Coming Soon: The Peter Davison Doctor Who Collection on CD and Vinyl

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A Classic Doctor Who Companion Convinced Paul McGann to Accept the Part of the Eighth Doctor

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Doctor Who Television Story: Snakedance

Title: Snakedance
Story Number: 124
Season: 20
Screenwriter: Christopher Bailey
Director: Fiona Cumming

Thoughts:

Two of the highlights of the Peter Davision era are Kinda and it’s sequel Snakedance, both featuring the entity the Mara.  Surprisingly the Mara never returned, although I suppose if Russell Davies continues showrunning they might show up as a series finale surprise.  In this story, Tegan is once again haunted by the Mara as the TARDIS arrives on the planet Manussa in the midst of a festival celebrating 500 years of the banishment of the Mara.  I really love the world building in this episode establishing a culture with the Mara in its folklore.  Janet Fielding gets a chance to show her acting range going from scared when the Mara first reemerges in her mind, to evil when it takes full control. Guest star Martin Clunes (long before he became the voice of Kipper) is excellent as the spoiled son of the local royalty who is also possessed by the Mara.  The only downside to this story is that it kind of ends with a fizzle rather than a bang.

Rating: 8 of 10

Just watching the #InConversation interview with #JanetFielding, from the #DoctorWhoSeason21 boxset.

Talk about a messy divorce!

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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #627 Chats to Janet Fielding, Anneke Wills, and Alex Kingston

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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

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Been rewatching Mawdryn Undead. I had forgotten that it was Turlough’s first story. Has there ever been another companion who started out as an assassin trying to kill the Doctor.

I like this episode, even though I don’t like the Black Guardian or Mawdryn, but I love that it’s actually a time travel story, particularly the (retired) Brigadier’s story.

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Radio Free Skaro #1013 – Like and Subscribe

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Doctor Who delves into the fetid swamps of online discourse this week as Ruby Sunday returns to Doctor Who and the UK experiences seesawing public sentiment in “Lucky Day!” Did the Three Who Rule enjoy it, or more to the point, how much did they not like it? Listen and learn! Plus the aforementioned Millie Gibson is set to grace Gallifrey One, Ncuti Gatwa is announcing UK scores at Eurovision, whatever that means (Chris explains), The Savages and The War Games in Colour are on their way to Blu-ray in North America, books, Big Finish and more! Next Week: The Story and the Engine!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Millie Gibson Makes Her North American Convention Debut at Gallifrey One
• Janet Fielding Added to Guest List for Gallifrey One 2026
• Gallifrey One LAX Marriott block opens May 9
• Doctor Who “Lucky Day” Review
• Doctor Who Unleashed S2E04
• Doctor Who S2E04 Behind the Scenes
• Doctor Who YouTube channel hits 2M subscribers
• Ncuti Gatwa to announce UK scores at Eurovision
• Doctor Who Season 2 finale coming to cinemas across the UK & Ireland
• Doctor Who: Season One Blu-ray coming to North America on June 24
• The Savages available for Canadian preorder (May 20)
• The War Games in colour available for Canadian preorder (June 24)
• Doctor Who – Time and Space for Everyone goes out May 19
• Big Finish The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time due August 2025
• Doctor Who Myths and Legends: The Reeltime Pictures Story due Aug 30, released at Whooverville
• Exterminart! The Doctor Who Dalek Art of Andrew Skilleter updated edition available for preorder
• Classic Who on U&Eden in the UK starting May 5

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