Radio Free Skaro #689 – The Marks of Mandragora


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If you missed the Tribeca Film Festival, and chances are you did, never fear because “Doctor Who: The Runaway” is now ready for your VR-addled eyeballs, at least if you live in the UK. If you’re into more traditional media, we have “The Evil of the Daleks” vinyl news and a storybook devoted to the ends, beginnings, almost-weres and never-was of the beloved Target novelisations. Our Miniscope this week features gentleman author and TV veteran Louis Marks, as we look at his work on “Planet of Giants”, “Day of the Daleks”, “Planet of Evil”, and “The Masque of Mandragora”! Make yourself a salami sandwich and enjoy!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
The Runaway launched May 16
The Runaway will be on demo at UK public libraries
Evil of the Daleks due on vinyl July 12
The Target Storybook due October 24
Support Red Nose Day USA, enter to win breakfast with Jodie Whittaker on the Doctor Who set
Red Nose Day USA Whittaker contest promo video
Who memorabilia at auction May 30
Eric Saward will be doing a signing for his Resurrection of the Daleks novelization at Forbidden Planet London

Miniscope:

Louis Marks
Planet of the Giants
Day of the Daleks
Planet of Evil
The Masque of Mandragora

Radio Free Skaro #688 – Muppet Sandbaggers


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There is next to nothing going on in the world of Doctor Who right now, at least not anything the production team wants public, but what we do have is a surfeit of your questions and comments for another edition of Fluid Links! Listen to the Three Who Rule ponder, cogitate and meander from the point based on your inquiries!
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Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
Doctor Who will return… at Christmas?
Preview of the Titan Thirteenth Doctor trade paperback

Radio Free Skaro #687 – Physical Graffiti


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Have you ever wanted to move into a tower with all the modern conveniences, including roving colour-coordinated gangs, a failed hero, homicidal old ladies and trundling robots? Why not live vicariously through the Three Who Rule’s Classic Series commentary for “Paradise Towers”, which has all that and more? Plus we have news of a “Planet of the Daleks” screening at the BFI, musical insights from Segun Akinola, upcoming Big Finish releases, and a perk for our Patreon subscribers!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
Gallifrey One 2020 tickets still on sale
BFI screening of Planet of the Daleks
Doctor Who Magazine 538
Big Finish The Creeping Death on vinyl
Big Finish The Lives of Captain Jack Volume 2

Commentary:

Paradise Towers

Radio Free Skaro #686 – Dimensions in Gatiss


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It’s time for Part 2 of our look at the latter works of writer Mark Gatiss in the Miniscope, featuring “Robot of Sherwood”, “Sleep No More”, and “Empress of Mars”! While these three stories aren’t at the level of “An Adventure in Space in Time” (or “Cold War” or “The Crimson Horror” for that matter), the Three Who Rule do their best to find the good amongst the bad, and.. they do? Tune in to find out!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
Gallifrey One 2020 tickets now on sale, hotel sold out
Review of The Runaway from Tribeca Film Festival
Doctor Who The Animation Collection, due June 4 in North America
Black Archive #30, Dalek Invasion of Earth, and #31, Warriors’ Gate
New To Who Podcast Hinchcliffe & Holmes retrospective with Chris and many others

Miniscope:

Mark Gatiss
Robot of Sherwood
Sleep No More
Empress of Mars
First Mark Gatiss Miniscope, on Radio Free Skaro #323

Radio Free Skaro #685 – Time and the Gatiss


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Erstwhile gentleman, writer, actor and lifelong Doctor Who fan Mark Gatiss is the star attraction in not only this week’s Miniscope but the next, such was his prodigious output in the Steven Moffat era. This week we look at “Cold War”, “The Crimson Horror”, and the Who-adjacent and magnificent “An Adventure In Space And Time”! Plus Gallifrey One ticket news, Season 10 Blu-ray adulation, and more!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
Gallifrey One 2020 tickets now on sale
Gally 2020 90% sold out, Hotel block on sale April 26
First look at The Runaway
Season 10 Blu-Ray set announced
Season 10 Blu-Ray trailer
Season 10 Blu-Ray set clean artwork
Series 4 Steelbook due in the UK May 27
RTD wouldn’t return to Doctor Who
Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 52
Tosin Cole announced for Chicago TARDIS
The Doctor Who Society of Canada presents an escape room at Ottawa Comic-Con

Miniscope:

Mark Gatiss
Cold War
The Crimson Horror
An Adventure in Space and Time
First Mark Gatiss Miniscope, on Radio Free Skaro #323

Radio Free Skaro #684 – Our New Insect Overlords


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Are you ready to be menaced by some insect movement? Put on your beekeeper outfit (there are no bees in this story) and grab for the Off spray (probably quite dangerous, please don’t do that) as we commentate over the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the 1965 Doctor Who story “The Web Planet”! Also, we have news of Doctor Who on Pluto TV, a new Series 12 director, BBC Audio releases for te month of April, and some real-world insect science! Zaaaaaaaarbi!
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Gallifrey One 2020 tickets now on sale
Lee Haven Jones directing Series 12 Block 2
Series 11 costumes added to Madam Tussaud’s Blackpool exhibit
Pluto TV to offer free Doctor Who episodes in the US
Spring 2019 Doctor Who BBC Audio Releases
Australian wasp named after Zygons

Commentary:

The Web Planet (Episodes 4-6)

Radio Free Skaro #683 – Greyscale Separation Overlay


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There’s extraordinarily little in the way of news this week, other than the fact that your Time Team (and a big ‘ol crew) are currently shooting Series 12 and saying nothing about it. But if you said to yourself “hoo boy would I like to hear people talking about insect movement, possibly by Roslyn de Winter,” are you in for a treat! Yes, the Three Who Rule are doing a Classic Series Commentary for the 1965 story “The Web Planet” in all it’s ambitious flawed glory, right here on this podchannel! Settle into a cocoon of mucus and nutrients and enjoy!
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Doctor Who Series 12 filming in Tenerife
“Rosa” and “Demons of the Punjab” are Finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form Hugo Award

Commentary:

The Web Planet (Episodes 1-3)

 

Radio Free Skaro #682 – Ganymede User Systems


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Exciting times here for the Three Who Rule as it’s time for the first Miniscope of 2019! The subject is writer Jamie Mathieson, scribe of four stories from the Peter Capaldi era (“Mummy on the Orient Express”, “Flatline”, “The Girl Who Died” (co-written with Steven Moffat), and “Oxygen”). And in the news, reports of a new production designer for Series 12, a host of new and upcoming Doctor Who related media releases, and an important sale from the fine vendors who were to appear at the now canceled ReGeneration Who!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
Dafydd Shurmer, Series 12 Production Designer?
“Rosa” nominated for BAFTA Must See Moment award
Big Finish’s Medley of Masters
Unofficial 1972 Doctor Who Annual
Free Comic Book Day 2019 Forbidden Planet exclusive cover by Jessica Martin
Myth Makers Retrospectives charity anthologies
“The White Witch of Devils End” due March 2020
ReGeneration Who artists and vendors group
Shane Rimmer died

Miniscope:

Jamie Mathieson
Mummy on the Orient Express
Flatline
The Girl Who Died
Oxygen

Radio Free Skaro #681 – The Tree Won’t Harm You


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With Brexit, the Mueller Report and many other swirls of uncertainty in our current climate, isn’t it nice to know that we can take you back to a more peaceful time, when all you had to worry about was predatory trees, crazed mine workers and a couple of renegade Time Lords? That’s right, we’re doing our first Classic Series Commentary of the year with “The Mark of the Rani!” Plus we have news from the Black Archive, Big Finish, and a chance for you (if you live in the UK) to work on Doctor Who!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
BBC receives student-made “Mission to the Unknown”
Watch a clip of the animated “The Macra Terror”
Future Black Archive book for “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos”
Katarina returning to Doctor Who via Big Finish
Big Finish adjusting overseas pricing structure
Doctor Who training opportunity

Commentary:

The Mark of the Rani

Radio Free Skaro #680 – The Planet That Slept


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A new set of shiny Blu-ray discs stuffed with Doctor Who content is on its way to store shelves in the form of the Season 18 box set, the third such season set from BBC Studios. So we decided to talk again to Russell Minton, executive producer of the whole range for BBC Studios, about the Season 18 set, and about the future of the range in general. There is also talk of special screenings for “Logopolis” (in the US) and “The Macra Terror” (in the UK) that occurred this past week, and Bradley Walsh posing for selfies with everyone during some public filming for Series 12 in Wales!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
S12 currently filming in Barry
Logopolis grossed $143K in US cinema screenings
BFI Macra Terror screening
Bookwyrm due March 18

Interview:

Russell Minton
Season 18 Blu-Ray