The Cloister Room

- Description:
- A Podcast about Doctor Who and Other Things, featuring Tom Dickinson and Louis Mitas.
Homepage: http://thecloisterroom.libsyn.com
RSS Feed: http://thecloisterroom.com/rss
- Episodes:
- 207
- Average Episode Duration:
- 46:44
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 1:29:34
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 6 days, 17 hours, 14 minutes and 1 second
- Earliest Episode:
- 1 August 2009 (1:27am GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 1 January 2016 (4:00pm GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 11 days, 7 hours, 50 minutes and 18 seconds
The Cloister Room Episodes
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The Cloister Room 143 - FINAL
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes and 57 secondsTom and Louis have reached the end of their wanderings at last. But there's still time to discuss one more episode of Doctor Who. And some other stuff.
"Fluidscape" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0
The Cloister Room is over, but watch this space in 2016.
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The Cloister Room 143 - FINAL
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes and 57 secondsTom and Louis have reached the end of their wanderings at last. But there's still time to discuss one more episode of Doctor Who. And some other stuff.
"Fluidscape" by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY 3.0
The Cloister Room is over, but watch this space in 2016.
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The Cloister Room 141 - The Sound of His Chirps
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes and 3 secondsOn the penultimate episode of The Cloister Room, Tom and Louis leave the TARDIS to journey to a galaxy far, far away. There are spoilers.
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The Cloister Room 142 - The Sound of His Chirps
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes and 3 secondsOn the penultimate episode of The Cloister Room, Tom and Louis leave the TARDIS to journey to a galaxy far, far away. There are spoilers.
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The Cloister Room 141 - The Mind Robert
Episode Duration: 50 minutes and 54 secondsWith Series Nine behind them, Tom and Louis journey to the land of fiction, where topics of discussion include the Doctor's fictionality, face blindness, and people that are horses.
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The Cloister Room 141 - The Mind Robert
Episode Duration: 50 minutes and 54 secondsWith Series Nine behind them, Tom and Louis journey to the land of fiction, where topics of discussion include the Doctor's fictionality, face blindness, and people that are horses.
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The Cloister Room 140 - The Donna Treatment
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes and 11 secondsTom and Louis visit scenic Gallifrey and have a nice bowl of soup. Topic include memory wipes, immortality, and whether this is or isn't the best series of Doctor Who ever.
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The Cloister Room 140 - The Donna Treatment
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes and 11 secondsTom and Louis visit scenic Gallifrey and have a nice bowl of soup. Topic include memory wipes, immortality, and whether this is or isn't the best series of Doctor Who ever.
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The Cloister Room 139 - Perpetual Skull
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes and 50 secondsTrapped in their own bespoke torture castle, Tom and Louis must confess their shocking opinions about Peter Capaldi's new one-man show. Topics include skull ecology, confession dial procedure, and of course, hybrids.
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The Cloister Room 139 - Perpetual Skull
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes and 50 secondsTrapped in their own bespoke torture castle, Tom and Louis must confess their shocking opinions about Peter Capaldi's new one-man show. Topics include skull ecology, confession dial procedure, and of course, hybrids.
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The Cloister Room 138 - Bonkers Nonsensical Plan
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes and 43 secondsOn a hidden street Tom and Louis must discuss the latest episode of Doctor Who, or they may be forced to face the raven...
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The Cloister Room 138 - Bonkers Nonsensical Plan
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes and 43 secondsOn a hidden street Tom and Louis must discuss the latest episode of Doctor Who, or they may be forced to face the raven...
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The Cloister Room 137 - On-Demand Complaint Negation
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes and 57 secondsThis audio was recovered from the computers of Tom Dickinson and Louis Mitas after they discussed Sleep No More.
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The Cloister Room 137 - On-Demand Complaint Negation
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes and 57 secondsThis audio was recovered from the computers of Tom Dickinson and Louis Mitas after they discussed Sleep No More.
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The Cloister Room 136 - Vegan Zygons, Zygon Vegans, Vegons
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute and 59 secondsTom and Louis stand in a room in the Black Archive, their hands poised over buttons on opposing Osgood boxes. What will it be? Truth, or Consequences? Who is a human and who is a Zygon? All will (perhaps) be revealed!
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The Cloister Room 136 - Vegan Zygons, Zygon Vegans, Vegons
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute and 59 secondsTom and Louis stand in a room in the Black Archive, their hands poised over buttons on opposing Osgood boxes. What will it be? Truth, or Consequences? Who is a human and who is a Zygon? All will (perhaps) be revealed!
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The Cloister Room 135 - Zygon Riff
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes and 24 secondsTom and Louis are back for another episode of The Cloister Room. But are they both truly who they seem to be? Or could either one of them be a Zygon in disguise? Or does it even really matter, in the end? All of this and more will be revealed in the latest episode of The Cloister Room, discussing The Zygon Invasion!
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The Cloister Room 135 - Zygon Riff
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes and 24 secondsTom and Louis are back for another episode of The Cloister Room. But are they both truly who they seem to be? Or could either one of them be a Zygon in disguise? Or does it even really matter, in the end? All of this and more will be revealed in the latest episode of The Cloister Room, discussing The Zygon Invasion!
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The Cloister Room 134 - No Worse Than What You'd Hear in a Shakespeare Play
Episode Duration: 52 minutes and 52 secondsLouis and Tom venture to regency England for an encounter with the mysterious highwayman known as the Knightmare. Topics of discussion include Mire-pattern baldness, the Lion King, and the color mauve.
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The Cloister Room 134 - No Worse Than What You'd Hear in a Shakespeare Play
Episode Duration: 52 minutes and 52 secondsLouis and Tom venture to regency England for an encounter with the mysterious highwayman known as the Knightmare. Topics of discussion include Mire-pattern baldness, the Lion King, and the color mauve.
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The Cloister Room 133 - Shrub Jefferson
Episode Duration: 44 minutes and 0 secondsTom and Louis have their long-awaited encounter with the mysterious Girl Who Died. But who is she? The Rani? Susan? Romana? Or something far stranger? Topics of discussion include the Doctor's face, iPhones, and eel habitats.
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The Cloister Room 133 - Shrub Jefferson
Episode Duration: 44 minutes and 0 secondsTom and Louis have their long-awaited encounter with the mysterious Girl Who Died. But who is she? The Rani? Susan? Romana? Or something far stranger? Topics of discussion include the Doctor's face, iPhones, and eel habitats.
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The Cloister Room 132 - This Is a Man in a Rubber Suit and We Are Proud
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes and 1 secondJourney with Tom and Louis back Before the Flood. Topics of discussion include secret workplace romance, the Fisher King's pseudo-death protocols, and the Doctor's vlog. All this plus missing episodes, Big Finish, and more! more! more!
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The Cloister Room 132 - This Is a Man in a Rubber Suit and We Are Proud
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes and 1 secondJourney with Tom and Louis back Before the Flood. Topics of discussion include secret workplace romance, the Fisher King's pseudo-death protocols, and the Doctor's vlog. All this plus missing episodes, Big Finish, and more! more! more!
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The Cloister Room 131 - Corridor Relay Race
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 51 secondsTom and Louis journey Under the Lake (well, *into* the lake, at any rate), for a discussion of the latest adventure with the Doctor and Clara. Topics of discussion include candy, cliffhangers, and Class.
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The Cloister Room 131 - Corridor Relay Race
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 51 secondsTom and Louis journey Under the Lake (well, *into* the lake, at any rate), for a discussion of the latest adventure with the Doctor and Clara. Topics of discussion include candy, cliffhangers, and Class.
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The Cloister Room 130 - Dr. Who and the Wheel of Snakes
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes and 25 secondsThat witch is familiar, isn't she? Tom and Louis talk about the conclusion of the Doctor's adventure on Skaro, and topics of discussion include how to write a good title, Kaledizing Davros, and Dalek strategy.
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The Cloister Room 130 - Dr. Who and the Wheel of Snakes
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes and 25 secondsThat witch is familiar, isn't she? Tom and Louis talk about the conclusion of the Doctor's adventure on Skaro, and topics of discussion include how to write a good title, Kaledizing Davros, and Dalek strategy.
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The Cloister Room 129 - A One-Man Show, or A Many-Snake Show
Episode Duration: 59 minutes and 36 secondsIt's back! Doctor Who is back on our screens! Tom and Louis discuss the long-awaited premiere of series nine, and weigh in on the Doctor, Missy, Clara, and all the surprise reveals and whatnot. Also discussed is the theatrical screening of Dark Water/Death in Heaven. There's so much going on we forget to even mention Jenna Coleman's officially confirmed departure from Doctor Who! Oops!
All this, and stay to the end for a (moderately) important announcement.
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The Cloister Room 129 - A One-Man Show, or A Many-Snake Show
Episode Duration: 59 minutes and 36 secondsIt's back! Doctor Who is back on our screens! Tom and Louis discuss the long-awaited premiere of series nine, and weigh in on the Doctor, Missy, Clara, and all the surprise reveals and whatnot. Also discussed is the theatrical screening of Dark Water/Death in Heaven. There's so much going on we forget to even mention Jenna Coleman's officially confirmed departure from Doctor Who! Oops!
All this, and stay to the end for a (moderately) important announcement.
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The Cloister Room 128 - Skimming the Works of Kant
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes and 38 secondsTom and Louis revisit an old premise, discussing both the iconic Hartnell story The Dalek Invasion of Earth and its cinematic adaptation starring Peter Cushing. Topics of discussion include Bernard Cribbins, the allure of the post-apocalyptic, and just what exactly the Daleks wanted to do with Earth.
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The Cloister Room 128 - Skimming the Works of Kant
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes and 38 secondsTom and Louis revisit an old premise, discussing both the iconic Hartnell story The Dalek Invasion of Earth and its cinematic adaptation starring Peter Cushing. Topics of discussion include Bernard Cribbins, the allure of the post-apocalyptic, and just what exactly the Daleks wanted to do with Earth.
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The Cloister Room 127 - I Am Also Looking At The Christmas Pudding Wikipedia Page
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 0 minutes and 26 secondsTom and Louis chart a course for one of Big Finish's most celebrated release, the chilling Chimes of Midnight. Topics of discussion include classic automobiles of the United Kingdom, companion-driven story arcs, Doctor Who's ulitmate get-out-of-death-free card, and... well, a lot of stuff about pudding.
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The Cloister Room 127 - I Am Also Looking At The Christmas Pudding Wikipedia Page
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 0 minutes and 26 secondsTom and Louis chart a course for one of Big Finish's most celebrated release, the chilling Chimes of Midnight. Topics of discussion include classic automobiles of the United Kingdom, companion-driven story arcs, Doctor Who's ulitmate get-out-of-death-free card, and... well, a lot of stuff about pudding.
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The Cloister Room 126 - You Don't Want a Generic Face
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 26 secondsThis week, Tom and Louis pick up the funnybooks and talk about the first ten issues of the Tenth Doctor series from Titan Comics. Topics of discussion include the literary theory of comics, and David Tennant's face.
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The Cloister Room 126 - You Don't Want a Generic Face
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 26 secondsThis week, Tom and Louis pick up the funnybooks and talk about the first ten issues of the Tenth Doctor series from Titan Comics. Topics of discussion include the literary theory of comics, and David Tennant's face.
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The Cloister Room 125 - Make Sure It's An Anjou Pear
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes and 51 secondsTom and Louis journey into the pages of Paul Cornell's novel Human Nature, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield! Along the way, comparisons to the televised adaptation with David Tennant ensue. There is much talk of pears.
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The Cloister Room 125 - Make Sure It's An Anjou Pear
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes and 51 secondsTom and Louis journey into the pages of Paul Cornell's novel Human Nature, featuring the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield! Along the way, comparisons to the televised adaptation with David Tennant ensue. There is much talk of pears.
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The Cloister Room 124 - A Few More Hate Cells
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes and 19 secondsTom and Louis journey to Satellite Five to experience the Ninth Doctor's final stand, but are they just looking at the past through Rose colored glasses?
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The Cloister Room 124 - A Few More Hate Cells
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes and 19 secondsTom and Louis journey to Satellite Five to experience the Ninth Doctor's final stand, but are they just looking at the past through Rose colored glasses?
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The Cloister Room 123 - The Nazi Parallels in Candy Land
Episode Duration: 48 minutes and 6 secondsAfter a week's rest, Tom and Louis are back to discuss the Seventh Doctor and Ace's adventure in a Nazi POW camp-Colditz! Topics of discussion include Klein's golden age, lasers, and how David Tennant's face is like a chicken parm sandwich.
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The Cloister Room 123 - The Nazi Parallels in Candy Land
Episode Duration: 48 minutes and 6 secondsAfter a week's rest, Tom and Louis are back to discuss the Seventh Doctor and Ace's adventure in a Nazi POW camp-Colditz! Topics of discussion include Klein's golden age, lasers, and how David Tennant's face is like a chicken parm sandwich.
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The Cloister Room 122 - Well, As Long As We're Screwing With The Timeline
Episode Duration: 44 minutes and 48 secondsOnce again a day late (we're not making a habit of it, we swear), Tom and Louis journey back into the archives of Big Finish to discuss the Fifth Doctor audio the Kingmaker, in all its historical hilarity. Topics of discussion include Shakespeare discontinuity, misdirection with the Master, and the Fourth Doctor's Big Finish pseudo-debut.
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The Cloister Room 122 - Well, As Long As We're Screwing With The Timeline
Episode Duration: 44 minutes and 48 secondsOnce again a day late (we're not making a habit of it, we swear), Tom and Louis journey back into the archives of Big Finish to discuss the Fifth Doctor audio the Kingmaker, in all its historical hilarity. Topics of discussion include Shakespeare discontinuity, misdirection with the Master, and the Fourth Doctor's Big Finish pseudo-debut.
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The Cloister Room 121 - Time-Vine
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes and 34 secondsA day late but by no means a dollar short, this bumper edition of The Cloister Room features discussions of two different stories, bookending the Key to Time season--The Ribos Operation and The Armageddon Factor! If that turns out to be just slightly less than enough for you, how about a discussion of the new trailer for Series Nine of Doctor Who? Or how about a completely unrelated tangent about Animorphs? What are you waiting for? This thing is like an hour and a half long!
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The Cloister Room 121 - Time-Vine
Episode Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes and 34 secondsA day late but by no means a dollar short, this bumper edition of The Cloister Room features discussions of two different stories, bookending the Key to Time season--The Ribos Operation and The Armageddon Factor! If that turns out to be just slightly less than enough for you, how about a discussion of the new trailer for Series Nine of Doctor Who? Or how about a completely unrelated tangent about Animorphs? What are you waiting for? This thing is like an hour and a half long!
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The Cloister Room 120 - Willing to Wiggle
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 15 secondsTom and Louis take a side step into the world of animation for a discussion of the 2003 webcast, Scream of the Shalka, starring Richard E. Grant as the Doctor! Topics of discussion include animation budgets, robot roommates, and the new series that never was.
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The Cloister Room 120 - Willing to Wiggle
Episode Duration: 46 minutes and 15 secondsTom and Louis take a side step into the world of animation for a discussion of the 2003 webcast, Scream of the Shalka, starring Richard E. Grant as the Doctor! Topics of discussion include animation budgets, robot roommates, and the new series that never was.
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The Cloister Room 119 - These Tent Shots Are Amazing
Episode Duration: 48 minutes and 49 secondsTom and Louis have put a stop to their random wanderings. Invigorated by a new sense of directional purpose, and harangued by an artificially intelligent piece of junk mail, they journey to the Psychic Circus to discuss the Sylvester McCoy classic, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Topics of discussion include evil kites, fruit vending best practices, and just how psychic that circus really is, anyway.
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The Cloister Room 119 - These Tent Shots Are Amazing
Episode Duration: 48 minutes and 49 secondsTom and Louis have put a stop to their random wanderings. Invigorated by a new sense of directional purpose, and harangued by an artificially intelligent piece of junk mail, they journey to the Psychic Circus to discuss the Sylvester McCoy classic, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. Topics of discussion include evil kites, fruit vending best practices, and just how psychic that circus really is, anyway.