Radio Free Skaro
- Description:
- Radio Free Skaro is possibly the most popular, most prolific and charmingly irreverent (but never irrelevant) Doctor Who podcast around. Since August 2006, hosts Warren (in Vancouver, BC) and Steven (in Edmonton, AB) have provided listeners with their brand of amusing Doctor Who praise and punishment. A year later, Chris (in Amherst, NS) was added to the team, and The Three Who Rule were born. Recommended by Doctor Who Magazine, Radio Free Skaro provides an entertaining and diverting listen for the diehard or casual Doctor Who fan. New episodes usually appear on Sundays, following a loose magazine format of the three hosts discussing the news and events of the past week in the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and the Sarah Jane Adventures. They have also recorded special commentary podcasts for classic series and new series episodes of Doctor Who along with interviews of some of the brightest of the Doctor Who luminaries. Radio Free Skaro is also the official podcast of Gallifrey One, the world's largest and longest-running annual Doctor Who convention.
Homepage: http://www.radiofreeskaro.com
RSS Feed: http://freyburg.libsyn.com/rss
- Episodes:
- 1811
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:04:40
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:39:04
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 81 days, 8 hours, 4 minutes and 13 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 16 August 2006 (4:08am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 7 April 2024 (6:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 3 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 20 seconds
Radio Free Skaro Episodes
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Radio Free Skaro #955 - The Roblox of Death
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 0 minutes and 2 secondsChris is a wandering vagabond this week, trolling both the Internet and ourselves with images of the real Magna Carta, but the real highlight of this week is the appearance of one Kyle Anderson of Nerdist fame for his thoughts on Doctor Who trailers, the current media landscape, and more! Plus we have news of one Dr. Who in Roblox form, the release of the Companions of Doctor Who on April 10, and River Song is back in Big Finish’s “Death and Life of River Song: Last Words”! Plus Past Chris returns in Episode Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- BBC launches new Wonder Chase experience on Roblox
- The Companions of Doctor Who Available April 10
- Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words coming August 2024
- Doctor Who’s WEIRD History of Regeneration
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Radio Free Skaro #954 - Heaven On Their Minds
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 53 secondsAnother new Doctor Who trailer! New episode titles unveiled! Golda Rosheuvel is in Episode 1! All this and more in a timey-wimey episode of the podcast, which contains much Mrrahh Business, more cast announcements, a light dusting of contempt for AI, a Steven Moffat conversation on Youtube, and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – Golda Rosheuvel jumps aboard the TARDIS as episode titles are revealed
- New BBC Doctor Who Trailer
- Doctor Who Magazine 602
- Two Doctor Who episodes nominated for Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- Doctor Who 2024: BBC Confirms 4K For The Full Series
- BBC Will Stop Using AI For ‘Doctor Who’ Promotion After Receiving Complaints
- BBC Director General nevertheless revealed there are bold plans for AI going forward
- Russell T Davies says end of BBC is ‘undoubtedly on its way’
- BBC looks for commercial deals as it faces potential end of licence fee
- Doctor Who cited as evolution of of how funding for high-end scripted drama could evolve in the UK
- BBC must spend more on TV in Wales, says report
- Steven Moffat in conversation at Glasgow University
- Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box Hardcover due July 11
- Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box Audio CD due July 11
- Big Finish – The War Doctor Rises begins August 2024
- Big Finish – Torchwood: Disco coming May 2024
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Radio Free Skaro #953 - Sweet Childs of Mine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 59 secondsIn an exciting adventure in time and mostly space, Chris joins Warren in Vancouver for a very special episode of Radio Free Skaro where we look at a new Disney+ Doctor Who trailer featuring dinosaurs, Ruby Sunday stepping on a butterfly, glimpses of upcoming mysteries, and clearly a whole lot of Disney+ money. Plus confirmation Steven Moffat is back for at least one Season 1 episode, Russell T Davies using a Canadian emoji to not only tease the audience but also confound us, Big Finish celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a very special day, some MRAHHH BUSINESS from Doctor Who producer Jane Tranter ,and our Miniscope examining the work of Thirteenth Doctor-era director Jamie Childs!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- New Disney+ Trailer
- Steven Moffat writes episode for new season of Doctor Who with Julie-Anne Robinson directing
- RTD uses 🇨🇦 emoji on his Instagram post about Moffat
- First Big Finish Day 2024 guests announced
- I, TARDIS coming from BBC Books July 18
- Pre-orders are up for Titan Comics’ Fifteenth Doctor Issue #1
- ‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter Says British TV Tax Credits Must Be Updated
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Radio Free Skaro #952 - Let's Do The Time Zone Again
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 3 secondsAfter 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”!
Links:
- 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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Radio Free Skaro #951 - Magna Karma
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 6 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- 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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Radio Free Skaro #950 - The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 42 secondsOn 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”!
Links:
- 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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Radio Free Skaro #949 - Official Pretend
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 49 minutes and 15 secondsIt’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.
Links:
- 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)
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Radio Free Skaro #948 - Cosmic Joyride
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 5 secondsThat’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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Radio Free Skaro #947 - I Am The Master
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 43 secondsQuite 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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Radio Free Skaro #946 - More Than Sixty Years in the TARDIS
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 13 secondsRadio 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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Radio Free Skaro #945 - Miracle on Ice
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 31 minutes and 43 secondsThe 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.!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro #944 - The Fugitive (Dolly)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 46 minutes and 37 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro #943 - Klaatu Varada Sethu
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 33 secondsHot 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!
Links:
- 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
Miniscope
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Radio Free Skaro #942 - The Inferno Club
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 12 secondsBreaking 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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro #941 - The Way Back
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 4 minutes and 33 secondsThe 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!
Links:
- 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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Radio Free Skaro #940 - 2024: The Year We Make Content
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 53 minutes and 7 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro #939 - The Anticipation of Failure
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 39 minutes and 2 secondsIt’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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Radio Free Skaro #938 - Good Night, and Good Luck
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 30 minutes and 25 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 24
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes and 4 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 24.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 23
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 41 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 23.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 22
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 49 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 22.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 21
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 35 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 21.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 20
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 54 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 20.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 19
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 4 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 19.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 18
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 58 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 18.
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Radio Free Skaro #937 - Eat The Baby
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 54 minutes and 46 secondsAttention 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
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 17
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 4 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 17.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 16
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 2 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 16.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 15
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 2 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 15.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 14
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 59 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 14.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 13
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 41 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 13.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 12
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 55 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 12.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 11
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 5 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 11.
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Radio Free Skaro #936 - Ncuti's Got The Shoes
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 47 minutes and 32 secondsWe’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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 10
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 10 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 10.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 9
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 26 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 9.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 11 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 8.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 25 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 7.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 6
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 54 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 6.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 5
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 31 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 5.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 28 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 4.
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Radio Free Skaro #935 - The Slow Path
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 36 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 3
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 3 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 3.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 2
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 32 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 2.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2023 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 1
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 4 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 1.
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Radio Free Skaro #934 - The Number of The Meep
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 45 secondsDoctor 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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro #933 - Plunger Cutaway
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 43 secondsThere’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”!
Links:
- 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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Radio Free Skaro Livestream Reviews on YouTube Begin November 26
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes and 16 secondsDoctor 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!
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Radio Free Skaro #932 - The Dark Crystal
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 29 secondsAnother 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!
Links:
- 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
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Radio Free Skaro #931 - Across the Whoniverse
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 40 minutes and 51 secondsIt’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!
Links:
- 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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