Radio Free Skaro #1021 – Don’t Mention Dr. Who

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It’s a real grab bag of news this week with Peter Davison critiquing the current series of Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi being cool as hell at Glastonbury, and a truly mammoth editorial by Chris about the Blu-ray for The War Games in Colour and the cost thereof given that it is only one disc. Somehow we get an hour out of this, and we also have an extensive interview with long-time friends and Televisual Specialists John Williams and Neil Perryman about their new podcast where they watch every television show ever made – World of Telly!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• BBC statement on complaint about Ncuti Gatwa-Billie Piper regeneration coverage
• Peter Davison on the current state of Doctor Who
• Doctor Who Magazine Special #70: The Horror Issue due Sep 24
• Preview of ‘Night of the Shreek’ from the 2026 Doctor Who Annual
• The War Games in Colour North American Blu-Ray release
• Classic Second Doctor adventure ‘The Moonbase’ coming to vinyl
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Causeway due Nov 2025
• Doctor Who and sustainability
• Peter Capaldi onstage with Franz Ferdinand at Glastonbury
• Ncuti Gatwa introduces JADE at Glastonbury
• Laundry Files RPG 2nd Edition preorder announced – and Warren wrote for it!

Interview:

• World of Telly Podcast
• Neil Perryman
• John Williams

#70 #BBC #BigFinish #BilliePiper #BluRay #Cubicle7 #doctorWho #doctorWhoMagazine #FranzFerdinand #Glastonbury #JADE #JohnWilliams #Merchandise #NcutiGatwa #NeilPerryman #PeteMcTighe #PeterCapaldi #PeterDavison #TheMoonbase #TheWarGames #WorldOfTelly

Radio Free Skaro #1020 – ChatRTD

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If you enjoy baseless speculation about the future of Doctor Who, The War Between the Land and the Sea, RTD’s career prospects, and most importantly, musings about Edmonton AM radio frequencies past and present, then this episode of Radio Free Skaro is for you (you sicko)! Plus we cover a new official Doctor Who quiz book from Beth Axford and “The Moon Cruise” by Esmie-Jikiemi-Pearson, some Steven Taylor Big Finish goodness, Steven’s recent podcast promiscuity and the second part of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Visitation”! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Will The War Between The Land and The Sea all drop at once on iPlayer and Disney+?
• Doctor Who Magazine 618 released
• RTD’s column from DWM 618
• The Fourteenth Doctor and the Meep action figure set now available
• The Official Doctor Who Quiz Book by Beth Axford coming Sep 2025
• New Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda novel ‘The Moon Cruise’ by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson coming in Nov 2025
• Big Finish released two new audiobooks read by Peter Purves to celebrate 60 years of Steven Taylor
• Doctor Who Season 1 Blu-Ray releasing Tuesday in North America
• Doctor Who The War Games in Colour releasing Tuesday in North America
• Steven on The Incomparable Doctor Who Season 2 wrap-up
• Steven on the Strangers in Space Doctor Who news update episode

Commentary:

• The Visitation Part Two

#ActionDollies #BethAxford #BigFinish #BluRay #Commentary #doctorWhoMagazine #EsmieJikiemiPearson #Merchandise #Season1 #StrangersInSpace #TheIncomparable #TheVisitation #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea #TheWarGames

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

#AndrewSkilleter #BigFinish #BluRay #doctorWho #DoctorWhoUnleashed #DylanRees #Eurovision #GallifreyOne #JanetFielding #LuckyDay #Merchandise #MillieGibson #NcutiGatwa #ReeltimePictures #Season2 #TheSavages #TheWarGames #UEden #YouTube

Radio Free Skaro #1012 – Sending Our Love Down The Well

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Russell T Davies returns to cosmic horror, a medium in which he excels, in “The Well”, an episode full of invisible enemies, reigns of terror, and a need to listen! What did the Three Who Rule think of this scary excursion 400,000 years into the future? And more to the point, did you know Steven helped get HD footage into The War Games In Colour? Plus new Big Finish including Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill’s first audio adventure, a book about Kangs (who don’t conquer), a big ol’ Quatermass box set, and more! Next week, will it be our Lucky Day?

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Daphne Ashbrook & Yee Jee Tso Celebrate 30 Years of the TV Movie at Gallifrey One
• Doctor Who “The Well” Review
• Doctor Who Unleashed S2E03
• Behind The Scenes S2E03
• Doctor Who Magazine 616
• The War Games in Colour Blu-Ray coming to North America on June 24
• The War Games footage comparison
• Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend due July 2025
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Pursuit due June 2025
• Big Finish Doctor Who: The Ruins of Kaerula due June 2025
• “As A Kang Should Be” by Dale Smith released by Obverse Books
• The Quatermass Xperiment Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray coming in June

#BigFinish #BluRay #DaleSmith #DaphneAshbrook #doctorWhoMagazine #DoctorWhoUnleashed #GallifreyOne #Merchandise #ObverseBooks #Season2 #TheQuatermassXperiment #TheWarGames #TheWell #YeeJeeTso

Personally, I’m really excited to watch this.

Doctor Who War Games In Colour Limited Edition Blu-ray steelbook Unboxing
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Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), following him and his companions Zoe and Jamie as they land in a battlefield that appears to be a World War I military zone-but all is not as it seems. They soon discover that soldiers from different historical periods have been abducted and are being manipulated in a cruel game. As they work to uncover the mystery behind the War Lord and his twisted experiments, the Doctor faces one of his most difficult challenges.

#DoctorWho #DW #Whoniverse @bbcdoctorwho @DoctorWho @DoctorWhoLegacy #steelbook #TheWarGames #mondayblus

Radio Free Skaro #1007 – The One and Only Billy Shears

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We here at Radio Free Skaro Towers pride ourselves on our ability to shoehorn Canadian content into our discussion of a British institution, but prepare yourself for a megaton-level of maple syrup as we welcome fellow Canuck Graeme Burk with a look back at the 20th anniversary of modern Doctor Who and all the surrounding hoopla, broadcast machinery and piracy that surrounded it! Buckle up – it’s the trip of a lifetime!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who Season 2 episode titles revealed
• Season 2 episode titles video
• Steven Guesses What Clips Are From What Episodes
• Kadiff Kirwan joins new season of Doctor Who
• The War Games in Colour coming to UK Blu-ray on April 21
• Doctor Who: The Savages Blu-ray coming to North America May 20
• The Prisoner Ultimate Edition 1/12 Scale Figures Kickstarter Launching Soon
• Tom Baker’s 2000 “This Is Your Life” episode airing on BBC 4 on March 26
• Radio Times celebrates 20 years of nuWho with 6 variant covers
• Eccleston’s first interview about Doctor Who (April 2004)
• “New TV Series in Detail” from BBC Cult
• Modern Doctor Who at 20 YouTube playlist
• Planet of the Doctor
• Doctor Who Night – 20 Years of New Who Edition

Guest:

• Graeme Burk

#BBC #BilliePiper #ChristopherEccleston #doctorWho #GraemeBurk #KadiffKirwan #LuckyDays #Lux #Merchandise #PlanetOfTheDoctor #RadioTimes #Season2 #Series1 #TheInterstellarSongContest #ThePrisoner #TheRealityWar #TheRobotRevolution #TheSavages #TheStoryTheEngine #TheWarGames #TheWell #TomBaker #WishWorld

Radio Free Skaro #999 – 10-0-11-0-0 by 02 from Galactic Zero Centre

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It’s that time of year again, our pre-Gallifrey One rundown of the greatest convention on Earth as we go through the schedule with a fine tooth comb, examine which panels and other events we and others are excited about, and as a special bonus this year you’ll get to hear Steven go completely off the rails about UK television stalwart Z-Cars!

Next stop: Gallifrey One, and Episode 1000 with Steven Moffat and Julie Gardner LIVE on stage on Friday!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Gallifrey One Preview
• Gallifrey One schedule
• Gallifrey One convention map
• Gally changes due to escalator issue
• Catherine Tate announced as guest at Calgary Expo April 24-27
• The War Games in Colour got 0.43M viewers
• ‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter to Chair 50th Edinburgh TV Festival
• The Tenth Planet coming to vinyl for Record Store Day on April 12
• Ace Jacket: A Doctor Who Celebration for Fans and Cosplayers coming July 2025
• Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia due Oct 29, 2026
• BF Doctor Who – The Fugitive Doctor: Dead or Alive due July 2025
• BF Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Cosmos and Mrs Clarke due May 2025

#BigFinish #CalgaryExpo #CatherineTate #EdinburghTVFestival #GallifreyOne #garyRussell #JaneTranter #JoyToTheWorld #Merchandise #TheTenthPlanet #TheWarGames

I watched #TheWarGames - in black and white!

I think it's wonderful; how the story morphs and grows as the serial progresses, how it ends its era dropping so many threads that would be picked up in #DoctorWho future by keeping things vague enough to be developed, rather than be dead ends.

Remarkably for a 10-parter it in no way drags, even the run about eps have a [sort of] point and develops that widening story.

The ending ep kills me and I love and despair at Jamie and Zoe's ending. Especially Zoe's; she grew a lot in her time and it's all gone and she knows, some part of her at the end KNOWS she's forgotten something and I hate it and love it. #DoctorWhoRewatch

Radio Free Skaro #994 – Insufficient Opinions

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It’s a glorious day as Tom Baker becomes a Member of theOrder of the British Empire and the Three Who Rule are here to celebrate this momentous occasion along with news of further Gallifrey One guests, Phil Collinson trolling us all with War Chief intrigues, Toby Hadoke’s annual In Memoriam, Big Finish news as usual and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary of “The Moonbase”!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Tom Baker awarded MBE for Services to Television
• More New Guests at Gallifrey One 2025
• Doctor Who Magazine 612
• Spearhead From Space screening at the BFI on February 1
• The Savages screening at the BFI on February 28
• Phil Collinson fuels the War Chief/Master link
• Toby Hadoke’s 2024 In Memoriam
• Toby Hadoke’s Arnold Yarrow obituary
• Jess Jurkovic: Record, Reuse, Recycle – 60s Doctor Who Incidental Music
• Big Finish The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show released
• Big Finish The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show behind the scenes
• Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Doctor Who – Short Trips: War Stories released

Classic Series Commentary

• The Moonbase Episode One

#ArnoldYarrow #BFI #BigFinish #doctorWhoMagazine #GallifreyOne #JessJurkovic #Obituary #PhilCollinson #SpearheadFromSpace #TheSavages #TheWarGames #TobyHadoke #TomBaker

Radio Free Skaro #993 – The Hotel at the End of the Universe

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It’s the annual tradition of our Radio Free Skaro livestream with Steven, Warren, and special guest Kyle Anderson as they look at “Joy to the World,” the latest traditional Xmas special written by Steven Moffat, along with a tsunami of other Doctor Who content including the Doctor Who Proms, behind the scenes fun like Unleashed and The War Games in Colour! Also, Thrill to fulsome praise of The Space Pirates, and less enthusiastic about The Savages, which has nothing to do with any of the above! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• “Joy to the World” Review
• Doctor Who Season 2 Teaser
• Doctor Who Season 2: First Look
• Everything We Know About Doctor Who Season 2
• Doctor Who Unleashed: Joy to the World
• Doctor Who overnight viewing figures on BBC One – 4.11m, 6th for the day
• “The War Games” in Colour review
• The War Games in Colour available for pre-order in the UK
• Doctor Who at the BBC Proms review
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends goes out December 29 at 4:45pm

#BBCProms #DoctorWhoUnleashed #JoyToTheWorld #Season2 #Stats #TheWarGames #TobyHadoke