With a mere two weeks to go before Series 11 of Doctor Who graces our screens, the news is arriving with increased ferocity, including a new trailer, articles in Doctor Who Magazine and the New York Times (!), cinema screenings, media appearances by one J. Whittaker, and more! But while you look forward to October 7, why not jump back through the decades to 1971 (and forward to Earth’s future) with our hair-obsessed commentary of episodes four to six of “Colony in Space!”
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”!
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!
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!
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!
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!
It’s a lazy August weekend as Radio Free Skaro approaches its twelfth(!) aniversary, but soon one Mr. David Tennant will grace the home planet of the Three Who Rule as he will be joining fellow Doctor Matt Smith at Edmonton Expo in September! Plus we have news of new E-Space adventures with the Season 18 time team (in Big Finish form), big-scale Thirteenth Doctor action dolly fun (in Big Chief form), and the main event, a Classic Series commentary for Peter Davison’s debut story, “Castrovalva”!
This week on Radio Free Skaro, we’re looking to the future as the first wave of Gallifrey One guests get announced for 2019, Series 11 of Doctor Who wraps up filming, a new Thirteenth Doctor publicity photo emerges, and many a soundtrack (well, two) for Classic Who drops from the sky into your ears. And if that isn’t enough sensory overload, we have an interview with notable game merchants Susan and Lee Cummings as they discuss their upcoming Steam and mobile game, Doctor Who Infinity!
Insanity levels are slightly lower in this, the week after San Diego Comic-Con, but there’s still plenty to discuss including Jodie Whittaker being a proper cinephile (at a now sold out appearance at Somerset House), a new book about the women of Doctor Who, upcoming Doctor Who merchandise discovered live on Amazon during the podcast, John Levene chronicling the saga of his life and times, Doctor Who: Infinity and Big Finish news, and the main event – the return of Fluid Links, where you ask the tough questions and we meander with half-baked responses!
It’s San Diego Comic-Con! There is an absurd amount of news from the world’s largest media convention this week, including a new and mysterious Doctor Who trailer, a panel featuring Jodie Whittaker, Mandop Gill, Tosin Cole, showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Strevens, new Series 11 artwork, Jodie wowing everyone with a surprise appearance at the Her Universe fashion show, a press conference or two and (takes breath) reports from on the ground at SDCC with the Nerdis’s Kyle Anderson and Doctor Who on the Couch’s Heather Berberet! Sit down and get yourself a snack because this is the annual SDCC edition of Radio Free Skaro and it’s going to be a whopper!
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Radio Free Skaro #654 – Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon
Posted on September 23, 2018 by Chris
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– Edmonton Expo
– Episode 2 titled “The Ghost Moment”
– Second Series 11 trailer
– Series 11 teasers from Chibnall
– Chris Chibnall interview for doctorwho.tv
– New York Times article on Jodie Whittaker
– Jodie Whittaker reads reaction tweets
– Georgia Tennant tweets her support for Whittaker
– Doctor Who Magazine 530 released
– Series 11 title sequence and music may not appear until episode 2
– DWAS Series 11 premiere party
– Canadian Series 11 Premiere cinema screenings
– American Series 11 Premiere cinema screenings
– Jodie Whittaker’s BBC promotional appearances
– Series 11 effects being done by DNeg
– Missy gets her own Big Finish series
– Earthshock BFI screening
– Christopher Eccleston memoir due in 2019
Commentary:
– Colony in Space, Episodes 4-6
Radio Free Skaro #653 – Dent Captain Dent
Posted on September 16, 2018 by Chris
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– 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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– “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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– 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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– 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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– Helene Wecker
– Jason Snell
– Erika Ensign
Radio Free Skaro #648 – Dwellings of Simplicity
Posted on August 12, 2018 by Steven
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– David Tennant announced as guest at Edmonton Expo
– The Fourth Doctor returns to E-Space in Big Finish in 2020
– Synopsis for “Destination: Bandril” by Jonathon Morris and Lance Parkin
– Big Chief Thirteenth Doctor figure coming soon
– “Doctor Who: Battle in Time” collectible card game
– Classic Series Commentary: “Castrovalva”
Radio Free Skaro #647 – To Infinity and Beyond
Posted on August 5, 2018 by Chris
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– Gallifrey One 2019 first guest block announced
– Series 11 wraps filming
– Thirteenth Doctor Titan Comics Issue 1 variant covers
– Thirteenth Doctor promo image, “On Top of the World”
– Doctor Who Fan Show Steven Moffat interview part 3
– William Hartnell blue plaque at Ealing Studios
– The Invasion soundtrack
– The Five Doctors soundtrack
– Eccleston & Tennant DVD collection
– Smith DVD collection
– Capaldi DVD collection
– Silver Nemesis 30th anniversary DVD announced then unannounced
– Alan Bennion died
Interview:
– Doctor Who Infinity
– Susan Cummings
– Lee Cummings
Radio Free Skaro #646 – Flipping Cat Fights All Hours of the Day
Posted on July 29, 2018 by Chris
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– Doctor Who on Twitch
– Jodie Whittaker: Films of my Life
– Entertainment Tonight Comic-Con Doctor Who interview
– The Women Who Lived: Amazing Tales for Future Time Lords
– John Levene autobiography due in the fall
– Doctor Who 2019 Calendar
– Amazon US lists preorder for Wheel in Space DVD
– The War Master returns in Big Finish
– Doctor Who Infinity launches on Steam in August
– Doctor Who escape room
– Thirteenth Doctor wax figure
– Class soundtrack on the horizon
– London Film and Comic Con
– Doctor Who Meets Scratchman novelization
– William Hughes died
Radio Free Skaro #645 – New Best Friends
Posted on July 22, 2018 by Chris
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– Doctor Who on Twitch
– San Diego Comic-Con International
– Doctor Who SDCC Panel
– Jodie Whittaker arrival video, new Pull To Open typeface
– Jodie Whittaker announcement/reaction video
– Series 11 SDCC Trailer
– BBC America confirmed to be simulcasting Series 11 premiere
– Series 11 won’t have two-parters, writer’s room style confirmed
– Series 11 Christmas Special confirmed
– Series 11 to have 50/50 gender split for directors and first People of Colour writers
– New Sonic Screwdriver
– Series 11 promo pics
– Series 11 promo artwork
– Series 11 character portraits
– Jodie Whittaker at Her Universe fashion show
– Doctor Who SDCC press conference
– Entertainment Weekly Doctor Who facebook live interview
– TVLine SDCC Doctor Who interview
– Series 11 to have new monsters
– Jodie Whittaker hopes Doctor Who will inspire young girls
– Macra Terror and Wheel in Space animated?
– TVNZ will broadcast Doctor Who in New Zealand, taking over from Prime
– Jodie Whittaker on the Radio Times cover
– Doctor Who Magazine will have subscriber-only collectible covers
– John Barrowman and Mark Shepherd announced for Edmonton Expo
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– Kyle Anderson
– Heather Berberet
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