There’s new stirrings in the world of Doctor Who production, one being an official BBC search for new producers of an new animated Doctor Who series for Time Tots on CBeebies, and a much more tenuous rumour about discontent between Russell T Davies, a potential streaming suitor, and a push for a grittier, aged-up series. Join the Three Who Rule who cogitate on the possibilities of Doctor Who’s future, along with Big Finish news, the improbable return of 80s laff-fest Spaceballs, and Part One of our Classic Series Commentary for The Visitation!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Doctor Who – The TARDIS is set to land on CBeebies
• Doctor Who pre-school animation: invitation to pitch
• Doctor Who Season 2 coming August 18 to DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook (UK)
• Report: BBC and RTD at ddds with potential new Doctor Who partner
• Excerpt from the new Fifteenth Doctor novel ‘Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box’, available now
• Big Finish Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Last Queen of the Nile, due Sep 2025
• What if the Classic Doctors Regenerated like Modern Day Doctors? by Rob Ritchie
• Spaceballs 2 announcement
• Pik-Sen Lim died

Commentary:

• The Visitation Part One

Doctor Who Season 2, and the Ncuti Gatwa era, are over, Billie Piper is The Doctor (maybe?) and the Three Who Rule are left to pick up the pieces and look at the Doctor Who Unleashed – 20 Years in Wales retrospective, Amanda-Rae Prescott’s critique of the Fifteenth Doctor era for Den of Geek, more Dugga Doo shenanigans, a look at friend of the show Rachel Talalay’s use of the “oner” in the TV show Without a Trace, and more, merely setting the stage for the return of Fluid Links!

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• Steph de Whalley appearing at Gallifrey One
• Doctor Who Unleashed – 20 Years in Wales
• Season 2: Epilogue
• Amanda-Rae Prescott’s critique of The Fifteenth Doctor era
• A Tour of the Rani’s Bone Palace with Jonah Hauer-King
• Dugga Doo Jumps Into the Doctor’s Timestream
• Doctor Who and the Dugga Doos (Reconstruction)
• Rachel Talalay: How a One-er becomes Whatever: Without A Trace
• Who Me! by David J Howe due Oct 9
• Doctor Who: Jubilee Paperback due Mar 5 2026
• Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight Paperback due Mar 5 2026
• Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster: 4th Doctor Novelization Audio CD – Unabridged due Sep 4
• Big Finish Sixth Doctor Adventures: Bad Terms due Aug 2025
• Prentis Hancock 1942-2025
• Fluid Links

It’s the end, but the moment is prepared for as Steven, Warren, and Chris give their varied takes on “The Reality War”, the final episode of Season 2 and the last bit of Doctor Who on our screens until we’re graced with The War Between the Land and the Sea, presumably later this year(?) A marathon session covering a controversial-ish regeneration, RTD’s storytelling habits, speculation on the Disney+ deal, further speculation on the future of Doctor Who and television in general, and so much more as the discussion spans more than two hours! Listen if you dare!

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• Doctor Who S2E08 “The Reality War” Review
• Ncuti Gatwa Says Goodbye to Doctor Who
• Doctor Who’s Ncuti Gatwa says final farewell to the TARDIS as the Fifteenth Doctor regenerates
• Doctor Who S2E08 Unleashed
• Doctor Who S2E08 Behind the Scenes
• “Doctor Who has ‘changed lives’ of LGBT people”
• The War Between the Land and the Sea teaser
• Lorne Balfe doing music for TWBTLATS, offering recording session viewing
• Doctor Who Unleashed: 20 Years in Wales airing June 7 at 7pm on BBC One, 6am on iPlayer
• Extract from the Fifteenth Doctor original novel ‘Fear Death by Water’, book out now
• Preview of new Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda adventure ‘Spectral Scream’, book out now
• Catherine Tate announced for Edmonton Expo
• Big Finish The First Doctor Unbound: Knights of the Round TARDIS due Sep 2025

It’s “Wish World”, the penultimate episode Season 2 of Doctor Who, but the moment has been prepared for! What did Steven, Warren, and Chris think of this lead-up to next week’s finale “The Reality War” and all the many campy bits therein? Will the Doctor regain his identity and crack the code of a 1950s inflected dystopia? Will Ruby work out the mystery of a forgotten world? Will Belinda get anything to do? Tune in and find out! Plus Barbie, Big Finish, and more!

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• Doctor Who S2E07 “Wish World” Review
• Doctor Who S2E07 Unleashed
• Doctor Who S2E07 Behind the Scenes
• Varada Sethu Interviews Carole Ann Ford
• Dugga Doo full version
• Dugga Doo 24/7
• Fifteenth Doctor Barbie due July
• Ruby Sunday Barbie due July
• Doctor Who Magazine 617 released
• Doctor Who: River Song Choose Your Own Adventure Hardcover due Feb 12, 2026
• Big Finish Call Me Master: Monsters due September 2025
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Alixion due September 2025
• Bonnie Langford & Colin Baker answer Big Finish listener questions
• Big Finish: Star Cops – Conflict returns in 2026
• Peter David died
• BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78

It’s finally time for us to face up to the fact that the Eurovision in Space episode is here. So what did the Three Who Rule think of the glitz, glitter, and glamour of The Interstellar Song Contest? You may be surprised at the results! Join us as we muse over surprising cameos, the return of an iconic villain, and our descent into cynicism as we speculate on RTD’s current approach, the remaining two episodes and what lies in wait for Doctor Who generally. Plus minor snippets of news, missing episodes yelling, and more! Next week…Wish World, featuring both The Tripods and the Sandbaggers!

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• Doctor Who S2E06 “The Interstellar Song Contest” Review
• Archie Panjabi joins Doctor Who as legendary character the Rani
• Radio Free Skaro #979, on the casting of Archie Panjabi
• Russell T Davies teases Wish World
• Richard Price behind the scenes bloot 1
• Richard Price behind the scenes bloot 2
• Doctor Who S2E06 Unleashed
• Special episode of Doctor Who: Unleashed announced celebrating 20 years of revival
• Doctor Who S2E06 Behind the Scenes
• Ncuti Gatwa did not announce UK jury points at Eurovision, Sophie Ellis-Bextor took his place
• Sue Malden on Doctor Who missing episodes at Film is Fabulous event
• Doctor Who’s next two series already written despite ‘Disney funding cuts’, reports The Mirror
• Jane Tranter on US co-productions
• The Happiness Patrol: Unhappily Ever After kickstarter from Cutaway Comics, threshold met

The Three Who Rule weigh in on an episode full of of firsts as The Doctor and Belinda head to 2019 Nigeria in “The Story and The Engine,” a mix of mythology, storytelling, and a big ol’ spider! What did they think of this psychological thriller set in a barbershop that also wanders through a web of dimensions? Plus what were Millie Gibson and RTD on about on The One Show and Morning Live, respectively? And what’s Eric Roberts’ Master up to? All these questions won’t be answered, but enjoy anyway!

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• Doctor Who S2E05 “The Story & the Engine” Review
• Doctor Who S2E05 Unleashed
• Doctor Who S2E05 Behind the Scenes
• The Story & the Engine prequel
• Compilation of past Doctor clips and the source stories
• “The Reality War” simulcasts on Disney+, iPlayer, and BBC One at 7pm UK time on May 31
• Millie Gibson on The One Show talking about the finale
• RTD on Morning Live
• The Jon Pertwee Collection Audio CD due July 4
• Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity 2025 competition open, closes mid-June
• Big Finish: The Worlds of Doctor Who – Dark Gallifrey: Master! begins July 2025

Doctor Who delves into the fetid swamps of online discourse this week as Ruby Sunday returns to Doctor Who and the UK experiences seesawing public sentiment in “Lucky Day!” Did the Three Who Rule enjoy it, or more to the point, how much did they not like it? Listen and learn! Plus the aforementioned Millie Gibson is set to grace Gallifrey One, Ncuti Gatwa is announcing UK scores at Eurovision, whatever that means (Chris explains), The Savages and The War Games in Colour are on their way to Blu-ray in North America, books, Big Finish and more! Next Week: The Story and the Engine!

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• Millie Gibson Makes Her North American Convention Debut at Gallifrey One
• Janet Fielding Added to Guest List for Gallifrey One 2026
• Gallifrey One LAX Marriott block opens May 9
• Doctor Who “Lucky Day” Review
• Doctor Who Unleashed S2E04
• Doctor Who S2E04 Behind the Scenes
• Doctor Who YouTube channel hits 2M subscribers
• Ncuti Gatwa to announce UK scores at Eurovision
• Doctor Who Season 2 finale coming to cinemas across the UK & Ireland
• Doctor Who: Season One Blu-ray coming to North America on June 24
• The Savages available for Canadian preorder (May 20)
• The War Games in colour available for Canadian preorder (June 24)
• Doctor Who – Time and Space for Everyone goes out May 19
• Big Finish The Death and Life of River Song: The Dissolution of Time due August 2025
• Doctor Who Myths and Legends: The Reeltime Pictures Story due Aug 30, released at Whooverville
• Exterminart! The Doctor Who Dalek Art of Andrew Skilleter updated edition available for preorder
• Classic Who on U&Eden in the UK starting May 5

Russell T Davies returns to cosmic horror, a medium in which he excels, in “The Well”, an episode full of invisible enemies, reigns of terror, and a need to listen! What did the Three Who Rule think of this scary excursion 400,000 years into the future? And more to the point, did you know Steven helped get HD footage into The War Games In Colour? Plus new Big Finish including Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill’s first audio adventure, a book about Kangs (who don’t conquer), a big ol’ Quatermass box set, and more! Next week, will it be our Lucky Day?

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Daphne Ashbrook & Yee Jee Tso Celebrate 30 Years of the TV Movie at Gallifrey One
• Doctor Who “The Well” Review
• Doctor Who Unleashed S2E03
• Behind The Scenes S2E03
• Doctor Who Magazine 616
• The War Games in Colour Blu-Ray coming to North America on June 24
• The War Games footage comparison
• Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: Vampire Weekend due July 2025
• Big Finish Doctor Who: Time War – Uncharted: Pursuit due June 2025
• Big Finish Doctor Who: The Ruins of Kaerula due June 2025
• “As A Kang Should Be” by Dale Smith released by Obverse Books
• The Quatermass Xperiment Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray coming in June