The time has come once again for everyone to lose their collective minds as a real, proper, UNIT-y, Toymaker-centric trailer graces our internet and airwaves featuring David Tennant, Donna Noble, Jemma Redgrave, and Ncuti Gatwa in two minutes and change of new footage! What did the Three Who Rule think? And what are their opinions on news such as a UK free live tv service over broadband, a Radio Times list of the top 100 television shows and radio programs, and what do they think about Big Finish Ood adventures featuring Torchwood! All of that is mere piffle however compared to the main event, a long-gestating analysis of Canadian sci-fi television “legend” The Starlost, featuring Steven, Warren, Harlan Ellison editor, author and friend Jason Davis and Incomparable host and producer Annette Wierstra. Prepare the Bounce Tube! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon 60th Anniversary Trailer BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 to launch free live TV service over broadband Rachel Talalay, Jeff Rawle coming to Chicago TARDIS Doctor Who makes Top 100 list of UK TV & radio programmes Big Finish Torchwood Oct/Nov/Dec 2023 releases Feature: The Starlost (YouTube) The Starlost (Wikipedia) Jason Davis Annette Wierstra

Is a missing episodes return on the horizon via private film collectors? We talk to Tim Burrows of the Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast to learn more. It’s also a bumper crop of news this week as Miriam Margolyes is confirmed as the voice of Beep the Meep, Simon Guerrier measures the length, intensity and frequency of the Screams of Mel, Steven spends an inordinate amount of time cogitating about the upcoming Doctor Who Limited Edition New Who box set, we ponder the significance of Disney’s D23 being held at the same time as WorldCon in Glasgow (August 8-12, 2024), and more! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Miriam Margolyes officially confirmed as voice of the Meep Tennant and Tate 15 years later Doctor Who Magazine 595 Simon Guerrier analyzes Mel’s screams Doctor Who: Limited Edition New Who Collector’s Blu-Ray Set art and trailer (Canada) Doctor Who: Limited Edition New Who Collector’s Blu-Ray Set art and trailer (US) Doctor Who: The White Dragon 13th Doctor graphic novel due Mar 1, 2024 D23 announces August 8-12, 2024 as dates for next convention Doctor Who: Redacted podcast returns for second series Sep 18 Second Doctor regeneration video Interview: Tim Burrows, Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast

For the first time in almost 20 years, #WhoSpy has returned to give you all sneak peeks from behind the scenes of Doctor Who (from a year ago now, but still!) Plus we have new photos in EW that are ever-so-slightly different from what we’ve already seen of the three Tennant specials, a spurious rumor about Ryan Gosling in Doctor Who, and Jemma Redgrave saying “not really, no” to a UNIT spinoff, plus a BFI premiere, a yearbook, Dan Slott’s “Once Upon a Time Lord” is finally almost here, and Part the Second of our Classic Series Commentary for “Mawdryn Undead”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon #WhoSpy returns Entertainment Weekly Doctor Who preview contains new photos Ryan Gosling in Doctor Who? Jemma Redgrave confirms she’s back in Doctor Who, denies UNIT spin-off Gallifrey One 2024 update The Underwater Menace BFI premiere happening October 21 Doctor Who Magazine Special #65 2024 Yearbook due Jan 24 Titan Comics “Once Upon A Time Lord” by Dan Slott due October 24 Commentary: Mawdryn Undead, Part Two

It’s a bumper crop of news this week with confirmation of Ncuti Gatwa’s second season being built as you read this, Rose Noble as played by Yasmin Finney, more Marvel and Disney+ machinations, and hold onto your wallets because Doctor Who: Magic the Gathering is due to arrive in October, if you haven’t already spent your cash on audio annuals, new Big Finish releases and a plane ticket to Chicago TARDIS to see Doctor Who legend Carole Ann Ford! All this, and we also have an extensive interview with one Toby Hadoke about all things Quatermass! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who Series 15 production underway, lasting from July 2023-May 2024 BBC confirms Rose Noble as the character played by Yasmin Finney Doctor Who 60th anniversary musical celebration coming September 28 Marvel Shows Shift Premiere Dates Due To Strikes & New Disney+ Strategy Disney+ passes on “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, non-Disney IP that was already completed Disney also passes on Nautilus UK Series Doctor Who Annual 2024 due September 7 Doctor Who: Magic the Gathering coming October 13 Doctor Who: The Phaser Aliens & Other Stories audio annual due March 2024 Big Finish Torchwood: Dog Hop due September 2023 Big Finish The Paternoster Gang: Trespassers – Rogues Gallery due October 2023 Carole Ann Ford added to Chicago TARDIS guests Interview: Toby Hadoke The Quatermass Experiment 70th Anniversary

It’s a mystery that isn’t as the BBC publishes then pulls confirmation that Ncuti Gatwa’s first series will air in “Spring 2024”, as we all suspected. This had the unsurprising effect of clickbait farms pondering on Doctor Who’s future, which in actuality will also feature Big Brother and Dead Set’s own Davina McCall and Indira Varma! We also have a video essay about I, Claudius (because of course we do), details on the book launch of Simon Guerrier’s “David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television”, Big Finish endings and audiobook news, and most excitingly, Part One of our Classic Series Commentary of “Mawdryn Undead”! Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon BBC “confirms” Spring 2024 debut for Ncuti Gatwa’s first season, Indira Varma in “Christmas special” 2023 Davina McCall appearing in Christmas special Video essay on multicam directing in I, Claudius David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television: Book Launch Take a glimpse behind-the-scenes of Doctor Who 40 years ago Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen: 6th Doctor Novelisation Audio CD due Feb 1 Doctor Who: The Phaser Aliens & Other Stories: Doctor Who Audio Annual due Mar 7 Doctor Who: River of Death: 6th Doctor Audio Original due Mar 7 Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon: 4th Doctor Novelisation Audio CD due Apr 4 BF Gallifrey: War Room 2: Manoeuvres due September 2023 BF Doctor Who – Once and Future: Time Lord Immemorial due October 2023 BF Doctor Who – The War Doctor Begins: Enemy Mine due December 2023 Commentary: Mawdryn Undead