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| The '''Cloister Bell''' was an alarm bell located in the [[Cloister Room]] inside [[TARDIS]]es.{{fact}}
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| The Cloister Bell was used in the most serious of emergencies, which saw either the TARDIS or its inhabitants in danger.
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| Its distinctive, sonorous, ringing sound resembled that of a large church bell. It could be answered by anyone inside the TARDIS. The [[Fourth Doctor]] told [[Adric]] that if he needed him, Adric could sound the Cloister Bell, indicating it could be manually activated. He claimed that the ringing of the bell heralded 'wild catastrophes and a sudden calls to man the battle stations'. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
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| It had the physical appearance of a large, golden bell. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Dimensions (comic story)|Four Dimensions]]'', ''[[A Rose by Any Other Name (comic story)|A Rose by Any Other Name]]'')
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| Cloister Bells were located in the [[Cloisters]] of [[Gallifrey]] and could be heard all over the planet when sounding. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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| == Instances of the Cloister Bell ringing == | |
| The TARDIS mistakenly believed it was being attacked by the [[Pus Creatures of Rakos]] as it materialised in [[Magnus Greel]]'s bunker. While the [[Fourth Doctor]] slept, [[Romana II]] apologised for the interruption that it had caused. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Under Reykjavik (short story)|Under Reykjavik]]'')
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| As a harbinger of the Fourth Doctor's impending [[regeneration]] at the hands of {{Ainley}} and as a warning of his actions nearly destroying the universe, the Cloister Bell sounded. ([[TV]]: ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'')
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| During the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s very early life, the Cloister Bell rang as the TARDIS was travelling back in time to [[Event One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'')
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| Later, when an established time corridor, through which the TARDIS was travelling, began collapsing, the Cloister Bell also rang. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'')
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| It sounded when the TARDIS was trapped in a [[Dalek]] [[time corridor]], and under imminent threat of destruction. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell sounded when the [[Ninexie]] attacked the TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Absolute Power (audio story)|Absolute Power]]'')
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| As a harbinger of the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s impending encounter with the [[Timewyrm]] and when the Doctor started to [[time ram]] her, the Cloister Bell sounded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
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| Later in the same adventure, the Cloister Bell rang as the Doctor took the TARDIS into his own mind. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Revelation (novel)|Timewyrm: Revelation]]'')
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| Later in the Seventh Doctor's travels, the Cloister Bell indicated the TARDIS' distress after a link to the [[Eye of Harmony]] was damaged. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell sounded when [[Nirvana]] was about to shift out of the [[universe]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[World Apart (audio story)|World Apart]]'')
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| It was also heard when the Seventh Doctor was being called by the [[Sirens of Time]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sirens of Time (audio story)|The Sirens of Time]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell rang out near the end of the Master's scheme to capture the first seven incarnations of the Doctor, when it was revealed that they were never freed. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Destiny of the Doctors (video game)|Destiny of the Doctors]]'')
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| Just prior to the destruction of the TARDIS by the [[Selachian]]s in an [[alternate timeline]] created by [[Elizabeth Klein]], the Cloister Bell sounded. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Architects of History (audio story)|The Architects of History]]'')
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| During the beginning of the [[Eighth Doctor]]'s life, the Master opened the [[Eye of Harmony]] in an attempt to take the Doctor's remaining regenerations. The Cloister Bell rang to signal the impending danger. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell was also heard through the Eighth Doctor's regenerations, including his travels with [[Lucie Miller]]. When [[Vortisaur]]s attacked the TARDIS whilst in flight in the Vortex, it was heard. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[No More Lies (audio story)|No More Lies]]'')
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| During his travels with [[Samantha Jones]], the Cloister Bell rang when the unstable [[Paratractis|alternative timeline]] created by the [[Tractite]]s began collapsing, taking the [[multiverse]] with it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'')
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| It could also be heard by the Eighth Doctor and crew during [[Ed Hill]]'s attempt at disrupting the Eye of Harmony. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Revolution Man (novel)|Revolution Man]]'')
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| It was heard by the Eighth Doctor when the TARDIS was hit by the temporal wave of the [[Dalek]]'s [[Time Destructor]] during the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Natural Regression (short story)|Natural Regression]]'')
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| During the Last Great Time War, the [[War Doctor]] voluntarily surrendered to a [[Dalek]] fleet near the [[Tantalus Eye]]. The bell rang and his companion [[Cinder]] construed it as the TARDIS herself disapproving the Doctor's plan. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'')
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| As the [[Tenth Doctor]] began to fly the TARDIS erratically and at ever-increasing speed, the TARDIS signalled danger by ringing the Cloister Bell. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children in Need Special (TV story)|Children in Need Special]]'')
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| Also, when {{Simm}} cannibalised the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s TARDIS, turning it into a [[paradox machine]], the bell sounded as well. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
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| When the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDISes crashed and merged together, the TARDIS rang the Cloister Bell. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time Crash (TV story)|Time Crash]]'')
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| The TARDIS also used it as a warning of the impending "end of the universe". ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'')
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| During his travels alone and following the destruction of [[Bowie Base One]], the Tenth Doctor heard the Cloister Bell inside the TARDIS as his own demise loomed, this led to the projection of [[Ood Sigma]] as a warning of his inevitable fate ([[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars]]'') and was also heard when the [[TARDIS chicks]] appeared in the TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Terror in the TARDIS (comic story)|Terror in the TARDIS]]'')
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| During the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s life, the Cloister Bell sounded as the TARDIS' engines were in danger of phasing out of existence after his regeneration energy had destroyed the console room. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'')
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| In his later life, the Eleventh Doctor heard the Cloister Bell when [[The Entity (TARDIS)|the Entity]] was interfering with the TARDIS' systems. ([[GAME]]: ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]'')
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| They also sounded when the [[Siren]] teleported the TARDIS aboard her home ship. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]'')
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| When the TARDIS was taken over by [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]], the TARDIS showed its distress by using the Bell. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]'')
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| The Eleventh Doctor heard the Cloister Bell when he opened the door to his "greatest fear", ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'') which turned out to be the [[Time Field|cracks in the universe]] caused by the destruction of the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
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| When the TARDIS got caught up by the time storm created by an [[Eternity Clock]], it was also heard. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'')
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| The Bell also rang when the [[Eleventh Doctor]] was trapped in a pocket universe ([[TV]]: ''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]'') and when the [[Van Baalen Bros.]]' [[magnetic hobble-field]] locked onto and damaged the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]'')
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| It was heard as the [[Great Intelligence]] entered the Doctor's tomb and again when the Great Intelligence entered the Doctor's time stream. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
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| During the beginning of his life, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] fainted after regenerating, causing the Cloister Bell to ring. ([[TV]]: ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
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| Later in his life, as the Doctor was unconscious in the TARDIS while it was seemingly TARDIS under attack, the Bell again sounded. [[Clara Oswald|Clara]] recognised the sound as a signal of danger. ([[TV]]: ''[[Listen (TV story)|Listen]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell sounded when the TARDIS, in a weakened state, fell into the path of an oncoming train. ([[TV]]: ''[[Flatline (TV story)|Flatline]]'')
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| Whilst in a dream-like reality, Clara threw a [[TARDIS key]] into an active [[volcano]]. As the key was melting, the TARDIS Cloister Bell was heard. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dark Water (TV story)|Dark Water]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell rang right before the Eleventh Doctor, [[Alice Obiefune]], [[John Jones]], and [[ARC]] crashed and were separated in four dimensions. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Dimensions (comic story)|Four Dimensions]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell rang again when the TARDIS arrived on [[the Drum]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Under the Lake (TV story)|Under the Lake]]'') and again when the TARDIS time-travelled to thirty minutes earlier in [[1980]] then it had previously been. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'')
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| It rang one more time when [[Clara Oswald]] was lost in space. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl Who Died (TV story)|The Girl Who Died]]'')
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| The Gallifrey Cloister Bells rang upon the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s return to Gallifrey which also activated the [[Cloister Wraith]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'')
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| [[Ace's TARDIS]]' cloister bell rang to warn [[Ace]] and [[Tauras|Rexx]] when the [[Earth]] was about to fall in a Black Hole. [[Romana III|Romana]]'s [[Type 160]]' cloister bell rang during the pursuit of [[Omega]] back into [[N-Space]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Intervention Earth (audio story)|Intervention Earth]]'')
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| [[The Master's TARDIS]]' cloister bell rang when [[The Eminence]] was controlling it and after [[Sally Armstrong]] jettisoned it into the [[Time Vortex]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eyes of the Master (audio story)|Eyes of the Master]]'')
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| The Cloister Bell rang when the TARDIS's engines failed and it began to collapse to contain the incoming explosion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)|Supremacy of the Cybermen]]'')
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| During his reluctance to regenerate, the bell rang once again when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] exited [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] after taking him to the location of the [[First Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'')
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| After the [[Twelfth Doctor]] decided to [[regeneration|regnerate]], the Cloister Bell began ringing as the Doctor made a speech where he left some final advice for his successor. The Cloister Bell continued to ring through the Doctor's explosive regeneration into the female [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and then afterwards as the damage from the regeneration destroyed the control room and caused the TARDIS to dematerialize without the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| * The sound of the Cloister Bell was made by hitting a gong in a pool of water. {{fact}}
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| * The Bell was not heard on-screen until towards the end of the Fourth Doctor's life and was not heard during other incidents of danger during the following episodes:
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| ** The looped death of the TARDIS ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' / ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'') and the activation of the [[HADS]] when the TARDIS felt it was under attack. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'')
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