Radio Free Skaro #1051 - A Big Red Button

It's the return of STATS! as we ruminate over not just some frankly dismal Disney+ numbers for our beloved Doctor Who but a smattering of other genre offerings who stumbled or triumphed on the way to your eyeballs. Plus the Gallifrey One schedule is out, Blake's 7 may be coming back, Rachel Talalay continues to win YouTube with a deep dive into Peter Capaldi's "Be Kind" speech from "The Doctor Falls" in its various forms, and a.feature interview with Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White about their excellent podcast about archive UK telly, "Through the Square Window"! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One schedule released Gallifrey One Kaffeeklatsch Sign-Ups, New Guests, Schedule Updates, New Receptions & Other Events and MORE! BBC Group and YouTube announce new strategic partnership 'Blake's 7' Reboot In The Works From Peter Hoar, Jason Haigh-Ellery, and Matthew Bouch Disney+ Season 1 viewing figures leak Doctor Who Magazine Special 72 – the 2026 Yearbook Rachel Talalay: Unseen, Uncut Dailies & Edits: The Doctor Falls "Be Kind" Speech Aliens of London, The Satan Pit, and The Time of Angels novels and audio CDs coming March 26 Alex Kingston on The Whoniverse Show Big Finish: Doctor Who – The First Doctor Unbound: Return to Marinus out now Big Finish: The Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard – Series One released Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Lethal Progress due June 2026 Interview: Through the Square Window Graham Kibble-White Samira Ahmed

Exciting Gallifrey One news this week as the one and only Freema Agyeman makes her long-awaited return to Los Angeles in February! Also, it would be remiss not to mention missives about the Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder exhibit in San Diego being extended, and CONsole Room in Minneapolis happening this coming weekend! Also Big Finish, the delightful Jodie Whittaker answering questions, but most importantly our final Miniscope on director Nick Hurran's work on The Day of the Doctor! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Freema Agyeman Returns to Gallifrey One Paul Kasey and Charlie Condou announced for Gally CONsole Room: January 23-25 in MSP Worlds of Wonder' exhibit to be extended until January 2027 at Comic-Con Museum Jodie Whittaker answers Big Finish listeners' questions Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Ride or Die out now Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Violet Hour due March 2026 Big Finish – UNIT: Brave New World: Knightfall due Mar 2026 Derek Martin died age 92 Marcus Gilbert died age 67 Miniscope: Nick Hurran, Part 3 The Day of the Doctor

It's another exciting week of the Doctor Who interregnum of 2026 and we have exciting Gallifrey One guest updates, another great Rachel Talalay video involving Mondasian Cybermen, Bill Potts, and mirrors, some cryptic BBC App news we don't fully understand, the usual Big Finish artwork overexamination, and the second part of our Nick Hurran Miniscope, featuring "Asylum of the Daleks" and "The Angels Take Manhattan"!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ian McNeice, Kai Owen, Ricco Ross added to Gallifrey one guest list Go behind the scenes as Fourth Doctor Tom Baker receives his MBE Doctor Who Magazine 625 BFI Warriors of the Deep screening Feb 28, tickets on sale Jan 15 The War Between overall viewing figures BBC Studios expands pay model to the BBC App in the US Rachel Talalay: What to do when the plans don't work? Bill Potts-Cyberman reveal Big Finish Audio Novellas The Time-Splitters and Dimension 13 released Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor and Charlotte Pollard: Series One coming January 22 Gregory de Polney (D84 in Robots of Death) died Jan 1 Miniscope: Nick Hurran, Part 2 Asylum of the Daleks The Angels Take Manhattan

It's the first podcast in this, the space year 2026, and the Three Who Rule have emerged from their New Year's slumber to cogitate on new Gallifrey One announcements, recreated sets for The Feast of Steven and Rachel Talalay Youtube videos, a surfeit of Big Finish news, Toby Hadoke's annual foray into memoriam with Absent Friends, and the first of our three part Miniscope series on Doctor Who director Nick Hurran, featuring "The Girl Who Waited" and "The God Complex"!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Gallifrey One Guest and Programming Update The Feast of Steven Lost Sets Recreated: Doctor Who's Missing Christmas Episode Revealed Rachel Talalay: Bonus: Unaired footage from Director's Cut of Heaven Sent (with explanation) Rachel Talalay: More questions and behind the scenes on my TARDIS experiences. Sophie Aldred on Celebrity Mastermind (Specialist Subject: Sylvester McCoy) Celebrating 25 Years of Bernice Summerfield at Big Finish Big Finish annual Paul Spragg Memorial winner "The Wednesday that Wasn't" available free Big Finish The Worlds of Doctor Who – Zygon Century: Transformation due Apr 2026 Toby Hadoke's Absent Friends 2025 – The 7th Dimension – Part 1 Toby Hadoke's Absent Friends 2025 – The 7th Dimension – Part 2 Toby Hadoke's In Memoriam video Miniscope: Nick Hurran, Part 1 The Girl Who Waited The God Complex

The Three Who Rule closes out 2025 with a diverting left turn into camp with a commentary for the Blake's 7 episode "Gambit", possibly the most outrageous sci-fi production the BBC produced in the 1970s. And who else to join us on this journey than Sarah and Sam of the Is It Camp?! podcast, where we ask the question: is this camp? (Spoilers: yes.) Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Blake's 7 "Gambit" Is It Camp?!

This 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.

(Our review of The War Between The Land and The Sea episode 5 is from 4:28 – 1:00:35) It's the final episode of The War Between The Land and the Sea and with it our final review of this clash between Dirt and Wet for the future of…Doctor Who? Thrill to our musings along with David Tennant appearing on the Whoniverse Show, more Rachel Talalay video fun on the making of The Star Beast, Film is Fabulous hinting at new old things returning, upcoming Big Finish releases, and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Review: The War Between the Land and the Sea, Part Five Interview with Gugu Mbatha-Raw about becoming Salt 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' coming to UK Blu-ray on Feb 23 Blue Zoo Animation Studio wins pitch to produce Doctor Who CBeebies animation Interview with composer Lorne Balfe New episode of The Whoniverse Show with David Tennant Rachel Talalay: Part 2: Original footage and details on the 'impossible' shot Doctor Who: A trio of mysteries in The Ice Warriors Film is Fabulous to catalogue three more collections in 2026 Most of the Matt Smith era era now on Hoopla Doctor Who: Stormcage due Feb 12 Big Finish The Lost Stories: The Collected Sixth Doctor 1 due Feb 2026 Big Finish UNIT Eras due Apr 2026 Amanda Brotchie died Gil Gerard died

This 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.

This 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.

This 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.