# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 1990

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39784 "2015-11-25T18:28:09Z")

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Actors who have appeared on multiple episodes of Doctor Who as the same character  
(other than primary companions)

1. Ian McNeice- Winston Churchill
2. Maisie Williams - Ashildr
3. Dan Starkey - Strax the Sontaran, of the Pasternoster Club
4. Penelope Wilton- MP/Prime Minister Harriet Jones
5. Nabil Shaban - Sil
6. John Barrowman- Captain Jack Harkness
7. Jacqueline King - Sylvia Noble (Donna’s mom)
8. John Simm - The Master

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39785 "2015-11-25T18:28:29Z")

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Actors who have appeared on multiple episodes of Doctor Who as the same character  
(other than primary companions)

1. Ian McNeice- Winston Churchill
2. Maisie Williams - Ashildr
3. Dan Starkey - Strax the Sontaran, of the Pasternoster Club
4. Penelope Wilton- MP/Prime Minister Harriet Jones
5. Nabil Shaban - Sil
6. John Barrowman- Captain Jack Harkness
7. Jacqueline King - Sylvia Noble (Donna’s mom)
8. Camille Coduri- Jackie Tyler (Rose’s mom)
9. Nicholas Courtney - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
10. John Simm - The Master
11. Roger Delgado - The Master

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39786 "2015-11-25T19:29:22Z")

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Actors who have appeared on multiple episodes of Doctor Who as the same character  
(other than primary companions)

1. Ian McNeice- Winston Churchill
2. Maisie Williams - Ashildr
3. Dan Starkey - Strax the Sontaran, of the Pasternoster Club
4. Penelope Wilton- MP/Prime Minister Harriet Jones
5. Nabil Shaban - Sil
6. John Barrowman- Captain Jack Harkness
7. Jacqueline King - Sylvia Noble (Donna’s mom)
8. Camille Coduri- Jackie Tyler (Rose’s mom)
9. Nicholas Courtney - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
10. John Simm - The Master
11. Roger Delgado - The Master
12. Anthony Ainley - The Master

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39787 "2015-11-25T19:40:11Z")

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Actors who have appeared on multiple episodes of Doctor Who as the same character  
(other than primary companions)

1. Ian McNeice- Winston Churchill
2. Maisie Williams - Ashildr
3. Dan Starkey - Strax the Sontaran, of the Pasternoster Club
4. Penelope Wilton- MP/Prime Minister Harriet Jones
5. Nabil Shaban - Sil
6. John Barrowman- Captain Jack Harkness
7. Jacqueline King - Sylvia Noble (Donna’s mom)
8. Camille Coduri- Jackie Tyler (Rose’s mom)
9. Nicholas Courtney - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
10. John Simm - The Master
11. Roger Delgado - The Master
12. Anthony Ainley - The Master
13. Jean-Claude van Adams as the guy who never watches Dr. Who and wants to get this category over

New topic: TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downtown Abbey

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39788 "2015-11-25T19:42:52Z")

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New topic: TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downtown Abbey
2. Doctor Who

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39789 "2015-11-25T19:44:57Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downtown Abbey
2. Survivor

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39790 "2015-11-25T19:51:08Z")

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1. Breaking Bad

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39791 "2015-11-25T20:05:49Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39792 "2015-11-25T20:07:20Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39793 "2015-11-25T20:39:49Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39794 "2015-11-25T21:02:26Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39795 "2015-11-25T22:00:24Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal
8. Supernatural

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39796 "2015-11-25T22:14:31Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal
8. Supernatural
9. Big Bang Theory

Good Lord, especially my previous landlord’s family.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39797 "2015-11-25T22:22:48Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal
8. Supernatural
9. Big Bang Theory
10. Firefly

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39798 "2015-11-25T22:28:04Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal
8. Supernatural
9. Big Bang Theory
10. Firefly
11. Buffy

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39799 "2015-11-25T22:32:05Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal
8. Supernatural
9. Big Bang Theory
10. Firefly
11. Buffy
12. Lost

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39800 "2015-11-25T23:14:22Z")

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TV Shows You’ve Never Seen But Everyone You Know Seems Obsessed With

1. Downton Abbey
2. Survivor
3. Breaking Bad
4. The Walking Dead
5. Doctor Who
6. Call the Midwife
7. Scandal
8. Supernatural
9. Big Bang Theory
10. Firefly
11. Buffy
12. Lost
13. The Office

Next ;

Overrated foods

1. Egg rolls

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39801 "2015-11-25T23:16:22Z")

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TV shows you love but the people you work/hang with don’t get (repeats from the last list are okay)

1. NCIS

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39802 "2015-11-25T23:43:28Z")

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Sorry **anyrose** , you got ninja’d.

Overrated foods

1. Egg rolls
2. Bacon

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39803 "2015-11-26T00:00:16Z")

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Overrated foods

1. Egg rolls
2. Bacon
3. Sriracha

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