It’s time again for some televisual detective work as Tim Burrows of the Missing Episodes Podcast joins Steven for a fulsome discussion on the latest news in the ongoing search for lost Doctor Who episodes and the collectors hoarding, curating, and preserving them. Plus we’ve got news of Russell T Davies discussing new companion Varada Sethu, the first block of Gallifrey One guests for 2025 is announced, Ncuti Gatwa heads to London Comic-Con in November, Season 25 coming to Blu-ray, endless tangents about letterboxing versus 4:3 and more!

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• Showrunner Russell T Davies talks casting the Doctor’s new companion
• First Gally 2025 guests announced – Colin, Sylvester, Katy, Frazer, Gooderson, etc
• Ncuti Gatwa appearing at London Comic-Con in November
• Season 25 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range, coming October 21
• Paul McGann to star in special live recording of Big Finish’s Eighth Doctor Adventures

Interview:

• Tim Burrows from The Missing Episodes Podcast
• 42 To Doomsday podcast on Melbourne-based videotape collection
• Film is Fabulous

With the end of Season One of Doctor Who, the Three Who Rule fall back on old habits (not unlike a certain showrunner) and return to the fertile fields of Fluid Links! Nothing will be solved but a whole lot will be discussed as they blather in a confused fashion about questions sent in by you, the viewer! Plus some new information about upcoming spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, pondering on the very nature of a modern Doctor Who showrunner, some very quick cogitating as Marvel returns to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, and more!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• The War Between The Land and the Sea starts shooting in September
• The War Between The Land and the Sea, director Dylan Holmes-Williams, producer Edoardo Ferretti
• Radio Times poll for Doctor Who Season 1 episodes
• BBC defends Doctor Who ratings as show is “top drama for under-35s this year”
• Doctor Who Season 1 coming to Blu-ray on August 12 (UK Only)
• Marvel Studios Heading Back To Hall H At San Diego Comic-Con
• Big Finish – The War Master: Future Phantoms due November 2024

The moment has arrived for the Doctor, Millie and their big fluffy dog Sutekh as the universe gets dusted, mysteries are solved to varying degrees of success, and the Three Who Rule reach unforetold levels of Grumpy Old Man-ism as they discuss “Empire of Death”, the finale to Doctor Who, Season 1! What did they think of the first finale of the RTD2 era? Were their memories jogged by a certain cramped TARDIS? Who’s pointing at what, and why? Abase yourselves, insects, and find out!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Review: Doctor Who S1E08 “Empire of Death”
• “Empire of Death” in-vision commentary
• Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars
• Gabriel Woolf interview
• Doctor Who Magazine #605
• Big Finish – Third Doctor Adventures: The Quintessence due October 2024
• Dalek 63-88 “The Lost Toymaker Scripts”
• Kickstarter for Starlost Unauthorized and the Quest for Canadian Identity