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It's a glorious day as Tom Baker becomes a Member of theOrder of the British Empire and the Three Who Rule are here to celebrate this momentous occasion along with news of further Gallifrey One guests, Phil Collinson trolling us all with War Chief intrigues, Toby Hadoke's annual In Memoriam, Big Finish news as usual and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary of "The Moonbase"! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Tom Baker awarded MBE for Services to Television More New Guests at Gallifrey One 2025 Doctor Who Magazine 612 Spearhead From Space screening at the BFI on February 1 The Savages screening at the BFI on February 28 Phil Collinson fuels the War Chief/Master link Toby Hadoke's 2024 In Memoriam Toby Hadoke's Arnold Yarrow obituary Jess Jurkovic: Record, Reuse, Recycle – 60s Doctor Who Incidental Music Big Finish The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show released Big Finish The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show behind the scenes Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Doctor Who – Short Trips: War Stories released Classic Series Commentary The Moonbase Episode One

It's the annual tradition of our Radio Free Skaro livestream with Steven, Warren, and special guest Kyle Anderson as they look at "Joy to the World," the latest traditional Xmas special written by Steven Moffat, along with a tsunami of other Doctor Who content including the Doctor Who Proms, behind the scenes fun like Unleashed and The War Games in Colour! Also, Thrill to fulsome praise of The Space Pirates, and less enthusiastic about The Savages, which has nothing to do with any of the above! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon "Joy to the World" Review Doctor Who Season 2 Teaser Doctor Who Season 2: First Look Everything We Know About Doctor Who Season 2 Doctor Who Unleashed: Joy to the World Doctor Who overnight viewing figures on BBC One – 4.11m, 6th for the day "The War Games" in Colour review The War Games in Colour available for pre-order in the UK Doctor Who at the BBC Proms review Toby Hadoke's Absent Friends goes out December 29 at 4:45pm

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 24.

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 23.

Sad news this week as we mark the passing of both novelist David A McIntee and fellow podcaster Siobahn Gallichan, and we extend our sympathies to their loved ones at a difficult time. There's also news of Season 7 coming to the Doctor Who Collection Blu-ray series, the lead up to Doctor Who Christmas Week (culminating in "Joy To The World" on Christmas Day), extended badinage about a mail order Dalek model kit that extends over the next decade(!), Tom Baker's Xmas message, and an interview previewing "The War Games in Colour" with Mark Ayres and Kieran Highman! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon New trailer for "Joy to the World" Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who Podcast Russell T Davies and Writer Steven Moffat Tease Christmas Special Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE to guest star in Doctor Who Season 2 Build your own 1:2 scale Dalek Season 7 Collection blu-ray set announced Season 7 PDF content, courtesy Richard Bignell Doctor Who Season 25 Canada preorder link, North American release due Feb 25 Radio Times Tom Baker 50th Anniversary Bookazine Tom Baker Christmas 2024 message Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Dark Gallifrey: Missy Parts One to Three starts April 2025 David A McIntee died Siobhan Gallichan died Interview: Chicago TARDIS Mark Ayres Kieran Highman

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 22.

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 21.

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 20.

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 19.

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 18.

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 17.

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 16.

It is the beginning of Warren's 54th trip around the Sun (aka Hot Orbie) as we release this episode and as such the Three Who Rule ponder news of new Gallifrey One guests, the official announcement of an animated recon of the 1966 Doctor Who story "The Savages", an unofficial and very cool animated recon of "The Wheel in Space", Doctor Who audio news, Steven's overcomplicated Andor-Doctor Who-Disney+ conspiracy-laden paranoia, and an exciting interview with both Paul and Sonny McGann from Chicago TARDIS! Enjoy! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One guest update: Sheppard, Herron, Redman, Robinson, Handcock, Houser RTD & Steven Moffat interview from the Radio Times shoot Missing Doctor Who story 'The Savages' returns as animation The Savages Amazon UK preorder link, shows Mar 24, 2025 release The Wheel in Space unofficial animation profiled on Josh Snares' YouTube channel The Wheel in Space animation playlist Doctor Who Magazine Special 68 – The 2025 Yearbook released Dec 12 Doctor Who: Where's the Doctor? Paperback due 19 Jun. 2025 Doctor Who: Dracula Paperback due 28 Aug 2025 Doctor Who: Agent of the Daleks: 1st Doctor Audio Original due 6 Mar 2025 Doctor Who: The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories: Doctor Who Audio Annual due 3 Apr 2025 Doctor Who theme added to Australia's National Film & Sound Archive Big Finish The Death and Life of River Song: Ace and Tegan due Mar 2025 Arnold Yarrow (Bellal in Death to the Daleks) dies aged 104 Radio Free Skaro Livestream: "Joy To The World" Review: December 26, noon PT/3pm ET/8pm UK Interview: Chicago TARDIS Paul McGann Sonny McGann

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 15.

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 14.

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 13.

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 12.

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 11.

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 10.

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 9.

It's a banner weekend in Vancouver as one Taylor Swift graces Warren's fair city with the final shows of the Eras Tour, and yet the Three Who Rule soldier on (and show just how out of touch they are) with talk of the new trailer for Joy To the World, Doctor Who showrunner holiday photoshoots, some The War Games in Colour backpatting and badinage, a truly inspiring Borad figurine, and the showcase of this episode, Steven's interview from Chicago TARDIS featuring Season 25 luminaries Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Mark Ayres, and Dominic Glynn! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Magazine #611 Released Doctor Who showrunners unite for exclusive Radio Times festive shoot Joy to the World trailer Joy to the World will go out at 5:10pm GMT Dec 25 on BBC One Joy to the World will drop at 9:10am PST/12:10pm EST on Disney+ The Doctor Who Proms will go out Dec 24 at 4:10 PM GMT on BBC Two The War Games in colour will go out Dec 23 at 9pm GMT on BBC Four Josh Snares on the 50% Doctor Who Podcast talking about The War Games colourization Phil Sims won Best Design RTS award for Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series for the Critics Choice TV Awards Harrop Buckley Borad figure available to preorder Joy to the World DVD/Blu-Ray preorders (Amazon UK), date not yet listed Season 9 UK Blu-Ray Standard Packaging due Feb 3 Season 25 Blu-Ray US preorder (Amazon) Interview: Chicago TARDIS Sylvester McCoy Sophie Aldred Mark Ayres Dominic Glynn

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 8.

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 7.

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.

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.

Steven is a special correspondent from Chicago TARDIS this week while Chris and Warren hold down their respective home forts in Edmonton and Vancouver to bring you news of Disney+ promoting Joy to the World(s), an onslaught of BBC Doctor Who programming around Xmas including the aforementioned special, The War Games In Colour, and the Doctor Who Proms! We've also got Big Finish news, an auction by Who director Rachel Talalay of one of her amazing gum bichromate prints of a TARDIS set photo, and from Lombard (Chicago's Abbotsford) Steven's interview with Sacha Dhawan and Jo Martin! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Disney+ Doctor Who promo Disney+ Doctor Who promo not a typo? BBC Christmas 2024 TV and iPlayer line-up, includes Joy to the World synopsis UK TV License fee to increase with inflation Special 'Joy to the World' Sonic Screwdriver available now Doctor Who at the Proms to run 109 minutes Space Babies script features a musical scene was cut Doctor Who Magazine 611 cover has callbacks to The Eleventh Hour Next Big Finish War Master box sets "His Greatest Trick" (due Oct/25), "Deeds Without Names" (due Oct/26) Big Finish Sirens in Time, the first release, gets special edition Doctor Who auction to support Children in Need happening Feb 2025 Rachel Talalay-signed Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Gum Bichromate Print at auction, supporting ACLU of SoCal Toby Hadoke's Absent Friends goes out Dec 29 @ 4:45pm Dec 29 Interview: Chicago TARDIS Sacha Dhawan Jo Martin

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.

Happy Doctor Who Day Weekend! And we celebrate with a bumper length episode! "The War Games" in Colour, coming December 23! (With a tiny bit of help from us…) Steven Moffat returning to Gallifrey One! Plus, a surfeit of Doctor Who tat to celebrate the show's 61st anniversary, new and exciting action dollies, Jo Martin's Big Finish debut, and the return of the increasingly irritating (for Warren) Trivia, Mr. Fibuli, with guest contestants Erika and Kat! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Steven Moffat announced as guest for Gallifrey One, replacing Phil Collinson Chicago TARDIS schedule announced The War Games in colour, 90-minute run time Doctor Who Season 1 deleted scenes Scripts for Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials and Season 1 now available Doctor Who unveils all-new escape room with Fifteenth Doctor battling the Daleks Doctor Who Day gifts and offers Fifteenth Doctor Build-a-Bear now available Casio and Doctor Who countdown to Christmas with a limited edition gift package B&M 2024 Friends & Foes of The Doctor action dolly set B&M 2024 History of the Daleks Set 19 action dolly set Doctor Who: Daleks – The Ultimate Guide available now Doctor Who – Once and Future: Coda: The Final Act (Jo Martin's Big Finish debut) is out now Trivia Mr Fibuli: Erika Ensign Kat Griffiths Verity! Podcast

It's an exciting week for Doctor Who content as a new "Joy to the World" clip surfaced on Children in Need featuring snark, dinosaurs, and a Silurian in a briefcase along with a teaser from the episode's writer, one Steven Moffat! Plus a "Coming in 2025" trailer for Disney+ that does not feature Doctor Who at all? Controversial? Not really. Plus Ncuti Gatwa in Vanity Fair being handsome as usual, a sneak peek at updated Blake's 7 effects, and an exciting adventure in space and time as we present a special anniversary-themed Classic Series Commentary of the raw pilot recording of "An Unearthly Child", a flub-filled exploration of early 1960s television production! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One now on Bluesky, Instagram, and Threads Gallifrey One call for panelists Doctor Who teaser on Children in Need Children in Need raised over £39M Steven Moffat teases "Joy to the World" Doctor Who not listed in Disney+ "Coming In 2025" Trailer Ncuti Gatwa profiled in Vanity Fair (paywall) Gatwa posted some clips of the Vanity Fair photoshoot Blake's 7 Series 1 Updated Effects Colin Baker reunited with his Doctor Who title sequence Big Finish: Faithful Friends due Jan 2025 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Call Me Master: Inner Demons due Feb 2025 AMC completes purchase of BBC America for $42M Commentary: An Unearthly Child – The Pilot RFS Commentary on YouTube

Things have taken a turn for the truly awful in the world this week, but Radio Free Skaro is here to assuage your worries (Steven) or at least acknowledge them (Warren). If you're looking to distract yourself from the latest grim fandango, we have news of deleted scenes coming November 23, unaired footage of David Tennant running around the TARDIS set in "The Star Beast", props on the auction block, Big Finish art critiques, and an interview with Blake's 7 Series 1 Blu-Ray contributors Jonathan Helm, Chris Chapman, and Chris Thompson! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who deleted scenes coming November 23 Doctor Who Magazine 610 released Doctor Who: Daleks – The Ultimate Guide due November 21 TARDIS prop from "Eve of the Daleks" up for auction for Children in Need Doctor Who Unaired footage: introduction to the TARDIS from the Star Beast Big Finish Companion Chronicles: Families due Apr 2025 Big Finish Short Trips 2024 winner announced, will be released for free Dec 29 Blake's 7 Production Diary – Series B available now The Andrew Skilleter Doctor Who Art calendar 2025 available Interview: Blake's 7 Series 1 Blu-ray Jonathan Helm Chris Chapman Chris Thompson

It's a Current Producer-Palooza at Gallifrey One this coming February with Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One, and that's not all on the news list including a "world exclusive preview" of "Joy to the World" coming to Children In Need on November 15, some Robert Banks Stewart iPlayer controversy, Sylveste(r) McCoy missing episodes discovered, an action dolly report and more, including the concluding Terry Nation Miniscope segment, covering "Genesis of the Daleks", "The Android Invasion", and "Destiny of the Daleks"! Do you have the right to listen? You do! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson, and Joel Collins announced as guests for Gallifrey One "World exclusive preview" of Joy to the World on Children in Need on November 15 Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom removed from BBC iPlayer Blake's 7 Production Diary – Series B available now Luke Harrison interviews Richard Martin from 2018 Two missing 1978 TV episodes featuring Sylvester McCoy have been found Doctor Who: Titan Bi-Generation Figurine Set Doctor Who: Titan Fifteenth Doctor Figurine Doctor Who 15th Doctor Calendar Black Archive: Under the Lake/Before the Flood released Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water hardcover by Emily Cook due May 29 Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Stuff of Legend – The Live Show due December Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Infiltration due January 2025 Miniscope: Terry Nation, Part 4 Genesis of the Daleks The Android Invasion Destiny of the Daleks

It's time for some overanalyzing, pondering and intellectual cogitating as the Three Who Rule examine the second anniversary of the Disney+ and Doctor Who agreement, as well as a fascinating survey from the UCLA (partially funded by Disney) of what teens are both watching and want to see! Plus, a detailed hashing-over of where to start watching Doctor Who if you're a novice, some random tat, and Part Three of our Terry Nation Miniscope covering Planet of, and Death to, the Daleks! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Two Years since Doctor Who/Disney+ Partnership was announced Teens Want To See Less Sex, More Friendship In Movies & TV Shows, UCLA Study Finds Disney Unveils First Star Wars And Marvel TV Show 4K Blu-Rays With Dolby Vision Official Doctor Who website: Where to start with Doctor Who? Ncuti Gatwa wins Best Actor at the Welsh BAFTAs for DW; Euros Lyn wins for directing Heartbreaker Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2 Standard Edition due Dec 2 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: Echoes Through Eternity due November 2024 Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024 Miniscope: Terry Nation, Part 3 Planet of the Daleks Death to the Daleks

Controversy stalks the BBC as the question is asked: did they censor Ncuti Gatwa's comments on The Graham Norton Show about a possible third season of New New Doctor Who? And the answer is…likely not. What is much more probable is the Three Who Rule excoriating the current state of television while referring to a recent Deadline story on that same topic, but enough of these dour matters! There's a new Gallifreyan translator that can turn your words into circles, an Adventures in Type and Space book on the way featuring the work of Sid Sutton, and part two of our Terry Nation Miniscope, where we delve into his work on "The Chase", "Mission to the Unknown", and "The Daleks' Master Plan"! Assemble the Galactic Council! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The BBC allegedly did not censor Gatwa's remark on The Graham Norton Show Katherine Pope of Sony Pictures laments gaps between TV seasons Official Doctor Who Gallifreyan Translator Adventures in Type and Space: The Sid Sutton Collection due November 25 Alvin Rakoff died Miniscope: Terry Nation, Part 2 The Chase Mission to the Unknown The Daleks' Master Plan

It's a new and wonderful era as Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action dollies are both announced and will trounce your bank account! That's in addition to intrigue and mumblesuch on the set of the Graham Norton Show as insight-sharer Ncuti Gatwa mentions movement on the Series 3 front, which was then mysteriously absent from the broadcast! There's a contest to see the upcoming Xmas special "Joy to the World" in your local cinema, unless you live in Canada, in which case you can go to hell, and ITV is now premiering Coronation Street online previous to broadcast, a move sure to perturb elderly Corrie-heads! All this and part one of the Terry Nation Miniscope multi-part spectacular awaits. Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ncuti Gatwa says he's filming Doctor Who Season 3 in 2025 (not included on Graham Norton) Doctor Who Magazine #609 Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action figures coming October 17 BBC contest to win local cinema screening for "Joy to the World" (UK/US only) ITV premiering episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale on ITVX before evening broadcast Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Audio Novels: The Lord of Misrule audiobook due Jan 2025 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: Doctor Who and the Brain Drain due Feb 2025 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Hellwood Inheritance starts March 2025 Miniscope: Terry Nation, Part 1 The Daleks aka The Dead Planet aka The Mutants The Keys of Marinus The Dalek Invasion of Earth

It's a banner week for VAM enthusiasts as comedian, writer and Blu-Ray documentary impresario Toby Hadoke joins the show for a wide-ranging discussion and mutual Doctor Who actor identification session with Steven, plus we have some ruminating on both a Variety article about toxic fandom and foment a conspiracy about the lack of 1980s Cybermen in Big Finish! Could it be an audio phonic conspiracy to commit David Banks erasure? Listen…and find out nothing! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Magazine 609 Variety article on toxic fandom Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Genesis of the Cybermen due March 2025 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Planet Krynoid: Nightfall due April 2025 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Hooklight Parts One and Two due April and May 2025 Interview: Toby Hadoke

It's a banner day for filmic snipping enthusiasts as we have an exclusive (we emailed, he said yes) interview with film editor and 1960s Doctor Who alumnus Chris Hayden, who speaks with Steven about working on "Planet of Giants" and "The War Games", hanging out with New Hollywood legends in the early 1970s, and more! Plus we have Big Finish news, bookywook updates, and a special project that Steven has worked on in tribute to the late and great James Earl Jones. That's right, Sally! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury, Andrew Smith, Nev Fountain added to Gallifrey One guest list Andrew Smith Just Giving page Mark Ayres added to guest list for Chicago TARDIS TWBTLATS filming in Mallorca, Spain in October Blake's 7 Series 1 Blu-ray coming to North America on December 10 Fifteenth Doctor Sonic Screwdriver now (officially) on sale Ncuti Gatwa appearing on The Graham Norton Show on October 11 Doctor Who: Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children due October 24 Doctor Who: Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival due November 21 Doctor Who: Into the Vortex now available Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Doctor and Carnacki due in November Big Finish: New monthly Torchwood stories revealed for October-January The Box of Delights 40th Anniversary Blu-Ray due Nov 25 in the UK Vader Sessions (Remastered) Interview: Chris Hayden

On this week's show, Archie Panjabi is playing a new Doctor Who villain (probably not The Rani) next season, plus Russell T Davies and Disney+ teasing a TARDIS set pic (and potential Season 3 renewal?) on Instagram, but the key to this whole endeavour is the flights of fancy on our latest Fluid Links where we invent not one but two imaginary Doctor Who media properties! Lights, camera, nonsense! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon RTD posts (cryptic?) photo on the TARDIS set; Disney responds with (cryptic?) eyes emoji Archie Panjabi Set To Play 'Doctor Who' Villain In New Season Big Finish The War Doctor Rises: Unknown Soldiers, due Dec 2024 Big Finish Most Wanted due Jan 2025 Film is Fabulous GoFundMe: Help restore a missing episode of b&w television Geoff Hinsliff died David Graham, voice of the Daleks, died

Despite a dearth of real news, and because of one glorious piece of fake news from the Onion, the Three Who Rule faff on less than usual this week, with a look at various Blu-Ray controversies, David Banks in Doctor Who magazine, a Classic Who event at the cool-name-having Electric Palace movie theatre. Plus our Classic Series Commentary for the final episode of "Planet of the Spiders"! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Onion: Moscow Expels 6 British Diplomats Who Would Not Shut Up About 'Doctor Who' Doctor Who Magazine #608 Doctor Who Series 1-4 Blu-ray due October 24 Blake's 7 Series 1 collection available for pre-order (Amazon US) Classic Doctor Who night on September 19 at the Electric Palace Doctor Who Limited Edition Tankard Commentary: Planet of the Spiders Episode 6

A Gallifrey One guest announcement tops the RFS headlines as Jenna Coleman aka Clara Oswald is set to arrive in Los Angeles this upcoming February! Plus Russell T Davies is in the latest SFX to explain how TV works to you nerds, so what better time for the Three Who Rule to add their uninformed insights to the pile? An Emperor Davros dolly is on the way from B&M, Ncuti Gatwa's theatrical spectacular The Importance of Being Earnest heads for cinema screens and more, before a Classic Series Commentary on the penultimate episode of both "Planet of the Spiders" and the Jon Pertwee era! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Jenna Coleman announced as guest of Gallifrey One RTD says Season 3 renewal won't come until after Season 2 airs BFI redux screening of The Happiness Patrol on September 29 B&M 2024 Remembrance of the Daleks – Emperor Davros B&M 2024 The History of the Daleks #18 Ncuti Gatwa's The Importance of Being Earnest getting UK cinema release Doctor Who finalists for five BAFTA Cymru Awards (aka The Welshies) Breakdown of the first scene of The Power of the Daleks Commentary: Planet of the Spiders Episode 5

The Radio Free Skaro crew dips further into their nostalhia-tinged well of archive videotape fetishism this week, in addition to deep analysis of the Youtube algorithm, Star Wars Outlaws, and Steven's never ending quest to ignore current media trends and lose himself in production minutiae. And just to add to the second-hand smoke, rampant alcoholism and leaded gasoline, it's back to 1974 for our Classic Series Commentary of "Planet of the Spiders", Part the Fourth! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who BBC Proms RTD mentions the DW Prom will be on UK TV at Christmas BFI Blake's 7 screening happening October 5 Blake's 7 Series 1 Collection PDF Archive BBC Videotape editing training film c. 1967 1969 print interview with Frazer Hines discovered, with rehearsal shots from The Space Pirates Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Deadly Strangers due December 2024 Commentary: Planet of the Spiders Episode 4

Warren has returned from his European travails, and just in time as casting for The War Between the Land and the Sea (henceforth known as TWBTLATS) is announced to much fanfare, A Disney poobah nods approvingly at Doctor Who as an idea, Catherine Tate herself hosts the BBC Proms, and Blake's 7 news takes the internet (well, us) by storm with an amazing box set on the way for the UK (and North America?). All this as a preamble for some of the greatest acting in British televisual history as we commentate on Part Three of Planet of the Spiders! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Cast announcement for The War Between the Land and the Sea The War Between the Land and the Sea readthrough of all 5 eps happened Mon Aug 19 Disney Chief Backs 'Doctor Who' As "Really Good Fit" After Ncuti Gatwa's First Season Catherine Tate hosting the 2024 Doctor Who Proms Aug 26 Radio Times' Doctor Who Proms preview with Murray Gold Doctor Who: The Adventures Before Hardcover – 3 Oct. 2024 Doctor Who: The Sequels Hardcover – 20 Mar. 2025 Doctor Who Icons 1 Paperback – 24 Oct. 2024 Doctor Who Icons 2 Paperback – 21 Nov. 2024 Doctor Who Icons 3 Paperback – 24 April 2025 Bad Wolf launches the Blaidd Writers Program, RTD will mentor winners Big Finish Jenny – The Doctor's Daughter: Saving Time due Oct Blake's 7 Series A coming to Blu-ray on November 11 (UK) Blake's 7 Series A collection trailer Commentary: Planet of the Spiders Episode 3

While Warren tours Europe, after having chatted with Doctor Who scribes Paul Cornell and LM Myles at Worldcon (which you can hear on this podcast), Doctor Who composer (and Edmonton native) Sam Watts steps in as co-host! Hear of Tales of the TARDIS, Sarah Jane Adventures, and other audio delights as news of a new Jodie Whittaker Blu-ray set is announced, overseas filming for The War Between the Land and the Sea is confirmed, and is a renewal for a third season of Doctor Who or perhaps another new spinoff in the works? Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Magazine 607 Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Years on Blu-ray due November 5 (US) Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Years on Blu-ray due November 5 (Canada) The Tom Baker Collection Deluxe 4CD Set due Sep 27 Big Finish to temporarily roll back website to previous version Doctor Who: On Ghost Beach: 15th Doctor Audio Original due November 7 Doctor Who: Sting of the Sasquatch: 15th Doctor Audio Original due Nov 7 Doctor Who: The Official Quiz Book due Mar 20, 2025 David Whitaker by Simon Guerrier Paperback Edition Who Shop pink and grey cover variants Guest: Sam Watts Interview: Paul Cornell Liz Myles

With Warren galavanting around Glasgow for WorldCon, and Chris on assignment, the Three Who Rule are augmented by two of Verity!, namely Erika and Deb, for this episode, wherein such delights as Doctor Who archival chatter and praise for the 1975 BBC serial "The Legend of Robin Hood" are central to the discussion. But Warren does check in with an interview with noted author and Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch, recorded in Glasgow! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Los Angeles awarded hosting duties for WorldCon 2026 Official Doctor Who Podcast SDCC Panel Doctor Who Cyberman Episode screening at Riverside Studios on August 17 David Whitaker postscript / Terry Nation party from Simon Guerrier Steven on the Who's He Podcast Interview: Ben Aaronovitch

It's an international podcast of mystery as Warren radiophonically joins the podcast from Edinburgh in his continued journey across Europa as he and the other Two Who Rule discuss the latest news from Doctor Who about Catherine Tate's return to Gallifrey One, the full Who and Trek SDCC panel is new viewable by all and sundry, Steven guests on the Nerdist's Laser Focus podcast with esteemed colleague Kyle Anderson, and we return to the longest chase scene in Doctor Who history in Part Two of our Classic Series Commentary of "Planet of the Spiders"! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Catherine Tate Returns to Gallifrey One Doctor Who x Star Trek: Full SDCC Panel with Russell T Davies and Alex Kurtzman 60th Anniversary Episodes due on Blu-Ray Dec 10 BBC set to edit disgraced Huw Edwards out of Doctor Who episode after guilty plea Doctor Who Magazine Special 67: The Missing Doctor Who Steven on the Nerdist's Laser Focus podcast talking about Old British Sci-Fi Doctor Who at The BBC Who Are We? Audio CD coming December 5 Two new dates added for Big Finish live story recording Cubicle7 RPG Humble Bundle Commentary: Planet of the Spiders Episode 2

What do you do to follow up on a historically spectacular Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France? Why, you head to San Diego Comic-Con where Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson. and Russell T Davies kept a hall (H, in particular) enthralled with hints of the second Disney+ season of Doctor Who, a preview of the Xmas special, casting and confirmation of the existence of The War Between The Land and The Sea, and more! We not only have our own meagre insights into things SDCC but also a report on the ground from Drs. Heather Berberet and Stacy Watnick of the Free The Squee podcast, who were in Hall H and have much, much more to tell us about goings on at the con! As another SDCC fixture once said, Excelsior! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who – Into The Whoniverse panel from SDCC 'Doctor Who' Spinoff 'The War Between the Land and Sea' Announced "Joy to the World" preview clip and Nicola Coughlan introduction Ncuti Gatwa and Russell T Davies Tease Season 2, 'Epic Danger and Epic Growth' As Well As 'Growing Danger' New Fifteenth Doctor Sonic Screwdriver from Character Options revealed at SDCC Doctor Who segment at Entertainment Weekly Doctor Who/Lower Decks crossover game event coming August 1 Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction coming to Comic-Con Museum in March 2025 BBC Commercial Reports Dip in Sales and Earnings Amid Market Challenges Doctor Who Season 1 now on RTE Player in Ireland Doctor Who – The Daleks In Colour (Original Television Soundtrack) coming September 13 Doctor Who "The Crusade" vinyl coming October 4 BF The First Doctor Adventures: The Living Darkness due Jan 2025 BF Zygon Century due Jan 2025 Annette Badland added to the guest list at LI Who Ysanne Churchman, voice of Alpha Centauri, dies, aged 99 Report: Heather Berberet and Stacy Watnick (Free the Squee)

San Diego looms as 2024's Comic Con and all the attendant Doctor Who goodies within await! We've got news of official merchandise, hints of special correspondents from said Con of Comics, Louise Jameson returning to Doctor Who, Disney intrigues and a controversial Deadline article, and a special bonus tirade from Chris about Madame Tussauds in London followed by a warm restorative bath in Star Trek novel nostalgia by both Chris and Warren as Steven looks on in confused silence. Plus the beginning of our Classic Series Commentary for "Planet of the Spiders"! Prepare yourselves, Two Legs! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Titan reveals SDCC exclusive merchandise Louise Jameson & Seán Carlsen at Gallifrey One 2025 Disney leak: Doctor Who a "low budget show" for Disney, Season 2 appears to premiere March 28 Deadline: 'Doctor Who's Regeneration: Has The Disney Gamble Paid Off? Doctor Who Magazine #606 The Fifteenth Doctor has arrived at Madame Tussauds London The Gold Archive: Invasions of Earth: A Secret History due October 31 Big Finish: Goth Opera (by Lizbeth Myles, adapted from Paul Cornell's book) now available Big Finish – The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers – No Place Like Home due Dec 2024 Classic Series Commentary: Planet of the Spiders Episode 1

Thasmin Returns! That's right, Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill are back in audio form in just announced Big Finish adventures, just one of the many highlights of a busy week of Who news, including a Doctor Who panel at San Diego Comic Con, D23 without Who content, and detente has been reached as Doctor Who's Russell T Davies and Star Trek guy-in-charge Alex Kurtzman share a panel at SDCC title "Inaugural Intergalactic Friendship Day!"! A shocking lack of Farscape and Starlost representation, but here we are. Also even more audio news, Susan Twist materializing at Gallifrey One, and an interview with Doctor Who Blu-Ray High One and Nothing at the End of the Lane creator Richard Bignell! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill return to Doctor Who in new Thirteenth Doctor adventures Doctor Who panel in Hall H at SDCC on Friday, July 26 Star Trek and Doctor Who come together for Inaugural Intergalactic Friendship Day on July 30 No Doctor Who programming at Disney D23 event Doctor Who wins Outstanding achievement in family programming at TV Critics Association awards Susan Twist appearing at Gallifrey One Scene explaining sudden burst into song was cut from The Devil's Chord The Happiness Patrol screeing at the BFI on August 31, on sale Jul 9 DWM Special #67 The Essential Guide to Missing Doctor Who due Oct 30 The Time-Travelling Almanac by Simon Guerrier due Oct 3 Big Finish – Once and Future Coda coming November 2024 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Curse of Time, celebrating 50 Years of The Fourth Doctor, due Dec 2024 Peter Davison on 25 years of Big Finish Interview: Richard Bignell Season 15 Blu-Ray Season 25 PDF Content