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 #980 - Close To The Edit
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 17 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury, Andrew Smith, Nev Fountain added to Gallifrey One guest list
- Andrew Smith Just Giving page
- Mark Ayres added to guest list for Chicago TARDIS
- TWBTLATS filming in Mallorca, Spain in October
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 Blu-ray coming to North America on December 10
- Fifteenth Doctor Sonic Screwdriver now (officially) on sale
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing on The Graham Norton Show on October 11
- Doctor Who: Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children due October 24
- Doctor Who: Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival due November 21
- Doctor Who: Into the Vortex now available
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Doctor and Carnacki due in November
- Big Finish: New monthly Torchwood stories revealed for October-January
- The Box of Delights 40th Anniversary Blu-Ray due Nov 25 in the UK
- Vader Sessions (Remastered)
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #980 - Close To The Edit
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 17 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury, Andrew Smith, Nev Fountain added to Gallifrey One guest list
- Andrew Smith Just Giving page
- Mark Ayres added to guest list for Chicago TARDIS
- TWBTLATS filming in Mallorca, Spain in October
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 Blu-ray coming to North America on December 10
- Fifteenth Doctor Sonic Screwdriver now (officially) on sale
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing on The Graham Norton Show on October 11
- Doctor Who: Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children due October 24
- Doctor Who: Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival due November 21
- Doctor Who: Into the Vortex now available
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Doctor and Carnacki due in November
- Big Finish: New monthly Torchwood stories revealed for October-January
- The Box of Delights 40th Anniversary Blu-Ray due Nov 25 in the UK
- Vader Sessions (Remastered)
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #979 - Doctor Who and The Invasion, Starring Peter Ustinov
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 47 secondsOn 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- RTD posts (cryptic?) photo on the TARDIS set; Disney responds with (cryptic?) eyes emoji
- Archie Panjabi Set To Play ‘Doctor Who’ Villain In New Season
- Big Finish The War Doctor Rises: Unknown Soldiers, due Dec 2024
- Big Finish Most Wanted due Jan 2025
- Film is Fabulous GoFundMe: Help restore a missing episode of b&w television
- Geoff Hinsliff died
- David Graham, voice of the Daleks, died
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Radio Free Skaro #979 - Doctor Who and The Invasion, Starring Peter Ustinov
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 58 minutes and 47 secondsOn 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- RTD posts (cryptic?) photo on the TARDIS set; Disney responds with (cryptic?) eyes emoji
- Archie Panjabi Set To Play ‘Doctor Who’ Villain In New Season
- Big Finish The War Doctor Rises: Unknown Soldiers, due Dec 2024
- Big Finish Most Wanted due Jan 2025
- Film is Fabulous GoFundMe: Help restore a missing episode of b&w television
- Geoff Hinsliff died
- David Graham, voice of the Daleks, died
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Radio Free Skaro #978 - The Blue Screen of Death
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 42 secondsDespite 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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Onion: Moscow Expels 6 British Diplomats Who Would Not Shut Up About ‘Doctor Who’
- Doctor Who Magazine #608
- Doctor Who Series 1-4 Blu-ray due October 24
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 collection available for pre-order (Amazon US)
- Classic Doctor Who night on September 19 at the Electric Palace
- Doctor Who Limited Edition Tankard
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #978 - The Blue Screen of Death
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 42 secondsDespite 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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Onion: Moscow Expels 6 British Diplomats Who Would Not Shut Up About ‘Doctor Who’
- Doctor Who Magazine #608
- Doctor Who Series 1-4 Blu-ray due October 24
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 collection available for pre-order (Amazon US)
- Classic Doctor Who night on September 19 at the Electric Palace
- Doctor Who Limited Edition Tankard
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #977 - A Well Lit Tragedy
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 17 secondsA 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Jenna Coleman announced as guest of Gallifrey One
- RTD says Season 3 renewal won’t come until after Season 2 airs
- BFI redux screening of The Happiness Patrol on September 29
- B&M 2024 Remembrance of the Daleks – Emperor Davros
- B&M 2024 The History of the Daleks #18
- Ncuti Gatwa’s The Importance of Being Earnest getting UK cinema release
- Doctor Who finalists for five BAFTA Cymru Awards (aka The Welshies)
- Breakdown of the first scene of The Power of the Daleks
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #977 - A Well Lit Tragedy
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 17 secondsA 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Jenna Coleman announced as guest of Gallifrey One
- RTD says Season 3 renewal won’t come until after Season 2 airs
- BFI redux screening of The Happiness Patrol on September 29
- B&M 2024 Remembrance of the Daleks – Emperor Davros
- B&M 2024 The History of the Daleks #18
- Ncuti Gatwa’s The Importance of Being Earnest getting UK cinema release
- Doctor Who finalists for five BAFTA Cymru Awards (aka The Welshies)
- Breakdown of the first scene of The Power of the Daleks
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #976 - Pex, Lies, and 2-Inch Videotape
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 41 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who BBC Proms
- RTD mentions the DW Prom will be on UK TV at Christmas
- BFI Blake’s 7 screening happening October 5
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 Collection PDF Archive
- BBC Videotape editing training film c. 1967
- 1969 print interview with Frazer Hines discovered, with rehearsal shots from The Space Pirates
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #976 - Pex, Lies, and 2-Inch Videotape
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 41 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who BBC Proms
- RTD mentions the DW Prom will be on UK TV at Christmas
- BFI Blake’s 7 screening happening October 5
- Blake’s 7 Series 1 Collection PDF Archive
- BBC Videotape editing training film c. 1967
- 1969 print interview with Frazer Hines discovered, with rehearsal shots from The Space Pirates
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #975 - Achievement in a Thankless Role
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 30 secondsWarren 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Cast announcement for The War Between the Land and the Sea
- The War Between the Land and the Sea readthrough of all 5 eps happened Mon Aug 19
- Disney Chief Backs ‘Doctor Who’ As “Really Good Fit” After Ncuti Gatwa’s First Season
- Catherine Tate hosting the 2024 Doctor Who Proms Aug 26
- Radio Times’ Doctor Who Proms preview with Murray Gold
- Doctor Who: The Adventures Before Hardcover – 3 Oct. 2024
- Doctor Who: The Sequels Hardcover – 20 Mar. 2025
- Doctor Who Icons 1 Paperback – 24 Oct. 2024
- Doctor Who Icons 2 Paperback – 21 Nov. 2024
- Doctor Who Icons 3 Paperback – 24 April 2025
- Bad Wolf launches the Blaidd Writers Program, RTD will mentor winners
- Big Finish Jenny – The Doctor’s Daughter: Saving Time due Oct
- Blake’s 7 Series A coming to Blu-ray on November 11 (UK)
- Blake’s 7 Series A collection trailer
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #975 - Achievement in a Thankless Role
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 30 secondsWarren 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Cast announcement for The War Between the Land and the Sea
- The War Between the Land and the Sea readthrough of all 5 eps happened Mon Aug 19
- Disney Chief Backs ‘Doctor Who’ As “Really Good Fit” After Ncuti Gatwa’s First Season
- Catherine Tate hosting the 2024 Doctor Who Proms Aug 26
- Radio Times’ Doctor Who Proms preview with Murray Gold
- Doctor Who: The Adventures Before Hardcover – 3 Oct. 2024
- Doctor Who: The Sequels Hardcover – 20 Mar. 2025
- Doctor Who Icons 1 Paperback – 24 Oct. 2024
- Doctor Who Icons 2 Paperback – 21 Nov. 2024
- Doctor Who Icons 3 Paperback – 24 April 2025
- Bad Wolf launches the Blaidd Writers Program, RTD will mentor winners
- Big Finish Jenny – The Doctor’s Daughter: Saving Time due Oct
- Blake’s 7 Series A coming to Blu-ray on November 11 (UK)
- Blake’s 7 Series A collection trailer
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 53 secondsWhile 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?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine 607
- Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Years on Blu-ray due November 5 (US)
- Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Years on Blu-ray due November 5 (Canada)
- The Tom Baker Collection Deluxe 4CD Set due Sep 27
- Big Finish to temporarily roll back website to previous version
- Doctor Who: On Ghost Beach: 15th Doctor Audio Original due November 7
- Doctor Who: Sting of the Sasquatch: 15th Doctor Audio Original due Nov 7
- Doctor Who: The Official Quiz Book due Mar 20, 2025
- David Whitaker by Simon Guerrier Paperback Edition Who Shop pink and grey cover variants
Guest:
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 53 secondsWhile 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?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine 607
- Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Years on Blu-ray due November 5 (US)
- Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Years on Blu-ray due November 5 (Canada)
- The Tom Baker Collection Deluxe 4CD Set due Sep 27
- Big Finish to temporarily roll back website to previous version
- Doctor Who: On Ghost Beach: 15th Doctor Audio Original due November 7
- Doctor Who: Sting of the Sasquatch: 15th Doctor Audio Original due Nov 7
- Doctor Who: The Official Quiz Book due Mar 20, 2025
- David Whitaker by Simon Guerrier Paperback Edition Who Shop pink and grey cover variants
Guest:
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #973 - This Is Democracy Manifest
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 59 secondsWith 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Los Angeles awarded hosting duties for WorldCon 2026
- Official Doctor Who Podcast SDCC Panel
- Doctor Who Cyberman Episode screening at Riverside Studios on August 17
- David Whitaker postscript / Terry Nation party from Simon Guerrier
- Steven on the Who’s He Podcast
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #973 - This Is Democracy Manifest
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 59 secondsWith 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Los Angeles awarded hosting duties for WorldCon 2026
- Official Doctor Who Podcast SDCC Panel
- Doctor Who Cyberman Episode screening at Riverside Studios on August 17
- David Whitaker postscript / Terry Nation party from Simon Guerrier
- Steven on the Who’s He Podcast
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #972 - Metal British LEGO
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 32 secondsIt’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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Catherine Tate Returns to Gallifrey One
- Doctor Who x Star Trek: Full SDCC Panel with Russell T Davies and Alex Kurtzman
- 60th Anniversary Episodes due on Blu-Ray Dec 10
- BBC set to edit disgraced Huw Edwards out of Doctor Who episode after guilty plea
- Doctor Who Magazine Special 67: The Missing Doctor Who
- Steven on the Nerdist’s Laser Focus podcast talking about Old British Sci-Fi
- Doctor Who at The BBC Who Are We? Audio CD coming December 5
- Two new dates added for Big Finish live story recording
- Cubicle7 RPG Humble Bundle
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #972 - Metal British LEGO
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 32 secondsIt’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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Catherine Tate Returns to Gallifrey One
- Doctor Who x Star Trek: Full SDCC Panel with Russell T Davies and Alex Kurtzman
- 60th Anniversary Episodes due on Blu-Ray Dec 10
- BBC set to edit disgraced Huw Edwards out of Doctor Who episode after guilty plea
- Doctor Who Magazine Special 67: The Missing Doctor Who
- Steven on the Nerdist’s Laser Focus podcast talking about Old British Sci-Fi
- Doctor Who at The BBC Who Are We? Audio CD coming December 5
- Two new dates added for Big Finish live story recording
- Cubicle7 RPG Humble Bundle
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #971 - The Theatre Kid of Nations
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 44 secondsWhat 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – Into The Whoniverse panel from SDCC
- ‘Doctor Who’ Spinoff ‘The War Between the Land and Sea’ Announced
- “Joy to the World” preview clip and Nicola Coughlan introduction
- Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T Davies Tease Season 2, ‘Epic Danger and Epic Growth’ As Well As ‘Growing Danger’
- New Fifteenth Doctor Sonic Screwdriver from Character Options revealed at SDCC
- Doctor Who segment at Entertainment Weekly
- Doctor Who/Lower Decks crossover game event coming August 1
- Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction coming to Comic-Con Museum in March 2025
- BBC Commercial Reports Dip in Sales and Earnings Amid Market Challenges
- Doctor Who Season 1 now on RTE Player in Ireland
- Doctor Who – The Daleks In Colour (Original Television Soundtrack) coming September 13
- Doctor Who “The Crusade” vinyl coming October 4
- BF The First Doctor Adventures: The Living Darkness due Jan 2025
- BF Zygon Century due Jan 2025
- Annette Badland added to the guest list at LI Who
- Ysanne Churchman, voice of Alpha Centauri, dies, aged 99
Report:
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Radio Free Skaro #971 - The Theatre Kid of Nations
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 44 secondsWhat 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – Into The Whoniverse panel from SDCC
- ‘Doctor Who’ Spinoff ‘The War Between the Land and Sea’ Announced
- “Joy to the World” preview clip and Nicola Coughlan introduction
- Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T Davies Tease Season 2, ‘Epic Danger and Epic Growth’ As Well As ‘Growing Danger’
- New Fifteenth Doctor Sonic Screwdriver from Character Options revealed at SDCC
- Doctor Who segment at Entertainment Weekly
- Doctor Who/Lower Decks crossover game event coming August 1
- Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction coming to Comic-Con Museum in March 2025
- BBC Commercial Reports Dip in Sales and Earnings Amid Market Challenges
- Doctor Who Season 1 now on RTE Player in Ireland
- Doctor Who – The Daleks In Colour (Original Television Soundtrack) coming September 13
- Doctor Who “The Crusade” vinyl coming October 4
- BF The First Doctor Adventures: The Living Darkness due Jan 2025
- BF Zygon Century due Jan 2025
- Annette Badland added to the guest list at LI Who
- Ysanne Churchman, voice of Alpha Centauri, dies, aged 99
Report:
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Radio Free Skaro #970 - Take California
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 6 secondsSan 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2024
- Titan reveals SDCC exclusive merchandise
- Louise Jameson & Seán Carlsen at Gallifrey One 2025
- Disney leak: Doctor Who a “low budget show” for Disney, Season 2 appears to premiere March 28
- Deadline: ‘Doctor Who’s Regeneration: Has The Disney Gamble Paid Off?
- Doctor Who Magazine #606
- The Fifteenth Doctor has arrived at Madame Tussauds London
- The Gold Archive: Invasions of Earth: A Secret History due October 31
- Big Finish: Goth Opera (by Lizbeth Myles, adapted from Paul Cornell’s book) now available
- Big Finish – The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers – No Place Like Home due Dec 2024
Classic Series Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #970 - Take California
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 6 secondsSan 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2024
- Titan reveals SDCC exclusive merchandise
- Louise Jameson & Seán Carlsen at Gallifrey One 2025
- Disney leak: Doctor Who a “low budget show” for Disney, Season 2 appears to premiere March 28
- Deadline: ‘Doctor Who’s Regeneration: Has The Disney Gamble Paid Off?
- Doctor Who Magazine #606
- The Fifteenth Doctor has arrived at Madame Tussauds London
- The Gold Archive: Invasions of Earth: A Secret History due October 31
- Big Finish: Goth Opera (by Lizbeth Myles, adapted from Paul Cornell’s book) now available
- Big Finish – The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers – No Place Like Home due Dec 2024
Classic Series Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #969 - Only Nixon Could Go To China
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 31 secondsThasmin 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill return to Doctor Who in new Thirteenth Doctor adventures
- Doctor Who panel in Hall H at SDCC on Friday, July 26
- Star Trek and Doctor Who come together for Inaugural Intergalactic Friendship Day on July 30
- No Doctor Who programming at Disney D23 event
- Doctor Who wins Outstanding achievement in family programming at TV Critics Association awards
- Susan Twist appearing at Gallifrey One
- Scene explaining sudden burst into song was cut from The Devil’s Chord
- The Happiness Patrol screeing at the BFI on August 31, on sale Jul 9
- DWM Special #67 The Essential Guide to Missing Doctor Who due Oct 30
- The Time-Travelling Almanac by Simon Guerrier due Oct 3
- Big Finish – Once and Future Coda coming November 2024
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Curse of Time, celebrating 50 Years of The Fourth Doctor, due Dec 2024
- Peter Davison on 25 years of Big Finish
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #969 - Only Nixon Could Go To China
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 35 minutes and 31 secondsThasmin 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill return to Doctor Who in new Thirteenth Doctor adventures
- Doctor Who panel in Hall H at SDCC on Friday, July 26
- Star Trek and Doctor Who come together for Inaugural Intergalactic Friendship Day on July 30
- No Doctor Who programming at Disney D23 event
- Doctor Who wins Outstanding achievement in family programming at TV Critics Association awards
- Susan Twist appearing at Gallifrey One
- Scene explaining sudden burst into song was cut from The Devil’s Chord
- The Happiness Patrol screeing at the BFI on August 31, on sale Jul 9
- DWM Special #67 The Essential Guide to Missing Doctor Who due Oct 30
- The Time-Travelling Almanac by Simon Guerrier due Oct 3
- Big Finish – Once and Future Coda coming November 2024
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Curse of Time, celebrating 50 Years of The Fourth Doctor, due Dec 2024
- Peter Davison on 25 years of Big Finish
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #968 - We Are Going to Be Too Late Again
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 14 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Showrunner Russell T Davies talks casting the Doctor’s new companion
- First Gally 2025 guests announced – Colin, Sylvester, Katy, Frazer, Gooderson, etc
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing at London Comic-Con in November
- Season 25 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range, coming October 21
- Paul McGann to star in special live recording of Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #968 - We Are Going to Be Too Late Again
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 14 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Showrunner Russell T Davies talks casting the Doctor’s new companion
- First Gally 2025 guests announced – Colin, Sylvester, Katy, Frazer, Gooderson, etc
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing at London Comic-Con in November
- Season 25 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range, coming October 21
- Paul McGann to star in special live recording of Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #967 - Foaming Ones and Zeros
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 56 secondsWith 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The War Between The Land and the Sea starts shooting in September
- The War Between The Land and the Sea, director Dylan Holmes-Williams, producer Edoardo Ferretti
- Radio Times poll for Doctor Who Season 1 episodes
- BBC defends Doctor Who ratings as show is “top drama for under-35s this year”
- Doctor Who Season 1 coming to Blu-ray on August 12 (UK Only)
- Marvel Studios Heading Back To Hall H At San Diego Comic-Con
- Big Finish – The War Master: Future Phantoms due November 2024
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Radio Free Skaro #967 - Foaming Ones and Zeros
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 25 minutes and 56 secondsWith 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The War Between The Land and the Sea starts shooting in September
- The War Between The Land and the Sea, director Dylan Holmes-Williams, producer Edoardo Ferretti
- Radio Times poll for Doctor Who Season 1 episodes
- BBC defends Doctor Who ratings as show is “top drama for under-35s this year”
- Doctor Who Season 1 coming to Blu-ray on August 12 (UK Only)
- Marvel Studios Heading Back To Hall H At San Diego Comic-Con
- Big Finish – The War Master: Future Phantoms due November 2024
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Radio Free Skaro #966 - My Empire of Dirt
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 19 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E08 “Empire of Death”
- “Empire of Death” in-vision commentary
- Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars
- Gabriel Woolf interview
- Doctor Who Magazine #605
- Big Finish – Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence due October 2024
- Dalek 63-88 “The Lost Toymaker Scripts”
- Kickstarter for Starlost Unauthorized and the Quest for Canadian Identity
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Radio Free Skaro #966 - My Empire of Dirt
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 19 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E08 “Empire of Death”
- “Empire of Death” in-vision commentary
- Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars
- Gabriel Woolf interview
- Doctor Who Magazine #605
- Big Finish – Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence due October 2024
- Dalek 63-88 “The Lost Toymaker Scripts”
- Kickstarter for Starlost Unauthorized and the Quest for Canadian Identity
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Radio Free Skaro #965 - Abase Yourself, You Groveling Insect
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 5 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Magna Carta Day
- Review: Doctor Who S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday”
- Reminder: A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20
- Doctor Who: Print The Legend now available
- BBC Books to publish four Target Doctor Who novels featuring the Fifteenth Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Official Guide coming August 15
- Doctor Who: Annual 2025 coming September 5
- Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories coming September 19
- Cutaway Comics Paradise Towers: Volume 1: Paradise Found graphic novel due Oct 30
- Cutaway Comics Lytton: Volume 1 graphic novel due Oct 30
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – Conspiracy of Raven due July 2024
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Susan’s War: Family Ties due August 2024
- Next Time: “Empire of Death”, Saturday, June 22 at 640pm on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #965 - Abase Yourself, You Groveling Insect
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 5 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Magna Carta Day
- Review: Doctor Who S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday”
- Reminder: A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20
- Doctor Who: Print The Legend now available
- BBC Books to publish four Target Doctor Who novels featuring the Fifteenth Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Official Guide coming August 15
- Doctor Who: Annual 2025 coming September 5
- Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories coming September 19
- Cutaway Comics Paradise Towers: Volume 1: Paradise Found graphic novel due Oct 30
- Cutaway Comics Lytton: Volume 1 graphic novel due Oct 30
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – Conspiracy of Raven due July 2024
- Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Susan’s War: Family Ties due August 2024
- Next Time: “Empire of Death”, Saturday, June 22 at 640pm on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #964 - Fowl and Fallibility
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 18 secondsIt’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?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E06 “Rogue”
- Returning to the Regency
- William Russell, Doctor Who legend, dies aged 99
- Carole Ann Ford’s tribute to William Russell
- RFS 298 with William Russell interview
- A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20
- Radio Times: Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson star in Tales of the TARDIS
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time – Redux due November 2024
- Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The War Master starts in July
- Big FInish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due in July
- Next Time: S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” June 15, 630pm on BBC One
- Radio Times lists RFS and The Memory Cheats as one of the best DW podcasts
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Radio Free Skaro #964 - Fowl and Fallibility
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 18 secondsIt’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?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E06 “Rogue”
- Returning to the Regency
- William Russell, Doctor Who legend, dies aged 99
- Carole Ann Ford’s tribute to William Russell
- RFS 298 with William Russell interview
- A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20
- Radio Times: Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson star in Tales of the TARDIS
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time – Redux due November 2024
- Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The War Master starts in July
- Big FInish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due in July
- Next Time: S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” June 15, 630pm on BBC One
- Radio Times lists RFS and The Memory Cheats as one of the best DW podcasts
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Radio Free Skaro #963 - White Mirror
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 4 secondsDoctor 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E05 “Dot and Bubble”
- Indiegogo for Go Figure! A Visual Guide to Character Options Doctor Who Action Dollies
- Terry Nation Army: Every Mistake in “Planet of Decision”
- Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction moves to New Zealand
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – Star-Crossed, the last Ninth Doctor box set (for now), is now available
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024
- Titan Comics Official Trailer: The Fifteenth Doctor Comic Book
- Next Time: “Rogue” – June 8, 6:45pm, BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #963 - White Mirror
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 4 secondsDoctor 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E05 “Dot and Bubble”
- Indiegogo for Go Figure! A Visual Guide to Character Options Doctor Who Action Dollies
- Terry Nation Army: Every Mistake in “Planet of Decision”
- Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction moves to New Zealand
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – Star-Crossed, the last Ninth Doctor box set (for now), is now available
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024
- Titan Comics Official Trailer: The Fifteenth Doctor Comic Book
- Next Time: “Rogue” – June 8, 6:45pm, BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #962 - I Saw Her Standing There
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 5 secondsA 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?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E04 “73 Yards”
- Doctor Who Magazine 604
- DWM Print the Legend bookazine due June 6
- Bringing Virtual Production to Doctor Who
- 2-part finale of Season 1 to be screened in cinemas across the UK
- Doctor Who wraps production on Season 2
- Pertwee’s Take-Away shirts now on TV Cream’s Redbubble store
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted 1: Reflections due October 2024
- Next Time: Dot and Bubble 650pm June 1 on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #962 - I Saw Her Standing There
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 5 secondsA 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?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E04 “73 Yards”
- Doctor Who Magazine 604
- DWM Print the Legend bookazine due June 6
- Bringing Virtual Production to Doctor Who
- 2-part finale of Season 1 to be screened in cinemas across the UK
- Doctor Who wraps production on Season 2
- Pertwee’s Take-Away shirts now on TV Cream’s Redbubble store
- Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted 1: Reflections due October 2024
- Next Time: Dot and Bubble 650pm June 1 on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #961 - Kiss Kiss Boom Boom
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 27 secondsSteven 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Ncuti Gatwa on how to pronounce his name: “n-SHOO-tee”
- Review: Doctor Who S01E03 “Boom”
- Pertwee’s Burgers
- Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat on returning with Boom and putting the Doctor “on a knife’s edge”
- Doctor Who #4 on Disney+ on opening weekend (paywall)
- BBC One overnights for Space Babies 2.6M, The Devil’s Chord 2.4M, Boom 2.04M
- Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Time Magazine
- The BIG Interview: Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat
- Hollywood Reporter Interview with Steven Moffat
- Hollywood Reporter Interview with Russell T Davies
- How ‘Doctor Who’ Exec Producers Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner Helped Transform South Wales Into a Buzzing Hive of Production
- Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words due August 2024
- Big Finish: The War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty due August 2024
- Brandon Schatz and Danica LeBlanc nominated for an Eisner Award
- Next Time: “73 Yards”, 650pm Saturday May 18 on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #961 - Kiss Kiss Boom Boom
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 27 secondsSteven 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Ncuti Gatwa on how to pronounce his name: “n-SHOO-tee”
- Review: Doctor Who S01E03 “Boom”
- Pertwee’s Burgers
- Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat on returning with Boom and putting the Doctor “on a knife’s edge”
- Doctor Who #4 on Disney+ on opening weekend (paywall)
- BBC One overnights for Space Babies 2.6M, The Devil’s Chord 2.4M, Boom 2.04M
- Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Time Magazine
- The BIG Interview: Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat
- Hollywood Reporter Interview with Steven Moffat
- Hollywood Reporter Interview with Russell T Davies
- How ‘Doctor Who’ Exec Producers Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner Helped Transform South Wales Into a Buzzing Hive of Production
- Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words due August 2024
- Big Finish: The War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty due August 2024
- Brandon Schatz and Danica LeBlanc nominated for an Eisner Award
- Next Time: “73 Yards”, 650pm Saturday May 18 on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #960 - Space Baby Lasagna
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 56 secondsDoctor 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E01 “Space Babies”
- Review: Doctor Who S1E02 “The Devil’s Chord”
- Doctor Who Unleashed is available for purchase on iTunes in North America
- Men’s Journal: Russell T Davies Interview: Giving “New Energy” to a “Classic Show”
- Russell T Davies confirms more diverse writers for Season 2
- Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson & Russell T Davies Talks New Series with Kyle Anderson
- Ncuti Gatwa on CBC Q Radio
- Special Doctor Who BBC One ident aired May 6
- Doctor Who: The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver (Exclusive Gold Metallised Edition) coming July 5
- The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years now available
- Doctor Who – Death in the Stars by Bonnie Langford with Jacqualine Rayner due Aug 22
- Big Finish annual Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip opportunity now open until the end of June
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Dominant Species due September 2024
- New Titan Comics DW Humble Bundle
- Long Island Who: August 23-25, 2024
- Gallifrey One: February 14-16, 2025
- “Boom” airs Saturday, May 18 at 6:50pm on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #960 - Space Baby Lasagna
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 55 minutes and 56 secondsDoctor 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Review: Doctor Who S1E01 “Space Babies”
- Review: Doctor Who S1E02 “The Devil’s Chord”
- Doctor Who Unleashed is available for purchase on iTunes in North America
- Men’s Journal: Russell T Davies Interview: Giving “New Energy” to a “Classic Show”
- Russell T Davies confirms more diverse writers for Season 2
- Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson & Russell T Davies Talks New Series with Kyle Anderson
- Ncuti Gatwa on CBC Q Radio
- Special Doctor Who BBC One ident aired May 6
- Doctor Who: The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver (Exclusive Gold Metallised Edition) coming July 5
- The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years now available
- Doctor Who – Death in the Stars by Bonnie Langford with Jacqualine Rayner due Aug 22
- Big Finish annual Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip opportunity now open until the end of June
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Dominant Species due September 2024
- New Titan Comics DW Humble Bundle
- Long Island Who: August 23-25, 2024
- Gallifrey One: February 14-16, 2025
- “Boom” airs Saturday, May 18 at 6:50pm on BBC One
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Radio Free Skaro #959 - Time of the Season
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 49 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Ncuti and Millie on Good Morning America
- Ncuti and Millie on ABC News
- Ncuti Gatwa on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on their “great chemistry”, loving Jon Pertwee and the future of Doctor Who
- Rolling Stone: ‘It’s About Time’: Ncuti Gatwa on Becoming the New Face of ‘Doctor Who’
- “Space Babies” airs at 6:20pm on BBC One; “The Devil’s Chord” at 7:05pm on May 11
- Ncuti Gatwa’s Message to the Fans
- Doctor Who segment on Blue Peter airing May 10
- Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa set for Madame Tussauds
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing in “The Importance Of Being Earnest” from November-January
- Paul Cornell awarded Terrance Dicks Award for lifetime achievement in Doctor Who writing
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due July 2024
- Big Finish: The Doctor’s Daughter returns for four new adventures in October
- Companions: Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants due later in 2024
- Ice Hot, a collection of stories set in Paradise Towers, coming May 20
- The Incomparable 714: You Can’t Protect People From Doctor Who
- Andrew Orton YouTube
Guest:
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Radio Free Skaro #959 - Time of the Season
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 49 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Ncuti and Millie on Good Morning America
- Ncuti and Millie on ABC News
- Ncuti Gatwa on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on their “great chemistry”, loving Jon Pertwee and the future of Doctor Who
- Rolling Stone: ‘It’s About Time’: Ncuti Gatwa on Becoming the New Face of ‘Doctor Who’
- “Space Babies” airs at 6:20pm on BBC One; “The Devil’s Chord” at 7:05pm on May 11
- Ncuti Gatwa’s Message to the Fans
- Doctor Who segment on Blue Peter airing May 10
- Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa set for Madame Tussauds
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing in “The Importance Of Being Earnest” from November-January
- Paul Cornell awarded Terrance Dicks Award for lifetime achievement in Doctor Who writing
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due July 2024
- Big Finish: The Doctor’s Daughter returns for four new adventures in October
- Companions: Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants due later in 2024
- Ice Hot, a collection of stories set in Paradise Towers, coming May 20
- The Incomparable 714: You Can’t Protect People From Doctor Who
- Andrew Orton YouTube
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Radio Free Skaro #958 - Ghost Threat
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 17 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One 2025 hotel block on sale May 3
- BBC Press Launch of Season 1
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on The One Show on April 26
- Variety: Doctor Who Regenerates
- Doctor Who Magazine #603
- Doctor Who Magazine Special: 50 Years of the Fourth Doctor coming May 2
- “The Church on Ruby Road” will be under Season 1 on Disney+ starting May 10
- Doctor Who Season 1 to be released on Blu-ray in the UK on August 12
- Doctor Who Prom coming August 26; tickets on sale May 17
- Doctor Who: The Edge of Time now on Playstation VR2
- Film is Fabulous pilot study reveals previously missing BBC treasures
- Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024
- Big Finish: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Great Beyond due September 2024
- Big Finish Torchwood due July – October 2024
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Radio Free Skaro #958 - Ghost Threat
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 17 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One 2025 hotel block on sale May 3
- BBC Press Launch of Season 1
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on The One Show on April 26
- Variety: Doctor Who Regenerates
- Doctor Who Magazine #603
- Doctor Who Magazine Special: 50 Years of the Fourth Doctor coming May 2
- “The Church on Ruby Road” will be under Season 1 on Disney+ starting May 10
- Doctor Who Season 1 to be released on Blu-ray in the UK on August 12
- Doctor Who Prom coming August 26; tickets on sale May 17
- Doctor Who: The Edge of Time now on Playstation VR2
- Film is Fabulous pilot study reveals previously missing BBC treasures
- Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024
- Big Finish: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Great Beyond due September 2024
- Big Finish Torchwood due July – October 2024
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Radio Free Skaro #957 - What Are The Movellans Watching?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 58 secondsThe 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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One 2025 Tickets Now Available; Hotel Reservations on May 3
- New BBC promo image promoting Doctor who launch
- New Disney+ promo image promoting Doctor who launch
- Entertainment Weekly: A new (re)generation: Inside Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who
- Entertainment Weekly: Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa Breaks Down Every Doctor in the Show’s History
- Doctor Who Season 1 preview in SFX Magazine
- Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of the 30th anniversary issue of Attitude magazine
- Disney+ streaming the original “Let It Be” on May 8, two days before The Devil’s Chord
- Doctor Who Ruins of Skaro Collector Figure Set
- Character Options Ruins of Skaro reveal video
- The Prisoner Retro Style Action Figures Wave 2 Kickstarter
- BBC Books to publish three original Doctor Who novels featuring Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The First Doctor Unbound begins September 2025
- The Game of Rassilon finale being released April 24
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Radio Free Skaro #957 - What Are The Movellans Watching?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 59 minutes and 58 secondsThe 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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Gallifrey One 2025 Tickets Now Available; Hotel Reservations on May 3
- New BBC promo image promoting Doctor who launch
- New Disney+ promo image promoting Doctor who launch
- Entertainment Weekly: A new (re)generation: Inside Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who
- Entertainment Weekly: Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa Breaks Down Every Doctor in the Show’s History
- Doctor Who Season 1 preview in SFX Magazine
- Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of the 30th anniversary issue of Attitude magazine
- Disney+ streaming the original “Let It Be” on May 8, two days before The Devil’s Chord
- Doctor Who Ruins of Skaro Collector Figure Set
- Character Options Ruins of Skaro reveal video
- The Prisoner Retro Style Action Figures Wave 2 Kickstarter
- BBC Books to publish three original Doctor Who novels featuring Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The First Doctor Unbound begins September 2025
- The Game of Rassilon finale being released April 24
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Radio Free Skaro #956 - Lesser Mithril
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 42 secondsWe’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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Season Two
- Empire Magazine Interview with Russell T Davies and Ncuti Gatwa
- Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Russell T Davies in the Radio Times TV 100 list
- The Celestial Toymaker to be released June 10/11 in the UK, North America
- The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years available soon
- Film is Fabulous! Pilot Study: Documenting Private Film Collections
- Chicago TARDIS adds Jo Martin to guest list with Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann
- Big Finish: Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine coming June 2024
- Twelfth Doctor, Cyberman ornaments coming from Hallmark for Christmas 2024
- Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street (April 12, 1973)
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Radio Free Skaro #956 - Lesser Mithril
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 37 minutes and 42 secondsWe’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”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Season Two
- Empire Magazine Interview with Russell T Davies and Ncuti Gatwa
- Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Russell T Davies in the Radio Times TV 100 list
- The Celestial Toymaker to be released June 10/11 in the UK, North America
- The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years available soon
- Film is Fabulous! Pilot Study: Documenting Private Film Collections
- Chicago TARDIS adds Jo Martin to guest list with Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann
- Big Finish: Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine coming June 2024
- Twelfth Doctor, Cyberman ornaments coming from Hallmark for Christmas 2024
- Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street (April 12, 1973)
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