Radio Free Skaro #852 – Happy Times and Places
BREAKING NEWS KLAXON! Everything old is new again as only a week after the introduction of Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, the BBC and Russell T Davies have announced the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the show in a series of specials that…could be pretty much anything, given Mr. Davies’ proclivity for mystery. What are the Three Who Rule’s take on this stunner of an update? You can probably guess from our previous rantings and/or praise, but tune in anyway! All of this is not to overshadow a corker of an interview with Who expert, actor, podcaster and Friend Of The Show Toby Hadoke, along with news of tat, annuals, Big Finish goings-on, and the Timelash! So please, if you will, Allons-y!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- David Tennant and Catherine Tate return as The Doctor and Donna in 2023
- Whittaker’s finale to air in October, will be 90 minutes
- James Cooray Smith writes about Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor
- Moffat talks Gatwa
- McCoy & Capaldi congratulate Gatwa, Gatwa replies to McCoy
- Big Finish War Doctor Begins: Battlegrounds released
- Big Finish Doctor Who Unbound: Doctor of War – Destiny due September 2022
- Hornet’s Nest signed vinyl collection available
- Legend of the Sea Devils script available at the BBC Writer’s Room site
- Nothing at the End of the Lane breakdown on Shada
- Unofficial 1988 Annual due this month
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Radio Free Skaro #851 – Ncuti Gatwa is The Doctor
Lo and behold, a new Doctor Who has appeared! Ncuti Gatwa is the new (but interestingly, not announced as the 14th) Doctor, as seen by an interview on the BAFTAs red carpet with Gatwa himself and one Russell T Davies. With months to go before Jodie Whittaker’s final foray as her incarnation of the Doctor and more waiting besides after that, let the baseless speculation commence! We also have news from Big Finish, Dominic Glynn’s historic Korg synthesizer can be YOURS (for a price), and the ever-present Timelash! But most importantly…GATWA!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor
- Ncuti Gatwa’s Instagram post ahead of the BBC announcement
- Ncuti Gatwa & RTD interviewed at the BAFTAs
- Ncuti Gatwa Netflix interview from 2020
- UK relaxes COVID filming restrictions
- Doctor Who Am I premiering at Sci-Fi London on May 21
- Dominic Glynn selling autographed CDs of his Doctor Who work
- Dominic Glynn selling his Korg M1 used for Survival
- Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens this summer in Liverpool
- Radiophonic Workshop performing at the Science Museum Oct 7
- Big Finish Audio Novels: The Dead Star due Jan 2023
- Big Finish Fifth Doctor Adventures: Conflicts of Interest due Apr 2023
- Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures Back to Earth released
- Big Finish Paul Spragg annual Short Trips competition opens, runs through end of June
Radio Free Skaro #850 – The Memory Cheats
This week in the first (of two?) Radio Free Skaro episodes, it’s the final revenge of STATS! at least until the Autumn and the Three Who Rule examine how Legend of the Sea Devils did in a historical context, a gripping start to an episode featuring Big Finish news, the return of the Terry Nation Army, the ever-present Timelash and, as a special treat, an interview with author Richard Molesworth about his new book The John Nathan-Turner Doctor Who Production Diary 1979-1990!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Legend of the Sea Devils final BBC One viewing figures 3.47M
- Doctor Who Magazine 577 released
- Eve of the Daleks/Legend of the Sea Devils UK Blu-Ray release May 23
- The Production Diary of John Nathan-Turner
- The Daily Doctor book due September 22
- Terry Nation Army Season 2 begins
- Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters Volume 3 due August 2022, Volume 4 due October 2023
- Tribute to Verity Lambert at Riverside Studios May 29
- Ann Davies died
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Radio Free Skaro #849 – Running Out the Clock in Florida
To the dread of Warren and delight of Steven and Chris, STATS return (and they are abysmal) for “Legend of the Sea Devils”, which spins off into a multi-faceted diatribe on the current state of streaming, including the abject failure of CNN+ and the rapid descent (more STATS) of Netflix’s subscriber base. But lest you think there’s no Doctor Who content we have news of Jo Martin and Sacha Dhawan joining the ranks of Big Finish, comics and Gallifrey One hotel booking info, and rounding it all out…The Timelash!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Legend of the Sea Devils BBC One overnight viewing figures
- Legend of the Sea Devils BBC America overnight ratings
- Legend of the Sea Devils behind the scenes video
- Lizo Mzimba said the next Doctor may be announced soon
- BritBox expanding across Scandinavia
- Gallifrey One hotel booking information
- The Fugitive Doctor and Sacha Dhawan’s Master join Big Finish
- Big Finish Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon Volume 2 Other Worlds due October
- Big Finish The War Master: Self-defence due June
- Big Finish The Second Doctor Adventures: Beyond War Games due July
- First look at Titan Comics Doctor Who Special 2022, due July 7
Radio Free Skaro #848 – There Should Have Been Another Way
It’s a live episode of Doctor Who and a livestream of Radio Free Skaro as the Three Who Rule don their flippers and talk in low whispers about “Legend of the Sea Devils”, a veritable gumbo of Thasmin, piracy and pieced together but somewhat enjoyable nonsense. But hey, how about that densely packed next time trailer that you’ll have to wait to see until October (maybe?). In the meantime, revel in our Timelash-ing, the Cushing films adding a couple K to their filmic resolution, a DWM action figure spectacularo and more! Li-s-s-s-s-t-e-n!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Legend of the Sea Devils
- Radio Free Skaro twitter poll
- Eve of the Daleks/Legend of the Sea Devils due June 28 on Blu-Ray in Canada
- The Master, Daleks, Cybermen, Ace, Tegan and others return for Whittaker’s final episode
- Doctor Who website refresh
- Peter Cushing Doctor Who Movies get UK re-release July 10, 4K Blu-Ray release in June/July
- BFI screening of the Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies June 19
- Trailer for 4K release of Cushing Doctor Who movies
- Doctor Who Magazine Special 60: Action Figures The Essential Guide 1963-1996 due April 21
- Big Finish Doctor Who Unbound: Doctor of War – Genesis released
- Sonny Caldinez died
- Jeremy Young died
Radio Free Skaro #846 – He’s Not That Special
Doctor Who fandom is aflutter this week with the release of a glorious new trailer announcing the casting of none other than Matt Berry as the new Doctor Who! Of course this was all a cunning April Fool’s jape by none other than Who animator Rob Ritchie, but if you enjoy profane nonsense we highly recommend it. The REAL trailer this week for “Legend of the Sea Devils” also charmed us with its soggy swashbuckling (of seatbelts), and of course we have the usual Big Finish blast of new announcements, Peter Davison convention shenanigans, and the third episode of our Classic Series Commentary for “Planet of Evil”! Enjoy, or be banished to a pit full of anti-matter!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Legend of the Sea Devils trailer
- Legend of the Sea Devils airs April 17 on BBC One
- Legend of the Sea Devils airs April 17 on BBC America
- Legend of the Sea Devils airs April 17 on CTV Sci-Fi
- Legend of the Sea Devils airs April 18 in Australia
- Legend of the Sea Devils airs April 18 in New Zealand
- Toast of London Doctor Who April Fool’s video by Rob Ritchie
- Peter Davison at Wales Comic-Con
- Gallifrey One 2023 tickets now on sale
- Noel Clarke allegations will not be investigated by The Met
- Doctor Who Magazine 576 released
- Big Finish Mind of the Hodiac now available
- Big Finish Torchwood: War Chest due May 2022
- Big Finish Torchwood: Dead Plates due June 2022
- Big Finish Emancipation of the Daleks audio novel, read by Dan Starkey, due July 2022
- Wonderful Books video on TARDIS materialization
- Doctor Who The Return of Robin Hood by Paul Magrs due July 21, 2022
- Gary Russell won the first annual Terrance Dicks Award for Writers at The Capitol
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Radio Free Skaro #845 – Nothing Hill
Hugh Grant’s short national nightmare is over, as the dapper gent himself dismissed all speculation that he is in the running as the next Dr Who and thus sent the pondering hordes back to their speculations. But you, dear listener, need not ponder about the other news this week as we have not-quite-breaking missives about new “Legend of the Sea Devils” pictures, a trip through the Timelash, a surfeit of Big Finish releases yet to come, many of which are authored by Friend Of The Show and Verity! co-host Lizbeth Myles, and Part Two of our “Planet of Evil” Classic Series Commentary! Contain that anti-matter!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Legend of the Sea Devils promo pics
- Hugh Grant is not The Doctor
- Redesign of the Sea Devils
- Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures – Water Worlds due May 2022
- Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures – The Nine due June 2022
- Big Finish UNIT – Brave New World: Seabird One due June 2022
- Big Finish Master! Nemesis Express due October 2022
- Big Finish Torchwood – The Black Knight by Liz Myles released
- Dr. Who & the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films book due September 6
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Radio Free Skaro #844 – The 4H Club
Another fallow week of news and surprisingly little tat as we tap our toes and twiddle our thumbs in anticipation of “Legend of the Sea Devils” but we do have confused old person ramblings about Fortnite, nostalgic old person waxings in The Timelash, and the first part of our elderly Classic Series Commentary musings about the classic 1975 Doctor Who story “Planet of Evil”!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Gallifrey One 2023 tickets go on sale April 2
- Doctor Who in Fortnite
- Doctor Who Fortnite video
- Big Finish The Ninth Doctor Adventures – Back to Earth due May 2022
- Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures – Solo released
- Doctor Who Series 11/12 Trading Cards due May 18
- DWAS creates the Terrance Dicks Award for Writers, first to be given at The Capitol April 2/3
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Radio Free Skaro #843 – Paint It, Black
It’s another week where the Doctor Who news is thin on the ground and Christopher Eccleston offhandedly calling multi-Doctor stories a “cash grab” is grist for the clickbait mills but hold on to your hats, because we have a Miniscope about Ian Stuart Black, the writer of not only “The Savages”, but also “The War Machines” and and AND “The Macra Terror”! Buckle up, crab enthusiasts!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- The Timelash
- Eccleston preemptively says no to multi-Doctor story
- Big Finish: The Eighth of March – Protectors of Time released
- Big Finish: The Diary of River Song – Two Rivers and a Firewall due August 2022
- First Doctor Who touch-to-see draft given to Louis Moorhouse
- Lynda Baron died
- Stewart Bevan obituary by Toby Hadoke
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Radio Free Skaro #847 – Our Flag Means Death
Posted on April 10, 2022 by Chris
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With a week to go before Sea Devils become Legendary, the Three Who Rule are trawling through what little promotion has eked out of the BBC and its subordinate broadcasters to divine just what we’re in for as of April 17. But that day will not only mark the return of our soggy beaked friends but also the debut of a new dramatic Doctor Who podcast called Doctor Who: Redacted, the return of the LAX Marriott HOTELPOCALYPSE on May 6, Peter Capaldi at 18 meeting Jon Pertwee, and the final episode of our Classic Series Commentary for “Planet of Evil”!
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