Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we'll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 6.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we'll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 5.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we'll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 4.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we'll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 3.

The Time Team go to Backwards Land this week in the latest episode of Doctor Who, "It Takes You Away", but is it an emotional roller coaster, a tribute to Norwegian amphibians, a confusing mess, or all of the above? Join the Three Who Rule as they leap through a portal into a world of bon mots, badinage and bafflegab! Plus stats (in Norwegian) and the return of the RFS Advent calendar, now with bonus Youtube and LEGO! Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Radio Free Skaro Fluid Links Advent Calendar on YouTube – Episode 9 review, "It Takes You Away" – Promo images, synopsis released for New Year's Day special – "The Witchfinders" overnight viewing figures – "Kerblam!" final viewing figures – BBC America Series 11 ratings – BBC iPlayer had its highest ever usage in October – Jodie Whittaker to read a story for CBeebies – Series 18 Blu-ray announced; February 25 in UK, March 19 in North America – Series 18 Blu-ray release trailer – Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon due from BF & BBC Studios due September 2019

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we'll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 2.

This holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we'll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 1.

It's time to find some witches with the Three Who Rule as Doctor Who and the gang/team/fam navigate superstition, 17th century sexual politics and an extremely flirtatious King James in "The Witchfinders"! Plus stats, which sounds uncomfortably close to "Satan," actual Satan with Tom Baker adapting his barking mad idea "Scratchman" into a novel, Big Finish scheduling their releases well into the End Times, and surely the greatest harbinger of the Apocalypse, a new 13th Doctor Funko Pop without a coat. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!?! NO COAT!! Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Episode 8 review, "The Witchfinders" – Chicago TARDIS – Kerblam! BBC One overnight viewing figures – "Demons of the Punjab" BBC One final viewing figures – BBC America Series 11 ratings – Tom Baker novelizing Scratchman, book and audiobook due out January 24, 2019 – Special edition Warriors' Gate audio release – Big Finish announces three more Time War box sets – Seventh Doctor and Mags team up in Big Finish trilogy due out April 2019 – Doctor Who opening titles supercut – BBC posts 10 hour loop of new Doctor Who opening theme – Video of William Hartnell blue plaque unveiling – Thirteenth Doctor without coat Funko Pop

The Doctor and her Time Pals sign up as temporary wage scoundrels at the titular "Kerblam!" (aka Space Amazon) and the Three Who Rule are here to tell you what they thought of this treatise on modern work, robots and bubble wrap along with news, stats, a special shift from Christmas to New Year's Day and more! So fire up this podcast and get in line for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and whatever other arbitrary celebration of consumerism keeps annoying "teammates" from pestering you about productivity! Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Episode 7 review, Kerblam! – Episode 9 & 10 titles – Episode 11 to go out New Year's Day – BBC America will also show episode 11 on New Year's Day – Series 12 to air in 2019 – Children in Need 2018 Doctor Who piece – Demons of the Punjab BBC One overnights – The Tsuranga Conundrum BBC One final viewing figures – BBC America Series 11 ratings – Jodie Whittaker turns on the Regent Street Christmas lights – New Cardiff Doctor Who experience coming? – Doctor Who Magazine 532 released – Christopher Eccleston speaks out about his "blacklisting" – Big Finish pairs The Fifth Doctor with Jenny – Doctor Who "Choose Your Future" journal due in December – Gallifrey One 2019 Discussion Panels

On the 100th anniversary of the Armistice being signed, it seemed fitting on the day of Remembrance that the tone of this week's Doctor Who struck a more sombre tone, and that's exactly what we got in "Demons of the Punjab", written by Vinay Patel. The Three Who Rule give their thoughts on the episode, as well as all the news of the week that was, including an expanded stats section! Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Episode 6 review, Demons of the Punjab – The Tsuranga Conundrum BBC One overnight viewing figures – Arachnids in the UK final BBC One viewing figures – BBC America Series 11 Ratings – Series 12 in preproduction – Gallifrey One 2019 guest update – Chicago TARDIS – Doctor Who supports Children in Need – Wheel in Space animation sample at Missing Believed Wiped – Big Finish brings back the Paternoster Gang – Bandai Namco canceling Doctor Who Battle of Time – Thirteenth Doctor 5.5″ action dollie – Doctor Who Christmas apparell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 – 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

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

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

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"

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

Insanity levels are slightly lower in this, the week after San Diego Comic-Con, but there's still plenty to discuss including Jodie Whittaker being a proper cinephile (at a now sold out appearance at Somerset House), a new book about the women of Doctor Who, upcoming Doctor Who merchandise discovered live on Amazon during the podcast, John Levene chronicling the saga of his life and times, Doctor Who: Infinity and Big Finish news, and the main event – the return of Fluid Links, where you ask the tough questions and we meander with half-baked responses!

It's San Diego Comic-Con! There is an absurd amount of news from the world's largest media convention this week, including a new and mysterious Doctor Who trailer, a panel featuring Jodie Whittaker, Mandop Gill, Tosin Cole, showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Strevens, new Series 11 artwork, Jodie wowing everyone with a surprise appearance at the Her Universe fashion show, a press conference or two and (takes breath) reports from on the ground at SDCC with the Nerdist's Kyle Anderson and Doctor Who on the Couch's Heather Berberet! Sit down and get yourself a snack because this is the annual SDCC edition of Radio Free Skaro and it's going to be a whopper!

Trailer! Teaser? Either way, a rather brief look at Series 11 of Doctor Who that shows the new friends Ryan, Yasmin, and Graham, a brief shot of Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who #13, and several unhealthy food options was released to the world just before this podcast recording! Yes, the PR onslaught has begun, with Jodie on the cover of EW, dolly news, San Diego Comic-Con news, Amazon listings, and and AND a miniscope featuring Daniel Nettheim, director of "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion", "Extremis", and "The Pyramid at the End of the World"! Links: – Doctor Who on Twitch – Series 11 trailer – Jodie Whittaker on the cover of Entertainment Weekly; BBC America to simulcast Series 11 Premiere – Thirteenth Doctor figurine range – Titan Comics San Diego Comic-Con panel – David Tennant and The Muppets – More of David Tennant and the Muppets – Peter Davison and The Muppets – 2019 Doctor Who mini calendar features Thirteenth Doctor era exclusively – BBC America showing Shada – Torchwood on Twitch – Twice Upon A Time in 4K – Eccleston/Tennant DVD box set – Matt Smith DVD box set – Peter Capaldi DVD box set – Carole Ann Ford joins David Bradley on Big Finish – Season 12 Blu-Ray replacement discs Miniscope: – Daniel Nettheim – The Zygon Invasion – The Zygon Inversion – Extremis – The Pyramid at the End of the World

The news elves are busily working their magic as we edge closer to San Diego Comic-Con, which will sport the likes of Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill, Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens at the BBC America Doctor Who panel occurring at the spacetime vector of Thursday, July 19, 11:45 am PT! The BBC is also going all legal to track down the nefarious leakers of The Clip, and friend of the show Wayne Yip is directing the Series 11 episode to air at (or around) Christmas! Also Season 12 DVD news, Big Finish wandering into territories Trek and what you've all been waiting for…part two of our gripping commentary on "The Green Death"! Links: – Doctor Who on Twitch – Doctor Who San Diego Comic-Con panel details announced – BBC tries to find the Series 11 clip leak source – Wayne Yip directing Series 11 episode airing at Christmas – Season 12 Blu-Ray popular, says a UK sales chart – Season 12 trailer – Season 12 disc replacement – Big Finish getting into Star Trek Commentary: – The Green Death, episodes 4-6

Last week's vast wasteland of not-news has been replaced by a verdant jungle of news-news, most notably the announcement of Segun Akinola as the new composer for Doctor Who! Plus Matt Smith comes to Edmonton, and comics and calendars that sort of feature Jodie Whittaker or flat-out don't. There's other news of course, but this is a mere tease to part one of our commentary for the Jon Pertwee story "The Green Death", so dive back with us to June 1973 and hippies, environmentalism, and giant maggots! Links: – Doctor Who on Twitch – Segun Akinola announced as new Doctor Who composer – Segun Akinola BAFTA profile – Segun Akinola Soundcloud – Jodie Whittaker comic issue 0 – Jodie Whittaker calendar snub – Matt Smith announced for Edmonton Expo – Philip Hinchcliffe's unused Season 15 plans – New Target novelization audiobooks – BBC Sounds app announced for iPlayer Radio and Podcasts – Big Finish celebrates 20 years of recording – Torchwood Series 6 begins in October from Big Finish – Third Doctor Who Infinity story revealed Commentary: – The Green Death, episodes 1-3

This week on Radio Free Skaro, it's time for the nation's favourite game show* (*not an actual game show) as we dive headlong into another edition of the Miniscope. This week, it's director Ed Bazalgette, who guided the recent episodes "The Girl Who Died", "The Woman Who Lived", and "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" into port. What did the Three Who Rule think of the former guitarist from the 1980s band The Vapors and his work in Doctor Who? Listen and find out! Also, with Doctor Who being produced under a cone of silence as of late, early discussion veers from Doctor Who on Twitch to Amazon reviews to Star Wars to Star Trek and so on. Be warned. Links: – Doctor Who on Twitch Miniscope: – Ed Bazalgette – The Doctor's Meditation – The Girl Who Died – The Woman Who Lived – The Return of Doctor Mysterio

It's a jam-packed extravaganza from 1975 this week as we dive deep into the impending release of the Doctor Who Season 12 Blu-Ray starring one Tom Baker as Dr. Who, with interviews from executive producer Russell Minton and director/producer Paul Vanezis what worked on that there shiny set of discs! Plus banter from two of the Three Who Rule who ventured to their local cinemas to view all 625 glorious lines of resolution of "Genesis of the Daleks". Also San Diego Comic-Con news, the odd tale of Doctor Who on Crackle in Latin America, and more! Links: – Genesis of the Daleks – UK Season 12 Blu-Ray release delayed – Doctor Who at San Diego Comic-Con – Chloe Dysktra Medium post – Original Doctor Who Comic-Con panel moderator is no longer – Doctor Who Series 10 long-listed for Emmy – Crackle to distribute Doctor Who in Latin America – Jodie Whittaker promoting Cystic Fibrosis UK Interview: – Genesis of the Daleks – Russell Minton – Paul Vanezis

The Quest is the Quest, if by quest you mean watching the 1978 classic series story "Underworld" and getting through it without great suffering. We kid – two thirds of the Three Who Rule are devout fans of this Tom Baker gem. Will the final third turn his frown upside down? Also, the classic series continues to delight on Twitch, the modern series is on BBC iPlayer, and the TV broadcast home of Doctor Who in Canada is regenerating… Links: – All of NuWho on iPlayer – BBC to close Maida Vale studio by 2022 – SPACE rebrands as CTV Sci-Fi Commentary: – Underworld

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! Links: – Doctor Who on twitch a hit! – London 1965 memes – Season 12 blu-ray revamped visual effects – Doctor Who Magazine 526 released – Big Finish returns to Class – Big Finish Infamy of the Zaross due on vinyl June 16 – Doctor Who series 10 and Class coming to UK Netflix in June – TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual – Doctor Who jobs Interview: – Paul Vanezis – JR Southall

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! Links: – UK Genesis of the Daleks cinema screening with guest Philip Hinchcliffe – SOLD OUT! – 500+ Doctor Who episodes to stream on twitch – Radiophonic Workshop Albert Hall performance live streamed – Hiotchhiker's on vinyl, for the first time – Innerspace canceled Miniscope: – James Strong – The Impossible Planet – The Satan Pit – Daleks in Manhattan – Evolution of the Daleks – Voyage of the Damned – Partners in Crime – Planet of the Dead

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! Links: – UK Season 12 Blu-Ray delayed – The Enduring Magic of the Radiophonic Workshop – Google Street View scan of BBC TV Centre – Cushing TARDIS on the auction block – Character Third Doctor and TARDIS – Character Eleventh Doctor set – Character 1970s set – Character Twelfth Doctor set – Fairford Festival – Graham Strong died Interview: – Andrew Smith – Big Finish Hour of the Cybermen – Big Finish First Doctor, Volume 2 – Big Finish Star Cops Mother Earth, Part 1

Progress, in rumour form at any rate, as a tentative and maybe kinda sorta true list of directors for Series 11 makes its way onto the internet, along with scuttlebutt of a BBC, Channel 4 and ITV streaming service in the works. Not to leave Canada out fo the mix, "Genesis of the Daleks" tickets finally go on sale so those of us will finally be able to view 1970s PAL video on the big screen, as it was truly meant to be seen. And speaking of viewing things in a right and proper manner, we have the second half of our gripping and not at all ponderous commentary on "The Sensorites"! Grab your stimulant of choice and enjoy! Links: – 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

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… Links: – Gallifrey One hotel block – Doctor Who Magazine 525 out – Canadian Genesis of the Daleks screening on June 14 – RTD & Moffat talk Target books with Tom Spilsbury – An Unearthly Child script sold for £6200 – River Song and four Masters in Big Finish – Hour of the Cybermen synopsis and artwork – Energy of the Daleks on vinyl – Devil's End Free Comic Book Day issue, cover A – Devil's End Free Comic Book Day issue, cover B Interview: – Benjamin Cook – Doctor Who Magazine Commentary: – The Sensorites, Episodes 1-3

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"! Links: – 1988 UK response to Doctor Who season 24 – Series 9 soundtrack available, "The Shepherd's Boy" sample track – Genesis of the Daleks cinema screenings press release Miniscope: – Christopher Barry – The Mutants – Robot – The Brain of Morbius – The Creature from the Pit

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"… Links: – Gallifrey One 2019 – Sold Out! – BBC Wales new broadcast centre – Genesis of the Daleks cinema screening? – Black Archive – Marco Polo – Infinity wins Game Developer Conference award – BBC sound effects site Miniscope: – Christopher Barry – The Daleks – The Rescue – The Romans – The Savages – The Power of the Daleks – The Daemons

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! Links: – Forbidden Planet Target book signing – Moffat, RTD and Michael Grade

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! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns wraps up – Gallifrey One ticket purchase link active – Doctor Who Magazine 524 – Talalay not directing for Series 11 – Series 11 to have some Classic Who elements – Hour of the Cybermen, from Big Finish – Titan Comics Road to the Thirteenth Doctor – BBC Worldwide becomes BBC Studios – "Based on the Popular BBC Television Serial" third edition available – Russell T Davies tweaks the novelization for Rose – Steven Moffat makes Peter Cushing canon in Day of the Doctor Commentary: – The Happiness Patrol

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! Links: – Gallifrey One 2019 tickets go on sale April 14, 12:00pm PDT – #WhoAgainstGuns campaign ends – #WhoAgainstGuns broke $20,000 with the help of Rachel Talalay – Phillip Morris says Web of Fear 3 may soon be found – Twice Upon A Time, Verity! nominated for Hugo Awards – Series 9 Soundtrack, including limited Stuart Manning art – Christopher Eccleston makes his first convention appearance at London Film & Comic-Con 2018 Miniscope: – Malcolm Hulke – Michael Herbert

A cranky Chris (Eccleston), a snippet of Steven (Moffat) and a serendipitous Series 11 opening sequence concept are all in the news this week, but let's be honest, you're here for the trenchant insights of one Kyle Anderson of Doctor Who: The Writer's Room podcast and Nerdist fame (and, we suppose, the Three Who Rule's meagre offerings) as we delve into the second of our three-part Malcolm Hulke Miniscope with a look at "Colony in Space", "The Sea Devils", "Frontier in Space", and "Invasion of the Dinosaurs"! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns – Eccleston speaks out about his time on Doctor Who – Snippet of Moffat's first Day of the Doctor draft – eBook release of A Second Target for Tommy – Stuart Manning's Series 11 opening sequence – Doctor Who Infinity game trailer – Doctor Who Infinity interview with Susan Cummings Miniscope: – Malcolm Hulke – Kyle Anderson

It's another pre-October week of hints and dribbles of Doctor Who news, including loose-lipped thespian Alan Cumming revealing he has a role in Series 11, audio and Target news, Tom Baker Blu-Ray excitement, and more. All mere preamble to the first part of our Malcolm Hulke Miniscope, featuring Nerdist scribbler and noted cineaste Kyle Anderson to help us look at "The Faceless Ones", "The War Games", "Doctor Who and the Silurians" and "The Ambassadors…of Death"! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns – Alan Cumming in Series 11 – Doctor Who audio recordings archived – Final covers for new Target books – Tom Baker Season 1 Blu-Ray – Series 3 Steelbook – Lady Christina returns in Big Finish – More WhoTalk Commentaries – Delia Derbyshire portrait at Coventry University – Ken Dodd died Miniscope: – Malcolm Hulke – Kyle Anderson

A jam packed, bumper edition of Radio Free Skaro this week! Not only do we provide you with an update on the #WhoAgainstGuns initiative with Joy Piedmont and Graeme Burk, but we also bring you a full length commentary for the 1987 special effects-laden spectacular that is "Time and the Rani", with special guest Jonathan Helm of WHO FX! There's also a bevy of Doctor Who merchandise to tell you about, including the just announced Season 12 Blu-ray set! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns – Rachel Talalay writes about the Women's Gallifrey One panel – Season 12 Blu-Ray due June 11 in the UK – Season 12 Blu-Ray due June 26 in North America – New 6th Doctor Big Finish companion – Rose Target book audio CD – Chriswtmas Invasion Target book audio CD – Day of the Doctor Target book audio CD – Record Store Day City of Death vinyl release – Record Store Day Tomb of the Cybermen vinyl release – One Doctor, Two Hearts book – Tommy's Top Ten charity book – Topps 2018 Doctor Who signature trading cards – Special Weapons Dalek by Robert Harrop Designs – The Radiophonic Workshop play The Royal Albert Hall – Matt Smith on Desert Island Discs Commentary: – Time and the Rani – @who_fx / Jonathan Helm

#WhoAgainstGuns is a cause launched by our friends at Reality Bomb and spearheaded by a larger network of friends and podcasters, and the Three Who Rule are happy to lend their support, as you can hear in this podcast. Further to that, we present our final two interviews from Gallifrey One 2018 – one with Doctor Who scribe Peter Harness, and another with Philip Martin all about his iconic 1970s BBC series "Gangsters"! Links: – #WhoAgainstGuns – Piers Wenger says Series 11 will have a number of female writers – "Shada" scripts up for auction – William Hartnell's personal script for "An Unearthly Child" up for auction – "The Enemy of the World" DVD delayed one week – Paul Simpson named new editor for Obverse Books' Black Archive range – Peter Miles died – The 29 Voyages of Gallifrey One Interviews: – Peter Harness – Philip Martin

As the Con Crud, post-Gally blues and general middle-aged malaise hit the RFS crew, they nevertheless soldier on with news of new Doctor Who logos, Lost Dimensions, new Target novelizations and more, before two sets of interviews from Gallifrey One, the first with Titan Comics brand manager Chris Thompson and the second with scholarly Whovians Joy Piedmont, who ran the academic symposium at last week's Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles, and Derek Kompare, a media professor who participated in said high-brained shenanigans! Listen and learn! Links: – The 29 Voyages of Gallifrey One – New Doctor Who logo unveiled – New Doctor Who logo T-shirt – New Target novelizations coming April 5 – Sarah Jane Adventures now on BBC iPlayer – Titan Comics' The Lost Dimension Book 1 out now, Book 2 coming March 20 – Pearl Mackie coming to Chicago TARDIS 2018 – Make-up artist Dorka Nieradzik died Interviews: – Chris Thompson from Titan Comics – Joy Piedmont – Derek Kompare

The Three Who Rule return for another episode from Gallifrey One in Los Angeles, where they've been blown away by the top-notch insights and hilarity of the guests in attendance, from outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat's take no prisoners Q&As to Camille Coduri's hilarious response to "what's your favorite sonic screwdriver?" But there's still comic book news, effects updates and the debut of Britbox Canada to consider, along with an interview with series producer Brian Minchin! Allons and indeed…y! Links: – The 29 Voyages of Gallifrey One – Deleted scene from Series 8 hints at Gallifrey – Thirteenth Doctor Comic Announced – Seventh Doctor Comic Announced – BritBox Now in Canada – Multiple effects companies providing VFX for Series 11

For the seventh year in a row, it was Radio Free Skaro's great pleasure to kick off the greatest Doctor Who convention on Earth, Gallifrey One! With guests Sylvester McCoy, Rona Munro, Stephen Wyatt, Philip Martin, Hayley Nebauer, and Lawrence Gough, the convention got off to a roaring start. Come for the guests, stay for the microphone failures! And stay tuned Sunday for a Gallifrey One wrap-up episode! Links: – The 29 Voyages of Gallifrey One

Intrigue reigns as rumours swirl of a possible move to Sunday night for Series 11 of Doctor Who, along with more concrete news of a "The Enemy of the World" special edition DVD, with commentary moderated by none other than friend of the show Simon Harries! We've also got comic book news, some exclusive info about Series 11, and, as we're in a celebratory mood, why not indulge in our Gallifrey One preview show! Enjoy, and you'll hear from us next week in Los Angeles! Links: – The 29 Voyages of Gallifrey One – Gallifrey One update – Doctor Who moving to Sunday nights and starting in October? – "The Enemy of the World" Special Edition DVD coming in March – Original "The Day of the Doctor" excerpt to feature in charity book – Big Finish Fourth Doctor audios now airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra – Doctor Who "The Lost Dimension" graphic novel Book 1 due February 20