Radio Free Skaro #140 – The Gay(seous) Agenda

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“The Unquiet Dead” was the episode next in line for commentary, but the intrepid investigations of the Three Who Rule have discovered a hidden message within this tale of Dickens, aliens, and reanimated corpses. Yes, it seems Russel T. Davies sees fit to force his sick preferences for matter in neither solid or liquid but gaseous(!) form down the throats of the public. Well, not on our watch, dear listener. What’s next, marriage between a glass of water and a pineapple? The mind boggles.

direct download: rfs140.mp3

Show Notes:

Neil’s Mountain Climb…donate!
John Barrowman…oh, never mind.
David Tennant…cameo!
New casting…announcement!
Yet another…Torchwood trailer!
Again with the…Trickster!

September NA Doctor Who DVD Titles Announced

Well, not announced per se, but Steve Manfred notes here that, on September 8, North America will see the release of no less than three (3) stories on DVD :

The Deadly Assassin (Season 14, 1976)
Image of the Fendahl (Season 15, 1977)
Delta and the Bannermen (Season 24, 1987)

Grand news, obviously, but more importantly, the release of these three stories means that, as of today, all DVDs that have been released, or announced for release, in the UK will have been released here. That just sets up the eagerly awaited Dalek Wars box set (containing Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks) and the grand daddy of them all, the three-disc set for The War Games to be released before the end of 2009.

There may not be much in the way of new Doctor Who in 2009, but thanks to the Restoration Team, we’re enjoying a few good gold nuggets (and Delta and the Bannermen) from the classic series – hooray!

UPDATE : Here’s a link to TV Shows on DVD.

HiSciFi Interviews Radio Free Skaro’s Warren Frey

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HiSciFi, a weekly science fiction radio show that broadcasts out of Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University on CJSF Radio, recently sat down to interview Radio Free Skaro’s own Warren Frey about all things Doctor Who, as well as chat a little bit about this very podcast. Listen as Warren defends Peter Davison, exhumes William Hartnell (only to bury him again), and generally nerds it up with the radio hosts for nigh on 45 minutes.

Here it be:

direct download: rfshiscifi.mp3

Radio Free Skaro/Flick Filosopher Inadvertently Team Up

By a staggering coincidence that makes the mind boggle, the film review site Flick Filosopher (specifically, MaryAnn Johanson) is posting reviews of each episode of Series 1 of Doctor Who on the same day that Radio Free Skaro is releasing audio commentaires for those very same episodes. Spooky! Anyway, FF seems to share the same love-in for the Christopher Eccleston era that we here at RFS do, as you can read here today (and every Sunday, it seems, too) :

Flick Filosopher’s review of :

Rose
The End of the World

Radio Free Skaro #139 – An Absence of Pedantry

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There was no, repeat no news this week, save a couple of tidbit that were quite spoilery and best left to rot unless confirmed correct. Added to that was RFS dilettante “The Third Guy” was off at an event in Manchester called “Who at the Fab Cafe” (sounds made up). But while Chris had an imaginary good time, it was up to Steven, Warren and Katrina to pick up the slack and give their thoughts and opinions on “The End of the World”.

direct download: rfs139.mp3

Radio Free Skaro #138 – The Radio Free Skaro 138th Episode Spectacular

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As Radio Free Skaro celebrates the all important milestone of their 138th episode, they take some time out for this Wednesday Cutaway to sit around the fireplace, dig into their mailbag, and, for the first time ever, answer about half of the 22 comments and emails that the Three Who Rule have received since starting up this podcast nigh on three years ago. Will your comment from two years ago now finally be answered? Listen and find out!

direct download: rfs138.mp3

Radio Free Skaro #137 – A Rose By Any Other Name…

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With a gulf of unrealistic (and unwelcome) lack of Doctor Who stretching far over the (event) horizon, The Three Who Rule took it upon themselves to deploy their deadliest weapon: the commentary. Specifically, a look at the first series of New Who, starting with Rose. Fantastic!

direct download: rfs137.mp3

Show Notes:

Neil’s Mountain Climb…donate!
Planet of the Dead…viewing figures!
Doctor Who theme tune…best ever!
Lizo says Hannah Murray…not the companion!
Doctor Who and David Tennant…losers!
Jane Tranter…winner!
Torchwood Series 3…preview!
Gillian Anderson…The Rani?

Radio Free Skaro #42 – Life, the Universe, and Everything

This week’s Wednesday Cutaway is an even extra-er special than last week’s entry, yet, in keeping with our style, also incredibly lazy. Episode #42 of Radio Free Skaro, recorded back in July 2007, never made its way onto the official Radio Free Skaro feed, and, barring the odd fan who remembered it from its original posting, was thought to be lost in the mists of time for all eternity. However, recently extricated from a disused refuse bin in territory still owned by the Hudson’s Bay Corporation, we present to you – Radio Free Skaro: The (Almost) Lost Episode.

From July 17, 2007 :

With precious little in the way of new Dr. Who to chew over, Warren and Steven seize upon the fortuitously named episode #42 of this fine podcast to genuflect on Douglas Adams, not only in regards to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy but also his contributions to Dr Who to computer gaming and to pioneering work on what would become the World Wide Web. Stay hoopy, and don’t forget your towel!

Direct download: rfs42.mp3

Radio Free Skaro #136 – The Wrath (and Hay Fever) of Ian Levine

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The Three Who Rule deal with a dearth of real news the best way they know how: with inane chatter involving the likes of superfan Ian Levine and his escapades on Twitter, Warren’s continuing animosity toward the McCoy era and coming to grips with our loving hatred of other Doctor Who podcasts all while dealing with technical issues that forced actual editing. Come join the fun!


direct download: rfs136.mp3

Show Notes:

Neil’s Mountain Climb…donate!
Planet of the Dead…AI index!
New Doctor Who…producers!
Welsh BAFTA…nominations!
The Deadly Assassin…on DVD!
Planet of the Dead DVD…June 29!
New Doctor Who…spin-off?
David Tennant…podcast!
Who Party in…Toronto!

New Producers on Doctor Who

The BBC recently announced three (3) new producers for Series 5 of Doctor Who (For the full story from the BBC, click here.). They are:

– Tracie Simpson (who produced Planet of the Dead, and has been working on NuWho for some time),
– Peter Bennett (who produced the upcoming Torchwood: Children of Earth, but we won’t hold that against him), and
– Beth Willis, who will act as another Executive Producer beside Piers (Load Bearing) Wenger.

Two questions beg to be asked here. Why does it take three people to fill the one job that departed producer Phil Collinson used to do on his own? And do the new producers know how to mix and serve drinks as well as their predecessor?

The answer to that last question, at least, as ably demonstrated by the video below, is most probably “no”.


(That’s Phil serving Radio Free Skaro’s own Warren Frey at Gallifrey ’09)