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!
Trailer! Teaser? Either way, a rather brief look at Series 11 of Doctor Who that shows the new friends Ryan, Yasmin, and Graham, a brief shot of Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who #13, and several unhealthy food options was released to the world just before this podcast recording! Yes, the PR onslaught has begun, with Jodie on the cover of EW, dolly news, San Diego Comic-Con news, Amazon listings, and and AND a miniscope featuring Daniel Nettheim, director of “The Zygon Invasion” and “The Zygon Inversion”, “Extremis”, and “The Pyramid at the End of the World”!
The news elves are busily working their magic as we edge closer to San Diego Comic-Con, which will sport the likes of Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens at the BBC America Doctor Who panel occurring at the spacetime vector of Thursday, July 19, 11:45 am PT! The BBC is also going all legal to track down the nefarious leakers of The Clip, and friend of the show Wayne Yip is directing the Series 11 episode to air at (or around) Christmas! Also Season 12 Blu-ray news, Big Finish wandering into territories Trek and what you’ve all been waiting for…part two of our gripping commentary on “The Green Death”!
Last week’s vast wasteland of not-news has been replaced by a verdant jungle of news-news, most notably the announcement of Segun Akinola as the new composer for Doctor Who! Plus Matt Smith comes to Edmonton, and comics and calendars that sort of feature Jodie Whittaker or flat-out don’t. There’s other news of course, but this is a mere tease to part one of our commentary for the Jon Pertwee story “The Green Death”, so dive back with us to June 1973 and hippies, environmentalism, and giant maggots!
This week on Radio Free Skaro, it’s time for the nation’s favourite game show* (*not an actual game show) as we dive headlong into another edition of the Miniscope. This week, it’s director Ed Bazalgette, who guided the recent episodes “The Girl Who Died”, “The Woman Who Lived”, and “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” into port. What did the Three Who Rule think of the former guitarist from the 1980s band The Vapors and his work in Doctor Who? Listen and find out! Also, with Doctor Who being produced under a cone of silence as of late, early discussion veers from Doctor Who on Twitch to Amazon reviews to Star Wars to Star Trek and so on. Be warned.
It’s a jam-packed extravaganza from 1975 this week as we dive deep into the impending release of the Doctor Who Season 12 Blu-Ray starring one Tom Baker as Dr. Who, with interviews from executive producer Russell Minton and director/producer Paul Vanezis what worked on that there shiny set of discs! Plus banter from two of the Three Who Rule who ventured to their local cinemas to view all 625 glorious lines of resolution of “Genesis of the Daleks”. Also San Diego Comic-Con news, the odd tale of Doctor Who on Crackle in Latin America, and more!
The Quest is the Quest, if by quest you mean watching the 1978 classic series story “Underworld” and getting through it without great suffering. We kid – two thirds of the Three Who Rule are devout fans of this Tom Baker gem. Will the final third turn his frown upside down? Also, the classic series continues to delight on Twitch, the modern series is on BBC iPlayer, and the TV broadcast home of Doctor Who in Canada is regenerating…
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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
Correspondents:
– Kyle Anderson
– Heather Berberet
Radio Free Skaro #644 – The Universe is Calling
Posted on July 15, 2018 by Chris
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– Doctor Who on Twitch
– Series 11 trailer
– Jodie Whittaker on the cover of Entertainment Weekly; BBC America to simulcast Series 11 Premiere
– Thirteenth Doctor figurine range
– Titan Comics San Diego Comic-Con panel
– David Tennant and The Muppets
– More of David Tennant and the Muppets
– Peter Davison and The Muppets
– 2019 Doctor Who mini calendar features Thirteenth Doctor era exclusively
– BBC America showing Shada
– Torchwood on Twitch
– Twice Upon A Time in 4K
– Eccleston/Tennant DVD box set
– Matt Smith DVD box set
– Peter Capaldi DVD box set
– Carole Ann Ford joins David Bradley on Big Finish
– Season 12 Blu-Ray replacement discs
Miniscope:
– Daniel Nettheim
– The Zygon Invasion
– The Zygon Inversion
– Extremis
– The Pyramid at the End of the World
Radio Free Skaro #643 – Serendipity
Posted on July 8, 2018 by Chris
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– Doctor Who on Twitch
– Doctor Who San Diego Comic-Con panel details announced
– BBC tries to find the Series 11 clip leak source
– Wayne Yip directing Series 11 episode airing at Christmas
– Season 12 Blu-Ray popular, says a UK sales chart
– Season 12 trailer
– Season 12 disc replacement
– Big Finish getting into Star Trek
Commentary:
– The Green Death, episodes 4-6
Radio Free Skaro #642 – The Nut Hutch
Posted on July 1, 2018 by Chris
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– Doctor Who on Twitch
– Segun Akinola announced as new Doctor Who composer
– Segun Akinola BAFTA profile
– Segun Akinola Soundcloud
– Jodie Whittaker comic issue 0
– Jodie Whittaker calendar snub
– Matt Smith announced for Edmonton Expo
– Philip Hinchcliffe’s unused Season 15 plans
– New Target novelization audiobooks
– BBC Sounds app announced for iPlayer Radio and Podcasts
– Big Finish celebrates 20 years of recording
– Torchwood Series 6 begins in October from Big Finish
– Third Doctor Who Infinity story revealed
Commentary:
– The Green Death, episodes 1-3
Radio Free Skaro #641 – Bazalgette City
Posted on June 24, 2018 by Chris
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– Doctor Who on Twitch
Miniscope:
– Ed Bazalgette
– The Doctor’s Meditation
– The Girl Who Died
– The Woman Who Lived
– The Return of Doctor Mysterio
Radio Free Skaro #640 – Restoration Glee
Posted on June 17, 2018 by Chris
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– Genesis of the Daleks
– UK Season 12 Blu-Ray release delayed
– Doctor Who at San Diego Comic-Con
– Chloe Dysktra Medium post
– Original Doctor Who Comic-Con panel moderator is no longer
– Doctor Who Series 10 long-listed for Emmy
– Crackle to distribute Doctor Who in Latin America
– Jodie Whittaker promoting Cystic Fibrosis UK
Interview:
– Genesis of the Daleks
– Russell Minton
– Paul Vanezis
Radio Free Skaro #639 – Born Slippy
Posted on June 10, 2018 by Chris
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– All of NuWho on iPlayer
– BBC to close Maida Vale studio by 2022
– SPACE rebrands as CTV Sci-Fi
Commentary:
– Underworld
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