Radio Free Skaro #656 – No Sir, All Thirteen

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

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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

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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

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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!”
Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!
Guests:

– Helene Wecker
– Jason Snell
– Erika Ensign

Radio Free Skaro #648 – Dwellings of Simplicity

Posted on August 12, 2018 by

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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”!
Links:

– 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

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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!
Links:

– 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

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