Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

Radio Free Skaro #658 – The Spirit of Rosa

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Chris

For a show about time travel, Doctor Who doesn’t really go deep on matters historical, preferring a quick tour and a laugh to really getting into events as they unfold. But that changed this week with “Rosa,” a look at how civil rights hero Rosa Parks herself changed the world, and how the Doctor and the Time Team deal with both alien threats and a very different (but also somewhat familiar) world to 2018. What did Steven, Warren, and Chris think of the episode? And will a very special addition to the stats report cause Warren to finally lose what’s left of his mind?

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Episode 3, “Rosa”
– Episode 5 titled The Tsuranga Conundrum, episode 6 called Demons of the Punjab
– Arachnids in the UK goes out on BBC One Oct 28 @ 7:00pm
– The Ghost Monument overnight BBC viewing figures
– The Woman Who Fell to Earth final BBC ratings and Appreciation Index
– Segun Akinola Q&A
– Kamelion returns via Big Finish
– Big Finish Zygon Hunt released on vinyl
– New Zealand Doctor Who silver coin

Radio Free Skaro #657 – Fish Fingers and Custard Creams

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Chris

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It’s the second week of new Doctor Who and one Jodie Whittaker and her Time Friends are wandering an alien planet, fighting killer bedsheets and practicing Venusian aikido, and the news has not let up one jot. New TARDIS, new title sequence, new appearances, the Dreaded Stats return to menace Warren and delight Steven and Chris and a surfeit of tat, videos, Big Finish and more!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Episode 2, “The Ghost Monument”
– Ben Pickles talks about the new title sequence
– Episode 3 & 4 details released
– Rosa will go out on BBC One at 6:55pm Oct 21
– Featurette on the new TARDIS
– The Woman Who Fell to Earth BBC One overnight viewing figures
– BBC America viewing figures for The Woman Who Fell to Earth
– New York Comic Con Doctor Who panel
– Chibnall and Strevens interviewed by TV Insider
– Jodie Whittaker Q&A with SPACE
– Jodie Whittaker on The Social
– Jodie Whittaker Reddit AMA
– Doctor Who streetwear collection at Selfridges
– Honest Trailers takes on nuWho
– Honest Trailers takes on Classic Who
– Big Finish Tenth Doctor volume 3 announced
– River Song series 6 & 7 announced
– Big Finish Short Trips to continue through 2020
– DWAS unveiled the William Hartnell blue plaque
– Bernard Cribbins autobiography released
– Tony Curran announced for Chicago TARDIS

Radio Free Skaro #656 – No Sir, All Thirteen

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Steven

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The long, long wait is finally over as Doctor Who returns to our screens all new but somehow every bit as Who-ish as ever. What did your esteemed hosts think of “The Woman Who Fell To Earth?”, not to mention Jodie Whittaker, said earth-falling woman and the new Doctor Who? Listen to both their thoughts and news of all the hype and glory leading up to Series 11 starting…now!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Episode 1 “The Woman Who Fell to Earth”
– Series 11 Coming Soon
– Episode 1 Behind The Scenes
– Stuart Manning poster for The Woman Who Fell to Earth
– “The Ghost Monument” airs at 655pm on October 14 on BBC One
– BBC America had a Doctor Who pre-party and after-party
– BBC America Panel from New York City Comic-Con
– Lynne & Erika from Verity! appeared on the preshow
– Jodie Whittaker on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
– Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall on Build Series panel
– Jodie Whittaker talks about the genesis of her costume
– Her Universe Doctor Who collection now available at Hot Topic
– Jodie Whittaker on the Radio Times cover
– Jodie Whittaker surprises Sheffield schoolchildren
– Gallifrey One early autumn update
– Doctor Puppet Episode 8 – the final episode?
– Doctor Puppet complete score available
– Doctor Who Limited Edition Thirteenth Doctor Barbie unveiled
– Big Finish celebrates the 13th Doctor
– Doctor Who Infinity announces episode 4 and episode 5
– Missy being added to Doctor Who Legacy
– Phil Morris announces non-Doctor Who missing episode find on The One Show
– Titan Comics Humble Bundle

Radio Free Skaro #655 – Her Majesty

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Chris

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The countdown is on with one week to a new Doctor and a new era, and the media frenzy continues unabated with Jodie Whittaker playing an entirely non-canon Theremin on the Graham Norton Show, talking on BBC Radio6, giving us the first(ish) glimpse at her Doctor with a 53 second clip, and frankly a staggering amount of news that can’t possibly be summed up with these pithy remarks. We also have a quick visit from Paul Cornell to discuss his last-ever Doctor Who week available now in a new Titan Comics Humble Bundle, and last week’s Series 11 panel from Edmonton Expo, with Earp Chirpers and Whovians Erika Ensign and Annette Wierstra, Variant Edmonton comic book purveyor (and Doctor Whoocher) Danica LeBlanc…and Steven.

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Edmonton Expo
– Series 11 will debut at 6:45pm BST on BBC One, simulcast on SPACE and BBC America
– NYCC will include a simulcast viewing and Q&A afterward with Whittaker, Chibnall and Strevens
– Only “The Woman Who Fell To Earth” will be simulcast
– SPACE will also simulcast the premiere
– SPACE free preview, and premiere will be on space.ca
– Sheffield press launch for Series 11
– Press launch photos
– NYCC Doctor Who panel details
– SPACE interview with new friends/companions
– The Series 11 theme tune samples the original
– Whittaker did her own stunts for episode 1
– Clip from episode 1 shown on The Graham Norton Show
– Whittaker on Shaun Keaveny’s Radio 6 show, starts after the two hour mark
– Whittaker surprises fans
– Big Finish “Cold Vengeance” on vinyl
– Unofficial 1972 Doctor Who Annual due February 2019
– BARB expanding recording of devices used to view content
– Jenna Coleman at Chicago TARDIS
– Titan Comics Humble Bundle
– Paul Cornell’s final Doctor Who work is part of this Humble Bundle

Interview:

– Paul Cornell

Edmonton Expo Panel:

– Edmonton Expo
– Steven Schapansky
– Erika Ensign
– Danica LeBlanc
– Annette Wierstra

Radio Free Skaro #654 – Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Chris

Radio Free Skaro #653 – Dent Captain Dent

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Chris

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Beginnings and endings this week as the build-up to Series 11 continues with the official premiere in Sheffield on September 24 – and you could be there! (But not to actually see the screening). And we tip our toque to the Doctor Who Information Network, Canada’s longest running Doctor Who fan organization, closing its doors at the end of October. But the main event is a trip back to 1971 and the planet Uxarieus as we commentate overtop of the first three episodes of “Colony In Space”!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Doctor Who Information Network ceasing operations October 31
– Series 11 Premiere Red Carpet event contest
– Season 19 Blu-Ray available for preorder in Canada
– Shada available for US digital download
– New K-9 series in the works

Commentary:

– Colony in Space, Episodes 1-3

Radio Free Skaro #652 – The Glass Ceiling

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Chris

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It’s official! Doctor Who, starring one Jodie Whittaker as Dr. Who, will air on October 7 worldwide (well, the UK, USA, and Canada, so far, and October 8 in Australia), and we’re pleased as punch about it. To build up and celebrate the impending arrival of Thirteen, BBC America is doing a timey-wimey marathon, Australia is doing cinema screenings the next day, and Canada’s own Space is…showing the episode. Plus we have Edmonton Expo news, some gushing over the upcoming (circa 1981) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Blu-ray, and an interview with man-about-town and TV Years editor Graham Kibble-White!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– “The Woman Who Fell To Earth” debuts October 7
– Series 11 Teaser
– Doctor Who Magazine will have spoiler-free previews of Series 11 Episodes 1 & 2
– BBC America will simulcast the Series 11 premiere
– BBC America “13 Days of Doctor Who” marathon
– SPACE will debut Series 11 day & date
– ABC debuts Series 11 October 8
– Australia cinema screenings will be October 8
– Edmonton Expo schedule available for Matt Smith and David Tennant panels
– Doctor Who Infinity released for mobile devices
– Doctor Thirteenth book debuts November 6
– Mr Men 13 Doctors Collection due March 7, 2019
– Heather Hartnell interview
– Jacqueline Pearce died
– Lovett Bickford died
– Peter Benson died
– Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy remastered Blu-Ray and BFI screening

Interview:

– Graham Kibble-White
– TV Years

Radio Free Skaro #651 – Shipshape and Bristol Fashion

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Chris

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Sad news this week as legendary production designer Michael Pickwoad passed away at age 73, leaving behind a legion of fans and a body of work that included iconic Doctor Who sets over 71 episodes but spanned a decades-long career in film and television. He will be missed. We also speculate about a likely Sunday start date in October for Series 11, we have news of a Doctor Who fan experience coming to Johannesburg, Matt Smith being cast in Star Wars: Episode IX, and most excitingly, part two of our Miniscope featuring 1970s writing duo Bob Baker and Dave Martin!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Michael Pickwoad died
– Radio Free Skaro interview with Michael Pickwoad
– Behind the scenes pics from “The Abominable Snowmen”
– African Doctor Who Experience
– Sheridan Smith returns to Big Finish
– Preview of Thirteenth Doctor Issue #2
– Matt Smith cast in Star Wars Episode IX

Miniscope:

– Bob Baker
– Dave Martin
– The Invisible Enemy
– Underworld
– The Armageddon Factor
– The Nightmare of Eden

Radio Free Skaro #650 – The Fabulous Bristol Boys

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Chris

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A rather staggering pile of Doctor Who news this week, including the announcement of all the new writers and directors for Series 11, a Bill action dolly becomes a little more real, Doctor #5’s first season gets the Blu-ray treatment, and more Doctor Who convention news than you can shake a stick at! And just for you, dear listeners, the first of a two-part Miniscope featuring the dynamic duo of writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin, AKA the Bristol Boys! A Miniscope? Now this is outrageous!

Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Series 11 writers and directors
– Profile on Jennifer Perrott; Australia to get Series 11 Premiere cinema screening
– Profile on Malorie Blackman
– Bill action figure preorder
– Season 19 Blu-Ray due Nov 19 in the UK
– Season 19 Blu-Ray due Dec 4 in the US
– Season 19 trailer
– Season 12 Blu-Ray replacement disc update
– Big Finish 20th anniversary box set, The Legacy of Time
– Doctor Who & Torchwood audios Humble Bundle
– Dalek Audio Annual due in December 2018
– Doctor Who Magazine “World of Doctor Who” special edition
– Black Archive #23, The Curse of Fenric by Una McCormack due Sep 3
– 2019 Art of Andrew Skilleter calendar
– Final Patrick Troughton convention appearance, recorded the day before his death
– Whooverville X begins Sep 1
– Graeme Harper, Frazer Hines and Nicholas Briggs announced for Chicago TARDIS
– 2018 Hugo voting stats

Miniscope:

– Bob Baker
– Dave Martin
– The Claws of Axos
– The Mutants
– The Three Doctors
– The Sontaran Experiment
– The Hand of Fear

Radio Free Skaro #649 – The Power of The Power of Kroll

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Steven

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Cast your minds back to the early days of Radio Free Skaro when there just hosts, Steven and Warren, and they would press record and then plan what they were going to talk about? Well, this episode is a throwback to those pre-smartphone days of the podcast, with Steven and Warren convening in a hotel room in San Jose, CA (home of WorldCon 76), along with guests Jason Snell, Helene Wecker, and Erika Ensign, to talk about how Doctor Who became a part of our lives, and where the show is going from here. What better way to celebrate our twelfth anniversary!