Radio Free Skaro #638 – London 1965
 The topic of Doctor Who missing episodes has been dormant relatively recently, but a tangent in an interview with producer/director Paul Vanezis, who has aided in the recovery of other previously missing Doctor Who episodes, may raise the profile once again. (Listen to the interview with Steven starting at 30:36; JR Southall joins Steven later to discuss what Paul said). Elsewhere, Doctor Who on Twitch has been an unprecedented success, launching new memes and generating fresh enthusiasm amongst a whole new generation of Doctor Who fans! |
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– Doctor Who on twitch a hit! Interview: |
Radio Free Skaro #637 – Strong Work
 Director James Strong faces the eagle eye of the Miniscope this week, with a look at classics like “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit”, not-so classics (but not his fault!) like “Daleks in Manhattan” and “Evolution of the Daleks”, and romps big and small like “Voyage of the Damned”, “Partners in Crime”, and “Planet of the Dead”. Plus news of “Genesis of the Daleks” cinema screenings (well, one) at the BFI, Twitch streaming Classic Who, Bell Media cancelling Innerspace like a bunch of jerks, and more! |
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– UK Genesis of the Daleks cinema screening with guest Philip Hinchcliffe – SOLD OUT! Miniscope: – James Strong |
Radio Free Skaro #636 – Intelligent Listening For Beginners
 Dollies! Yes, to the delight of Warren and probably no-one else, Character Options is set to release new plastic Who friends, most of which are variants of current models but also the first action dolly for Bill! Also, BBC Television Centre lives on in Google Street View form, and in exciting interview news, we have a chinwag with Andrew Smith, whose latest work for Big Finish is Hour of the Cybermen (1980s!), the First Doctor Volume 2 (1960s!) and Star Cops: Mother Earth (more 1980s!) Cue up your compu-cassettes and enjoy! |
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– UK Season 12 Blu-Ray delayed Interview: – Andrew Smith |
Radio Free Skaro #634 – Captain Maitland and the Time Team
 There’s a new bunch on the block in the form of Doctor Who Magazine’s new Time Team, so we talked to DWM writer Benjamin Cook about how he put together this new crop of young Who fans to helm the magazine’s longstanding feature. Also, we bring you the first half of our commentary of the 1964 classic(?) “The Sensorites”! Plus: Big Finish news, Doctor Who cinema screenings in Canada, and the oncoming Gallifrey One hotel panic… |
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– Gallifrey One hotel block Interview: – Benjamin Cook Commentary: |
Radio Free Skaro #633 – The Erato Adventures of Hercules
 The weather is warm, the flowers are blooming and the Doctor Who news is…sparse. Almost non-existent in fact, other than delicious morsels like the Series 9 soundtrack arriving in our eardrums, an official announcement on that US “Genesis of the Daleks” cinema screening on June 11, and of course what you’ve all been waiting for, the second part of our Christopher Barry miniscope, featuring his work on “The Mutants”, “Robot”, “The Brain of Morbius” and perennial favorite (to Chris, at any rate) “The Creature from the Pit”! |
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– 1988 UK response to Doctor Who season 24 Miniscope: – Christopher Barry |
Radio Free Skaro #632 – Barry From Coquitlam
 One of the most prolific directors in Doctor Who history finally gets his time in the Miniscope as the Three Who Rule look at the first half of the career of Christopher Barry, breaking down his work on “The Daleks”, “The Rescue”, “The Romans”, the missing stories “The Savages” and “The Power of the Daleks” (as best as possible), and concluding with 1971’s “The Daemons”. Also, while Warren is in New York, news on Gallifrey One, BBC Wales, and upcoming cinema screenings of “Genesis of the Daleks”… |
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– Gallifrey One 2019 – Sold Out! Miniscope: – Christopher Barry |
Radio Free Skaro #631 – Bandril on the Run
 In what can only be described as the universe screwing with us, and because the world of Doctor Who seems to be in lockdown, we have precisely one and a half items of news today, the content of which we shall not divulge in order to create a questionable air of tension before the main event…Fluid Links! Yes, enjoy the Three Who Rule’s shaky insights as we field questions from you, the listeners! |
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– Forbidden Planet Target book signing |
Radio Free Skaro #630 – Throw Away Your Gun
 Gallifrey One News! As in the fact that tickets for the 30th edition of the greatest convention on Earth go on sale on April 14th. Also, said convention was featured in the latest Doctor Who Magazine! Plus we have tales of Rachel Talalay declining to work on Series 11, BBC rumourmongering, comic, Target novel shenanigans via RTD and The Moff and a commentary for “The Happiness Patrol” brought you to thanks to the generosity of #WhoAgainstGuns! |
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– #WhoAgainstGuns wraps up Commentary: |
Radio Free Skaro #629 – Red Hulke
 Welcome to April! Which means we’re now only about six months until Jodie Whittaker’s debut as the new Doctor Who! Until then, we’ve got #Whoagainstguns final tallies, some sneaky hints from Philip Morris about “The Web of Fear” Part 3, Hugo nominations for Verity! and Doctor Who “Twice Upon a Time”, and a deep dive into Malcolm Hulke’s left wing leanings with “Doctor Who and the Communist” author Michael Herbert in part three of our Malcolm Hulke Miniscope! Ypa, comrades! |
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– Gallifrey One 2019 tickets go on sale April 14, 12:00pm PDT Miniscope: |
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Radio Free Skaro #635 – The Sense-Snore-Ites
Posted on May 13, 2018 by Chris
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– Gallifrey One hotel block
– Series 11 Director list… but maybe not final?
– UK Broadcasters devising joint streaming service
– Genesis of the Daleks Canadian screening tickets now on sale
– Thirteenth Doctor books
– Knock Knock script up for auction
– Doctor Who Infinity teases “The Orphans of the Polyoptera”
– Babelcolour First Doctor colourization teaser
– Sylvester McCoy and Robert Picardo at the Edinburgh Fringe
Commentary:
– The Sensorites, Episodes 4-6