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Oh! It's the eleventh episode of The Cloister Room, a podcast about Doctor Who and other things.

This week, the "Doctor Who" is the Christopher Eccleston story "Dalek". Aaaaand no "Other Things."

Next week, we'll be talking about the Tenth Doctor story "Midnight". The week after that we'll be talking about an Eleventh Doctor story... of your choosing!

Comment here on this post, or leave an @ reply for @TheCloisterRoom on Twitter telling us which we should discuss.

Oh, and be sure to let us know what you think of the podcast, through either of those ways or by e-mail at thecloisterroom@gmail.com.


Show topics:

00:00-01:27 - Intro

01:28-17:01 - "Dalek" discussion

17:02-19:40 - Next week: "Midnight"!

19:41-21:18 - Conclusion

My review of The Sarah Jane Adventures:The Vault of Secrets, also this week a short tribute to actor Graham Crowden who sadly died this week and a promo for The 20 Megabyte Doctor Who Podcast.

If you would like to help support the show there is now a t shirt shop here http://www.zazzle.co.uk/tdrury a few designs are available one by me and the others by Craig Hansen.

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering. 

My review of The Sarah Jane Adventures:The Vault of Secrets, also this week a short tribute to actor Graham Crowden who sadly died this week and a promo for The 20 Megabyte Doctor Who Podcast.

If you would like to help support the show there is now a t shirt shop here http://www.zazzle.co.uk/tdrury a few designs are available one by me and the others by Craig Hansen.

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering.

My review of The Sarah Jane Adventures:The Vault of Secrets, also this week a short tribute to actor Graham Crowden who sadly died this week and a promo for The 20 Megabyte Doctor Who Podcast.

If you would like to help support the show there is now a t shirt shop here http://www.zazzle.co.uk/tdrury a few designs are available one by me and the others by Craig Hansen.

If you want to send me comments or feedback you can email them to tdrury2003@yahoo.co.uk or contact me on twitter where I'm @tdrury or send me a friend request and your comments to facebook where I'm Tim Drury and look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdrury/3711029536/in/set-72157621161239599/ in case you were wondering. 

Three topics for you today: A potential bonus for the U.S. thanks to the split 2011 season, new comics from Tony Lee and Paul Cornell, and a look at the curious case of classic-series nostalgia among new-series fans.

fter a couple of relatively in-depth episodes the gang settle back into their old routine, loosen their belts and have a good old natter about the best books to read on the holiest of holes. Basic practicalities such as portability, absorbency (i.e. attention spans) and the cloth-touching of family trouser-turtles are all mulled over and given the serious consideration they deserve.

Meanwhile welcome distractions are provided by a hacking cough, the cheapskate Ambassador of Ferrero Rocher and Blue Peter ladies - both totty and notty.

Books and authors discussed include The Green Mile, The Yellow Wallpaper, Robert Bloch, Blood Sword, Leather Goddesses Of Phobos, Charles Dickens, The Lottery, The Running Man, HP Lovecraft and Legends. Strangely no mention is made of Wee Jock Poo-Pong McPlop, for which I apologise.

We do however mention a website from which you can get access to a whole bunch of free stories online - here's the link http://freesf.blogspot.com/

Send your entries for the banner and logo competition flooding in to scrolls@hotmail.co.uk and for the sake of economy you can use the same e-mail address to contact us about joining in with the Scrolls Book Group podcast - open to all.

I'm on Twitter now @Dion_Scrolls so I'd love to get any feedback there, on the forums at http://www.gsforums.co.uk via e-mail or on the comments section below. So much choice!

Music is as ever by Steadman - except for the jazzy bit at the start which came off of some crappy cd I got free with a cocktail shaker a few years back.

I should probably add that we are giggly and explicit from the beginning, but not so distasteful as to be graphic. Well, not that graphic. Wuss. Strap yourselves in, it's going to be a bum-py ride.

With Flint unavailable, Rich pulls in Iz to see how someone who actually jumped on at prog 1700 is coping with the current storylines. They go through progs 1703-1706 and of course take time to take the piss out of the absent Irishman. This one was recorded slightly differently to normal, so apologies for the sound quality.

As usual, expect spoilers throughout and language not suitable for the kiddies.

fter a couple of relatively in-depth episodes the gang settle back into their old routine, loosen their belts and have a good old natter about the best books to read on the holiest of holes.  Basic practicalities such as portability, absorbency (i.e. attention spans) and the cloth-touching of family trouser-turtles are all mulled over and given the serious consideration they deserve.

Meanwhile welcome distractions are provided by a hacking cough, the cheapskate Ambassador of Ferrero Rocher and Blue Peter ladies - both totty and notty.

Books and authors discussed include The Green Mile, The Yellow Wallpaper, Robert Bloch, Blood Sword, Leather Goddesses Of Phobos, Charles Dickens, The Lottery, The Running Man, HP Lovecraft and Legends. Strangely no mention is made of Wee Jock Poo-Pong McPlop, for which I apologise.

We do however mention a website from which you can get access to a whole bunch of free stories online – here’s the link http://freesf.blogspot.com/

Send your entries for the banner and logo competition flooding in to scrolls@hotmail.co.uk and for the sake of economy you can use the same e-mail address to contact us about joining in with the Scrolls Book Group podcast – open to all.

I’m on Twitter now @Dion_Scrolls so I’d love to get any feedback there, on the forums at http://www.gsforums.co.uk via e-mail or on the comments section below. So much choice!

Music is as ever by Steadman - except for the jazzy bit at the start which came off of some crappy cd I got free with a cocktail shaker a few years back.

I should probably add that we are giggly and explicit from the beginning, but not so distasteful as to be graphic.  Well, not that graphic.  Wuss.  Strap yourselves in, it’s going to be a bum-py ride.

With Flint unavailable, Rich pulls in Iz to see how someone who actually jumped on at prog 1700 is coping with the current storylines. They go through progs 1703-1706 and of course take time to take the piss out of the absent Irishman. This one was recorded slightly differently to normal, so apologies for the sound quality.

As usual, expect spoilers throughout and language not suitable for the kiddies.

Ok, recently several members from the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance were lucky enough to attend  Doctor Who Live and the Sarah Jane Adventures premier of Death of the Doctor.  Contained in this here podcast are the thoughts of Professor Dave, James from ADWP, Adam and So-Called Real Keith from Staggering Stories as well as a burst of Luke from TMDWP. Enjoy.

Casting aside the usual set-up of NEGF, Daniel and Lily take you through what went on at the British International Comics Shows as well as presenting a range of interviews recorded at the convention.

Interviews include:

The first interview with the Knight and Squire creative team Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton.

A catch-up with Graham Pearce about the Sgt Mike Battle trade paperback mentioned in the last episode.

Tom McNally letting you know about his latest project.

Halloween Man's editor, Russell Hillman.

And a chat with Matthew Craig, the creator of Hondle.

If you liked this episode, you can find North East Geek Feast on Facebook. Just search 'North East Geek Feast'.

You can also get in touch with us on Twitter: @comicsdaniel and @terracottalily.

Casting aside the usual set-up of NEGF, Daniel and Lily take you through what went on at the British International Comics Shows as well as presenting a range of interviews recorded at the convention.

Interviews include:

The first interview with the Knight and Squire creative team Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton.

A catch-up with Graham Pearce about the Sgt Mike Battle trade paperback mentioned in the last episode.

Tom McNally letting you know about his latest project.

Halloween Man’s editor, Russell Hillman.

And a chat with Matthew Craig, the creator of Hondle.

If you liked this episode, you can find North East Geek Feast on Facebook. Just search ‘North East Geek Feast’.

You can also get in touch with us on Twitter: @comicsdaniel and @terracottalily.

Are you in terrible need of some brain bleach after listening to Episode 30?  Do you like zombies?  Have a disease that needs an instant cure?  We travel north of the Mason Dixon line this time and pay a visit to our friends Wendell and Wes from The Omega Podcast.  It's a cacophony of accents, and this time there's someone to clean up the peanut shells.

We cast our gaze on the Tenth Doctor story "New Earth," with its cat nurses and zombies.  [Editor's Note: Those aren't real zombies.  Real zombies eat human flesh and walk really slow.  Just sayin'.]  We get a little off track because, hey, it's four podcasters talking Doctor Who that have never met before, but it's all in good fun.  It was the last time anybody told me I was beautiful.

If you would like to hear more of The Omega Podcast, please check them out here: http://theomegapodcast.org/

Special thanks to all those who provided feedback as well as to Adam from The 20 Megabyte Doctor Who Podcast in advance for being a good sport.  Please send us some feedback (audio or video, but we like audio) to tardistavern@gmail.com, join us on Facebook, or follow Sean's drunken tweets at @tardistavern.

A short episode this week as I discuss The Nightmare Man, the first story of the new Sarah Jane Adventures series, as well as taking a dive into the surprisingly shallow news basket from the past fortnight.
Sections

• 0:00:00 Intro
• 0:01:22 The Nightmare Man
• 0:08:35 News
• 0:10:33 Outro

• Email unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:unearthlychildpodcast@gmail.com)
• Twitter (http://www.unearthlychildpodcast.com/twitter)
• Facebook (http://www.unearthlychildpodcast.com/facebook)
• Doctor Who News Page (http://www.doctorwhonews.com)

The internet exploded in Doctor Who land this past week with fans beside themselves about Regenergate and Gallifrey One hotel rooms, which caused the Three Who Rule to take time out of this episode to allay those fears. Long stories short: Don't Panic. Everything's fine. After those fires were ably extinguished, it was on to the commentary for The Vampires of Venice, a mid-series tome that inspired overwhelming indifference from two members of the Radio Free Skaro team. Did that opinion change...?

Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

The internet exploded in Doctor Who land this past week with fans beside themselves about Regenergate and Gallifrey One hotel rooms, which caused the Three Who Rule to take time out of this episode to allay those fears. Long stories short: Don't Panic. Everything's fine. After those fires were ably extinguished, it was on to the commentary for The Vampires of Venice, a mid-series tome that inspired overwhelming indifference from two members of the Radio Free Skaro team. Did that opinion change...?

Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com.

69 days until the 2010 Christmas Special.

I'M not saying she's Elizabeth Sladen's dopelganger, she's more like Sarah Jane on human growth hormone.

• Story 3 of The Key to Time:

Waffle On About Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Written and Starring Mathew Holness and Richard Ayoade this brilliant comedy series first hit the screens back in 2004. A homage to early (and cheap) 1980's style action programmes Darkplace is set in a hospital over the very gates of hell in Romford. Holness plays the main character Garth Marenghi the horror writer who in turn plays Dr Rick Dagless in, Ayoade plays Dean Learner as Garths agent who in turn plays Thornton Reed, Matt Berry plays Todd Rivers who then plays Dr Lucien sanchez and Alice Lowe plays Madeline Wool who then plays Dr Liz Asher. Darkplace is a brilliant, quirky programme that benefits from visual gags, mad syncing, out of scene music cues and seriously bad Foley work all done deliberatlye. Its ounds weird and indeed it is but we hope listening to this podcast while make you go and seek it out and enjoy the dark world of Garth Marenghi and his Darkplace.

As is our norm now we have put a special surprise at the end of the episode. So please do listen to the promo's and then enjoy the song taken from Darkplace called 'One Track Lover' performed by Matt Berry as his character in the show 'Todd Rivers'

69 days until the 2010 Christmas Special.

I'M not saying she's Elizabeth Sladen's dopelganger, she's more like Sarah Jane on human growth hormone.

• Story 3 of The Key to Time:

The Simularity Engine (that yer actual Jago and Litefoot, don't cha know!), Legend of the Cybermen (that's yer actual THE Colin Baker, don't cha know!) as well as some eighties signature tunes... Feedback to show@flashingblade.org.uk

Waffle On About Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace

Written and Starring Mathew Holness and Richard Ayoade this brilliant comedy series first hit the screens back in 2004. A homage to early (and cheap) 1980’s style action programmes Darkplace is set in a hospital over the very gates of hell in Romford. Holness plays the main character Garth Marenghi the horror writer who in turn plays Dr Rick Dagless in, Ayoade plays Dean Learner as Garths agent who in turn plays Thornton Reed, Matt Berry plays Todd Rivers who then plays Dr Lucien sanchez and Alice Lowe plays Madeline Wool who then plays Dr Liz Asher. Darkplace is a brilliant, quirky programme that benefits from visual gags, mad syncing, out of scene music cues and seriously bad Foley work all done deliberatlye. Its ounds weird and indeed it is but we hope listening to this podcast while make you go and seek it out and enjoy the dark world of Garth Marenghi and his Darkplace.

As is our norm now we have put a special surprise at the end of the episode. So please do listen to the promo’s and then enjoy the song taken from Darkplace called ‘One Track Lover’ performed by Matt Berry as his character in the show ‘Todd Rivers’

Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn talk about the Doctor Who: Live and Merlin, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 00:46 — Welcome!
• 02:03 – News:
• 02:14 — Doctor Who: Going to the United States of America.
• 07:27 — Dirk Gently: BBC Four adaptation casts their Gently.
• 09:55 — Star Wars: Now in 3D!
• 12:06 — Birthday: Real Keith is even older!
• 13:53 — Doctor Who: Series Five Soundtrack details announced.
• 14:13 — Doctor Who: The Experience is coming…
• 14:37 — Doctor Who: Irregular Remembrance of the Daleks figure pack at Forbidden Planet.
• 16:11 — Mark Gatiss’ First Men In/On the Moon to air on Tuesday 19 October 2010 on BBC Four.
• 17:34 – Doctor Who: Live.
• 35:46 – Merlin
• 49:12 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself atA show@StaggeringStories.net
• 76:15 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 77:02 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Third edition.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: United States of America.
• Wikipedia: Dirk Gently.
• Star Wars.
• Gallifrey News Base.
• Doctor Who Experience.
• Forbidden Planet.co.uk Remembrance Figure Pack.
• Forbidden Planet.com Remembrance Figure Pack.
• BBC: First Men in the Moon.
• Doctor Who Live.
• Tim’s Take On… Podcast.
• The Doctor Who Podcast.
• BBC: Merlin.
• Wikipedia: Excalibur (film).
• The Flashing Blade Podcast.
• The Who Noobs Podcast.
• ‘Who’ – Is The Man Cast
• Syphy: Stargate Universe.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Twitter: Adam J Purcell.

One of the biggest names in the business: Bryan Hitch talks about his life, work and his new art book from Impact Publishing in a live podcast hosted by the infamous Geek Syndicate. Followed by a signing in the theatre lobby.

Big thanks to Stace from Small Press Big Mouth for taking up the co-host duties on this panel.

Enjoy!