With Warren galavanting around Glasgow for WorldCon, and Chris on assignment, the Three Who Rule are augmented by two of Verity!, namely Erika and Deb, for this episode, wherein such delights as Doctor Who archival chatter and praise for the 1975 BBC serial “The Legend of Robin Hood” are central to the discussion. But Warren does check in with an interview with noted author and Doctor Who writer Ben Aaronovitch, recorded in Glasgow!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Los Angeles awarded hosting duties for WorldCon 2026
• Official Doctor Who Podcast SDCC Panel
• Doctor Who Cyberman Episode screening at Riverside Studios on August 17
• David Whitaker postscript / Terry Nation party from Simon Guerrier
• Steven on the Who’s He Podcast

Interview:

• Ben Aaronovitch

It’s an international podcast of mystery as Warren radiophonically joins the podcast from Edinburgh in his continued journey across Europa as he and the other Two Who Rule discuss the latest news from Doctor Who about Catherine Tate’s return to Gallifrey One, the full Who and Trek SDCC panel is new viewable by all and sundry, Steven guests on the Nerdist’s Laser Focus podcast with esteemed colleague Kyle Anderson, and we return to the longest chase scene in Doctor Who history in Part Two of our Classic Series Commentary of “Planet of the Spiders”!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Catherine Tate Returns to Gallifrey One
• Doctor Who x Star Trek: Full SDCC Panel with Russell T Davies and Alex Kurtzman
• 60th Anniversary Episodes due on Blu-Ray Dec 10
• BBC set to edit disgraced Huw Edwards out of Doctor Who episode after guilty plea
• Doctor Who Magazine Special 67: The Missing Doctor Who
• Steven on the Nerdist’s Laser Focus podcast talking about Old British Sci-Fi
• Doctor Who at The BBC Who Are We? Audio CD coming December 5
• Two new dates added for Big Finish live story recording
• Cubicle7 RPG Humble Bundle

Commentary:

• Planet of the Spiders Episode 2

San Diego looms as 2024’s Comic Con and all the attendant Doctor Who goodies within await! We’ve got news of official merchandise, hints of special correspondents from said Con of Comics, Louise Jameson returning to Doctor Who, Disney intrigues and a controversial Deadline article, and a special bonus tirade from Chris about Madame Tussauds in London followed by a warm restorative bath in Star Trek novel nostalgia by both Chris and Warren as Steven looks on in confused silence. Plus the beginning of our Classic Series Commentary for “Planet of the Spiders”! Prepare yourselves, Two Legs!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who heads to San Diego Comic-Con 2024
• Titan reveals SDCC exclusive merchandise
• Louise Jameson & Seán Carlsen at Gallifrey One 2025
• Disney leak: Doctor Who a “low budget show” for Disney, Season 2 appears to premiere March 28
• Deadline: ‘Doctor Who’s Regeneration: Has The Disney Gamble Paid Off?
• Doctor Who Magazine #606
• The Fifteenth Doctor has arrived at Madame Tussauds London
• The Gold Archive: Invasions of Earth: A Secret History due October 31
• Big Finish: Goth Opera (by Lizbeth Myles, adapted from Paul Cornell’s book) now available
• Big Finish – The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers – No Place Like Home due Dec 2024

Classic Series Commentary:

• Planet of the Spiders Episode 1

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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• 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