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:
- 3103
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:04:11
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:39:04
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 138 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes and 18 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 16 August 2006 (4:08am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 9 March 2025 (7:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 2 days, 4 hours, 26 minutes and 39 seconds
Radio Free Skaro Episodes
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Radio Free Skaro #786 - The Children of Watford
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 8 secondsWe took a break from the news last week to revel in Gallifrey One events of the past and to look forward to better times in the future, so this week we catch up with all the news we missed, including several Big Finish releases, new books, But let’s get to the heart of this thing, as Hunter S. Thompson once said, with our commentary for “Revolution of the Daleks” with Verity’s own Deb Stanish!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Jodie Whittaker reads a bedtime story for kids in Watford
- Fury from the Deep on BBC America
- New Doctor Who Build-A-Bear
- Lockdown Who “The Genuine Article” followup to Love & Monsters
- A Town Called Mercy tweetalong
- Deepfake tech used for missing Doctor Who episodes
- Hero Collector Revolution of the Daleks figurines
- Warriors of the Deep and Sontar-Ha! WhoTalk commentaries
- Southside Broadcasting Graeme Harper podcasts
- Big Finish The Doomsday Contract from a script by John Lloyd
- Big Finish Doctor Who: The Early Adventures
- Big Finish Torchwood Lease of Life
- Big Finish Lady Christina Adventures Series 2
- Look at the Size of That Thing book by Bill Evenson and Stacey Smith?
- The Ruby’s Curse, by Alex Kingston
- The Ruby’s Curse audiobook, read by Alex Kingston
- Doctor Who and Science by Marcus K Harmes and Lindy A Orthia
- Dalek Combat Training Manual by Mike Tucker, Gavin Rymill and Richard Atkinson
- Paradoxes and Possibilities kickstarter
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #786 - The Children of Watford
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 8 secondsWe took a break from the news last week to revel in Gallifrey One events of the past and to look forward to better times in the future, so this week we catch up with all the news we missed, including several Big Finish releases, new books, But let’s get to the heart of this thing, as Hunter S. Thompson once said, with our commentary for “Revolution of the Daleks” with Verity’s own Deb Stanish!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Jodie Whittaker reads a bedtime story for kids in Watford
- Fury from the Deep on BBC America
- New Doctor Who Build-A-Bear
- Lockdown Who “The Genuine Article” followup to Love & Monsters
- A Town Called Mercy tweetalong
- Deepfake tech used for missing Doctor Who episodes
- Hero Collector Revolution of the Daleks figurines
- Warriors of the Deep and Sontar-Ha! WhoTalk commentaries
- Southside Broadcasting Graeme Harper podcasts
- Big Finish The Doomsday Contract from a script by John Lloyd
- Big Finish Doctor Who: The Early Adventures
- Big Finish Torchwood Lease of Life
- Big Finish Lady Christina Adventures Series 2
- Look at the Size of That Thing book by Bill Evenson and Stacey Smith?
- The Ruby’s Curse, by Alex Kingston
- The Ruby’s Curse audiobook, read by Alex Kingston
- Doctor Who and Science by Marcus K Harmes and Lindy A Orthia
- Dalek Combat Training Manual by Mike Tucker, Gavin Rymill and Richard Atkinson
- Paradoxes and Possibilities kickstarter
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #785 - Tales of Gallifrey One: Gallifrey Stands By
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 45 secondsIn any other year, this would be our last transmission from the LAX Marriott and Gallifrey One, tired but happy after another year with our favorite convention and our favorite people. However in this time of COVID 19 such things are not possible (temporarily!) so we’ve done the next best thing and have Gally impresario Shaun Lyon here to discuss conventions past and future, how to deal with a global pandemic, and more! We also present the last of our Tales of Gallifrey One archive interview series with chats with Freema Agyeman (2013), Garrick Hagon (2015), Howard Burden (2017), and Jamie Childs & Wayne Yip (2019)!
Guest:
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Radio Free Skaro #785 - Tales of Gallifrey One: Gallifrey Stands By
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 45 secondsIn any other year, this would be our last transmission from the LAX Marriott and Gallifrey One, tired but happy after another year with our favorite convention and our favorite people. However in this time of COVID 19 such things are not possible (temporarily!) so we’ve done the next best thing and have Gally impresario Shaun Lyon here to discuss conventions past and future, how to deal with a global pandemic, and more! We also present the last of our Tales of Gallifrey One archive interview series with chats with Freema Agyeman (2013), Garrick Hagon (2015), Howard Burden (2017), and Jamie Childs & Wayne Yip (2019)!
Guest:
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Radio Free Skaro #784 - Tales of Gallifrey One: A Day in the Life of a Day
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 27 secondsThe Saturday at any Gallifrey One has traditionally been our busiest, gathering as many interviews as we could to flesh out our weekend release schedule. On this episode of Radio Free Skaro, we flash back to a particularly notable Saturday at the 2012 edition of Gallifrey One, where we interviewed William Russell, Waris Hussein, and Philip Segal, all in the course of an afternoon. We were so young and hungry back in those days!
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Radio Free Skaro #784 - Tales of Gallifrey One: A Day in the Life of a Day
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 27 secondsThe Saturday at any Gallifrey One has traditionally been our busiest, gathering as many interviews as we could to flesh out our weekend release schedule. On this episode of Radio Free Skaro, we flash back to a particularly notable Saturday at the 2012 edition of Gallifrey One, where we interviewed William Russell, Waris Hussein, and Philip Segal, all in the course of an afternoon. We were so young and hungry back in those days!
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Radio Free Skaro #783 - Tales of Gallifrey One: All The World's a Stage
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes and 29 secondsUsually at this time of the week, at this time of the year, we would be kicking off Gallifrey One with a live show featuring a number of guests attending the convention that year. So this year, as part of our Tales of Gallifrey One series, we present a "greatest hits" selection from our various live shows of years past. Here is Peter Davison (2016), Philip Hinchcliffe (2013), Terrance Dicks (2014), Pete McTighe, Vinay Patel, and Joy Wilkinson (2020), Julian Glover (2016), Patricia Quinn (2016), and Chip Sudderth's Two-Minute Time Lord presentation from 2015. Enjoy!
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Radio Free Skaro #783 - Tales of Gallifrey One: All The World's a Stage
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes and 29 secondsUsually at this time of the week, at this time of the year, we would be kicking off Gallifrey One with a live show featuring a number of guests attending the convention that year. So this year, as part of our Tales of Gallifrey One series, we present a "greatest hits" selection from our various live shows of years past. Here is Peter Davison (2016), Philip Hinchcliffe (2013), Terrance Dicks (2014), Pete McTighe, Vinay Patel, and Joy Wilkinson (2020), Julian Glover (2016), Patricia Quinn (2016), and Chip Sudderth's Two-Minute Time Lord presentation from 2015. Enjoy!
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Radio Free Skaro #782 - Tales of Gallifrey One: Waiting For The Gift of Sound and Vision
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 13 secondsThus begins Tales of Gallifrey One, our look back at some of our favourite interviews from past editions of Gallifrey One! This episode features a chat with acclaimed Doctor Who director Graeme Harper from 2010, an interview with Doctor Who producer and production manager Tracie Simpson from 2011, and a conversation with legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop musician and sound effects genius Dick Mills, recorded in 2013.
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Radio Free Skaro #782 - Tales of Gallifrey One: Waiting For The Gift of Sound and Vision
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 15 minutes and 13 secondsThus begins Tales of Gallifrey One, our look back at some of our favourite interviews from past editions of Gallifrey One! This episode features a chat with acclaimed Doctor Who director Graeme Harper from 2010, an interview with Doctor Who producer and production manager Tracie Simpson from 2011, and a conversation with legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop musician and sound effects genius Dick Mills, recorded in 2013.
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Radio Free Skaro #781 - Trivial Games and Paranoid Pursuits
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 56 secondsThis week on the podcast, it’s another edition of our Doctor Who trivia game show Trivia, Mr. Fibuli, with special guests Benji Clifford and Nick Briggs of the Benji and Nick Show! Also, we’ve got news about more Big Finish releases, John Bishop begins shooting his scenes for Series 13 of Doctor Who, and also the full and complete (and 100% accurate) history of British television. Also, keep watching the skies this week for some Gallifrey One-related content as we look forward to what would have been the greatest weekend of the year…
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Boom Town tweetalong
- Dinosaurs on a Spaceship tweetalong
- Love and Monsters tweetalong
- Doctor Who Magazine 561
- The Lonely Assassins launches March 19
- Big Finish Gallifrey: Time War 4 due this month
- Big Finish UNIT Nemesis Volume 1 due November 2021
- Big Finish The Lone Centurion Volume 1 due April 2021
- Big Finish Torchwood: Gooseberry due April 2021
- Directed by Douglas Camfield revised edition
- Fury from the Deep DVD US release date March 16, 2021
- Grant Imahara Memorial Study Lounge fundraiser
Trivia Mr Fibuli:
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Radio Free Skaro #781 - Trivial Games and Paranoid Pursuits
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 18 minutes and 56 secondsThis week on the podcast, it’s another edition of our Doctor Who trivia game show Trivia, Mr. Fibuli, with special guests Benji Clifford and Nick Briggs of the Benji and Nick Show! Also, we’ve got news about more Big Finish releases, John Bishop begins shooting his scenes for Series 13 of Doctor Who, and also the full and complete (and 100% accurate) history of British television. Also, keep watching the skies this week for some Gallifrey One-related content as we look forward to what would have been the greatest weekend of the year…
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Boom Town tweetalong
- Dinosaurs on a Spaceship tweetalong
- Love and Monsters tweetalong
- Doctor Who Magazine 561
- The Lonely Assassins launches March 19
- Big Finish Gallifrey: Time War 4 due this month
- Big Finish UNIT Nemesis Volume 1 due November 2021
- Big Finish The Lone Centurion Volume 1 due April 2021
- Big Finish Torchwood: Gooseberry due April 2021
- Directed by Douglas Camfield revised edition
- Fury from the Deep DVD US release date March 16, 2021
- Grant Imahara Memorial Study Lounge fundraiser
Trivia Mr Fibuli:
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Radio Free Skaro #780 - I Thought There'd Be Stars
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 7 secondsIt’s been a very quiet week for Doctor Who news, but that won’t stop us from waffling on about KSPS Doctor Who broadcast schedules of yesteryear, Babylon 5 upgrades and other such ephemera! Mere distraction though for part three of our Rachel Talalay Miniscope, where we look at World Enough and Time, the Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a Time!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Season 24 Blu-Ray available for preorder in Canada
- Big Finish Dalek Universe 1 due April 2021
- Big Finish Dalek Universe 2 due July 2021
- Big Finish Dalek Universe 3 due October 2021
- Toby Hadoke’s obituary of Philip Martin in The Guardian
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #780 - I Thought There'd Be Stars
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 7 secondsIt’s been a very quiet week for Doctor Who news, but that won’t stop us from waffling on about KSPS Doctor Who broadcast schedules of yesteryear, Babylon 5 upgrades and other such ephemera! Mere distraction though for part three of our Rachel Talalay Miniscope, where we look at World Enough and Time, the Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a Time!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Season 24 Blu-Ray available for preorder in Canada
- Big Finish Dalek Universe 1 due April 2021
- Big Finish Dalek Universe 2 due July 2021
- Big Finish Dalek Universe 3 due October 2021
- Toby Hadoke’s obituary of Philip Martin in The Guardian
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro - Archive Interview With Rachel Talalay (2017)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 55 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
Here is our final interview with Rachel Talalay (so far) on the podcast. This one was released across two episodes of Radio Free Skaro, 608 and 609, in the runup to the 2017 Christmas special “Twice Upon a Time”, where Warren visits the home of Rachel Talalay again to talk about that, as well as the two-part finale to Series 10.
Join us on January 31 for the third and final part of our Miniscope on director Rachel Talalay, where we look at “World Enough and Time”, “The Doctor Falls”, and “Twice Upon a Time".
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Radio Free Skaro - Archive Interview With Rachel Talalay (2017)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 47 minutes and 55 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
Here is our final interview with Rachel Talalay (so far) on the podcast. This one was released across two episodes of Radio Free Skaro, 608 and 609, in the runup to the 2017 Christmas special “Twice Upon a Time”, where Warren visits the home of Rachel Talalay again to talk about that, as well as the two-part finale to Series 10.
Join us on January 31 for the third and final part of our Miniscope on director Rachel Talalay, where we look at “World Enough and Time”, “The Doctor Falls”, and “Twice Upon a Time".
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Radio Free Skaro #779 - A Hell of a Bird
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 44 secondsIt’s an auspicious week in world history as a titan ascends to his rightful place…that’s right, Tom Baker is 87 years old and we are better for it. There’s also official news of a Doctor Who Season 24 Bluray as part of The Collection series with VAM aplenty, a Missy comic from Titan Comics, Big Finish’s “Return of the Cybermen” and and and…the second part of our Rachel Talalay miniscope featuring her work on Heaven Sent and Hell Bent!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Tom Baker turned 87
- School Reunion tweetalong
- Season 24 Blu-Ray set announced
- Season 24 Blu-Ray set trailer
- Season 24 Blu-Ray set clean artwork
- Season 8 Blu-Ray set due June 1 in Canada
- Doctor Who Chronicles 1965
- Missy comic series begins in April
- Andrew Cartmel’s Script Doctor reprint
- Big Finish Return of the Cybermen trailer
- Big Finish to produce 1985 Russell T Davies spec script
- Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Eleven due September 2021
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #779 - A Hell of a Bird
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 44 secondsIt’s an auspicious week in world history as a titan ascends to his rightful place…that’s right, Tom Baker is 87 years old and we are better for it. There’s also official news of a Doctor Who Season 24 Bluray as part of The Collection series with VAM aplenty, a Missy comic from Titan Comics, Big Finish’s “Return of the Cybermen” and and and…the second part of our Rachel Talalay miniscope featuring her work on Heaven Sent and Hell Bent!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Tom Baker turned 87
- School Reunion tweetalong
- Season 24 Blu-Ray set announced
- Season 24 Blu-Ray set trailer
- Season 24 Blu-Ray set clean artwork
- Season 8 Blu-Ray set due June 1 in Canada
- Doctor Who Chronicles 1965
- Missy comic series begins in April
- Andrew Cartmel’s Script Doctor reprint
- Big Finish Return of the Cybermen trailer
- Big Finish to produce 1985 Russell T Davies spec script
- Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Eleven due September 2021
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro - "Hell Bent" Commentary with Rachel Talalay (2016)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 25 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
Back in the spring of 2016, Rachel Talalay joined us to participate in director’s commentaries for both “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent” on Radio Free Skaro episodes 533 and 534. Here now is the commentary for “Hell Bent”.
And join us on January 24 for Part Two of our Miniscope on director Rachel Talalay when we look at “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent”.
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Radio Free Skaro - "Hell Bent" Commentary with Rachel Talalay (2016)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 25 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
Back in the spring of 2016, Rachel Talalay joined us to participate in director’s commentaries for both “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent” on Radio Free Skaro episodes 533 and 534. Here now is the commentary for “Hell Bent”.
And join us on January 24 for Part Two of our Miniscope on director Rachel Talalay when we look at “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent”.
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Radio Free Skaro - "Heaven Sent" Commentary with Rachel Talalay (2016)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 31 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
Back in the spring of 2016, Rachel Talalay joined us to participate in director’s commentaries for both “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent” on Radio Free Skaro episodes 533 and 534. Here now is the commentary for “Heaven Sent”.
Stay tuned later in the week for the re-release of our commentary for “Hell Bent”.
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Radio Free Skaro - "Heaven Sent" Commentary with Rachel Talalay (2016)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 31 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
Back in the spring of 2016, Rachel Talalay joined us to participate in director’s commentaries for both “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent” on Radio Free Skaro episodes 533 and 534. Here now is the commentary for “Heaven Sent”.
Stay tuned later in the week for the re-release of our commentary for “Hell Bent”.
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Radio Free Skaro - Archive Interview With Rachel Talalay (2015)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 34 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
From episode #507 of Radio Free Skaro (released December 2015), Warren visits the home of Rachel Talalay in Vancouver for an extended discussion about the making of “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent”.
Stay tuned later in the week for the re-release of our commentary for “Heaven Sent”, recorded with Rachel Talalay in 2016.
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Radio Free Skaro - Archive Interview With Rachel Talalay (2015)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 34 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
From episode #507 of Radio Free Skaro (released December 2015), Warren visits the home of Rachel Talalay in Vancouver for an extended discussion about the making of “Heaven Sent” and “Hell Bent”.
Stay tuned later in the week for the re-release of our commentary for “Heaven Sent”, recorded with Rachel Talalay in 2016.
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Radio Free Skaro #778 - Say Something Nice
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 41 secondsWe’ve got news about Gallifrey One, tat, stats, loads of Terrance Dicks book-related nonsense and the usual news niblets, but more importantly, we’re starting our epic three-part miniscope journey on the work of director Rachel Talalay with “Dark Water” and “Death in Heaven”! Join the Three Who Rule as they effusively praise one of the best directors in the history of the programme!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Gallifrey One update
- Revolution of the Daleks BBC One Live+7 viewing figures
- Hero Collector Revolution of the Daleks pins
- Hero Collector Classic Doctors Pin Set #2
- Delayed Target releases due March 11
- The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume 1
- The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume 2
- Peter Craze died
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #778 - Say Something Nice
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 41 secondsWe’ve got news about Gallifrey One, tat, stats, loads of Terrance Dicks book-related nonsense and the usual news niblets, but more importantly, we’re starting our epic three-part miniscope journey on the work of director Rachel Talalay with “Dark Water” and “Death in Heaven”! Join the Three Who Rule as they effusively praise one of the best directors in the history of the programme!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Gallifrey One update
- Revolution of the Daleks BBC One Live+7 viewing figures
- Hero Collector Revolution of the Daleks pins
- Hero Collector Classic Doctors Pin Set #2
- Delayed Target releases due March 11
- The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume 1
- The Essential Terrance Dicks Volume 2
- Peter Craze died
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro - Archive Interviews With Rachel Talalay (2014-15)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes and 2 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
This instalment features our first two interviews with Rachel. The first is Warren’s interview with her, which we originally released on Radio Free Skaro #445 in the runup to the Series 8 finale in 2014, as well as our second chat with Rachel from Radio Free Skaro #463, recorded in a very busy lobby at the LAX Marriott at Gallifrey One in February 2015.
Thanks for listening to these, and we hope you enjoy the first part of our Miniscope on director Rachel Talalay, covering “Dark Water” and “Death in Heaven”, on the next episode of Radio Free Skaro.
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Radio Free Skaro - Archive Interviews With Rachel Talalay (2014-15)
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 37 minutes and 2 secondsFor the next three weeks, we are presenting some archive content in the leadup to our three-part Miniscope on the works of director Rachel Talalay.
Rachel has been a friend to us here at RFS, appearing no fewer than six times, and we thought it was worth re-releasing our interviews and commentaries with her over the years as a lead-in to our conversations about her work on Doctor Who.
This instalment features our first two interviews with Rachel. The first is Warren’s interview with her, which we originally released on Radio Free Skaro #445 in the runup to the Series 8 finale in 2014, as well as our second chat with Rachel from Radio Free Skaro #463, recorded in a very busy lobby at the LAX Marriott at Gallifrey One in February 2015.
Thanks for listening to these, and we hope you enjoy the first part of our Miniscope on director Rachel Talalay, covering “Dark Water” and “Death in Heaven”, on the next episode of Radio Free Skaro.
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Radio Free Skaro #777 - The Erato Adventures of Hercules
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 48 secondsAs we return to a Dearth of new Doctor Who here in the early days of 2021, we are forced to comfort ourselves with the cold logic of “Revolution of the Daleks” stats, as well as Big Finish’s exciting reveal of Christopher Eccleston’s audio debut! Throw in some dribs and drabs of audioboks and other ephemera but enough stalling, it’s time to tear off the bandage and suffer with us for the second half of our Classic Series Commentary of “The Creature from the Pit”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Gallifrey One hotel update
- BBC airing kid’s lessons during lockdown
- Revolution of the Daleks BBC One overnight viewing figures
- Fury from the Deep DVD due March 16 in Canada
- Doctor Who Magazine 560 released
- Hand of Fear audio CD released
- Savages audio CD due in February
- Beyond the Doctor: The Kairos Ring due in February
- Second Monsters Collection on Audible
- Big Finish Fourth Doctor Series 10 Volume 2 due in February
- Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures: Ravages details announced
- Big Finish Out of Time features David Tennant and Peter Davison
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #777 - The Erato Adventures of Hercules
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 48 secondsAs we return to a Dearth of new Doctor Who here in the early days of 2021, we are forced to comfort ourselves with the cold logic of “Revolution of the Daleks” stats, as well as Big Finish’s exciting reveal of Christopher Eccleston’s audio debut! Throw in some dribs and drabs of audioboks and other ephemera but enough stalling, it’s time to tear off the bandage and suffer with us for the second half of our Classic Series Commentary of “The Creature from the Pit”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Gallifrey One hotel update
- BBC airing kid’s lessons during lockdown
- Revolution of the Daleks BBC One overnight viewing figures
- Fury from the Deep DVD due March 16 in Canada
- Doctor Who Magazine 560 released
- Hand of Fear audio CD released
- Savages audio CD due in February
- Beyond the Doctor: The Kairos Ring due in February
- Second Monsters Collection on Audible
- Big Finish Fourth Doctor Series 10 Volume 2 due in February
- Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures: Ravages details announced
- Big Finish Out of Time features David Tennant and Peter Davison
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #776 - You Say You Want A Revolution
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 1 secondThe moment has arrived! The moment being John Barrowman, Chris Noth, a bunch of Security Drone-leks and the Return of (and breaking of) the Fam as Jodie Whittaker graces our screens once more as the Doctor in “Revolution of the Daleks”! What did the Three Who Rule think of the only new Doctor Who we’ll see for months and months? How did we react to Graham and Ryan leaving the TARDIS? And more to the point, who the hell is John Bishop? Tune in and find out!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Revolution of the Daleks review
- John Bishop joins Doctor Who
- John Bishop teaser
- Revolution of the Daleks on Blu-Ray in Canada March 2
- Revolution of the Daleks soundtrack on streaming music services
- Series 13 will air when it’s done
- Lee Binding Profile (free link) (paywall Telegraph link)
- Big Chief Studios K-9 Mark II
- Big Finish Torchwood Absent Friends featuring David Tennant
- Philip Martin died
- Mark Eden died
- Toby Hadoke’s 2020 Doctor Who In Memoriam video
- Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends – 7th Dimension
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Radio Free Skaro #776 - You Say You Want A Revolution
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 1 secondThe moment has arrived! The moment being John Barrowman, Chris Noth, a bunch of Security Drone-leks and the Return of (and breaking of) the Fam as Jodie Whittaker graces our screens once more as the Doctor in “Revolution of the Daleks”! What did the Three Who Rule think of the only new Doctor Who we’ll see for months and months? How did we react to Graham and Ryan leaving the TARDIS? And more to the point, who the hell is John Bishop? Tune in and find out!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Revolution of the Daleks review
- John Bishop joins Doctor Who
- John Bishop teaser
- Revolution of the Daleks on Blu-Ray in Canada March 2
- Revolution of the Daleks soundtrack on streaming music services
- Series 13 will air when it’s done
- Lee Binding Profile (free link) (paywall Telegraph link)
- Big Chief Studios K-9 Mark II
- Big Finish Torchwood Absent Friends featuring David Tennant
- Philip Martin died
- Mark Eden died
- Toby Hadoke’s 2020 Doctor Who In Memoriam video
- Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends – 7th Dimension
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Radio Free Skaro #775 - Organonic Chemistry
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 45 secondsThe countdown has begun for both an end to Our Year of Complete Garbage 2020 and “Revolution of the Daleks”, airing New Year’s Day and which apparently contains a new scene filmed in the aforementioned Year Of Badness. The New Year’s special will also be available from the BBC in 4K HDR, and if audio is your thing, gentleman voiceslinger Nicholas Briggs has some tips on voicing the Daleks! But let’s be honest here, you’re clamouring for our thoughts in our Classic Series Commentary on the Fourth Doctor story “The Creature From The Pit”! Don’t bore us, let’s get to Chloris!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Revolution of the Daleks had footage added in 2020
- Revolution of the Daleks Defence Drones teaser
- Revolution of the Daleks in 4K HDR on the BBC
- iPlayer 4K HDR information
- Nicholas Briggs talks about voicing the Daleks
- A Christmas Carol first draft released as part of the tweetalong
- Abigail’s Song fan choir video
- The Lonely Assassins teaser
- TARDIS bedroom door
- Blake’s 7 Annual 1982 fan effort
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro #775 - Organonic Chemistry
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 20 minutes and 45 secondsThe countdown has begun for both an end to Our Year of Complete Garbage 2020 and “Revolution of the Daleks”, airing New Year’s Day and which apparently contains a new scene filmed in the aforementioned Year Of Badness. The New Year’s special will also be available from the BBC in 4K HDR, and if audio is your thing, gentleman voiceslinger Nicholas Briggs has some tips on voicing the Daleks! But let’s be honest here, you’re clamouring for our thoughts in our Classic Series Commentary on the Fourth Doctor story “The Creature From The Pit”! Don’t bore us, let’s get to Chloris!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Revolution of the Daleks had footage added in 2020
- Revolution of the Daleks Defence Drones teaser
- Revolution of the Daleks in 4K HDR on the BBC
- iPlayer 4K HDR information
- Nicholas Briggs talks about voicing the Daleks
- A Christmas Carol first draft released as part of the tweetalong
- Abigail’s Song fan choir video
- The Lonely Assassins teaser
- TARDIS bedroom door
- Blake’s 7 Annual 1982 fan effort
Commentary:
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Radio Free Skaro – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 24
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 16 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 24
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 16 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 23
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 50 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 23
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 50 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 22
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 50 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 22
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes and 50 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 21
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 14 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 21
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 14 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 #774 - The Pepsi Generation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 36 secondsWith mere days before the Doctor, the fam, and Captain Jack square off against decidedly slim and stylish Daleks in “Revolution of the Daleks” on N, tweeting and audio seem to be the order of the day to fill the emptiness in our Who-craving souls. But while all this ephemera may seem like a mere distraction, true nonsense is only achieved on the cosmic battleground that is Trivia, Mr. Fibuli as adjudicated by Verity, Lazy Doctor Who and Total Party Kill’s own Erika Ensign!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Eccleston begins his Big Finish recording
- #DalekDay December 21 will feature a Resolution tweetalong
- A Christmas Carol tweetalong happens December 20
- The Runaway Bride tweetalong happened December 18
- RTD shared an excerpt from his first Doctor Who fan script from the 80s
- The Unquiet Dead tweetalong happened December 12
- Doctor Who amongst top 10 most tweeted UK shows
- BBC Select launching in the US & Canada in early 2021
- Horror of Fang Rock on vinyl
- Doctor Who Magazine 2021 Yearbook released
- Edmonton Expo scheduled for October 2021
- Free Comic Book Day will be August 14, 2021
- Jeremy Bulloch died
Feature:
- Trivia, Mr Fibuli
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Radio Free Skaro #774 - The Pepsi Generation
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 17 minutes and 36 secondsWith mere days before the Doctor, the fam, and Captain Jack square off against decidedly slim and stylish Daleks in “Revolution of the Daleks” on N, tweeting and audio seem to be the order of the day to fill the emptiness in our Who-craving souls. But while all this ephemera may seem like a mere distraction, true nonsense is only achieved on the cosmic battleground that is Trivia, Mr. Fibuli as adjudicated by Verity, Lazy Doctor Who and Total Party Kill’s own Erika Ensign!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
- Eccleston begins his Big Finish recording
- #DalekDay December 21 will feature a Resolution tweetalong
- A Christmas Carol tweetalong happens December 20
- The Runaway Bride tweetalong happened December 18
- RTD shared an excerpt from his first Doctor Who fan script from the 80s
- The Unquiet Dead tweetalong happened December 12
- Doctor Who amongst top 10 most tweeted UK shows
- BBC Select launching in the US & Canada in early 2021
- Horror of Fang Rock on vinyl
- Doctor Who Magazine 2021 Yearbook released
- Edmonton Expo scheduled for October 2021
- Free Comic Book Day will be August 14, 2021
- Jeremy Bulloch died
Feature:
- Trivia, Mr Fibuli
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Radio Free Skaro – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 20
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 40 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 20
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 40 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 19
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 43 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 19
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 43 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 18
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 13 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 – 2020 Advent Calendar, Day 18
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 13 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.