Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

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

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Returns May 10/11, Premiering on iPlayer/Disney+ at Midnight UK Time BBC Press Release on Doctor Who Premiere Radio Times: Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat ‘returns to write 2024 Christmas special’ Alison Sterling’s CV said Steven Moffat is writing the 2024 Christmas Special (directed by Alex Pillai) From Nerdist: Doctor Who’s Regeneration Has NEVER Made Sense w/Kyle Anderson Philip Hinchcliffe – the DNA of Doctor Who Vol 1 due June 1 Doctor Who The Adventures Before due Oct 3 Doctor Who: In Wonderland Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024 Titan Comics reveals artwork for Fifteenth Doctor’s debut issue Season 15 Collection Launch Trailer Richard Bignell’s List of PDF archive material on the Season 15 Collection
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Chris Chapman Graham Williams documentary on the Season 15 Collection

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

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Radio Times: Rachel Talalay: Doctor Who’s female directors have defied the odds Mark Ayres defends “experimental” Celestial Toymaker animation BBC is exploring generative AI to increase experimentation and improve Doctor Who promotion Big Finish: Bernice Summerfield: The Eternity Club series bundle starts September 2024 Kickstarter for The Laundry Roleplaying Game: Second Edition Pamela Salem obituary in the Guardian, by Toby Hadoke
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Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part Two

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

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Celestial Toymaker screening at BFI on March 2 Doctor Who Sea Devils begins production March 4 Gallifrey One 2024 Wrap-Up and 2025 Update Doctor Who Magazine #601 Genesis Lysea, Gwïon Morris Jones join cast for Season 1 Makalla McPherson directing Doctor Who in Season 2 Amanda Brotchie directs block 3 Doctor Who feature in Disney twenty-three magazine The Daleks in Colour now available for digital purchase in North America BBC buys out ITV’s stake in BritBox for $322M/£255M Big Finish – Dark Gallifrey: Morbius due April 2024 Big Finish – Sontarans vs Rutans: In Name Only due April 2024 Tickets for Tripods 40, a convention celebrating The Tripods, are now on Sale
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Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part One

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

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Celestial Toymaker screening at BFI on March 2 Fifteenth Doctor’s Audition and hundreds of other scripts released Meet ‘The Edge of Destruction’ on vinyl this Record Store Day Doctor Who: Chronicles Issue 9: 1971 Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour due March 19 (North America) Doctor Who: Peter Davison Complete Season 2 due April 2 (North America) Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker due May 14 (North America) Doctor Who: Tom Baker Complete Season 4 due July 9 (North America) Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Dark Gallifrey starts April 2024 Big Finish: The Casebook of Paternoster Row due April 2024 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Echoes due May 2024 Big Finish launches Doctor Who audio drama podcast Open Air, originally broadcast on BBC One, Thursday 8 March, 1990 Pamela Salem (1944-2024)

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

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Disney+ Promo Launch Constellation on Apple TV+

Quite a treat for all of us on this episode as we are joined by none other than Sir Derek Jacobi, legend of stage and screen, portrayer of The Master in Doctor Who in 2007, and also the most charming and affable of fellows! The Three Who Rule, along with Erika from Verity! and Jason Snell from The Incomparable, also ruminate on how their Friday and Saturday went at Gallifrey One, including a full rundown of the live show to kick off the convention!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One

Radio Free Skaro returns to the stage at Gallifrey One with their kick-off show MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS IN THE TARDIS! Join the Three Who Rule, along with a bonus Two-Minute Time Lord segment from Chip Sudderth, as they talk to Doctor Who composer Segun Akinola, Doctor Who and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy documentarian Kevin Jon Davies, and actors Annette Badland, Shaun Dingwall, and Jaye Griffiths!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One

The moment has arrived! Once again the Three Who Rule, along with Two-Minute Time Lord Chip Sudderth, dive into our annual preview of the Gallifrey One schedule along with tips for newcomers, fanning over various aspects of ancient and modern televisual craft, and highlighting various panels we’re on including our live show, “Radio Free Skaro: More than 60 Years in the TARDIS” at 11 a.m. Friday February 16th on the main stage! It’s our favorite weekend of the year and our honour to guide you, the listener though it. See you in L.A.!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One: One Week and Counting Gallifrey One Preview Michael Jayston died Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera due July 2024 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Metamorphosis due June 2024 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Missy: Bad Influence due May 2024

It’s the calm before the (Gallifrey One) storm….except when it comes to action dollies! Warren has received his Fugitive Doctor dolly and if you watch the Youtube version, you’ll see her in all her gun-toting, Pre-Hartnell-ing glory, as well as enjoy our banter about American vs. UK The Thick of It(s), Gallifrey One Kaffeelatsches, Doctor Who Magazine’s stunning 600th issue cover, and s surfeit of Big Finish news! The mind reels!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One update Doctor Who added to RTÉ Player in Ireland Consolidated 28-day ratings for 60th Anniversary specials Doctor Who Magazine #600 Doctor Who Magazine #600 – Behind The Cover Shoot Season 15 Graham Williams documentary at the BFI Feb 4 The Quiz of Rassilon at the BFI bar Feb 4 Big Finish The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles: You Only Die Twice coming Mar 2024 Big Finish Doctor Who: Born To Die coming Mar 2024 Big Finish The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Quin Dilemma coming Mar 2024 Big Finish The Dream Team due Apr 2024 Big Finish Torchwood “Ianthology” due March, April, and May 2024

Hot on the heels of last week’s news of Varada Sethu joining the TARDIS crew, Sethu was seen in public filming new scenes for Doctor Who. But no announcement was made by the BBC! Curious… the Three Who Rule discuss. Also, much attention (and many dollars) is paid to new Fugitive Doctor Action Dolly news, debates over which is the on true Doctor action dolly to buy, and more. But the main event is discussing the work of Doctor Who director Michael Ferguson in Part Two of our Miniscope!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Varada Sethu seen shooting Doctor Who Fugitive Doctor and TARDIS set released by Character Options Jo Martin and Al Dewar talk Fugitive Doctor action dolly Fifteenth Doctor, Ruby Sunday, and Wrarth Warrior Action Dollies at London Toy Convention The Church on Ruby Road, available on DVD and Blu-ray on February 12 (UK) Read an exclusive excerpt of ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ novel 2024 Doctor Who Yearbook Released Big Finish – Torchwood: Sabotage with Ace due Feb 2024 Big Finish – Torchwood One: I Hate Mondays due May 2024
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Michael Ferguson The Ambassadors of Death The Claws of Axos

Breaking news!(?) Reports over the weekend have stated that Millie Gibson has left Doctor Who, with the new companion being Varada Sethu. The Three Who Rule discuss and debate the news! Also, the Gallifrey One schedule is out, the Doctor Who world celebrates Tom Baker’s 90th birthday, what we know of Season 1 of Doctor Who, and more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One schedule of events published Tom Baker turns 90 The Mirror: Millie Gibson To Not Feature in Season 2; Varada Sethu to be New Companion What to expect from Ncuti Gatwa’s first season of Doctor Who Doctor Who producer says to expect Easter eggs and an “amazing ending” to Ncuti Gatwa’s first season Is the BBC hinting at the Fendahl returning? BFI screening of Horror of Fang Rock on February 4, sold out in 10 minutes
Miniscope
Michael Ferguson The War Machines The Seeds of Death

The time of Gallifrey One looms (no, not THOSE looms) with a month to go until everyone’s favorite Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles, and we’ll be there with our live show, “Radio Free Skaro: More Than Sixty Years In The TARDIS” on Feb. 16th at 10:30 a.m. in the Pacific Zone of Time! Gallifrey One also put out an update with new guests and more, and the UK will soon be blessed with the next Collection Blu-Ray covering Season 15! Plus stats (feh), annuals, and more to the point, an interview with author Jonathan Helm and designer Graeme Robertson about their book, Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series A! Speed, standard by six!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Radio Free Skaro: More Than Sixty Years In The TARDIS, Friday, February 16 at 10:30am Gallifrey One update Season 15 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range Leela vs the Time War | The Collection: Season 15 Announcement Trailer Season 15 Collection Blu-ray To Be Released June 4 on BBC Shop The Church on Ruby Road final BBC One viewing figures Doctor Who Annual 2025 due Oct 15 Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories due Jul 9
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Blake’s 7 Production Diary with Jonathan Helm and Grahame Robertson Jonathan Helm Grahame Robertson

It’s 2024! But there are no new episodes of Doctor Who yet this, at least until May 2024. When in May? The Three Who Rule have thoughts and opinions on this scheduling conundrum, as well as updates on the upcoming Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles, semi-confirmation of the upcoming Sea Devil spinoff The War Between The Land and the Sea, some stats of little to no consequence, and more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One 2024 Early January Update Doctor Who Magazine 599 Amanda Brotchie (Gentleman Jack) is directing for Season 2 of Doctor Who Amanda Brotchie IMDB profile (does not yet mention Doctor Who) Report: The War Between the Land and the Sea starts production March 4 Doctor Who was streamed 10 million times on iPlayer over Christmas Big Finish: Doctor Who Buried Threats with Christopher Eccleston and Lisa Bowerman due Feb 2024 Big Finish: Torchwood – Poppet due Jan 2024 Big Finish 2023 Paul Spragg Memorial winning story available for free Michael Herbert online seminar on Malcolm Hulke on January 22 Toby Hadoke’s In Memoriam 2023 Toby Hadoke’s Richard Franklin obituary

It’s the return of the Radio Free Skaro holiday party! With all Three Who Rule in the same place for the first time in years, along with Three Who Rule-adjacent Erika and Kat, what better way to ring in 2024 than with a new edition of Trivia, Mr. Fibuli! We are again using the Official Doctor Who Quiz Book by Jacqueline Rayner. How will host Steven torture Warren, Chris, Erika, and Kat with deep dive Doctor Who questions this time?

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It’s Christmas, and for the first time since 2017, the Three Who Rule get to blather on Boxing Day about a Doctor Who Christmas episode, this one being “The Church on Ruby Road”! Yes, let’s hear their thoughts on Ncuti Gatwa’s new Doctor, Ruby Sunday, the mysterious Mrs. Flood, the somewhat odious goblins and their infant-craving King, and…a musical number. Plus a trailer for what we’ll see in May 2024 when the Ncuti Gatwa era both begins and continues, Steven pointing out the inaccuracies of 1960s drum kits, and so much more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Church on Ruby Road Doctor Who returns in May 2024 Disney+: New Home, New Who – May 2024 Doctor Who – Season 1 Teaser The Church on Ruby Road in-vision commentary The Church on Ruby Road BBC One overnights: 4.73m, 3rd for the day The Giggle final BBC One viewing figures 6.85M, 10th for the week The Daleks in colour UK artwork reveal Imagine…Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me Rare photos from The Mind of Evil discovered AdWeek: The Marketing of Doctor Who Is About to Enter a Whole New Dimension Deadline: ‘Doctor Who’ Producer Bad Wolf Gets $54M Boost From Unusual Deal To Make BBC Sci-Fi Series Richard Franklin (1936-2023) Richard Franklin on Radio Free Skaro #297

Attention all I, Claudius cosplayers, stand ready! Sir Derek Jacobi is headlining Gallifrey One in February, so get all your Brother Cadfael questions prepared ahead of time! Also, there’s a surfeit of Ncuti Gatwa content for you to enjoy as we hurtle toward The Church on Ruby Road! The aforementioned episode also has a Target book, of which we have more exciting news on several fronts, and for all you transaction enthusiasts, a…series of auctions including one with Jon Pertwee? Listen and learn!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Sir Derek Jacobi Headlines Gallifrey One Ncuti Gatwa guested on The Graham Norton Show on December 15 Ncuti Gatwa interviewed by Lizo Mzimba Preview clip from “The Church on Ruby Road” Doctor Who takeover on Blue Peter Blue Peter: Behind the scenes at NEW Doctor Who with Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and Russell T Davies The Church on Ruby Road teaser from Disney+ The Church on Ruby Road media screening Ncuti Gatwa’s New Sonic Screwdriver The Goblin Song – Official Lyric Video Millie Gibson interviewed by Paul Kirkley in Waitrose Weekend Profile on Painting Practice about their work on the 60th Anniversary Specials The Giggle BBC One overnights 4.62M, AI 85 Wild Blue Yonder final BBC One viewing figures 7.14M, 9th on UK TV for the week Ncuti Gatwa appearance on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 show on December 13 The Giggle Target novelisation extract The Church on Ruby Road Blu-Ray/DVD preorder available BBC Books to publish novelisation of ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ on January 25 The Church on Ruby Road novelization audio CD due Feb 29 Target Books 10 book collection released Nov 29 Children of the Circus novelization from Oak Tree Books released Dec 14 Magic the Gathering DW 60th anniversary cards due Apr 26 Imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me airing December 18 at 10:40pm on BBC One Reeltime Pictures Reverse the Polarity Starring Jon Pertwee

We’ve come to the end…and the beginning. And a bi-ginning as David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa team up to defeat the dreaded Toymaker in the form of Neil Patrick Harris in fine form and multiple accents. Puppets! UNIT! Melanie Bush! Giggling! Listen to the Three Who Rule prognosticate for a frankly shocking amount of time about the final Tennant special, the upcoming Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road” with one Ncuti Gatwa, and more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Giggle “The Giggle” commentary with Russell T Davies, David Tennant and Phil Collinson Doctor Who Unleashed – “The Giggle” “The Giggle” – Behind the Scenes “The Church on Ruby Road” trailer “The Church on Ruby Road” airing December 25 at 5:55pm on BBC One Doctor Who releasing Christmas single, The Goblin Song, on December 11 David Tennant’s Tour of the new TARDIS Interactive DW art sculpture using refurbished tech Final BBC One viewing figures for The Star Beast 7.61M, 10th for the week on British TV Doctor Who Magazine #598 Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, and Russell T Davies appearing on Blue Peter on December 15 Reminder: Ncuti Gatwa guests on The Graham Norton Show on December 15 Part-missing adventure ‘The Celestial Toymaker’ to be completed with new animation S17 standard release Blu-Ray, due Jan 22 in the UK Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles: Victory of the Doctor due February 2024 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: Revolution in Space due February 2024 Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends – The 7th Dimension airing Dec 30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

It’s Wild! It’s Blue! It’s a Yonder! Yes, the second of three Doctor Who specials starring the Fourteenth Doctor has now graced our streaming televisual boxes and the Three Who Rule have thoughts and opinions on this spooky two-hander set on the edge of creation! Plus a last reunion with Bernard Cribbins, more Doctor Who: Unleashed and Youtube behind the scenes insights, Sylvia Noble’s tuna madras recipe, a Gallifrey One update, and the usual flood of news, tidbits and more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Wild Blue Yonder Bernard Cribbins’ only scene was in Wild Blue Yonder Doctor Who Unleashed – “Wild Blue Yonder” Wild Blue Yonder: Behind the Scenes The Official Doctor Who Podcast – “Wild Blue Yonder” Wild Blue Yonder BBC One overnights Next Time Trailer: “The Giggle” Sylvia Noble’s Tuna Madras recipe “The Church on Ruby Road” coming to BBC One, iPlayer, and Disney+ on Christmas Day SFX Christmas Preview Rachel Talalay on CBC News BBC Radio: The Media Show with Jane Tranter Imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me airing December 18 at 10:40pm on BBC One Gallifrey One 2024 Guest Update Deadline: ‘Doctor Who’ Shakes Up Writers’ Payment Structure After Disney+ Boards BBC Sci-Fi Series Monsters and Blue Peter: A History First Living Paintings Doctor Who book available Big Finish – Sontarans vs Rutans due January – April 2024 Big Finish – Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: The Chaos Cascade due January 2024 Big Finish Day 2024: June 8, 2024 Doctor Who Christmas Specials screening at the Paley Center, December 27 – January 7

Doctor Who is back, and so are Russell T Davies, The Doctor (the Fourteenth version, more or less), Donna, her family, new addition Rose Temple-Noble, and a suspiciously cute furbag sprung from the comic book pages known as The Star Beast! What did the Three Who Rule think of the inaugural episode of the RTD2 era, the differences between 10-Tennant and 14-Tennant, the resolution of the MetaCrisis, and everything else? Take a listen, and then dive deep into the Daleks In Colour, the Fifteenth Doctor meeting William Hartnell (sorta), a cavalcade of VAM, and all the other bibs and bobs that come with the 60th anniversary of our favourite show! Wait for it…Allons-y!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Star Beast The Star Beast BBC One overnights 5.08M New Doctor Who title sequence Doctor Who Unleashed – “The Star Beast” The Star Beast: Behind the Scenes Doctor Who 60th Anniversary trailer, narrated by Paul McGann The Official Doctor Who Podcast on The Star Beast In-Vision commentaries return on BBC iPlayer Next Time Trailer: Wild Blue Yonder The Giggle going out at 6:30pm Dec 9 on BBC One Cardiff Bay water projection show celebrating the 60th Totally Doctor Who now on iPlayer “The Daleks in Colour” review Ncuti Gatwa appears at the end of An Adventure in Space and Time An Adventure in Space and Time edited to remove An Unearthly Child content David Tennant reads a CBeebies Bedtime Story Report: Sea Devils 5-part spinoff series The War Between The Land and the Sea to film this spring Ncuti Gatwa appearing on The Graham Norton Show on December 15 Radio Times Doctor Who 60th Anniversary photo shoot BF Master! Planet Doom due Feb 2024 Dominic Glynn’s Doctor Who: The Survival Remixes now available

There’s only a week or less (depending on when you listen) for new Doctor Who but wait! There already IS new Who in the form of a Children In Need segment starring Doctor Who the Fourteenth, a Skaro marketing middle manager, a Mark III travel machine, and a new and somewhat controversial Davros! Plus we have a flood of celebratory radio and television programmes about Our Favorite Show on its 60th anniversary, Vworp Vworp and comic book news, Amazon Prime and Tubi showing Who 2.0 and Classic Who respectively AND an interview with Benjamin Cook, Rich Tipple and Kieran Highman on their sterling work colourizing “The Daleks”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Radio Free Skaro Livestreams BBC Children in Need Doctor Who segment Children in Need Doctor Who Unleashed New to Who guide from the Doctor Who YouTube channel Wild Blue Yonder will air at 6:30pm Dec 2 on BBC One Nicola Coughlan joins cast for Ncuti Gatwa’s Season 2 Gatwa mentioned the First and Fifteenth Doctors share scenes BBC releases colourized images from The Daleks Colourized, omnibus version of The Daleks airing November 23 on BBC Four The Daleks coming to Blu-ray in North America on February 27 Series 1-10 now available on Prime Video in Canada Classic Doctor Who now on Tubi The Philip Hinchcliffe Years – The DNA of Doctor Who launches Kickstarter Vworp Vworp issues 6 available now Fifteenth Doctor comic from Titan Comics coming for Free Comic Book Day 2024 60 years of Doctor Who: in search of classic Who locations Missing Doctor Who episodes audio on BBC Sounds Surviving Doctor Who – an A-Z with Toby Hadoke on BBC Radio 4 Extra Doctor Who: The Wilderness Years documentary coming to BBC Radio 4 on November 19 Radio 2 Celebrates Doctor Who at 60 through December 3 Murray Gold: Hitting The Right Notes special coming to BBC Radio Solent on November 23 Doctor Who: The Welsh Connection on BBC Radio Wales on November 23 Doctor Huw on BBC Radio Wales on November 23 Doctor Who edition of Bargain Hunt to air November 23 on BBC One Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes on BBC Radio 4 Nov 24, 9pm Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story on CBeebies on November 24 Doctor Who: Secrets and Scandals on Channel 5 on November 25, 830pm Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens in Wellington NZ June 1, 2024 Doctor Who event at Pulse and The Kings in Cardiff, Nov 25
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The Daleks in colour Benjamin Cook Rich Tipple Kieran Highman

Doctor Who is returning to BBC One and iPlayer in the UK and to Disney+ for the rest of the world, and you can listen in on Radio Free Skaro's live episode recordings of our reviews!

We'll be reviewing the three David Tennant specials live on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/ radiofreeskaro ). Here's our recording schedule:

“THE STAR BEAST” review: Sunday, November 26 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm UK
“WILD BLUE YONDER” review: Sunday, December 3 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm UK
“THE GIGGLE” review: Saturday, December 9 7pm PT/10pm ET/3am UK

Also, submit your comments in the live chat using #FluidLinks for our 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar!

Join us starting Sunday, November 26 as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who!

Another week, another absolute deluge of Doctor Who news has buried the Three Who Rule in minutiae. Amongst the highlights are The Star Beast news, Steven Moffat absolutely dominating a Best Of poll in DWM, the name of the Christmas Special being nonchalantly announced by Disney , Ncuti Gatwa looking dapper as usual in British GQ, and so…much…more! Also, we correct the record of onscreen Metebelis crystals, dispel rumours of a new spinoff starring Paul McGann, and kibosh an erroneous story about missing episodes!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who airing at 6:30pm on BBC One on Saturday, November 25 The Star Beast cast list Doctor Who Christmas special “The Church of Ruby Road” dropping December 25 on Disney+ Colourized version of “The Daleks” airing at 7:30pm on November 23 on BBC Four The Daleks in Colour coming to Blu-ray in the UK on February 12, 2024 “The Star Beast” premiere happened at Battersea Power Station on November 6 Daleks and Cybermen not returning in Series 14 Doctor Who Magazine 597 Moffat tops Doctor Who Magazine top 10 poll Doctor Who: 60 Moments in Time from Doctor Who Magazine Ncuti Gatwa profile in GQ Magazine A Beginner’s Guide to Doctor Who from the Royal Television Society Peter Davison Season 2 Blu-Ray available for preorder at Amazon US Simon Guerrier’s David Whitaker book is out now Revenge of the Cybermen soundtrack re-release due Nov 24 on CD and vinyl Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes coming to BBC Radio on November 24 Doctor Who: Through Time collection on BBC Sounds Big Finish Short Trips 2023 winner announced BFI Missing Believed Wiped 2023 happens Dec 3, tickets went on sale Nov 9 Fourteenth Doctor Build-a-Bear Red Dwarf prequel in the works from Rob Grant The Box of Delights revealed as the RSC Christmas show in Stratford Steven on Pull to Open

It’s time for some Tales…of the TARDIS, as the Three Who Rule were thoroughly charmed by a nostalgia bomb measuring several megatons with appearances by former Doctors, companions and a Metebelis crystal! There’s also a tidal wave of news including SFX magazine’s many articles including interviews with RTD, David Tennant and Phil Collinson, novelizations of the three Tennant specials, audio documentaries, Billie Piper returning to Gallifrey One, and our feature look at the new Doctor Who reader Adventures Across Space and Time with Paul Booth, Joy Piedmont, Matt Hills, Tansy Rayner Roberts!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Colourized, omnibus version of The Daleks airing November 23 on BBC Four BBC officially brands the extended Doctor Who universe the “Whoniverse” Tales of the TARDIS dropped on iPlayer November 1, RTD promises bigger plans for it 2005-2022 Doctor Who will not be on Disney+ SFX Doctor Who preview New BBC Doctor Who archive site Covers for the three Tennant special novelizations revealed The Star Beast novelization by Gary Russell Wild Blue Yonder novelization by Mark Morris The Giggle novelization by James Goss Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who report on Newsnight Special Fourteenth Doctor sketch will feature in Children in Need Doctor Who: The Wilderness Years documentary coming to BBC Radio 4 on November 19 Murray Gold: Hitting The Right Notes special coming to BBC Radio Solent on November 23 Doctor Who: The Welsh Connection on BBC Radio Wales on November 23 Doctor Huw on BBC Radio Wales on November 23 Doctor Who edition of Bargain Hunt to air November 23 on BBC One New Doctor Who inflight entertainment channel on board British Airways’ flights Billie Piper announced for Gallifrey One Big Finish Doctor Who The Last Day begins Dec 2023 Children of the Circus, audio sequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, available for pre-order
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Adventures Across Space and Time Paul Booth Joy Piedmont Matt Hills Tansy Rayner Roberts

As we crawl ever closer to the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and three David Tennant specials the news has gone from a trickle to a flood and the Three Who Rule are struggling to stay above the waves of information and indeed, this very strained metaphor. We have a release date (November 25!), a Disney+ trailer, a press release, promo pics, writer news, BluRay and Big Finish updates, a Humble Bundle and most importantly, a project to create the longest Doctor Who scarf ever. Thrill to our debate as to what makes a “proper” Doctor Who scarf and discover if you are a Scarf Truther or merely sane.

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who returning to Saturdays for Tennant specials starting November 25 BBC Tennant specials press release Tennant specials to be broadcast in 4K First promo pic for “Wild Blue Yonder” First promo pic for “The Giggle” Writers Kate Herron and Briony Redman Join Doctor Who Filming begins on Ncuti Gatwa’s second season RTD profile “imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me” coming to BBC One, date TBD Doctor Who preview in Empire Magazine David Tennant regeneration behind the scenes Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials available to pre-order on Steelbook, DVD and Blu-ray The Underwater Menace coming January 9, 2024 to North America Doctor Who missing stories animations to continue, more Hartnell likely Missing Doctor Who episodes resurrected on BBC Sounds Toby Hadoke’s Surviving Doctor Who An A to Z begins Nov 18 on Radio 4 Extra Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Rani Takes on the World: The Revenge of Wormwood due January 2024 Big Finish Doctor Who — The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Storm of the Sea Devils due throughout 2024 Dan Slott’s Doctor Who one shots released early for MCM London Comic Con Humble Bundle Doctor Who megabundle Longest Doctor Who scarf project Jodie Whittaker contributed artwork to a fundraiser raising £37,500 Film is Fabulous

The controversy continues as An Unearthly Child remains AWOL on the BBC iPlayer, and further flashpoints occur as the Three Who Rule wildly speculate on the continued insistence of the BBC to pretend it’s still 2008 while Disney+ does whatever it’ll do in regards to airing the upcoming David Tennant specials and beyond. Plus animation, a Who exhibit at Riverside Studios, Vicki is back in Big Finish form and Warren has an interview with author DG Valdron about his three-book series diving deep into Doctor Who fan films, “The Pirate’s Histories of Doctor Who”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon BBC confirms Doctor Who’s first story won’t be in iPlayer back catalogue BBC Studios and Toshiba TV unveils new partnership to mark Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Doctor Who not yet on November press release for Disney+ Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration TV premiere on BBC Four on November 1 Interview with the three showrunners David Tennant to host Talking Doctor Who documentary Nov 1 2023 UK viewing trends More Doctor Who animations confirmed during Underwater Menace BFI event 2024 Doctor Who Annual Doctor Who exhibit at Riverside Studios Doctor Who: The Survival Remixes – EP by Dominic Glynn pre-order now available Film is Fabulous reveals three missing 1960s BBC TV programmes Big Finish Doctor Who: Fugitive of the Daleks due Jan 2024 2023 Hugo Award Winners
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DG Valdron The Pirate’s Histories of Doctor Who

If you’re looking for new things to hum as you while away the days to the 60th anniversary and its specials, wait no more! The new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme tune is now in the wild, along with the Fifteenth Doctor’s theme just aching to bust out of your speakers and into your heart. You’ll need all that love because although the BBC will soon put almost all of Classic Who and the various spinoffs on the iPlayer, "An Unearthly Child" is a bone of contention between the son of writer Anthony Coburn and…the rest of the internet. Plus we have Disney+ intrigue and speculation, a new edition of Outside In, music and audio news, and part the fourth of Classic Series Commentary for "Mawdryn Undead"!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon New Doctor Who theme Fifteenth Doctor theme “Fifteen” Doctor Who @ 60 concert on BBC Sounds Alex Pillai and Peter Hoar announced as S15 directors All existing Classic and Modern Doctor Who will be on BBC iPlayer starting November 1 Doctor Who: How the TV show’s first writer became lost in time Classic Doctor Who not expected to come to Disney+ Who Are We: Doctor Who? The Classic Years audio documentary on BBC Sounds Oct 21 Doctor Who Magazine 596 released Electronic Sound magazine 106 has a profile on the Radiophonic Workshop and 7″ single Outside In Regenerates due Nov 23, preorder available Dominic Glynn’s “The Survival Remixes” due Nov 24, preorder live Oct 16 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: In the Bleak Midwinter due December 2023
Commentary:
Mawdryn Undead, Part Four

It’s getting close to new Doctor Who and the 60th anniversary and it’s also getting close to new Gallifrey One, as seen by the first batch of guest announcements including Alex Kingston, Lalla Ward, Segun Akinola, and more! In 59th anniversary news, Doom’s Day comes to an end, there are new dollies on the way, and our special feature interview is a talk with Graham Kibble-White, Jack Kibble-White, and Stuart Manning about their upcoming book, Adventures in Type and Space! Fontacular!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One guest announcement DoctorDonnathon Final instalment of Doom’s Day The Deadly Assassin, two Dalek sets coming from Character Options Revenge of the Cybermen and Time of the Rani soundtracks coming Nov 24 Big Finish The Art of the Audio Adventures book due Nov 2023
Commentary:
Adventures in Type and Space Graham Kibble-White Jack Kibble-White Stuart Manning

Doctor Who has been Unleashed! Yes, Confidential is returning in the form of Doctor Who: Unleashed and roaming around biting people and then having a nap or possibly catching a frisbee in its teeth. In reality a whole new generation of behind-the-scenes nerds will have a new look at the process of making Doctor Who, which is most exciting. There’s also the Doctor Who @60 concert, which is headed to the iPlayer and BBC Sounds on October 15 and will include the new Who theme along with other new and old material, which is most exciting. Plus Doctor Who RPG news, Simon Guerrier’s two new David Whitaker-themed books, another chapter in the ongoing Season 20 Blu-Ray scandal, and Part Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Mawdryn Undead”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Unleashed coming to BBC Three, iPlayer in November Doctor Who @60 concert coming to BBC Radio 2 October 15, iPlayer later DW @60 concert will feature the debut of the new theme RTD, Moffat and Chibnall together for the DW @60 concert Michael Gambon died David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure With Television coming November 6 Simon Guerrier also writing the Black Archive book for The Edge of Destruction, due Oct Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who: 60 Moments In Time due Oct 26 DW Collection Peter Davison Season 2 coming January 23 (BBC Canada link) DW Collection Peter Davison Season 2 coming January 23 (BBC USA link) Cubicle7 Doctor Who: Sixty Years of Adventure Book 1 due 4Q23 Cubicle7 Doctor Who: Sixty Years of Adventure Book 2 due 4Q23 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles: Broken Hearts due Nov 2023 Time and the Rani soundtrack listed on Amazon UK as “under sink storage”, due Nov 24
Commentary:
Mawdryn Undead, Part Three

The time has come once again for everyone to lose their collective minds as a real, proper, UNIT-y, Toymaker-centric trailer graces our internet and airwaves featuring David Tennant, Donna Noble, Jemma Redgrave, and Ncuti Gatwa in two minutes and change of new footage! What did the Three Who Rule think? And what are their opinions on news such as a UK free live tv service over broadband, a Radio Times list of the top 100 television shows and radio programs, and what do they think about Big Finish Ood adventures featuring Torchwood! All of that is mere piffle however compared to the main event, a long-gestating analysis of Canadian sci-fi television “legend” The Starlost, featuring Steven, Warren, Harlan Ellison editor, author and friend Jason Davis and Incomparable host and producer Annette Wierstra. Prepare the Bounce Tube!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon 60th Anniversary Trailer BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 to launch free live TV service over broadband Rachel Talalay, Jeff Rawle coming to Chicago TARDIS Doctor Who makes Top 100 list of UK TV & radio programmes Big Finish Torchwood Oct/Nov/Dec 2023 releases
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The Starlost (YouTube) The Starlost (Wikipedia) Jason Davis Annette Wierstra

Is a missing episodes return on the horizon via private film collectors? We talk to Tim Burrows of the Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast to learn more. It’s also a bumper crop of news this week as Miriam Margolyes is confirmed as the voice of Beep the Meep, Simon Guerrier measures the length, intensity and frequency of the Screams of Mel, Steven spends an inordinate amount of time cogitating about the upcoming Doctor Who Limited Edition New Who box set, we ponder the significance of Disney’s D23 being held at the same time as WorldCon in Glasgow (August 8-12, 2024), and more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Miriam Margolyes officially confirmed as voice of the Meep Tennant and Tate 15 years later Doctor Who Magazine 595 Simon Guerrier analyzes Mel’s screams Doctor Who: Limited Edition New Who Collector’s Blu-Ray Set art and trailer (Canada) Doctor Who: Limited Edition New Who Collector’s Blu-Ray Set art and trailer (US) Doctor Who: The White Dragon 13th Doctor graphic novel due Mar 1, 2024 D23 announces August 8-12, 2024 as dates for next convention Doctor Who: Redacted podcast returns for second series Sep 18 Second Doctor regeneration video
Interview:
Tim Burrows, Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast

For the first time in almost 20 years, #WhoSpy has returned to give you all sneak peeks from behind the scenes of Doctor Who (from a year ago now, but still!) Plus we have new photos in EW that are ever-so-slightly different from what we’ve already seen of the three Tennant specials, a spurious rumor about Ryan Gosling in Doctor Who, and Jemma Redgrave saying “not really, no” to a UNIT spinoff, plus a BFI premiere, a yearbook, Dan Slott’s “Once Upon a Time Lord” is finally almost here, and Part the Second of our Classic Series Commentary for “Mawdryn Undead”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon #WhoSpy returns Entertainment Weekly Doctor Who preview contains new photos Ryan Gosling in Doctor Who? Jemma Redgrave confirms she’s back in Doctor Who, denies UNIT spin-off Gallifrey One 2024 update The Underwater Menace BFI premiere happening October 21 Doctor Who Magazine Special #65 2024 Yearbook due Jan 24 Titan Comics “Once Upon A Time Lord” by Dan Slott due October 24
Commentary:
Mawdryn Undead, Part Two

It’s a bumper crop of news this week with confirmation of Ncuti Gatwa’s second season being built as you read this, Rose Noble as played by Yasmin Finney, more Marvel and Disney+ machinations, and hold onto your wallets because Doctor Who: Magic the Gathering is due to arrive in October, if you haven’t already spent your cash on audio annuals, new Big Finish releases and a plane ticket to Chicago TARDIS to see Doctor Who legend Carole Ann Ford! All this, and we also have an extensive interview with one Toby Hadoke about all things Quatermass!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Series 15 production underway, lasting from July 2023-May 2024 BBC confirms Rose Noble as the character played by Yasmin Finney Doctor Who 60th anniversary musical celebration coming September 28 Marvel Shows Shift Premiere Dates Due To Strikes & New Disney+ Strategy Disney+ passes on “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, non-Disney IP that was already completed Disney also passes on Nautilus UK Series Doctor Who Annual 2024 due September 7 Doctor Who: Magic the Gathering coming October 13 Doctor Who: The Phaser Aliens & Other Stories audio annual due March 2024 Big Finish Torchwood: Dog Hop due September 2023 Big Finish The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers – Rogues Gallery due October 2023 Carole Ann Ford added to Chicago TARDIS guests
Interview:
Toby Hadoke The Quatermass Experiment 70th Anniversary

It’s a mystery that isn’t as the BBC publishes then pulls confirmation that Ncuti Gatwa’s first series will air in “Spring 2024”, as we all suspected. This had the unsurprising effect of clickbait farms pondering on Doctor Who’s future, which in actuality will also feature Big Brother and Dead Set’s own Davina McCall and Indira Varma! We also have a video essay about I, Claudius (because of course we do), details on the book launch of Simon Guerrier’s “David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television”, Big Finish endings and audiobook news, and most excitingly, Part One of our Classic Series Commentary of “Mawdryn Undead”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon BBC “confirms” Spring 2024 debut for Ncuti Gatwa’s first season, Indira Varma in “Christmas special” 2023 Davina McCall appearing in Christmas special Video essay on multicam directing in I, Claudius David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television: Book Launch Take a glimpse behind-the-scenes of Doctor Who 40 years ago Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen: 6th Doctor Novelisation Audio CD due Feb 1 Doctor Who: The Phaser Aliens & Other Stories: Doctor Who Audio Annual due Mar 7 Doctor Who: River of Death: 6th Doctor Audio Original due Mar 7 Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon: 4th Doctor Novelisation Audio CD due Apr 4 BF Gallifrey: War Room 2: Manoeuvres due September 2023 BF Doctor Who – Once and Future: Time Lord Immemorial due October 2023 BF Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Enemy Mine due December 2023
Commentary:
Mawdryn Undead

A new era of action dollies is upon us with more Daleks, Colin Baker with a new coat and and AND a Richard Hurndall dolly for all you devoted Hurndallists to enjoy (pineapple not included)! There’s also Blu-Ray uprez news, pointless banter about Supermen and 90s classic(?) film Hackers, Cutaway Comics releases and the main feature, an interview with “Pull to Open” author Paul Hayes about the birth of Doctor Who!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Magazine 594 Four actors announced for upcoming episodes, Yasmin Finney sticking around? Doctor Who 14th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver Standard Edition B&M 2023 The History of the Daleks 13 The Five Doctors B&M 2023 The History of the Daleks 14 Revelation of the Daleks B&M 2023 The Sixth Doctor and TARDIS A newly remastered Series 1 – 4 Blu-ray of Doctor Who is coming soon to the UK Season 20 – The Collection UK release date confirmed as Sep 18 Cutaway Comics Omega & Sutekh – Gods and Monsters due Sep 2023
Interview:
Pull to Open by Paul Hayes

Animated adventures are back! At least, The Underwater Menace is coming soon to DVD and Blu-ray, both in colour and black and white! There’s also a 60th anniversary concert on the way, an illustrated edition of Rose arriving on November 23, the sad news that luxury dollyists Big Chief Studios are shuttering their doors, some truly bizarre photos from the 1973 Radio Times retrospective on Doctor Who’s tenth anniversary, and the second of our two-part Miniscope on Saul Metzstein, featuring the esteemed director’s work “The Snowman”, “The Crimson Horror”, and “The Name of the Doctor”! Well, Trenza my Lores!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Missing adventure ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be animated in 2023 Doctor Who 60th Anniversary concert coming Autumn 2023 Deluxe illustrated edition of ‘Rose’ coming Nov 2023 Big Chief Studios closing Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Then Legendary Tapes screening Sep 22 in Hastings Brain of Morbius cinema screening in Newcastle Nov 18 Radio Times 10th Anniversary retrospective The Companions of Doctor Who edited by David Bushman and Ken Deep, due Feb 2024
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Saul Metzstein Part 2 The Snowmen The Crimson Horror The Name of the Doctor

The news remains fallow in these Times of No Who Yet, but we do have missives from the further adventures of Doom’s Day, colourization of old episodes on many fronts, an action dolly magazine spectacular, Tom Baker’s son’s Who-themed Nottingham pub and part one of our Miniscope examination of director Saul Metzstein’s work, featuring “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” and “A Town Called Mercy”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Magazine Special 64 – Action Figures – The Essential Guide 2005-2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – Doom’s Day: Dying Hours (hours 2000-2300) due September 2023 Doctor Who classic The Smugglers gets colour revamp Doctor Who colourizations by jamesknox817 Missing episodes in collectors hands? Doctor Who-themed pub in Nottingham run by Tom Baker’s son
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Saul Metzstein Part 1 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship A Town Called Mercy

Unlike last week’s veritable tsunami of info, this week we have a quieter news offering, including a staggeringly expensive 14th Doctor sonic screwdriver replica, more bon mots from Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa via Rolling Stone, Gav Rymill noodling with AI to recreate missing episodes (sort of), Doom working through her Day in game form, and the highlight of this week’s episode: an interview with skilled Photoshopist and bon vivant Andrew-Mark Thompson, author of “This Is A Fake – A Collection of Unreal Things”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who and the Sonic Screwdriver Rubbertoe Replica 14th Doctor sonic screwdriver Ncuti Gatwa’s Rolling Stone UK cover shoot video New instalment of Doom’s Day called AI am the Doctor coming soon BFI to show colourized early DW as part of Missing Believed Wiped Gav Rymill testing AI for recons Doctor Who The Sun Makers Original Music Soundtrack Orange Vinyl LP Doctor Who The Visitation Original Music Soundtrack Green Vinyl LP BF Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon – Trapped due Sep 2023 BF Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 due Sep 2023 Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection due Sep 1
Interview:
Andrew-Mark Thompson This is a Fake!

After subjecting you to an intense bout of trivia last week, we have a surfeit and indeed a tsunami of News Content for you, including a new sonic for the Fourteenth Doctor, promo pics, a pink TARDIS Barbie cross-promotion, Ncuti Gatwa being funny and fashionable in a Rolling Stone UK interview, new books, audios, missing episode musings, a gigantic Blu-Ray set off all the Doctors from Eccleston to Whittaker, another Blu-Ray set for Season 20, and much, much more!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon New promo pics Fourteenth Doctor sonic screwdriver Fourteenth Doctor sonic screwdriver sold out Series 14 wraps filming (Instagram link) Series 14 wraps filming (Wales Online link) Doctor Who/Barbie pink TARDIS crossover promotion Ncuti Gatwa interview in Rolling Stone UK Doctor Who Magazine 593 Fourth Doctor comics Anthology, including The Star Beast, coming November 2 Season 20 announced as the news classic Blu-Ray set Season 20 Blu-Ray set trailer “The Passenger” “The Passenger” behind the scenes The Five Doctors event at the BFI on September 16 Richard Bignell’s Season 20 PDF archive Doctor Who: Limited Edition Complete New Who Collectors Blu-Ray Set (US) Doctor Who: Limited Edition Complete New Who Collectors Blu-Ray Set (Canada) 60th Anniversary specials Target novelizations Liberation of the Daleks paperback due Nov 2 The Tom Baker Record Collection brings 4 Classic Stories to vinyl Doctor Who: Escape the Daleks!: 3rd Doctor Audio Original due Jan 4, 2024 Doctor Who: The Cuckoo: 12th Doctor Audio Original due Dec 7 Praxeus could have had Autons Andrew Skilleter 2024 Doctor Who art calendar Patrick Troughton Blue Plaque Unveiling Terry Burnett’s film collection reveals missing episode of Hugh and I Steven on the Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast John Nettleton died

Several self-styled Doctor Who “experts” in the form of Warren, Chris, Kat and Erika square off against trivia master and Smug Poltroon Steven in our semi-annual trivia showdown aptly named “Trivia, Mr Fibuli”! Based on Jacqueline Rayner’s Doctor Who – The Official Quiz Book from 2014. Who will emerge triumphant in this contest of intellect, skill and pointless fact-knowing? Tune in and find out!

The news is sparse this week, as sparse as the Thursday/Friday schedule for San Diego Comic Con, reflecting the general malaise of the entertainment media complex in these times of IP dominance and labour strife. But that won’t stop the Three Who Rule from giving their half-baked opinions on costuming, editing video tape via razor blades and gumption, the non-legacy of VR, and Threads, the latest in a long line of social media hellsites. So go on, skeet that toot into your eardrums, tweeps! Not the nighttime crowd, obviously.

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon SDCC Hall H Schedule SDCC Panel: Titan Comics Doctor Who The 1960s Doctor Who diaries of Waris Hussein – part three Peter Davison reveals scrapped plans for Five(ish) Doctors Reboot follow-up How Jack the Ripper Shaped The Talons of Weng Chiang 2023 Hugo Awards nominees Doctor Who The Target Book Club happening July 16 Sacha Dhawan coming to Long Island Who Big Finish Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: Intelligence for War due Oct 2023 Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Missy: Bad Influence due Apr 2024 Doctor Who Hidden Mysteries update adds difficulty level and new content

It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for…by the Three Who Rule who are ringing in Canada Day weekend by wringing out the very last vestiges of the Timelash, our popular(?) time-filling exercise in Doctor Who reflection. We also have news of Doctor Who mostly absent from SDCC, MIA for Fortnite, and country cousin Star Trek all but vanishing from Crave, which continues to be Canada’s HBO by going from quite decent to very crappy in under a year. Next week…not the Timelash, that’s for sure!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who Pride Month wrapup Doctor Who will be present in the Exhibit Hall at SDCC Titan Entertainment Unveils Doctor Who and My Hero Academia Merchandise for SDCC The Black Archive upcoming release schedule Doctor Who Am I available for free on Tubi Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unbound due Aug 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: Two’s Company due Aug 2023 Big Finish Box of Terrors audio novel due Nov 2023 Doctor Who/Fortnite crossover delayed

It is a sad week for the media and for Steven as Disney and many Makers of Pretend aren’t going to San Diego Comic Con, which means Doctor Who likely won’t, which means Steven likely won’t. Curses! We do however have news of Doctor Who books, Big Finish and Paul McGann appearing at LI Who in costume as well as digressions into Canadian history and Pink Floyd (as you do) in the penultimate instalment of…the Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who Magazine 592 released Marvel, Netflix, Sony, HBO and Universal to Skip SDCC Pull To Open – 1962-1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who coming July 24 Doctor Who: Ten Days of Christmas due October 2023 Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Diary of River Song: The Orphan Quartet due August 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night due September 2023 Paul McGann doing photo ops in costume at LI Who

While we wait for news regarding Doctor Who at San Diego Comic-Con (or not), The Three Who Rule managed to squeeze out more than an hour of top quality banter at Ncuti Gatwa’s nudity skills, Lenny Rush joining the Doctor Who cast, and the Timelash, which was stuffed to the gills with events of a chronological nature which were then commented upon! Want to hear derisive sneers about Strange New Worlds and Disney+ censorship of “The French Connection”, not to mention the Golden Age of McDonalds Ashtrays? This is the podcast for you!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Ncuti Gatwa On Barbie, Doctor Who And Baring It All In British Vogue BAFTA Award Winner Lenny Rush Joins Doctor Who June Big Finish releases Steven and Erika on Episode 1 of By Hook or By Crook podcast with Luke Harrison and Tin Dog

The Classic Companion Reunion Victory Tour as one Melanie Bush aka Bonnie Langford is set to join Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who for an adventure in space and/or time next year! Doom has also started experiencing their first of twenty-four hours of mayhem and of course we have the Timelash to entertain you with ad-hoc takes of time gone by. But more importantly, we have Gav Rymill of the Terry Nation Army in a return interview about his fantastic fan series of videos about Skaro’s crankiest denizens! Set aside a few rels and listen, won’t you?

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Bonnie Langford returns to Doctor Who Doom’s Day – Doom’s first hour Titan Comics Doom’s Day “A Doctor in the House? Part One” available for pre-order Doctor Who Chronicles 1963-64 now available BBC Books to Publish ‘Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse”, due Nov 16
Interview:
Gav Rymill and Terry Nation Army

It’s time for a Return of the Omnirumour as mysterious film canisters are pored over by specialists to see if heretofore undiscovered missing Doctor Who episodes have emerged or in fact it’s all just the same copy of Match of the Day over and over. Intriguing! Also Waris Hussein chronicles a trip to Moscow while Doctor Who’s debut hits technical snafus, Blu-Ray, Big Finish and vinyl releases aplenty and as always we go deep into the past to give our own vague musings in the Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Terry Burnett film archive handed over “Most of the reels are unlabelled” Network Distributing closes Waris Hussein diaries, part two Season 9 Blu-Ray release delayed to July 11 in North America Series 5 soundtrack coming to vinyl on July 7 Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy attending Chicago TARDIS 2023 The Seven Classic Daleks in the Asylum – Complete Histories Uncovered Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: A Genius for War due July 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Second Doctor Adventures: James Robert McCrimmon due July 2023 Doctor Who The Target Book Club event July 16 at Bush Hall

It’s the Eve of Doom’s Day as the BBC ramps up its transmedial multimodal whatsit starring Sooz Kempner for a debut on June 5th! The Three Who Rule cogitate on this monumental and somewhat confusing chronological crisis, along wth much more, including Indira Varma as the mysterious Duchess, Frazer Hines writing an Evil of the Daleks novelization, a contraband 1997 Doctor Who annual, Doctor Who and Top Gear going into the metaverse for some reason, the Revised Return of the Wife in Space, and the ever enjoyable Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Indira Varma joins Doctor Who as The Duchess Doctor Who Magazine 591 released Prepare for Doom’s Day Four to Doom’s Day vinyl due Aug 25 Big Finish Doom’s Day details Big Finish UNIT – Nemesis: Masters of Time due July 2023 Big Finish Torchwood Soho: Ascension due Feb 2024 BBC Studios takes Top Gear and Doctor Who into the metaverse Evil of the Daleks to be novelized by Fraser Hines Evil of the Daleks audio release due Oct 26 Jamie Mathieson’s first draft of Flatline released ILLUMINART 2 The Doctor Who Art of Andrew Skilleter due Sep 2023 Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1997 due May 30 Revised Adventures with the Wife in Space coming Nov 2023 60 Years of Doctor Who celebration at Jodrell Bank July 23

It is one of the more fallow news weeks in recent memory as we have merely one Big Finish and a few novels to speak of, BUT that doesn’t stop the Three Who Rule from chewing up all of time and space with both the Timelash and and AND the return of Fluid Links! How does WKRP figure into the Tom Baker era? Why do Nimons wear loincloths? These questions and more are yours to hear and yell at in frustration!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Titles and covers released for 60th anniversary tie-in novels Big Finish Audacity due late 2023 Chris on All of Time and Space podcast, released May 26

We now have titles for the upcoming Doctor Who David Tennant specials, and a teaser trailer featuring Beep The Meep, Neil Patrick Harris as whoever he might be, and not a whole lot else! Still, it’s something, as is Regency costumes on Ncuti Gatwa and Co., Disney+ losing money due to cricket (so we’ll blame that on the fifth Doctor) , Big Finish, NFTs, analog NFTs in the form of Doctor Who themed Magic: The Gathering cards, and as ever the Timelash, where we decided Alec Baldwin has been hoarding 16mm prints of missing episodes! It’s Wednesday, Lemon!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash David Tennant specials episode titles revealed New Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials trailer Gatwa, Gibson, and Jonathan Groff pose in new Regency-era outfits Disney+ sheds subscribers Doctor Who Chronicles #8 – 1963-64 due June 8 Make Your Own TARDIS Book Nook with Blue Peter Big Finish Freebies start with an Eccleston episode Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity open to submissions Doctor Who Magic: The Gathering Cards Are Up For Preorder BBC files NFT trademark for Doctor Who logo

It’s a race agains the clock as to the excitement of Chris and Steven and the consternation of Warren we recorded this episode right before Game Two of the Edmonton Oilers playoff series with Vegas and tensions were running high (except for Warren who couldn’t care less), but STILL we bring you news of a cryptic 60th anniversary teaser and Eurovision trailer yet to come, a fine Twitter thread from James Moran on the deplorable conditions UK television writers face as they watch the WGA strike in America, Jonathan Groff joins the Doctor Who cast to the delight of musical enthusiasts (not us) and of course we dive into history with The Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who season 14 is so far “unaffected” by writers’ strike James Moran thread on the WGA strike Doctor Who airs new footage of 60th anniversary in cryptic teaser New teaser breakdown Jonathan Groff joins Doctor Who cast The 1963 Doctor Who diaries of Waris Hussein – part one Doom’s Day: Hours 14-11 due Aug 31 Artwork Revealed for 2023’s Doctor Who Target Novels Kklak!: The Doctor Who Art of Chris Achilleos updated paperback released

A beloved tunesmith is back in action as Murray Gold returns to Doctor Who, the latest in a string of RTDists to join their blue box pals once more. If horror and panic is more your thing, the LAX Marriott does HOTELMAGEDDON as the first Gallifrey One room block will be available May 12, so gird your loins appropriately! Also there’s a Blue Peter contest, David Tennant’s hair is completely out of control, The Ultimate Adventure has been restored, and The Timlelash gives your the musings of three creaking skeletons who like their stories. Allons and indeed…y

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Murray Gold returns to Doctor Who Murray Gold re-introduction video Doctor Who Magazine 590 released Gallifrey One hotel block opens May 12 Blue Peter set visit contest Blue Peter contest David Tennant video Adventures Across Space and Time: A Doctor Who Reader coming in November Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure restored Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time due June 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – Far from Home due June 2023 Big Finish The War Master: Solitary Confinement due June 2023

It’s a week of casting and backsides this week as we see Jinkx Monsoon’s costume and Ncuti Gatwa’s…form-fitting costume dominate fan headlines, along with Fortnite news, Doom’s Day comic book shenanigans, a BBC brand manager job that involves driving a forklift(?), and perhaps the greatest heavy lifting of all…The Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash 60s costumes revealed for Series 14 Jinkx Monsoon’s outfit revealed Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa to perform Shakespeare at Coronation Concert Is Fortnite getting Doctor Who content? Job posting: Brand Asset Manager – Doctor Who Spearhead From Space screening at the BFI on June 11 Brian Croucher, Richard Ashton, Mickey Lewis added to LI Who guest list Doctor Who The Complete History Digital Editions Issues 81- 90 available Doctor Who: Doom’s Day on sale from Titan Comics July 5

It’s another fallow week of news in The Land of Who but that won’t stop us going on about Star Trek Picard, Star Wars Celebration and maybe even some BBC show where Steven Moffat won the Terrance Discks Award for Writers, a new batch of novels arrive for the 60th anniversary, Once Upon a Time Lord gains a cover, the Timelash does the thing it does (going through the years and making offhand remarks) and…for real this time, Part Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Planet of Giants”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Moffat wins Terrance Dicks Award for Writers Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary celebrated with new series of novels Doctor Who Magazine 61-80 Bundle Complete History Special Issue Doctor Who Once Upon a Time Lord from Titan Comics cover art released Big Finish Star Cops – The High Frontier: 2 now available Murray Melvin died
Commentary:
Planet of Giants episode 3 – Crisis

Chris is absent this week due to a case of the Post-UK Vocal Swarm but in his stead steps in Verity co-host and eminent contrarian Kat Griffiths to discuss Jinx Monsoon appearing in upcoming Doctor Who, Big Finish releases, random Star Wars musings as a torrent of information emerges from Star Wars Celebration in London, and, of course, the Timelash! Fear not, Chris is also back through the magic of time travel as we continue on with our Classic Series Commentary for Part Two of “Planet of Giants”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gallifrey One 2024 tickets now on sale Jinkx Monsoon joins the new series of Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa tops Radio Times TV 100 list Doctor Who: An Unlikely Heist available on Apple Arcade Doctor Who: The Teeth of Ice featuring the 8th Doctor, due Aug 3 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Conflicts of Interest due Sep 2023 Big Finish trailer for Once and Future: Past Lives Peter Day died
Commentary:
Planet of Giants episode 2 – A Dangerous Journey

Amazingly, we’ve reached episode 900 of this here internet audio programme and we celebrate with not only the news of the day, including DWM tidbits, Big Finish and more audio fun, and the ever-present Timelash, but with the first of three exciting Classic Series Commentaries about the 1964 William Hartnell classic “Planet of Giants!”

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who Magazine 589 released Directors discuss the new TARDIS set Casting news from Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who Am I available Radiophonic Workshop videos on BBC Archive YouTube Channel Serpent Crest 10 LP set due May 26 Big Finish Rani Takes on the World: The Revenge of Wormwood due April 2023
Commentary:
Planet of Giants

It’s All-900 Episode’s Eve, and we have news of….Doom. What is Doom? Who is Doom? Why is Doom? Join the Three Who Rule who endeavour to piece together this multimedia mystery, discuss Chris’s recent sojourn to the UK and Wales, wander through the Timelash as per usual…and that’s before we dive into Part the Second of our Lennie Mayne Miniscope!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doom’s Day coming soon
Miniscope:
Lennie Mayne The Three Doctors The Hand of Fear

What is Doom’s Day and does it have anything to do with Urbankans? Nothing presumably, as it is a new audio adventure teased mysteriously as of this recoding, but Steven and Warren shall pick apart what few clues they have as Chris is on Special Assignment and absent from most of the proceedings this week. We also have news of Henry-Tennant regeneration hijinks on Red Nose Day, a simply wonderful trailer for the new Series 9 collection, the ever-present Timelash, and Part One of our Miniscope on Doctor Who director Lennie Mayne!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash BBC Doctor Who “Doom’s Day” teaser Doctor Who: Four from Doom’s Day: Doom’s Day Audio Original Doctor Who on Red Nose Day Doctor Who bosses ‘planning UNIT spin-off with Jemma Redgrave’ New trailer for the Doctor Who Series 9 collection DWM Special on Doctor Who Showrunners BF Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms due May 2023 BF Torchwood: Among Us – Part 2 due June 2023 Kit Pedler in BBC story about pollution from 1971

It’s another exciting week of Doctor Who news as various content mills continue to draw the last bits of blood from the stone that is our Chris Chibnall interview, Russell T Davies says he’s focused on Doctor Who for “years to come,” Doctor Who: Lost in Time, a new mobile game that’s been on our phones for months launches, and a very expensive teddy bear set to arrive in time for the 60th anniversary! All this and the Timelash, where we do deep dives into the kind of minutiae you only get here, on Radio Freaks Skaro!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Russell T Davies’s focus is on Doctor Who for ‘years to come’ Moffat to write for Series 15? Red Nose Day to show off new 14th Doctor costume Big Finish The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pioneers due May 2023 Doctor Who Redacted renewed for Season 2, but not with Ella Watts as producer Doctor Who Annual 2024 due Sep 7 Doctor Who: Lost in Time mobile game launches The Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Bear by Steiff

We continue to bask in the glow of our Chris Chibnall interview at Gallifrey One and lo, so has the internet as excerpts appear around and about the internet in the form of news articles and Youtube commentary. But we trundle on towards the future with director announcements for the impending Gatwa Era and indeed the past with the Timelash and our Modern Series Commentary from the Capaldi classic “The Lie of the Land!” Monkadelic!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Radio Times: Chris Chibnall wanted to bring back Doctor Who spin-offs Radio Times: Doctor Who: Flux was almost axed, reveals Chris Chibnall Julie Anne Robinson officially unveiled as director for Block Three Ben Chessell announced as director for Block Four Doctor Who Magazine 588 released Fan animation of the first 10 minutes of The Celestial Toymaker Part 2 of The Celestial Toymaker animation Audio adaptation of The Making of Doctor Who coming June 1 Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: Past Lives details announced due May 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unleashed due May 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: Prisoners of London by Matthew Waterhouse due July 2023
Commentary
The Lie of the Land

It’s the week after Gallifrey One and we have an extra special treat for you, an hour-long interview with outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall! Listen to the man himself as he delves into the move from Xmas to New Year’s specials, dealing with COVID (and the making of the Doctor’s message to fans from her closet) and much, much more. We also have figurine and audio news, Doctor Who Am I on Blu-ray and the ever-present Timelash. Not bad for three exhausted malcontents!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gallifrey One Chris Chibnall Scifi Collector to relaunch Doctor Who figurines The Amazing World of Doctor Who record store day release Doctor Who Magazine Complete History issues 41-60 collection released Doctor Who Am I iTunes pre-order Big Finish Doctor Who – The Doctor Chronicles: The Tenth Doctor: Defender of the Earth due November 2023 Big Finish Once and Future guest cast announced
Interview:
Chris Chibnall

We wrap another year at Gallifrey One! And it’s a very special episode of the podcast because Deb, Erika, Kat, Liz, and Lynne from Verity! join Steven to recap their weekend as they head off on podcast hiatus, hopefully soon to return. Also, we have interviews with the great Bonnie Langford (attending her first Gallifrey One in 22 years!), Doctor Who comics artist Dan Slott, and Matthew Jacobs & Vanessa Yuille circle back on how much has happened since the launch of Doctor Who Am I.

Next week: a feature length interview with former Doctor Who show runner Chris Chibnall…

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One

It’s the Sunday at Gallifrey One! Join us as Steven, Warren, and Chris recap the Friday and Saturday of the convention, from their live show hijinks on the Friday, Steven’s commentary panel with Chris Chibnall et al, Warren’s interview panels several actors from Who’s past, and the general vibe of Jodie Whittaker’s first ever Gallifrey One! And speaking of Whit(t)taker, Simon Guerrier tells us about the research he’s discovered about David Whitaker, Doctor Who’s first story editor!

And coming soon: a feature length interview with former Doctor Who show runner Chris Chibnall…

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One

It’s Gallifrey One time! And once again, it is our great honour to kick off Gallifrey One on the main stage on the Friday morning of this simply superlative convention. Listen as Colin Baker plays musical chairs and makes a punching bag out of Warren! Hear Sophie Aldred and Janet Fielding tell tales of returning to the show decades later! Find out how director Jamie Magnus Stone and production Dafydd Charmer coped with COVID while making Flux! And laugh as the Three Who Rule vamp to cover for the initial absence of Craige Els and Patrick O’Kane!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One

It’s the preamble to the most wonderful time of the year as we eschew the news of the week and go full bore with our annual Gallifrey One preview! Listen to us cogitate about the first Gally since 2020 (and the pandemic) to feature attendance by every single one of the Three Who Rule who will open the con with our live show Get Back at 11 a.m. Friday the 17th! As is tradition, we go through the stuffed to the gills schedule and highlight both things were looking forward to and panels, photo ops, commentaries and more that you might wish to attend, should you be in Los Angeles!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Gallifrey One latest update Gallifrey One Attendee Guide Gallifrey One map Gallifrey One schedule

It’s just under two weeks until the Three Who Rule descend upon the LAX Marriott for Gallifrey One….which is now sold out! In the meantime RTD hints at all of Doctor Who once again gracing the iPlayer, there’s mmmrahhhh business to speak of involving BBC Studios bigwig talk of growth, mergers and acquisitions and other such financial tomfoolery, along with an “impossible” new TARDIS set and The Timelash, where we travel back in time to guess and frankly make things up about the week in Doctor Who!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gallifrey One sold out, latest update All of Doctor Who on iPlayer? BBC Studios boss talks Doctor Who Doctor Who Magazine 587 released New TARDIS interior set Doctor Who Chronicles 7: 1988 due Feb 16 Planet of the Ood audio CD due July 13 The Waters of Mars audio CD due July 13 Kerblam! audio CD due July 13

Finally our live show can be revealed as we Get Back to Gallifrey One in Los Angeles, CA! Plus the Gally schedule is out in the wild, there are updates afoot about said convention, and RTD is confirming spinoffs but not confirming Edgar Wright as a future director, whatever misleading GQ headlines may imply. And to continue the string of new and exciting content Jo Jones appears in a trailer for the Season 9 – The Collection set, news of LI Who guests, and of course the feature we love and you tolerate, The Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Radio Free Skaro: Get Back, live at Gallifrey One Gallifrey One schedule released Gallifrey One late January update Doctor Who spinoffs confirmed? Season 9 Blu-Ray announced Season 9 US Amazon link Season 9 Canada Amazon link Defenders of Earth – Season 9 Bliu-Ray teaser Doctor Who: A Complete History volume 2 issues 21-40 released LI Who guests announced Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Eighth of March: Strange Chemistry due March 8 Big Finish The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 1 due October 2023

As we veer closer to Gallifrey One at the LAX Marriott, none other than Chris Chibnall, he who what ran Doctor Who most recently is on his way to Los Angeles to answer your (pre-approved, no comments please) questions! Plus we have news of new actors just announced by current/future Doctor Who showrunner Russell The Davies for upcoming Who, a tour of another showrunner’s writer’s room as Steven Moffat gave a tour of his scribbling nook and the Timelash, where we’ll probably talk about showrunners!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Chris Chibnall announced for Gallifrey One Gallifrey One mid-January update Anita Dobson and Michelle Greenidge guesting on Doctor Who The Home of the WHOniverse New Target books announced for the range’s 50th anniversary A tour of Steven Moffat’s writing studio Big Finish “Interludes” included with some 2023 releases

It’s a slow week for Doctor Who news but that won’t stop the Three Who Rule from prattling on about Gallifrey One and Long Island Who updates, an upcoming book about Doctor Who story editor and writer David Whitaker by one Simon Guerrier, and a deep dive into both forgotten and unused Doctor Who story titles of days gone by and the extensive writing career of one Ingrid Pitt! Myrka kicker, actor, and novelist, oh my!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gally guest announcement, Whittaker receptions Katy Manning announced for LI Who Jemma Redgrave and Aneurin Barnard join the new series of Doctor Who David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television by Simon Guerrier due 2H 2023 Josephine and the Argonauts by Paul Magrs due Aug 24

We have an extra special third chair this week, as Erika Ensign of Verity! substitutes for Chris, give us an update on the status of said Doctor Who podcast, and we discuss all manner of Who news including the benefits of combined virtual and in-person cons, new guests coming to Gallifrey One (mere weeks away!) and an onslaught of tat including box sets, audio, digital histories and more! All this and the ever-present Timelash and a staggering web of Who actors related to, partnered with or married to other Who actors that’s sure to confustigate you with befuddlement!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who Magazine 586 Gallifrey One guest announcement Verity! appearing virtually at Console Room The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace being animated? Doctor Who The Collection Season 2 coming to the US on March 28 Doctor Who The Collection Season 2 coming to Canada on March 28 Doctor Who: The Complete History being made available digitally, starting with issues 1-20 Vworp Vworp! Volume 5 available for pre-order DWAS Celestial Toyroom Annual 2023 released Series 13 Specials Soundtracks on CD due Jan 13 The Lagoon Monsters 10th Doctor Audio CD BF 2022 Short Trip The World Tree available for download BF Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: The Return of Jo Jones due Feb 2023 BF Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unleashed due May 2023 BF Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Daleks! Genesis of Terror due May 2023 BF Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Doctor Who and The Ark due June 2023 BF Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night due September 2023 Doctor Who Relationships twitter thread from @DrWhoCastCrew Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who In Memoriam 2022

Happy New Year! It’s the beginning of 2023 so what better way to ring in the new year with two things recorded in 2022! First we have the Timelash, and then we bring you the adventures of PCap, Bill, and a bunch of wacky termite infested kids as they take on a haunted house, a weirdo landlord and more in our Modern Series Commentary for “Knock Knock”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash
Commentary:
Knock Knock

Happy Holidays all and especially a Happy Boxing Day to those in Canada and the UK. And quite a sock to the jaw it was to see a Doctor Who 60th anniversary trailer on Xmas Day! Still nothing new with Ncuti Gatwa’s incarnation of the Doctor but we do have more of Tennant’s Who the 14th, Donna Noble, and most importantly, Beep The Meep! If that wasn’t enough, we’re joined by Kat Griffiths of Verity! and Erika Ensign of Verity!, Lazy Doctor Who, Total Party Kill and more for the first and only Doctor Who Holiday Death Match where we decide once and for all the all-time champion Xmas/New Year special! Get ready for fierce debate, divisive opinions and…maybe some boxing? Tune in and find out!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash 60th Anniversary Specials teaser Ruth Madelay joins the cast 60th Anniversary Specials press release Gallifrey One guest update Mark Tonderai directing for Ncuti Gatwa’s first series Doctor Who staying on HBO Max? Big Finish Doctor Who —The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Shades of Fear coming February 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms coming May 2023 Big Finish Blake’s 7 S1 Novelization box set due May 27, 2023 Stephen Greif died Toby Hadoke’s Chris Boucher obituary
Deathmatch:
Verity! Xmas Deathmatch Extra Erika Ensign Katrina Griffiths

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Cosplayer Christmas as Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson aka The Doctor and Ruby Sunday’s respective costumes have been revealed! Listen to two fashion illiterates and one Certified Dandy speculate on what it all means and mostly just deciding they look neat. Also we mourn the loss of Chris Boucher, cogitate upon the mysterious winnowing down of Who content on many services worldwide as the Disney Plus transition looms, and the ever-popular Timelash!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash 2022 Fluid Links Advent Ncuti Gatwa/Millie Gibson costume press release Ncuti Gatwa/Millie Gibson costume reveal video Chris Boucher died Is Doctor Who leaving Crave January 6? Only three episodes left on TVNZ; Eve of the Daleks leaving January 1 Most of what’s left of Doctor on ABC iView is leaving by January 9 Some Classic Doctor Who specials leaving BritBox UK on December 25 New Season 2 Blu-Ray trailer from Benjamin Cook Big Finish War Doctor stories on Radio 4 Extra & BBC Sounds from Dec 17 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: The Return of Jo Jones due February 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The First Doctor Adventures: The Demon Song due February 2023 Big Finish Worlds of Doctor Who – Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road due April 2023 Big Finish Torchwood: The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello due Feb 2023 Big Finish Torchwood: Among Us – Part 1 due May 2023 Jane Sherwin died

It’s another exciting week for fans of one Doctor Who as shooting begins on the Ncuti Gatwa era and the RTD hint-o-rama initiative fills the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. The BBC is planning to go online only over the next decade, saddening owners of CRT televisions all over the United Kingdom, and we have the usual tat and Big Finish news along with a Timelash celebrating(?) Warren’s upcoming birthday. All this and the concluding Classic Series Commentary for “Earthshock”!

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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Filming begins for Ncuti Gatwa Doctor Who Magazine 585 BBC preparing to go online only The Curse of Clyde Langer’s iPlayer absence First look at Edinburgh’s Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder Exhibition Big Finish Short Trips 2022 winner announced Big Finish Doctor Who – Short Trips Volume 12 due Feb 2023 Big Finish The Doctor Chronicles: The Eleventh Doctor: All of Time and Space due Feb 2023 Big Finish Torchwood The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello due Feb 2023 Big Finish Torchwood The Thirst Trap due Mar 2023 Big Finish Torchwood Launch Date due Apr 2023 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Connections released Big Finish UNIT – Brave New World: Visitants released Doctor Who Production Diary Vol 1 due Summer 2023 This Is A Fake by Andrew-Mark Thompson due Sep 2, 2023 Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2022 edition debuts Dec 25 Shirley Coward died
Commentary:
Classic Series Commentary – “Earthshock”, Part Four