Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

After months of waiting, drumming our fingers, and alternating between hype and apathy, or hype-athy if you will, we finally have a title for Jodie Whittaker’s final story as the Thirteenth Doctor, and that title is…The Power of the Doctor. Not much to go on, but that won’t stop the Three Who Rule from mightily cogitating based on those five words, as well as talking about the new Flux soundtrack, Daleks in comic strip form, more Big Finish stuff, and as always, The Timelash! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who Magazine 582 reveals “The Power of the Doctor” as the centenary special title Doctor Who: Flux soundtrack release info Doctor Who Chronicles Issue 6: 1973 due Oct 6 Daleks: Ultimate Comic Strip Collection due Oct 1 Time Meddler BFI screening Oct 29, in support of Season 2 Blu-Ray Doctor Who Am I new trailer Big Finish Torchwood: SUV due Oct 2022 Big Finish UNIT – Nemesis: Objective: Earth due Nov 2022 Big Finish Doctor Who – Tenth Doctor, Classic Companions released

It is a sad day worldwide as noted Doctor Who fan Queen Elizabeth II has passed onto her final rest, and at any rate we have very little Who news to discuss but we do have Big Finish updates, a Cubicle7 Doctor Who RPG Humble Bundle, Steven and Erika are Hugo winners again but most importantly The Timelash delves into Doctor Who history and plumbs the depths of trivial nonsense for you, dear listener! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Elizabeth II was a Doctor Who fan Tom Kingsley reportedly directing Doctor Who Season 13 specials Steelbook etc releases due, no date set Doctor Who Am I UK DVD release November 7 Dr Who and the Daleks vinyl & Blu-Ray set due October 31 Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD vinyl & Blu-Ray set due October 31 Gary Russell talks of “recasting” The Abominable Snowmen for the animated release Cubicle7 Humble Bundle in support of Children in Need Black Archive #21 – 30 bundle now available Big Finish Doctor Who — The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Sullivan and Cross

The Fallow Times of No Doctor Who and Even Less Information continues, but our friends across the pond at least had events with real live Doctor Who people to meet at FCC Birmingham and Whooverville 13, Abominable Snowmen BFI excitement, and most importantly, our thoughts on Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and even more importantly still a pristine copy of William Shatner in his 1978 performance of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” in pristine 3/4-inch U-matic quality! All of which is mere lead in to The Timelash, hashing out key (and not so key) dates in Doctor Who history so you don’t have to! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Abominable Snowmen Blu-Ray trailer Black Archives #60 – The Sun Makers now available Big Finish The Third Doctor Adventures: Kaleidoscope due Oct 2022 Titan Comics Doctor Who: Origins 4, last of the Fugitive Doctor series, now available First-generation copy of William Shatner’s “Rocket Man” found

Yes, the moment you’ve all waited for is happening, the official airdate for the as yet unnamed Doctor Who Centenary Special is….sometime in October. No, what we’re ACTUALLY excited about is the return of the Timelash, where we hash over decades-old minutiae to paper over the fact we have next to nothing for news to report. But we do have the conclusion of our gripping two-part commentary for “The Trial of a Time Lord”, Part Fourteen! Megabyte that modem with some carrot juice! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash The Doctor Who Centenary special will air in October Big Finish The Fourth Doctor Adventures: New Frontiers, with Anjli Mohindra, coming March 2023 Big Finish Gallifrey – War Room: Allegiance released Big Finish Torchwood: Suckers released Commentary: The Trial of a Time Lord (The Ultimate Foe) Episode 14

What mysteries are in store for us with David Tennant’s already intriguing return in the year of 2023? A recent appearance by Ol’ Ten himself at a Boston convention hints at a lot while saying nothing, and a new trailer for the Doctor Who Season 2 – The Collection highlights the return of Vicki (aka Maureen O’Brien!) Plus there’s the usual tat and Big Finish missives and the start of our two-part Classic Series Commentary for “The Trial of a Time Lord”, Part the Thirteenth! Masters and Valeyards and the Matrix, oh my! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Tennant said many more people are involved in his filming Season 2 announced for next Blu-Ray collection Season 2 Blu-Ray trailer Season 2 Blu-Ray Amazon Canada preorder Season 2 Blu-Ray Amazon US preorder Doctor Who 10th most-watched Box Set on iPlayer, Apr-Jun 2022 Doctor Who Magazine 581 released Andrew Skilleter 2023 Doctor Who art calendar available for preorder Doctor Who coming to Magic: The Gathering The Celestial Toymaker coming to vinyl BBC R

It’s the sixteenth(!) anniversary of Radio Free Skaro and what better way to celebrate than with a trivia contest with questions ranging from gimme to nigh-impossible about Doctor Who featuring not only the Three Who Rule but also Erika Ensign and Kat Griffiths of Verity! Cheer, boo, cogitate alongside and stifle a swear or two as we’re all subjected to a barrage of factoids from Jacqueline Rayner’s “Doctor Who – The Official Quiz Book”, a fine tome written by a Who expert and not an intern at the Trivial Pursuit ofice! Plus the usual news and nonsense but mostly…trivia! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ncuti Gatwa begins filming in November Christmas specials to return? Andy Pryor talked of the drive to cast more disabled actors Gallifrey One discussion panel/TARDIS Talks submissions close Aug 15 Character Options 8th & 10th Doctors and Daleks Doctor Who Am I bought by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution Series 13 to air in France on NRJ 12 in France Big Finish Torchwood Soho: The Unbegotten coming

It’s been a week of HBO intrigues as the American home of Doctor Who (for now) goes through massive structural changes, ditches the $90 million Batgirl film for a tax writedown, and presumably turns everything it owns into a reality show. Here to explain the business machinations, or at least further muddy the waters, are the Three Who Rule. But there’s more in the form of a Chicago Fan Expo panel featuring our very own Steven, Erika Ensign of the Verity! Podcast, Nerdist senior editor and friend of the show Kyle Anderson, and academic and Who impresario Paul Booth! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ncuti Gatwa to return for Sex Education season 4 HBO Max in trouble? Cybus Industries countdown Doctor Who Magazine Special 61 “Guest Stars” due Aug 11 Doctor Who and the Daleks illustrated hardcover Big Finish The Diary of River Song: Friend of the Family due Jan 2023 Big Finish The Diary of River Song: Two Rivers and a Firewall released Nichelle Nichols died Feature: Chicago Fan Expo Erika Ensign Kyl

It’s the return of the Three Who Rule as Chris rejoins the august Radio Free Skaro crew from his recent sojourns in the United Kingdom and it’s a tragedy that it is in the sad circumstances of the passing of acting titans and Doctor Who stars Bernard Cribbins and David Warner this week. We pay tribute to these two gentlemen of stage and screen as well as looking at the latest Big Finish releases, and indeed a Humble Bundle that you will purchase! We also have a Miniscope about Doctor Who composer Carey Blyton featuring musician and Youtube impresario Jess Jurkovic! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Bernard Cribbins died RTD’s tribute to Cribbins Tennant and Tate’s tribute to Cribbins David Warner died Abominable Snowmen UK home media release due Sep 5 Abominable Snowmen BFI screening Sep 3 Big Finish Humble Bundle Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters: Broken Memories due Oct 2023 Big Finish Classic Doctors New Monsters: The Stuff of Nightmares released Miniscope: Carey Blyton Jess Jurkovic

Two Who Rule (Steven and Warren) have returned from exile on Dulkis (vacation) this week and in lieu of Chris, who continues to explore the farthest corners of the United Kingdom, we have esteemed guest co-host Dr. Heather Berberet, psychologist and frequent guest host! Just as importantly, Heather is in San Diego giving us boots on the ground insights on goings on at San Diego Comic Con, as well as weighing in on such topics as Disney possibly distributing the RTD2 era of Doctor Who, Segun Akinola leaving the show, and a sad day for tat collectors as Eaglemoss goes out of business. But cheer up! Bonhomie, jocularity and optimism are our watchwords as we ascend to your podcast listening devices once more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Disney in Talks With BBC to Stream ‘Doctor Who’ Series First Gallifrey One 2023 Guests Announced Doctor Who Magazine #580 Segun Akinola leaving Doctor Who at end of Whittaker run Doctor Who Confidential aka Doctor Who Unleashed to return? An Interview With BBC Stud

It’s week two (of two) of our vacation, so her his our second episode composed entirely of Fluid Links! Your comments and questions, sent to us and randomly drawn, answered, deliberated, and discussed! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon

With the Three Who Rule taking a vacation in various parts of the world, for the first time since 2010, we’re banking a couple episodes composed entirely of Fluid Links! Your comments and questions, sent to us and randomly drawn, answered, deliberated, and discussed! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon

It’s Vacations Eve for Steven and Chris and besides that the news of the week is weirdly enough Ryan Gosling wearing a Ncuti Gatwa T-shirt but hey, we’ll take what we can get! And what we get is pretty much the Timelash, a ton of Big Finish including Chronovore Content (or Chron-Con as it is also known) from Friend of the Show Liz Myles, and the finale of our gripping Classic Series Commentary for Part Four of “The Space Museum”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash BritBox expands its spending Ryan Gosling wears Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor shirt Shirt designed by Matthew Purchase The BBC removed the design from RedBubble Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures: Into the Stars due August 2022 Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures: Purity Undreamed due August 2022 Big Finish Master!: Nemesis Express due October 2022 Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures: Hidden Depths due November 2022 Big Finish Seventh Doctor Adventures: Silver and Ice released Commentary: The Space Museum Episode 4, “The Final Pha

It’s the Time Before the Time of The RTD this week, as showrunner part deux Russels T Davies was a guest on the Triple C (Creative Confidence Collective) webinar and spoke of disability in the media, his writing process, creativity and the current state of the world, and we at RFS have listened and jotted down our meanderings. There’s also additional photographic evidence of Neil Patrick Harris being in Doctor Who to mull over, a call for Gallifrey One discussion panel topics and TARDIS Talks, our usual wallowing in the past with the Timelash, and part three of the gripping 1960s serial “The Space Museum” to outright ignore and blather over! Enjoy! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash RTD Webinar David Tennant & Neil Patrick Harris set photo Doctor Who Magazine 579 released Gally discussion panel submissions open Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Nine released Big Finish Torchwood: Dead Plates released Commentary: The Space Museum Episode 3, “The Search”

  Plenty of news this week, including the arrival of one Neil Patrick Harris in some form or fashion for the 60th anniversary celebrations of one Doctor Who next year, playing…that would be telling. Also a ton of Target novelizations, audio dramas both Big Finish and otherwise and Cubicle7 tabletop role playing game fun is on the way AND we have an interview with Ella Watts, the director/producer of Doctor Who Redacted, the 10-part BBC Sounds podcast-o-rama featuring everyone’s favourite Time Lord and a crew of investigators out to crack the code of the Blue Box! VWORP!! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Neil Patrick Harris joins Doctor Who Russell T Davies posted a pic of Neil Patrick Harris in costume 2022 Target books due July 14 Fires of Pompeii audio release due July 14 Eaters of Light audio release due July 14 The Resurrection Plant audio release due Aug 4 The Android Invasion audio release due Aug 4 The Keys of Marinus audio release due Sep 1 The Second Earth Adventures collectio

The fallow times continue with mere dribs (not even drabs available) of news this week other than one Big Finish adventure, Pluto TV arriving soon in the Great White North, and Steven appearing soon at a Doctor panel at Chicago Fan Expo, but somehow the Three Who Rule managed to get 50 minutes of joyful banter and abject nonsense out of their brains for you dear listener, all before continuing with our exciting and as-always totally on topic commentary for the hell-bent for leather adventure saga “The Space Museum”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Big Finish Out of Time 3: Wink released PlutoTV coming to Canada Fall 2022 Terrance Dicks A Celebration Oct 2 Fan Expo Chicago July 7-10 Commentary The Space Museum Episode 2, “The Dimensions of Time”

Have you ever wanted to manage the Doctor Who brand? Yes, the dream of many a British schoolchild can be yours if you have extensive experience in said management of brands and Doctor Who and probably a bunch of other stuff dummies like the Three Who Rule don’t understand. And that’s the news as new Doctor Who continues to be made, away from prying eyes! But we also have perennial fan favorite (is it though?) the Timelash, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary about anything but “The Space Museum”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Doctor Who seeking another Brand Manager Big Finish Ninth Doctor Adventures: Into the Stars due Aug 2022 Fourth and Twelfth Doctor Build-A-Bears LI Who Meglos 2022 welcomes Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Sophie Aldred, Frazer Hines, David J Howe and Samantha Howe

We return to the Times of Fallowness after weeks of blockbuster news involving new and old Doctors and other such delights, but we still have cogent analysis of the BBC’s new digital machinations, insane tale-spinning about Steven traveling back to 1975 and saving missing episodes from incinerator-loving poltroons in The Timelash, the usual tat and nonsense and and AND…that’s it. Banter! Enjoy it! Or else! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Plan to deliver a “digital first” BBC BBC Four and CBBC moving online Worlds of Wonder exhibition open in Liverpool, runs until Oct 30 Season 22 Blu-Ray due Oct 18 in North America Abominable Snowmen Blu-Ray due Dec 6 in North America Doctor Who Magazine 578 released Doctor Who Chronicles #5 1967 coming soon DWAS released Pets in Time, a charity anthology supporting the RSPCA Big Finish War Master: Escape from Reality due Dec 2022 Big Finish The Diary of River Song: Two Rivers and a Firewall due August 2022 Edge of Reality and The Lonely Assassins get

The casting announcements will continue because morale improves! Official news from Auntie Beeb about Yasmin Finney joining the cast as Rose (but not THAT Rose, despite what Variety may say) as well as one Rachel Talalay AKA SuperWhoDirector back on the show! Plus the usual audio, Terry Nation Army and Timelash shenanigans and a feature interview with Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille, the co-directors and co-producers of fandom-focused documentary Doctor Who Am I! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Yasmin Finney cast as Rose “Lily” casting notice from March Filming with Tennant and Tate has begun, Rachel Talalay directing Season 22 Blu-Ray UK release due June 20 Doctor Who Magazine 578 due May 26 Terry Nation Army: Movie Daleks Cross into the TV Series: An Expensive Failure Time Fracture closing in early June The Sensorites vinyl release due July 22 Series 1 & 2 soundtrack re-release on vinyl due May 27 Big Finish Gallifrey: War Room due July 2022 Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures

BREAKING NEWS KLAXON! Everything old is new again as only a week after the introduction of Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, the BBC and Russell T Davies have announced the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the show in a series of specials that…could be pretty much anything, given Mr. Davies’ proclivity for mystery. What are the Three Who Rule’s take on this stunner of an update? You can probably guess from our previous rantings and/or praise, but tune in anyway! All of this is not to overshadow a corker of an interview with Who expert, actor, podcaster and Friend Of The Show Toby Hadoke, along with news of tat, annuals, Big Finish goings-on, and the Timelash! So please, if you will, Allons-y! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Whittaker’s finale to air in October, will be 90 minutes James Cooray Smith writes about Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor Moffat talks Gatwa McCoy & Capaldi congratulate Gatwa, Gatwa replies to McCoy Big Finish War Doctor Begins: Battlegrounds released Big F

Lo and behold, a new Doctor Who has appeared! Ncuti Gatwa is the new (but interestingly, not announced as the 14th) Doctor, as seen by an interview on the BAFTAs red carpet with Gatwa himself and one Russell T Davies. With months to go before Jodie Whittaker’s final foray as her incarnation of the Doctor and more waiting besides after that, let the baseless speculation commence! We also have news from Big Finish, Dominic Glynn’s historic Korg synthesizer can be YOURS (for a price), and the ever-present Timelash! But most importantly…GATWA! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa’s Instagram post ahead of the BBC announcement Ncuti Gatwa & RTD interviewed at the BAFTAs Ncuti Gatwa Netflix interview from 2020 UK relaxes COVID filming restrictions Doctor Who Am I premiering at Sci-Fi London on May 21 Dominic Glynn selling autographed CDs of his Doctor Who work Dominic Glynn selling his Korg M1 used for Survival Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder opens this