Radio Free Skaro #915 – The King’s Head
Several 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!
Radio Free Skaro #914 – Rate Limit Exceeded
The 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.
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- 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
Radio Free Skaro #913 – Most People Depart With a Scream
It’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!
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- 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
Radio Free Skaro #912 – Halt H
It 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!
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- 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
Radio Free Skaro #911 – What Is Your Imurjinsee
While 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
The 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?
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- 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
It’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!
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- 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
Radio Free Skaro #908 – Maggie Mae
It’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!
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- 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
Radio Free Skaro #907 – Let It Be
It 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
We 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!
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- 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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