Radio Free Skaro #740 – Danger: Bulk Flour
The love for Doctor Who and indeed humanity itself continues, with many a Doctor thanking the NHS for their sterling service this week, a new tweetalong with the inestimable Paul Cornell and his stories “Human Nature” and “The Family of Blood”, and extra bonus prequel/epilogue material for those same stories. And he’s not the only wordsmith cranking out the characters as Joy Wilkinson of “The Witchfinders” fame penned a short story as well! Plus there’s the first two parts of our “Frontier in Space” commentary! Let’s not forget our special guest Chip Sudderth, our fourth Beatle and eternal chum! He’s here for more than two minutes!
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- The Doctors say Thank You
- “The Simple Things” short story by Joy Wilkinson
- Farewell, Sarah Jane
- Lockdown tweetalong for “Dalek”
- Lockdown tweetalong for “Human Nature”/”The Family of Blood”
- “Shadow of a Doubt” prequel for Human Nature
- “The Shadow in the Mirror” epilogue for The Family of Blood
- Season 14 TARDIS console
- Calgary Expo cancelled
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Radio Free Skaro #739 – Lockdown of the Daleks
SwarmFest 2020 continues and with it we have a Doctor Who tsunami of tweetalongs, tie-ins, and tat, which makes up for conventions as far and wide as San Diego and London going online (in the case of DWAS’s CapitalCon) and just flat out not happening (SDCC). But if you’re looking for premium Doctor Who online content, we have our latest Miniscope examining the work of last week’s interview subject, Paul Wilmshurst, that work being his directorship of “Kill The Moon”, “Mummy on the Orient Express”, and “Last Christmas”! And if you like math, contagion, and the analysis of such things, we also have noted author, mathematician and man about town Robert Smith? popping by!
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- Ed Hime reportedly writing for Series 13
- “The Shadow Passes” short story by Paul Cornell
- Lockdown tweetalong for The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End
- New Sarah Jane Adventures content due
- Rory’s Story tie-in for The Doctor’s Wife tweetalong
- Suranne Jones’s message for The Doctor’s Wife tweetalong
- Neil Gaiman released some script pages and talked script changes during The Doctor’s Wife tweetalong
- A Heaven Sent tweetalong happened
- A Torchwood tweetalong for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang also happened
- A lockdown singalong for Long Song from The Rings of Akhaten is in the works
- Sadie Miller to play Sarah Jane Smith in Big Finish’s Return of the Cybermen
- The Unofficial Master Annual 2074 released
- DWAS holding its Capital Convention online
- DWAS is resurrecting its TARDIS magazine/fanzine
- San Diego Comic-Con 2020 canceled
- Pip Baker died
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Radio Free Skaro #738 – Absence of the Daleks
As we continue to hide in our own personal escape pods from Swarm 2020, we’re joined my writer, playwright and Resurrector of the Daleks Robert Shearman, who tells us firsthand about dealing with COVID-19, finishing his new book “We All Hear Stories in the Dark”, and chimes in on the latest Who news and various other bits of balderdash. And not only that, we have an interview with Paul Wilmshurst, director of Series 8 episodes “Kill The Moon”, “Mummy on the Orient Express”, and “Last Christmas”!
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- The Doctor talks about self-isolation
- The Doctor talks about the NHS
- Steven Moffat penned “The Terror of the Umpty Ums”
- Big Finish “Wicked Sisters” brings together The Fifth Doctor and Leela
- 2020 Hugo Award finalists announced
- An Afternoon with Graeme Harper rescheduled for November
- Honor Blackman died
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Radio Free Skaro #737 – Colourization of the Daleks
As humanity hunkers down to ward off the global pandemic, the Three Who Rule are joined by Big Finish’s head of publicity Steve Berry for the news, and what news there be with Doctor Who tweetalongs, short stories, and hints of more missing episodes from one Philip Morris keeping us sane in our respective bunkers, along with (of course) some Big Finish info from Mr. Berry himself. Plus we have two of the wizards what whom colourized an episode of “The Daleks’ Master Plan” in the form of precocious rascals Kieran Highman and Richard Tipple! Enjoy!
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- Fantom Films Time Space Visualizer featuring Philip Morris and Enemy of the World
- Fantom Films teases new commentary for “The Space Pirates”
- Fantom Films next tweetalong will be Silver Nemesis on April 11
- Something Who Ep 20 with Steven
- New Thirteenth Doctor short story from Pete McTighe
- Next Doctor Who Lockdown will be The Doctor’s Wife with Neil Gaiman
- Previous Doctor Who Lockdown: The Eleventh Hour
- Amazon Prime made The Eleventh Hour free on April 3
- New animated short story “The Raggedy Doctor”, by Steven Moffat
- Torchwood “Captain Jack Harkness” tweetalong with John Barrowman
- Free content coming soon to the Big Finish app
- The Time War Volume 4 coming from Big Finish September 2020
- Torchwood Dinner and a Show by Gareth David-Lloyd due June 2020
- Hamish Wilson passes away from COVID-19
- Colourized clip of “The Evil of the Daleks” from Kieran Highman
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Radio Free Skaro #736 – Isolation of the Daleks
The original Three Who Rule Time Team Fam are back after a couple weeks apart and there’s a frankly insane amount of news to plow through after three weeks off the clock. And and AND we have your Fluid Links questions answered…or at least mulled about in a pointless manner! We hope we can continue to provide you nonsense and distractions during these troubling times.
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- Gallifrey One 2021 Tickets On Sale
- Calgary Expo postponed
- North American Season 26 Blu-Ray delayed for some
- Record Store Day and Massacre vinyl release postponed to June 20
- Big Finish Day postponed
- Big Finish updates schedule, stops shipping CDs
- Special message from Jodie Whittaker
- “Things She Thought While Falling” short story released
- Celebrating 100 years of Patrick Troughton
- New Day of the Doctor intro released after tweetalong
- Rose prequel released after tweetalong
- Rose sequel released after tweetalong
- Vincent and The Doctor tweetalong announced
- North American Season 14 Who-ray due July 21
- North American Dr Who and the Daleks Blu-Ray due July 7
- North American Dalek’s Invasion Earth 2150 AD Blu-Ray due July 7
- The Faceless Ones easter egg list compiled by David J Howe
- Faceless Ones Blu-Ray hits #1 on UK chart
- Series 12 soundtrack due April 3
- Details for The Sun Makers and The Visitation soundtracks due May 1
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy gets a new vinyl release
- Big Finish Return of the Cybermen announced
- Big Finish Third Doctor adventures brings back The Daleks
- Big Finish Torchwood releases for April & May 2020
- Big Finish Paternoster Gang Heritage 3 due May 2020
- Doctor Who Roblox content was made available
- The Wife in Space Volume 1 released, more to come
- Obverse Books offering 3-for-2 promotion for Black Archive books
- Doctor Who Magazine 550 due April 2
- David Collings died
Radio Free Skaro #734 – WHO is the Doctor, Too
The world is going through a tough time right now with many of us hunkering down to try to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus (friends, by doing nothing we are doing our part). So we at Radio Free Skaro hope to try to entertain and educate you over the coming weeks as we usually do, and this week, Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? drop by to talk about their new book, Who Is The Doctor 2, the follow-up to the successful first volume of this unofficial Doctor Who episode guide! Stay safe, everyone.
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Radio Free Skaro #733 – Atta Girls
The Timeless Wait has begin, but the Three Who Rule won’t let a little thing like a long monotonous stretch of time until new Doctor Who stop them from babbling about their favorite television show! Not when there’s stats, retrospectives, a ridiculous amount of tat and, most importantly of all, in celebration of International Women’s Day, an interview with Louise Jameson, writer and producer of ATA Girl 2, out today from Big Finish!
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- Gallifrey One 2021 Tickets On Sale
- The Timeless Children BBC One overnights
- The Timeless Children BBC America overnights
- Ascension of the Cybermen BBC One Live+7
- Ascension of the Cybermen BBC AI
- Series 12 home video version will include Resolution
- Series 12 soundtrack due April 3
- Regenerating The Doctor, March 13
- The Trip of a Lifetime: The Making of Modern Doctor Who by Edward Russell due Winter 2020
- The Massacre being released on vinyl for Record Store Day
- A Dalek Awakens escape room
- Doctor Who Magazine 549 features Jo Martin on the cover
- The Timeless Children t-shirt
- B&M Third Doctor Monster of Peladon action figure set
- B&M Eighth Doctor & Dalek Interrogator Prime action figure reissue
- B&M War Doctor and Dalek Scientist action figure reissue
- B&M Seventh Doctor and Axis Strike Squad Dalek action figure reissue
- Corgi 13th Doctor knitwear
- Hero Collector Chibi-style Doctor Who pins
- Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard added for G’Day of the Doctor
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Radio Free Skaro #732 – For Services to The Division
The time has come for “The Timeless Children” being timeless! Will Doctor Who canon and continuity survive? Can the Doctor and the Master ever make nice? What will become of the Time Fam? Most importantly, what was the opinion of your humble servant podcasters on this, the finale of Series 12? You will obey…by listening! Also stats, tat, Target books and t-shirts. And no new Doctor Who until the holiday season!
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- Gallifrey One 2021 Tickets On Sale
- The Timeless Children
- Revolution of the Daleks to air during festive season
- Ascension of the Cybermen BBC One overnights
- Ascension of the Cybermen BBC America overnights
- Ascension of the Cybermen BBC America Live+3 ratings
- The Haunting of Villa Diodati BBC One Live+7 viewing figures
- The Haunting of Villa Diodati BBC One AI
- Fugitive of the Judoon BBC One Live+28 viewing figures
- Doctor Who will not be rested
- 12th Doctor console
- Master t-shirt
- Ascension of the Cybermen t-shirt
- The Haunting of Village Diodati t-shirt
- Can You Hear Me? t-shirt
- Blurbs for upcoming Target novelizations
- I Am the Master short story collection
- Doctor Who Humble Bundle
- Big Finish Cry of the Vultriss
- G’Day of the Doctor fundraiser
Radio Free Skaro #731 – Game of Drones
It is the Time of Descent for the Three Who Rule as they have just returned from Gallifrey One and are still in the thrall of the post-con blues, but for the Cybermen (and indeed one television programme called Doctor Who) it is the Time To Ascend…to something or other, as determined next week. In the meantime, here’s a review of “Ascension of the Cybermen”, the first part of the two-part Series 12 finale! Also, we catch up on our Stats segment after skipping it last week, Torchwood returns to the iPlayer, Big Finish explores more nooks and crannies of the Whoniverse, and you can Build-A-Bear yourself a Doctor!
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- Ascension of the Cybermen
- Christopher Eccleston announced for Calgary Expo
- Maxine Alderton’s CV lists her as Season 13 “core writer”
- The Haunting of Villa Diodati BBC One overnights
- The Haunting of Villa Diodati BBC America overnights
- The Haunting of Villa Diodati BBC America Live+3 ratings
- Can You Hear Me? BBC One overnights
- Can You Hear Me? BBC America overnights
- Can You Hear Me? BBC One Live+7 ratings
- Can You Hear Me? BBC One AI
- Can You Hear Me? BBC America Live+3 ratings
- Praxeus BBC One Live+7 ratings
- Praxeus BBC One AI
- Youku buys Doctor Who
- Doctor Who Series 12 sold to France
- Torchwood’s entire run now on iPlayer
- Doctor Who Build-A-Bear announced
- Big Finish “Stranded” brings back Tom Baker’s Caretaker
- Big Finish Torchwood “Tropical Beach Sounds” features Michael Palin
- Big Finish Torchwood “Dissected” brings back Martha Jones
- Big Finish Missy Series 2 due in July 2020
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Radio Free Skaro #735 – High School Confidential
Posted on March 22, 2020 by Steven
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In this special episode of Radio Free Skaro, we present our contribution to the recent Who For Schools initiative with our commentary for the 2006 Doctor Who episode “School Reunion”! But there’s a twist! Listener Drew Walko helped to support the campaign and so gave each of the Three Who Rule a secret phrase to try to insert into the podcast. Can you guess what each phrase is? Can we? Listen and find out, and thank you for your support for Who For Schools!
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