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 Gatwa Ncuti 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 Collections Chicago 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 2024 Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street (April 12, 1973)  Commentary:  Terror of the Autons Episode 3 

Radio Free Skaro #956 - Lesser Mithril

Radio Free Skaro is possibly the most popular, most prolific and charmingly irreverent (but never irrelevant) Doctor Who podcast around. Since August 2006, hosts Warren (in Vancouver, BC) and Steven (in Edmonton, AB) have provided listeners with their brand of amusing Doctor Who praise and punishment. A year later, Chris (also in Edmonton, AB) was added to the team, and The Three Who Rule were born.

Recommended by Doctor Who Magazine, Radio Free Skaro provides an entertaining and diverting listen for the diehard or casual Doctor Who fan. New episodes usually appear on Sundays, following a loose magazine format of the three hosts discussing the news and events of the past week in the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and the Sarah Jane Adventures. They have also recorded special commentary podcasts for classic series and new series episodes of Doctor Who along with interviews of some of the brightest of the Doctor Who luminaries. Radio Free Skaro is also the official podcast of Gallifrey One, the world’s largest and longest-running annual Doctor Who convention.

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A very divisive episode of one Radio Free Skaro as the Three Who Rules review “73 Yards,” a parable of Welsh magic, loopy time conundrums and craven Prime Ministers (well, one at least). What did they think of this Millie Gibson acting tour-de-force and what in the dickens is the mysterious lady saying? Listen and find out! Plus DWM 604, virtual production, a rabbit hole discussion of 4K Blu-Rays and much, much more! Also, why not metric? Links:  Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Review: Doctor Who S1E04 “73 Yards” Doctor Who Magazine 604 DWM Print the Legend bookazine due June 6 Bringing Virtual Production to Doctor Who 2-part finale of Season 1 to be screened in cinemas across the UK Doctor Who wraps production on Season 2 Pertwee’s Take-Away shirts now on TV Cream’s Redbubble store Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted 1: Reflections due October 2024 Next Time: Dot and Bubble 650pm June 1 on BBC One 

Radio Free Skaro #962 - I Saw Her Standing There

Steven Moffat returns to the world of Doctor Who with Boom, a tension-filled episode with land mines, Anglican Marines, many a trope from his previous era, and more! The Three Who Rule are well-known Moffat-ites to be sure, but did this measure up to their thoughts and prayers? Plus the media blitz continues with Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Time Magazine (of all things) and a halfhearted stab at the increasingly irrelevant…stats! Ahhh-aahhhhh! Links:  Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ncuti Gatwa on how to pronounce his name: “n-SHOO-tee” Review: Doctor Who S01E03 “Boom” Pertwee’s Burgers Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat on returning with Boom and putting the Doctor “on a knife’s edge” Doctor Who #4 on Disney+ on opening weekend (paywall) BBC One overnights for Space Babies 2.6M, The Devil’s Chord 2.4M, Boom 2.04M Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Time Magazine The BIG Interview: Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat Hollywood Reporter Interview with Steven Moffat Hollywood Reporter Interview with Russell T Davies How ‘Doctor Who’ Exec Producers Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner Helped Transform South Wales Into a Buzzing Hive of Production Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words due August 2024 Big Finish: The War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty due August 2024 Brandon Schatz and Danica LeBlanc nominated for an Eisner Award Next Time: “73 Yards”, 650pm Saturday May 18 on BBC One 

Radio Free Skaro #961 - Kiss Kiss Boom Boom

Doctor Who returns! Two new episodes dropped this weekend as we enter both the wacky madcap hijinks of “Space Babies” and the outright lunacy of “The Devil’s Chord”! What did the Three Who Rule think of CG baby mouths, Jinkx Monsoon vamping all over the place, Beatles instrument accuracy and more? Listen to our multi-hour discourse but know this: the twist at the end is that song isn’t very good. Plus the media onslaught continues with Ncuti Gatwa on Canadian radio, RTD dropping secret controversies in Men’s Journal, Big Finish fun and golden sonic screwdriver tat, and more! Next week, we see how it all goes…Boom! Links:  Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Review: Doctor Who S1E01 “Space Babies” Review: Doctor Who S1E02 “The Devil’s Chord” Doctor Who Unleashed is available for purchase on iTunes in North America Men’s Journal: Russell T Davies Interview: Giving “New Energy” to a “Classic Show” Russell T Davies confirms more diverse writers for Season 2 Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson & Russell T Davies Talks New Series with Kyle Anderson Ncuti Gatwa on CBC Q Radio Special Doctor Who BBC One ident aired May 6 Doctor Who: The Fourteenth Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver (Exclusive Gold Metallised Edition) coming July 5 The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years now available Doctor Who – Death in the Stars by Bonnie Langford with Jacqualine Rayner due Aug 22 Big Finish annual Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip opportunity now open until the end of June Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Dominant Species due September 2024 New Titan Comics DW Humble Bundle Long Island Who: August 23-25, 2024 Gallifrey One: February 14-16, 2025 “Boom” airs Saturday, May 18 at 6:50pm on BBC One 

Radio Free Skaro #960 - Space Baby Lasagna

It’s less than one week until Doctor Who enters a new era on Disney+ and BBC iPlayer, and the Disney+ money machine has been busy bussing Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson all around New York City to promote the show, look generally gorgeous wearing many different looks, and riding a Doctor Who-themed NYC subway car! There’s also chatter about Doctor Who: Unleashed, the TARDIS at Disneyland, theatre productions, and more, with our friend Sarah Murphy sitting in as guest host! Links:  Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ncuti and Millie on Good Morning America Ncuti and Millie on ABC News Ncuti Gatwa on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on their “great chemistry”, loving Jon Pertwee and the future of Doctor Who Rolling Stone: ‘It’s About Time’: Ncuti Gatwa on Becoming the New Face of ‘Doctor Who’ “Space Babies” airs at 6:20pm on BBC One; “The Devil’s Chord” at 7:05pm on May 11 Ncuti Gatwa’s Message to the Fans Doctor Who segment on Blue Peter airing May 10 Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa set for Madame Tussauds Ncuti Gatwa appearing in “The Importance Of Being Earnest” from November-January Paul Cornell awarded Terrance Dicks Award for lifetime achievement in Doctor Who writing Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due July 2024 Big Finish: The Doctor’s Daughter returns for four new adventures in October Companions: Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants due later in 2024 Ice Hot, a collection of stories set in Paradise Towers, coming May 20 The Incomparable 714: You Can’t Protect People From Doctor Who Andrew Orton YouTube  Guest:  Sarah Murphy Is It Camp? 

Radio Free Skaro #959 - Time of the Season

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 Patreon Gallifrey One 2025 hotel block on sale May 3  BBC Press Launch of Season 1 Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson on The One Show on April 26 Variety: Doctor Who Regenerates Doctor Who Magazine #603 Doctor 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 10 Doctor Who Season 1 to be released on Blu-ray in the UK on August 12 Doctor Who Prom coming August 26; tickets on sale May 17 Doctor Who: The Edge of Time now on Playstation VR2 Film is Fabulous pilot study reveals previously missing BBC treasures Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Star-Crossed due May 2024 Big Finish: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024 Big Finish Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: The Great Beyond due September 2024 Big Finish Torchwood due July – October 2024 

Radio Free Skaro #956 - Lesser Mithril

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