Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

Radio Free Skaro #123 – Click here to listen

The Three Who Rule continued their blitzkrieg coverage of Gallifrey 2009 with not only a wicked hangover (Warren), jet lag (Chris) and a smug sense of clean living self-satisfaction (Steven), but also a sterling interview with one Rob Shearman, the scribe behind award-winning Big Finish titles such as “Chimes of Midnight,” “Holy Terror,” and “Jubilee,” which was later adapted into “Dalek,” the return of everyone’s favorite mean-tempered pepper pots to the new series. Also joining us was Jason Haigh-Ellery, head honcho of the Big Finish audios who was kind enough to supply us all with sweet, sweet, alcohol. Enjoy!

Radio Free Skaro Interviews Phil Collinson – Click here to listen

We at Radio Free Skaro are pretty excited about this : an exclusive interview with Phil Collinson! Phil was nice enough to sit down a chat with Warren. Check out the audio from it here (the video will be posted later!) :

Radio Free Skaro #122 – Click here to listen

For the first time in recorded history, in an event sure to be recorded in the annals of time across all universes parallel and otherwise, the RFS crew met in person at Gallifrey 2009 in Los Angeles, and thus was a podcast birthed from the loins of the Airport Marriott. And as a special bonus, John Williams and Neil Perryman of Tachyon TV joined in on the fun and regaled us with tales of Torchwood dodginess, Tomorrow People memories, and the utter strangeness of Sapphire and Steel.

No, that’s not a headline from the Daily Mirror, although it frankly could be…

Weather is being unfriendly in the UK tonight. There’s a weather warning in effect for Heathrow saying there may be delays, but it’s nothing compared to other regions. One of our podcasting chums from TachyonTV mentioned earlier today the Newcastle Airport – from which he was to fly to London – had suspended all flights. That threw him into a bit of a tizzy to be sure. Thankfully Newcastle’s warning has been downgraded to something similar to Heathrow’s so he may yet get out as expected.

Around where I live there’s a bit of rain and snow and it’s really nothing too bad so if the same conditions are in effect at Heathrow then worries should be minimal or moot.

Updates will come from one of us or another, and two of the Three Who Rule will be in attendance for certain. I’m keeping my fingers crossed and working out how to do the same with my toes.

As we at Radio Free Skaro make our grand public debut at Gallifrey ’09 in Los Angeles this weekend, feel free to follow our exploits at :

- www.radiofreeskaro.com (This site, but you probably already knew that). This is the home base for our whole operation. There will be daily podcasts, each becoming more and more incoherent as the intake of alcohol increases over the course of the weekend. There may even be some surprise guests! (Well, you can’t rule it out.)

- www.twitter.com/radiofreeskaro (Twitter!). RFS, along with its three intrepid hosts – Warren, Chris, and myself – can all be found on the ever-popular Twitter, texting and typing our more immediate reactions to the happenings at the convention. Please drop by Twitter and follow us as our egos can always need boosting.

- www.radiofreeskaro.blogspot.com (The Chronic Hysteresis). This is my (Steven) own RFS-related blog on which I will keep a journal of my (PG-13) thoughts over the weekend and the days leading up to it. After the furore of Gallifrey 2009 (Gally?) dies down, The Chronic Hysteresis will become the home of my year-long quest to watch and review every single Doctor Who episode in existence. Stay tuned!

Thanks, all, for listening, and we hope you enjoy reading/hearing about the convention as I’m sure we will enjoy telling you about it.

Radio Free Skaro #121 – Click here to listen

In this penultimate episode before the Three Who Rule arrive in Los Angeles and dispense their own particular brand of Canadian havoc, the news was sparse but the banter broad, ranging from Al Waxman’s storied career all the way to….well, the shenanigans to come at Gallifrey 2009.

Pia Guerra is widely known as the artist behind the award winning “Y: The Last Man” comic series. But she’s also the artist on “Doctor Who – The Forgotten“, a new series starring everyone’s favorite Time Lord (in multiple incarnations). Oh yes, and a devoted Whovian. Radio Free Skaro‘s Warren Frey visited Pia in her Vancouver studio and got a peek at the creative process behind the comic (and her truly daunting collection of Who figures.)

Radio Free Skaro #120 – Click here to listen

This week saw a surfeit of news for the Three Who Rule to chew over, and masticate they did as they analyzed, cogitated…and digressed into discussions of Matt Houston, black and white action figures, the questionable acting talents of one Derek Jacobi, and a beast named Pedantor.