Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

The world of Doctor Who was thrown aback this week with news that beloved television writer and novelist Terrance Dicks passed away at the age of 84. Dicks’ contribution to the show and indeed many of our childhoods can’t be overestimated, from his time working with Barry Letts during the 1970s to his prodigious run on the Target novelizations, “The Five Doctors”, the New Adventures…the mind reels. We also continue our Series 11 commentary series with a look at “The Ghost Monument”, featuring Deeper Cuts host and Head Over Feels Tony Stark consulting expert Shannon Dohar!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still available
– Terrance Dicks died
– Robert Shearman writes about Terrance Dicks
– Season 26 announced for Blu-Ray release
– Season 26 Blu-Ray trailer, by Pete McTighe
– Season 26 Blu-Ray clean artwork
– BFI Curse of Fenric screening
– Season 23 Blu-Ray UK release pushed back 2 weeks
– Series 11 nominated for 4 Welsh BAFTAs
– NYCC exclusive Tzim Sha Funko Pop
– Quiz of Rassilon, with RFS contribution

Commentary:

– The Ghost Monument
– Shannon Dohar

Radio Free Skaro #704 – Eat My Salad, Halloween

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Chris

The news may be thing on the ground here at Radio Free Skaro headquarters, with Christopher Eccleston convention news, amusing fanvids, and other such fripp and indeed frapp, but we’re very happy to debut our Series 11 Commentaries with our first guest, Bustle movie editor and Head Over Feels co-founder Sage Young, who joins us for the commentary of “The Woman Who Fell To Earth!”

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still available
– Eccleston to talk about I Love The Bones Of You
– Christopher Eccleston New York Comic Con panel Thursday October 3, 11am
– Harry Sullivan from The Ministry
– Gallifrey Stands fan edit
– Vengeance on Varos novelization audiobook
– Vworp Con action dollies panel

Commentary:

– The Woman Who Fell To Earth
– Sage Young

Radio Free Skaro #703 – Hail Jex, Hail The Unalive

Posted on August 25, 2019 by Chris

It’s nearing the end of the summer for us in the northern hemisphere, and thus our summer podcast time filling comes to an end with the second half of our Miniscope on modern series writer Toby Whithouse! But first, listen to Steven become cynical about streaming services, become more excited as the first Gallifrey One guest announcement looms, and enjoy the surfeit of Doctor Who audio releases soon to be playing in your ears (after you listen to us, hopefully).

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 Late Summer Update
– All About Doctor Who in Bath, October 5
– Doctor Who Magazine 542
– Closer look at B&M Exclusive action figures
– Complete David Tennant on North American Blu-Ray
– BBC Audio recent releases
– BBC Audio upcoming releases
– Louise Jameson reads Image of the Fendahl
– Dragonfire as read by Bonnie Langford
– Big Finish Sixth Doctor and Peri box set
– Big Finish Twelfth Doctor Chronicles due February 2020
– Big Finish New Countermeasures Dalek/Movellan two-parter due spring 2020
– Big Finish New Countermeasures Part One, “The Movellan Manoeuvre”
– Big Finish New Countermeasures Part Two, “The Dalek Gambit”
– Big Finish competition to write for Bernice Summerfield

Miniscope:

– Toby Whithouse
– A Town Called Mercy
– Under the Lake
– Before the Flood
– The Lie of the Land

Radio Free Skaro #702 – Tin Dogs and Tin Gods

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Chris

Doctor Who writer Toby Whithouse is the Miniscope’s last victim for the year, and this week we’re looking at his work on “School Reunion”, “The Vampires of Venice”, and “The God Complex”. And it’s a good thing he has so much material, because the news this week was a study in minimalism. But if you want hot takes on the newest Black Archive release, the “Ghost Monuments” photo project and most importantly, a sneak peek at the LAX Marriott’a new carpet, then this podcast is for you!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
– Black Archive does Battlefield
– “Ghost Monuments” photo project
– Jess Jurkovic’s Dudley Simpson IS Doctor Who, episode 4
– Preview of the new LAX Marriott carpet

Miniscope:

– Toby Whithouse
– School Reunion
– Vampires of Venice
– The God Complex

Radio Free Skaro #701 – Don’t Scare The Skarasen

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Chris

Rumors, nonsense and mumblesuch ruled the world of Doctor Who this past week, with the internet once again eating its own tail with claims Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall and star performer Jodie Whittaker are leaving the programme. The Three Who Rule dig into the potential falsities (of which there are many) and truths(?) of the situation. But on to finer fare, such as Russell T Davies talking at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, a Pat Gorman tribute from Toby Hadoke, Big Finish, the Game of Rassilon podcast live in Burbank, and a commentary about Zygon terror that isn’t from the 21st century! Titivate those fronds!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
– Chibnall fired rumour
– In Conversation with RTD
– Pat Gorman tribute by Toby Hadoke
– Doctor Who Magazine Target Books special
– 3 new Big Finish Short Trips announced
– The Game of Rassilon Live
– This episode sponsored by BBC Audio

Commentary:

– Terror of the Zygons

Radio Free Skaro #700 – Valley of the Dollies

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Chris

DOLLYGEDDON! There is no other way to describe the oncoming wave of plastic pals headed our way thanks to Character Options, spanning from Big Finish adventures to an Androgum-ized Second Doctor to the Imbecile himself, Harry Sullivan. There’s also a new batch of on-demand DVDs, the modern series of Doctor Who moving to HBO Max in 2020, A Christopher Eccleston memoir, and more! Plus we have an interview with TV Years impresario Graham Kibble-White about that very publication’s upcoming look at nostalgic sci-fi!

Links:

Interview:

– Graham Kibble-White
– TV Years Sci-Fi edition

Radio Free Skaro #699 – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’s Edge

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Chris

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Let’s get down to brass tacks here: the current Doctor Who Time Team are going to be action dollies according to teasings from the Character Options folks. All other news pales in comparison, but we do have updates on new Big Finish Productions, “The Power of the Daleks” photos going for a whole lot of cash at an auction, and an (unofficial) 13th Doctor LEGO TARDIS console room. But the true highlight is of course your questions and comments to us about that show we all like in the form of…Fluid Links!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
– BritBox coming to the UK in 2019
– Character Options action figures of the current Time Team
– LEGO Thirteenth Doctor TARDIS Console
– Doctor Who Magazine 541 released
– Two more Fourth Doctor Big Finish series due 2022 & 2023
– Big Finish follows up The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
– More Big Finish Short Trips due 2020
– Intrusion Countermeasures Group novels
– Power of the Daleks photos sell for almost £7000
– This episode sponsored by BBC Audio

Radio Free Skaro #698 – Chromophonic Workshop

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Steven

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
– Christopher Eccleston announced for Edmonton Expo
– Colin Baker Season 2 North American Blu-ray release coming December 3
– Complete David Tennant Blu-Ray due in North America September 17
– “The Macra Terror” North American release pushed back to November 19
– Matthew Sweet interviews Eric Saward about new Doctor Who novelizations
– Big Finish “The Legacy of Time” now available
– Big Finish “Donna Noble: Kidnapped” announced for May 2020
– This episode sponsored by BBC Audio

Who would have thought we’d see the day Christopher Eccleston would grace the hallowed ground of Edmonton, Alberta, the sacred land of two-thirds of Radio Free Skaro? And yet here we are, as Mr. Eccleston will be a guest of Edmonton Expo (not affiliated with RFS) in September! Alas, North America isn’t so lucky when it comes to DVD and Blu-rayss, as we’ll have to wait until Christmas for the Colin Baker Blu-Ray set, but you can get Big Finish’s 20th anniversary extravaganza The Legacy of Time right now! And speaking of things you can do right now, why not listen to our interview with visual effects wizard, compositor and animator Rob Ritchie, veteran of Doctor Who animated reconstructions and special editions! Do so! At once!

Links:

Interview:

– Rob Ritchie

Radio Free Skaro #697 – Let Slip The Dogs Of Bor

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Chris