Happy Doctor Who Day, everyone! The Three Who Rule celebrate the 62nd birthday for our favourite television show as only Doctor Who fans can, by morosely speculating on the show's increasingly grim prospects in light of an ever-changing media landscape. Fun! Plus we look into Rachel Talalay's and Dalek 63-88's latest lovely Youtube videos, the newly released schedule for Surf and Turf, audio fun with The Wheel in Space on vinyl and various Big Finish bits and bobs, and Day Three of our Torchwood: Children of Earth retrospecticus!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Interview with BritBox CEO, signals BritBox not interested in co-producing Doctor Who (paywall)
• New Bad Wolf private holdings company created for 2026 Doctor Who special
• Deadline: Traditional U.S. Networks Swoop For British TV As Content Sales Top $1B
• The TARDIS lands at Stonehenge for Doctor Who Day
• Tom Baker reflects on time in TARDIS after receiving MBE
• Rachel Talalay: My trips on 4 TARDISES. Q&A and more. Part 1
• Dalek 63-88: The Forgotten 60s Dalek: Uncovering Dr. Barnardo's Hidden Dalek Story
• Missing classic adventure 'The Wheel in Space' comes to vinyl on February 16
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Causeway out now
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Anniversary – A 2005-2025 Doctors Collection released

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth, Day Three
• Children of Earth scripts on BBC Writer's Room
• Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway – The Ballad of Jack and Ianto
• Radio Free Skaro presents Bridging the Rift

The Three Who Rule take on the big questions this week, including whether or not to call the Sea Devils "Homo Aqua," possible BBC broadcast plans for The War Between the Land and the Sea, the existence of 4K 35mm transfers of telecined old TV shows, and most importantly the spreading media virus known as the Spiral Staircase, which has driven Steven further around the bend than usual! Plus Tubi intrigue regarding the status of Classic Doctor Who, Doctor Who Magazine issuing massive pieces about Carole Ann Ford and Terry Nation, and most importantly, the first of our five-part re-evaluation of Torchwood: Children of Earth!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Mark Strickson announced as guest for Gallifrey One
• Creatures in TWBTLATS to be known as "Homo Aqua"
• UNIT quiz site reveals seven minutes of deleted scenes from Season 2
• Doctor Who Magazine #623
• Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition Doctor Who: Legends released
• Classic Doctor Who leaving US Tubi soon?
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Anniversary – A 2005-2025 Doctors Collection available November 2025
• Pauline Collins 1940-2025

Review:

• Torchwood: Children of Earth – Day One
• Children of Earth scripts on BBC Writer's Room
• Radio Free Skaro Wednesday Cutaway – The Ballad of Jack and Ianto
• Radio Free Skaro presents Bridging the Rift

After a week of not-news coverage where Chris and Warren wandered the Earth and comedian, Who historian and legend Toby Hadoke ably guested, the Three Who Rule are reunited and tackle a shedload of news, including a scoop about The War Between the Land and the Sea airing at different times on the BBC and Disney+, Carole Ann Ford letting loose on the unused Season 2 finale of one Doctor Who, Jane Tranter explaining how TV works in 2025 (not so well!), tons of Big Finish, and most importantly, Part the Third of our Classic Series Commentary for The Sun Makers!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• SCOOP: BBC to air The War Between The Land and The Sea in December; Disney+ in February
• Carole Ann Ford describes unused Doctor Who finale scene
• Broadcast Now profile on Jane Tranter and Bad Wolf
• Jane Tranter addresses Doctor Who future (from Broadcast Now profile)
• BFI Screening of Blake's 7 Series 2 episodes on November 8, now sold out
• Character Options Doctor Who The Master and TARDIS Vortex Edition Figure Set
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – The War Master: His Greatest Trick out now
• Big Finish: The Third Doctor Adventures: Operation: Vengeance out now
• Big Finish: The Third Doctor Adventures: The Imposters due February 2026
• Big Finish: The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Ministry of Death due March 2026
• Big Finish: The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield: The Dalek Eternity 2 out now
• Big Finish: Star Cops: Conflict starts January 2026
• BBC Archive: 1964: From Script to Screen – Making a Television Drama
• Nabil Shaban 1953-2025

Commentary:

• The Sun Makers Part Three

With the Three Who Rule down to one as both Warren and Chris are gallivanting in parts known and unknown this weekend, and with both the Doctor Who Season 13 Collection and the Blake's 7 Series 2 Collection releases imminent, this week Steven turns the entire episode to a chat with friend of the show Toby Hadoke! Toby recounts working on several extras included across both Blu-ray sets, and also the recent positive hubbub regarding missing Doctor Who episodes generates some excited chatter.

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who Collection: Season 13
• Blake's 7: The Collection – Season 2
• Toby Hadoke's Happy Times and Places

The potential imminent return of some missing Doctor Who episodes is top of mind this week, thanks to an interview with John Franklin, Sue Malden, and Professor Justin Smith from Film is Fabulous! on Tim Burrows' excellent Missing Episodes Podcast. The Three Who Rule preview the episode and talk of the "several missing episodes" that are in collections right now, as well as telling you how you can help the Film is Fabulous! project. Also, the Series 10 soundtrack is coming, Pete McTighe will be at Gallifrey One, and it's Part Two of our Classic Series Commentary for "The Sun Makers"!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Missing Episodes Podcast interview with John Franklin of Film is Fabulous!
• Film is Fabulous now a charitable trust, able to accept donations
• Film is Fabulous mentions many missing Doctor Who episodes are in hands of collectors
• Pete McTighe announced as guest at Gallifrey One
• Season 10 soundtrack announced by the BBC, release date not given
• Prince William tours TARDIS set at Bad Wolf Studios in mid-September
• Doctor Who Magazine #622 released
• Diamond Comics restructuring likely to affect Doctor Who Magazine North American distribution
• The Graham Williams Years – The DNA of Doctor Who kickstarter, funded within a day
• Rob Shearman interview with Big Finish about Jubilee & Chimes of Midnight novelizations
• Big Finish Torchwood series to end in 2026; one last episode, Legacy, to be released later
• Big Finish The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Wicked! released
• Big Finish: The First Doctor Adventures: Beware the City of Illusions, due Mar 2026
• 'Red Dwarf' Coming To Channel 4 In Landmark UKTV Deal
• Sacha Dhawan and Anjli Mohindra married in lavish wedding in Tuscany
• John Woodvine died, aged 96

Commentary:

• The Sun Makers Part Two

Wild speculation abounds as rumours of the BBC and Bad Wolf "it's not you, it's me" -ing each other surface given the somewhat mid (as the kids say) reception to the latest iteration of Doctor Who, The Three Who Rule have theories a-plenty as to the show's next steps, anchored by nothing but their half-formed notions of media literacy (and some inside knowledge). Besides that, we have more exciting Big Finish previews, a Verity! mention on UK game show "The Chase" and the first part of our Class Series Commentary for seminal 1970s serial "The Sun Makers!"

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Film is Fabulous now able to accept donations as a charitable trust
• Film is Fabulous on Doctor Who missing episodes
• Verity! appears as a clue to a question on The Chase
• BBC seeks to exit agreement with Bad Wolf?
• Legendary Location Hunting with Tia Kofi – The Whoniverse Show
• The Missing Episodes Podcast returns after a long hiatus
• The Peter Purves podcast debuted
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Last Days of the Powell Estate out now
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Dare You due Dec 2025
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The First Doctor Unbound: Return to Marinus due Jan 2026
• Titan Comics: Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox, issue 1 due Nov 5
• Titan Comics: Doctor Who: The Prison Paradox, issue 2 available for pre-order

Commentary:

• The Sun Makers