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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• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• 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!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• 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!

Links:

• Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon
• 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