• 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 #361 – The Borings of Akhaten

    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! ...

  • Radio Free Skaro #360 – Quadracyclephenia

    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. ...

  • Radio Free Skaro #359 – Whether You Like It Or Not

    The upcoming book "JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner" is quite possibly the most controversial account of the behind-the-scenes world of Doctor Who ever published, delving into the, at times, seedy side of the life of the long time producer of Doctor Who. It also covers, with ...

  • Radio Free Skaro #358 – A Breath of Fresh Air Lock

    A wide variety of news leads off the latest episode of Radio Free Skaro, as the Three Who Rule pontificate about the fate of Caroline Skinner, the discovery of early Doctor Who scripts and even a little about the upcoming Series 7B... but wait, there's more! This week saw the ...

On December-18-2011 2 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #285 – Click here to listen!

With just a week to go until the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special, the Three Who Rule cast their eyes back to a simpler time, before River Song was related to the Ponds and when a baby could turn into a puddle of goo and still be broadcast pre-watershed. Yes, “A Good Man Goes to War” was our commentary this week, with all the usual off-topic and off-color discussion you’ve come to know and somewhat tolerate. Add chatter of our live show at Gallifrey 2012 (two months from now!), news of departing companions, Season 7′s structure, and Fendahl action figures, and you’ve got yourself a podcast!
Show Notes:

- Radio Free Skaro…On Google+!
- Gallifrey…One!
- The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe…New Trailer!
- The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe…Preview Clips!
- The Moff…Hints At Series 7!
- New Companion…For Series 7!
- Aliens vs…Wizards!
- Tom Baker…Reunited With Jago & Litefoot!
- Big Finish…Brings Back The Kraals!
- Revisitations 3…UK DVD Release Date!
- Face Of Evil…UK DVD Release Date!
- The Daemons…UK DVD Release Date!
- Sarah Jane Adventures Series 5…UK Release Date!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…Box Set!
- Image of the Fendahl…Action Figure Set!
- Doctor Who…Chess Set!
- Steven On…The Pharos Project!
- Steven On…Alpha Waves Radio!
- Steven and Chris On…The Goodies Podcast!
- Warren and Chris On…Prognosis Negative!

Commentary:

- A Good Man…Goes To War!

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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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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:

On June-1-2011 0 Comments

A Torchwood: Miracle Day preview video with behind the scenes footage and interviews with the creators and stars. Torchwood: Miracle Day premieres in the US on July 8 on Starz.

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Radio Free Skaro #246 – Click here to listen

After an almost three month wait, there was some new Doctor Who content to discuss in the form of two short scenes written for the BBC’s Red Nose Day coverage. As well, news hit the wire we’ll be getting a little extra Who in the form of prequel mini-episodes for a few Series 6 stories. Such an occasion always attracts guests, and so Luke from TMDWP drops in to share his two cents, while also ably aiding the Three Who Rule in slicing, dicing and dissecting the Doctor Who career of director Richard Martin. Martin directed several early Hartnell stories, but whether he directed them well or not was the main point of the discussion…
Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…North America!
- Skaro Shop…UK!
- The Minute…Doctor Who Podcast!
- Red Nose…Day!
- Series 6…Prequel Snippets!
- Series 6…Episode 1 and 2 Titles!
- Series 6…Episode 3-7 Titles!
- Michael Sheen…in Doctor Who!
- Lords…Of The Red Planet!
- Spearhead From Space…Revisitations DVD Extras!
- Terror Of The Autons…DVD Extras!
- Target Books…Republished!
- Tom Baker…Joins Big Finish!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…Fictitious RTS Award!
- Steven Moffat…Fictitious RTS Award #1! And Fictitious RTS Award #2!
- Fictitious…Eagle Awards!
- Colin Baker And Nicola Bryant…Join Twitter!
- Michael Gough…Dies.
- Nicholas Courtney…Charity Appeal!

Miniscope (Richard Martin):

The…Daleks!
The Edge…Of Destruction!
The Dalek Invasion…Of Earth!
The Web…Planet!
The…Chase!

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On December-17-2010 0 Comments

SPACE Podcast (12-17-10) – Click here to listen

After a good few months, the Three Who Rule return to the SPACE Podcast to talk about the summer and autumn that followed the end of Series 5, as well as look forward to the upcoming A Christmas Carol airing on SPACE on December 26 at 9pm ET. Also featured on the podcast is an archive interview with Russell T Davies recorded just before The End of Time originally aired in 2009. Remember those hopeful, heady days?

Read more at the SPACE website!.

On September-26-2010 5 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #217 – Click here to listen

After taking the better part of September off to either move to, visit, or stay away from other continents, the Three Who Rule reconvened for their first regularly recorded episode of Radio Free Skaro since the hazy days of summer. And, lo! What a news list to come back to! Some old, most older, but all entirely relevant, otherwise it would have never been mentioned in the first place. And to top it off, there’s a commentary on perhaps the best New Series episode made to date, “The Time of Angels”. If you’re going to listen to one episode of Radio Free Skaro, make it this one! (And all the others, too.)
Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff!
- Series 6 Filming…Commenced!
- Toby Haynes…Directs!
- International iPlayer…coming soon!
- Synchronized Worldwide DVD releases…coming soon!
- Jane Espenson writes…three Torchwood episodes!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…coming October 11!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…twice weekly!
- Sarah Jane Adventures episodes…in detail!
- Death of the Doctor…preview!
- Suranne Jones…in Doctor Who!
- The Waters of Mars…wins a Hugo!
- Doctor Who…wins an award!
- Doctor Who…wins another award!
- Rob Shearman…wins an award!
- David J Howe…wins an award!
- Matt Smith…wins an award!
- More Adventure Games…coming soon!
- Sonic Screwdriver…Wiimote!
- Sonic Screwdriver Stylus…for Nintendo DS!
- Remembrance of the Daleks…action dolls!
- Meglos…coming to DVD!
- The Ark…coming to DVDf!
- Future DVD release…rumours!
- Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3 DVD…UK release date!
- Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3 DVD…US release date!
- Geoffrey Burgon…dies, sadly.
- Murray Gold’s Specials Soundtrack…delayed!

Commentary:

- The Time…Of Angels!

On September-5-2010 0 Comments

Congratulations to Russell T Davies and friend of the show Phil Ford on their Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form Hugo award for The Waters of Mars, presented earlier today at Aussiecon 4 in Melbourne. This Hugo is the fourth win for Doctor Who since its revamp in 2005 and the first for any writer other than Steven Moffat. The Waters of Mars was, at least for the Radio Free Skaro gang, the high point of the 2009 Gap Year and we couldn’t be happier it was recognized for its brilliance.

On August-8-2010 4 Comments

Radio Free Skaro #210 – Click here to listen

Warren returns to the fold this week, having thought he had escaped the worst that Doctor Who could offer by missing the commentary for Time-Flight last week. Instead, Hartnell-phobe Warren was given both barrels of black and white mediocrity in the form of The Keys of Marinus, one of the lesser lights of the debut season of Doctor Who from 1964. Actually, the Three Who Rule managed to keep themselves reasonably entertained throughout the first three episodes of Terry Nation’s best non-Dalek script that he ever wrote for Doctor Who…until the thought of having to watch three more episodes next week brought everyone back down to Earth.

Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff!
- Gallifrey…Guest Update!
- 2010 Christmas Special…In The Can!
- Torchwood Series 4…Writers!
- Torchwood Series 4…Gets A Title!
- Fictitious…Portal Awards!
- Seeds of Doom…On DVD!
- Vampires of Venice…DVD In-vision Commentary!
- Cold Blood…DVD In-vision Commentary!
- The Big Bang…DVD In-vision Commentary!

Commentary:

- The Keys…Of Marinus!

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