It’s a real grab bag of news this week with Peter Davison critiquing the current series of Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi being cool as hell at Glastonbury, and a truly mammoth editorial by Chris about the Blu-ray for The War Games in Colour and the cost thereof given that it is only one disc. Somehow we get an hour out of this, and we also have an extensive interview with long-time friends and Televisual Specialists John Williams and Neil Perryman about their new podcast where they watch every television show ever made – World of Telly!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• BBC statement on complaint about Ncuti Gatwa-Billie Piper regeneration coverage
• Peter Davison on the current state of Doctor Who
• Doctor Who Magazine Special #70: The Horror Issue due Sep 24
• Preview of ‘Night of the Shreek’ from the 2026 Doctor Who Annual
• The War Games in Colour North American Blu-Ray release
• Classic Second Doctor adventure ‘The Moonbase’ coming to vinyl
• Big Finish Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Causeway due Nov 2025
• Doctor Who and sustainability
• Peter Capaldi onstage with Franz Ferdinand at Glastonbury
• Ncuti Gatwa introduces JADE at Glastonbury
• Laundry Files RPG 2nd Edition preorder announced – and Warren wrote for it!

Interview:

• World of Telly Podcast
• Neil Perryman
• John Williams

We’re sharing a preview of a new audiobook, Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth, which celebrates the wit and wisdom of the legendary science fiction author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Twenty-five years after his death, Adams’s books continue to be read by new generations and his creations along with his ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything being “42”, have seeped deep into public consciousness. Written and narrated by Arvind Ethan David, Adams’s former protégé, this one-of-a-kind audiobook includes rare archival material from the Adams Estate, interviews with Adams’s personal friends like Stephen Fry and David Baddiel, and reenactments of his work to form an immersive journey through the mind of one of the most beloved and visionary writers of our time.

Get Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth now at Audible, Spotify, pushkin.fm/audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold.

If you enjoy baseless speculation about the future of Doctor Who, The War Between the Land and the Sea, RTD’s career prospects, and most importantly, musings about Edmonton AM radio frequencies past and present, then this episode of Radio Free Skaro is for you (you sicko)! Plus we cover a new official Doctor Who quiz book from Beth Axford and “The Moon Cruise” by Esmie-Jikiemi-Pearson, some Steven Taylor Big Finish goodness, Steven’s recent podcast promiscuity and the second part of our Classic Series Commentary for “The Visitation”!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Will The War Between The Land and The Sea all drop at once on iPlayer and Disney+?
• Doctor Who Magazine 618 released
• RTD’s column from DWM 618
• The Fourteenth Doctor and the Meep action figure set now available
• The Official Doctor Who Quiz Book by Beth Axford coming Sep 2025
• New Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda novel ‘The Moon Cruise’ by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson coming in Nov 2025
• Big Finish released two new audiobooks read by Peter Purves to celebrate 60 years of Steven Taylor
• Doctor Who Season 1 Blu-Ray releasing Tuesday in North America
• Doctor Who The War Games in Colour releasing Tuesday in North America
• Steven on The Incomparable Doctor Who Season 2 wrap-up
• Steven on the Strangers in Space Doctor Who news update episode

Commentary:

• The Visitation Part Two