Tag: BFI
Posted on August 1, 2021
by Chris
Leave a Comment
It’s a monumental week of news as Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker and current showrunner Chris Chibnall announced they will be leaving the show in 2022 after the next (truncated) series and a triplet of specials. What does this portend? Well, endless fannish debate, worry,… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #809 – Travel Hopefully”
Category: EpisodesTags: Babylon 5, BFI, Big Chief, Big Finish, Chris Chibnall, Christopher Eccleston, doctor who, Evil of the Daleks, Fan Expo Canada, Jodie Whittaker, John Michael Straczynski, Merchandise, Ottawa Comic-Con, Paul MC Smith, River Song, torchwood, Wonderful Books
Posted on April 25, 2021
by Chris
Leave a Comment
Are you burning to ask Christopher Eccleston a question about his return to Doctor Who via Big Finish? Well too bad, it already happened, but you can watch said Q& A on the Official Doctor Who YouTube Channel! Also we have news of New… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #795 – Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead”
Category: EpisodesTags: BFI, Big Finish, Blu-ray, Christopher Eccleston, Commentary, Dragonfire, John Nathan-Turner, Merchandise, New York Comic-Con, Paradise Towers, Paul Magrs, Peter Capaldi, Season 24, Sisters with Transistors, Small Worlds, Time Fracture, torchwood
Posted on February 2, 2020
by Steven
Leave a Comment
Birds, globetrotting, and hapless travel vloggers are all part of the mix in “Praxeus,” the latest adventure in Series 12 of Doctor Who as the Doc & Co race against time, disease, environmental catastrophe, and general crankiness to save the world! What did the… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #726 – The Talking Cat of Ontario”
Category: EpisodesTags: BBC, BBC America, BFI, Big Finish, Fugitive of the Judoon, Gallifrey One, Kurt Adler, Merchandise, Nicholas Parsons, Obituary, Praxeus, Radio Free Skaro, Series 12, Stats, Target Books, The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Posted on September 8, 2019
by Chris
Leave a Comment
The world of Doctor Who was thrown aback this week with news that beloved television writer and novelist Terrance Dicks passed away at the age of 84. Dicks’ contribution to the show and indeed many of our childhoods can’t be overestimated, from his time… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #705 – Uncle Terrance”
Category: EpisodesTags: Andrew Cartmel, BAFTA, BFI, Blu-ray, Colin Baker, Commentary, DVD, Fictitious Awards, Gallifrey One, New York Comic-Con, Obituary, Pete McTighe, Robert Shearman, Season 23, Season 26, Series 11, Shannon Dohar, Sophie Aldred, Tea Lady Design, Terrance Dicks, The Curse of Fenric, The Ghost Monument, The Quiz of Rassilon
Posted on May 5, 2019
by Chris
Leave a Comment
Have you ever wanted to move into a tower with all the modern conveniences, including roving colour-coordinated gangs, a failed hero, homicidal old ladies and trundling robots? Why not live vicariously through the Three Who Rule’s Classic Series commentary for “Paradise Towers”, which has… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #687 – Physical Graffiti”
Posted on March 17, 2019
by Chris
1 Comment
A new set of shiny Blu-ray discs stuffed with Doctor Who content is on its way to store shelves in the form of the Season 18 box set, the third such season set from BBC Studios. So we decided to talk again to Russell… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #680 – The Planet That Slept”
Posted on March 10, 2019
by Chris
Leave a Comment
It’s a Radio Free Skaro episode to lose sleep over, quite literally this week, as Steven and Chris tackle the news of the week as well as daylight saving time while Warren, absent for various reasons, sits content in his time eddy, away from… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #679 – A Field In Wales”
Category: EpisodesTags: Ben Wheatley, BFI, Big Finish, Calgary Expo, Catherine Tate, Chicago TARDIS, Class, DVD, Interview, Moris Farhi, Obituary, Radiophonic Workshop, The Macra Terror, The Runaway
Posted on January 13, 2019
by Chris
Leave a Comment
Have you ever wanted to see block transfer computation on the big screen? Your time has come as “Logopolis” hits theatres this March in the US and the BFI in February in advance of the release of the Doctor Who Season 18 box set!… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #670 – Curran Account”
Category: EpisodesTags: BBC, BBC Writer's Room, BFI, Big Finish, Catherine Tate, Chicago TARDIS, Christel Dee, doctor who, Fictitious Awards, Gallifrey One, Her Universe, Interview, Jodie Whittaker, John Barrowman, Logopolis, Merchandise, National Television Awards, NTA, Obituary, Promotion, Resolution, Rotten Tomatoes, Scratchman, Segun Akinola, Series 11, Shaun Dooley, Simon Guerrier, Soundtrack, Stats, The Woman Who Fell To Earth, Titan Comics, Tom Baker, Tony Curran, W Morgan Sheppard
Posted on September 9, 2018
by Chris
2 Comments
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… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #652 – The Glass Ceiling”
Category: EpisodesTags: ABC, BBC, BBC America, BFI, Blake's 7, david tennant, Doctor Who Infinity, doctor who magazine, Edmonton Expo, Graham Kibble-White, Heather Hartnell, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Interview, Jacqueline Pearce, John Barrowman, Lovett Bickford, Matt Smith, Merchandise, Mr. Men, Obituary, Peter Benson, Series 11, SPACE, The Woman Who Fell To Earth, Tiny Rebel Games, TV Years
Posted on May 27, 2018
by Chris
Leave a Comment
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… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #637 – Strong Work”
Category: EpisodesTags: BFI, Classic Doctor Who, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, InnerSPACE, James Strong, Miniscope, Partners in Crime, Philip Hinchcliffe, Planet of the Dead, Radiophonic Workshop, SPACE Channel, The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, twitch, Voyage of the Damned
Radio Free Skaro #795 – Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead
Posted on April 25, 2021 by Chris
Leave a Comment
Are you burning to ask Christopher Eccleston a question about his return to Doctor Who via Big Finish? Well too bad, it already happened, but you can watch said Q& A on the Official Doctor Who YouTube Channel! Also we have news of New… Continue Reading “Radio Free Skaro #795 – Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead”
Category: EpisodesTags: BFI, Big Finish, Blu-ray, Christopher Eccleston, Commentary, Dragonfire, John Nathan-Turner, Merchandise, New York Comic-Con, Paradise Towers, Paul Magrs, Peter Capaldi, Season 24, Sisters with Transistors, Small Worlds, Time Fracture, torchwood