Category: Episodes

Radio Free Skaro #660 – Doctor of Hope and Lego

We’re at the halfway point of Doctor Who’s new Time Team’s first series, and “The Tsuranga Conundrum” is the final of the initial Chibnall quartet of stories. Confused yet? Well, luckily the above unpronounceable quandary is a straight ahead adventure that the Three Who… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #660 – Doctor of Hope and Lego”

Radio Free Skaro #659 – The Web of Fear

The Doctor and her fam…errr, TARDIS Team land back in Sheffield and smack dab into spiders, ethically dubious American businessmen and RTD-level family drama in “Arachnids in the UK”, the latest instalment of the eleventh series of Doctor Who. Will the quintessentially Whovian juxtaposition… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #659 – The Web of Fear”

Radio Free Skaro #658 – The Spirit of Rosa

For a show about time travel, Doctor Who doesn’t really go deep on matters historical, preferring a quick tour and a laugh to really getting into events as they unfold. But that changed this week with “Rosa,” a look at how civil rights hero… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #658 – The Spirit of Rosa”

Radio Free Skaro #657 – Fish Fingers and Custard Creams

It’s the second week of new Doctor Who and one Jodie Whittaker and her Time Friends are wandering an alien planet, fighting killer bedsheets and practicing Venusian aikido, and the news has not let up one jot. New TARDIS, new title sequence, new appearances,… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #657 – Fish Fingers and Custard Creams”

Radio Free Skaro #656 – No Sir, All Thirteen

The long, long wait is finally over as Doctor Who returns to our screens all new but somehow every bit as Who-ish as ever. What did your esteemed hosts think of “The Woman Who Fell To Earth?”, not to mention Jodie Whittaker, said earth-falling… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #656 – No Sir, All Thirteen”

Radio Free Skaro #655 – Her Majesty

The countdown is on with one week to a new Doctor and a new era, and the media frenzy continues unabated with Jodie Whittaker playing an entirely non-canon Theremin on the Graham Norton Show, talking on BBC Radio6, giving us the first(ish) glimpse at… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #655 – Her Majesty”

Radio Free Skaro #654 – Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon

With a mere two weeks to go before Series 11 of Doctor Who graces our screens, the news is arriving with increased ferocity, including a new trailer, articles in Doctor Who Magazine and the New York Times (!), cinema screenings, media appearances by one… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #654 – Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon”

Radio Free Skaro #653 – Dent Captain Dent

Beginnings and endings this week as the build-up to Series 11 continues with the official premiere in Sheffield on September 24 – and you could be there! (But not to actually see the screening). And we tip our toque to the Doctor Who Information… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #653 – Dent Captain Dent”

Radio Free Skaro #652 – The Glass Ceiling

It’s official! Doctor Who, starring one Jodie Whittaker as Dr. Who, will air on October 7 worldwide (well, the UK, USA, and Canada, so far, and October 8 in Australia), and we’re pleased as punch about it. To build up and celebrate the impending… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #652 – The Glass Ceiling”

Radio Free Skaro #651 – Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

Sad news this week as legendary production designer Michael Pickwoad passed away at age 73, leaving behind a legion of fans and a body of work that included iconic Doctor Who sets over 71 episodes but spanned a decades-long career in film and television.… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #651 – Shipshape and Bristol Fashion”