Radio Free Skaro #660 – Doctor of Hope and Lego

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

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We’re at the halfway point of Doctor Who’s new Time Team’s first series, and “The Tsuranga Conundrum” is the final of the initial Chibnall quartet of stories. Confused yet? Well, luckily the above unpronounceable quandary is a straight ahead adventure that the Three Who Rule are here to decipher for you, along with a summary of all the news, previews, and yes….stats. Staaaaaaatsss…
Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Episode 5 review, The Tsuranga Conundrum
– Episode 7 titled Kerblam!, episode 8 titled The Witchfinders
– Arachnids in the UK BBC One overnight viewing figures
– Rosa BBC One final viewing figures
– New Big Finish Fourth Doctor companion
– Big Finish The Eighth of March celebrates female Doctor Who characters
– Big Finish Torchwood vs Doctor Who Monsters
– Class soundtrack due December 7
– Doctor Puppet merchandise
– TV Years Volume 2

Radio Free Skaro #659 – The Web of Fear

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

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The Doctor and her fam…errr, TARDIS Team land back in Sheffield and smack dab into spiders, ethically dubious American businessmen and RTD-level family drama in “Arachnids in the UK”, the latest instalment of the eleventh series of Doctor Who. Will the quintessentially Whovian juxtaposition of the domestic with the deeply weird engage the Three Who Rule, or will arachnophobia turn to eight-legged tedium? You won’t know until you listen! Also, stats. Harrumph.
Links:

– Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon!
– Episode 4 review, Arachnids in the UK
– The Ghost Monument BBC One ratings
– Rosa BBC One overnight viewing figures
– MusicTech interview of Segun Akinola
– New Yorker interview of Segun Akinola
– BritBox adds new Dalek stories on Halloween
– Big Finish Third Doctor series 5
– River Song Big Finish Series 6 to feature Yeti and the Great Intelligence
– Big Finish River Song Series 6 to feature Sontarans, Drashigs and Ogrons
– Doctor Who Pez dispensers
– Doctor Who escape game to be called Worlds Collide
– Red Dwarf Series I-VIII Bluray due in January
– The Radiophonic Workshop do the soundtrack to Possum
– Derrick Sherwin died
– Radio Free Skaro #420, featuring a Derrick Sherwin interview
– Moffat says current Who risks looking cheap

Radio Free Skaro #658 – The Spirit of Rosa

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

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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

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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

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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
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