A-Z of "Doctor Who" - (B) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gargoyle

"The Daemons" was the final serial of the 8th series of "Doctor Who", featuring Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor, along with Companion Jo Grant.

The villain in this serial was the Master, masquerading as a vicar in a local church in the village of Devil's End. An archaeological dig at a Bronze Age burial mound called the Devil's Hump, as orchestrated by the Master, leads to the summoning of a daemon (an alien from the planet Daemos, long stranded and trapped on Earth) called Azal. Bok, the gargoyle, was Azal's servant.

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Answer: Brown

Peri Brown joined the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) in his penultimate serial "Planet of Fire" and continued on with the Sixth Doctor for a total of eleven serials altogether. Purportedly an American from California, Peri was nevertheless played by British actress Nicola Bryant - at times it was noticeable that she wasn't really from the United States.

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Answer: Blink

The Weeping Angels, a creation of Steven Moffat, are only capable of moving when they are not being observed. This leads to some creepy moments in which a character looks at a stone statue, looks away for a brief moment, and looks back only to find the statue has moved, sometimes becoming uncomfortably close. Hence the Doctor's instruction to Sally Sparrow, that she shouldn't blink whilst around them.

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Answer: Brain

The Doctor was unhappy to find himself on the planet Karn, not liking that the Time Lords diverted him here for reasons unexplained. A relationship between the Time Lords and the Sisterhood of Karn existed, having to do with the 'Elixir'. With the arrival of the Doctor, the Sisterhood believes that he came to steal the last of their dwindling supply of Elixir, but there was a deeper menace behind things... a renegade Time Lord by the name of Morbius.

Morbius had supposedly been executed previously for his crimes, but unknown to all, his brain had survived. Now, he was (through the help of a cult of followers) trying to complete a new patchwork body to be able to give him back a real existence.

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Answer: Bernard

Bernard Cribbins has been in the entertainment industry since the 1950s. His career has included the UK chart hits "Right Said Fred" and "Hole in the Ground"), the voice of "The Wombles" and a part in the 1967 version of "Casino Royale".

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Answer: Borusa

With a different actor in the role four different times, it was evident that Borusa had experienced a number of regenerations. Borusa appeared in the following serials:

"The Deadly Assassin" - played by Angus MacKay (with Tom Baker)
"The Invasion of Time" - played by John Arnatt (with Tom Baker)
"Arc of Infinity" - played by Leonard Sachs (with Peter Davison)
"The Five Doctors" - Philip Latham (with the first Five Doctors)

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Answer: The Black Guardian

The sixteenth season of "Doctor Who" was a season-long story arc called "The Key to Time". There were actually six separate serials that tied in to the overarching story. The Doctor (Tom Baker) is tasked by the White Guardian (the embodiment of order, played by Cyril Luckham) to gather the six parts of the Key to Time in order to restore balance to the universe (it was apparently descending into chaos). Once he completes his task, however, the Black Guardian attempts to trick The Doctor into giving it to him instead.

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Answer: Barcelona

The planet Barcelona was mentioned by both the ninth and tenth Doctors (Chris Eccleston and David Tennant) at the end of the 1st series, both before and immediately after regenerating. David Tennant also referred to it during the "Children in Need" special, which continued from the ending of "Parting of the Ways" (the regeneration), and details more of Rose and the (new) Doctor's first moments together as they travel back to 2006 London.

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Answer: Baker

Tom Baker played the Fourth Doctor between 1974 and 1981 and was easily identifiable by wearing a long scarf and eating Jelly Babies.

Colin Baker played the Sixth Doctor between 1984 and 1986 and is no relation to Tom. In doing so, he became the first actor to play the Doctor having previously appeared in the franchise.

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Answer: Bees

It turns out that some of the bees on Earth are actually aliens creatures from the planet Melissa Majoria. When the bees sensed that a disaster was about to befall the Earth, they began leaving to return to their home planet. The movement of the bees made a disturbance on the Tandocca Scale (a series of wavelengths), which the Doctor was then able to trace and follow to where Davros had stolen the Earth (the Medusa Cascade).

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