As world events trend ever downwards, you can always count on the Three Who Rule to not only give you the latest exciting news from the world of Doctor Who, such as Murray Gold reporting there are numerous versions of the upcoming Xmas Special written, a BBC executive saying quite sensibly that Doctor Who will come back when it's good and ready and more, but also our usual basting in the warm glow of the past as we go back to the halcyon days of 1986 with a Classic Series Commentary on the greatest model shot in the history of television (and some story stuff I guess) with Part One of "The Mysterious Planet"!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Murray Gold says multiple versions of 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special have been written
• Murray Gold on The Whoniverse Show
• BBC Director of Drama Lindsay Salt on Doctor Who
• Doctor Who – Season 2 coming to Blu-ray on June 2
• You Are Not Alone: A Gay History of Doctor Who due May 25 from Ten Acre Books
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Companion Chronicles: The Legacy of Time released
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – UNIT Eras: Hostile Universe due April 2026
• Numerous guests announced for Long Island Who
• Jonathan Helm (Who FX/Making Blake's 7) Substack on Shada
• Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant died

Commentary:

• The Mysterious Planet Part One

It's a banner day for Wilderness Years junior campers as the 35mm prints of the TV Movie have been lovingly scanned and become a 4K release on Blu-Ray, at least in the UK (for now). Plus there's a new documentary on The War Between on Youtube for North Americans pining to see…well, anything about them there Homo Aquas, a new Rachel Talalay video revealing "The Star Beast" directorial trickery, and most excitingly, an interview with journalist Paul Kirkley about the current state of the UK industry. Hint…it ain't great! Set your VCR to channel 3 to find out more!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
• Doctor Who: The Movie 4K trailer
• The War Between the Land and The Sea – Deep Dive
• The War Between not airing in March 2026 on Disney+
• How I Filmed This – Rachel Talalay: The Star Beast: The Cardboard Box Problem
• Big Finish: From the Worlds of Doctor Who – Dark Gallifrey: The Meddling Monks due Apr-Jun 2026
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – Time War Uncharted: Branches due May 2026
• Big Finish: Star Cops – Conflict: Shadow of the Moonlight released
• World of Telly – Season 2 Trailer

Interview:

• Paul Kirkley
• We're seeing the future of British TV – and it's American
• Deadline: British TV Dramatists Lament "Austerity" Era As They Navigate Funding Crisis With No Easy Solutions
• The New Statesman: Netflix is not going to destroy traditional broadcasting – because not everyone wants to watch US TV