Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

It's nearing the end of the summer for us in the northern hemisphere, and thus our summer podcast time filling comes to an end with the second half of our Miniscope on modern series writer Toby Whithouse! But first, listen to Steven become cynical about streaming services, become more excited as the first Gallifrey One guest announcement looms, and enjoy the surfeit of Doctor Who audio releases so...

Doctor Who writer Toby Whithouse is the Miniscope's last victim for the year, and this week we're looking at his work on "School Reunion", "The Vampires of Venice", and "The God Complex". And it's a good thing he has so much material, because the news this week was a study in minimalism. But if you want hot takes on the newest Black Archive release, the "Ghost Monuments" photo project and most imp...

Rumors, nonsense and mumblesuch ruled the world of Doctor Who this past week, with the internet once again eating its own tail with claims Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall and star performer Jodie Whittaker are leaving the programme. The Three Who Rule dig into the potential falsities (of which there are many) and truths(?) of the situation. But on to finer fare, such as Russell T Davies talki...

DOLLYGEDDON! There is no other way to describe the oncoming wave of plastic pals headed our way thanks to Character Options, spanning from Big Finish adventures to an Androgum-ized Second Doctor to the Imbecile himself, Harry Sullivan. There's also a new batch of on-demand DVDs, the modern series of Doctor Who moving to HBO Max in 2020, A Christopher Eccleston memoir, and more! Plus we have an int...

Let's get down to brass tacks here: the current Doctor Who Time Team are going to be action dollies according to teasings from the Character Options folks. All other news pales in comparison, but we do have updates on new Big Finish Productions, "The Power of the Daleks" photos going for a whole lot of cash at an auction, and an (unofficial) 13th Doctor LEGO TARDIS console room. But the true highl...

Who would have thought we'd see the day Christopher Eccleston would grace the hallowed ground of Edmonton, Alberta, the sacred land of two-thirds of Radio Free Skaro? And yet here we are, as Mr. Eccleston will be a guest of Edmonton Expo (not affiliated with RFS) in September! Alas, North America isn't so lucky when it comes to DVD and Blu-rayss, as we'll have to wait until Christmas for the Colin...

Recorded live from Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport after his flight home was canceled! Steven staves off travel exhaustion to bring you happenings regarding Jon Pertwee, The Macra Terror animation, San Diego Comic-Con Doctor Who merchandise (but not any actual Doctor Who Series 12 panels…), and more, before Chris and Warren swoop in to save him, like The Garm did for a weakened Nyssa, in the Season...

Braving dodgy hotel wifi, swarms of non-Doctor Who nerds, and Fourth of July fireworks displays, The Three Who Rule have a different look this week with Erika Ensign of Verity! and Bill Evenson of Frankenstein Minute joining Steven for a brief recap of CONvergence in Minneapolis! But rest assured, Warren and Chris are back in time for the second half of our Miniscope on workmanlike 1980s Doctor Wh...

There is a cavalcade of Doctor Who news this week, most of it treats for your ears as Big Finish has gone MAD WITH POWER in celebrating their 20th anniversary with live streams, vinyl, new series and most importantly action dollies from some of its more notable adventures. But that's just a teaser as we have the first part of our analysis of journeyman 1980s director Ron Jones in…the Miniscope! Li...

A veritable avalanche of Doctor Who news hit us right in the probic vent this week with new Season 23 Blu-Ray news, annuals, books of fiction, audio plays, Fluxx (whatever that is) and so much more! In fact you could say all this news is doing double duty as we delay the inevitable, AKA the second part of the Gareth Roberts miniscope! Links:  – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Gallifrey One...

As we creep ever closer to the Time of New Doctor Who (aka Series 12), there is rumour and mumblesuch about actors and directors involved in Series 12. Also, scrappy upstart Pluto TV is showing some Classic Who in North America, VR things are happening, new(ish) dollies ad Big Finish and our latest Miniscope, featuring writer Gareth Roberts. We concentrated on Roberts writing contributions for bot...

Good news, everyone! "Time-Flight" is being animat….no wait, we mean "The Faceless Ones! Yes, one of the few airport-focused Doctor Who stories is getting the pen-and-ink treatment, and not only that, a number of Classic Who DVDs are being released on demand through the North American BBC Shop! And for those of you who enjoy single-POV non-VR versions of VR content (and also acronyms), the playthr...

Dinosaurs! Yes, the CSO sock puppets are back in part two of our Classic Series Commentary of the 1974 story "Invasion of the Dinosaurs", so join us for Malcolm Hulke's cutting social commentary, UNIT shooting at things that aren't there, time being scooped, and more! Plus news from Big Finish, Target-adjacent shenanigans, and the return to theatres of…"The End of Time"?! You do you, Doctor Who. L...

Well, it looks like the "all new monsters or bust" rule is out the window for Doctor Who Series 12, as fan favourites(?) the Judoon are returning to do battle, help out, or merely observe the Doctor and her friends! Plus more VR shenanigans as "The Edge of Time" premieres at MCM London, and dialling back the Timescoop to more analog charms, we have the first half of our "Invasion of the Dinosaurs"...

If you missed the Tribeca Film Festival, and chances are you did, never fear because "Doctor Who: The Runaway" is now ready for your VR-addled eyeballs, at least if you live in the UK. If you're into more traditional media, we have "The Evil of the Daleks" vinyl news and a storybook devoted to the ends, beginnings, almost-weres and never-was of the beloved Target novelisations. Our Miniscope this...

There is next to nothing going on in the world of Doctor Who right now, at least not anything the production team wants public, but what we do have is a surfeit of your questions and comments for another edition of Fluid Links! Listen to the Three Who Rule ponder, cogitate and meander from the point based on your inquiries! Links: – Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon! – Gallifrey One 2020 tickets...

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 all that and more? Plus we have news of a "Planet of the Daleks" screening at the BFI, musical insights from S...

It's time for Part 2 of our look at the latter works of writer Mark Gatiss in the Miniscope, featuring "Robot of Sherwood", "Sleep No More", and "Empress of Mars"! While these three stories aren't at the level of "An Adventure in Space in Time" (or "Cold War" or "The Crimson Horror" for that matter), the Three Who Rule do their best to find the good amongst the bad, and.. they do? Tune in to find...

Erstwhile gentleman, writer, actor and lifelong Doctor Who fan Mark Gatiss is the star attraction in not only this week's Miniscope but the next, such was his prodigious output in the Steven Moffat era. This week we look at "Cold War", "The Crimson Horror", and the Who-adjacent and magnificent "An Adventure In Space And Time"! Plus Gallifrey One ticket news, Season 10 Blu-ray adulation, and more!...

Are you ready to be menaced by some insect movement? Put on your beekeeper outfit (there are no bees in this story) and grab for the Off spray (probably quite dangerous, please don't do that) as we commentate over the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the 1965 Doctor Who story "The Web Planet"! Also, we have news of Doctor Who on Pluto TV, a new Series 12 director, BBC Audio releases for te mont...

There's extraordinarily little in the way of news this week, other than the fact that your Time Team (and a big 'ol crew) are currently shooting Series 12 and saying nothing about it. But if you said to yourself "hoo boy would I like to hear people talking about insect movement, possibly by Roslyn de Winter," are you in for a treat! Yes, the Three Who Rule are doing a Classic Series Commentary for...

Exciting times here for the Three Who Rule as it's time for the first Miniscope of 2019! The subject is writer Jamie Mathieson, scribe of four stories from the Peter Capaldi era ("Mummy on the Orient Express", "Flatline", "The Girl Who Died" (co-written with Steven Moffat), and "Oxygen"). And in the news, reports of a new production designer for Series 12, a host of new and upcoming Doctor Who rel...

With Brexit, the Mueller Report and many other swirls of uncertainty in our current climate, isn't it nice to know that we can take you back to a more peaceful time, when all you had to worry about was predatory trees, crazed mine workers and a couple of renegade Time Lords? That's right, we're doing our first Classic Series Commentary of the year with "The Mark of the Rani!" Plus we have news fro...

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 Minton, executive producer of the whole range for BBC Studios, about the Season 18 set, and about the future of the range in general. There is also talk of special screenings for "Log...

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 proceedings. The main event this week, though, is an interview recorded at Gallifrey One this past February with noted director Ben Wheatley, who helmed "Deep...