Post by RitaLittlewood on Mar 29, 2005 20:27:07 GMT
From Media Guardian:
Who's Who?
The first new episode of Doctor Who in 16 years is heading towards our screens. But how well do you know your Time Lord? Expert Whovian Andrew Pixley presents a quiz to separate the Autons from the Zygons
Friday March 11, 2005
The Guardian
1. Where was Tom Baker working when he was offered the role of the Doctor in 1974?
a) At the National Theatre
b) On the children's TV show Vision On
c) On a building site
d) In the BBC press office
2. In the original 1963 television serial, on which radioactive world did the Doctor first encounter the Daleks?
a) Marinus
b) Skaro
c) Oseidon
d) Mechanus
3. To the nearest hundred, how many TV episodes of Doctor Who have been made and broadcast by the BBC since 1963?
a) 400
b) 500
c) 600
d) 700
4. What handy pocket-size tool was often used by the Doctor to get out of a tight spot?
a) Sonic screwdriver
b) Warp oscilloscope
c) Gravitic anomalyser
d) Wafer-wave inducer
5. Who played the Doctor in the first Doctor Who serial made and broadcast in colour?
a) William Hartnell
b) Patrick Troughton
c) Jon Pertwee
d) Tom Baker
6. The Doctor and his companions watched a television broadcast of the Beatles in the 1965 episode The Executioners. What song were the Fab Four performing?
a) Love Me Do
b) Ticket To Ride
c) Can't Buy Me Love
d) A Hard Day's Night
7. Doctor Who's largest audience on BBC1 was 16.1m for the final episode of the 1979 serial City of Death. Which British comedy actor made a cameo appearance?
a) Gareth Hale
b) Norman Pace
c) John Cleese
d) Martin Clunes
8. The Doctor's make of Tardis - his time/space craft - is a Type 40. How many of this model were originally registered by his own people, the Time Lords?
a) 9
b) 63
c) 305
d) 2000
9. In which country was the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie starring Paul McGann filmed?
a) England
b) United States
c) Canada
d) France
10. Who starred as Doctor Who in the two cinema movies based on the television series released in the 1960s?
a) Peter Cushing
b) Trevor Martin
c) Michael Horden
d) Valentine Dyall
11. What was the name of the adventurous journalist who travelled with the Doctor from 1973 to 1976?
a) Leela
b) Ace
c) Tegan Jovanka
d) Sarah Jane Smith
12. The Doctor's robotic companion K9 was created by which scientist in 5000 AD?
a) Professor Stahlman
b) Professor Marius
c) Professor Phillips
d) Professor Zaroff
13. What was the title of the first Doctor Who episode broadcast on November 23 1963?
a) Nothing at the End of the Lane
b) The Giants
c) An Unearthly Child
d) Spearhead from Space
14. Who played the Doctor's evil Time Lord rival, the Master, when the character first appeared in 1971?
a) Anthony Ainley
b) Geoffrey Beevers
c) Roger Delgado
d) Eric Roberts
15. Which of the Doctor's monstrous opponents originated on the planet Mars?
a) Autons
b) Ice Warriors
c) Monoids
d) Zarbi
16. Which of the actors who played the Doctor had become famous for the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small?
a) Peter Davison
b) Colin Baker
c) Sylvester McCoy
d) Paul McGann
17. The Cybermen - a humanoid race who had replaced their bodies with cybernetics - were created by scientist Kit Pedler who was also heavily involved in which other classic television series?
a) The Avengers
b) Blake's 7
c) Doomwatch
d) Survivors
18. While exiled on 20th-century Earth, the Doctor often drove an old-fashioned but souped-up car. What was its nickname?
a) Bessie
b) Charley
c) Polly
d) Zoe
19. Which member of Unit - the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce - did the Doctor first meet during an invasion of London by the Yeti?
a) Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart
b) Captain Mike Yates
c) Captain James Munro
d) Sergeant Benton
20. The new Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, previously played the lead in which television programme written by Russell T Davies, the executive producer of the new series?
a) Century Falls
b) Queer as Folk
c) The Second Coming
d) Mine All Mine
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Easy peasy!
Patsy
Who's Who?
The first new episode of Doctor Who in 16 years is heading towards our screens. But how well do you know your Time Lord? Expert Whovian Andrew Pixley presents a quiz to separate the Autons from the Zygons
Friday March 11, 2005
The Guardian
1. Where was Tom Baker working when he was offered the role of the Doctor in 1974?
a) At the National Theatre
b) On the children's TV show Vision On
c) On a building site
d) In the BBC press office
2. In the original 1963 television serial, on which radioactive world did the Doctor first encounter the Daleks?
a) Marinus
b) Skaro
c) Oseidon
d) Mechanus
3. To the nearest hundred, how many TV episodes of Doctor Who have been made and broadcast by the BBC since 1963?
a) 400
b) 500
c) 600
d) 700
4. What handy pocket-size tool was often used by the Doctor to get out of a tight spot?
a) Sonic screwdriver
b) Warp oscilloscope
c) Gravitic anomalyser
d) Wafer-wave inducer
5. Who played the Doctor in the first Doctor Who serial made and broadcast in colour?
a) William Hartnell
b) Patrick Troughton
c) Jon Pertwee
d) Tom Baker
6. The Doctor and his companions watched a television broadcast of the Beatles in the 1965 episode The Executioners. What song were the Fab Four performing?
a) Love Me Do
b) Ticket To Ride
c) Can't Buy Me Love
d) A Hard Day's Night
7. Doctor Who's largest audience on BBC1 was 16.1m for the final episode of the 1979 serial City of Death. Which British comedy actor made a cameo appearance?
a) Gareth Hale
b) Norman Pace
c) John Cleese
d) Martin Clunes
8. The Doctor's make of Tardis - his time/space craft - is a Type 40. How many of this model were originally registered by his own people, the Time Lords?
a) 9
b) 63
c) 305
d) 2000
9. In which country was the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie starring Paul McGann filmed?
a) England
b) United States
c) Canada
d) France
10. Who starred as Doctor Who in the two cinema movies based on the television series released in the 1960s?
a) Peter Cushing
b) Trevor Martin
c) Michael Horden
d) Valentine Dyall
11. What was the name of the adventurous journalist who travelled with the Doctor from 1973 to 1976?
a) Leela
b) Ace
c) Tegan Jovanka
d) Sarah Jane Smith
12. The Doctor's robotic companion K9 was created by which scientist in 5000 AD?
a) Professor Stahlman
b) Professor Marius
c) Professor Phillips
d) Professor Zaroff
13. What was the title of the first Doctor Who episode broadcast on November 23 1963?
a) Nothing at the End of the Lane
b) The Giants
c) An Unearthly Child
d) Spearhead from Space
14. Who played the Doctor's evil Time Lord rival, the Master, when the character first appeared in 1971?
a) Anthony Ainley
b) Geoffrey Beevers
c) Roger Delgado
d) Eric Roberts
15. Which of the Doctor's monstrous opponents originated on the planet Mars?
a) Autons
b) Ice Warriors
c) Monoids
d) Zarbi
16. Which of the actors who played the Doctor had become famous for the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small?
a) Peter Davison
b) Colin Baker
c) Sylvester McCoy
d) Paul McGann
17. The Cybermen - a humanoid race who had replaced their bodies with cybernetics - were created by scientist Kit Pedler who was also heavily involved in which other classic television series?
a) The Avengers
b) Blake's 7
c) Doomwatch
d) Survivors
18. While exiled on 20th-century Earth, the Doctor often drove an old-fashioned but souped-up car. What was its nickname?
a) Bessie
b) Charley
c) Polly
d) Zoe
19. Which member of Unit - the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce - did the Doctor first meet during an invasion of London by the Yeti?
a) Brigadier Alastair Lethbridge-Stewart
b) Captain Mike Yates
c) Captain James Munro
d) Sergeant Benton
20. The new Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, previously played the lead in which television programme written by Russell T Davies, the executive producer of the new series?
a) Century Falls
b) Queer as Folk
c) The Second Coming
d) Mine All Mine
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Easy peasy!
Patsy
