Radio Free Skaro #960 – Space Baby Lasagna
Doctor Who returns! Two new episodes dropped this weekend as we enter both the wacky madcap hijinks of “Space Babies” and the outright lunacy of “The Devil’s Chord”! What did the Three Who Rule think of CG baby mouths, Jinkx Monsoon vamping all over the place, Beatles instrument accuracy and more? Listen to our multi-hour discourse but know this: the twist at the end is that song isn’t very good. Plus the media onslaught continues with Ncuti Gatwa on Canadian radio, RTD dropping secret controversies in Men’s Journal, Big Finish fun and golden sonic screwdriver tat, and more! Next week, we see how it all goes…Boom!
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- Review: Doctor Who S1E01 “Space Babies”
- Review: Doctor Who S1E02 “The Devil’s Chord”
- Doctor Who Unleashed is available for purchase on iTunes in North America
- Men’s Journal: Russell T Davies Interview: Giving “New Energy” to a “Classic Show”
- Russell T Davies confirms more diverse writers for Season 2
- Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson & Russell T Davies Talks New Series with Kyle Anderson
- Ncuti Gatwa on CBC Q Radio
- Special Doctor Who BBC One ident aired May 6
- Doctor Who: The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver (Exclusive Gold Metallised Edition) coming July 5
- The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years now available
- Doctor Who – Death in the Stars by Bonnie Langford with Jacqualine Rayner due Aug 22
- Big Finish annual Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip opportunity now open until the end of June
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Dominant Species due September 2024
- New Titan Comics DW Humble Bundle
- Long Island Who: August 23-25, 2024
- Gallifrey One: February 14-16, 2025
- “Boom” airs Saturday, May 18 at 6:50pm on BBC One
Radio Free Skaro #959 – Time of the Season
It’s less than one week until Doctor Who enters a new era on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer, and the Disney+ money machine has been busy bussing Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson all around New York City to promote the show, look generally gorgeous wearing many different looks, and riding a Doctor Who-themed NYC subway car! There’s also chatter about Doctor Who: Unleashed, the TARDIS at Disneyland, theatre productions, and more, with our friend Sarah Murphy sitting in as guest host!
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- Ncuti and Millie on Good Morning America
- Ncuti and Millie on ABC News
- Ncuti Gatwa on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on their “great chemistry”, loving Jon Pertwee and the future of Doctor Who
- Rolling Stone: ‘It’s About Time’: Ncuti Gatwa on Becoming the New Face of ‘Doctor Who’
- “Space Babies” airs at 6:20pm on BBC One; “The Devil’s Chord” at 7:05pm on May 11
- Ncuti Gatwa’s Message to the Fans
- Doctor Who segment on Blue Peter airing May 10
- Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa set for Madame Tussauds
- Ncuti Gatwa appearing in “The Importance Of Being Earnest” from November-January
- Paul Cornell awarded Terrance Dicks Award for lifetime achievement in Doctor Who writing
- Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due July 2024
- Big Finish: The Doctor’s Daughter returns for four new adventures in October
- Companions: Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants due later in 2024
- Ice Hot, a collection of stories set in Paradise Towers, coming May 20
- The Incomparable 714: You Can’t Protect People From Doctor Who
- Andrew Orton YouTube
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Radio Free Skaro #958 – Ghost Threat
The Doctor Who publicity machine is slipping into second gear with Gatwa and Gibson making the rounds of a BBC premiere, chat shows, Variety Magazine, and more, but that doesn’t stop the Three Who Rule from marinating in questionable nostalgia as they recall viewing The Phantom Menace for the first time 25 years ago, aka the Dawn of Anticipointment. Plus we issue an all hands on deck alert for next week’s Gallifrey One Hotelmageddon, and Warren emerges from the Metaverse to give his take on the just released PS VR2 version of The Edge of Time! Don your own Helmet of Pretend and join us!
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- Gallifrey One 2025 hotel block on sale May 3
- BBC Press Launch of Season 1
- Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on The One Show on April 26
- Variety: Doctor Who Regenerates
- Doctor Who Magazine #603
- Doctor Who Magazine Special: 50 Years of the Fourth Doctor coming May 2
- “The Church on Ruby Road” will be under Season 1 on Disney+ starting May 10
- Doctor Who Season 1 to be released on Blu-ray in the UK on August 12
- Doctor Who Prom coming August 26; tickets on sale May 17
- Doctor Who: The Edge of Time now on Playstation VR2
- Film is Fabulous pilot study reveals previously missing BBC treasures
- Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024
- Big Finish: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024
- Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Great Beyond due September 2024
- Big Finish Torchwood due July – October 2024
Radio Free Skaro #956 – Lesser Mithril
We’re less than a month away from new Doctior Who on Disney+ and the BBC and to help us navigate this stormy sea of streaming madness is professor, media expert, and all-around lovely fellow Derek Kompare as we look into the BBC’s inevitable admission that Varada Sethu is joining the cast of the show, a fascinating Beatles-centric (or lack thereof) interview in Empire Magazine with Ncuti Gatwa and one Russell T. Davies, archive film musings, Chicago TARDIS news, and a very important televisual anniversary! Plus Episode Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Season Two
- Empire Magazine Interview with Russell T Davies and Ncuti Gatwa
- Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Russell T Davies in the Radio Times TV 100 list
- The Celestial Toymaker to be released June 10/11 in the UK, North America
- The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years available soon
- Film is Fabulous! Pilot Study: Documenting Private Film Collections
- Chicago TARDIS adds Jo Martin to guest list with Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann
- Big Finish: Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine coming June 2024
- Twelfth Doctor, Cyberman ornaments coming from Hallmark for Christmas 2024
- Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street (April 12, 1973)
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First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson Ahead of Season Two of Doctor Who
Varada Sethu will join the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday in the second season of Doctor Who which will air in 2025. New pictures released today show the cast together at a read through for the second season.
Like many Doctors who have come before him, one is not enough for the Fifteenth Doctor and in season two, he will have two companions by his side as Varada Sethu steps aboard the TARDIS.
Varada joins the Whoniverse from a galaxy far, far away after starring in the Disney+ Star Wars series ‘Andor’. Now she straps in for another journey through time and space alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.
Sethu says: “I feel like the luckiest person in the world. It is such an honour to be a part of the Whoniverse, and I’m so grateful to the whole Doctor Who family – because that is what they are – for welcoming me with open arms and making me feel so at home. I couldn’t ask for a better team than Ncuti and Millie to be on this adventure with, this is SO much fun!”
Showrunner, executive producer and writer Russell T Davies says: “I first worked with Varada on a BBC production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and it’s a joy to welcome her on board the TARDIS. Right now in the studio, shooting for 2025, we’ve got Ncuti, Millie and Varada fighting side by side – we need all three, because the stakes are higher than ever!”
Sethu is best known for her standout role as Cinta Kaz in the Disney+ Original series “Andor.” Her additional credits include “Jurassic World Dominion,” “Annika” and “Strike Back.”
Currently in production, the second season of Doctor Who is set to debut in 2025 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK and Disney+ in the U.S. and around the world (where available).
Season one of Doctor Who will premiere simultaneously for the first time on BBC iPlayer and Disney+. In the UK, the first two new episodes of the season will premiere at 00:00 on May 11 on BBC iPlayer, and then on BBC One later that day. Episodes will drop on BBC iPlayer followed by a primetime slot on BBC One each week following that. Outside the UK, Doctor Who begins streaming 10 May at 7pm ET on Disney+, where available, giving audiences a simultaneous global launch.
Doctor Who is produced by Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for the BBC and Disney Branded Television.
Russell T Davies is showrunner, executive producer and writer. Additional executive producers include Phil Collinson, Joel Collins, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter.
Radio Free Skaro #955 – The Roblox of Death
Chris is a wandering vagabond this week, trolling both the Internet and ourselves with images of the real Magna Carta, but the real highlight of this week is the appearance of one Kyle Anderson of Nerdist fame for his thoughts on Doctor Who trailers, the current media landscape, and more! Plus we have news of one Dr. Who in Roblox form, the release of the Companions of Doctor Who on April 10, and River Song is back in Big Finish’s “Death and Life of River Song: Last Words”! Plus Past Chris returns in Episode Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!
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- BBC launches new Wonder Chase experience on Roblox
- The Companions of Doctor Who Available April 10
- Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words coming August 2024
- Doctor Who’s WEIRD History of Regeneration
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Radio Free Skaro #954 – Heaven On Their Minds
Another new Doctor Who trailer! New episode titles unveiled! Golda Rosheuvel is in Episode 1! All this and more in a timey-wimey episode of the podcast, which contains much Mrrahh Business, more cast announcements, a light dusting of contempt for AI, a Steven Moffat conversation on Youtube, and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!
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- Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
- Doctor Who – Golda Rosheuvel jumps aboard the TARDIS as episode titles are revealed
- New BBC Doctor Who Trailer
- Doctor Who Magazine 602
- Two Doctor Who episodes nominated for Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
- Doctor Who 2024: BBC Confirms 4K For The Full Series
- BBC Will Stop Using AI For ‘Doctor Who’ Promotion After Receiving Complaints
- BBC Director General nevertheless revealed there are bold plans for AI going forward
- Russell T Davies says end of BBC is ‘undoubtedly on its way’
- BBC looks for commercial deals as it faces potential end of licence fee
- Doctor Who cited as evolution of of how funding for high-end scripted drama could evolve in the UK
- BBC must spend more on TV in Wales, says report
- Steven Moffat in conversation at Glasgow University
- Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box Hardcover due July 11
- Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box Audio CD due July 11
- Big Finish – The War Doctor Rises begins August 2024
- Big Finish – Torchwood: Disco coming May 2024
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Doctor Who Season 1 Episode Titles Revealed
GOLDA ROSHEUVEL JUMPS ABOARD THE TARDIS AS THE EPISODE TITLES ARE REVEALED
As Doctor Who gears up for its highly anticipated simultaneous global premiere this May, the episode titles have now been revealed for the season, as well as another incredible guest star who has jumped aboard the TARDIS for the upcoming season. And, as another Easter treat, viewers will be given another official trailer that will launch on the BBC Doctor Who social channels at 1800 before its first airing on BBC One later today (Sunday 31st March).
Up first, in the Julie Anne Robinson directed ‘Space Babies’, is Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) who joins Doctor Who as Jocelyn, who the Doctor and Ruby collide with in their first adventure in the TARDIS together.
Russell T Davies, Showrunner added: “It’s been amazing to see the whole world appreciate Golda’s talents, because of Bridgerton, and it’s been an absolute joy to invite her to Cardiff to help launch Ncuti and Millie’s first season.”
Rounding out the explosive double bill is previously announced Jinkx Monsoon who stars in ‘The Devil’s Chord’, the Doctor’s most powerful enemy yet. In this episode the Doctor and Ruby step back to the sixties to meet The Beatles.
New episodes will then debut weekly across BBC iPlayer, BBC One and outside of the UK on Disney+ (where available), with the Steven Moffat penned adventure ‘Boom’ up next, followed by ‘73 Yards’, ‘Dot and Bubble’, ‘Rogue’, and a massive two part finale spread across two weeks titled ‘The Legend of Ruby Sunday’ and ‘Empire of Death’.
Over the rest of the season there are an array of brilliant guest stars jumping aboard the TARDIS, including Callie Cooke, Dame Siân Phillips, Alexander Devrient, Bhav Joshi, Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy, Tachia Newall and Caoilinn Springall. They join the previously announced guest cast: Michelle Greenidge, Angela Wynter, Anita Dobson, Aneurin Barnard, Yasmin Finney, Jonathan Groff, Gwïon Morris Jones, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush and Indira Varma.
DOCTOR WHO – EPISODE TITLES
Space Babies: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Julie Anne Robinson
The Devil’s Chord: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Ben Chessell
Boom: Written by Steven Moffat, directed by Julie Anne Robinson
73 Yards: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams
Dot and Bubble: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams
Rogue: Written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman, directed by Ben Chessell
The Legend of Ruby Sunday: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Jamie Donoughue
Empire of Death: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Jamie Donoughue
Radio Free Skaro #953 – Sweet Childs of Mine
In an exciting adventure in time and mostly space, Chris joins Warren in Vancouver for a very special episode of Radio Free Skaro where we look at a new Disney+ Doctor Who trailer featuring dinosaurs, Ruby Sunday stepping on a butterfly, glimpses of upcoming mysteries, and clearly a whole lot of Disney+ money. Plus confirmation Steven Moffat is back for at least one Season 1 episode, Russell T Davies using a Canadian emoji to not only tease the audience but also confound us, Big Finish celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a very special day, some MRAHHH BUSINESS from Doctor Who producer Jane Tranter ,and our Miniscope examining the work of Thirteenth Doctor-era director Jamie Childs!
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- New Disney+ Trailer
- Steven Moffat writes episode for new season of Doctor Who with Julie-Anne Robinson directing
- RTD uses 🇨🇦 emoji on his Instagram post about Moffat
- First Big Finish Day 2024 guests announced
- I, TARDIS coming from BBC Books July 18
- Pre-orders are up for Titan Comics’ Fifteenth Doctor Issue #1
- ‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter Says British TV Tax Credits Must Be Updated
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Radio Free Skaro #957 – What Are The Movellans Watching?
Posted on April 21, 2024 by Chris
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The hype train has left the station for Doctor Who as Entertainment Weekly, SFX, Attitude, and other pulp-based data products celebrate the impending Full-On Ncuti Gatwa Era along with the BBC and Disney+ releasing promo illustrations, and most importantly of all the release of Movellan action dollies, which caused spontaneous disco-infused celebrations across the United Kingdom. There’s also the quite suspicious timing of a restored Let It Be hitting Disney+ two days before the two-part premiere of Doctor Who, and most exciting of all, Episode Four of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!
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