2010 was a great year for Doctor Who, and it was capped off by what all three hosts of Radio Free Skaro (and many, many others on the internet) consider to be the finest Doctor Who Christmas Special to date. A Christmas Carol had it all – strong story, superb writing, great performances, and was never in danger of jumping the very rickshaw pulling shark that featured several times in the episode. The Three Who Rule discuss all of this and more with great gusto, and give a few hints of their podcast plans for the year to come… |
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- A Christmas Carol…on BBC One! |
It’s long been known the Series 5 DVD box set will feature some specially-recorded scenes linking some episodes, but until now we’ve not been able to see these scenes. For your entertainment and to help satisfy any completionist bent you may have, check out the first such scene connecting The Eleventh Hour with The Beast Below:
The Classic Series Commentary series has ended… only to be replaced by the Series 5 Commentary series. (Any more attempts to use the word “series” will likely cause another crack in time, so we’d best stop there.) We’ve given the news segment a bit of time off… something that breaks our fictitious award-loving hearts, but on the upside it means no stats! So sit back, relax and have a listen to The Three Who Rule talk about the glorious opener to Matt Smith’s tenure! |
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The Three Who Rule celebrated the fourth anniversary of Radio Free Skaro by enduring one of the slowest news weeks in recent memory as next to nothing happened in the last seven days in the world of Doctor Who. Fortunately (?), the gang had the latter half of The Keys of Marinus to help them through it all. And if that wasn’t enough to sate them, well, there’s always finding out what story they’ll be commenting on next week. Go, Randomizer!
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- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff! Commentary: |
The Daleks are back! And that’s…..well, middling. The Three Who Rule chewed over “Victory of the Daleks,” including the new, sleek models that have all of fandom agog with either love or hate, the WW2 models that instantly warmed our coal-black hearts, and the jowly presence of one Winston Churchill, saviour of Britain. Still, it’s thankfully no “Daleks in Manhattan”. Geronim-ate! |
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- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff! |
Tonight, Saturday, April 17, at 9:00pm ET is the premiere for The Eleventh Hour in both the US (on BBC America) and Canada (on SPACE). To celebrate the event, SPACE is hosting a live chat featuring several guests including InnerSPACE host Natasha Eloi, Doctor Who comic artist Pia Guerra, and our very own Warren Frey!
The live chat starts at 8:30pm ET. Clicking here will take you to the SPACE website. Join the fun!
The Queen Mother of Doctor Who fandom, Jeremy Bentham, hosted a big viewing party on April 3 to herald the regular return of Doctor Who to our screens. Several members of the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance were in attendance, as well, and managed to get an interview with Jeremy Bentham himself, recorded chats with other luminaries of fandom Tony Clark and Anthony Brown, and a sampling of general feedback from many of the Doctor Who fans in attendance, most of whom appeared to be very pleased with Matt Smith’s debut as the Doctor. Listen and enjoy!
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Check out the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance site to find a glorious smattering of Doctor Who podcasts (including Radio Free Skaro) that will no doubt educate and entertain you. |
The Three Who Rule were joined by Neil from Hartlepool (and Tachyon TV, tangentially) to celebrate the return of Doctor Who to our screens and to fete the debut of Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, and showrunner Steven Moffat in their respective roles of awesome, awesomer and awesomest. There was much discussion of “The Eleventh Hour,” which other than an atrocious new theme tune (and lack of a McCoy era sex wink) was deemed near perfect. All that and news, tomfoolery and a very strange extra feature on the upcoming Planet of Fire DVD round out this episode of RFS. Geronimo. |
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- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff! |




A rare occasion for Radio Free Skaro this week in that all three hosts were unanimous in their praise of The Time of Angels, one of the true high points in recent Doctor Who history that not even a slightly reduced duration or an animated Graham Norton could spoil. On top of this, the usual cadre of ratings discussions, all of which is also universally positive on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as general blathering about the week that was in Who. Oh, and did everyone remember to watch Over The Rainbow after Doctor Who?
The Three Who Rule begin a stretch on the SPACE podcast doing what they love best – reviewing new Doctor Who episodes! On this week’s installment, they give their thoughts on Episode 1 of the new series, The Eleventh Hour, which premiered in North America on SPACE and BBC America on April 17.





