Radio Free Skaro #1040 – Scotland 1965

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The Three Who Rule take on the big questions this week, including whether or not to call the Sea Devils “Homo Aqua,” possible BBC broadcast plans for The War Between the Land and the Sea, the existence of 4K 35mm transfers of telecined old TV shows, and most importantly the spreading media virus known as the Spiral Staircase, which has driven Steven further around the bend than usual! Plus Tubi intrigue regarding the status of Classic Doctor Who, Doctor Who Magazine issuing massive pieces about Carole Ann Ford and Terry Nation, and most importantly, the first of our five-part re-evaluation of Torchwood: Children of Earth! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Mark Strickson announced as guest for Gallifrey One
• Creatures in TWBTLATS to be known as “Homo Aqua”
• UNIT quiz site reveals seven minutes of deleted scenes from Season 2
• Doctor Who Magazine #623
• Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition Doctor Who: Legends released
• Classic Doctor Who leaving US Tubi soon?
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Anniversary – A 2005-2025 Doctors Collection available November 2025
• Pauline Collins 1940-2025

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth – Day One
• 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

#623 #BadWolf #BBC #BigFinish #Disney #doctorWho #doctorWhoMagazine #GallifreyOne #MarkStrickson #Merchandise #Obituary #PaulineCollins #RussellTDavies #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea #TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth #Tubi

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.

#DoctorWho #ClassicWho #5thDoctor #PeterDavidon #NicholasCourtney #Nyssa #Tegan #Turlough #SarahSutton #JanetFielding #MarkStrickson

My review of Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep – Script and Production Problems Abound #DoctorWho #JanetFielding #MarkStrickson #PeterDavison #sciencefiction #sciencefictiontelevision #SeaDevils #Silurians

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/07/25/doctor-who-warriors-of-the-deep-script-and-production-problems-abound/