Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

The UK is awash in televisual Mrrahhh Business this week as Sky is set to purchase ITV for $2.13 billion and what better "experts" to weigh in on the subject than three Canadians with a passing familiarity with the industry? Plus a surfeit of Troughton-era goodness in the form of a massive production diary of the era by author David Brunt and a Doctor Who: Legends special featuring Ol' Two himself. We also have blatant foreign election interference as we endorse Count Binface and poorly explain what Ceefax is to the younger generations who do not in any way care! All this AND part one of our Classic Series Commentary for the newly released special edition of "Warriors Of The Deep"!! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon 'Doomsday' 20 years on – remembering the final adventure of the Doctor and Rose Sky acquires ITV for $2.13 billion BBC "Discussing" Partnership With Channel 4 in Streaming Race for Scale Doctor Who: Legends – Patrick Troughton available July 16 The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Troughton Years available August 14 Dalek 63-88: How One Director Made '60s Doctor Who Look Like Cinema Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Fixers available now Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The Decayed Master – Part One released Commentary Warriors of the Deep Part One

We're Breaking Circuits over here at Radio Free Skaro Towers, with a web-based UNIT story setting up the whole shebang and a new Titan Comics adventure (which we have read in preview form) soon to come! While TWBLATS has yet to grace North American bandwidth via Disney+, the BBC Writers Room site has provided scripts for you to peruse! Plus Steven Moffat continues his unofficial Doctor Who appreciation tour with a guest appearance on Peter Purves' podcast, Blake's 7 Series C Blu-Ray available for preorder in the US, and the conclusion of our Classic Series Commentary for part four of Spearhead From Space! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Circuit Breaker: An Introduction Doctor Who Circuit Break #1 available July 8 from Titan Comics Doctor Who: 20 Years On – The Tenth Doctor BFI event Aug 15, tickets on sale July 9 The War Between the Land and the Sea scripts available on the BBC Writers Room site Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Thirteen O'Clock released Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dark Tides due August 2026 Steven Moffat on Peter Purves' podcast Target Book Club 2026 happening October 24 in London Blake's 7 Season C available for US preorder, quotes Dec 1 release Blake's 7: Revenge of the Mutoes & Other Stories audiobook coming July 23 Justin Richards obituary Big Finish tribute to Justin Richards Commentary Spearhead From Space, Episode 4

It's a bumper crop of news this week despite a complete lack of Doctor Who…except for Circuit Breaker, which begins by way of an online game where you join UNIT! Plus a fine interview with Steven Moffat on the Whoniverse Show, some fine Big Finish Zaprudering, and some truly insane talk about both a possible (but thankfully never followed up on) Doctor Who-Star Trek crossover and a deep investigation into the Happy Days animated universe! Don a leather jacket and say "Wonzie" with us! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Bad Wolf producing The Other Bennet Sister Christmas special in July There were ideas for a Doctor Who/Strange New Worlds crossover Doctor Who Magazine #631 Jo Martin DWM interview excerpt Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker begins Steven Moffat on The Whoniverse Show Steven Moffat improvs a Doctor Who story Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: War Room: Loyalties available now Big Finish: Rutans vs Sontarans: Grave Moon released Big Finish: Torchwood: Legacy due Sep/Oct 2026 David Daker died April 30 Whocast (German Doctor Who podcast) celebrates 20 years on July 3 Simon Guerrier delivered a talk about David Whitaker and Terrance Dicks at the York Festival of Ideas

If you thought a complete vacuum of Doctor Who news would stop the Three Who Rule from prognostication based on the vapours and some recent UK media podcast analysis about the BBC tendering process, boy howdy you would be wrong! Thrill to our educated guesses as to where we go from here in a fractured media landscape! Puzzle over the tender process! Draw no real conclusions! Plus part the third of our Spearhead from Space Classic Series Commentary! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Rest is Entertainment podcast on the Doctor Who farrago The War Between not in the Disney+ schedule for July How I Filmed This – Rachel Talalay – Regenerating Doctor 12 to Doctor 13 First Doctor Who Collect & Build Set to be released June 29 Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks – Part Three released Commentary: Spearhead From Space, Episode 3

It's (not) the end, but the moment has been prepared for! Well, not as such but a press release from the BBC confirms what we long suspected: there will not be a Christmas special nor were plans for one ever seriously pursued. Sad news to be sure, but we've cobbled together industry and wider fan reaction along with our own lengthy takes tinged with what we'd like to think is both optimism and realism. More importantly, we have former Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury to give us his rather more informed take on the whole situation. Brave Heart, Tegan, after all somewhere the tea is getting cold.  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon An update on the future of Doctor Who 'Doctor Who' Set To Be Off Air For Years Amid A Creative Regeneration That's Failing To Spark Enthusiasm Among Producers Russell T Davies on Instagram: "For the record, there was no script" Russell T Davies: Doctor Who hasn't been cancelled Bad Wolf Studios post on Instagram Steven Moffat on the Doctor Who news Andy Pryor also leaving Doctor Who Variety: 'Doctor Who' Christmas Special Not Going Forward as Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf Exit Series 'Doctor Who' Christmas Special Canceled, As Russell T Davies & Bad Wolf Exit BBC Sci-Fi Series Vinay Patel on the stress of making Doctor Who BBC tendering process explained Doctor Who's Billie Piper Stunt Was Never Going to Pay Off by Kyle Anderson Doctor Who premiered on AMC+ in the US only Recovered: Doctor Who Special with Film Is Fabulous in Leicester Aug 15 The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television by Russell T Davies due Oct 8 Big Finish: Planet Krynoid – Survivors released Big Finish: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Reunion due Aug 2026 Big Finish: The Second Doctor Adventures: The Haunted Windmill due August 2026 Nicola Bryant did the narration for The Ultimate Evil Lifelong Doctor Who collection fetches £49,000 Sir Sherlock – The Sickle and the Sea Kickstarter, fully funded in less than a day Michael Keating obituary by Toby Hadoke Gene Shalit died Interview: Tom Spilsbury

The rumours and nonsense continue to bubble up from the internet swamps this week with claims of the Christmas Special shot in a minimal style, a fake news release to irritate us all, and actual footage of RTD saying there will be a BBC press release in a week or two. The Three Who Rule dig deep and are quite skeptical of all this torpor (other than RTD's almost certainly correct claim) as well the usual Big Finish and Dalek 63-88 updates and Part the Second of our Classic Series Commentary for Spearhead from Space! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon RTD says to expect a press release about Doctor Who in the next couple weeks "BBC Announces Doctor Who Christmas Special to Mark End of an Era" fake press release The Doctor Who Gossip No One Is Talking About – Because No One Knows About It Dalek 63-88: Why The Daleks' Master Plan Makes No Sense – The Galactic Warfare Problem Big Finish Day 2027 will be April 17, 2027 Big Finish: The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Lethal Progress released Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: New Pathways due Nov 2026 Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: River and Rory due Jan 2027 Anthony Stewart Head 1954-2026 Commentary: Spearhead from Space, Episode 2

Jingle bells are probably silent this Christmas as, if RTD's hinting in the UK media has led the Three Who Rule to conclude, after Mr. Davies stating he won't be filming anything this year, so…whither Doctor Who Christmas Special? We get after it! We also look into the spectacular looking 4K release of the 1996 TV Movie, our thoughts on the Mandolorian and Grogu, the usual Big Finish Zaprudering, and an interview with Sophie Aldred, Paul Cornell and author Adrian Tchaikovsky and their involvement in the Salvation's Child graphic novel! Space Comics! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Radio Times report on supposed upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special Russell T Davies on LBC: "I'm not filming anything until 2027" Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann on the Whoniverse Show Jonathan Helm on the Doctor Who TV Movie pre-titles sequence Doctor Who TV Movie 4K review Doctor Who Magazine 630 released Doctor Who (1963-1996) coming to Britbox in Australia in June Doctor Who Adventures: Save the Humans! due Aug 18 Cybertropolis The Art & Times of the Cybermen from Andrew Skilleter due autumn 2026 Big Finish: Torchwood: Fare Well released Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Fixers due July 2026 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Hallamshire Incident due July 2026 Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Third Doctor Adventures: The Planet Killers due October 2026 Paradise Towers: Unalive the Multiverse Kickstarter from Cutaway Comics Marcia Lucas passes away Interview: Salvation's Child graphic novel Paul Cornell Sophie Aldred Adrian Tchaikovsky

Doctor Who is back! At least in the United States, by way of AMC+ which will be the exclusive streaming home of Doctor Who (2005-2022). No word if it'll show up on AMC+ Canada, which does in fact exist, but we're used to being the forgotten child of media. Plus we have more BFI and Big Finish news, a nice little BF tribute to Gareth David-Lloyd, and we travel back to the Jodie Whittaker era with a Miniscope examining the directing work of Lee Haven Jones on Spyfall Part Two, Orphan 55, and Revolution of the Daleks!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon AMC+ Acquires exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who (2005-2022) Doctor Who: Projections in Time – Black & White & Silver at Riverside Studios, sold out BFI screening of The TV Movie delayed to May 17 Man and Cyberman: Memoirs of a Cyberleader by David Banks due Sep 5 Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who: The Time Museum – The Story of Doctor Who in 100 Objects due Jun 11 Big Finish Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Aegis released Big Finish – Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks – Part Two available now Big Finish Interview with Gareth David-Lloyd as Torchwood and Ianto's Shrine wind down The Ultimate Evil: 6th Doctor Novelisation Audio CD – Unabridged due Sep 3 Jill Curzon died Miniscope: Lee Haven Jones Spyfall Part Two Orphan 55 Revolution of the Daleks

If you're looking for a deep dive into the glorious 4K (in the UK at least) return of Doctor Who: The Movie (1996) you've come to the right place! We have an epic interview with film restoration expert Paul Vanezis all about the painstaking process of sprucing up the 35mm print of said TV movie to modern video standards. If you're looking for granular details about frame rates you already knew we're the place to be, but now even more so than usual. Plus we have news of Jodie Whittaker at Chicago TARDIS, Film Is Fabulous! discovering a 1964 BBC directors training film, more exciting news about Jo Martin's new hat via the latest Whoniverse Show, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Jodie Whittaker announced for Chicago TARDIS Jo Martin interviewed on The Whoniverse Show Doctor Who: The Collection Peter Davison Season 3 available for preorder in Canada Film is Fabulous discovers 1964 BBC directors training film Big Finish Short Trips 2026 contest announced Big Finish Time War Uncharted: Branches released Big Finish The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: Hidden in Plain Sight due Aug 2026 Jess Jurkovic: A Guide to Tristram Cary's Daleks' Master Plan OST Eps 5-8 (Season 2.5, Pt 4b) Interview: Paul Vanezis The TV Movie Restored

The worlds of Doctor Who collide once more as the BBC launches into new Fugitive Doctor adventures via Circuit Breaker, a multi-platform saga in the tradition of Time Lord Victorious and Doom's Day,.The Three Who Rule are somewhat skeptical about the whole business, despite the welcome addition of a new and quite snazzy hat for Jo Martin's Fugitive Doctor! There's also an Entertainment Weekly list of the top 50 Doctor Who stories of the modern era which is just as non-controversial as you'd think, articles about missing episodes in general and the The Daleks' Master Plan in particular, multicam from School Reunion and an extended hockey-Who metaphor like you've all been clamouring for! And speaking of long-awaiting things, we have the conclusion of our latest Classic Series Commentary with Part Four of The Mysterious Planet! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon EW: Ranking the 50 best Doctor Who episodes of the modern era Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker timeline of releases Doctor Who Magazine 629 DWM: Russell T Davies reacts to the return of missing Doctor Who episodes Everything you need to know about Doctor Who's missing episodes The Whoniverse Show: Celebrating Sarah Jane, Returning Companions + Circuit Breaker Preview Multicam: Sarah Jane Smith Meets the Tenth Doctor in School Reunion Dalek 63-88 video on hidden matte shot in Devil's Planet Black Archive: An Adventure in Space and Time: An Archive Special coming May 2026 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – UNIT Eras: Hostile Universe available now Ncuti Gatwa hosting SNL UK on May 16 Commentary: The Mysterious Planet Part Four