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RIP, John Woodvine. A very fine actor, and son of South Shields

BBC/Bad Wolf intrigue, PLUS late breaking #DoctorWho missing episodes news!

Radio Free Skaro #1035 – Six Suns on Pluto Download MP3 Wild speculation abounds as rumours of the BBC and Bad Wolf “it’s not you, it’s me” -ing each other surface given the somewhat mid (as the kids say) reception to the latest iteration of Doctor Who, The Three Who Rule have theories a-plenty as to the show’s next steps, anchored by nothing but their half-formed notions of media literacy (and some inside knowledge).

Radio Free Skaro #1035 - Six Suns on Pluto

- BBC and Bad Wolf parting ways? We discuss!
- Possible future homes/production partners for #DoctorWho
- Part One of "The Sun Makers" commentary!

ACQUIRING COLLECTIONS

We believe there are several missing episodes of Doctor Who and other important TV shows in collections in the UK. Charitable trust status and the ability to accept donations will enable Film is Fabulous! to access entire collections for cataloguing (1/2)

We're delighted to welcome back writer/executive producer Pete McTighe (Doctor Who, The War Between the Land and the Sea), also content advisor for the classic DW Blu-ray range! Tickets at gallifreyone.com #gally1

How I Filmed This - Rachel Talalay Filmmaking tips and tricks. History of filmmaking. Short segments about how I made some pieces of my work. Doctor Who Nightmare On Elm Street. follow me: Twitter: @rtalalay Insta: Rachel Talalay

Returning to my YouTube channel, I'm going to do a segment on filming in the TARDIS (s08-10, plus 60th anniversary). Please ask any questions you might want addressing. www.youtube.com/@howifilmedt...

Radio Free Skaro #1034 – Quizlings Download MP3 In a show of mercy by the wayward forces of the universe, the news list is short and sweet this week as we delve into new Gallifrey One guests, Ncuti Gatwa’s Scottish BAFTA nomination, our usual forensic examination of Big Finish covers, and our feature, an interview with Doctor Who writer Beth Axford about her latest work, the Official Doctor Who Quiz Book and well as her upcoming work of fiction, Doctor Who: Firefall!

Radio Free Skaro #1034 - Quizlings

- Beth Axford and her new Official Doctor Who Quiz Book!
- #DoctorWho news and notes!
- More #Gally1 guests announced!

Alexander Devrient, who plays UNIT Colonel Ibrahim in both Doctor Who and the upcoming spinoff, The War Between the Land and the Sea, joins us for his first North American convention apperance! He'll appear Sat & Sun courtesy Showmasters Events. gallifreyone.com #gally1

The Fifth Doctor's TARDIS team will be well-represented next February, as we are thrilled to welcome back Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) for Gallifrey One 2026! Ticket sales and much more at gallifreyone.com.

Radio Free Skaro #1033 – Horton Hears a Who Download MP3 It’s an soundtastic week for Doctor Who with not only a bumper crop of Big Finish announcement but also BBC audiobook excitement, comic book to audio adaptations, plus some expensive dollies, comic books in digital form and (back to audio) an interview with Michael Stevens, the senior content producer at BBC Audiobooks! It’s almost too much aural content to handle!

Radio Free Skaro #1033 - Horton Hears a Who

- Michael Stevens from BBC Audiobooks about Doctor Who audiobooks!
- Terror of the Zygons at the BFI!
- Disney+ controversy!

Radio Free Skaro #1032 – By The Blood of the Sky Demon Download MP3 It's another edition of Trivia, Mr. Fibuli! With Warren away in Mexico, possibly impersonating a false Aztec goddess, our friends Sarah, Kat, and Erika join the remaining members of the Three Who Rule for a rousing trivia game, with questions once again coming from Jacqueline Rayner's 2013 Official Doctor Who Quiz Book. We also talk about a dollop of Dugga Doo merchandise now available on the official BBC Shop, a giant feature on Jodie Whittaker in the latest Doctor Who Magazine, and more!

Radio Free Skaro #1032 - By The Blood of the Sky Demon

- Trivia, Mr Fibuli, with Sarah, Kat, and Erika!
- Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who Magazine!

Come on... you didn't expect us to do this without him, did you? Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon) returns for his eighteenth visit to Gallifrey One next February. Join us... tickets are on sale at gallifreyone.com #gally1

Radio Free Skaro #1031 – Before and After Science Download MP3 A sad time in the world of Doctor Who as we mark the passing of writing titan Christopher H. Bidmead, and to join us in reflecting on both his work and life is Andrew Smith, writer of “Full Circle”, Big Finish dynamo, and friend of the esteemed Mr. Bidmead. Andrew looks back at getting his first break in TV due to Bidmead, working with him on behind the scenes features, and the man’s general approach to Doctor Who, including an infusion of science and a real sense of continuity where none previously existed. 

Radio Free Skaro #1031 - Before and After Science

- Remembering Christopher H Bidmead with #DoctorWho writer Andrew Smith
- Jane Tranter comments on Doctor Who's future
- #Gally1 guest announcements

Today we begin the second wave of guest announcements for the 2026 Gallifrey One convention, starting with our friend (and managing director of Big Finish Productions) Jason Haigh-Ellery. Ticket sales and more convention news at gallifreyone.com #gally1

Gallifrey One 2026 Art Show space reservations are now open (and this year, we're featuring a larger Art Show than ever before!). Complete details at gallifreyone.com/artshow #gally1

“The Thursday Murder Club” on Netflix features a bevy of Doctor Who actors, but clearly the two most notable are the unnamed extra who played Brendan in “Ascension of the Cybermen”, and “The Next Doctor Who” David Burton himself(!!)

Radio Free Skaro #1030 – Behold the Mighty Geode Download MP3 So you think Doctor Who is on pause until The War Between the Land and the Sea airs sometime next year, eh? Well, apparently you aren’t aware of the big news this week, a new dolly-adjacent figurine of the iconic Monarch from Four to Doomsday! Plus we observe the 50th anniversary of the original broadcast of Terror of the Zygons by meandering into Steven’s crippling studio footage addiction, a look at Youtube deep dives and the videotape-licious Chronicles of Narnia Blu-Ray, Jon Culshaw becoming the Twelfth Doctor for Big Finish, and the fourth and final part of our Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope, with a look at The Power of the Doctor!

Radio Free Skaro #1030 - Behold the Mighty Geode

- Our Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope concludes with The Power of the Doctor!
- Jon Culshaw IS the Twelfth Doctor!

Gallifrey One's summer break is slowly coming to an end... soon we'll be announcing new guests, the opening of Art Show sales, our discussion program track, and much more for our February 2026 event. Stay tuned! gallifreyone.com #gally1

Sad news. We were big fans of Christopher Hamilton Bidmead and his button down approach to Doctor Who. He even critiqued our Miniscope of him in 2012. A skeptic till the end.

Sunday’s episode has already been recorded, so we’ll properly pay tribute to Mr. Bidmead the week after.

Radio Free Skaro #1029 – Mission to Magnus Download MP3 This week, we have a bonus Sarah Murphy of Is It Camp!? fame to cogitate on the week’s news, including the BBC content chief claiming “The TARDIS is going nowhere - with or without Disney”, The War Between the Land and the Sea is coming out in 2026(!), an exciting new web game involving everyone’s favourite vacuum Scoot, some fictitious awards, and Part the Third of our Miniscope on Doctor Who director Jamie Magnus Stone, covering "The Halloween Apocalypse", "War of the Sontarans", and "Village of the Angels"! 

Radio Free Skaro #1029 - Mission to Magnus

- BBC: "Doctor Who will still be on the BBC"
- Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope, Part 3!
- Sarah from Is It Camp?! joins us!

Radio Free Skaro #1028 – State of the Who-nion Download MP3 Never let it be said we won’t overdeliver content in this barren time of Non-Who as we have a feature interivew with former editor of Doctor Who Magazine and current TV Choice writer Tom Spilsbury as he and Steven pore over the current state of Doctor Who, the larger state of streaming, the business case for library content, and more!

Radio Free Skaro #1028 - State of the Who-nion

- Interview with Tom Spilsbury on the state of Doctor Who!
- How much Doctor Who is enough? We discuss
- BBC Studios launches The Whoniverse Show

Radio Free Skaro #1027 – No Stone Unturned Download MP3 It’s another exciting week of Doctor Who news in a time of No New Who, including one Cristopher Eccleston gracing not only Chicago TARDIS but also Big Finish with the release of "Snare", the first Ninth Doctor and Rose adventure along with several other audio excursions, a 15th Doctor comic book compilation from the good folk at Panini, Dominic Glynn’s soundtrack for “Indoctornated”, and the second part of our exciting Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope, featuring "Ascension of the Cybermen" and "The Timeless Children"!

Radio Free Skaro #1027 - No Stone Unturned

- Christopher Eccleston at Chicago TARDIS!
- Eccleston and Billie Piper in Big Finish!
- Jamie Magnus Stone Miniscope, Part Two!

Radio Free Skaro #1026 – The Stone Tape Download MP3 Doctor Who has been erased from both HBO Max in the United States and now Prime in Canada, leading the Three Who Rule to speculate on the future of streaming with tangents into Star Trek, the likelihood of Billie Piper actually being the Doctor, spurious yet tantalizing missing episodes hints and nonsense, and Ncuti Gatwa on various chat shows not giving anything away about his time on Doctor Who!

Radio Free Skaro #1026 - The Stone Tape

- #DoctorWho streaming crisis!
- Missing episodes update(?)
- Jamie Magnus Stone in the Miniscope!

Doctor Who (2005-2022) has disappeared from HBO Max in the US as of August 1, and today Series 1-10, which had been available on Prime Video in Canada, are no longer available.

Radio Free Skaro #1025 – Malaise Forever Download MP3 In a week replete with San Diego Comic Con, a semi-invigorated BBC Shop, and a SDCC-adjacent UNIT Black Archive pop-up, you would think there would be more Doctor Who news to cogitate about this week, but you would in fact be wrong! However a new multi-media extravaganza featuring the Fugitive Doctor (hooray!) named “Circuit Breaker” (meh?) has been announced, to follow up the thundering success of Time Lord Victorious and Doom’s Day.

Radio Free Skaro #1025 - Malaise Forever

- #DoctorWho and UNIT at San Diego
- Circuit Breaker mixed-media adventure coming in 2026

Radio Free Skaro #1024 – Day of the Moon Download MP3 For a fallow Time of Who there sure is a bunch a news to cover including Ncuti “Doctor Who” Gatwa talking about why he left the show (whether we believe him or not is a matter of debate), the BBC maintining its interest in Doctor Who, Mark Gatiss on the dangers of nostalgia, an Emmy nomination for (of all things) “There’s Always a Twist”, the triumphant return of the BBC Shop, Blake’s 7, Big Finish, Paul Cornell’s new comic business venture, and more!

Radio Free Skaro #1024 - Day of the Moon

- Why did Ncuti Gatwa leave #DoctorWho?
- BBC Studios, Doctor Who, and Bluey!
- BBC Shop relaunches July 22!

Terrance Dicks.

We’re pleased to announce that we will be publishing the first full-length biography of prolific Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks, written by Simon Guerrier with the cooperation of Terrance’s family. Written by Terrance Dicks is provisionally scheduled for publication in 2026.

‘Doctor Who’: BBC Studios Chief Says Disney Is “Key Partner” As Co-Pro Deal Hangs In Balance The 'Doctor Who' deal may hang in the balance but BBC Studios and Disney are key partners, according to Tom Fussell.

‘Doctor Who’: BBC Studios Chief Says Disney Is “Key Partner” As Co-Pro Deal Hangs In Balance

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Radio Free Skaro #1023 – Dimensions in Geldof Download MP3 Doctor Who is leaving HBO Max in the USA! What does that mean for the Three Who Rule? Nothing, because they live in Canada, but they discuss the news anyway. Also, the UNIT Black Archive experience is coming to SDCC, three new Doctor Who Season 2 novelizations are out now, Big Finish excitement, another adorable Fourth Doctor Build-a-Bear, and the crown jewel of this episode, the thrilling conclusion of our Classic Series Commentary for "The Visitation"!

Radio Free Skaro #1023 - Dimensions in Geldof

- #DoctorWho is leaving HBO Max!
- We discuss the world of streaming in 2025
- "The Visitation" commentary concludes!