Christmas is saved! The official Doctor Who YouTube Channel (don't forget to subscribe) and Big Finish have come together to present a new audio Christmas story starring Christopher Eccleston and Carole Ann Ford. We have the details. Other audio goodies are discussed as well in lieu of news of tenders and Cbeebies spinoffs, and the episode culminates in the third and final part of our Classic Series Commentary miniseries of "The Daleks' Master Plan"!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Christopher Eccleston and Carole Ann Ford to star in the Ninth Doctor's Big Finish Christmas special
• RTD speaks out against Matt Brittin's AI remarks, suggests Doctor Who should be in production by summer
• Doctor Who Magazine #635
• BBC Audiobooks: Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara due Nov 5
• BBC Audiobooks: Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor Novels due Nov 5
• BBC Audiobooks: Doctor Who: The Third History Collection due Dec 3
• Soundtrack for 60th Anniversary Specials coming this Doctor Who Day
• Character Options Unveils Penultimate Doctor Who Collect & Build Set, arriving Oct 19
• Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: False Friends released
• Big Finish: The Ninth Doctor Adventures: The Rag Man
• Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Fear the Reapers due Dec 2026
• Big Finish: Star Cops – Conflict: Tick Tock released
• The Timelash Oct 18-24

Commentary:

• Classic Series Commentary "The Daleks' Master Plan" Episode 3 – Devil's Planet

Three big Doctor Who stories share the spotlight this week! Deadline reports that both Jed Mercurio's Hat Trick Mercurio and STV Studios are two of the interested bidders to make Doctor Who, the first image and details of the new CBeebies Doctor Who show TARDIS Crew were unveiled, and Russell T Davies' new memoir is out for all to dissect for its details and (lack of) juicy dirt. All this, and our second instalment in our Classic Series Commentary for "The Daleks' Master Plan"!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• Deadline reveals some Doctor Who bids: Jed Mercurio, STV Studios, among others
• First look at 'TARDIS Crew', brand new CBeebies animated adventure from the Whoniverse
• Russell T Davis' book "The Queerest of Folk" released
• Billie Piper's tears, Weinstein tension and a knife by the door: Russell T Davies' memoir doesn't hold back
• Gallifrey One: October Update: Discussion Panels & TARDIS Talks
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Halloween – Doctor, Doctor, Doctor and Other Stories available now
• Big Finish: The Eighth Doctor – A New Pathway, an audio documentary, available with New Pathways
• Record Store Day Black Friday Doctor Who The Day of the Troll Vinyl LP
• Kickstarter: SHARE & ENJOY. A definitively inaccurate Douglas Adams story
• The Timelash Oct 11-17

Commentary:

• Classic Series Commentary "The Daleks' Master Plan" Episode 2 – Day of Armageddon

Doctor Who is dead, long live Doctor Who! Russell T Davies speaks of the end of his time on Doctor Who in an excerpt from his new book, while Bad Wolf's Jane Tranter laments the dismantling of the most recent TARDIS set. All this is happening while BBC Studios may have multiple bids to produce the next era of Doctor Who. All this and more, including the first episode of our Classic Series Commentary of the first quarter of "The Daleks' Master Plan"!

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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• 'Goodbye Whoniverse. God, that was fun!': Russell T Davies on writing the end of Doctor Who
• Jane Tranter mentioned on Instagram the TARDIS set was being torn down
• 'Doctor Who': Multiple BBC Studios Labels Likely To Apply For Tender
• Doctor Who: The Satan Pit Extended Movie Cut UK DVD/Blu-Ray announced, no release date yet
• Encore screening of The Daleks' Master Plan at Riverside Studios on October 31
• The Savages now on iPlayer
• The Black Archive: Frontios by Paul Driscoll due Oct 6 from Obverse Books
• Big Finish: The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures: The Greatest Train Robbery released
• Big Finish: Doctor Who: Armageddon Dawn due Nov 2026
• Big Finish: The Fugitive Doctor: Running Wild due Nov 2026
• The Timelash Oct 4-10

Commentary:

• Classic Series Commentary "The Daleks' Master Plan" Episode 1 – The Nightmare Begins