Radio Free Skaro #1072 – This Song May Be Over

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It’s (not) the end, but the moment has been prepared for! Well, not as such but a press release from the BBC confirms what we long suspected: there will not be a Christmas special nor were plans for one ever seriously pursued. Sad news to be sure, but we’ve cobbled together industry and wider fan reaction along with our own lengthy takes tinged with what we’d like to think is both optimism and realism. More importantly, we have former Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury to give us his rather more informed take on the whole situation. Brave Heart, Tegan, after all somewhere the tea is getting cold. 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• An update on the future of Doctor Who
• ‘Doctor Who’ Set To Be Off Air For Years Amid A Creative Regeneration That’s Failing To Spark Enthusiasm Among Producers
• Russell T Davies on Instagram: “For the record, there was no script”
• Russell T Davies: Doctor Who hasn’t been cancelled
• Bad Wolf Studios post on Instagram
• Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who news
• Andy Pryor also leaving Doctor Who
• Variety: ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Not Going Forward as Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf Exit Series
• ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Canceled, As Russell T Davies & Bad Wolf Exit BBC Sci-Fi Series
• Vinay Patel on the stress of making Doctor Who
• BBC tendering process explained
• Doctor Who’s Billie Piper Stunt Was Never Going to Pay Off by Kyle Anderson
• Doctor Who premiered on AMC+ in the US only
• Recovered: Doctor Who Special with Film Is Fabulous in Leicester Aug 15
• The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television by Russell T Davies due Oct 8
• Big Finish: Planet Krynoid – Survivors released
• Big Finish: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Reunion due Aug 2026
• Big Finish: The Second Doctor Adventures: The Haunted Windmill due August 2026
• Nicola Bryant did the narration for The Ultimate Evil
• Lifelong Doctor Who collection fetches £49,000
• Sir Sherlock – The Sickle and the Sea Kickstarter, fully funded in less than a day
• Michael Keating obituary by Toby Hadoke
• Gene Shalit died

Interview:

• Tom Spilsbury

Radio Free Skaro #1036 – The Restorationists!

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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:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Missing Episodes Podcast interview with John Franklin of Film is Fabulous!
• Film is Fabulous now a charitable trust, able to accept donations
• Film is Fabulous mentions many missing Doctor Who episodes are in hands of collectors
• Pete McTighe announced as guest at Gallifrey One
• Season 10 soundtrack announced by the BBC, release date not given
• Prince William tours TARDIS set at Bad Wolf Studios in mid-September
• Doctor Who Magazine #622 released
• Diamond Comics restructuring likely to affect Doctor Who Magazine North American distribution
• The Graham Williams Years – The DNA of Doctor Who kickstarter, funded within a day
• Rob Shearman interview with Big Finish about Jubilee & Chimes of Midnight novelizations
• Big Finish Torchwood series to end in 2026; one last episode, Legacy, to be released later
• Big Finish The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Wicked! released
• Big Finish: The First Doctor Adventures: Beware the City of Illusions, due Mar 2026
• ‘Red Dwarf’ Coming To Channel 4 In Landmark UKTV Deal
• Sacha Dhawan and Anjli Mohindra married in lavish wedding in Tuscany
• John Woodvine died, aged 96

Commentary:

• The Sun Makers Part Two

#622 #AnjliMohindra #BadWolfStudios #BigFinish #Commentary #CutawayComics #DiamondComics #doctorWhoMagazine #FilmIsFabulous #GallifreyOne #GrahamWilliams #JohnWoodvine #Merchandise #MurrayGold #Obituary #PeteMcTighe #PrinceWilliam #RobertShearman #SachaDhawan #Season10 #TheMissingEpisodesPodcast #TheSunMakers