Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro – Details, episodes & analysis

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

It’s the penultimate episode of Doctor Who Season 1 and the mysteries are piling up in UNIT HQ! Who or what is Susan Twist? What about the cloaked lady who may or may not be Ruby’s mum? Why in the name of all the gods in the pantheon is Sutekh causing trouble and blinged out in Disney finery? The Three Who Rule don’t have the answers but they do have baseless speculation and a bunch of irrelevant Classic Who references to tide us over until next week! Plus some book and comic and Big Finish stuff but let’s be real…..SUTEKH’S BACK! 

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Magna Carta Day
• Review: Doctor Who S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday”
• Reminder: A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20
• Doctor Who: Print The Legend now available
• BBC Books to publish four Target Doctor Who novels featuring the Fifteenth Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Official Guide coming August 15
• Doctor Who: Annual 2025 coming September 5
• Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories coming September 19
• Cutaway Comics Paradise Towers: Volume 1: Paradise Found graphic novel due Oct 30
• Cutaway Comics Lytton: Volume 1 graphic novel due Oct 30
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Conspiracy of Raven due July 2024
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Susan’s War: Family Ties due August 2024
• Next Time: “Empire of Death”, Saturday, June 22 at 640pm on BBC One

Amazingly, we’ve reached episode 900 of this here internet audio programme and we celebrate with not only the news of the day, including DWM tidbits, Big Finish and more audio fun, and the ever-present Timelash, but with the first of three exciting Classic Series Commentaries about the 1964 William Hartnell classic “Planet of Giants!”

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The Timelash
• Doctor Who Magazine 589 released
• Directors discuss the new TARDIS set
• Casting news from Doctor Who Magazine
• Doctor Who Am I available
• Radiophonic Workshop videos on BBC Archive YouTube Channel
• Serpent Crest 10 LP set due May 26
• Big Finish Rani Takes on the World: The Revenge of Wormwood due April 2023

Commentary:

• Planet of Giants

In the second of our daily Gallifrey podcasts, the Three Who Rule delved into the shiny, circular world of Who on DVD with special guests Steve Roberts of the Restoration Team and Steve Manfred of the Doctor Who DVD FAQ. Behind the scenes documentaries, animated Who, and the dicey state of the TV Movie ever appearing in North America were only a few of the topics covered by these fine gentlemen. All that and news, special appearances by fellow podcasters, and the usual whimsy you’ve come to expect from us. Enjoy!

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Day One of Gallifrey for Radio Free Skaro was a wild, crazy time, consisting mostly of a vast podcast summit between several renowned Doctor Who podcasters, as well as ourselves. Some of this podcest made its way up to The Lobby at the LAX Marriott, where eight podcasters, including a rare appearance from all four members of Tachyon TV, succeeded in firmly planting their feet in their mouths. Be warned…

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With mere days to go before Gallifrey 2010 in Los Angeles, the Three Who Rule took it upon themselves to conduct their now-annual rundown of the panels, guests, goings-on and shenanigans sure to occur, all in the name of informing our dear listeners how often we'll be hung over (answer: often.) Stay tuned all this week for daily podcasts, special guests and the most fun you can legally have involving Doctor Who and cast of thousands (well, a thousand and change.) Not all was silent from The Beeb this week, however, as the start date for Series Fnarg has been announced for April 3 on BBC One, hot on the heels of the new trailer for Matt Smith's debut run.

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The Three Who Rule created their own news this week by dropping a small bombshell into the world of Doctor Who fandom by being the first to reveal official BBC details of the upcoming Series Fnarg. Once that was coyly dealt with, and after a dark, sinister, and negative experience watching The End of Time Part One last week, the Three Who Rule were in finer spirits for their second outing in Finale-Stan, the catchily-titled “The End of Time Part Two”. Between Chris’s endless (no really, they just wouldn’t end) gags about slash writers and the occasionally engaging spectacle onscreen, your erstwhile hosts proved to be much more affable on this leg of the excursion, and bile was replaced by hope and optimism as Matt Smith crashed onto our screens and into our coal-black, ginger-hating hearts. Geronimo.

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It had to happen sooner or later, so the Three Who Rule ripped the bandage off by recording a commentary for The End of Time Part One, that neo-classic from Christmas 2009 containing such classic Who elements as magic potions, laser hands, randy senior citizens and Smell-O-Vision. Did the episode fare better this time round after the scolding it received in Radio Free Skaro 174? You decide. Also discussed was news of Gaiman, gay men, and gained men, er, companions. Onwards!

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The news of a Doctor Who movie sent The Three Who Rule so far past the point of bile they circled back around to apathy, but not without taking a few hostages along the way. In a slow news week to end all slow news weeks, digression and hatred were employed like plow horses in an effort to simply fill time. Steven points the gun of spite squarely in a new direction, Warren wastes no time in slagging off other Sci Fi TV shows and Chris even sings a few bars… it’s just that kind of episode.

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