The Cloister Room

It's the second episode of the new Cloister Room podcast, a podcast about Doctor Who and other things. This week, the "Doctor Who" is the very first episode of Doctor Who, "An Unearthly Child. The "Other Things" include VHS tapes, Sherlock, Tron, And a slew upcoming TV shows! If four a slew? If so it's a slew.

Next week, we'll be talking about "The Aztecs," featuring William Hartnell as the First Doctor. The week after that we'll be talking about a Second Doctor story... of your choosing! Comment here on this post, or leave an @ reply for @TheCloisterRoom on Twitter telling us which Second Doctor story we should discuss. Stories not on DVD are fine, but no stories with missing episodes are out. Sorry, I know that rules out a lot of great stuff, but we want to WATCH this and then discuss it.

Oh, and be sure to let us know what you think of the podcast, through either of those ways or by e-mail at [email protected].

Show topics:

00:00 - 01:25 - Introduction 01:26 - 04:33 - Billy fluffs, and general classic series chatter. 04:44 - 12:57 - An Unearthly Child discussion 12:58 - 15:43 - Pre-discussing The Aztecs... and a tangent about the merits of the VHS format. 15:44 - 16:50 - Doctor Who news - Soundtrack albums announced, and non-spoilery, months-old casting info on the Christmas specials. 16:51 - 19:23 - Sherlock discusssion [SPOILERS for episode 3] 19:24 - 20:53 - The future of Sherlock, in the UK and US 20:54 - 28:58 - Upcoming fall TV shows in the US [see below for links] 28:59 - 33:42 - Tron and Tron Legacy [no spoilers for either] 33:44 - end - Outroduction

Trailers:

The Event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4vumb8J-x8 The Cape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfJSZZpia0 Undercovers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDRG1edDpg No Ordinary Family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDukZLfuz0

Welcome to the first episode of the new Cloister Room podcast, a podcast about Doctor Who and other things. This week, the "Doctor Who" is series Five, and the "Other Things" are Torchwood, Caprica, Inception, Sherlock, and Lost! And more! Well, not MUCH more, but a LITTLE more.

Next week, we'll be talking about An Unearthly child, and the week after that we'll be talking about another First Doctor story... of your choosing! Comment here on this post, or leave an @ reply for @TheCloisterRoom on Twitter telling us which First Doctor story we should discuss (other than An Unearthly Child, of course).

Oh, and be sure to let us know what you think of the podcast, through either of those ways or by e-mail at [email protected].

Show topics:

00:00-03:27 - Introduction 03:28-07:46 - Who is the mysterious voice in "The Pandorica Opens?" 07:47-11:52 - General Series Five Reactions 11:53-14:04 - BREAKING NEWS: MATT SMITH FIRED! REALLY! 14:05-16:36 - Torchwood: The New World 16:37-18:01 - More on Torchwood... and on Caprica. 18:02-22:14 - Inception (spoilers for ending) 22:15-27:25 - Sherlock (first two episodes, no explicit spoilers) 27:26-34:01 - Lost finale discussion (spoilers, of course) 34:02-end - Outroduction

This week, it's a slightly abbreviated Cloister Room, as Tom talks about the recent setbacks with the US version of Torchwood. There are some interesting implications if you read between the lines.

Check out Tom's review of Victory of the Daleks: http://www.behindthesofa.org.uk/2010/04/spitfire-from-space.html

This week on The Cloister Room, Tom digs into Doctor Who: The Beast Below and Lost: Everybody Loves Hugo, with some kind words for Ashes to Ashes as well.

In Act One, it's all about the monsters, and whether Doctor Who always needs them. In Act Two, Tom makes some minor complaints about how the final season of Lost is going. But in Act Three, Tom turns it around and brings the optimism, praising the first two episodes of series three of Ashes to Ashes.

All this plus the Dune Quote of the Week!

Check out Tom's review of The Beast Below: http://www.behindthesofa.org.uk/2010/04/pushing-the-right-buttons-.html

With another season over and done, Tom and Louis met to discuss the events in The Name of the Doctor, and their potential ramifications. As Tom trotted out a list of six theories, Louis fretted about the absence of the Eighth Doctor. And as usual, the 50th anniversary is discussed.