• Radio Free Skaro #371 – Bless the Rains

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  • Radio Free Skaro #370 – Pride (In The Name Of Who)

    Another week and still no new Doctor Who. The long 6-month wait for the 50th Anniversary Special means speculation about the show's future in the form of the next actor (or will it be actress?) to play The Doctor. But it's not all bad as there are always stats to ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #369 – A Tale of Two Doctors

    In an uneventful, post finale, nothing ever happens week, The Three Who Rule….wait, HOLD ON, JUST A SECOND…..Chris isn't on the show this week. Oh, and also, Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who. Yes, the floppy haired foetus who charmed his way into our hearts in the Eleventh Hour has ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #368 – Iron Pants

    It may be six months until new Doctor Who, but…we've got stats! So, so many stats. Also, Warren gets a lot of facts wrong (as usual), we've invented an exciting new drink called "whiskwee", and for the first time in RFS history, we have a contest to win a DVD ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #367 – Everybody Hurts

    Well, the most recent series of Doctor Who has wrapped up, and what a way to do it - a fangasmagoria from Steven Moffat containing notable nods to the past and tantalizing hints of what's to come. "The Name of the Doctor" gave fans what they wanted (and more) in ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #366 – The Emperor’s New Clothes

    Neil Gaiman's sophomore effort is one of the most divisive in the history of new Doctor Who, with some fans adoring his take on the Cybermen and others viewing precocious children and speedy metal men with disdain. But what did the Three Who Rule think? What are Chris's views on ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #365 – Fondant Surprise

    Northern England in the Victorian era, monsters, lizards, Sontarans, lame GPS jokes and latched-on kidlet drama all made "The Crimson Horror" a roller coaster ride of emotion for the Three Who Rule. But was it a ride full of thrills and chills or merely a routine trundle through well-worn paths ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #364 – Smoke on the Horizon

    For decades, fans of Doctor Who have been wondering and dreaming of what amazing thrills and sights exist within The Doctor's TARDIS. The 50th Anniversary of the programme seems to be an appropriate time to finally peel back the curtain on The Doctor's magical time-space machine, and Stephen Thompson's script, ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #363 – Ghost Lite

    Awoooooo! Scary stuff! That's what this week's instalment of Doctor Who was, as "Hide", a tautly written and directed thriller, enthralled many a fan and viewer. But what did the Three Who Rule think? They were widely split with their opinions of writer Neil Cross's first effort, "The Rings of ...
  • Radio Free Skaro #362 – Ice Hot

    After a wait of almost 40 years, the Ice Warriors have returned to Doctor Who, with at least (and let's be honest, at most) one heavily armoured, lumbering green menace back to make the lives of an 80's crew of Soviet submariners a soggy, terrifying hell. Mark Gatiss, a Who ...

Radio Free Skaro #367 – Everybody Hurts

On May-19-2013 14 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #367 – Click here to listen!

rfs367Well, the most recent series of Doctor Who has wrapped up, and what a way to do it – a fangasmagoria from Steven Moffat containing notable nods to the past and tantalizing hints of what’s to come. “The Name of the Doctor” gave fans what they wanted (and more) in a 50th anniversary story, and it was six months early! But what did the Three Who rule think of this extravaganza? Also discussed in this episode were the now assured future of Doctor Who and the show’s return in Series 8, stats, more stats, and the potentially damaging effects of Eurovision. And now, six months to wait until more new Doctor Who…but what else does the BBC have in store before then?
Show Notes:

- The Name…of the Doctor!
- The Name of the Doctor…BBC Overnights!
- Nightmare in Silver…Appreciated!
- The Crimson Horror…Final Ratings!
- Series 8…Confirmed!
- Matt Smith…Confirms His Return!
- Matt Smith and David Tennant…in a Video Together!
- Doctor Who…Dominates April iPlayer Charts!
- BFI Peter Davison…Q&A Panel!
- Doctor Who…in Antipodean Cinemas!
- L.I…Who!
- Calgary…Expo!
- Westercon…66!

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Radio Free Skaro #361 – The Borings of Akhaten

On April-7-2013 9 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #361 – Click here to listen!

After a rollicking opening to Series 7B last week, we were treated to a new episode in “The Rings of Akhaten” that received almost no love from any of the Three Who Rule. In fact, only one person had something nice to say about it, and you’ll never guess who! The episode may have left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, but the return of a full stats report, and a return of our new, impromptu game called “Guess the Stats!”, proved to be a splash of minty, mouthwashy goodness! That, and talk of the 50th Anniversary special, Christopher Eccleston, DVD news, and an endless list of Doctor Who t-shirt ideas, makes clear that it’s not where you start, but where you finish. Next week: Ice Warriorssss…
Show Notes:

- The Rings…of Akhaten!
- The Bells of Saint John…overnight viewing figures!
- The Bells of Saint John…appreciation index!
- The Bells of Saint John ratings…on SPACE!
- The Bells of Saint John ratings…on BBC America!
- Series 7B…synopses!
- The Return of…The Zygons!
- Christopher Eccleston…not returning!
- Joanna Page…in Doctor Who!
- What if David Tennant…had stayed for Series 5?
- North American DVD releases…interesting!
- The Moonbase…coming to DVD!
- The Green Death commentary…featuring Katy Manning and Russell T Davies!
- The Roots of Evil…by Philip Reeve!
- The Fourth Doctor “City of Death”…t-shirt!
- WhoNews app…now free!
- The Mind of Evil at the BFI…video!
- 1980s Doctor Who convention interviews…on YouTube!
- Radio Free Skaro Gallifrey 2013 live show…on YouTube!

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Radio Free Skaro #360 – Quadracyclephenia

On March-31-2013 6 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #360 – Click here to listen!

New Doctor Who! And given such an auspicious occasion, it was no surprise that the Three Who Rule yammered on at length about “The Bells of Saint John,” and then further prognosticated on the news that David Tennant and Billie Piper will in fact return for the 50th anniversary special. Debate on the proper levels of fanwankiness for the special, speculation on the many hints and tidbits Moffat has seeded throughout his tenure leading up to November 23rd, 2013 and other wishes and dreams for the upcoming season were all grist for the fevered (and possibly insane) minds of the RFS crew. All this and various other tidbits of news, and more importantly, no stats. (Don’t worry, stats will be back in full force next week).
Show Notes:

- The Bells…Of Saint John!
- Tennant and Piper…Return!
- Series 7B…In New Zealand!
- Series 7B…Episode Titles!
- Matt Smith…Hangs Around For 2014!
- Demon’s Run…Two Days Later!
- Gallifrey One…Guest Update!
- Doctor Who Stuff…On Playstation Home!
- The Mill…Closing The TV Division?
- Doctor Who Stamps…Are Popular!
- Series 7B…DVD Extras!
- Terror of the Zygons…DVD Delayed!
- Regenerations…DVD Box Set!?
- Doctor Who…Wins A Peabody Award!
- Hugo Award…2013 Nominees!

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Radio Free Skaro #287 – The Man Trap

On January-1-2012 1 Comment

Radio Free Skaro #287 – Click here to listen!

As 2011 draws to a close and the Three Who Rule look forward to 2012 and the next series of Doctor Who – whenever the heck it ends up being transmitted – and also deliver their commentary for the Series 6.2 opener, Let’s Kill Hitler. We’ll see if it stands the test of time or not, mad ride that it is. And in real-life news, hearty congratulations go out to former Doctor David Tennant and former Doctor’s “daughter” Georgia Moffett on their nuptials! Now calm down, fangirls. Just. Calm. Down.
Show Notes:

- Radio Free Skaro…On Google+!
- Gallifrey…One!
- The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe…Appreciated!
- Goodbye…Bannerman Road!
- David…Tennant!
- Georgia…Moffett!

Commentary:

- Let’s Kill…Hitler!

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Radio Free Skaro #283 – Deep Dish

On December-4-2011 2 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #283 – Click here to listen!

A bumper crop of fantastic interviews highlights this week’s episode of Radio Free Skaro! Steven, our man in…er…Chicago managed to talk to Mark Sheppard about his lifelong passion for Doctor Who and his desire to return to the show, Benjamin Cook talks about his experiences writing The Writer’s Tale with Russell T Davies, Nick Briggs and Jason Haigh-Ellery discuss Tom Baker’s long awaited return to the role of The Doctor (in audio form), as well as say all that they can about the upcoming project to animate the missing episodes of The Reign of Terror, and Robert Shearman mentions Volume 2 of Running Through Corridors in between mouthfuls of pizza and beer. We hope you enjoy these interviews as much as we enjoy bringing them to you!
Show Notes:

- Radio Free Skaro…On Google+!
- Chicago…TARDIS!
- The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe…UK Transmission Time!
- The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe…Canada Transmission Time!
- The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe…US Transmission Time!
- The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe…UK DVD Release!
- Christmas Confidential…Cancelled?
- Confidential…On Points Of View!
- David Yates…Movie Rumour Follow-up!
- Steven Moffat…Movie Rumour Follow-up!
- Global iPlayer…Hits Canada!
- Shada Novelization…Cover Art!
- Tomb Of The Cybermen…Special Edition DVD Extras!
- March 2012…Region 1 DVD Releases!
- David Tennant…On The Nerdist!

Interview:

- Mark…Sheppard!
- Benjamin…Cook!
- Nick Briggs and…Jason Haigh-Ellery!
- Rob…Shearman!

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Doctor Who Wrap Party Videos

On October-31-2011 0 Comments

Two videos produced exclusively for the wrap party for The End of Time (and David Tennant’s, Russell T Davies’s, and Julie Gardner’s farewell to Doctor Who) have made their way to the internet. If you haven’t seen them yet, you can now below!

The first video features the entire cast and crew miming along to The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”:

The second is a comedy musical sketch featuring John Barrowman, David Tennant (as Russell T Davies), and Catherine Tate (as Julie Gardner), among many others:

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October 2011 North America Doctor Who DVD Update

On August-4-2011 1 Comment
A second Doctor Who DVD release has finally been announced for October 11, and interestingly it’s not a classic series story. Rather, it’s a massive new series release – the complete David Tennant years!

This 26-disc release covers all of David Tennant’s tenure as the Doctor, from the Pudsey Cutaway in 2005 to The End of Time Part Two in 2010; included is everything in between, even the animated stories The Infinite Quest and Dreamland.

What doesn’t appear to be here, however, is any new content. Everything in this collection has been released previously, down to the bonus material such as Doctor Who’s Greatest Moments (which in reality was anything but). This set is no doubt designed for folks who’ve held out on buying the Tennant DVDs for whatever reason, or perhaps for fans who have come to the show with Matt Smith and want to bolster their DVD collection in one fell swoop.

This release comes alongside the previously announced Revisitations, 3-disc version of The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

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SRP will be a whopping $199.98; check out TVShowsOnDVD.com for more details.

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Radio Free Skaro #248 – Special Kay

On April-3-2011 8 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #248 – Click here to listen

A week after Radio Free Skaro’s thorough examination of Doctor Who’s long and storied history in Canada, the Three Who Rule take a hard left turn into the realm of Norman Kay, composer of three stories from Doctor Who’s embryonic years, as his work was the subject of talk in this week’s Miniscope. To help in the discussion (or basically lead), Radio Free Skaro’s own GetGlue guru Emily Kausilik, a noted music expert in her own right, was brought in to offer her expertise on not only Kay’s music, but how music in general was composed and used in 1960s Doctor Who. And, hey, it’s not often that you get to hear a discussion on 1960s Doctor Who music, is it?
Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…North America!
- Skaro Shop…UK!
- Emily…Kausalik!
- SPACE…Series 6 Goes Day & Date!
- The Impossible Astronaut…In Australia!
- BBC One…Series 6 Trailer!
- BBC America…Series 6 Trailer!
- Torchwood: Miracle Day…Teaser!
- The Impossible Astronaut…Advance Screening!
- Neil Gaiman’s Episode…Titled!
- Episode 4…On May 14!
- Torchwood: Miracle Day…Composed By Murray Gold!
- Series 6…Part 1 On Region 2 DVD!
- Series 6…Part 1 On Region B Blu-Ray!
- Paradise Towers…On Region 1 DVD!
- Doctor Who Insider…Details!
- Doctor Who Writing Competition…For Kids!
- Who…Is The Doctor?!
- The Doctor’s Daughter’s…Daughter!

Miniscope – Norman Kay:

An Unearthly…Child!
The Keys…Of Marinus!
The…Sensorites!

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Radio Free Skaro #220 – Your Mother Should Know

On October-17-2010 4 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #220 – Click here to listen

The internet exploded in Doctor Who land this past week with fans beside themselves about Regenergate and Gallifrey One hotel rooms, which caused the Three Who Rule to take time out of this episode to allay those fears. Long stories short: Don’t Panic. Everything’s fine. After those fires were ably extinguished, it was on to the commentary for The Vampires of Venice, a mid-series tome that inspired overwhelming indifference from two members of the Radio Free Skaro team. Did that opinion change…?
Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff!
- Gallifrey One…banter!
- Regeneration limit…gone!
- Doctor Who…going to Utah!
- The Nightmare Man…Part One!
- The Nightmare Man…Part Two!
- Series 5 Soundtrack…track listing!
- Doctor Who…iPhone game!
- IDW 11th Doctor Comics…coming January 2011!
- Resurrection of the Daleks…new commentary!
- David Tennant…on a DVD extra!

Commentary:

- The Vampires of…Venice!
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BBC Drama Trailer – Autumn/Winter 2010/11

On September-29-2010 4 Comments

The BBC released a trailer promoting several Drama productions that will be airing in the next few months. The three-minute trailer is chock full of actors who were formerly Doctor Who (Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant), are Doctor Who (Matt Smith), and who could have been Doctor Who (Chiwetel Ejiofor), and there are even a couple of brief clips of the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special. Have a look!

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