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Radio Free Skaro #479 – Run Forest Run

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Chris

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Like a bolt from the blue came the first set of Gallifrey One guest announcements, including one Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor but the first in our hearts (for this year, at any rate.) But lo, across the pond there was news of the Doctor Who Festival, to be held the same weekend in November as Long Island Who! Confused? The news is just the beginning of your confoundining (not a word) as the RFS crew and Nancy Alegria of The Happiness Patrol go into the woods for their “In the Forest of the Night” commentary!

Show notes:

– Doctor Who…Festival!
– Rebecca Front…Guest Stars In Series 9!
– Gallifrey One 2016…First Guest Announcement!
– Doctor Who…In LEGO Dimensions!

Commentary:
– In The Forest…Of The Night!
– Nancy…Alegria!

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Radio Free Skaro #478 – Shallow Grave

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Chris

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Radio Free Skaro #478 – Click here to listen!

The news this week is sparse, so of course conspiracy theories abounded amongst the Three Who Rule involving Zimbabwe, missing episodes, cricket, and madness. But lo, there was a small morsel of news, and that was the fact that San Diego Comic Con will in fact have a Doctor Who panel (featuring Capaldi, Moffat, Minchin, Coleman and Gomez) on Thursday, so we can tell you much earlier….whatever they reveal! But let’s get down to brass tacks here, by which I mean a commentary on the Series 8 standout episode “Flatline”, with Verity’s own Liz Myles! Forward…to the second dimension!

Show notes:

– Justin Molotnikov…Directs Series 9!
– Doctor Who…At The 2015 San Diego Comic-Con!
– L.I. Who…3!

Commentary:
– Flatline!
– Liz…Myles!

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Radio Free Skaro #477 – Sarcopha-Gus

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Chris

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Radio Free Skaro #477 – Click here to listen!

If Radio Free Skaro was ever made into a lackluster dystopian future series of adventures for the tween set (which it won’t, ever), it would have to be called “Digression,” because that was the tenor of the first few minutes of this episode. Eurovision is rightly disparaged, Warren is baffled by football, and Steven vainly (sort of) tries to get things back on track by lovingly describing Peter Capaldi’s swelling bouffant. Gross. But there’s also a commentary for the Jamie Mathieson penned “Mummy on the Orient Express,” featuring Reality Bomb’s own Alex Kennard! You have 66 seconds to start listening!

Show notes:

– Peter Capaldi…Drops In At The Doctor Who Experience!
– Moffat As Show Runner…Through At Least Series 10!
– Roger Delgado’s…Last Acting Work!
– Impossible Worlds…A 50-Year Treasury of Art and Design!
– City of Death Audio Book…Read By Lalla Ward!
– The Four Doctors…Merch!

Commentary:
– Mummy…On The Orient Express!
– Alex…Kennard!

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Radio Free Skaro #476 – Ravolox and Bagels

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Steven

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Radio Free Skaro #476 – Click here to listen!

We promise, this is almost certainly the last time we jabber on about superhero movies…but that is in fact what happens at the start of this week’s episode, until Chris lobs a well-deserved boot heel into the proceedings and gets the Other Two Who Rule back on track and talking about Doctor Who…in the form of comic books! Oh, sweet irony. Sweeter still are a couple of vintage interviews supplied by (and in one case featuring) composer Dominic Glynn and iconoclastic Doctor Who producer John Nathan Turner! Interspersed with those chats are some preview tracks from Glynn’s new EP “The Ravolox Remixes”, available on iTunes May 18!

Show notes:

– BAFTA celebration of 10 years of Doctor Who took place in New York
– Images have leaked of Doctor Who elements in LEGO Dimensions
– Covers, War Doctor announced for Four Doctors summer event from Titan Comics
– IDW Eleventh Doctor omnibus editions to be republished by Titan Comics
– BBC Global iPlayer to close in June
– Series 8 of Doctor Who now on Netflix Canada, parts of Europe, Mexico, and South America
– Terrance Dicks celebrates 80th birthday in April, internet catches up in May
– Order Dominic Glynn’s “The Ravolox Remixes” on iTunes!

Interviews from 1986:
– John Nathan-Turner
– Dominic Glynn

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Radio Free Skaro #475 – In Praise of Fangirls

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Steven

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Radio Free Skaro #475 – Click here to listen!

It was a wild week to be a fan of Doctor Who and other sic-fi franchises this past week! Gallifrey One memberships went on sale and crashed ticket sales sites, Osgood and the Zygons are returning in Series 9, Torchwood audio plays are coming to Big Finish, and Avengers: Age of Ultron is filling movie theatres all over the world. What better week, then, to talk to Sam Maggs, author of the new book “The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy”, an instruction manual for fangirls new to the fold, as well as an educational tome for those who aren’t!

Show notes:

– Gallifrey One memberships are sold out
– Sasquan coming to Spokane August 19-22, 2015
– Osgood and the Zygons returning in a two-part story by Peter Harness
– Jemma Redgrave also featuring in Episodes 7-8
– Another new promo pic of the monster from Episodes 5-6
– Torchwood coming to Big Finish
– Big Finish Tom Baker audio plays airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra
– James Goss writing a novelization for The Pirate Planet
– The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who coming June 4
– The Radiophonic Workshop performing May 20 in Dublin
– BBC unveils The Doctor Who Fan Show on YouTube
– Radio Free Skaro Patreon Page

Interview:
– Sam Maggs
– The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy

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Radio Free Skaro #474/A – Easy Laughter with Rob Shearman

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Steven

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In this special mini-episode of Radio Free Skaro, Steven interviews writer Robert Shearman about his recent trip to New York to watch a production of his 1992 play “Easy Laughter”, as performed by Dirt [contained]! Rob and Steven also talk about Series 8 of Doctor Who, and Rob gives an update on the soon-to-be-released Running Through Corridors Volume 2.

And people of New York! This current run of “Easy Laughter” is on until Sunday. Click the link below for tickets to see one of Rob’s personal favourite plays!

Show notes:

– Dirt [contained} and their production of Rob Shearman’s “Easy Laughter”

Interview:
– Robert Shearman

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Radio Free Skaro #474 – Mayhem of the Mooninites

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Steven

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As Steven dips further into cricket insanity, a factor leading to his inevitable emigration to India could be the fact that Doctor Who will soon start broadcasting there for the first time. How can he possibly resist? Or perhaps a trip to New York to see the Symphonic Spectacular in October? One thing we can all agree on is that you should all journey between the pages of You and Who: Contact Has Been Made Volume Two, which contains writing from both Steven and Warren! And, and AND! As if the previous nonsense wasn’t enough, we have not only an interview with “Kill the Moon” writer Peter Harness, but also a commentary for that self same episode, featuring Phil Cannon of the Who’s He? Podcast! The mind boggles!

Show notes:

– Doctor Who comes to FX in India
– David Schofield cast for a guest role in Series 9
– Series 9 will address the Twelfth Doctor looking like Caecilius
– Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular coming to New York City on October 7
– Doctor Who wins a BAFTA Craft Award
– Warren and Steven have essays in “You and Who: Contact Has Been Made”
– Lazy Doctor Who, a new Doctor Who podcast featuring Steven and Erika from Verity!

Interview:
– Peter Harness

Commentary:
– Kill The Moon
– Phil Cannon from the Who’s He Podcast

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Radio Free Skaro #473 – The Invisible Enemies

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Steven

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What’s better than a commentary of the Series 8 episode “The Caretaker” with The Memory Cheats co-host Josh Zimon joining the Three Who Rule? Very little…except Wife in Space impresario Neil Perryman joining Warren and Steven for a look at the news! Yes, it’s a bumper crop of guest stars, walk ons, and non-Canadian opinions as these two podcast titans bump the quality up a notch, or at least negate the enormous drag factor of faux-humble Canucks. Can you contain your excitement and or relief? Tune in and find out!

Show notes:

– Producer Derek Ritchie provides a Series 9 production update
– A new monster for Series 9
– Steven Moffat interviewed by his son
– Rex Robinson (1926-2015)
– Peter Howell (1919-2015)
– Frontios audiobook, as read by Christopher Hamilton Bidmead
– Guest: Neil Perryman

Commentary:
– The Caretaker
– Josh Zimon from The Memory Cheats

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Radio Free Skaro #472 – Do The Hustle

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Chris

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In what may be a new record for top-of-the-show off-topic banter, much hashing out of the new Star Wars trailer (of course) occurred, along with Steven’s descent into schedule and archived newspaper madness, wherein he charts out exactly when he (and by extension the other Two Who Rule) began watching Doctor Who on KSPS, the semi-local PBS station. Besides this lunacy, much discussion was had of a Series 8 soundtrack release (3 discs!), Dominic Glynn’s excellent Ravalox Remixes of his original scores for 80s Who, Christopher Eccleston’s recent comments on why he and Doctor Who parted ways, and much, much more! And! We also have Jono Park from the Zeus Pod podcast for a commentary on Time Heist! Can you stand the excitement?! Probably not, no.

Show notes:

– Christopher Eccleston…Talks To The Radio Times!
– Christopher Eccleston…Talks To Radio 4!
– Wikileaks…Doctor Who Movie Documents!
– David Tennant’s Doctor…On Disney XD!
– Series 8…Soundtrack!
– Big Finish…First Doctor Companion Chronicles!
– The Art…Of Doctor Who!
– Daleks…DVD Compilation!
– Ravolox Remixes…Trailer!
– Ravolox Remixes…Pre-order!
– Doctor Who…Rockie Award Nominee!

Commentary:
– Time…Heist!
– Jono Park…From Zeus Pod!

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Radio Free Skaro #471 – A Flurry of Murray

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Chris

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Radio Free Skaro #471 – Click here to listen!

It’s a little early to start talking about Gallifrey One’s next con in 2016..or is it? Not since tickets go on sale on May 4th (10 a.m. Pacific) and the Marriott’s block of hotel room goes on sale a week later on May 11th! And if the world’s greatest convention isn’t your thing, some sweet faux-Target novel covers of Series 8 stories might be to your liking. No? How about some superbly crafted pewter figures of Silurians? Old William Hartnell footage? Calgary Expo news? Not easy to please, are you? Fine, have an interview with Doctor Who composer Murray Gold, then, and hear him talk about creating music for Doctor Who in 2005 and in 2015, and also hear him reveal details about the upcoming Series 8 soundtrack. Ingrate.

Show notes:

– Gallifrey One…2016 Ticket Sales!
– Gallifrey One…2016 Hotel Block!
– Andrew-Mark Thompson’s…Target Novelization Covers!
– Doctor Who…Hand-painted Figurines!
– Doctor Who…Pewter Figurings!
– William Hartnell…In Johnny Come Home!
– Arthur Darvill…At Calgary Expo!
– Radio Free Skaro…Patreon!

Interview:
– Murray…Gold!

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