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes and 32 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Two Years since Doctor Who/Disney+ Partnership was announced
- Teens Want To See Less Sex, More Friendship In Movies & TV Shows, UCLA Study Finds
- Disney Unveils First Star Wars And Marvel TV Show 4K Blu-Rays With Dolby Vision
- Official Doctor Who website: Where to start with Doctor Who?
- Ncuti Gatwa wins Best Actor at the Welsh BAFTAs for DW; Euros Lyn wins for directing Heartbreaker
- Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2 Standard Edition due Dec 2
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: Echoes Through Eternity due November 2024
- Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #984 - Intellect and Nomance
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes and 32 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Two Years since Doctor Who/Disney+ Partnership was announced
- Teens Want To See Less Sex, More Friendship In Movies & TV Shows, UCLA Study Finds
- Disney Unveils First Star Wars And Marvel TV Show 4K Blu-Rays With Dolby Vision
- Official Doctor Who website: Where to start with Doctor Who?
- Ncuti Gatwa wins Best Actor at the Welsh BAFTAs for DW; Euros Lyn wins for directing Heartbreaker
- Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2 Standard Edition due Dec 2
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: Echoes Through Eternity due November 2024
- Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024
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Radio Free Skaro #983 - Spherical Hieroglyphics
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 42 secondsControversy 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The BBC allegedly did not censor Gatwa’s remark on The Graham Norton Show
- Katherine Pope of Sony Pictures laments gaps between TV seasons
- Official Doctor Who Gallifreyan Translator
- Adventures in Type and Space: The Sid Sutton Collection due November 25
- Alvin Rakoff died
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #983 - Spherical Hieroglyphics
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 42 secondsControversy 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The BBC allegedly did not censor Gatwa’s remark on The Graham Norton Show
- Katherine Pope of Sony Pictures laments gaps between TV seasons
- Official Doctor Who Gallifreyan Translator
- Adventures in Type and Space: The Sid Sutton Collection due November 25
- Alvin Rakoff died
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Radio Free Skaro #982 - A Gin-Fueled Tour of the Finer Salons
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 42 minutes and 28 secondsIt’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.
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Ncuti Gatwa says he’s filming Doctor Who Season 3 in 2025 (not included on Graham Norton)
- Doctor Who Magazine #609
- Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action figures coming October 17
- BBC contest to win local cinema screening for “Joy to the World” (UK/US only)
- ITV premiering episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale on ITVX before evening broadcast
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: The Lord of Misrule audiobook due Jan 2025
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: Doctor Who and the Brain Drain due Feb 2025
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Hellwood Inheritance starts March 2025
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Radio Free Skaro #982 - A Gin-Fueled Tour of the Finer Salons
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 42 minutes and 28 secondsIt’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.
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Ncuti Gatwa says he’s filming Doctor Who Season 3 in 2025 (not included on Graham Norton)
- Doctor Who Magazine #609
- Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action figures coming October 17
- BBC contest to win local cinema screening for “Joy to the World” (UK/US only)
- ITV premiering episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale on ITVX before evening broadcast
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: The Lord of Misrule audiobook due Jan 2025
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: Doctor Who and the Brain Drain due Feb 2025
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Hellwood Inheritance starts March 2025
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Radio Free Skaro #981 - Dollar Store Taxi Driver
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 38 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine 609
- Variety article on toxic fandom
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Genesis of the Cybermen due March 2025
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Planet Krynoid: Nightfall due April 2025
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight Parts One and Two due April and May 2025
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #981 - Dollar Store Taxi Driver
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 38 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine 609
- Variety article on toxic fandom
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Genesis of the Cybermen due March 2025
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Planet Krynoid: Nightfall due April 2025
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight Parts One and Two due April and May 2025
Interview: