# the Doctor Who trivia thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935 "2005-09-22T19:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/21 "2005-09-23T00:25:13Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > 1. > - You got his name right, but forgot his rank. > > 2. > - correct. > > 3. > - incorrect, but close. “She” did do that, but the Doctor already knew “she” wasn’t the real Sarah because - ?? 1. Because she said the drink was “delicious”, but in an earlier scene when the Doctor offered her a bottle she said, “Can’t stand the stuff, thanks.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/22 "2005-09-23T00:37:11Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > 1. Jo, Leela & Peri are three of the five companions. Two more (and their flames) to be named. Ben & Polly? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/23 "2005-09-27T21:54:14Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > 1. An apple a day keeps … what? > 2. The seeds of … what? > 3. Which fictional detective links two Doctors and a companion? > 4. Where did the Galaxy’s greatest philosopher go wrong? > 5. Who links Withnail and I. > 6. Who did The Doctor hope would be friendly? > 7. Why might The Doctor distrust the Mayor of Streetham? No takers? They aren’t _that_ difficult are they? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/24 "2005-09-27T21:59:19Z")
I just got distracted with other threads. I believe that 19 is Sherlock Holmes. I will have to refresh my memory on the others. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/25 "2005-09-27T22:15:51Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > I just got distracted with other threads. I believe that 19 is Sherlock Holmes. I will have to refresh my memory on the others. Not the one I was thinking of, though you might be able to justify it. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/26 "2005-09-27T22:23:04Z")
After rearching it: 21. Richard E. Grant played Withnail, and he is all about the Doctor, in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/27 "2005-09-27T23:29:43Z")
20 - on the very first page of his book. (“Destiny of the Daleks” - IIRC, the philosopher is Oolon Colluphid [Douglas Adams in-joke], and his book’s talking about the Big Bang, leading the Doctor to comment “Why didn’t he ask someone who was there when it happened?”) I think one of the answers to 16 could be Jean Marsh, if you count Sara Kingdom as a companion (she also played Morgana in “Battlefield”.) And I’m fairly sure John Levene (Sergeant, formerly Corporal, later Warrant Officer Benton) also played a Yeti at one point. I think the stuff in the Thal’s rocket was “distronic explosive”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/28 "2005-09-27T23:34:16Z")
I vaguely remember Romana saying she was 125 during “City of Death”, but I have an equally vague feeling she’s inconsistent about her age. As for 18 - seeds of death (Troughton, Ice Warriors)? Seeds of doom (Tom Baker, Krynoids)? Dunno what else it might be. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/29 "2005-09-28T20:36:17Z")
Materializing at the top of the Cafe Society threadboard from an earlier point in time: > [@Peter Morris](#): > > 1. An apple a day keeps … what? > 2. The seeds of … what? > 3. Which fictional detective links two Doctors and a companion? > 4. Where did the Galaxy’s greatest philosopher go wrong? > 5. Who links Withnail and I. > 6. Who did The Doctor hope would be friendly? > 7. Why might The Doctor distrust the Mayor of Streetham? 1. I’m tempted to say “an apple a day keeps a Dalek away”, but I don’t know why. 2. Paul McGann (Doctor #8 - the ‘half-human’ one) starred in Withnail & I. I’m going to toss out a few more - 3. Three completely contradictory accounts of the origin of life on Earth figured into Doctor Who serials. What were they? 4. What instigated the big bang? 5. In which segment of time is the Earth destroyed? 6. What serial contradicts the answer to #26? 7. Match each Doctor-performer up to his non-Doctor acting role: ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/30 "2005-09-28T20:49:48Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > 1. Three completely contradictory accounts of the origin of life on Earth figured into Doctor Who serials. What were they? Well, one was a spaceship crash-landing on earth, with Aldric aboard. I don’t recall the other two at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/31 "2005-09-28T20:58:19Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Well, one was a spaceship crash-landing on earth, with Aldric aboard. I don’t recall the other two at the moment. Er, incorrect. That explained the extinction of the dinosaurs, not the creation of life. Try again. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/32 "2005-09-28T21:04:45Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/33 "2005-09-28T21:17:06Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Materializing at the top of the Cafe Society threadboard from an earlier point in time: > > 1. I’m tempted to say “an apple a day keeps a Dalek away”, but I don’t know why. nope. > [@](#): > > 1. Paul McGann (Doctor #8 - the ‘half-human’ one) starred in Withnail & I. That’s part of it. Got the rest? > [@](#): > > I’m going to toss out a few more - > 24. Three completely contradictory accounts of the origin of life on Earth figured into Doctor Who serials. What were they? 1. Scaroth of the Jaggaroth’s ship exploding. > [@](#): > > 1. What instigated the big bang? One of Terminus’ engines exploding. > [@](#): > > 1. Match each Doctor-performer up to his non-Doctor acting role: > - A bartender in Dublin who reluctantly shelters a fugitive IRA member. > - A priest desperately trying to repent for his hand in a satanic plot. Pat Troughton in The Omen > [@](#): > > ``` > - A visitor to the ancient roman forum from a supposedly (but not really) > plague infested province. > > ``` I’ll guess Jon Pertwee in the _stage_ version of \*A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum \* I don’t remember the plot very well, though. > [@](#): > > ``` > - A charlatan who works his way into a tragic ruling family's inner circle > and...just.won't.die! > > ``` Tom Baker as Raputin > [@](#): > > ``` > - The featured dinner special at the universally-renouned restaurant > "Milleeways." > > ``` Peter Davison > [@](#): > > ``` > - A major general who meets Indiana Jones. > > ``` Colin Baker in one of _The Young Indianna Jones_ episodes. (I looked that one up) > [@](#): > > ``` > - A guard at an insane asylum assigned to keep watch over the victim of a > vampire. > - A drug-addicted doctor sentenced to work-service at a gulag. > - The much-missed husband of a ghost. > > ``` I don’t know the others, but you seem to have put them in the order they played the Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/34 "2005-09-28T21:21:00Z")
- A guard at an insane asylum assigned to keep watch over the victim of a vampire. This one is Sylvester McCoy in the 1979 version of _Dracula_. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/35 "2005-09-28T21:44:41Z")
> [@](#): > > The featured dinner special at the universally-renouned restaurant should have said, Peter Davison as the dish of the day in HHGTTG. > [@](#): > > The much-missed husband of a ghost. Christopher Ecclestone as Charles Stewart in \* The Others\* ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/36 "2005-09-30T19:34:01Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > 1. In which segment of time is the Earth destroyed? > 2. What serial contradicts the answer to #26? The Earth is destroyed in the 57th segment of time - IIRC, we actually get to see it go - in the Hartnell-era story “The Ark”. I guess it’s contradicted by both “The Trial of a Time Lord” (in which the Time Lords hide the entire planet under an assumed name when it’s _supposed_ to be destroyed) and by the new series episode “The End of the World” … ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/37 "2005-10-04T18:53:47Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > 1. An apple a day keeps … what? > 2. The seeds of … what? > 3. Which fictional detective links two Doctors and a companion? > 4. Where did the Galaxy’s greatest philosopher go wrong? > 5. Who links Withnail and I. > 6. Who did The Doctor hope would be friendly? > 7. Why might The Doctor distrust the Mayor of Streetham? 1. From _Kinda_ “An apple a day keeps … oh never mind” 2. Doom and Death 3. Dangerous Davies. The [1981](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080593/) movie starred Bernard Cribbins (companion in the Peter Cushing movie) and Colin Baker. The current TV version stars Peter Davison. 4. On the first page 5. Yes he does. _Withnail_ was Richard E. Grant who played the doctor in a BBC-approved [cartoon version.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shalka/) … _and I_ was Paul McGann. 6. When he met the character _Persuasion_ in _four To Doomsday_ The Doctor mused “Friendly, I hope” 7. Because of a pepetual foe that loves anagrams. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/38 "2005-10-04T22:41:19Z")
Okay, I believe all the previous questions have been correctly answered thus far. I’ll post another round: 1. What was the first story to feature the Doctor using his sonic screwdriver? 2. Who did the Doctor (William Hartnell) think looked remarkably like his grand-daughter Susan? And what particular trait of this girl annoyed the Doctor? 3. Who was the Doctor’s first “ladyfriend”? Chaste thought their romance was… (HINT: It was NOT Grace Holloway.) 4. What was the Zero Room, and what happened to it? 5. According to Romana’s research, what was the Doctor’s ranking at Gallifrey’s Time Lord Academy? 6. What happened to the planets Calufrax & Bendragenous-5? 7. According to Tegan’s uncle, what is the most powerful word in the english language? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935/39 "2005-10-04T23:33:01Z")
" Three completely contradictory accounts of the origin of life on Earth figured into Doctor Who serials. What were they? " I don’t think that was answered. One was Scaroth’s ship exploding, what were the other two? 24. Fury from the deep. 1. The old Aztec woman he shared cocoa with. 27 a sterile environment used for healing. It was jettisoned to gain energy for the TARDIS engines. ---
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> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > 1. What happened to the planets Calufrax & Bendragenous-5? Devoured by the Pirate Planet of Zanak. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-who-trivia-thread/322935.md?page=3)