Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro
1,180 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 301 ratingsRadio 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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Episodes
Radio Free Skaro #856 - The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobos
June 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBThe fallow times continue with mere dribs (not even drabs available) of news this week other than one Big Finish adventure, Pluto TV arriving soon in the Great White North, and Steven appearing soon at a Doctor panel at Chicago Fan Expo, but somehow the Three Who Rule managed to get 50 minutes of joyful banter and abject nonsense out of their brains for you dear listener, all before continuing with our exciting and as-always totally on topic commentary for the hell-bent for leather adventure...
Radio Free Skaro #855 - Anarchy in the UK
June 05, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBHave you ever wanted to manage the Doctor Who brand? Yes, the dream of many a British schoolchild can be yours if you have extensive experience in said management of brands and Doctor Who and probably a bunch of other stuff dummies like the Three Who Rule don’t understand. And that’s the news as new Doctor Who continues to be made, away from prying eyes! But we also have perennial fan favorite (is it though?) the Timelash, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary about anything but “The...
Radio Free Skaro #854 - The Redemption of Innes Lloyd
May 29, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBWe return to the Times of Fallowness after weeks of blockbuster news involving new and old Doctors and other such delights, but we still have cogent analysis of the BBC’s new digital machinations, insane tale-spinning about Steven traveling back to 1975 and saving missing episodes from incinerator-loving poltroons in The Timelash, the usual tat and nonsense and and AND…that’s it. Banter! Enjoy it! Or else! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Plan to deliver a “digi...
Radio Free Skaro #853 - A Rose by Any Other Name
May 22, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBThe casting announcements will continue because morale improves! Official news from Auntie Beeb about Yasmin Finney joining the cast as Rose (but not THAT Rose, despite what Variety may say) as well as one Rachel Talalay AKA SuperWhoDirector back on the show! Plus the usual audio, Terry Nation Army and Timelash shenanigans and a feature interview with Matthew Jacobs and Vanessa Yuille, the co-directors and co-producers of fandom-focused documentary Doctor Who Am I! Links: Support Radio Fr...
Radio Free Skaro #852 - Happy Times and Places
May 15, 2022 18:34 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBBREAKING NEWS KLAXON! Everything old is new again as only a week after the introduction of Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, the BBC and Russell T Davies have announced the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate to the show in a series of specials that…could be pretty much anything, given Mr. Davies’ proclivity for mystery. What are the Three Who Rule’s take on this stunner of an update? You can probably guess from our previous rantings and/or praise, but tune in anyway! All of this is not ...
Radio Free Skaro #851 - Ncuti Gatwa is The Doctor
May 08, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBLo and behold, a new Doctor Who has appeared! Ncuti Gatwa is the new (but interestingly, not announced as the 14th) Doctor, as seen by an interview on the BAFTAs red carpet with Gatwa himself and one Russell T Davies. With months to go before Jodie Whittaker’s final foray as her incarnation of the Doctor and more waiting besides after that, let the baseless speculation commence! We also have news from Big Finish, Dominic Glynn’s historic Korg synthesizer can be YOURS (for a price), and the e...
Radio Free Skaro #850 - The Memory Cheats
May 01, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBThis week in the first (of two?) Radio Free Skaro episodes, it’s the final revenge of STATS! at least until the Autumn and the Three Who Rule examine how Legend of the Sea Devils did in a historical context, a gripping start to an episode featuring Big Finish news, the return of the Terry Nation Army, the ever-present Timelash and, as a special treat, an interview with author Richard Molesworth about his new book The John Nathan-Turner Doctor Who Production Diary 1979-1990! Links: Support...
Radio Free Skaro #849 - Running Out The Clock in Florida
April 24, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBTo the dread of Warren and delight of Steven and Chris, STATS return (and they are abysmal) for “Legend of the Sea Devils”, which spins off into a multi-faceted diatribe on the current state of streaming, including the abject failure of CNN+ and the rapid descent (more STATS) of Netflix’s subscriber base. But lest you think there’s no Doctor Who content we have news of Jo Martin and Sacha Dhawan joining the ranks of Big Finish, comics and Gallifrey One hotel booking info, and rounding it all...
Radio Free Skaro #848 - There Should Have Been Another Way
April 18, 2022 04:23 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBIt’s a live episode of Doctor Who and a livestream of Radio Free Skaro as the Three Who Rule don their flippers and talk in low whispers about “Legend of the Sea Devils”, a veritable gumbo of Thasmin, piracy and pieced together but somewhat enjoyable nonsense. But hey, how about that densely packed next time trailer that you’ll have to wait to see until October (maybe?). In the meantime, revel in our Timelash-ing, the Cushing films adding a couple K to their filmic resolution, a DWM action f...
Radio Free Skaro #847 - Our Flag Means Death
April 10, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 77 MBWith a week to go before Sea Devils become Legendary, the Three Who Rule are trawling through what little promotion has eked out of the BBC and its subordinate broadcasters to divine just what we’re in for as of April 17. But that day will not only mark the return of our soggy beaked friends but also the debut of a new dramatic Doctor Who podcast called Doctor Who: Redacted, the return of the LAX Marriott HOTELPOCALYPSE on May 6, Peter Capaldi at 18 meeting Jon Pertwee, and the final episode...
Radio Free Skaro #846 - He's Not That Special
April 03, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBDoctor Who fandom is aflutter this week with the release of a glorious new trailer announcing the casting of none other than Matt Berry as the new Doctor Who! Of course this was all a cunning April Fool’s jape by none other than Who animator Rob Ritchie, but if you enjoy profane nonsense we highly recommend it. The REAL trailer this week for “Legend of the Sea Devils” also charmed us with its soggy swashbuckling (of seatbelts), and of course we have the usual Big Finish blast of new announce...
Radio Free Skaro #845 - Nothing Hill
March 27, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBHugh Grant’s short national nightmare is over, as the dapper gent himself dismissed all speculation that he is in the running as the next Dr Who and thus sent the pondering hordes back to their speculations. But you, dear listener, need not ponder about the other news this week as we have not-quite-breaking missives about new “Legend of the Sea Devils” pictures, a trip through the Timelash, a surfeit of Big Finish releases yet to come, many of which are authored by Friend Of The Show and Ver...
Radio Free Skaro #844 - The 4H Club
March 20, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBAnother fallow week of news and surprisingly little tat as we tap our toes and twiddle our thumbs in anticipation of “Legend of the Sea Devils” but we do have confused old person ramblings about Fortnite, nostalgic old person waxings in The Timelash, and the first part of our elderly Classic Series Commentary musings about the classic 1975 Doctor Who story “Planet of Evil”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gallifrey One 2023 tickets go on sale April 2 Doctor W...
Radio Free Skaro #843 - Paint It, Black
March 13, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBIt’s another week where the Doctor Who news is thin on the ground and Christopher Eccleston offhandedly calling multi-Doctor stories a “cash grab” is grist for the clickbait mills but hold on to your hats, because we have a Miniscope about Ian Stuart Black, the writer of not only “The Savages”, but also “The War Machines” and and AND “The Macra Terror”! Buckle up, crab enthusiasts! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Eccleston preemptively says no to multi-Doctor s...
Radio Free Skaro #842 - A Wolf at the Door
March 06, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThis week on Radio Free Skaro: Russell T Davies teases imminent production of Doctor Who, a historic anniversary, more speculation on BBC America’s future with Doctor Who, a monumental day to look back at in The Timelash, and Emily Cook drops by to talk about Doctor Who Magazine 575! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Russell T Davies at Wolf Studios Doctor Who Magazine 575 Chicago TARDIS 2022 first guests Big Finish Stranded 4 due April Big Finish First D...
Radio Free Skaro #841 - After the Gold Rush
February 27, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBIt’s the week after Gallifrey One and Steven is full of stories, adventures and happy thoughts about his experiences at the con, as all three of those Who Rule look forward to the recently announced 33 1/3 edition of Gallifrey One in 2023. Plus we dip into the distant past via The Timelash, talk VCR archeology and network TV, and plow through a veritable mountain of audio and dolly tat, and more! Your ears are required! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gallifrey...
Radio Free Skaro #840 - The Sweet Hereafter
February 20, 2022 00:53 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBOur last podcast of the weekend at Gallifrey One features an interview with journalist, writer, and TV critic Matthew Sweet, responsible for those stellar long form interviews on the Doctor Who Blu-ray sets. And Chip from Two-Minute Time Lord and Erika from Verity! join Steven to wrap up the day and the convention as a whole. It’s been a wonderful weekend of healing and togetherness and we hope the podcasts this weekend helped share the atmosphere here with you. Links: Support Radio Free ...
Radio Free Skaro #839 - The Bask of Mandragora
February 20, 2022 00:51 - 1 hour - 47 MBThe second of three podcasts this weekend from Gallifrey One is all recorded outside in the balmy, sunny, COVID-safe surroundings of the LAX Marriott in Los Angeles! First up, guest host Paul Booth talks about both his experiences with the Doctor Who TARDIS Talks this year, as well as a similar 60th anniversary pilgrimage to what Steven is undergoing. Then, Rob Ritchie, ex(?) of the Doctor Who animated range talks about the future of the range and his work on it up until now. Sunglasses on! ...
Radio Free Skaro #838 - Radio Free Skaro: In Flux
February 18, 2022 21:30 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBAfter a year away, Radio Free Skaro is happy and proud to be back at Gallifrey One in 2022! With two-thirds of the Three Who Rule unable to be here this year, it is up to Steven and trusty sidekick/tech producer Chip Sudderth to kick off the festivities with RADIO FREE SKARO: IN FLUX, the first live show of the weekend with guests Sylvester McCoy, Matt Strevens, Jon Davey, Jonathan Watson, and Stephen Gallagher! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One
Radio Free Skaro #837 - The Mask of Mandragora
February 13, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBIt’s that time of year again, as Galllifrey 2022 arrives next week and with it will come the live show “Radio Free Skaro: In Flux” and with THAT will come the Two-Minute Time Lord himself, Chip Sudderth, who will be in Los Angeles along with Steven and is in fact here now on this very program! As is tradition we highlight the many highlights of the Gally schedule and the added twists of this year’s convention as we navigate the Ongoing Weirdness. But that’s not all! We also have an interview...
Radio Free Skaro #836 - Unlimited Rice Pudding
February 06, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBIt’s the conclusion of our “Remembrance of the Daleks” Classic Series Commentary where we blatantly ignore foundation-shattering lore and Gallifreyan artifacts and yander on about something irrelevant, probably. Plus we have Gallifrey One news, the ever-present dip back into history with The Timelash, BFI screenings, and new Big Finish initiatives, and an interview with DWM’s Emily Cook where she reveals her righteous disdain for…stats! Ahhh-ahhhhh! STATS! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro ...
Radio Free Skaro 835: Diamonds Are Forever
January 30, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThe rumours of The Return of Tennant strengthen and grow, driving at least two of the RFS-ians into states of pearl-clutching cold sweats and another into cautious optimism. Guess which ones! Plus we have news of Jodie Whittaker’s regeneration scene, the Gallifrey One schedule is released (including details of the Radio Free Skaro live show), a dip into history with The Timelash, and our Classic Series Commentary for Part Three of “Remembrance of the Daleks”! Links: Support Radio Free Ska...
Radio Free Skaro #834 - Hooray For Everything
January 23, 2022 19:04 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBThis week the Three Who Rule has a grab bag of news including movement afoot on the upcoming RTD2 era, fan silliness as David Tennant is floated as the new Doctor for the umpteenth time to Warren’s monumental umbrage, Season 22 detective work by Chris and an interview between Steven, Joshua Bayer, and Peter Farrell of EVE Online as the massive strategy game crosses into the Whoniverse AND Part Two of our Classic Series Commentary for “Remembrance of the Daleks”! Links: Support Radio Free ...
Radio Free Skaro #833 - Working For The Weekend
January 16, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBIt’s been a whiplash week of MRAHH BUSINESS news as BBC America is allegedly pulling out of Doctor Who missing episodes animation, Nadine Dorries threatens to end the license fee and thus doom the BBC, and Jo Martin gets her own Doctor Who comic for Free Comic Book Day! Plus we have Big Finish and book news, a new Weeping Angels board game, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary for “Remembrance of the Daleks”! Cue the “little girl with a balloon” music! Links: Support Radio Free S...
Radio Free Skaro #832 - Super Super Fun
January 09, 2022 19:00 - 2 hours - 105 MBIt’s a bumper crop of content this week as we dive into the works of Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell in the Miniscope including “Scream of the Shalka”, “Father’s Day”, and “Human Nature/The Family of Blood”! Plus we have our Doctor Who Magazine check-in with Emily Cook, a bunch of Big Finish news and Warren and Steven SQUARING OFF about nostalgia, streaming, and their own personal States of Decay, with Chris as the voice of reason! It’s all come Full Circle. Links: Support Radio Free Skaro...
Radio Free Skaro #831 - The Lines at Midnight
January 02, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 77 MBIt’s 2022, and that means a new Doctor Who New Year’s Day special and some Dalek shenanigans as tradition dictates, this time in the form of “Eve of the Daleks!” Join the Three Who Rule as they ruminate upon a Mametesque character piece starring Yaz, Dan, the Doctor, and two time looped guest stars and the aforementioned Daleks in a self storage romp! Plus the return of a much pined-for monster this Easter and the usual news, tat and dips into the past via The Timelash…and the on-screen mani...
Radio Free Skaro #830 - The Clanging Chimes of Doom
December 25, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBA happy Christmas to all of you at home! It’s Christmas 2021, and thanks to the circumstances of the world, it may well be going off the rails for you! So let’s sit back, set the year-o-meter to 2005, and watch along with us as we provide for you a commentary for the first Doctor Who Christmas special – the original, you might say – Russell T Davies’ first foray into a Doctor Who Yuletide tradition, “The Christmas Invasion”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Christmas Invas...
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 24
December 24, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 9.46 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 24.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 23
December 23, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 9.55 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 23.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 22
December 22, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 9.46 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 22.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 21
December 21, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 9.18 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 21.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 20
December 20, 2021 16:00 - 10 minutes - 12.8 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 20.
Radio Free Skaro #829 - Out of the Wilderness
December 19, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBAs we hurtle towards Christmas, New Year’s Day and a new Doctor Who adventure, the Three Who Rule are killing time (it had it coming) with discussions of the just announced Hugo Awards, Stats, Big Finish releases, vinyl, comics, various other bits of tat and most importantly an interview with Paul Hayes, the author of “The Long Game,” a comprehensive look at all the inner machinations leading to the return of Doctor Who on our screens in 2005! Listen and be illuminated! Links: Support Rad...
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 19
December 19, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 9.78 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 19.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 18
December 18, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 10.2 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 18.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 17
December 17, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 9.64 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 17.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 16
December 16, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 10.1 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 16.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 15
December 15, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 15.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 14
December 14, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 8.35 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 14.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 13
December 13, 2021 16:00 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 13.
Radio Free Skaro #828 - All Out Of Flux
December 12, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBThe Time of the Flux is over but mere weeks remain before the New Year’s Day special “Eve of the Daleks” so the Three Who Rule do a deep dive into stats, The Timelash, another visit from Emily Cook from Doctor Who Magazine, a big Gallifrey One guest announcement Big Finish, news of extending their Who license to 2030, and more! Listen, and fill that Who sized hole in your heart until the New Year! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon The Timelash Gallifrey One guest announcement...
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 12
December 12, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 10.2 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 12.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 11
December 11, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes - 12 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 11.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 10
December 10, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 8.91 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 10.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 9
December 09, 2021 19:00 - 7 minutes - 10.7 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 9.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 8
December 08, 2021 16:00 - 5 minutes - 9.14 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 8.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 7
December 07, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 10.2 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 7.
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 6
December 06, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 7.88 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 6.
Radio Free Skaro #827 - Time's Champion
December 06, 2021 07:45 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBIt’s the conclusion of Doctor Who: Flux and the Three Who Rule stayed up late (but not as late as the brave and valiant livestream viewers!) to hash out what they liked, what they didn’t, and what baffled and confused them as Series 13 reached the end of its six-part saga with “The Vanquishers”. But there’s more to come as “Eve of the Daleks” is headed our way on New Year’s Day and..well, that’s it until Easter! Between the very new Flux discussion and the near endless pondering during the T...
Radio Free Skaro – 2021 Advent Calendar, Day 5
December 05, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 9.82 MBThis holiday season, Radio Free Skaro is presenting a Fluid Links Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 until December 24, we’ll discuss one topic from our list provided by you, the listeners. Today: Day 5.