Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

It’s “Wish World”, the penultimate episode Season 2 of Doctor Who, but the moment has been prepared for! What did Steven, Warren, and Chris think of this lead-up to next week’s finale “The Reality War” and all the many campy bits therein? Will the Doctor regain his identity and crack the code of a 1950s inflected dystopia? Will Ruby work out the mystery of a forgotten world? Will Belinda get anything to do? Tune in and find out! Plus Barbie, Big Finish, and more!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who S2E07 “Wish World” Review Doctor Who S2E07 Unleashed Doctor Who S2E07 Behind the Scenes Varada Sethu Interviews Carole Ann Ford Dugga Doo full version Dugga Doo 24/7 Fifteenth Doctor Barbie due July Ruby Sunday Barbie due July Doctor Who Magazine 617 released Doctor Who: River Song Choose Your Own Adventure Hardcover due Feb 12, 2026 Big Finish Call Me Master: Monsters due September 2025 Big Finish Doctor Who: Alixion due September 2025 Bonnie Langford & Colin Baker answer Big Finish listene

It’s finally time for us to face up to the fact that the Eurovision in Space episode is here. So what did the Three Who Rule think of the glitz, glitter, and glamour of The Interstellar Song Contest? You may be surprised at the results! Join us as we muse over surprising cameos, the return of an iconic villain, and our descent into cynicism as we speculate on RTD’s current approach, the remaining two episodes and what lies in wait for Doctor Who generally. Plus minor snippets of news, missing episodes yelling, and more! Next week…Wish World, featuring both The Tripods and the Sandbaggers! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who S2E06 “The Interstellar Song Contest” Review Archie Panjabi joins Doctor Who as legendary character the Rani Radio Free Skaro #979, on the casting of Archie Panjabi Russell T Davies teases Wish World Richard Price behind the scenes bloot 1 Richard Price behind the scenes bloot 2 Doctor Who S2E06 Unleashed Special episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed announced celebrating 20

The Three Who Rule weigh in on an episode full of of firsts as The Doctor and Belinda head to 2019 Nigeria in “The Story and The Engine,” a mix of mythology, storytelling, and a big ol’ spider! What did they think of this psychological thriller set in a barbershop that also wanders through a web of dimensions? Plus what were Millie Gibson and RTD on about on The One Show and Morning Live, respectively? And what’s Eric Roberts’ Master up to? All these questions won’t be answered, but enjoy anyway! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who S2E05 “The Story & the Engine” Review Doctor Who S2E05 Unleashed Doctor Who S2E05 Behind the Scenes The Story & the Engine prequel Compilation of past Doctor clips and the source stories “The Reality War” simulcasts on Disney+, iPlayer, and BBC One at 7pm UK time on May 31 Millie Gibson on The One Show talking about the finale RTD on Morning Live The Jon Pertwee Collection Audio CD due July 4 Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity 2025 com

Doctor Who delves into the fetid swamps of online discourse this week as Ruby Sunday returns to Doctor Who and the UK experiences seesawing public sentiment in “Lucky Day!” Did the Three Who Rule enjoy it, or more to the point, how much did they not like it? Listen and learn! Plus the aforementioned Millie Gibson is set to grace Gallifrey One, Ncuti Gatwa is announcing UK scores at Eurovision, whatever that means (Chris explains), The Savages and The War Games in Colour are on their way to Blu-ray in North America, books, Big Finish and more! Next Week: The Story and the Engine! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Millie Gibson Makes Her North American Convention Debut at Gallifrey One Janet Fielding Added to Guest List for Gallifrey One 2026 Gallifrey One LAX Marriott block opens May 9 Doctor Who “Lucky Day” Review Doctor Who Unleashed S2E04 Doctor Who S2E04 Behind the Scenes Doctor Who YouTube channel hits 2M subscribers Ncuti Gatwa to announce UK scores at Eurovision Doctor Who Season 2 finale co

Russell T Davies returns to cosmic horror, a medium in which he excels, in “The Well”, an episode full of invisible enemies, reigns of terror, and a need to listen! What did the Three Who Rule think of this scary excursion 400,000 years into the future? And more to the point, did you know Steven helped get HD footage into The War Games In Colour? Plus new Big Finish including Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill’s first audio adventure, a book about Kangs (who don’t conquer), a big ol’ Quatermass box set, and more! Next week, will it be our Lucky Day? Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Daphne Ashbrook & Yee Jee Tso Celebrate 30 Years of the TV Movie at Gallifrey One Doctor Who “The Well” Review Doctor Who Unleashed S2E03 Behind The Scenes S2E03 Doctor Who Magazine 616 The War Games in Colour Blu-Ray coming to North America on June 24 The War Games footage comparison Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend due July 2025 Big Finish Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Pursuit due Jun

It’s “Lux” time at Radio Free Skaro Towers and the Three Who Rule have thoughts about both the two-dimensional (mostly) villain of the title and more including RTD and Murray Gold song crimes, whether or not this whole Pantheon thing is panning out, how ring-a-ding good The Doctor and Belinda are together, *that* fan scene and more! Plus news of books, DWM, and more Gallifrey One news!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One 2026 Hotel Reservations Open May 9 Anita Dobson at Gallifrey One 2026 Doctor Who “Lux” Review Doctor Who Unleashed S2E02 Behind the Scenes: Lux Alan Cumming and director Amanda Brotchie on bringing Mr Ring-a-Ding to life in Doctor Who Russel T Davies has “no time” for Doctor Who too woke criticisms Russell T Davies hints at ideas for Seasons 4 and 5 The Well on BBC One Apr 26, 7:20pm Q&A with Michael van Kesteren who designed Scoot Doctor Who Magazine 616 due Apr 24 Black Archive #76: Logopolis due April 2025 Doctor Who: Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box coming June

It’s new Doctor Who time! Steven, Warren, and special guest Heather Berberet of the Free the Squee fame have thoughts to share about The Robot Revolution, the first episode of Season 2 and the debut of new companion Belinda Chandra as played by Varada Sethu! Robots! Roommates! Rebels! Plus Doctor Who Unleashed talk, Graham Norton appearing in the show as himself, RTD being cryptic about the future of Doctor Who on CBCC Newsround, the debut of World of Telly from the House of Tachyon, and more! Next week, Mr. Ring-a-Ding terrorizes 1952 Miami! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who S2E01 “The Robot Revolution” Doctor Who Unleashed S2E01 Behind the Scenes: The Robot Revolution Graham Norton to Appear In “The Interstellar Song Contest” Ncuti Gatwa presents answers on Jeopardy! Russell T Davies on CBBC Newsround “73 Yards” and “Dot & Bubble” Named Finalists for the Hugo Awards History of Doctor Who on The Front Row on Radio 4 Extra on April 14 Murray Gold to appear on In Tune on Radio 3 on A

With One! Week! To! Go! before the new series of Doctor Who graces our internet-connected devices and (in the UK) tele-appliances, there’s a surfeit of news to talk about including interviews with Russell T Davies, Varada Sethu, the same and Ncuti Gatwa on The One Show, as well as observations of the show’s 20th anniversary, the usual Canadian content digressions and silliness, and an exciting interview with Exterminate-Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who author John Higgs!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Peter Davison and Paul McGann Headline Gallifrey One 2026; Tickets Now On Sale! The Robot Revolution airs on BBC One at 6:50pm on April 12 Doctor Who Season Two premiere in London on March 31 RTD, Jane Tranter and Joel Collins at the Season 2 premiere RTD “dying to find out” Doctor Who’s fate beyond Season 2 RTD clarifies comments about finding a replacement show runner RTD says episode 6 may not go out on BBC One Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu on BBC’s The One Show on April 2 Varada Sethu intervi

It’s an exciting week of Doctor Who news on this here Radio Free Skaro estate, with a new (if you don’t speak German) trailer for Season 2, a concerning comment from Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter about the future of Doctor Who, more moaning from Steven and Warren about the Interstellar Song Contest, Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu on a media tour of the U.S., various printed matter previewing the new season, 4K blu-rays of the 60s Dalek films, more moaning about the Youth of Today and their laptop viewing, and more! Feel the excitement build as we close in on two weeks before new Doctor Who! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Season 2 Official Trailer – Disney+ Disney+ new key art and press release Doctor Who Season 2 Blu-Ray available for preorder, no release date yet Charlie Condou joins Doctor Who for “The Interstellar Song Contest” Ncuti Gatwa and Verada Sethu on Good Morning America Ncuti Gatwa on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Jane Tranter on BBC’s The Media Show Doctor Who Magazine 6

We here at Radio Free Skaro Towers pride ourselves on our ability to shoehorn Canadian content into our discussion of a British institution, but prepare yourself for a megaton-level of maple syrup as we welcome fellow Canuck Graeme Burk with a look back at the 20th anniversary of modern Doctor Who and all the surrounding hoopla, broadcast machinery and piracy that surrounded it! Buckle up – it’s the trip of a lifetime! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Season 2 episode titles revealed Season 2 episode titles video Kadiff Kirwan joins new season of Doctor Who The War Games in Colour coming to UK Blu-ray on April 21 Doctor Who: The Savages Blu-ray coming to North America May 20 The Prisoner Ultimate Edition 1/12 Scale Figures Kickstarter Launching Soon Tom Baker’s 2000 “This Is Your Life” episode airing on BBC 4 on March 26 Radio Times celebrates 20 years of nuWho with 6 variant covers Eccleston’s first interview about Doctor Who (April 2004) “New TV Series in Detail” from BBC Cult Modern

It’s a week of podcast adjacent activity as the fine folk at the Merseyside Doctor Who Group shouted out this very podcast on the occasion of our breaching the transom of 1000 episodes, David Tennant hosts one Russell T Davies on his podcast and most importantly, fine gentlemen Neil Perryman and John Williams announce an oncoming storm known as World of Telly! Plus, we have news and base speculation about both the new Character Options 3rd Doctor and sonic and possible future iterations, crochet fan works, behind the scenes camera excitement from Terror of the Suburbs, and a chinwag with Steven Swaby from Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder, the new exhibit at San Diego Comic-Con Museum!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Merseyside Doctor Who Group David Tennant Does a Podcast With…Russell T Davies Neil Perryman and John Williams’ new podcast World of Telly coming soon The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Troughton Years available for pre-order Evolution of the Toy Dalek: Collecting Through The Ages relea

It’s another exciting week of almost there but not quite new Doctor Who and as such the BBC released a new trailer for Season 2 mere moments before we released last week’s episode, as befits the tenor of our times. We also go into detail on a since-expunged German Disney+ Season 2 trailer with new footage, actor Freddie Fox, reflections on criminal behaviour when Rose leaked 20 years ago, and most importantly, new Doctors Who in Little People form the good folk at Fisher Price. Only slightly less important, our Miniscope about pioneering Doctor Who producer and director Mervyn Pinfield! Come with us and enter the Sense-Sphere! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Season 2 trailer launched, guest stars announced Steven Guesses Dcotor Who Season 2 Trailer Clips Actor Freddie Fox joins Season 2 cast of Doctor Who Doctor Who season 2 – Everything you need to know 20th Anniversary of “Rose” Leak Terror of the Suburbs – Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 7 Looking For Dursley nominated for RTS West of Engla

It’s official, Doctor Who is returning April 12 on BBC One, iPlayer, and Disney+, and will include Doctor Who alum Alan Cumming as an animated ne’er-do-well along with “Eurovision in Space” according to Who scribe Juno Dawson and much more, including children creating comic book creatures, much Big Finish news including friends of the show Riley Silverman and Paul Booth writing Short Trips. and our feature interview with Peter Cocker and Toby Hadoke about the Season 7 Collection Blu-Ray!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who season 2 arrives on BBC and Disney+ on April 12 with Alan Cumming to guest star Disney Season 2 press release Doctor Who “was a top 5 series on Disney+ globally every week it aired” said Disney The Mirror states Juno Dawson’s will be “Eurovision in Space”, go out May 17 before the Eurovision final Peter Purves spoke of his time on Doctor Who at the BFI event for The Savages animation Doctor Who Propstore auction raises £245,243 for BBC Children in Need Blake’s 7 The Coll

It’s the week after Gallifrey One which means two things: post-Gally malaise AND a giant pile of news, including a release date of April 12 for Season 2 on iPlayer (and also theoretically Disney Plus), speculation on the future of Doctor Who as per usual, a boatload of Big Finish, new books, a new RTD-penned series called “Tip-Toe” coming next year to Channel 4, and endless Youtube cogitation mostly revolving around Steven reacting to things. Take a listen if you dare! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who returns April 12 “Doctor Who has not been shelved” – BBC responds to rumours Russell T Davies writing Tip Toe, a new 5-part series on Channel 4 debuting in 2026 Juno Dawson’s Season 2 episode “the most ridiculous episode they’ve ever done… and the most expensive” Doctor Who season 2 – Christopher Chung joins the Whoniverse Re-edited “Fear Her” back on iPlayer Doctor Who Collection: Jon Pertwee Season 1 coming June 3 (US link) Missing Doctor Who story ‘The Savages’ returns as animation Class

It’s a bittersweet podcast today as we wrap up what has been a fantastic weekend at Gallifrey One, our home away from home. But it’s even more sad as it’s been announced that Gallifrey One will end its unprecedented run of conventions in 2028. It will take a while for the Three Who Rule to process this (probably more than the three years the convention has left), but fun is still had with Doctor Who writer Andrew Smith joining the Three for a recap of the convention, Big Finish secrets, and naturally, talk of The Sandbaggers. Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Andrew Smith at Big Finish

It’s Gallifrey One, it’s the start of a mammoth weekend for Doctor Who fans, and it is a milestone for the Three Who Rule – their ONE THOUSANDTH episode! And what better way to pass the one thousand barrier than a full length interview with Doctor Who writer and former show runner Steven Moffat, and current Doctor Who executive producer Julie Gardner! Thanks to Shaun Lyon, Graham Kibble-White, Jack Kibble-White, Ken Deep, and special thanks to Paul McGann for narrating our opening video! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One

It’s that time of year again, our pre-Gallifrey One rundown of the greatest convention on Earth as we go through the schedule with a fine tooth comb, examine which panels and other events we and others are excited about, and as a special bonus this year you’ll get to hear Steven go completely off the rails about UK television stalwart Z-Cars! Next stop: Gallifrey One, and Episode 1000 with Steven Moffat and Julie Gardner LIVE on stage on Friday! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Preview Gallifrey One schedule Gallifrey One convention map Gally changes due to escalator issue Catherine Tate announced as guest at Calgary Expo April 24-27 The War Games in Colour got 0.43M viewers ‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter to Chair 50th Edinburgh TV Festival The Tenth Planet coming to vinyl for Record Store Day on April 12 Ace Jacket: A Doctor Who Celebration for Fans and Cosplayers coming July 2025 Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia due Oct 29, 2026 BF Doctor Who – The Fugitive Doctor: Dead or Alive due

It’s an exciting week for Doctor Who news with more Gallifrey One updates, a list of Doctor Who Season 2 writers released to an eager public, a frankly insane amount of Doctor Who props coming up for auction, Big Finish releases all over the dang place, and the concluding episode of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Moonbase”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Meet the new writers of Season 2 Gallifrey One update January 28 Gallifrey One update January 30, schedule complete Steven Moffat addresses possibility of another return to Doctor Who Doctor Who charity auction for Children in Need Doctor Who Magazine #613 released Doctor Who: Chronicles Issue 10: 1970 Big Finish: The Fugitive Doctor: Most Wanted is out now Big Finish The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers 4 – Last Stand due March Big Finish: Susan’s War: Grandfather Time due in March Big Finish: Torchwood Rictus due March Commentary: The Moonbase Episode 4

The Swarm is vicious and malignant this week, consuming Steven’s vocal chords in a perilous fashion, so it’s up to Warren and Chris to help with news descriptions about the Radio Free Skaro Gallifrey One live show, episode 1000 featuring Doctor Who showrunner and writer/producer Steven Moffat and executive producer Julie Gardner for an hour of wit and wisdom. Plus, the aforementioned Gallifrey One schedule is out in the wild, news from Russell Tovey on The War Between The Land and The Sea, a new trailer for the Season 7 Blu-Ray Collection, tat, exhibitions and Episode Three of our exciting and smooth-voiced Classic Series Commentary for “The Moonbase”!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Radio Free Skaro: Mystery Science Theatre 1000 announcement Gallifrey One programming Russell Tovey talks The War Between the Land and the Sea and more with Variety Season 7 Collection trailer Doctor Who Magazine 613 due Jan 30 The Daleks in Colour Music by Tristram Cary and Mark Ayres coming February 21 on vinyl The