For those who weren’t lucky enough to see it at Gallifrey 21, or those who just want to see it again, here’s the clean version of Peter Davison’s video message to the fans that was played at the opening ceremonies. Stay tuned to the end for a very special cameo…!
We regret to announce that due to corporate restructuring, Radio Free Skaro Executive Chairman Michael Grade has decided to rightsize its current on-air team. As a result, the position held by Chris from Edmonton (aka Pedantor) has been affected. Chris’s behaviour and predilections over the past several days are counter to our current vision and are detrimental to the image we wish to portray here at Radio Free Skaro. Because [ Read More ]
Radio Free Skaro has stumbled upon an official BBC release promoting the upcoming Series 1 (aka Series Fnarg) of Matt Smith’s tenure as The Doctor. Not only does the release state that the first episode, The Eleventh Hour, will be 60 minutes long, but it gives a few tantalizing details of the series to come. From the release: A new era of Doctor Who begins in Spring 2010. This latest [ Read More ]
Friend of the site Simon Brew over at Den of Geek is reporting that Matthew Graham, creator of the landmark series Life on Mars and its follow-up Ashes to Ashes, and of course best known in the Doctor Who world for writing Fear Her in the second series of NuWho, will return to the Whoniverse in Series 6/2/32. No confirmation has yet come, however if this holds true he would [ Read More ]
The notion of Neil Gaiman writing for Doctor Who apparently isn’t dead yet. The acclaimed writer appeared at the UCLA on February 4 for a speaking engagement. During his appearance, Gaiman answered several questions from the audience, one of which was about writing for Doctor Who. Jace Lacob, writer/editor of the award-winning television website Televisionary, was in attendance, and posted this comment on Twitter after the performance: When asked if [ Read More ]
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, #418, has revealed the titles for the first three Series Fnarg episodes! While spoiler hunters will have known the name of Matt Smith’s debut episode, the other two were well-kept secrets. Beginning Matt Smith’s premiere series will be The Eleventh Hour, penned by Steven Moffat and a wonderful double entendre, followed by The Beast Below also by Moffat, while episode 3 will see [ Read More ]
Previous investigations by the Radio Free Skaro crew into the names of Series 5/1/31 writers yielded a nearly perfect list now confirmed in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 417. While our efforts showed two episodes from the pen of Gareth Roberts, it is now known Roberts is writing but one episode with Men Behaving Badly writer/creator Simon Nye taking the other slot. In no particular order, here are the Series 5/1/31 [ Read More ]
The good folks at Gallifrey One have announced the final big guest update for the upcoming convention. Added to the guest list are Bob Baker (co-creator of K-9 and scriptwriter), writers Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum and some non-Who guests to go along with previously announced notables such as Sarah Sutton, Katy Manning, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford and so many others. The convention runs from February 26-28 in Los Angeles [ Read More ]
With many thanks to This Week In Doctor Who‘s Benjamin Elliott for the heads up, we’ve found out that BBC Kids is now airing The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2. The Canadian cable network is running the program daily at 4:30 in the afternoon. This constitutes the North American premiere of The Sarah Jane Adventures, which has yet to air in the US despite already having been released on DVD [ Read More ]
As mentioned in previous Radio Free Skaro episodes, the BBC released four holiday-themed idents for BBC One. Originally they came as part of the yearly Adventure Calendar on Day Four but have recently transmitted on BBC One. Now that they have done so (and we can actually bring you worthwhile versions), we present here those Christmas idents. Ident #1 (25 Seconds): Ident #2 (5 Seconds): Ident #3 (5 Seconds): Ident [ Read More ]
