The Cloister Room 002: An Unearthly Bald White Guy

Published: Aug. 16, 2010, 11:19 p.m.

b'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 thecloisterroom@gmail.com. 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'