Radio Free Skaro #1061 – Beloved In The Local Film Community

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Our deepest of dives into the wilds of missing episodes continues as our feature interview this week is with John Franklin of Film is Fabulous!, who chats all about the organization’s mission, the complicated saga of tracking down not just Doctor Who but other film artifacts from collectors across the UK, and of course a deep dive into the technical nitty-gritty of film restoration, as is the remit of this here podcast. Plus a greeting from Chairman of the Board Tom Baker on the 45th anniversary of the Fourth Doctor’s swan song in “Logopolis”, Gallifrey One’s hotelmaggedon looms in May, Matt Brittin takes on the job of BBC director general, and more!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Preserving Doctor Who Episodes by Film is Fabulous
• Gallifrey One hotel accommodations open May 8
• Doctor Who: The Collection – Peter Davison, Season 3 coming to NA on July 7
• 45 Years Ago…
• Ex-Google boss Matt Brittin officially confirmed as new BBC director general
• New episode of The Whoniverse Show with Camille Coduri
• Big Finish The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: The First Question released
• Doctor Who Annual 2027 due Aug 20

Interview:

• John Franklin, Film Is Fabulous!

Reviewed: A Peculiar Effect on the BBC — The Story of Bernard Wilkie

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2026/03/25/reviewed-a-peculiar-effect-on-the-bbc-the-story-of-bernard-wilkie/

Pretty sure one of these 70s #Sinbad movies was a favorite of mine. Don't remember #TomBaker in it tho, so it may not be this one.

#Monsterdon #TheGoldenVoyageOfSinbad

21st March 1981. In the shadow of the towering radio telescope, a body lies crumpled and broken. The curly-haired man, dressed in a burgundy coat and a ridiculously long scarf, is the Doctor, and he is dying.

“It’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for…”

You can keep your CGI firework displays. Forty-five years on, this is still the best regeneration.

#DoctorWho #TomBaker #PeterDavison #Logopolis #RetroSciFi #ClassicSciFi

Reviewed: Big Finish’s Fourth Doctor Adventures – The Ministry of Death

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2026/03/11/reviewed-big-finishs-fourth-doctor-adventures-the-ministry-of-death/

Just backed this new audio story starring Tom Baker and John Leeson as Holmes and Watson. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523715185/sir-sherlock-the-red-letter-day/

#Audio #SherlockHolmes #TomBaker #DoctorWho

Reviewed: BBC Audio’s Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2026/02/08/reviewed-bbc-audios-doctor-who-and-the-loch-ness-monster/