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==Instances when the Cloister Bell is heard== | ==Instances when the Cloister Bell is heard== | ||
*As a harbinger of the Doctor's impending regeneration. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis]]'') | *As a harbinger of the Doctor's impending regeneration. ([[DW]]: ''[[Logopolis]]'') | ||
*When the Master opened the Eye of Harmony in an attempt to take the Eighth Doctor's remaining regenerations, signifying that the TARDIS itself was dying. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'') | *When the Master opened the Eye of Harmony in an attempt to take the Eighth Doctor's remaining regenerations, signifying that the TARDIS itself was dying. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who: The TV Movie]]'') |
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The Cloister Bell is an alarm bell located in the Cloister Room inside the TARDIS. The Cloister Bell is to be used in the most serious and utmost emergencies. Its distinctive, sonorous ringing sounds resembles that of a large church bell. It could be answered by anyone inside the TARDIS, and the Doctor told Adric that if he needed him, Adric could sound the Cloister Bell. (DW: Logopolis)
Instances when the Cloister Bell is heard
- As a harbinger of the Doctor's impending regeneration. (DW: Logopolis)
- When the Master opened the Eye of Harmony in an attempt to take the Eighth Doctor's remaining regenerations, signifying that the TARDIS itself was dying. (DW: Doctor Who: The TV Movie)
- As the Doctor began to fly the TARDIS erratically (DW: Children in Need Special).
- When the Master cannibalized the Doctor's TARDIS into a Paradox Machine. (DW: The Sound of Drums)
- When the TARDIS of the Tenth Doctor and one of his Fifth Doctor crashed together. (DW: Time Crash)
- After both a marketplace on the planet Shan Shen and the TARDIS exterior were affected by the Bad Wolf entity. The TARDIS may also have been warning the Doctor of the impending theft of the Earth by the Daleks and Davros, the merging of the Doctor and his then companion Donna Noble, or Donna's "death". (DW: Turn Left)
Other information
- The cloister bell was not activated during an incident in which the fast return switch malfunctioned, threatening the TARDIS and its crew. It's possible the bell was deactivated by the malfunction, or had not yet been installed. (DW: The Edge of Destruction)