Radio Free Skaro
- Description:
- Radio Free Skaro is possibly the most popular, most prolific and charmingly irreverent (but never irrelevant) Doctor Who podcast around. Since August 2006, hosts Warren (in Vancouver, BC) and Steven (in Edmonton, AB) have provided listeners with their brand of amusing Doctor Who praise and punishment. A year later, Chris (in Amherst, NS) was added to the team, and The Three Who Rule were born. Recommended by Doctor Who Magazine, Radio Free Skaro provides an entertaining and diverting listen for the diehard or casual Doctor Who fan. New episodes usually appear on Sundays, following a loose magazine format of the three hosts discussing the news and events of the past week in the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and the Sarah Jane Adventures. They have also recorded special commentary podcasts for classic series and new series episodes of Doctor Who along with interviews of some of the brightest of the Doctor Who luminaries. Radio Free Skaro is also the official podcast of Gallifrey One, the world's largest and longest-running annual Doctor Who convention.
Homepage: http://www.radiofreeskaro.com
RSS Feed: http://freyburg.libsyn.com/rss
- Episodes:
- 1801
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:1:04:38
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:39:04
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 80 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes and 12 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 16 August 2006 (4:08am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 11 February 2024 (7:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 3 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes and 3 seconds
Radio Free Skaro Episodes
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Radio Free Skaro #920 - The Canadian Mafia
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 52 secondsA new era of action dollies is upon us with more Daleks, Colin Baker with a new coat and and AND a Richard Hurndall dolly for all you devoted Hurndallists to enjoy (pineapple not included)! There’s also Blu-Ray uprez news, pointless banter about Supermen and 90s classic(?) film Hackers, Cutaway Comics releases and the main feature, an interview with “Pull to Open” author Paul Hayes about the birth of Doctor Who!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine 594
- Four actors announced for upcoming episodes, Yasmin Finney sticking around?
- Doctor Who 14th Doctor Sonic Screwdriver Standard Edition
- B&M 2023 The History of the Daleks 13 The Five Doctors
- B&M 2023 The History of the Daleks 14 Revelation of the Daleks
- B&M 2023 The Sixth Doctor and TARDIS
- A newly remastered Series 1 – 4 Blu-ray of Doctor Who is coming soon to the UK
- Season 20 – The Collection UK release date confirmed as Sep 18
- Cutaway Comics Omega & Sutekh – Gods and Monsters due Sep 2023
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #919 - Better Call Saul
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 34 minutes and 58 secondsAnimated adventures are back! At least, The Underwater Menace is coming soon to DVD and Blu-ray, both in colour and black and white! There’s also a 60th anniversary concert on the way, an illustrated edition of Rose arriving on November 23, the sad news that luxury dollyists Big Chief Studios are shuttering their doors, some truly bizarre photos from the 1973 Radio Times retrospective on Doctor Who’s tenth anniversary, and the second of our two-part Miniscope on Saul Metzstein, featuring the esteemed director’s work “The Snowman”, “The Crimson Horror”, and “The Name of the Doctor”! Well, Trenza my Lores!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Missing adventure ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be animated in 2023
- Doctor Who 60th Anniversary concert coming Autumn 2023
- Deluxe illustrated edition of ‘Rose’ coming Nov 2023
- Big Chief Studios closing
- Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Then Legendary Tapes screening Sep 22 in Hastings
- Brain of Morbius cinema screening in Newcastle Nov 18
- Radio Times 10th Anniversary retrospective
- The Companions of Doctor Who edited by David Bushman and Ken Deep, due Feb 2024
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #918 - Once Upon a Time in the Metz
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 47 secondsThe news remains fallow in these Times of No Who Yet, but we do have missives from the further adventures of Doom’s Day, colourization of old episodes on many fronts, an action dolly magazine spectacular, Tom Baker’s son’s Who-themed Nottingham pub and part one of our Miniscope examination of director Saul Metzstein’s work, featuring “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” and “A Town Called Mercy”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who Magazine Special 64 – Action Figures – The Essential Guide 2005-2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – Doom’s Day: Dying Hours (hours 2000-2300) due September 2023
- Doctor Who classic The Smugglers gets colour revamp
- Doctor Who colourizations by jamesknox817
- Missing episodes in collectors hands?
- Doctor Who-themed pub in Nottingham run by Tom Baker’s son
Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #917 - F for Fake
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 49 secondsUnlike last week’s veritable tsunami of info, this week we have a quieter news offering, including a staggeringly expensive 14th Doctor sonic screwdriver replica, more bon mots from Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa via Rolling Stone, Gav Rymill noodling with AI to recreate missing episodes (sort of), Doom working through her Day in game form, and the highlight of this week’s episode: an interview with skilled Photoshopist and bon vivant Andrew-Mark Thompson, author of “This Is A Fake – A Collection of Unreal Things”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who and the Sonic Screwdriver
- Rubbertoe Replica 14th Doctor sonic screwdriver
- Ncuti Gatwa’s Rolling Stone UK cover shoot video
- New instalment of Doom’s Day called AI am the Doctor coming soon
- BFI to show colourized early DW as part of Missing Believed Wiped
- Gav Rymill testing AI for recons
- Doctor Who The Sun Makers Original Music Soundtrack Orange Vinyl LP
- Doctor Who The Visitation Original Music Soundtrack Green Vinyl LP
- BF Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon – Trapped due Sep 2023
- BF Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 due Sep 2023
- Cybermen: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection due Sep 1
Interview:
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Radio Free Skaro #916 - Electro Quarterstaff
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 57 minutes and 26 secondsAfter subjecting you to an intense bout of trivia last week, we have a surfeit and indeed a tsunami of News Content for you, including a new sonic for the Fourteenth Doctor, promo pics, a pink TARDIS Barbie cross-promotion, Ncuti Gatwa being funny and fashionable in a Rolling Stone UK interview, new books, audios, missing episode musings, a gigantic Blu-Ray set off all the Doctors from Eccleston to Whittaker, another Blu-Ray set for Season 20, and much, much more!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- New promo pics
- Fourteenth Doctor sonic screwdriver
- Fourteenth Doctor sonic screwdriver sold out
- Series 14 wraps filming (Instagram link)
- Series 14 wraps filming (Wales Online link)
- Doctor Who/Barbie pink TARDIS crossover promotion
- Ncuti Gatwa interview in Rolling Stone UK
- Doctor Who Magazine 593
- Fourth Doctor comics Anthology, including The Star Beast, coming November 2
- Season 20 announced as the news classic Blu-Ray set
- Season 20 Blu-Ray set trailer “The Passenger”
- “The Passenger” behind the scenes
- The Five Doctors event at the BFI on September 16
- Richard Bignell’s Season 20 PDF archive
- Doctor Who: Limited Edition Complete New Who Collectors Blu-Ray Set (US)
- Doctor Who: Limited Edition Complete New Who Collectors Blu-Ray Set (Canada)
- 60th Anniversary specials Target novelizations
- Liberation of the Daleks paperback due Nov 2
- The Tom Baker Record Collection brings 4 Classic Stories to vinyl
- Doctor Who: Escape the Daleks!: 3rd Doctor Audio Original due Jan 4, 2024
- Doctor Who: The Cuckoo: 12th Doctor Audio Original due Dec 7
- Praxeus could have had Autons
- Andrew Skilleter 2024 Doctor Who art calendar
- Patrick Troughton Blue Plaque Unveiling
- Terry Burnett’s film collection reveals missing episode of Hugh and I
- Steven on the Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast
- John Nettleton died
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Radio Free Skaro #915 - The King's Head
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 50 minutes and 57 secondsSeveral self-styled Doctor Who “experts” in the form of Warren, Chris, Kat and Erika square off against trivia master and Smug Poltroon Steven in our semi-annual trivia showdown aptly named “Trivia, Mr Fibuli”! Based on Jacqueline Rayner’s Doctor Who – The Official Quiz Book from 2014. Who will emerge triumphant in this contest of intellect, skill and pointless fact-knowing? Tune in and find out!
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Radio Free Skaro #914 - Rate Limit Exceeded
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 50 minutes and 58 secondsThe news is sparse this week, as sparse as the Thursday/Friday schedule for San Diego Comic Con, reflecting the general malaise of the entertainment media complex in these times of IP dominance and labour strife. But that won’t stop the Three Who Rule from giving their half-baked opinions on costuming, editing video tape via razor blades and gumption, the non-legacy of VR, and Threads, the latest in a long line of social media hellsites. So go on, skeet that toot into your eardrums, tweeps! Not the nighttime crowd, obviously.
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- SDCC Hall H Schedule
- SDCC Panel: Titan Comics Doctor Who
- The 1960s Doctor Who diaries of Waris Hussein – part three
- Peter Davison reveals scrapped plans for Five(ish) Doctors Reboot follow-up
- How Jack the Ripper Shaped The Talons of Weng Chiang
- 2023 Hugo Awards nominees
- Doctor Who The Target Book Club happening July 16
- Sacha Dhawan coming to Long Island Who
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: Intelligence for War due Oct 2023
- Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Missy: Bad Influence due Apr 2024
- Doctor Who Hidden Mysteries update adds difficulty level and new content
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Radio Free Skaro #913 - Most People Depart With a Scream
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 40 secondsIt’s the end, but the moment has been prepared for…by the Three Who Rule who are ringing in Canada Day weekend by wringing out the very last vestiges of the Timelash, our popular(?) time-filling exercise in Doctor Who reflection. We also have news of Doctor Who mostly absent from SDCC, MIA for Fortnite, and country cousin Star Trek all but vanishing from Crave, which continues to be Canada’s HBO by going from quite decent to very crappy in under a year. Next week…not the Timelash, that’s for sure!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Doctor Who Pride Month wrapup
- Doctor Who will be present in the Exhibit Hall at SDCC
- Titan Entertainment Unveils Doctor Who and My Hero Academia Merchandise for SDCC
- The Black Archive upcoming release schedule
- Doctor Who Am I available for free on Tubi
- Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unbound due Aug 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: Two’s Company due Aug 2023
- Big Finish Box of Terrors audio novel due Nov 2023
- Doctor Who/Fortnite crossover delayed
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Radio Free Skaro #912 - Halt H
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 12 minutes and 46 secondsIt is a sad week for the media and for Steven as Disney and many Makers of Pretend aren’t going to San Diego Comic Con, which means Doctor Who likely won’t, which means Steven likely won’t. Curses! We do however have news of Doctor Who books, Big Finish and Paul McGann appearing at LI Who in costume as well as digressions into Canadian history and Pink Floyd (as you do) in the penultimate instalment of…the Timelash!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Doctor Who Magazine 592 released
- Marvel, Netflix, Sony, HBO and Universal to Skip SDCC
- Pull To Open – 1962-1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who coming July 24
- Doctor Who: Ten Days of Christmas due October 2023
- Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Diary of River Song: The Orphan Quartet due August 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night due September 2023
- Paul McGann doing photo ops in costume at LI Who
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Radio Free Skaro #911 - What Is Your Imurjinsee
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes and 14 secondsWhile we wait for news regarding Doctor Who at San Diego Comic-Con (or not), The Three Who Rule managed to squeeze out more than an hour of top quality banter at Ncuti Gatwa’s nudity skills, Lenny Rush joining the Doctor Who cast, and the Timelash, which was stuffed to the gills with events of a chronological nature which were then commented upon! Want to hear derisive sneers about Strange New Worlds and Disney+ censorship of “The French Connection”, not to mention the Golden Age of McDonalds Ashtrays? This is the podcast for you!
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Radio Free Skaro #910 - One After 909
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes and 30 secondsThe Classic Companion Reunion Victory Tour as one Melanie Bush aka Bonnie Langford is set to join Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who for an adventure in space and/or time next year! Doom has also started experiencing their first of twenty-four hours of mayhem and of course we have the Timelash to entertain you with ad-hoc takes of time gone by. But more importantly, we have Gav Rymill of the Terry Nation Army in a return interview about his fantastic fan series of videos about Skaro’s crankiest denizens! Set aside a few rels and listen, won’t you?
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Bonnie Langford returns to Doctor Who
- Doom’s Day – Doom’s first hour
- Titan Comics Doom’s Day “A Doctor in the House? Part One” available for pre-order
- Doctor Who Chronicles 1963-64 now available
- BBC Books to Publish ‘Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide to the Whoniverse”, due Nov 16
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Radio Free Skaro #909 - I've Got A Feeling
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 10 minutes and 34 secondsIt’s time for a Return of the Omnirumour as mysterious film canisters are pored over by specialists to see if heretofore undiscovered missing Doctor Who episodes have emerged or in fact it’s all just the same copy of Match of the Day over and over. Intriguing! Also Waris Hussein chronicles a trip to Moscow while Doctor Who’s debut hits technical snafus, Blu-Ray, Big Finish and vinyl releases aplenty and as always we go deep into the past to give our own vague musings in the Timelash!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Terry Burnett film archive handed over
- “Most of the reels are unlabelled”
- Network Distributing closes
- Waris Hussein diaries, part two
- Season 9 Blu-Ray release delayed to July 11 in North America
- Series 5 soundtrack coming to vinyl on July 7
- Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy attending Chicago TARDIS 2023
- The Seven Classic Daleks in the Asylum – Complete Histories Uncovered
- Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: A Genius for War due July 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Second Doctor Adventures: James Robert McCrimmon due July 2023
- Doctor Who The Target Book Club event July 16 at Bush Hall
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Radio Free Skaro #908 - Maggie Mae
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 22 secondsIt’s the Eve of Doom’s Day as the BBC ramps up its transmedial multimodal whatsit starring Sooz Kempner for a debut on June 5th! The Three Who Rule cogitate on this monumental and somewhat confusing chronological crisis, along wth much more, including Indira Varma as the mysterious Duchess, Frazer Hines writing an Evil of the Daleks novelization, a contraband 1997 Doctor Who annual, Doctor Who and Top Gear going into the metaverse for some reason, the Revised Return of the Wife in Space, and the ever enjoyable Timelash!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Indira Varma joins Doctor Who as The Duchess
- Doctor Who Magazine 591 released
- Prepare for Doom’s Day
- Four to Doom’s Day vinyl due Aug 25
- Big Finish Doom’s Day details
- Big Finish UNIT – Nemesis: Masters of Time due July 2023
- Big Finish Torchwood Soho: Ascension due Feb 2024
- BBC Studios takes Top Gear and Doctor Who into the metaverse
- Evil of the Daleks to be novelized by Fraser Hines
- Evil of the Daleks audio release due Oct 26
- Jamie Mathieson’s first draft of Flatline released
- ILLUMINART 2 The Doctor Who Art of Andrew Skilleter due Sep 2023
- Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1997 due May 30
- Revised Adventures with the Wife in Space coming Nov 2023
- 60 Years of Doctor Who celebration at Jodrell Bank July 23
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Radio Free Skaro #907 - Let It Be
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 19 minutes and 23 secondsIt is one of the more fallow news weeks in recent memory as we have merely one Big Finish and a few novels to speak of, BUT that doesn’t stop the Three Who Rule from chewing up all of time and space with both the Timelash and and AND the return of Fluid Links! How does WKRP figure into the Tom Baker era? Why do Nimons wear loincloths? These questions and more are yours to hear and yell at in frustration!
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Radio Free Skaro #906 - Dig It
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 11 minutes and 14 secondsWe now have titles for the upcoming Doctor Who David Tennant specials, and a teaser trailer featuring Beep The Meep, Neil Patrick Harris as whoever he might be, and not a whole lot else! Still, it’s something, as is Regency costumes on Ncuti Gatwa and Co., Disney+ losing money due to cricket (so we’ll blame that on the fifth Doctor) , Big Finish, NFTs, analog NFTs in the form of Doctor Who themed Magic: The Gathering cards, and as ever the Timelash, where we decided Alec Baldwin has been hoarding 16mm prints of missing episodes! It’s Wednesday, Lemon!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- David Tennant specials episode titles revealed
- New Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials trailer
- Gatwa, Gibson, and Jonathan Groff pose in new Regency-era outfits
- Disney+ sheds subscribers
- Doctor Who Chronicles #8 – 1963-64 due June 8
- Make Your Own TARDIS Book Nook with Blue Peter
- Big Finish Freebies start with an Eccleston episode
- Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity open to submissions
- Doctor Who Magic: The Gathering Cards Are Up For Preorder
- BBC files NFT trademark for Doctor Who logo
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Radio Free Skaro #905 - I Me Mine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 15 secondsIt’s a race agains the clock as to the excitement of Chris and Steven and the consternation of Warren we recorded this episode right before Game Two of the Edmonton Oilers playoff series with Vegas and tensions were running high (except for Warren who couldn’t care less), but STILL we bring you news of a cryptic 60th anniversary teaser and Eurovision trailer yet to come, a fine Twitter thread from James Moran on the deplorable conditions UK television writers face as they watch the WGA strike in America, Jonathan Groff joins the Doctor Who cast to the delight of musical enthusiasts (not us) and of course we dive into history with The Timelash!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Doctor Who season 14 is so far “unaffected” by writers’ strike
- James Moran thread on the WGA strike
- Doctor Who airs new footage of 60th anniversary in cryptic teaser
- New teaser breakdown
- Jonathan Groff joins Doctor Who cast
- The 1963 Doctor Who diaries of Waris Hussein – part one
- Doom’s Day: Hours 14-11 due Aug 31
- Artwork Revealed for 2023’s Doctor Who Target Novels
- Kklak!: The Doctor Who Art of Chris Achilleos updated paperback released
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Radio Free Skaro #904 - Across the Universe
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 27 minutes and 29 secondsA beloved tunesmith is back in action as Murray Gold returns to Doctor Who, the latest in a string of RTDists to join their blue box pals once more. If horror and panic is more your thing, the LAX Marriott does HOTELMAGEDDON as the first Gallifrey One room block will be available May 12, so gird your loins appropriately! Also there’s a Blue Peter contest, David Tennant’s hair is completely out of control, The Ultimate Adventure has been restored, and The Timlelash gives your the musings of three creaking skeletons who like their stories. Allons and indeed…y
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Murray Gold returns to Doctor Who
- Murray Gold re-introduction video
- Doctor Who Magazine 590 released
- Gallifrey One hotel block opens May 12
- Blue Peter set visit contest
- Blue Peter contest David Tennant video
- Adventures Across Space and Time: A Doctor Who Reader coming in November
- Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure restored
- Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: The Artist at the End of Time due June 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – Far from Home due June 2023
- Big Finish The War Master: Solitary Confinement due June 2023
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Radio Free Skaro #903 - Dig a Pony
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 6 minutes and 45 secondsIt’s a week of casting and backsides this week as we see Jinkx Monsoon’s costume and Ncuti Gatwa’s…form-fitting costume dominate fan headlines, along with Fortnite news, Doom’s Day comic book shenanigans, a BBC brand manager job that involves driving a forklift(?), and perhaps the greatest heavy lifting of all…The Timelash!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- 60s costumes revealed for Series 14
- Jinkx Monsoon’s outfit revealed
- Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa to perform Shakespeare at Coronation Concert
- Is Fortnite getting Doctor Who content?
- Job posting: Brand Asset Manager – Doctor Who
- Spearhead From Space screening at the BFI on June 11
- Brian Croucher, Richard Ashton, Mickey Lewis added to LI Who guest list
- Doctor Who The Complete History Digital Editions Issues 81- 90 available
- Doctor Who: Doom’s Day on sale from Titan Comics July 5
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Radio Free Skaro #902 - Two of Us
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 33 minutes and 12 secondsIt’s another fallow week of news in The Land of Who but that won’t stop us going on about Star Trek Picard, Star Wars Celebration and maybe even some BBC show where Steven Moffat won the Terrance Discks Award for Writers, a new batch of novels arrive for the 60th anniversary, Once Upon a Time Lord gains a cover, the Timelash does the thing it does (going through the years and making offhand remarks) and…for real this time, Part Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Planet of Giants”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Moffat wins Terrance Dicks Award for Writers
- Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary celebrated with new series of novels
- Doctor Who Magazine 61-80 Bundle Complete History Special Issue
- Doctor Who Once Upon a Time Lord from Titan Comics cover art released
- Big Finish Star Cops – The High Frontier: 2 now available
- Murray Melvin died
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Radio Free Skaro #901 - The Jinkx of Monsoon
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 24 minutes and 32 secondsChris is absent this week due to a case of the Post-UK Vocal Swarm but in his stead steps in Verity co-host and eminent contrarian Kat Griffiths to discuss Jinx Monsoon appearing in upcoming Doctor Who, Big Finish releases, random Star Wars musings as a torrent of information emerges from Star Wars Celebration in London, and, of course, the Timelash! Fear not, Chris is also back through the magic of time travel as we continue on with our Classic Series Commentary for Part Two of “Planet of Giants”!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Gallifrey One 2024 tickets now on sale
- Jinkx Monsoon joins the new series of Doctor Who
- Ncuti Gatwa tops Radio Times TV 100 list
- Doctor Who: An Unlikely Heist available on Apple Arcade
- Doctor Who: The Teeth of Ice featuring the 8th Doctor, due Aug 3
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Conflicts of Interest due Sep 2023
- Big Finish trailer for Once and Future: Past Lives
- Peter Day died
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Radio Free Skaro #900 - 900 Year Diary
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 13 minutes and 40 secondsAmazingly, we’ve reached episode 900 of this here internet audio programme and we celebrate with not only the news of the day, including DWM tidbits, Big Finish and more audio fun, and the ever-present Timelash, but with the first of three exciting Classic Series Commentaries about the 1964 William Hartnell classic “Planet of Giants!”
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Doctor Who Magazine 589 released
- Directors discuss the new TARDIS set
- Casting news from Doctor Who Magazine
- Doctor Who Am I available
- Radiophonic Workshop videos on BBC Archive YouTube Channel
- Serpent Crest 10 LP set due May 26
- Big Finish Rani Takes on the World: The Revenge of Wormwood due April 2023
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Radio Free Skaro #899 - Doom Patrol
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes and 10 secondsIt’s All-900 Episode’s Eve, and we have news of….Doom. What is Doom? Who is Doom? Why is Doom? Join the Three Who Rule who endeavour to piece together this multimedia mystery, discuss Chris’s recent sojourn to the UK and Wales, wander through the Timelash as per usual…and that’s before we dive into Part the Second of our Lennie Mayne Miniscope!
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Miniscope:
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Radio Free Skaro #898 - Awarding the Mainprize
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 6 secondsWhat is Doom’s Day and does it have anything to do with Urbankans? Nothing presumably, as it is a new audio adventure teased mysteriously as of this recoding, but Steven and Warren shall pick apart what few clues they have as Chris is on Special Assignment and absent from most of the proceedings this week. We also have news of Henry-Tennant regeneration hijinks on Red Nose Day, a simply wonderful trailer for the new Series 9 collection, the ever-present Timelash, and Part One of our Miniscope on Doctor Who director Lennie Mayne!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- BBC Doctor Who “Doom’s Day” teaser
- Doctor Who: Four from Doom’s Day: Doom’s Day Audio Original
- Doctor Who on Red Nose Day
- Doctor Who bosses ‘planning UNIT spin-off with Jemma Redgrave’
- New trailer for the Doctor Who Series 9 collection
- DWM Special on Doctor Who Showrunners
- BF Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms due May 2023
- BF Torchwood: Among Us – Part 2 due June 2023
- Kit Pedler in BBC story about pollution from 1971
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Radio Free Skaro #898 - Awarding the Mainprize
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 26 minutes and 6 secondsWhat is Doom’s Day and does it have anything to do with Urbankans? Nothing presumably, as it is a new audio adventure teased mysteriously as of this recoding, but Steven and Warren shall pick apart what few clues they have as Chris is on Special Assignment and absent from most of the proceedings this week. We also have news of Henry-Tennant regeneration hijinks on Red Nose Day, a simply wonderful trailer for the new Series 9 collection, the ever-present Timelash, and Part One of our Miniscope on Doctor Who director Lennie Mayne!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- BBC Doctor Who “Doom’s Day” teaser
- Doctor Who: Four from Doom’s Day: Doom’s Day Audio Original
- Doctor Who on Red Nose Day
- Doctor Who bosses ‘planning UNIT spin-off with Jemma Redgrave’
- New trailer for the Doctor Who Series 9 collection
- DWM Special on Doctor Who Showrunners
- BF Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms due May 2023
- BF Torchwood: Among Us – Part 2 due June 2023
- Kit Pedler in BBC story about pollution from 1971
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Radio Free Skaro #897 - Radio Freaks Skaro
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 5 minutes and 58 secondsIt’s another exciting week of Doctor Who news as various content mills continue to draw the last bits of blood from the stone that is our Chris Chibnall interview, Russell T Davies says he’s focused on Doctor Who for “years to come,” Doctor Who: Lost in Time, a new mobile game that’s been on our phones for months launches, and a very expensive teddy bear set to arrive in time for the 60th anniversary! All this and the Timelash, where we do deep dives into the kind of minutiae you only get here, on Radio Freaks Skaro!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Russell T Davies’s focus is on Doctor Who for ‘years to come’
- Moffat to write for Series 15?
- Red Nose Day to show off new 14th Doctor costume
- Big Finish The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Pioneers due May 2023
- Doctor Who Redacted renewed for Season 2, but not with Ella Watts as producer
- Doctor Who Annual 2024 due Sep 7
- Doctor Who: Lost in Time mobile game launches
- The Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Bear by Steiff
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Radio Free Skaro #896 - Walkman on Sunshine
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 50 minutes and 42 secondsWe continue to bask in the glow of our Chris Chibnall interview at Gallifrey One and lo, so has the internet as excerpts appear around and about the internet in the form of news articles and Youtube commentary. But we trundle on towards the future with director announcements for the impending Gatwa Era and indeed the past with the Timelash and our Modern Series Commentary from the Capaldi classic “The Lie of the Land!” Monkadelic!
Links:
- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Radio Times: Chris Chibnall wanted to bring back Doctor Who spin-offs
- Radio Times: Doctor Who: Flux was almost axed, reveals Chris Chibnall
- Julie Anne Robinson officially unveiled as director for Block Three
- Ben Chessell announced as director for Block Four
- Doctor Who Magazine 588 released
- Fan animation of the first 10 minutes of The Celestial Toymaker
- Part 2 of The Celestial Toymaker animation
- Audio adaptation of The Making of Doctor Who coming June 1
- Big Finish Doctor Who – Once and Future: Past Lives details announced due May 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unleashed due May 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: Prisoners of London by Matthew Waterhouse due July 2023
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Radio Free Skaro #895 - The Exit Interview
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 54 minutes and 5 secondsIt’s the week after Gallifrey One and we have an extra special treat for you, an hour-long interview with outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall! Listen to the man himself as he delves into the move from Xmas to New Year’s specials, dealing with COVID (and the making of the Doctor’s message to fans from her closet) and much, much more. We also have figurine and audio news, Doctor Who Am I on Blu-ray and the ever-present Timelash. Not bad for three exhausted malcontents!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Gallifrey One
- Chris Chibnall
- Scifi Collector to relaunch Doctor Who figurines
- The Amazing World of Doctor Who record store day release
- Doctor Who Magazine Complete History issues 41-60 collection released
- Doctor Who Am I iTunes pre-order
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Doctor Chronicles: The Tenth Doctor: Defender of the Earth due November 2023
- Big Finish Once and Future guest cast announced
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Radio Free Skaro #894 - Cinema Verity
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 8 minutes and 24 secondsWe wrap another year at Gallifrey One! And it’s a very special episode of the podcast because Deb, Erika, Kat, Liz, and Lynne from Verity! join Steven to recap their weekend as they head off on podcast hiatus, hopefully soon to return. Also, we have interviews with the great Bonnie Langford (attending her first Gallifrey One in 22 years!), Doctor Who comics artist Dan Slott, and Matthew Jacobs & Vanessa Yuille circle back on how much has happened since the launch of Doctor Who Am I. Next week: a feature length interview with former Doctor Who show runner Chris Chibnall…
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Radio Free Skaro #893 - Whittaker & Whitaker
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 40 minutes and 21 secondsIt’s the Sunday at Gallifrey One! Join us as Steven, Warren, and Chris recap the Friday and Saturday of the convention, from their live show hijinks on the Friday, Steven’s commentary panel with Chris Chibnall et al, Warren’s interview panels several actors from Who’s past, and the general vibe of Jodie Whittaker’s first ever Gallifrey One! And speaking of Whit(t)taker, Simon Guerrier tells us about the research he’s discovered about David Whitaker, Doctor Who’s first story editor! And coming soon: a feature length interview with former Doctor Who show runner Chris Chibnall…
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Radio Free Skaro #892 - Get Back
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 52 minutes and 48 secondsIt’s Gallifrey One time! And once again, it is our great honour to kick off Gallifrey One on the main stage on the Friday morning of this simply superlative convention. Listen as Colin Baker plays musical chairs and makes a punching bag out of Warren! Hear Sophie Alfred and Janet Fielding tell tales of returning to the show decades later! Find out how director Jamie Magnus Stone and production Dafydd Charmer coped with COVID while making Flux! And laugh as the Three Who Rule vamp to cover for the initial absence of Craige Els and Patrick O’Kane!
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Radio Free Skaro #891 - To Where You Once Belonged
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 21 secondsIt’s the preamble to the most wonderful time of the year as we eschew the news of the week and go full bore with our annual Gallifrey One preview! Listen to us cogitate about the first Gally since 2020 (and the pandemic) to feature attendance by every single one of the Three Who Rule who will open the con with our live show Get Back at 10 a.m. Friday the 17th! As is tradition, we go through the stuffed to the gills schedule and highlight both things were looking forward to and panels, photo ops, commentaries and more that you might wish to attend, should you be in Los Angeles!
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Radio Free Skaro #890 - Mrah Business
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 1 minutes and 14 secondsIt’s just under two weeks until the Three Who Rule descend upon the LAX Marriott for Gallifrey One….which is now sold out! In the meantime RTD hints at all of Doctor Who once again gracing the iPlayer, there’s mmmrahhhh business to speak of involving BBC Studios bigwig talk of growth, mergers and acquisitions and other such financial tomfoolery, along with an “impossible” new TARDIS set and The Timelash, where we travel back in time to guess and frankly make things up about the week in Doctor Who!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Gallifrey One sold out, latest update
- All of Doctor Who on iPlayer?
- BBC Studios boss talks Doctor Who
- Doctor Who Magazine 587 released
- New TARDIS interior set
- Doctor Who Chronicles 7: 1988 due Feb 16
- Planet of the Ood audio CD due July 13
- The Waters of Mars audio CD due July 13
- Kerblam! audio CD due July 13
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Radio Free Skaro #889 - Spin City
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 7 minutes and 24 secondsFinally our live show can be revealed as we Get Back to Gallifrey One in Los Angeles, CA! Plus the Gally schedule is out in the wild, there are updates afoot about said convention, and RTD is confirming spinoffs but not confirming Edgar Wright as a future director, whatever misleading GQ headlines may imply. And to continue the string of new and exciting content Jo Jones appears in a trailer for the Season 9 – The Collection set, news of LI Who guests, and of course the feature we love and you tolerate, The Timelash!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Radio Free Skaro: Get Back, live at Gallifrey One
- Gallifrey One schedule released
- Gallifrey One late January update
- Doctor Who spinoffs confirmed?
- Season 9 Blu-Ray announced
- Season 9 US Amazon link
- Season 9 Canada Amazon link
- Defenders of Earth – Season 9 Bliu-Ray teaser
- Doctor Who: A Complete History volume 2 issues 21-40 released
- LI Who guests announced
- Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – The Eighth of March: Strange Chemistry due March 8
- Big Finish The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 1 due October 2023
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Radio Free Skaro #888 - The Number of the Meep
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 3 minutes and 14 secondsAs we veer closer to Gallifrey One at the LAX Marriott, none other than Chris Chibnall, he who what ran Doctor Who most recently is on his way to Los Angeles to answer your (pre-approved, no comments please) questions! Plus we have news of new actors just announced by current/future Doctor Who showrunner Russell The Davies for upcoming Who, a tour of another showrunner’s writer’s room as Steven Moffat gave a tour of his scribbling nook and the Timelash, where we’ll probably talk about showrunners!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Chris Chibnall announced for Gallifrey One
- Gallifrey One mid-January update
- Anita Dobson and Michelle Greenidge guesting on Doctor Who
- The Home of the WHOniverse
- New Target books announced for the range’s 50th anniversary
- A tour of Steven Moffat’s writing studio
- Big Finish “Interludes” included with some 2023 releases
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Radio Free Skaro #887 - Aneurin in the Fire
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 9 minutes and 54 secondsIt’s a slow week for Doctor Who news but that won’t stop the Three Who Rule from prattling on about Gallifrey One and Long Island Who updates, an upcoming book about Doctor Who story editor and writer David Whitaker by one Simon Guerrier, and a deep dive into both forgotten and unused Doctor Who story titles of days gone by and the extensive writing career of one Ingrid Pitt! Myrka kicker, actor, and novelist, oh my!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Gally guest announcement, Whittaker receptions
- Katy Manning announced for LI Who
- Jemma Redgrave and Aneurin Barnard join the new series of Doctor Who
- David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television by Simon Guerrier due 2H 2023
- Josephine and the Argonauts by Paul Magrs due Aug 24
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Radio Free Skaro #886 - In Vino Veritas
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 14 minutes and 54 secondsWe have an extra special third chair this week, as Erika Ensign of Verity! substitutes for Chris, give us an update on the status of said Doctor Who podcast, and we discuss all manner of Who news including the benefits of combined virtual and in-person cons, new guests coming to Gallifrey One (mere weeks away!) and an onslaught of tat including box sets, audio, digital histories and more! All this and the ever-present Timelash and a staggering web of Who actors related to, partnered with or married to other Who actors that’s sure to confustigate you with befuddlement!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Doctor Who Magazine 586
- Gallifrey One guest announcement
- Verity! appearing virtually at Console Room
- The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace being animated?
- Doctor Who The Collection Season 2 coming to the US on March 28
- Doctor Who The Collection Season 2 coming to Canada on March 28
- Doctor Who: The Complete History being made available digitally, starting with issues 1-20
- Vworp Vworp! Volume 5 available for pre-order
- DWAS Celestial Toyroom Annual 2023 released
- Series 13 Specials Soundtracks on CD due Jan 13
- The Lagoon Monsters 10th Doctor Audio CD
- BF 2022 Short Trip The World Tree available for download
- BF Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: The Return of Jo Jones due Feb 2023
- BF Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Unleashed due May 2023
- BF Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Daleks! Genesis of Terror due May 2023
- BF Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Doctor Who and The Ark due June 2023
- BF Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: In The Night due September 2023
- Doctor Who Relationships twitter thread from @DrWhoCastCrew
- Toby Hadoke’s Doctor Who In Memoriam 2022
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Radio Free Skaro #885 - Who's There?
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 21 minutes and 26 secondsHappy New Year! It’s the beginning of 2023 so what better way to ring in the new year with two things recorded in 2022! First we have the Timelash, and then we bring you the adventures of PCap, Bill, and a bunch of wacky termite infested kids as they take on a haunted house, a weirdo landlord and more in our Modern Series Commentary for “Knock Knock”!
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Radio Free Skaro #884 - Holiday Special Deathmatch
Episode Duration: 0 days, 2 hours, 9 minutes and 55 secondsHappy Holidays all and especially a Happy Boxing Day to those in Canada and the UK. And quite a sock to the jaw it was to see a Doctor Who 60th anniversary trailer on Xmas Day! Still nothing new with Ncuti Gatwa’s incarnation of the Doctor but we do have more of Tennant’s Who the 14th, Donna Noble, and most importantly, Beep The Meep! If that wasn’t enough, we’re joined by Kat Griffiths of Verity! and Erika Ensign of Verity!, Lazy Doctor Who, Total Party Kill and more for the first and only Doctor Who Holiday Death Match where we decide once and for all the all-time champion Xmas/New Year special! Get ready for fierce debate, divisive opinions and…maybe some boxing? Tune in and find out!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- 60th Anniversary Specials teaser
- Ruth Madelay joins the cast
- 60th Anniversary Specials press release
- Gallifrey One guest update
- Mark Tonderai directing for Ncuti Gatwa’s first series
- Doctor Who staying on HBO Max?
- Big Finish Doctor Who —The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Shades of Fear coming February 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Comrades-in-Arms coming May 2023
- Big Finish Blake’s 7 S1 Novelization box set due May 27, 2023
- Stephen Greif died
- Toby Hadoke’s Chris Boucher obituary
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 24
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 43 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 24.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 23
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 42 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 23.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 22
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 27 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 22.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 21
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes and 2 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 21.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 20
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 53 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 20.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 19
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 41 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 19.
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Radio Free Skaro #883 - The Very Powerful and the Very Stupid
Episode Duration: 0 days, 1 hours, 2 minutes and 53 secondsIt’s beginning to feel a lot like Cosplayer Christmas as Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson aka The Doctor and Ruby Sunday’s respective costumes have been revealed! Listen to two fashion illiterates and one Certified Dandy speculate on what it all means and mostly just deciding they look neat. Also we mourn the loss of Chris Boucher, cogitate upon the mysterious winnowing down of Who content on many services worldwide as the Disney Plus transition looms, and the ever-popular Timelash!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- 2022 Fluid Links Advent
- Ncuti Gatwa/Millie Gibson costume press release
- Ncuti Gatwa/Millie Gibson costume reveal video
- Chris Boucher died
- Is Doctor Who leaving Crave January 6?
- Only three episodes left on TVNZ; Eve of the Daleks leaving January 1
- Most of what’s left of Doctor on ABC iView is leaving by January 9
- Some Classic Doctor Who specials leaving BritBox UK on December 25
- New Season 2 Blu-Ray trailer from Benjamin Cook
- Big Finish War Doctor stories on Radio 4 Extra & BBC Sounds from Dec 17
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: The Return of Jo Jones due February 2023
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The First Doctor Adventures: The Demon Song due February 2023
- Big Finish Worlds of Doctor Who – Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road due April 2023
- Big Finish Torchwood: The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello due Feb 2023
- Big Finish Torchwood: Among Us – Part 1 due May 2023
- Jane Sherwin died
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 18
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 18 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 18.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 17
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 43 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 17.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 16
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 45 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 16.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 15
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 5 minutes and 41 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 14.
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Radio Free Skaro – 2022 Fluid Links Advent Calendar, Day 14
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 43 secondsThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 14.