Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro

Big news! The moment has been prepared for by a cabal of BBC pencil pushers as the official Doctor Who Invitation To Tender was released to all and sundry! Steven and Warren pick apart the document with a fine tooth comb, highlighting requirements like "essential Britishness" before spring boarding into the usual speculation, and theorizing and equal parts cynicism and copium. Plus Big Finish and DWM news, The Timelash and a Miniscope featuring all three of the Three Who Rule examining the directing work of Peter Hoar!
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BBC publishes Doctor Who invitation to tender
Doctor Who Magazine #634
Doctor Who "The Satan Pit" coming to Canada and UK cinemas on November 23
Written by Terrance Dicks: Book Launch with Simon Guerrier on November 26 in Manchester
James Cooray Smith article The Last Battle
Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Shock and Awe available now
Big Finish: The War Doctor Rises: Serpent's Nest available December 2026
Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Seventh Doctor Adventures: Homecoming available January 2027
The Timelash

Miniscope
Peter Hoar (Director)
A Good Man Goes to War
The Robot Revolution
Lucky Day

A light week of Doctor Who related banter as we soldier through continued Circuit Breaker fun, speculate wildly about the upcoming Blakes 7 Series 3 Collection that was officially announced this past week, the usual Big Finish cover art overexamination, and a travel back through the years via The Timelash! Forwards to the Past, or something!
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Circuit Breaker: Kaleidoscope review
Blake's 7 Series 3 Collection announced
Frontios Black Archive book due Oct 6
The Reality War – 2005-2025: How the Doctor Who Revival Transformed Television coming Oct 26
Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: A New Occupation released
Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The Decayed Master – Part Three released
Big Finish: Halloween and Christmas collections due Oct 2026 and Dec 2026, respectively
Big Finish audio novels The Missing Hour, due Oct 2026, and The Bath Chronicles, due Jan 2027
The Timelash

As befits these dog days of Doctor Who, we start this episode delving into both Edmonton infrastructure projects and the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, before summarily slapping ourselves upside the head and reporting on Warren's progress reading Circuit Breaker: Kaleidoscope (pretty good so far!) and the extraordinarily expensive yet mouth-wateringly lovely new Character Options set featuring Liz Shaw and a Primordial Professor Stahlman  Also books, the Timelash and an interview with the Cyberleader himself David Banks about his new book Man and Cyberman! Excellent!
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2026 Hugo Award winners
Circuit Breaker: Kaleidoscope
Character Options Season Seven Set Liz Shaw and Primord available September 14
The Daleks' Master Plan: The Making of a Television Serial by Alan Stevens due Sep 2026
Screen Printed: The Definitive Guide To The Exciting Adventures Based On The Popular BBC Television Serial available now
Big Finish: The Death and Life of River Song: War Widow released
The Timelash
Interview:
Man and Cyberman: Memoirs of a Cyber Leader by David Banks
David Banks

The War between the Galactic Republic (Canada) and the Trade Federation (America) continues and is finally affecting things that actually matter like Doctor Who as Catherine Tate and other guests have bowed out of Edmonton Expo due to overcomplicated plane shenanigans as available flights plummet between our two nations! In better news, Steven sings the praises of the BBC show Ludwig, which is like Doctor Who if Doctor Who was a crime procedural, and Gallifrey One continues with their second wave of guest announcements! Plus more exciting Circuit Breaker updates, New Paradigm Dalek dollies, more mutant heads aka Funko Pops, and another edition of The Timelash! 
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Katy Manning, Frazer Hines. Simon Guerrier, Stephen Cole announced for Gallifrey One
Catherine Tate, other guests cancel Edmonton Expo appearances due to lack of Edmonton-LA flights
Circuit Breaker: The Doctor and the Three Witches
Circuit Breaker: Momento Mori
Waris Hussein and Carole Ann Ford on The Whoniverse Show
Redone Doctor In Distress video by the online community, supporting the Red Cross
The Underwater Menace and The Faceless Ones event at Riverside Studios on October 3
Doctor Who 2005-2022 coming to Kanopy Sep 4, seasons added weekly
Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor, New Paradigm Dalek sets coming from Character Options
New Doctor Who Funko Pops released Aug 28
Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Reunion
Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Eleventh Doctor Adventures: Hidden in Plain Sight released
The Timelash

Despite the continuing lull in Doctor Who content we've got a bumper crop of stuff to talk about this week, including a missing episodes saga of sorts from Steven with many twists, turns, and 3/4" U-Matic tapes! the ever-present Circuit Breaker (except in Canada, more on that within), Mark Gatiss predicting the Doctor Who tender "quietly won't happen," the official launch of the Pondcast featuring Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, and the return of our look back at the week in the history of Doctor Who, namely – The Timelash! 
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Circuit Breaker: Don't Blink!
Circuit Breaker: The Three Witches (part of updated Time Lord Fairy Tales) released on August 20
Circuit Breaker: The Three Witches comes out Feb 23 in Canada
Mark Gatiss predicts Doctor Who's tender "quietly won't happen": 'It's time for a break'
BBC bosses headlining Mipcom
Doctor Who Magazine 633
David Tennant interview excerpt on official Doctor Who website
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill officially launched Pondcast
Big Finish: The Twelfth Doctor Adventures: The Second Death of the Daleks released
Big Finish: Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor and Rani coming August 2027
Big Finish: Dark Gallifrey: The Decayed Master available now
Big Finish: The War Master: Deeds Without Name due Oct 2026
Big Finish to republish Radio Times specials celebrating Doctor Who's 10th and 20th anniversaries
How (Not) to Film in Cars by Rachel Talalay
Doctor Who: Corruption of the Daleks graphic novel coming October 20
Chromakey Magazine subscription offer
The Timelash