Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

It had to happen sooner or later, so the Three Who Rule ripped the bandage off by recording a commentary for The End of Time Part One, that neo-classic from Christmas 2009 containing such classic Who elements as magic potions, laser hands, randy senior citizens and Smell-O-Vision. Did the episode fare better this time round after the scolding it received in Radio Free Skaro 174? You decide. Also discussed was news of Gaiman, gay men, and gained men, er, companions. Onwards!   Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

The news of a Doctor Who movie sent The Three Who Rule so far past the point of bile they circled back around to apathy, but not without taking a few hostages along the way. In a slow news week to end all slow news weeks, digression and hatred were employed like plow horses in an effort to simply fill time. Steven points the gun of spite squarely in a new direction, Warren wastes no time in slagging off other Sci Fi TV shows and Chris even sings a few bars… it’s just that kind of episode.   Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

In a move that could be precipitated only by Slownewsweekor, the Three Who Rule relied upon Torchwood discussion to fuel the latest Radio Free Skaro episode. The news of Torchwood maybe coming to America hit like a ton of bricks and startled much of the Doctor Who world, causing panic and looting; there may or may not have been talk of small children getting crushed underfoot as a result. Check out the show notes at http://www.radiofreeskaro.com

The retrospectives continue on Radio Free Skaro with The Three Who Rule again joined by TachyonTV's Neil Perryman... though this week the world got flipped, turned upside down as the unthinkable happened: An episode dedicated to praising the work of Russell T Davies! Curmudgeor was not best pleased at the prospect and had to be subdued, but in the end the lads had a bit of a love-in for our favourite (read: only) NuWho show runner. Come share the warm fuzzies! Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

One mini-break in the wilderness is over for Doctor Who and it's time to look at the gap year that was as we head into the next wilderness mini-break, awaiting Matt Smith's first series. To aid in the retrospective the Three Who Rule dragged Tachyon TV's own Neil Perryman kicking and screaming into the (virtual) recording booth, Vinvocci style. More bile was flung about than a monkey can fling poop, though kudos were given where appropriate... but do we ever want to see a gap year again?

It's the End of Time and the end of an era, and the Three Who Rule were all over the map in their praise and derision of David Tennant and RTD's swan song. One thing they all did agree on was their palpable excitement over Matt Smith's new Doctor and Steven Moffat's upcoming stewardship of Doctor Who, and that it'll be a long few months indeed before Spring 2010. Geronimo! Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

So itâs come to this. More than a year after David Tennant announced he was leaving the role of the Doctor, through endless speculation, theorizing and fanwank, weâve finally reached the Tenth Doctorâs penultimate adventure, andâ.the results are not good. In fact, theyâre disastrous. The Three Who Rule were moved to anger, bile, and sadness at Russell T. Davies constant and unnecessary need to oudo himself, at The Masterâs penchant for leaping and lightning, exacerbated by the fact that all three of your august hosts were in the same room at the same time. In fact, there may have been a monkey knife fight, youâll just have to listen to find out. Allons-sigh. Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

With TV viewers in Canada and the US now caught up with the rest of the world regarding The Waters of Mars, the time was right for the Radio Free Skaro team to provide a running commentary on the recent masterpiece bestowed upon us by Graeme Harper, Russell T Davies, and (friend of the show) Phil Ford. Main points of discussion during the commentary were the unparalleled acting skills of David Tennant, the talents of directorial master Graeme Harper, and why itâs so difficult to find a timepiece that accurately measures rels. Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

The surest sign of an impending deluge of press reports is upon The Three Who Rule -- a slow news week, aka the calm before the storm. In what seems fitting for an audio podcast, most of the points of discussion involve audio work including a look at the recently transmitted "Shelved" which notes the reasons behind the cancellation of Shada (among other shows). Graeme Harper -- only the second subject not to be chosen randomly -- gets his turn in the Miniscope. Much well-earned fawning occurs over Harper's Doctor Who ouevre along with lamentations over knowing Harper isn't involved in Series 5/1/31.

With the Three Who Rule reunited once more, and with the analytic powers of the Third Guy squarely aimed at schedules, Appreciation Indexes and other such numeric minutiae, a slow news week was transformed into quasi-random babble and buildup to the exciting segment you've all been waiting for....Douglas Camfield in the Miniscope. Praise for Camfield's prodigious output was universal if varying in intensity, but all three hosts agreed the man was a force for good (for the show) and bad (for Dudley Simpson's career.)Check http://www.radiofreeskaro.com for the show notes.

After an eventful few weeks of New Who and rampant podcest, the Three Who Rule (reduced to Two Who Adjudicate for this episode) settled down to news, shenanigans, and rampant avoiding of anything that could possibly be construed as a spoiler. But hope and glory came in the form of Malcolm Clarke, the first musician to grace the Miniscope (yes, itâs back, at least temporarily) and an underrated craftsman in the world of Classic Who. Synthesizers from 1972 and marching Cyberman themes ahoy! Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

To commemorate the 46th anniversary of the debut of Doctor Who, The Three Who Rule felt it only fitting to invite fellow podcasting super-giant Ken Deep of Doctor Who: Podshock onto the show to not only discuss the news and events of the past week in the world of Who, but to wax on about how they became fans of the show, why they are all still fans, and how they all manage to spend a fair amount of time each week talking about what we, and no doubt you, think is the greatest TV programme ever invented â Doctor Who. We hope you enjoy this unique celebration. Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

After seven long months, Doctor Who returned to the airwaves in high style with âThe Waters of Mars,â a toppoer of a story and one heck of a lead-in to the Doctorâs imminent demise and resurrection. The Three Who Rule were effusive in their praise of WoM, though somewhat less so when the conversation came to the latest episodes of the Sarah Jane Adventures, which Chris (also known as âCurmudge-orâ) succinctly labeled as âpoopâ. The trio even discussed how Steven somehow managed to get onto UK radio last week and participate in a conference call with David Tennant. Intellectual banter and relentless name-dropping ahoy! Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com

With just a week to go before the UK premiere of the next Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars, RFSâs own Steven sat down with the co-writer of the special, Phil Ford, to talk about the episode in an exclusive, in-depth interview that also covered Philâs work on The Sarah Jane Adventures and Dreamland. Before that, the Three Who Rule do their best to plow through what was a busy news week in the world of Who. Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

Weâre pleased as punch at Radio Free Skaro to tell you about an upcoming interview with The Waters of Mars co-writer Phil Ford. In the interview, which will feature in Episode 167 (to be released this weekend), Phil talks at great length about the upcoming The Waters of Mars, as well as discussing his role as head writer of The Sarah Jane Adventures and writing the upcoming animated serial Dreamland. Have a listen to the promo, and be sure to catch Radio Free Skaro #167 this weekend!