Radio Free Skaro #1058/A - News Bulletin! Two Missing Doctor Who Episodes Returned!
Release Date: 03/13/2026
Radio Free Skaro #1067 - Beryllium Atomic Clock
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If you’re looking for a deep dive into the glorious 4K (in the UK at least) return of Doctor Who: The Movie (1996) you’ve come to the right place! We have an epic interview with film restoration expert Paul Vanezis all about the painstaking process of sprucing up the 35mm print of said TV movie to modern video standards. If you’re looking for granular details about frame rates you already knew we’re the place to be, but now even more so than usual. Plus we have news of Jodie Whittaker at Chicago TARDIS, Film Is Fabulous! discovering a 1964 BBC directors training film, more exciting...
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Radio Free Skaro #1066 - A Space Helmet for a Cow
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The worlds of Doctor Who collide once more as the BBC launches into new Fugitive Doctor adventures via Circuit Breaker, a multi-platform saga in the tradition of Time Lord Victorious and Doom’s Day,.The Three Who Rule are somewhat skeptical about the whole business, despite the welcome addition of a new and quite snazzy hat for Jo Martin’s Fugitive Doctor! There’s also an Entertainment Weekly list of the top 50 Doctor Who stories of the modern era which is just as non-controversial as you’d think, articles about missing episodes in general and the The Daleks’ Master Plan in...
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Radio Free Skaro #1065 - Maximum Power
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More exciting coverage of missing episodes….but this time not Doctor Who! Yes, a cutting copy of a 1968 episode of Morecambe & Wise has been discovered. But while a missing episode has been born anew, the past must fall as the Ianto shrine is finally disassembled with many a Ianto-ist in attendance along with Ianto himself, Gareth David Lloyd. Plus the usual Big Finish Zapruder-ing, Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo on Canadian TV, and our feature interview with Blake’s 7 Production Diary Series C with creators Jonathan Helm and Grahame Robertson! Maximum Power! Links: ...
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Radio Free Skaro #1064 - Not Simply To Amuse
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Are you tired of old men ranting about the current state of both Doctor Who and Star Trek? Well, brace yourself for more as Screen Rant of all places has a well-thought out piece about the future of both franchises and we may have cogitated more than is strictly necessary about the topic! Plus we look into a new set of action dollies from Character Options, Big Finish reveals, Tubi bringing back on-demand Doctor Who (in the US) and we’re Making It Political as we interview writer Lizbeth Myles about her new book, Where We Stand, Where We Fall – The Politics of Doctor Who! Links: ...
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Radio Free Skaro #1063 - Brought To You By The Letters G and I
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In the wake of not only the glorious return of both missing episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan to the Doctor Who archive but also four brave astronauts (one of them Canadian!) to the Earth, we’re back to our usual cogitating about the BFI screening of the TV Movie on its 30th anniversary, Big Finish covers and a lovely trailer by the Brothers Kibble-White, the Radiophonic Workshop getting a well deserved award, AND the return in the form of Part the Third of our Classic Series Commentary on “The Mysterious Planet”! Links: Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #1062 - The Daleks Will Stop at Anything
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The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder...
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Radio Free Skaro #1061 - Beloved In The Local Film Community
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Our deepest of dives into the wilds of missing episodes continues as our feature interview this week is with John Franklin of Film is Fabulous!, who chats all about the organization’s mission, the complicated saga of tracking down not just Doctor Who but other film artifacts from collectors across the UK, and of course a deep dive into the technical nitty-gritty of film restoration, as is the remit of this here podcast. Plus a greeting from Chairman of the Board Tom Baker on the 45th anniversary of the Fourth Doctor’s swan song in “Logopolis”, Gallifrey One’s hotelmaggedon looms in...
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Radio Free Skaro #1060 - Mad About Nothing
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It’s been a week since missing episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan revealed themselves to the public to great excitement and joy and indeed a Film of Fabulous! screening of said episodes on April 4 sold out near-instantly upon its announcement. We also have news of an ex-Google chief possibly taking the helm at the BBC, The War Between still being MIA from Disney+, the usual Big Finish over-examining, and our feature interview with The Long Game and Pull to Open author Paul Hayes, here to discuss the production of 1956 CBC production Flight Into Danger, starring one James Doohan and...
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Radio Free Skaro #1059 - The Ghasting of the Flabbers
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It is indeed an amazing week in the world of Doctor Who as two (!) episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, specifically episodes 1 and 3, have been resurrected into the daylight through the good work of Film Is Fabulous! Revel with the Three Who Rule as they mull over how this came to be, what it means future Who media releases, the relative calm of this announcement as compared to 2013’s ominrumour, and more! Plus we have an interview with Tim Burrows of the Missing Episodes Podcast to give you more of those granular details of technical cut film reels that all Archival Sickos crave! Also...
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Radio Free Skaro #1058/A - News Bulletin! Two Missing Doctor Who Episodes Returned!
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BREAKING NEWS! Two previously missing episodes of Doctor Who have been returned to the BBC Archives! Episodes One and Three of The Daleks' Master Plan were found in a film collection obtained by Film is Fabulous, and will be streamed on BBC iPlayer at Easter. Full coverage of the recovery will be on the next episode of Radio Free Skaro!
info_outlineBREAKING NEWS! Two previously missing episodes of Doctor Who have been returned to the BBC Archives! Episodes One and Three of The Daleks' Master Plan were found in a film collection obtained by Film is Fabulous, and will be streamed on BBC iPlayer at Easter.
Full coverage of the recovery will be on the next episode of Radio Free Skaro!