Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

Radio Free Skaro #687 – Physical Graffiti

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Chris

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!

Links:

– 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

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Chris

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– 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

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Chris

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– 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

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Chris

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– 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

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Steven

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– 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

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Chris

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– 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

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Steven

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– 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

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Chris

1 Comment

Download MP3

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!

Links:

– 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

Radio Free Skaro #679 – A Field In Wales

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Chris

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

It’s a Radio Free Skaro episode to lose sleep over, quite literally this week, as Steven and Chris tackle the news of the week as well as daylight saving time while Warren, absent for various reasons, sits content in his time eddy, away from proceedings. The main event this week, though, is an interview recorded at Gallifrey One this past February with noted director Ben Wheatley, who helmed “Deep Breath” and “Into The Dalek” to usher in the Peter Capaldi era!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Doctor Who VR game at the Tribeca Film Festival
– Macra Terror art, BFI screening March 16
– Catherine Tate to appear at Calgary Expo
– The Second Doctor to meet The Master in Big Finish
– Radiophonic Workshop to perform at Apollo 50 event on July 20
– UK kids to learn about Doctor Who theme
– Chicago TARDIS announces three Class actors
– Moris Farhi died

Interview:

– Ben Wheatley

Radio Free Skaro #678 – Poster Child

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Chris

Leave a Comment

Download MP3

It was a sad week in the Doctor Who fandom community as it lost Jennifer Adams Kelley, a titan involved with North American conventions since the 1990s. We pay tribute to her and her legacy with two of her dearest friends and fellow convention organizers, Shaun Lyon and Steve Hill. Graeme Curry, writer of “The Happiness Patrol”, also passed away all too soon. But to hopefully cheer us all up, we also present to you an interview from Gallifrey One with Radio Times Doctor Who poster artist and photographer Stuart Manning!