The Doctor Who publicity machine is slipping into second gear with Gatwa and Gibson making the rounds of a BBC premiere, chat shows, Variety Magazine, and more, but that doesn’t stop the Three Who Rule from marinating in questionable nostalgia as they recall viewing The Phantom Menace for the first time 25 years ago, aka the Dawn of Anticipointment. Plus we issue an all hands on deck alert for next week’s Gallifrey One Hotelmageddon, and Warren emerges from the Metaverse to give his take on the just released PS VR2 version of The Edge of Time! Don your own Helmet of Pretend and join us!   Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One 2025 hotel block on sale May 3 BBC Press Launch of Season 1Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on The One Show on April 26Variety: Doctor Who RegeneratesDoctor Who Magazine #603Doctor Who Magazine Special: 50 Years of the Fourth Doctor coming May 2“The Church on Ruby Road” will be under Season 1 on Disney+ starting May 10Doctor Who Season 1 to be released on Blu-ray in the UK on August 12Doctor Who Prom coming August 26; tickets on sale May 17Doctor Who: The Edge of Time now on Playstation VR2Film is Fabulous pilot study reveals previously missing BBC treasuresBig Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024Big Finish: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Great Beyond due September 2024Big Finish Torchwood due July – October 2024

The hype train has left the station for Doctor Who as Entertainment Weekly, SFX, Attitude, and other pulp-based data products celebrate the impending Full-On Ncuti Gatwa Era along with the BBC and Disney+ releasing promo illustrations, and most importantly of all the release of Movellan action dollies, which caused spontaneous disco-infused celebrations across the United Kingdom. There’s also the quite suspicious timing of a restored Let It Be hitting Disney+ two days before the two-part premiere of Doctor Who, and most exciting of all, Episode Four of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One 2025 Tickets Now Available; Hotel Reservations on May 3New BBC promo image promoting Doctor who launchNew Disney+ promo image promoting Doctor who launchEntertainment Weekly: A new (re)generation: Inside Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor WhoEntertainment Weekly: Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa Breaks Down Every Doctor in the Show’s HistoryDoctor Who Season 1 preview in SFX MagazineNcuti Gatwa on the cover of the 30th anniversary issue of Attitude magazineDisney+ streaming the original “Let It Be” on May 8, two days before The Devil’s ChordDoctor Who Ruins of Skaro Collector Figure SetCharacter Options Ruins of Skaro reveal videoThe Prisoner Retro Style Action Figures Wave 2 KickstarterBBC Books to publish three original Doctor Who novels featuring Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth DoctorBig Finish: Doctor Who – The First Doctor Unbound begins September 2025The Game of Rassilon finale being released April 24 Commentary: Terror of the Autons Episode 4

We’re less than a month away from new Doctior Who on Disney+ and the BBC and to help us navigate this stormy sea of streaming madness is professor, media expert, and all-around lovely fellow Derek Kompare as we look into the BBC’s inevitable admission that Varada Sethu is joining the cast of the show, a fascinating Beatles-centric (or lack thereof) interview in Empire Magazine with Ncuti Gatwa and one Russell T. Davies, archive film musings, Chicago TARDIS news, and a very important televisual anniversary! Plus Episode Three of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who – First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Season Two Empire Magazine Interview with Russell T Davies and Ncuti GatwaNcuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Russell T Davies in the Radio Times TV 100 list The Celestial Toymaker to be released June 10/11 in the UK, North America The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years available soon Film is Fabulous! Pilot Study: Documenting Private Film CollectionsChicago TARDIS adds Jo Martin to guest list with Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann Big Finish: Torchwood: The Restoration of Catherine coming June 2024 Twelfth Doctor, Cyberman ornaments coming from Hallmark for Christmas 2024Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street (April 12, 1973) Commentary: Terror of the Autons Episode 3

Chris is a wandering vagabond this week, trolling both the Internet and ourselves with images of the real Magna Carta, but the real highlight of this week is the appearance of one Kyle Anderson of Nerdist fame for his thoughts on Doctor Who trailers, the current media landscape, and more! Plus we have news of one Dr. Who in Roblox form, the release of the Companions of Doctor Who on April 10, and River Song is back in Big Finish’s “Death and Life of River Song: Last Words”! Plus Past Chris returns in Episode Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon BBC launches new Wonder Chase experience on RobloxThe Companions of Doctor Who Available April 10 Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words coming August 2024 Doctor Who’s WEIRD History of Regeneration Commentary: Terror of the Autons Episode 2

Another new Doctor Who trailer! New episode titles unveiled! Golda Rosheuvel is in Episode 1! All this and more in a timey-wimey episode of the podcast, which contains much Mrrahh Business, more cast announcements, a light dusting of contempt for AI, a Steven Moffat conversation on Youtube, and Episode One of our Classic Series Commentary for “Terror of the Autons”!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who – Golda Rosheuvel jumps aboard the TARDIS as episode titles are revealedNew BBC Doctor Who TrailerDoctor Who Magazine 602Two Doctor Who episodes nominated for Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short FormDoctor Who 2024: BBC Confirms 4K For The Full SeriesBBC Will Stop Using AI For ‘Doctor Who’ Promotion After Receiving ComplaintsBBC Director General nevertheless revealed there are bold plans for AI going forwardRussell T Davies says end of BBC is ‘undoubtedly on its way’BBC looks for commercial deals as it faces potential end of licence feeDoctor Who cited as evolution of of how funding for high-end scripted drama could evolve in the UKBBC must spend more on TV in Wales, says reportSteven Moffat in conversation at Glasgow UniversityDoctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box Hardcover due July 11Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memoirs of an Impossible Blue Box Audio CD due July 11Big Finish – The War Doctor Rises begins August 2024Big Finish – Torchwood: Disco coming May 2024 Commentary: Terror of the Autons Episode 1

In an exciting adventure in time and mostly space, Chris joins Warren in Vancouver for a very special episode of Radio Free Skaro where we look at a new Disney+ Doctor Who trailer featuring dinosaurs, Ruby Sunday stepping on a butterfly, glimpses of upcoming mysteries, and clearly a whole lot of Disney+ money. Plus confirmation Steven Moffat is back for at least one Season 1 episode, Russell T Davies using a Canadian emoji to not only tease the audience but also confound us, Big Finish celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a very special day, some MRAHHH BUSINESS from Doctor Who producer Jane Tranter ,and our Miniscope examining the work of Thirteenth Doctor-era director Jamie Childs! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonNew Disney+ Trailer Steven Moffat writes episode for new season of Doctor Who with Julie-Anne Robinson directingRTD uses 🇨🇦 emoji on his Instagram post about Moffat First Big Finish Day 2024 guests announced I, TARDIS coming from BBC Books July 18 Pre-orders are up for Titan Comics’ Fifteenth Doctor Issue #1 ‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter Says British TV Tax Credits Must Be Updated Miniscope: Doctor Who director Jamie Childs Jamie Childs on Radio Free Skaro #676

After a long and punishing era of North America tapping its toes and drumming its fingers waiting for the adventures of Doctor Who on their televisual devices, Disney+ has upended the universe with a global release on its streaming service with the result that North Americans will see the show Friday afternoon and the UK will suffer the INDIGNITY of having their beloved Gallifreyan arrive at midnight, a crime as monumental as the United States seceding from the Commonwealth. We also have Steven Moffat allegedly writing the 2024 Xmas special, man about town and Nerdist scribe Kyle Anderson’s look at regenerations, and an interview with Chris Chapman about his Graham Williams documentary on said collection,”Darkness and Light: The Life of Graham Williams”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonDoctor Who Returns May 10/11, Premiering on iPlayer/Disney+ at Midnight UK TimeBBC Press Release on Doctor Who PremiereRadio Times: Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat ‘returns to write 2024 Christmas special’Alison Sterling’s CV said Steven Moffat is writing the 2024 Christmas Special (directed by Alex Pillai)From Nerdist: Doctor Who’s Regeneration Has NEVER Made Sense w/Kyle AndersonPhilip Hinchcliffe – the DNA of Doctor Who Vol 1 due June 1Doctor Who The Adventures Before due Oct 3Doctor Who: In WonderlandBig Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024Titan Comics reveals artwork for Fifteenth Doctor’s debut issueSeason 15 Collection Launch TrailerRichard Bignell’s List of PDF archive material on the Season 15 Collection Interview: Chris ChapmanGraham Williams documentary on the Season 15 Collection

It’s time for a mea culpa about Magna Carta by the Three Who Rule (much less than before) before we move on to the news of the moment, including Rachel Talalay highlighting female Doctor Who directors and appearing in Edmonton to celebrate her film work, Mark Ayres going to bat for the Celestial Toymaker’s experimental animations, the BBC with an AI-generated foot in its mouth after it decided simple humans can’t possibly promote their Doctor Who material, Warren has news of scribbling for an RPG merchant ,and the second part of a completely historically accurate exploration Classic Series Commentary of Magna Carta AND shapeshifting robots in…”The King’s Demons”, Part the Second!   Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonRadio Times: Rachel Talalay: Doctor Who’s female directors have defied the oddsMark Ayres defends “experimental” Celestial Toymaker animationBBC is exploring generative AI to increase experimentation and improve Doctor Who promotionBig Finish: Bernice Summerfield: The Eternity Club series bundle starts September 2024Kickstarter for The Laundry Roleplaying Game: Second EditionPamela Salem obituary in the Guardian, by Toby Hadoke Commentary: Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part Two

On this most important Magna Carta Day (yes, we know it’s actually June 15), the Three Who Rule are digging deep on morsels of news including the BFI screening of the Celestial Toymaker along with some Hot Takes on the current state of AI, the Sea Devils spinoff supposedly starting shooting on March 4, new casting, “The Daleks in Colour” available for digital purchase, an entirely made up new villain called the RUSAN, an upcoming convention for The Tripods which sold out within hours, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary for “The King’s Demons”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonThe Celestial Toymaker screening at BFI on March 2Doctor Who Sea Devils begins production March 4Gallifrey One 2024 Wrap-Up and 2025 UpdateDoctor Who Magazine #601Genesis Lysea, Gwïon Morris Jones join cast for Season 1Makalla McPherson directing Doctor Who in Season 2Amanda Brotchie directs block 3Doctor Who feature in Disney twenty-three magazineThe Daleks in Colour now available for digital purchase in North AmericaBBC buys out ITV’s stake in BritBox for $322M/£255MBig Finish – Dark Gallifrey: Morbius due April 2024Big Finish – Sontarans vs Rutans: In Name Only due April 2024Tickets for Tripods 40, a convention celebrating The Tripods, are now on Sale Commentary: Classic Series Commentary “The Kings Demons” Part One

It’s the week after Gallifrey One but your dedicated town criers The Three Who Rule are here to give you the latest facts from the worlds of Doctor Who including a BFI showing of The Celestial Toymaker on March 2, a surfeit of scripts from the BBC, even more Blu-rays from the BBC Shop (sorta), and even more Big Finish news, most of it announced at the aforementioned Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles! But all this is burying the lede as the BBC Archive’s Youtube channel rewards us with a visit in 1990 to…the BBC Film and Tape Library! And also, the Three remember the great Pamela Salem. Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonThe Celestial Toymaker screening at BFI on March 2Fifteenth Doctor’s Audition and hundreds of other scripts releasedMeet ‘The Edge of Destruction’ on vinyl this Record Store DayDoctor Who: Chronicles Issue 9: 1971Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour due March 19 (North America)Doctor Who: Peter Davison Complete Season 2 due April 2 (North America)Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker due May 14 (North America)Doctor Who: Tom Baker Complete Season 4 due July 9 (North America)Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Dark Gallifrey starts April 2024Big Finish: The Casebook of Paternoster Row due April 2024Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Echoes due May 2024Big Finish launches Doctor Who audio drama podcastOpen Air, originally broadcast on BBC One, Thursday 8 March, 1990Pamela Salem (1944-2024)

That’s a wrap from Gallifrey One this year, but what a weekend it was! Disney+ chose Gallifrey One as the time and the place to launch their promo campaign for Doctor Who, including a special message to the convention and a new promotional poster. Gallifrey One Program Director Shaun Lyon tells us what went into that. Also, Simon Guerrier talks about BBC Television that eventually inspired Doctor Who, and Peter Harness joins us to preview his new series Constellation, premiering February 21 on Apple TV+! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey OneDisney+ Promo LaunchConstellation on Apple TV+

Quite a treat for all of us on this episode as we are joined by none other than Sir Derek Jacobi, legend of stage and screen, portrayer of The Master in Doctor Who in 2007, and also the most charming and affable of fellows! The Three Who Rule, along with Erika from Verity! and Jason Snell from The Incomparable, also ruminate on how their Friday and Saturday went at Gallifrey One, including a full rundown of the live show to kick off the convention! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One

Radio Free Skaro returns to the stage at Gallifrey One with their kick-off show MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS IN THE TARDIS! Join the Three Who Rule, along with a bonus Two-Minute Time Lord segment from Chip Sudderth, as they talk to Doctor Who composer Segun Akinola, Doctor Who and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy documentarian Kevin Jon Davies, and actors Annette Badland, Shaun Dingwall, and Jaye Griffiths! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One

The moment has arrived! Once again the Three Who Rule, along with Two-Minute Time Lord Chip Sudderth,  dive into our annual preview of the Gallifrey One schedule along with tips for newcomers, fanning over various aspects of ancient and modern televisual craft, and highlighting various panels we’re on including our live show, “Radio Free Skaro: More than 60 Years in the TARDIS” at 11 a.m. Friday February 16th on the main stage! It’s our favorite weekend of the year and our honour to guide you, the listener though it. See you in L.A.! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One: One Week and CountingGallifrey One PreviewMichael Jayston diedBig Finish: Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations: Goth Opera due July 2024Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Metamorphosis due June 2024Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Missy: Bad Influence due May 2024

It’s the calm before the (Gallifrey One) storm….except when it comes to action dollies! Warren has received his Fugitive Doctor dolly and if you watch the Youtube version, you’ll see her in all her gun-toting, Pre-Hartnell-ing glory, as well as enjoy our banter about American vs. UK The Thick of It(s), Gallifrey One Kaffeelatsches, Doctor Who Magazine’s stunning 600th issue cover, and s surfeit of Big Finish news! The mind reels! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One updateDoctor Who added to RTÉ Player in IrelandConsolidated 28-day ratings for 60th Anniversary specialsDoctor Who Magazine #600Doctor Who Magazine #600 – Behind The Cover ShootSeason 15 Graham Williams documentary at the BFI Feb 4The Quiz of Rassilon at the BFI bar Feb 4Big Finish The Twelfth Doctor Chronicles: You Only Die Twice coming Mar 2024Big Finish Doctor Who: Born To Die coming Mar 2024Big Finish The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Quin Dilemma coming Mar 2024Big Finish The Dream Team due Apr 2024Big Finish Torchwood “Ianthology” due March, April, and May 2024

Hot on the heels of last week’s news of Varada Sethu joining the TARDIS crew, Sethu was seen in public filming new scenes for Doctor Who. But no announcement was made by the BBC! Curious… the Three Who Rule discuss. Also, much attention (and many dollars) is paid to new Fugitive Doctor Action Dolly news, debates over which is the on true Doctor action dolly to buy, and more. But the main event is discussing the work of Doctor Who director Michael Ferguson in Part Two of our Miniscope! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonVarada Sethu seen shooting Doctor WhoFugitive Doctor and TARDIS set released by Character OptionsJo Martin and Al Dewar talk Fugitive Doctor action dollyFifteenth Doctor, Ruby Sunday, and Wrarth Warrior Action Dollies at London Toy ConventionThe Church on Ruby Road, available on DVD and Blu-ray on February 12 (UK)Read an exclusive excerpt of ‘The Church on Ruby Road’ novel2024 Doctor Who Yearbook ReleasedBig Finish – Torchwood: Sabotage with Ace due Feb 2024Big Finish – Torchwood One: I Hate Mondays due May 2024 Miniscope Michael FergusonThe Ambassadors of DeathThe Claws of Axos

Breaking news!(?) Reports over the weekend have stated that Millie Gibson has left Doctor Who, with the new companion being Varada Sethu. The Three Who Rule discuss and debate the news! Also, the Gallifrey One schedule is out, the Doctor Who world celebrates Tom Baker’s 90th birthday, what we know of Season 1 of Doctor Who, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One schedule of events publishedTom Baker turns 90The Mirror: Millie Gibson To Not Feature in Season 2; Varada Sethu to be New CompanionWhat to expect from Ncuti Gatwa’s first season of Doctor WhoDoctor Who producer says to expect Easter eggs and an “amazing ending” to Ncuti Gatwa’s first seasonIs the BBC hinting at the Fendahl returning?BFI screening of Horror of Fang Rock on February 4, sold out in 10 minutes Miniscope Michael FergusonThe War MachinesThe Seeds of Death

The time of Gallifrey One looms (no, not THOSE looms) with a month to go until everyone’s favorite Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles, and we’ll be there with our live show, “Radio Free Skaro: More Than Sixty Years In The TARDIS” on Feb. 16th at 10:30 a.m. in the Pacific Zone of Time! Gallifrey One also put out an update with new guests and more, and the UK will soon be blessed with the next Collection Blu-Ray covering Season 15! Plus stats (feh), annuals, and more to the point, an interview with author Jonathan Helm and designer Graeme Robertson about their book, Blake’s 7 Production Diary – Series A! Speed, standard by six! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonRadio Free Skaro: More Than Sixty Years In The TARDIS, Friday, February 16 at 10:30amGallifrey One updateSeason 15 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray rangeLeela vs the Time War | The Collection: Season 15 Announcement TrailerSeason 15 Collection Blu-ray To Be Released June 4 on BBC ShopThe Church on Ruby Road final BBC One viewing figuresDoctor Who Annual 2025 due Oct 15Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories due Jul 9 Interview Blake’s 7 Production Diary with Jonathan Helm and Grahame RobertsonJonathan HelmGrahame Robertson

It’s 2024! But there are no new episodes of Doctor Who yet this, at least until May 2024. When in May? The Three Who Rule have thoughts and opinions on this scheduling conundrum, as well as updates on the upcoming Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles, semi-confirmation of the upcoming Sea Devil spinoff The War Between The Land and the Sea, some stats of little to no consequence, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on PatreonGallifrey One 2024 Early January UpdateDoctor Who Magazine 599Amanda Brotchie (Gentleman Jack) is directing for Season 2 of Doctor WhoAmanda Brotchie IMDB profile (does not yet mention Doctor Who)Report: The War Between the Land and the Sea starts production March 4Doctor Who was streamed 10 million times on iPlayer over ChristmasBig Finish: Doctor Who Buried Threats with Christopher Eccleston and Lisa Bowerman due Feb 2024Big Finish: Torchwood – Poppet due Jan 2024Big Finish 2023 Paul Spragg Memorial winning story available for freeMichael Herbert online seminar on Malcolm Hulke on January 22Toby Hadoke’s In Memoriam 2023Toby Hadoke’s Richard Franklin obituary

It’s the return of the Radio Free Skaro holiday party! With all Three Who Rule in the same place for the first time in years, along with Three Who Rule-adjacent Erika and Kat, what better way to ring in 2024 than with a new edition of Trivia, Mr. Fibuli! We are again using the Official Doctor Who Quiz Book by Jacqueline Rayner. How will host Steven torture Warren, Chris, Erika, and Kat with deep dive Doctor Who questions this time? Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon