Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

Warren returns to the fold this week, to examine both various dribs and drabs of Doctor Who news and to debate amongst the Three Who Rule as to the worth of the new Star Trek: Discovery series. What would a podcast between three nerds be without spurious Trek talk, you ask? Well, it would be a podcast with pop culture reporter Edie Nugent taking a look at Series 10's space-set not-zombie nail-bite...

Knock Knock! Who's there? Kara Dennison, that's who, as the esteemed blogger, fan, and interviewer for Onezumi Events joins the Three Who Rule to look back at "Knock Knock" in our continuing Second Chances series re-reviewing Series 10 in the lead up to "Twice Upon A Time". Speaking of which, a synopsis for the 2017 Christmas Special was posted (then deleted), and there's exciting news of a new se...

600 episodes of Radio Free Skaro! Will the madness ever cease? Not this episode, as we delve into "Thin Ice" with virtuoso Doctor Who comics artist and Twitter bon vivant Rachael Stott for her take on monsters under the Thames, racist punching, and the continued excellence of one Bill Potts! Plus news about the original K-9 and Company theme, P-Cap at New York Comic Con and RTD retconning Harriet...

Space-time has become distorted and silly once again with the appearance of a tall stranger, AKA Chris, in Vancouver with Warren! Not only that, but Twitter man about town Tom Dickinson is here for our Second Chances segment to take a gander at "Smile," where hill give his thoughts on robots, emoji and nanite-human colonization policies. Plus news of the Doctor Who Experience and Class waving good...

As we slog through the Dark Times before the Doctor Who Xmas special "Twice Upon a Time", the news is a bit thin on the ground, though we have new Gallifrey One guests (including a bevy of them connected to "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"), upcoming Big Finish, and…the start of our new series of looks back at Series 10: Second Chances! Heather Berberet from Doctor Who On The Couch joins us to ta...

It's a veritable gumbo of info this week, with on outgoing showrunner praising an incoming Doctor, Big Finish and Black Archive books news, tales of Peter Capaldi and lifetime achievement awards for Russell T Davies…and a brand new Fluid Links! Your questions, our answers, and practically nothing is resolved! Will this episode thus extend into infinity? Listen….and fiiiiind oooooouutttt!! Links: ...

Warren has returned from Worldcon, and has tales of Finland, Stockholm and international nerdery to share with Steven, Chris and all you good people before we move to the main event, an interview with author and superfan Steven Hill about Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America. Years in the making, this weighty tome is a comprehensive look at Doctor Who on North American screens, an...

With Warren away at Worldcon this week (where while Doctor Who did not win a Hugo for "The Return of Doctor Mysterio", Steven did for his work on Uncanny Magazine!), it's left to Steven and Chris to talk about the first interviews with Jodie Whittaker since her unveiling as the new Doctor, and other sundry items that tend to fill a news list in the middle of August. But the main feature this week...

It's the dog days of August, and with no new Doctor Who on the horizon for several months, what better way to spend a couple hours of that time with the Three Who Rule as they watch and commentate on "The Android Invasion", the 1975…er…classic from the Tom Baker era. And while Warren is away in Scandanavia in advance of Worldcon in Helsink next weekend, Chris and Steven update you all with news of...

The Quiet Times have returned, with the Series 10 finale and San Diego Comic-Con receding in the distance and a long wait to December 25 ahead of us. But that doesn't stop the dogged determination of the Three Who Rule, who won't let a little thing like a lack of new material stop them from chattering on about one Mr. Who! And as a bonus we have an interview with Class and Doctor Who director Wayn...

Comic-Con! Yes, SDCC has come and gone once again, and with it we now have a trailer for "Twice Upon a Time," the swan-song for one P-Cap and the glorious retconning of one D-Brad as the First Doctor, along with words and thoughts from gentleman scribe Kyle Anderson, who gives us an almost-live look from the ground as he left the BBC panel, as well as filling us in the Classic Who panel he moderat...

The Whoniverse was on the edge of its seat today, for the announcement of…the second instalment of Fluid Links! But of course we actually mean the historic announcement of the Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to take on the the role and the flag-bearer for Chris Chibnall's new era of Doctor Who, due late next year. What do the Three Who Rule think of the announcement? Listen and...

Series 10 may be over, but your questions have just begun! Fluid Links returns (and re-returns next week) for us to answer, dodge and blatantly lie our way through your thoughtful enquiries about the ast series of Doctor Who…and the Xmas special still to come! Links:  – World Enough and Time final BBC One viewing figures – The Doctor Falls BBC America ratings – The Doctor Falls Appreciation Index...

Lo, the (almost) end has come, and the Three Who Rule have thoughts, feels and comments about "The Doctor Falls," the penultimate episode for both director Rachel Talalay and showrunner/writer Steven Moffat. What did the three scoundrels think of this stew of Masters and Mondasians? More to the point, what's going on with the First Doctor and the upcoming Xmas special? So many questions! Next week...

Live from Gloucestershire, it's Radio Free Skaro! With Steven visiting the United Kingdom, it seemed only right to watch and review this week's Doctor Who (the show, not the character) in the nation where it was created. And so noted Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell and esteemed podcaster Dave Probert join Steven in talking about "World Enough and Time", a dazzling writing effort from Steven Moffat,...

Gloom, doom, and light-eating tentacle dogs are the topic du jour for the Three Who Rule, as they viewed the Rona Munro penned, Charles Palmer helmed "The Eaters of Light" and formed cogent, well reasoned analyses of the third to last episode of Series 10, and didn't at all speculate wildly about Mondasian Cybermen, bearded former Masters, Missy's weird turn towards mercy and more. And speaking of...

A spot of tea, a biscuit, some empire-building and hostile action against upright crocodiles are the order of the day as the Three Who Rule look at "Empress of Mars," Mark Gatiss' latest (and last?) foray into the world of Doctor Who and Wayne Yip's second directorial run for Series 10. Plus more news of Gatiss and Who, comics, Big Finish, stats (feh) and a Canadian wins breakfast with seven Docto...

It's the end of the Monk Trilogy with the Toby Whithouse scripted and Wayne Yip directed "The Lie of the Land"…but what were the Hot Takes™ of the Three Who Rule (reunited, and it feels so good) on the curtain-draped corpses with the lightning and the brainwashing and the what not? What of Bill and Nardole and their quest to find the Doctor? And most importantly…what of Peter Capaldi's new coat!?...

We've reached the middle portion of the Trilogy of the Monks with "The Pyramid at the End of the World", and who better to lend a hand ruminating on tractor beams, world peace, pandemics and panic than Wife in Space impresario Neil Perryman? Neil joins the Two Who Rule (in the form of Warren and Steven) to hash out what in the actual hell is going on with these mysterious robed fellows, before get...

We're at the midway point of Series 10 (sniff) so what better time for Steven Moffat to check in on the show he runs by penning another episode himself in the form of "Extremis", a mind-bending escapade that took viewers from England to the Vatican and all points in between. Or did it…? Once again, the inestimable Kyle Anderson steps in as a replacement for one of the Three (in place of Warren thi...

It's that most wondrous time of the year again, Base Under Siege-mas, in the form of Jamie Mathieson's anti-corporate not-zombie saga "Oxygen"! What did the Three Who Rule think? Listen and find out, before their oxygen credits are depleted and they're sucked into the cold, meaningless vacuum! Links: – Episode 5 – "Oxygen" – "Thin Ice" final ratings – Knock Knock AI rating – 83 – "The Pyramid at T...

It's time for Steven, Warren and noted Nerdist Kyle Anderson to assess the timbre of "Knock Knock," the Mike Bartlett penned ode to lumber-based horror and insectile consumption. Did the Two Who Rule and Kyle consider this story a mighty oak or a mere sapling in the forest of Series 10? Plus news of a new series of Torchwood via Big Finish starring (Lumber)Jack Harkness and the rest of the gang pl...

It's 1814, and Regency London is cold, racist, and beset by a big fish under the the Thames…but the Doctor and Bill are on the case! As are Steven, Warren and Nerdist's own Kyle Anderson (for the second week running) with their take on Sarah Dollard's sophomore Doctor Who effort "Thin Ice," as well as a detailed examination of stats, new Mr. Men books, free Comic Book Day, and rampant dismissal of...

A rare occurence on this week's Radio Free Skaro in that two thirds of the regular Three Who Rule are absent. So we present to you Two other Rulers! Erika from Verity! and Kyle from Doctor Who: The Writer's Room join Steven (Chris and Warren are off somewhere making tea) to review the second episode of this most recent series of Doctor Who. Will they be smiling or in their appreciation of it? Or w...

The time has finally arrived, with new Doctor Who gracing our screens and Bill, a new companion, capturing our hearts. Puddles, Movellans and so much more danced across our eyeballs this past Saturday in "The Pilot", and the Three Who Rule have thoughts and bon mots to share about the return of Who and the stories still to come! But like all Moffat-era Who, there are twists and turns still to come...