Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

Radio Free Skaro is possibly the most popular, most prolific and charmingly irreverent (but never irrelevant) Doctor Who podcast around. All previous episodes are available on the iTunes feed, as well as the Radio Free Skaro homepage - www.radiofreeskaro.com. Enjoy!

Radio Free Skaro #1042 - Will You Still Need Me? 11/23/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1042 - Will You Still Need Me? Happy Doctor Who Day, everyone! The Three Who Rule celebrate the 62nd birthday for our favourite television show as only Doctor Who fans can, by morosely speculating on the show’s increasingly grim prospects in light of an ever-changing media landscape. Fun! Plus we look into Rachel Talalay’s and Dalek 63-88’s latest lovely Youtube videos, the newly released schedule for Surf and Turf, audio fun with The Wheel in Space on vinyl and various Big Finish bits and bobs, and Day Three of our Torchwood: Children of Earth retrospecticus! Links: Review: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/39137215

Radio Free Skaro #1041 - Staircase to Heaven 11/16/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1041 - Staircase to Heaven The War Between the Land and the Sea is premiering Sunday, December 7! While that throws a wrench in our usually stable release plans, we’re certain we can all cope through the first three weeks of December. In other news, the Three Who Rule calm the waters on missing episode rumblings, a follow-up on Tubi disintegrating Classic Doctor Who from its listings, Gallifrey One news, more staircase intrigues, and the Pondcast, a new podcast featuring none other than Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill reminiscing about their time on Doctor Who! But the real highlight is a descent into 2009 with the second part of our re-examination of Torchwood: Children of Earth! Links: Review: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/39026000

Radio Free Skaro #1040 - Scotland 1965 11/09/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1040 - Scotland 1965 The Three Who Rule take on the big questions this week, including whether or not to call the Sea Devils “Homo Aqua,” possible BBC broadcast plans for The War Between the Land and the Sea, the existence of 4K 35mm transfers of telecined old TV shows, and most importantly the spreading media virus known as the Spiral Staircase, which has driven Steven further around the bend than usual! Plus Tubi intrigue regarding the status of Classic Doctor Who, Doctor Who Magazine issuing massive pieces about Carole Ann Ford and Terry Nation, and most importantly, the first of our five-part re-evaluation of Torchwood: Children of Earth! Links: Review: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38963740

Radio Free Skaro #1039 - So Here It Is 11/02/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1039 - So Here It Is The moment has arrived! That is, an actual announcement of Doctor Who’s future from the BBC (and not the outgoing Disney+) in the form of a last hurrah from Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf by way of a Christmas special in 2026, along with official confirmation of Turf and Surf hitting the iPlayer this Christmas and Disney+ in February. What does this portend for both the present and future of Doctor Who? The Three Who Rule put on their television detective hats and as usual solve nothing, as do many entertainment journalists including friend of the show Kyle Anderson, and lesser lights such as Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter. Plus the usual Big Finish cover over-analysis, a smidgen of Can*Con, and the conclusion of our four-part Classic Series Commentary for “The Sun Makers”! Links: Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38874230

Radio Free Skaro #1038 - They're Booing Shakespeare 10/26/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1038 - They're Booing Shakespeare After a week of not-news coverage where Chris and Warren wandered the Earth and comedian, Who historian and legend Toby Hadoke ably guested, the Three Who Rule are reunited and tackle a shedload of news, including a scoop about The War Between the Land and the Sea airing at different times on the BBC and Disney+, Carole Ann Ford letting loose on the unused Season 2 finale of one Doctor Who, Jane Tranter explaining how TV works in 2025 (not so well!), tons of Big Finish, and most importantly, Part the Third of our Classic Series Commentary for The Sun Makers! Links: SCOOP: BBC to air The War Between The Land and The Sea in December; Disney+ in February Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38784005

Radio Free Skaro #1037 - In Front of Behind the Sofa 10/19/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1037 - In Front of Behind the Sofa With the Three Who Rule down to one as both Warren and Chris are gallivanting in parts known and unknown this weekend, and with both the Doctor Who Season 13 Collection and the Blake’s 7 Series 2 Collection releases imminent, this week Steven turns the entire episode to a chat with friend of the show Toby Hadoke! Toby recounts working on several extras included across both Blu-ray sets, and also the recent positive hubbub regarding missing Doctor Who episodes generates some excited chatter. Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38608185

Radio Free Skaro #1036 - The Restorationists! 10/12/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1036 - The Restorationists! The potential imminent return of some missing Doctor Who episodes is top of mind this week, thanks to an interview with John Franklin, Sue Malden, and Professor Justin Smith from Film is Fabulous! on Tim Burrows’ excellent Missing Episodes Podcast. The Three Who Rule preview the episode and talk of the “several missing episodes” that are in collections right now, as well as telling you how you can help the Film is Fabulous! project. Also, the Series 10 soundtrack is coming, Pete McTighe will be at Gallifrey One, and it’s Part Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Sun Makers”! Links: Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38546335

Radio Free Skaro #1035 - Six Suns on Pluto 10/05/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1035 - Six Suns on Pluto Wild speculation abounds as rumours of the BBC and Bad Wolf “it’s not you, it’s me” -ing each other surface given the somewhat mid (as the kids say) reception to the latest iteration of Doctor Who, The Three Who Rule have theories a-plenty as to the show’s next steps, anchored by nothing but their half-formed notions of media literacy (and some inside knowledge). Besides that, we have more exciting Big Finish previews, a Verity! mention on UK game show “The Chase” and the first part of our Class Series Commentary for seminal 1970s serial “The Sun Makers!” Links: BBC seeks to exit agreement with Bad Wolf? Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38445210

Radio Free Skaro #1034 - Quizlings 09/28/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1034 - Quizlings In a show of mercy by the wayward forces of the universe, the news list is short and sweet this week as we delve into new Gallifrey One guests, Ncuti Gatwa’s Scottish BAFTA nomination, our usual forensic examination of Big Finish covers, and our feature, an interview with Doctor Who writer Beth Axford about her latest work, the Official Doctor Who Quiz Book and well as her upcoming work of fiction, Doctor Who: Firefall! Extra special Canadian content contained therein! Links: Interview: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38377910

Radio Free Skaro #1033 - Horton Hears a Who 09/21/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1033 - Horton Hears a Who It’s an soundtastic week for Doctor Who with not only a bumper crop of Big Finish announcement but also BBC audiobook excitement, comic book to audio adaptations, plus some expensive dollies, comic books in digital form and (back to audio) an interview with Michael Stevens, the senior content producer at BBC Audiobooks! It’s almost too much aural content to handle! So handle it! Links: Interview: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38296920

Radio Free Skaro #1032 - By The Blood of the Sky Demon 09/14/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1032 - By The Blood of the Sky Demon It’s another edition of Trivia, Mr. Fibuli! With Warren away in Mexico, possibly impersonating a false Aztec goddess, our friends Sarah, Kat, and Erika join the remaining members of the Three Who Rule for a rousing trivia game, with questions once again coming from Jacqueline Rayner’s 2013 Official Doctor Who Quiz Book. We also talk about a dollop of Dugga Doo merchandise now available on the official BBC Shop, a giant feature on Jodie Whittaker in the latest Doctor Who Magazine, and more! Links: Guests: Trivia, Mr. Fubuli /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38208530

Radio Free Skaro #1031 - Before and After Science 09/07/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1031 - Before and After Science A sad time in the world of Doctor Who as we mark the passing of writing titan Christopher H. Bidmead, and to join us in reflecting on both his work and life is Andrew Smith, writer of “Full Circle”, Big Finish dynamo, and friend of the esteemed Mr. Bidmead. Andrew looks back at getting his first break in TV due to Bidmead, working with him on behind the scenes features, and the man’s general approach to Doctor Who, including an infusion of science and a real sense of continuity where none previously existed. We’ve also got the usual bevy of news including more vague handwaving on the future of Doctor Who, 1970’s Cyberman dolly goodness, a new fancy tier for Britbox, and more! Links: Tribute: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38113610

Radio Free Skaro #1030 - Behold the Mighty Geode 08/31/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1030 - Behold the Mighty Geode So you think Doctor Who is on pause until The War Between the Land and the Sea airs sometime next year, eh? Well, apparently you aren’t aware of the big news this week, a new dolly-adjacent figurine of the iconic Monarch from Four to Doomsday! Plus we observe the 50th anniversary of the original broadcast of Terror of the Zygons by meandering into Steven’s crippling studio footage addiction, a look at Youtube deep dives and the videotape-licious Chronicles of Narnia Blu-Ray, Jon Culshaw becoming the Twelfth Doctor for Big Finish, and the fourth and final part of our Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope, with a look at The Power of the Doctor! Links: Miniscope: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/38030660

Radio Free Skaro #1029 - Mission to Magnus 08/24/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1029 - Mission to Magnus This week, we have a bonus Sarah Murphy of Is It Camp!? fame to cogitate on the week’s news, including the BBC content chief claiming “The TARDIS is going nowhere – with or without Disney”, The War Between the Land and the Sea is coming out in 2026(!), an exciting new web game involving everyone’s favourite vacuum Scoot, some fictitious awards, and Part the Third of our Miniscope on Doctor Who director Jamie Magnus Stone, covering “The Halloween Apocalypse”, “War of the Sontarans”, and “Village of the Angels”! Links: Guest: Miniscope: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37931120

Radio Free Skaro #1028 - State of the Who-nion 08/17/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1028 - State of the Who-nion Never let it be said we won’t overdeliver content in this barren time of Non-Who as we have a feature interivew with former editor of Doctor Who Magazine and current TV Choice writer Tom Spilsbury as he and Steven pore over the current state of Doctor Who, the larger state of streaming, the business case for library content, and more! Plus we have news of The Whoniverse Show from BBC Studios, a new book about action dollies called Go Figure, a surfeit of Big Finish things both neato and keen, and more! Links: Interview: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37846890

Radio Free Skaro #1027 - No Stone Unturned 08/10/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1027 - No Stone Unturned It’s another exciting week of Doctor Who news in a time of No New Who, including one Cristopher Eccleston gracing not only Chicago TARDIS but also Big Finish with the release of “Snare”, the first Ninth Doctor and Rose adventure along with several other audio excursions, a 15th Doctor comic book compilation from the good folk at Panini, Dominic Glynn’s soundtrack for “Indoctornated”, and the second part of our exciting Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope, featuring “Ascension of the Cybermen” and “The Timeless Children”! Links: Miniscope: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37744165

Radio Free Skaro #1026 - The Stone Tape 08/03/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1026 - The Stone Tape Doctor Who has been erased from both HBO Max in the United States and now Prime in Canada, leading the Three Who Rule to speculate on the future of streaming with tangents into Star Trek, the likelihood of Billie Piper actually being the Doctor, spurious yet tantalizing missing episodes hints and nonsense, and Ncuti Gatwa on various chat shows not giving anything away about his time on Doctor Who! But the main event for this episode is of course the first of our four-part Miniscope on Doctor Who director Jamie Magnus Stone, featuring Spyfall, Part One and Praxeus! Links: Miniscope: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37647320

Radio Free Skaro #1025 - Malaise Forever 07/27/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1025 - Malaise Forever In a week replete with San Diego Comic Con, a semi-invigorated BBC Shop, and a SDCC-adjacent UNIT Black Archive pop-up, you would think there would be more Doctor Who news to cogitate about this week, but you would in fact be wrong! However a new multi-media extravaganza featuring the Fugitive Doctor (hooray!) named “Circuit Breaker” (meh?) has been announced, to follow up the thundering success of Time Lord Victorious and Doom’s Day. Are the Three Who Rule excited at this chance to read, listen and click in 2026? We’ll see! Plus tales of Big Finish, BFI screenings, a new Terrance Dicks biography, and an intervention as Steven’s latest descent into madness focused on spiral staircases! Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37562310

Radio Free Skaro #1024 - Day of the Moon 07/20/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1024 - Day of the Moon For a fallow Time of Who there sure is a bunch a news to cover including Ncuti “Doctor Who” Gatwa talking about why he left the show (whether we believe him or not is a matter of debate), the BBC maintining its interest in Doctor Who, Mark Gatiss on the dangers of nostalgia, an Emmy nomination for (of all things) “There’s Always a Twist”, the triumphant return of the BBC Shop, Blake’s 7, Big Finish, Paul Cornell’s new comic business venture, and more! Why, it’s as if we aren’t about to enter a Second Wilderness Years! Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37466565

Radio Free Skaro #1023 - Dimensions in Geldof 07/13/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1023 - Dimensions in Geldof Doctor Who is leaving HBO Max in the USA! What does that mean for the Three Who Rule? Nothing, because they live in Canada, but they discuss the news anyway. Also, the UNIT Black Archive experience is coming to SDCC, three new Doctor Who Season 2 novelizations are out now, Big Finish excitement, another adorable Fourth Doctor Build-a-Bear, and the crown jewel of this episode, the thrilling conclusion of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Visitation”! Links: Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37384785

Radio Free Skaro #1022 - Armadisco 07/06/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1022 - Armadisco The Loch Ness Monster is back! At least in fancy new VFX form in the just announced Season 13 Blu-Ray Collection which will have all manner of goodies which we will pore over in intimate detail both in this episode and when these discs grace North American shores later in the year! But that’s just the icing on the cake as we also have beloved Doctor Jodie Whittaker and equally beloved companion Mandip Gill arrive in our ears in the form of Big Finish’s Vampire Weekend, as well as in our futures with the Return of the Doctor, which features a Disco Armadillo! Plus comics, nonsense, and part the third of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Visitation”! Links: Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37290105

Radio Free Skaro #1021 - Don't Mention Dr. Who 06/29/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1021 - Don't Mention Dr. Who It’s a real grab bag of news this week with Peter Davison critiquing the current series of Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi being cool as hell at Glastonbury, and a truly mammoth editorial by Chris about the Blu-ray for The War Games in Colour and the cost thereof given that it is only one disc. Somehow we get an hour out of this, and we also have an extensive interview with long-time friends and Televisual Specialists John Williams and Neil Perryman about their new podcast where they watch every television show ever made – World of Telly! Links: Interview: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37204220

Preview — Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth 06/24/2025

Preview — Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth We’re sharing a preview of a new audiobook, Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, which celebrates the wit and wisdom of the legendary science fiction author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Twenty-five years after his death, Adams’s books continue to be read by new generations and his creations along with his ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything being “42”, have seeped deep into public consciousness. Written and narrated by Arvind Ethan David, Adams’s former protégé, this one-of-a-kind audiobook includes rare archival material from the Adams Estate, interviews with Adams’s personal friends like Stephen Fry and David Baddiel, and reenactments of his work to form an immersive journey through the mind of one of the most beloved and visionary writers of our time. Get Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth now at Audible, Spotify, , or wherever audiobooks are sold. /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37048200

Radio Free Skaro #1020 - ChatRTD 06/22/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1020 - ChatRTD If you enjoy baseless speculation about the future of Doctor Who, The War Between the Land and the Sea, RTD’s career prospects, and most importantly, musings about Edmonton AM radio frequencies past and present, then this episode of Radio Free Skaro is for you (you sicko)! Plus we cover a new official Doctor Who quiz book from Beth Axford and “The Moon Cruise” by Esmie-Jikiemi-Pearson, some Steven Taylor Big Finish goodness, Steven’s recent podcast promiscuity and the second part of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Visitation”! Links: Will The War Between The Land and The Sea all drop at once on iPlayer and Disney+? Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37104345

Radio Free Skaro #1019 - Nothing is Forgotten 06/15/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1019 - Nothing is Forgotten There’s new stirrings in the world of Doctor Who production, one being an official BBC search for new producers of an new animated Doctor Who series for Time Tots on CBeebies, and a much more tenuous rumour about discontent between Russell T Davies, a potential streaming suitor, and a push for a grittier, aged-up series. Join the Three Who Rule who cogitate on the possibilities of Doctor Who’s future, along with Big Finish news, the improbable return of 80s laff-fest Spaceballs, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary for The Visitation! Links: Commentary: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/37011210

Radio Free Skaro #1018 - Gallifroogle 06/08/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1018 - Gallifroogle Doctor Who Season 2, and the Ncuti Gatwa era, are over, Billie Piper is The Doctor (maybe?) and the Three Who Rule are left to pick up the pieces and look at the Doctor Who Unleashed – 20 Years in Wales retrospective, Amanda-Rae Prescott’s critique of the Fifteenth Doctor era for Den of Geek, more Dugga Doo shenanigans, a look at friend of the show Rachel Talalay’s use of the “oner” in the TV show Without a Trace, and more, merely setting the stage for the return of Fluid Links! Links: Fluid Links /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/36907405

Radio Free Skaro #1017 - Desperately Seeking Susan 06/01/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1017 - Desperately Seeking Susan It’s the end, but the moment is prepared for as Steven, Warren, and Chris give their varied takes on “The Reality War”, the final episode of Season 2 and the last bit of Doctor Who on our screens until we’re graced with The War Between the Land and the Sea, presumably later this year(?) A marathon session covering a controversial-ish regeneration, RTD’s storytelling habits, speculation on the Disney+ deal, further speculation on the future of Doctor Who and television in general, and so much more as the discussion spans more than two hours! Listen if you dare! Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/36808105

Radio Free Skaro #1016 - Bonestorm 05/26/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1016 - Bonestorm It’s “Wish World”, the penultimate episode Season 2 of Doctor Who, but the moment has been prepared for! What did Steven, Warren, and Chris think of this lead-up to next week’s finale “The Reality War” and all the many campy bits therein? Will the Doctor regain his identity and crack the code of a 1950s inflected dystopia? Will Ruby work out the mystery of a forgotten world? Will Belinda get anything to do? Tune in and find out! Plus Barbie, Big Finish, and more! Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/36708515

Radio Free Skaro #1015 - Murder on the Dance Floor 05/18/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1015 - Murder on the Dance Floor It’s finally time for us to face up to the fact that the Eurovision in Space episode is here. So what did the Three Who Rule think of the glitz, glitter, and glamour of The Interstellar Song Contest? You may be surprised at the results! Join us as we muse over surprising cameos, the return of an iconic villain, and our descent into cynicism as we speculate on RTD’s current approach, the remaining two episodes and what lies in wait for Doctor Who generally. Plus minor snippets of news, missing episodes yelling, and more! Next week…Wish World, featuring both The Tripods and the Sandbaggers! Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/36614880

Radio Free Skaro #1014 - A Troll on the Web 05/11/2025

Radio Free Skaro #1014 - A Troll on the Web The Three Who Rule weigh in on an episode full of of firsts as The Doctor and Belinda head to 2019 Nigeria in “The Story and The Engine,” a mix of mythology, storytelling, and a big ol’ spider! What did they think of this psychological thriller set in a barbershop that also wanders through a web of dimensions? Plus what were Millie Gibson and RTD on about on The One Show and Morning Live, respectively? And what’s Eric Roberts’ Master up to? All these questions won’t be answered, but enjoy anyway! Links: /episode/index/show/freyburg/id/36523760

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