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Summary:
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jay Doran (of The Untempered Schism podcast), Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn pay tribute to Elisabeth Sladen, talk about the Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff, specifically:

• 00:00 – Intro and theme tune.
• 01:02 — Welcome!
• 02:27 – News:
• 02:40 — Torchwood: John ‘Q’ de Lancie joins the Miracle Day cast.
• 03:48 — Red Dwarf: Season X not to be screened until Autumn 2012.
• 05:59 — Misfits: Robert Sheehan (Nathan) not appearing in Season 3.
• 07:32 — Doctor Who: Multiple Hugo Award nominations.
• 09:55 — Doctor Who: Overnight ratings for The Impossible Astronaut.
• 11:50 – Elisabeth Sladen: our tribute.
• 32:27 – Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut.
• 54:58 – Emails and listener feedback.* Hit us yourself atA show@StaggeringStories.net
• 126:10 – Farewell for this podcast!
• 126:52 — End theme, disclaimer, copyright, etc.

Vital Links:

• Staggering Stories.
• The Untempered Schism Podcast.
• Staggering Stories: Podcast Drinking Game, Fifth edition.
• BBC: Torchwood.
• Wikipedia: John de Lancie.
• Red Dwarf.
• E4: Misfits.
• Wikipedia: Robert Sheehan.
• BBC: Doctor Who.
• Wikipedia: The Hugo Awards.
• BBC: Doctor Who – The Impossible Astronaut.
• Wikipedia: Elisabeth Sladen.
• BBC: The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• Wikipedia: Doctor Who Magazine.
• Wikipedia: Spoiler (media).
• The Happiness Patrol.
• ‘Who’ – Is The Man Cast.
• Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.
• Facebook: Staggering Stories Group.
• Twitter: Adam J Purcell.

The Cloister Room is going weekly, by hook or by crook. These episodes will be less polished, but they will certainly be timely. Here's our discussion of The Impossible Astronaut. Spoilers ahead.

My brain is broken and I simply could not think of a good title for this episode. Figured I'd steal the one Moffat used.

A show of mixed emotions as the lads talk about the wonderful Lis Sladen. Then they review the intriguing second episode of Doctor Who, 'Day Of The Moon'.

And there's a wonderful competion to enter which could win you a box set of William Hartnell soundtrack cds...

The eleventh Doctor is back and so are Scott and Randy to discuss the first episode of series 6, “The Impossible Astronaut”. The Doctor summons his most trusted companions Amy, Rory, and River Song to the middle of nowhere USA to help him solve a mystery that involves the recipient of a missing envelope, a man named Canton Everett Delaware III, and ‘Space 1969′. What has the Doctor been up to while Amy and Rory have been enjoying married life? Who or what are the Silence? What does President Nixon have to do with any of it? Find out in the newest episode of The Doctor’s Companion. And remember, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!

Next Week: “Day of the Moon”!!

Hello and welcome to our brand new Doctor Who review podcast! 

In this first episode two thirds of the team, Alex and Nick, discuss their Who credentials and ramble a little about the theories that episode 1 of series 6, The Impossible Astronaut, has inspired. Next week we will lay into the episode proper as well as the concluding episode.

In the future, you can expect to hear reviews of anything and everything Who-related, including Big Finish audios, DVD releases, and Character Options action figures.

Thanks for listening and we hope to see you back next week when Lindsey will arrive and the reviewing fun will begin in earnest!

Jeff, Chris and Chuck of the popular cult TV podcast Television Zombies show up on my show, after a couple of years of having me on as a DW geek on call, to talk about how Doctor Who's going over in the States. What happens when three guys who're into more genre TV than Doctor Who encounter a monofocused host? Find out as I get their predictions for Saturday's "Day of the Moon."

As we eagerly await ‘The Day of the Moon’, this weekend's conclusion to the Impossible Astronaut, Derek Gladu and Eric Mendoza continue their look at some of their favorites of the David Tenannt era: ‘Silence in the Library’, ‘Forest of the Dead’, and fan favorite, ‘Blink’.

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A selection of our live recordings from the series 6 launch party in London.

The Doctor is in.

We review the new series opener "The Impossible Astronaut".

Beware, this is quite a bad tempered episode as just before recording, Paul's computers achieved sentience and decided to stage a coup.

If you want to "Have a doughnut", send audio to pharos.project@yahoo.co.uk

Same address for feedback. Twits; @PharosProject, @KungFuYoda, @beastmasterpete and @Doctor_Vendetta.

The secret word this week is "Arstronaut".

In this, our fourth episode, we talk about the Series 6 premiere "The Impossible Astronaut," as well as have some reflections on the unfortunate passing of the late great Elisabeth Sladen.

For our April selection, our exacting scientific model has chosen Empire of Death by David Bishop! This novel is part of the BBC Past Doctor Adventure range and features the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, and a very special appearance by the ghost of Adric! Empire of Death (ISBN: 0-563-48615-5) was published in 2004 and is set between the televised stories "Timeflight" and "Arc of Infinity." From the cover:

In 1856, a boy discovers he can speak with the voices of the dead. He grows up to become one of England's most celebrated spiritualists.

In 1863 the British Empire is effectively without a leader. Queen Victoria is inconsolable with grief following the death of her beloved husband, Prince Albert. The monarch's last hope is a secret seance.

The Doctor and Nyssa are also coming to terms with loss following the death of Adric and Tegan's sudden departure. Trying to visit the Great Exhibition of 1851, the time travelers are shocked when a ghost appears in the TARDIS, beckoning them to the other side.

What is hidden in a drowned valley guarded by the British Army? Is there life after death and can it be reached by those still alive? And why is the Doctor so terrified of facing his own ghosts?

Well, if that doesn't make you want to read along with us, I don't know what can. So, find a copy, and get started!

Martyn and Imran attend a Doctor Who Series Six launch party at the One Tun Pub in Farringdon and Pete gives us his review of the Inferno audiobook from audioGO.

It includes a rant from El Presdente, Adam Purcell from staggering stories: http://staggeringstories.net

We also talk to:
The guys from the Pharos Project: http://thepharosproject.libsyn.com
Professor Dave, from Professor Dave's Ark in Space: http://profdave.libsyn.com
Tony Gallichan from the Flashing Blade and DWO:Whocast
http://theflashingbladepodcast.net
http://drwho-online.co.uk
and Rob Hughes, the designer of our logo, whom we still owe a drink.

http://badwilf.co.uk
badwilf@yahoo.com
Martyn: @BadWilf
Imran: @Nerdthropology
Pete: @BeeblePete

Some U.S. fans accustomed to waiting for iTunes or using "other means" to get their Who Fix (TM) found it hard to deal with commercials, promos and additions to the day-and-date broadcast of "The Impossible Astronaut" on BBC America. Patience, folks: not only are those changes unavoidable in the TV biz, but they're ultimately a good thing even for Doctor Who in the U.K.!

(Record ratings in the U.S. and Canada! Solid A.I.!)

Reunited at last, the Scrolls gang bite off more than they can chew with the titanic topic of World Building in the genres we love so much. As the rubber-ball of conversation bounces around we try to get a grip on what makes for a convincing Secondary world - how atmosphere, character, otherworldly physics and location can be combined to produce a satisfying and all-encompassing experience for the reader. Through all of this we touch upon themes of authorial imagination and self-indulgence, world vs story building and what a reader's sense of ownership means.

Along the way we also get distracted by trouser disfunctions, podcast power-struggles, what a petard actually is, and trying to figure out just how Frodo could navigate Middle Earth without the handy maps in the front of the book.

Links You May Like -
For an in-depth look at the worlds of HP Lovecraft and JRR Tolkien could could do no better than to check out the following links:
Chad Fifer & Chris Lackey do an incredible job of exploring the literary and wider world of Lovecraft's mythos at http://hppodcraft.com/ and you can download their brilliant and entertaining podcast here.
Likewise, Corey Olsen's fascinating explorations of Middle Earth and beyond can be found at tolkienprofessor.com and you can download his excellent podcast here

We'd value your feedback about the podcast on e-mail scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or twitter @scrollscast. You can also send personal abuse, praise and comments at @Dion_Scrolls and @Phlambleror in a more public forum at the Geek Syndicate Facebook page. Join the various discussions whilst you're there.

Finally, if you like boobs and you like blood go to http://www.boobsinblood.moonfruit.com/ to get details on the movie of your dreams. You can also click here to go to the Crowdfunder page if you think you can help fund the fab film. (Every tenner helps.) There's a Facebook page as well and if that weren't enough you can keep up to date with @kittymoran on twitter too.

Keep reading.

Reunited at last, the Scrolls gang bite off more than they can chew with the titanic topic of World Building in the genres we love so much.  As the rubber-ball of conversation bounces around we try to get a grip on what makes for a convincing Secondary world - how atmosphere, character, otherworldly physics and location can be combined to produce a satisfying and all-encompassing experience for the reader.  Through all of this we touch upon themes of authorial imagination and self-indulgence, world vs story building and what a reader's sense of ownership means.

Along the way we also get distracted by trouser disfunctions, podcast power-struggles, what a petard actually is, and trying to figure out just how Frodo could navigate Middle Earth without the handy maps in the front of the book.

Links You May Like -
For an in-depth look at the worlds of HP Lovecraft and JRR Tolkien could could do no better than to check out the following links:
Chad Fifer & Chris Lackey do an incredible job of exploring the literary and wider world of Lovecraft's mythos at http://hppodcraft.com/ and you can download their brilliant and entertaining podcast here.
Likewise, Corey Olsen's fascinating explorations of Middle Earth and beyond can be found at tolkienprofessor.com and you can download his excellent podcast here

We'd value your feedback about the podcast on e-mail scrolls@hotmail.co.uk or twitter @scrollscast.  You can also send personal abuse, praise and comments at @Dion_Scrolls and @Phlambleror in a more public forum at the Geek Syndicate Facebook page.  Join the various discussions whilst you're there.

Finally, if you like boobs and you like blood go to http://www.boobsinblood.moonfruit.com/ to get details on the movie of your dreams.  You can also click here to go to the Crowdfunder page if you think you can help fund the fab film.  (Every tenner helps.)  There's a Facebook page as well and if that weren't enough you can keep up to date with @kittymoran on twitter too.

Keep reading.

Nearly typed “planet” there….

What else would any self-respecting Doctor Who podcast be doing straight after Easter. Why, reviewing The Impossible Astronaut of course! The DWP is no different, and it is with a spring in our step and a thrill coursing our entire bodies that we review the season opener.

We also announce the winners of a couple of competitions we have had going over the past month.

Nearly typed “planet” there….

What else would any self-respecting Doctor Who podcast be doing straight after Easter. Why, reviewing The Impossible Astronaut of course! The DWP is no different, and it is with a spring in our step and a thrill coursing our entire bodies that we review the season opener.

We also announce the winners of a couple of competitions we have had going over the past month.

4 days until Day of the Moon.

SPOILERS: