Radio Free Skaro #1058 – Pier Pressure

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Happy Magna Carta Day, everyone! One of them, anyway. Now that that’s out of the way, there’s heated debate on The Billie Piper Matter in both The Sun and The Telegraph, and the Three Who Rule add their shopworn takes to this interminable discussion that will be an absolute delight until Xmas 2026. Plus we have a set report from 2004, the iPlayer possibly re-re-re-inventing cable and hosting rival broadcasters, the Ianto Shrine nearing its end and the feelings around that, and most importantly, Part the Second of our “The Mysterious Planet” Classic Series Commentary!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Happy March 4
• The Sun: 2026 Doctor Who Christmas Special will not feature Billie Piper as the Doctor
• Why No One Wants to be the Next Doctor Who
• Season 3 scripts were being prepared before cancellation
• The Whoniverse Show: Russell T Davies’ Ultimate Guide to Being the Perfect Companion
• BBC Says iPlayer Could Host Rival Broadcasters As Corporation Sets Out Charter Renewal Funding Vision
• Set report from 2004 first Doctor Who location shoot
• Doctor Who Magazine 627 released
• Ianto shrine in Cardiff to be taken down at the end of April
• Gareth David-Lloyd talks about the Ianto shrine removal
• Change.org petition to save the Ianto shrine
• Big Finish The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Ministry of Death released
• Big Finish The Death and Life of River Song: War Widow due Sep 2026
• Retro TV drops Doctor Who

Commentary:

• The Mysterious Planet Part Two

Radio Free Skaro #1055 – Terra Firma

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The Three Who Rule are reunited as Steven reports back from his sojourn into the depths of Los Angeles and Gallifrey One and Chris and Warren regale him with tales of The Android Invasion and Warriors of the Deep viewings in Vancouver! Burying the lead here though, it’s a banner day for Whovians as that most holy of 1970s brands, Fisher-Price has finally released Little People in the form of Doctors 9-15, excluding 14. Plus we have a surfeit of Big Finish covers to wildly speculate about, BBC executive Zai Bennett adds to the pile of vague confirmations about the future of Doctor Who, and more! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who Little People
• Season 13 Blu-Ray hit #6 on the US sales charts
• BBC’s Zai Bennett’s comments on the future of Doctor Who
• BBC licence fee will increase to deliver “financial stability it needs”
• Propstore Doctor Who Online Auction 2026
• Jodie Whittaker will participate in Red Nose Day March 20
• ‘The Empty Child’ and more adventures come to the Doctor Who Shop
• ‘The Rescue’ comes to vinyl for Record Store Day 2026
• Doctor Who Magazine 626
• Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who: Chronicles Issue 11: 1984 released February 12
• Big Finish renews Doctor Who license through 2035
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Cloud Eight released
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: The Collected Sixth Doctor 1 released
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Short Trips: Impeccable and Other Stories released
• Big Finish: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion due Apr 2026
• Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pandemonium due Apr 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Helter Skelter due April 2026
• Big Finish: Rutans vs Sontarans begins April 2026
• Big Finish: The War Doctor Rises: Fear of the Light due May 2026

Radio Free Skaro #1054 – The Doctor Is Worth The Monsters

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It’s Gallifrey One time! While the Canadian contingent in Los Angeles this year was low (including both Warren and Chris, who like many Canadians chose not to frequent the environs of our troubled neighbours), Steven represented both the Embassy of Radio Free Skaro, and the nation of Canada (the latter unofficially). Erika from Verity! and Chip from 2MTL join Steven in recapping this weekend’s convention, including talks of panels, and going inside with the many main stage interviews that Steven performed.

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Gallifrey One

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Radio Free Skaro #1053 – Shiny Happy People

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It’s that time of year again, the annual Gallifrey One preview show, and even though only one of our august number is braving the geopolitical winds of Canada-U.S. kerfuffles (Steven, if you’re keeping track) that won’t stop us from overanalyzing the schedule and pointing out all the highlights! Plus a surfeit of Big Finish releases, a destroyed Dalek dolly along with 1980s Tegan, some musical deep dives, and more! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Gallifrey One
• 2026 Doctor Who Yearbook
• Character Options Doctor Who Tegan Jovanka and Destroyed Dalek released
• Big Finish – Torchwood: Everyone’s Dead on Floor 3 out now
• Big Finish – Doctor Who – Short Trips Rarities: An Eighth Doctor Collection out now
• Big Finish – Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: The First Question due Mar 2026
• Big Finish – The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Transformation due Apr 2026
• Tom Baker and John Leeson in upcoming audio drama Sir Sherlock: The Red Letter Day due Mar 2026
• Jess Jurkovic’s Tristram Cary video
• Twenty Thousand Hertz episode about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• Blu-Ray Collection fan-made inserts

#ActionDollies #BBCRadiophonicWorkshop #BigFinish #BluRay #CharacterOptions #doctorWhoMagazine #GallifreyOne #JessJurkovic #JohnLeeson #Merchandise #TomBaker #TristramCary #TwentyThousandHertz

Radio Free Skaro #1052 – The Minnesota Fighting Saints

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It’s the return of STATS! as we ruminate over not just some frankly dismal Disney+ numbers for our beloved Doctor Who but a smattering of other genre offerings who stumbled or triumphed on the way to your eyeballs. Plus the Gallifrey One schedule is out, Blake’s 7 may be coming back, Rachel Talalay continues to win YouTube with a deep dive into Peter Capaldi’s “Be Kind” speech from “The Doctor Falls” in its various forms, and a.feature interview with Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White about their excellent podcast about archive UK telly, “Through the Square Window”!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Gallifrey One schedule released
• Gallifrey One Kaffeeklatsch Sign-Ups, New Guests, Schedule Updates, New Receptions & Other Events and MORE!
• BBC Group and YouTube announce new strategic partnership
• ‘Blake’s 7’ Reboot In The Works From Peter Hoar, Jason Haigh-Ellery, and Matthew Bouch
• Disney+ Season 1 viewing figures leak
• Doctor Who Magazine Special 72 – the 2026 Yearbook
• Rachel Talalay: Unseen, Uncut Dailies & Edits: The Doctor Falls “Be Kind” Speech
• Aliens of London, The Satan Pit, and The Time of Angels novels and audio CDs coming March 26
• Alex Kingston on The Whoniverse Show
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The First Doctor Unbound: Return to Marinus out now
• Big Finish: The Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard – Series One released
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Lethal Progress due June 2026

Interview:

• Through the Square Window
• Graham Kibble-White
• Samira Ahmed

#AlexKingston #AliensOfLondon #BBC #BigFinish #BlakeS7 #Disney #doctorWhoMagazine #GallifreyOne #GrahamKibbleWhite #RachelTalalay #SamiraAhmed #TheSatanPit #TheTimeOfAngels #TheWhoniverseShow #ThroughTheSquareWindow #YouTube

Radio Free Skaro #1050 – Harsh Language

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It’s another exciting week of the Doctor Who interregnum of 2026 and we have exciting Gallifrey One guest updates, another great Rachel Talalay video involving Mondasian Cybermen, Bill Potts, and mirrors, some cryptic BBC App news we don’t fully understand, the usual Big Finish artwork overexamination, and the second part of our Nick Hurran Miniscope, featuring “Asylum of the Daleks” and “The Angels Take Manhattan”! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Ian McNeice, Kai Owen, Ricco Ross added to Gallifrey one guest list
• Go behind the scenes as Fourth Doctor Tom Baker receives his MBE
• Doctor Who Magazine 625
• BFI Warriors of the Deep screening Feb 28, tickets on sale Jan 15
• The War Between overall viewing figures
• BBC Studios expands pay model to the BBC App in the US
• Rachel Talalay: What to do when the plans don’t work? Bill Potts-Cyberman reveal
• Big Finish Audio Novellas The Time-Splitters and Dimension 13 released
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard: Series One coming January 22
• Gregory de Polney (D84 in Robots of Death) died Jan 1

Miniscope:

• Nick Hurran, Part 2
• Asylum of the Daleks
• The Angels Take Manhattan

#AsylumOfTheDaleks #BBC #BBCStudios #BFI #BigFinish #doctorWhoMagazine #GallifreyOne #GregoryDePolney #IanMcNiece #JanetFielding #KaiOwen #Miniscope #NickHurran #Obituary #PeterDavison #RachelTalalay #RiccoRoss #Stats #TheAngelsTakeManhattan #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea #TomBaker #WarriorsOfTheDeep

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Radio Free Skaro #1044 – FIFA Peace Prize

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It’s War Between Eve! Naturally, since we haven’t seen any of the Soggiest Saga yet, we go on about the highs (OG Star Wars rerelease in 2027!) and lows (Netflix buying Warner Bros) before celebrating Jo Martin attending Gallifrey One, the impending Season 21 Collection Blu-ray set, more Rachel Talalay shot analysis from “The Star Beast,” and the finale of our re-examination of Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Five!  

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Jo Martin announced for Gallifrey One
• Season 21 is the next instalment in Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray range; March 16 in the UK
• The Fifth Doctor vs. the Daleks – The Collection: Season 21 Announcement Trailer
• Doctor Who Magazine 624 released
• Innes Lloyd documentary “The Producer” airing on BBC Four on December 23
• The Ice Warriors episode one also airing Dec 23
• Rachel Talalay: A Shot that (Almost) Couldn’t be Done – The Star Beast
• Doctor Who Humble Bundle
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dare You
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Christmas – It’s a Wonderful War and Other Stories released
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2025 Episode 1
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2025 Episode 2

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Five
• Children of Earth scripts on BBC Writer’s Room
• Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway – The Ballad of Jack and Ianto
• Radio Free Skaro presents Bridging the Rift

#bbc #bbcFour #bigFinish #bluRay #bridgingTheRift #doctorWhoMagazine #gallifreyOne #humbleBundle #innesLloyd #joMartin #rachelTalalay #radioFreeSkaro #season21 #theIceWarriors #tobyHadoke #torchwoodChildrenOfEarth

Radio Free Skaro #1043 – Tip Toe and Son

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It’s a veritable tsunami of The War Between the Land and the Sea news this week, including a trailer, a new episode of the Whoniverse Show, Turf and Surf behind the scenes VAM, a reassurance from RTD that yes, he will eventually write a 2026 Xmas special, deleted scenes, dollies, figurines, AND part the fourth of our retrospective of Children of Earth! Have a listen, and then take a nap!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• New trailer for The War Between the Land and the Sea
• Behind the Scenes of The War Between The Land And The Sea
• The Whoniverse episode on The War Between
• Titles and synopses for The War Between Episodes 1-4 released
• Title and synopsis of The War Between Episode 5
• The War Between soundtrack releases digitally December 5
• Doctor Who Series 10 soundtrack releases on Dec 12
• Russell T Davies has plot of 2026 Christmas Special worked out, will write script early next year
• Season 2 Deleted Scenes
• Season 2 scripts added to the BBC Writers Room
• Character Options Doctor Who Constable Zreeg and Sergeant Zogroth Wrarth Warrior Set
• Panini Doctor Who: UNIT Declassified due Dec 4
• Doctor Who – The Early Years bookazine from The Radio Times
• Doctor Who Series 1-4 + some specials now on Hoopla is some areas
• TARDIS Display Case with Figurines of 17 Doctors coming Spring 2026
• Rachel Talalay: Tenth Anniversary of Heaven Sent
• Big Finish Torchwood: The Flawless Man released
• Big Finish Short Trips: Impeccable and Other Stories due Feb 2026

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Four
• Children of Earth scripts on BBC Writer’s Room
• Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway – The Ballad of Jack and Ianto
• Radio Free Skaro presents Bridging the Rift

#bigFinish #bridgingTheRift #characterOptions #doctorWho #doctorWhoMagazine #heavenSent #hoopla #merchandise #rachelTalalay #radioFreeSkaro #radioTimes #russellTDavies #season2 #series10 #series9 #theStarBeast #theWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea #theWhoniverseShow #torchwoodChildrenOfEarth