Radio Free Skaro #988 - A Mild Curiosity in a Junkyard
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Happy Doctor Who Day Weekend! And we celebrate with a bumper length episode! “The War Games” in Colour, coming December 23! (With a tiny bit of help from us…) Steven Moffat returning to Gallifrey One! Plus, a surfeit of Doctor Who tat to celebrate the show’s 61st anniversary, new and exciting action dollies, Jo Martin’s Big Finish debut, and the return of the increasingly irritating (for Warren) Trivia, Mr. Fibuli, with guest contestants Erika and Kat! Links: Trivia Mr Fibuli:
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Radio Free Skaro #987 - A Succulent Chinese Meal
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It’s an exciting week for Doctor Who content as a new “Joy to the World” clip surfaced on Children in Need featuring snark, dinosaurs, and a Silurian in a briefcase along with a teaser from the episode’s writer, one Steven Moffat! Plus a “Coming in 2025” trailer for Disney+ that does not feature Doctor Who at all? Controversial? Not really. Plus Ncuti Gatwa in Vanity Fair being handsome as usual, a sneak peek at updated Blake’s 7 effects, and an exciting adventure in space and time as we present a special anniversary-themed Classic Series Commentary of the raw pilot recording of...
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Radio Free Skaro #986 - Down and Safe
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Things have taken a turn for the truly awful in the world this week, but Radio Free Skaro is here to assuage your worries (Steven) or at least acknowledge them (Warren). If you’re looking to distract yourself from the latest grim fandango, we have news of deleted scenes coming November 23, unaired footage of David Tennant running around the TARDIS set in “The Star Beast”, props on the auction block, Big Finish art critiques, and an interview with Blake’s 7 Series 1 Blu-Ray contributors Jonathan Helm, Chris Chapman, and Chris Thompson! Links: Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #985 - Angry Petulant Rhinos
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It’s a Current Producer-Palooza at Gallifrey One this coming February with Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One, and that’s not all on the news list including a “world exclusive preview” of “Joy to the World” coming to Children In Need on November 15, some Robert Banks Stewart iPlayer controversy, Sylveste(r) McCoy missing episodes discovered, an action dolly report and more, including the concluding Terry Nation Miniscope segment, covering “Genesis of the Daleks”, “The Android Invasion”, and “Destiny of the Daleks”!...
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Radio Free Skaro #984 - Intellect and Nomance
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It’s time for some overanalyzing, pondering and intellectual cogitating as the Three Who Rule examine the second anniversary of the Disney+ and Doctor Who agreement, as well as a fascinating survey from the UCLA (partially funded by Disney) of what teens are both watching and want to see! Plus, a detailed hashing-over of where to start watching Doctor Who if you’re a novice, some random tat, and Part Three of our Terry Nation Miniscope covering Planet of, and Death to, the Daleks! Links: Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #983 - Spherical Hieroglyphics
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Controversy stalks the BBC as the question is asked: did they censor Ncuti Gatwa’s comments on The Graham Norton Show about a possible third season of New New Doctor Who? And the answer is…likely not. What is much more probable is the Three Who Rule excoriating the current state of television while referring to a recent Deadline story on that same topic, but enough of these dour matters! There’s a new Gallifreyan translator that can turn your words into circles, an Adventures in Type and Space book on the way featuring the work of Sid Sutton, and part two of our Terry Nation Miniscope,...
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Radio Free Skaro #982 - A Gin-Fueled Tour of the Finer Salons
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It’s a new and wonderful era as Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action dollies are both announced and will trounce your bank account! That’s in addition to intrigue and mumblesuch on the set of the Graham Norton Show as insight-sharer Ncuti Gatwa mentions movement on the Series 3 front, which was then mysteriously absent from the broadcast! There’s a contest to see the upcoming Xmas special “Joy to the World” in your local cinema, unless you live in Canada, in which case you can go to hell, and ITV is now premiering Coronation Street online previous to broadcast, a move sure to...
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Radio Free Skaro #981 - Dollar Store Taxi Driver
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It’s a banner week for VAM enthusiasts as comedian, writer and Blu-Ray documentary impresario Toby Hadoke joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion and mutual Doctor Who actor identification session with Steven, plus we have some ruminating on both a Variety article about toxic fandom and foment a conspiracy about the lack of 1980s Cybermen in Big Finish! Could it be an audio phonic conspiracy to commit David Banks erasure? Listen…and find out nothing! Links: Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #980 - Close To The Edit
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It’s a banner day for filmic snipping enthusiasts as we have an exclusive (we emailed, he said yes) interview with film editor and 1960s Doctor Who alumnus Chris Hayden, who speaks with Steven about working on “Planet of Giants” and “The War Games”, hanging out with New Hollywood legends in the early 1970s, and more! Plus we have Big Finish news, bookywook updates, and a special project that Steven has worked on in tribute to the late and great James Earl Jones. That’s right, Sally! Links: Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #979 - Doctor Who and The Invasion, Starring Peter Ustinov
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On this week’s show, Archie Panjabi is playing a new Doctor Who villain (probably not The Rani) next season, plus Russell T Davies and Disney+ teasing a TARDIS set pic (and potential Season 3 renewal?) on Instagram, but the key to this whole endeavour is the flights of fancy on our latest Fluid Links where we invent not one but two imaginary Doctor Who media properties! Lights, camera, nonsense! Links:
info_outlineIt’s Regency drama, gossip, and scandalous dances on this week’s Doctor Who adventure, “Rogue!” The Bridgerton fans are losing their minds at this episode, including one Ruby Sunday, but what did the Three Who Rule think of this theatrical and romantic undertaking? Plus we pay tribute to William Russell, Doctor Who’s original Man of Action and Knight of Jaffa, and we encourage you to listen to our own interview with Mr. Russell from 2012. Plus Big Finish celebrates 25 years, Tales of the TARDIS mystery, and this very podcast gets called out for both its numerous crimes and its place as one of the best Doctor Who podcasts! Will wonders never cease?
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- 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