InnerSPACE LIVE: Doctor Who – The Big Bang

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Tonight, Saturday, July 24, at 9:00pm ET, will see the North American premiere of the Series 5 finale of Doctor Who, “The Big Bang”, in both the US (on BBC America) and Canada (on SPACE). Immediately after the broadcast in Canada, SPACE will be airing a special live version of InnerSPACE featuring various guests and panelists. There will also be a live web chat featuring several Who experts, including the three hosts from Radio Free Skaro!

The live chat starts at 8:45pm ET. Clicking here will take you to the SPACE website. Join the fun, and let’s all hope the Doctor Who finale is a roaring success on North American TV screens!

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SPACE Podcast – July 23, 2010

<![CDATA[spacebadgeOn the eve of the finale of Series 5 of Doctor Who on SPACE, the Radio Free Skaro team offer their review of Episode 12, the stupendously awesome The Pandorica Opens, on the latest SPACE Podcast.

Read more at the SPACE website! And don’t miss the big event on Saturday, July 24: The Big Bang, followed by the InnerSPACE Live Special, on SPACE starting at 9pm ET.]]>

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Now Available Worldwide

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The first two episodes of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games has now been made available on the game site Direct2Drive for a low price of $4.95. From the website blurb, the package includes:

Episode 1 – City of the Daleks (Included Free)
The TARDIS materializes in 1963 to find the human race destroyed by the Daleks. The Doctor must travel to the home planet of his arch enemy, the Daleks, to correct time and the save the last survivor of Humanity – Amy Pond.

Episode 2 – Blood of the Cybermen
The Doctor and Amy materialise in the Arctic – where members of a geological survey team have started turning from flesh to metal after awakening something that has been dormant for thousands of years – an army of Cybermen.

Note: Only the Windows version is currently being made available. There is as yet no word about the Mac version, and it is not known if it will be released at a later date (as it was in the UK).

Find out more at the Direct2Drive site.

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Doctor Who Series 5 DVD/BR Update

<![CDATA[November 9 has now been confirmed as the North American release date for the Series 5 box set on DVD and Blu-Ray, and DVD box art has now been made available (previously only Blu-Ray art was available). Along with the “Meanwhile, in the TARDIS…” content mentioned previously, the feature list confirms story commentaries. While the past few series have featured both DVD- and internet-based commentary releases, the powers that be chose to not release internet-based commentaries for Series 5, so including them on the DVDs will make a lot of fans clamouring for such content very happy.

See more at TVShowsOnDVD.com.]]>

November North America Doctor Who DVDs

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November 2 will see the North American release of two Classic Doctor Who Cybermen stories, Tom Baker’s Revenge of the Cybermen and Sylvester McCoy’s Silver Nemesis. Neither of these two stories is often rated very highly relative to some other Cybermen stories but they’ve both got certain charms. Unlike the UK, and as has happened a lot of late in North America, the titles will be sold separately. It should be noted the Silver Nemesis release is the transmission version rather than the extended cut issued on VHS in the 1990s.

Read more at TVShowsOnDVD.com.

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Doctor Who Series 5 DVD/Blu-Ray – November 9?

<![CDATA[Today the LA Times is reporting the DVD/Blu-Ray release of Series 5 of Doctor Who will hit store shelves November 9th. Given the source, this should represent the North American release date and may or may not coincide with the UK release date. As yet neither BBC Worldwide nor Warner (which distributes Who DVDs/Blu-Rays in North America) has confirmed the release date but that is expected to happen soon.

The cool bit of news is there will be a bonus called “Meanwhile, in the TARDIS…” comprised of two specially-filmed segments to bridge some story gaps. What a delightfully interesting concept to say the least!

Edit: Reports are now coming in the UK release date will be November 8.]]>

Radio Free Skaro #207 – Please Do Not Throw Hands At Me

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Radio Free Skaro #207 – Click here to listen

The Radio Free Skaro Classic Series Commentaries kept trucking along this week with a look at another Tom Baker story. The Robots of Death, a wonderful murder mystery, goes under examination in the form of the Three Who Rule jib-jabbering their way through four episodes of Chris Boucher goodness. Oh, and there’s some like casting news… or something… about the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special. And Torchwood news. And DVD news. But that’s all peanuts compared to robots! ROBOTS!
Show Notes:

New Designs at…Skaro Shop!
Gallifrey One…Guest Update!
Christmas Special…Announcement!
Torchwood Series 4…Characters!
Doctor Who Proms…Broadcast!
BBC Audiobooks…Sold!
Time and the Rani…DVD Details!
Patrick Troughton…Ferguson?

Commentary:

The Robots…Of Death!
Chris Boucher…Miniscope

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SPACE Podcast – July 16, 2010

<![CDATA[spacebadgeIt’s getting down to the nitty gritty in Matt Smith’s first series in Doctor Who. On the latest SPACE Podcast, the Three Who Rule discuss their thoughts on that delightful romp, The Lodger, which is the last chance for whimsy for The Doctor before what looks like will be a devastating finale…

Read more at the SPACE website! And don’t forget to watch The Pandorica Opens on SPACE on Saturday, July 17 at 9pm ET!]]>

Gallifrey 22 Guest Update

<![CDATA[The organizers of Gallifrey One, the largest Doctor Who convention in North America, today announced a major guest update. Joining previously announced guests such as Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Tracie Simpson and others are new series and Torchwood producer Peter Bennett, Ian McNeice who portrayed Winston Churchill in Victory of the Daleks, Sarah Sutton, new series director Ashley Way, friend of the show Steve Roberts and more! Check the Gallifrey One website for the complete list of guests announced today!]]>

Doctor Who Podcast Alliance Interviews Matthew Waterhouse

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On this edition of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance (DWPA) Podcast, a recent event at Waterstones in Lakeside, Thurrock brought various members of the DWPA into contact with one Matthew Waterhouse, he of Adric fame. What follows is a general podcast about the event, plus an interview with the unfairly maligned Waterhouse himself, who was also gracious enough to read an excerpt of his keenly anticipated Doctor Who memoir, Blue Box Boy. Listen to the show in the media player above!

Check out the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance site to find a glorious smattering of Doctor Who podcasts (including Radio Free Skaro) that will no doubt educate and entertain you.

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