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

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!

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• 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

More exciting coverage of missing episodes….but this time not Doctor Who! Yes, a cutting copy of a 1968 episode of Morecambe & Wise has been discovered. But while a missing episode has been born anew, the past must fall as the Ianto shrine is finally disassembled with many a Ianto-ist in attendance along with Ianto himself, Gareth David Lloyd. Plus the usual Big Finish Zapruder-ing, Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo on Canadian TV, and our feature interview with Blake's 7 Production Diary Series C with creators Jonathan Helm and Grahame Robertson! Maximum Power!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Film is Fabulous uncovers missing episode of Morecambe and Wise
• Torchwood fans mark the end of Ianto Jones shrine in Cardiff Bay – but a twist for the future is teased
• Documentary being made about the dismantling of the Ianto Shrine
• Artist Nathen Wyburn will be making an art piece from the Ianto Shrine
• Doctor Who Magazine Special 73: 30 Years of the Eighth Doctor released
• The Black Archive: The Daleks released
• The Celestial Toymaker ep 4 debuted on the Classic Doctor Who YouTube Channel (US Only)
• Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo on The Social (CTV)
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Expulsion available now
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Transformation available now
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Gallifrey: War Room: Loyalties due Jun 2026
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Planet Krynoid: Survivors due Jun 2026
• Jess Jurkovic's A Guide to Tristram Cary's Daleks' Master Plan OST Eps 1-4
• 2026 Hugo Awards shortlist

Interview:

• Blake's 7 Production Diary – Series C
• Jon Helm
• Grahame Robertson