Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro The Three Who Rule

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

It’s the penultimate episode of Doctor Who Season 1 and the mysteries are piling up in UNIT HQ! Who or what is Susan Twist? What about the cloaked lady who may or may not be Ruby’s mum? Why in the name of all the gods in the pantheon is Sutekh causing trouble and blinged out in Disney finery? The Three Who Rule don’t have the answers but they do have baseless speculation and a bunch of irrelevant Classic Who references to tide us over until next week! Plus some book and comic and Big Finish stuff but let’s be real…..SUTEKH’S BACK! 
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Magna Carta Day Review: Doctor Who S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” Reminder: A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20 Doctor Who: Print The Legend now available BBC Books to publish four Target Doctor Who novels featuring the Fifteenth Doctor Doctor Who: The Official Guide coming August 15 Doctor Who: Annual 2025 coming September 5 Doctor Who: Fifteen Doctors 15 Stories coming September 19 Cutaway Comics Paradise Towers: Volume 1: Paradise Found graphic novel due Oct 30 Cutaway Comics Lytton: Volume 1 graphic novel due Oct 30 Big Finish: Doctor Who – Conspiracy of Raven due July 2024 Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Susan’s War: Family Ties due August 2024 Next Time: “Empire of Death”, Saturday, June 22 at 640pm on BBC One

It’s Regency drama, gossip, and scandalous dances on this week’s Doctor Who adventure, “Rogue!” The Bridgerton fans are losing their minds at this episode, including one Ruby Sunday, but what did the Three Who Rule think of this theatrical and romantic undertaking? Plus we pay tribute to William Russell, Doctor Who’s original Man of Action and Knight of Jaffa, and we encourage you to listen to our own interview with Mr. Russell from 2012. Plus Big Finish celebrates 25 years, Tales of the TARDIS mystery, and this very podcast gets called out for both its numerous crimes and its place as one of the best Doctor Who podcasts! Will wonders never cease?
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Review: Doctor Who S1E06 “Rogue” Returning to the Regency William Russell, Doctor Who legend, dies aged 99 Carole Ann Ford’s tribute to William Russell RFS 298 with William Russell interview A new Tales of the TARDIS episode airing on BBC Four on June 20 Radio Times: Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson star in Tales of the TARDIS Big Finish: Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time – Redux due November 2024 Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The War Master starts in July Big FInish: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories: Deathworld due in July Next Time: S1E07 “The Legend of Ruby Sunday” June 15, 630pm on BBC One Radio Times lists RFS and The Memory Cheats as one of the best DW podcasts

Doctor Who shows its range again with “Dot and Bubble,” an adventure that goes from the superficiality of social media all the way to some very real-world issues in what’s ostensibly a Doctor-lite episode but is in fact very heavy. Does it seem like we’re dancing around the content of the story? Well, we are! Tune in and listen to our takes, then find out about a new visual guide chronicling the adventures of Character Options dollies, a sneak peek at the first 15th Doctor comic, the further exploits of the Terry Nation Army, more Big Finish excitement including Christopher Eccelston’s final audio adventure (for now), and more! Don’t slide us!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Review: Doctor Who S1E05 “Dot and Bubble” Indiegogo for Go Figure! A Visual Guide to Character Options Doctor Who Action Dollies Terry Nation Army: Every Mistake in “Planet of Decision” Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction moves to New Zealand Big Finish: Doctor Who – Star-Crossed, the last Ninth Doctor box set (for now), is now available Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Trials of a Time Lord due August 2024 Titan Comics Official Trailer: The Fifteenth Doctor Comic Book Next Time: “Rogue” – June 8, 6:45pm, BBC One

A very divisive episode of one Radio Free Skaro as the Three Who Rules review “73 Yards,” a parable of Welsh magic, loopy time conundrums and craven Prime Ministers (well, one at least). What did they think of this Millie Gibson acting tour-de-force and what in the dickens is the mysterious lady saying? Listen and find out! Plus DWM 604, virtual production, a rabbit hole discussion of 4K Blu-Rays and much, much more! Also, why not metric?
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Review: Doctor Who S1E04 “73 Yards” Doctor Who Magazine 604 DWM Print the Legend bookazine due June 6 Bringing Virtual Production to Doctor Who 2-part finale of Season 1 to be screened in cinemas across the UK Doctor Who wraps production on Season 2 Pertwee’s Take-Away shirts now on TV Cream’s Redbubble store Big Finish: Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted 1: Reflections due October 2024 Next Time: Dot and Bubble 650pm June 1 on BBC One

Steven Moffat returns to the world of Doctor Who with Boom, a tension-filled episode with land mines, Anglican Marines, many a trope from his previous era, and more! The Three Who Rule are well-known Moffat-ites to be sure, but did this measure up to their thoughts and prayers? Plus the media blitz continues with Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Time Magazine (of all things) and a halfhearted stab at the increasingly irrelevant…stats! Ahhh-aahhhhh!
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Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Ncuti Gatwa on how to pronounce his name: “n-SHOO-tee” Review: Doctor Who S01E03 “Boom” Pertwee’s Burgers Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat on returning with Boom and putting the Doctor “on a knife’s edge” Doctor Who #4 on Disney+ on opening weekend (paywall) BBC One overnights for Space Babies 2.6M, The Devil’s Chord 2.4M, Boom 2.04M Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Time Magazine The BIG Interview: Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat Hollywood Reporter Interview with Steven Moffat Hollywood Reporter Interview with Russell T Davies How ‘Doctor Who’ Exec Producers Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner Helped Transform South Wales Into a Buzzing Hive of Production Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words due August 2024 Big Finish: The War Doctor Rises: Morbius the Mighty due August 2024 Brandon Schatz and Danica LeBlanc nominated for an Eisner Award Next Time: “73 Yards”, 650pm Saturday May 18 on BBC One