Radio Free Skaro #1023 – Dimensions in Geldof

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Doctor Who is leaving HBO Max in the USA! What does that mean for the Three Who Rule? Nothing, because they live in Canada, but they discuss the news anyway. Also, the UNIT Black Archive experience is coming to SDCC, three new Doctor Who Season 2 novelizations are out now, Big Finish excitement, another adorable Fourth Doctor Build-a-Bear, and the crown jewel of this episode, the thrilling conclusion of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Visitation”!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Disney+ and ITVX content sharing
• UNIT’s Black Archive pop-up experience coming to San Diego Comic Con 2025
• Doctor Who: Tom Baker Complete Series Two (Blu-ray) released January 26, 2026 in North America
• Doctor Who (2005-2022) leaving HBO Max on July 31
• Doctor Who: The Adventures After being released October 23 from BBC Books
• Target Collection – Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution by Una McCormack out now
• Target Collection – Doctor Who: Lux by James Goss out now
• Target Collection – Doctor Who: The Well by Gareth L Powell out now
• Read a deleted scene from ‘The Robot Revolution’ from the new Target novel
• Read an exclusive extract from new short story by Carole Ann Ford
• Big Finish Dark Gallifrey released
• Big Finish UNIT – Brave New World: Fractures due Mar 2026
• Build-A-Bear Doctor Who Fourth Doctor Version 2

Commentary:

• The Visitation Part Four

#BigFinish #BluRay #CaroleAnnFord #Commentary #Disney_ #GarethLPowell #HBOMax #ITV #ITVX #JamesGoss #Max #Merchandise #SanDiegoComicCon #Season13 #TargetNovelizations #TheVisitation #TomBaker #UnaMcCormack

Radio Free Skaro #1008 – In Some Form or Another

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It’s an exciting week of Doctor Who news on this here Radio Free Skaro estate, with a new (if you don’t speak German) trailer for Season 2, a concerning comment from Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter about the future of Doctor Who, more moaning from Steven and Warren about the Interstellar Song Contest, Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu on a media tour of the U.S., various printed matter previewing the new season, 4K blu-rays of the 60s Dalek films, more moaning about the Youth of Today and their laptop viewing, and more! Feel the excitement build as we close in on two weeks before new Doctor Who!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who Season 2 Official Trailer – Disney+
• Disney+ new key art and press release
• Doctor Who Season 2 Blu-Ray available for preorder, no release date yet
• Charlie Condou joins Doctor Who for “The Interstellar Song Contest”
• Ncuti Gatwa and Verada Sethu on Good Morning America
• Ncuti Gatwa on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
• Jane Tranter on BBC’s The Media Show
• Doctor Who Magazine 615 released, previews first 3 episodes of season 2
• Doctor Who Magazine Special 69 – 20 Years of the Ninth Doctor
• Season 2 Preview in SFX Magazine
• Radio Times Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Issue
• The Robot Revolution Target novelization by Una McCormack due July
• Lux Target novelization by James Goss due July
• The Well Target novelization by Gareth L Powell due July
• Peter Cushing Dalek films due in 4K on June 24 from Severin Films
• BBC Studios’ FAST channels debut on LG TVs in EMEA
• Adventures in Time & Space exhibit runs from May 3 – Nov 2 at the Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
• Recovered, a Film is Fabulous festival, is happening in Leicester on May 11
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Snare due August 2025
• Big Finish Smith & Sullivan debuting July 2025
• The New Who Generation: A 20-Year Adventure of Fandom

#BBC #BBCStudios #BigFinish #BluRay #CharlieCondou #DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD_ #Disney_ #doctorWho #doctorWhoMagazine #DrWhoAndTheDaleks #FilmIsFabulous #GarethLPowell #GoodMorningAmerica #JamesGoss #JaneTranter #Lux #NcutiGatwa #PeterCushing #PeterboroughMuseumArtGallery #RadioTimes #Season2 #SeverinFilms #SFXMagazine #TheInterstellarSongContest #TheRobotRevolution #TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon #TheWell #UnaMcCormack #VeradaSethu

Finally finished listening to all 11 hours of The Pirate Planet audiobook. Jon Culshaw's reading is excellent and he does great Doctor, K9, Captain and Mr Fibuli voices. James Goss's adaptation of Douglas Adam's earlier drafts involves some fascinating changes but the constant diversions into silly commentaries is all very Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

#DoctorWho #DouglasAdams #JamesGoss
#JonCulshaw #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy

I take on the DOCTOR WHO original novel BLOOD CELL by JAMES GOSS

https://controllingthetransmissions.blogspot.com/2023/04/books-doctor-who-blood-cell-by-james.html

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Alongside watching The Pirate Planet, I've also been listening to the audiobook of James Goss's novelisation.

There are some quite big changes (the Mentiads have become The Mourners and have an elderly woman at their head, for example) but there are also subtle differences which often involve Goss reinstating cut dialogue. The production notes on the DVD often detail these cuts so it's quite interesting hearing them in context.

#DoctorWho #The4thDoctor #JamesGoss