Radio Free Skaro #1062 – The Daleks Will Stop at Anything

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The time has come and the two previously missing but now gloriously present episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, namely The Nightmare Begins (Episode 1) and Devil’s Planet (Episode 3), are here to be viewed and reviewed! They appeared not only on the BBC iPlayer but also in full on the US (but not Canadian, feh) Classic Doctor Who Youtube channel, and we have viewed said episodes and have thoughts. But that’s not all we also have an interview with Toby Hadoke, who hosted a screening at Riverside Studios and reflects with Steven on the screening, the episodes, and the overall wonder that is their return! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – iPlayer
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Nightmare Begins – YouTube
• The Daleks’ Master Plan: Devil’s Planet – YouTube
• Doctor Who Magazine 628 released
• BBC Three to run Twenty Years of Tennant marathon Apr 16
• HBO says not aware of a potential Doctor Who partnership with the BBC
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Rutans vs Sontarans: Betrayal at the House of Sontar out now
• Big Finish: Torchwood: Curtain released
• Paul Hayes’ Flight Into Danger documentary and article
• World of Telly – Gangsters
• Laurie Webb died at 101

Interview:

• Toby Hadoke
• Riverside Studios Event

Radio Free Skaro #1049 – Nothing At All. Ever.

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It’s the first podcast in this, the space year 2026, and the Three Who Rule have emerged from their New Year’s slumber to cogitate on new Gallifrey One announcements, recreated sets for The Feast of Steven and Rachel Talalay Youtube videos, a surfeit of Big Finish news, Toby Hadoke’s annual foray into memoriam with Absent Friends, and the first of our three part Miniscope series on Doctor Who director Nick Hurran, featuring “The Girl Who Waited” and “The God Complex”! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Gallifrey One Guest and Programming Update
• The Feast of Steven Lost Sets Recreated: Doctor Who’s Missing Christmas Episode Revealed
• Rachel Talalay: Bonus: Unaired footage from Director’s Cut of Heaven Sent (with explanation)
• Rachel Talalay: More questions and behind the scenes on my TARDIS experiences.
• Sophie Aldred on Celebrity Mastermind (Specialist Subject: Sylvester McCoy)
• Celebrating 25 Years of Bernice Summerfield at Big Finish
• Big Finish annual Paul Spragg Memorial winner “The Wednesday that Wasn’t” available free
• Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Transformation due Apr 2026
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2025 – The 7th Dimension – Part 1
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2025 – The 7th Dimension – Part 2
• Toby Hadoke’s In Memoriam video

Miniscope:

• Nick Hurran, Part 1
• The Girl Who Waited
• The God Complex

#BBC #BerniceSummerfield #BigFinish #GallifreyOne #JodyHouser #Mastermind #MatthewJacobs #Miniscope #NickHurran #Obituary #PhilipSegal #RachelTalalay #SophieAldred #TheDaleksMasterPlan #TheFeastOfSteven #TheGirlWhoWaited #TheGodComplex #TobyHadoke

Radio Free Skaro #1044 – FIFA Peace Prize

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It’s War Between Eve! Naturally, since we haven’t seen any of the Soggiest Saga yet, we go on about the highs (OG Star Wars rerelease in 2027!) and lows (Netflix buying Warner Bros) before celebrating Jo Martin attending Gallifrey One, the impending Season 21 Collection Blu-ray set, more Rachel Talalay shot analysis from “The Star Beast,” and the finale of our re-examination of Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Five!  

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Jo Martin announced for Gallifrey One
• Season 21 is the next instalment in Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray range; March 16 in the UK
• The Fifth Doctor vs. the Daleks – The Collection: Season 21 Announcement Trailer
• Doctor Who Magazine 624 released
• Innes Lloyd documentary “The Producer” airing on BBC Four on December 23
• The Ice Warriors episode one also airing Dec 23
• Rachel Talalay: A Shot that (Almost) Couldn’t be Done – The Star Beast
• Doctor Who Humble Bundle
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dare You
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Christmas – It’s a Wonderful War and Other Stories released
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2025 Episode 1
• Toby Hadoke’s Absent Friends 2025 Episode 2

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Five
• 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

#bbc #bbcFour #bigFinish #bluRay #bridgingTheRift #doctorWhoMagazine #gallifreyOne #humbleBundle #innesLloyd #joMartin #rachelTalalay #radioFreeSkaro #season21 #theIceWarriors #tobyHadoke #torchwoodChildrenOfEarth

Radio Free Skaro #1039 – So Here It Is

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The moment has arrived! That is, an actual announcement of Doctor Who’s future from the BBC (and not the outgoing Disney+) in the form of a last hurrah from Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf by way of a Christmas special in 2026, along with official confirmation of Turf and Surf hitting the iPlayer this Christmas and Disney+ in February. What does this portend for both the present and future of Doctor Who? The Three Who Rule put on their television detective hats and as usual solve nothing, as do many entertainment journalists including friend of the show Kyle Anderson, and lesser lights such as Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter. Plus the usual Big Finish cover over-analysis, a smidgen of Can*Con, and the conclusion of our four-part Classic Series Commentary for “The Sun Makers”!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• BBC Confirms future of Doctor Who, splitting from Disney, and a new Christmas special in 2026
• The War Between the Land and the Sea’ comes to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in December, Disney+ in 2026
• Deadline: Why Disney Ditched ‘Doctor Who’
• Nerdist: Kyle Anderson’s take on the separation of Disney and the BBC
• Variety: ‘Doctor Who’: Disney+ Exits Partnership With the BBC as 2026 Christmas Special Confirmed
• Deadline: Disney+ Officially Exiting ‘Doctor Who’ Partnership With BBC After Two Seasons
• Hollywood Reporter: Disney+ Ends ‘Doctor Who’ Partnership, BBC Commits to Continue Series
• Entertainment Weekly: Disney+ drops Doctor Who — here’s what that means for the long-running show’s future
• The Secrets Behind the SCARIEST Moments of Doctor Who – The Whoniverse Show
• Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity 2025 winner announced
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Halloween – Sea Smoke and Other Stories released
• When the Stars Screamed: A Dalek Anthology Charity Book available
• As King of Kensington turns 50, it shows the challenge of keeping classic Canadian TV in circulation
• Nabil Shaban obituary by Toby Hadoke

Commentary:

• The Sun Makers Part Four

#BadWolf #BBC #BigFinish #Commentary #Disney #doctorWho #KyleAnderson #Merchandise #NabilShaban #Obituary #RussellTDavies #TheSunMakers #TheWarBetweenTheLandAndTheSea #TheWhoniverseShow #TobyHadoke