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 #1028 – State of the Who-nion

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Never let it be said we won’t overdeliver content in this barren time of Non-Who as we have a feature interivew with former editor of Doctor Who Magazine and current TV Choice writer Tom Spilsbury as he and Steven pore over the current state of Doctor Who, the larger state of streaming, the business case for library content, and more! Plus we have news of The Whoniverse Show from BBC Studios, a new book about action dollies called Go Figure, a surfeit of Big Finish things both neato and keen, and more!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Radio Free Skaro turns 19!
• The Whoniverse Show: New digital series launches on the Doctor Who YouTube channel
• ‘The Art of Time Travel’ coming November 20
• B&M 2025 The Fifteenth Doctor’s Tardis
• B&M 2025 History of the Daleks Set #21 Eve of The Daleks
• Doctor Who Magazine 620 released
• Go Figure from Roundel Books due September
• The Time Team Unearthed from Roundel Books due October
• Big Finish Dark Gallifrey: Master! – Part Two released
• Big Finish The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Bad Terms released
• Big Finish festive audio dramas due later in 2025
• Big Finish Audio Novellas range debuts Jan 2026
• Flux convention in March 2026 in Birmingham has 3 Doctors – Eccleston, Whittaker, Gatwa
• Long Island Doctor Who happening Aug 22-24

Interview:

• Tom Spilsbury

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