Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro
Doctor Who delves into the fetid swamps of online discourse this week as Ruby Sunday returns to Doctor Who and the UK experiences seesawing public sentiment in “Lucky Day!” Did the Three Who Rule enjoy it, or more to the point, how much did they not like it? Listen and learn! Plus the aforementioned Millie Gibson is set to grace Gallifrey One, Ncuti Gatwa is announcing UK scores at Eurovision, whatever that means (Chris explains), The Savages and The War Games in Colour are on their way to Blu-ray in North America, books, Big Finish and more! Next Week: The Story and the Engine! Links: ...
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Russell T Davies returns to cosmic horror, a medium in which he excels, in “The Well”, an episode full of invisible enemies, reigns of terror, and a need to listen! What did the Three Who Rule think of this scary excursion 400,000 years into the future? And more to the point, did you know Steven helped get HD footage into The War Games In Colour? Plus new Big Finish including Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill’s first audio adventure, a book about Kangs (who don’t conquer), a big ol’ Quatermass box set, and more! Next week, will it be our Lucky Day? Links:
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It’s “Lux” time at Radio Free Skaro Towers and the Three Who Rule have thoughts about both the two-dimensional (mostly) villain of the title and more including RTD and Murray Gold song crimes, whether or not this whole Pantheon thing is panning out, how ring-a-ding good The Doctor and Belinda are together, *that* fan scene and more! Plus news of books, DWM, and more Gallifrey One news! Links:
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It’s new Doctor Who time! Steven, Warren, and special guest Heather Berberet of the Free the Squee fame have thoughts to share about The Robot Revolution, the first episode of Season 2 and the debut of new companion Belinda Chandra as played by Varada Sethu! Robots! Roommates! Rebels! Plus Doctor Who Unleashed talk, Graham Norton appearing in the show as himself, RTD being cryptic about the future of Doctor Who on CBCC Newsround, the debut of World of Telly from the House of Tachyon, and more! Next week, Mr. Ring-a-Ding terrorizes 1952 Miami! Links: Guest:
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With One! Week! To! Go! before the new series of Doctor Who graces our internet-connected devices and (in the UK) tele-appliances, there’s a surfeit of news to talk about including interviews with Russell T Davies, Varada Sethu, the same and Ncuti Gatwa on The One Show, as well as observations of the show’s 20th anniversary, the usual Canadian content digressions and silliness, and an exciting interview with Exterminate-Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who author John Higgs! Links: Interview:
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It’s an exciting week of Doctor Who news on this here Radio Free Skaro estate, with a new (if you don’t speak German) trailer for Season 2, a concerning comment from Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter about the future of Doctor Who, more moaning from Steven and Warren about the Interstellar Song Contest, Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu on a media tour of the U.S., various printed matter previewing the new season, 4K blu-rays of the 60s Dalek films, more moaning about the Youth of Today and their laptop viewing, and more! Feel the excitement build as we close in on two weeks before new Doctor Who!...
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We here at Radio Free Skaro Towers pride ourselves on our ability to shoehorn Canadian content into our discussion of a British institution, but prepare yourself for a megaton-level of maple syrup as we welcome fellow Canuck Graeme Burk with a look back at the 20th anniversary of modern Doctor Who and all the surrounding hoopla, broadcast machinery and piracy that surrounded it! Buckle up – it’s the trip of a lifetime! Links: Guest:
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It’s a week of podcast adjacent activity as the fine folk at the Merseyside Doctor Who Group shouted out this very podcast on the occasion of our breaching the transom of 1000 episodes, David Tennant hosts one Russell T Davies on his podcast and most importantly, fine gentlemen Neil Perryman and John Williams announce an oncoming storm known as World of Telly! Plus, we have news and base speculation about both the new Character Options 3rd Doctor and sonic and possible future iterations, crochet fan works, behind the scenes camera excitement from Terror of the Suburbs, and a chinwag with...
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It’s another exciting week of almost there but not quite new Doctor Who and as such the BBC released a new trailer for Season 2 mere moments before we released last week’s episode, as befits the tenor of our times. We also go into detail on a since-expunged German Disney+ Season 2 trailer with new footage, actor Freddie Fox, reflections on criminal behaviour when Rose leaked 20 years ago, and most importantly, new Doctors Who in Little People form the good folk at Fisher Price. Only slightly less important, our Miniscope about pioneering Doctor Who producer and director Mervyn Pinfield!...
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It’s official, Doctor Who is returning April 12 on BBC One, iPlayer, and Disney+, and will include Doctor Who alum Alan Cumming as an animated ne’er-do-well along with “Eurovision in Space” according to Who scribe Juno Dawson and much more, including children creating comic book creatures, much Big Finish news including friends of the show Riley Silverman and Paul Booth writing Short Trips. and our feature interview with Peter Cocker and Toby Hadoke about the Season 7 Collection Blu-Ray! Links: Interview:
info_outlineIt’s the week after Gallifrey One which means two things: post-Gally malaise AND a giant pile of news, including a release date of April 12 for Season 2 on iPlayer (and also theoretically Disney Plus), speculation on the future of Doctor Who as per usual, a boatload of Big Finish, new books, a new RTD-penned series called “Tip-Toe” coming next year to Channel 4, and endless Youtube cogitation mostly revolving around Steven reacting to things. Take a listen if you dare!
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- Doctor Who returns April 12
- “Doctor Who has not been shelved” – BBC responds to rumours
- Russell T Davies writing Tip Toe, a new 5-part series on Channel 4 debuting in 2026
- Juno Dawson’s Season 2 episode “the most ridiculous episode they’ve ever done… and the most expensive”
- Doctor Who season 2 – Christopher Chung joins the Whoniverse
- Re-edited “Fear Her” back on iPlayer
- Doctor Who Collection: Jon Pertwee Season 1 coming June 3 (US link)
- Missing Doctor Who story ‘The Savages’ returns as animation
- Classic Doctor Who YouTube channel now has multiple complete stories (US only)
- New Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra novels due May 29
- Black Archives Silver Nemesis book by James Cooray Smith released
- Script Doctor 20th anniversary edition due Mar 7
- Doctor Who: The Moon Cruise Hardcover due Nov 13
- Radiophonic Workshop Archive now available for online purchase
- Spitfire Audio – BBC Radiophonic Workshop [Walkthrough]
- Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper reunite for Big Finish in August
- Big Finish UNIT – Brave New World: Fractures and Knightfall starts June 2025
- Big Finish The War Doctor Rises: Fallen Heroes due May 2025
- Big Finish Third Doctor Adventures: Operation: Vengeance due Oct 2025
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: Mirror Matter due July 2025
- Doctor Who: What Still Remains: 7th Doctor Audio Original Audio CD due Aug 7
- Doctor Who: Counterstrike: 15th Doctor Audio Original Audio CD due Oct 2
- Doctor Who: Firefall: 15th Doctor Audio Original Audio CD due Oct 2
- Survival’s Julian Holloway dies, aged 80