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Quiz about Doctor Who  Stories 20052013
Quiz about Doctor Who  Stories 20052013

"Doctor Who" - Stories 2005-2013 Quiz


This is my first quiz, and it is about various "Doctor Who" stories and their content from the 2005 reboot to the series 7 finale.

A multiple-choice quiz by DexterMaximus. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
363,241
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
518
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (9/10), Guest 107 (10/10), TrishDenis (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What name is given to the rhyming creatures controlled by Walter Simeon in "The Name of the Doctor"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. One of the Eleventh Doctor's recurring catchphrases is "______ are cool", usually referring to an item of clothing. Which of these does he NOT use in this phrase on television (not counting comics or books)? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Rory Williams and Amy Pond are two of the most famous companions, a married couple that travel with the Eleventh Doctor. But how do they leave the show? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which Tenth Doctor episode features masked robots, running via clockwork, travelling through time between ancient France and a futuristic spaceship to steal a woman's brain to fix their ship? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which pop star stars in a Tenth Doctor Christmas special as a waitress on the spaceliner Titanic? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The first three of the reboot Doctors have had catchphrases. What is the catchphrase of the Ninth Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What phrase is associated with Clara Oswald, the second Eleventh Doctor companion? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which famous actor plays the mysterious "unknown Doctor", revealed at the end of "The Name of The Doctor"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which parallel character created the Cybermen in the alternate world known as Pete's World? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which actor was given the prestigious role of the Twelfth Doctor, starting in the 2013 Christmas Special? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What name is given to the rhyming creatures controlled by Walter Simeon in "The Name of the Doctor"?

Answer: The Whisper Men

The Whisper Men, made of paper, are servants to Walter Simeon, aka The Great Intelligence. They whisper, hence their name, and speak in rhymes. They can kill by pushing their hands into somebody's chest, stopping their hearts.
2. One of the Eleventh Doctor's recurring catchphrases is "______ are cool", usually referring to an item of clothing. Which of these does he NOT use in this phrase on television (not counting comics or books)?

Answer: tweed jackets

"Bow ties are cool!" is the most famous of these, and has become a phrase associated with the Eleventh Doctor. The other two are usually prefaced with "I wear a stetson/fez now. Stetsons/fezes are cool."
3. Rory Williams and Amy Pond are two of the most famous companions, a married couple that travel with the Eleventh Doctor. But how do they leave the show?

Answer: Zapped back in time by a touch of the deadly Weeping Angels

"The Angels Take Manhattan" is the last episode featuring Amy and Rory, and features the living stone statues creating a battery farm in Manhattan. Amy and Rory's last scene takes place in a graveyard, where a surviving Weeping Angels takes them.
4. Which Tenth Doctor episode features masked robots, running via clockwork, travelling through time between ancient France and a futuristic spaceship to steal a woman's brain to fix their ship?

Answer: The Girl In The Fireplace

This episode features a ship that broke down, and the clockwork maintenance robots killed the crew and used their parts to fix the ship. It is based on the novel "The Time-Traveller's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger.
5. Which pop star stars in a Tenth Doctor Christmas special as a waitress on the spaceliner Titanic?

Answer: Kylie Minogue

Billie Piper plays major companion Rose Tyler in the first few series of the reboot of "Doctor Who". In the Christmas special in question, "Voyage of the Damned", Kylie Minogue plays alien waitress Astrid Peth, who sacrifices herself to save the Doctor by pushing an evil businessman into the engines, killing both of them.
6. The first three of the reboot Doctors have had catchphrases. What is the catchphrase of the Ninth Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston?

Answer: "Fantastic!"

"Allons-y" and "molto bene" are both catchphrases of the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, and "geronimo" is a catchphrase of the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith.
7. What phrase is associated with Clara Oswald, the second Eleventh Doctor companion?

Answer: "Run, you clever boy...and remember!"

"Run, you clever boy...and remember" is a phrase said by all three different versions of Clara, (Clara I, Oswin, and Clara II), with Clara II, unaware of her past selves, using it as a mnemonic to remember her computer password, "rycbar123".
8. Which famous actor plays the mysterious "unknown Doctor", revealed at the end of "The Name of The Doctor"?

Answer: John Hurt

All have appeared in the reboot "Doctor Who", excluding Pierce Brosnan. John Hurt plays the unknown Doctor, Timothy Dalton plays the Time Lord known as President Rassilon, and "Downton Abbey's" Hugh Bonneville appears as pirate Captain Avery.
9. Which parallel character created the Cybermen in the alternate world known as Pete's World?

Answer: John Lumic

John Lumic is a wheelchair-bound inventor who recreated the Cybermen out of homeless men he lured from the street. On the edge of death from illness, the Cybermen convert him into a more powerful Cyberman, known as Cyber-Controller.
10. Which actor was given the prestigious role of the Twelfth Doctor, starting in the 2013 Christmas Special?

Answer: Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi previously played two roles in the "Doctor Who" franchise. He played John Frobisher in "Torchwood", who came to a tricky end when he killed himself and his family to save them from the evil 456. In "Doctor Who" he also played Lucius Caecilius Iucundus in the Tenth Doctor episode "The Fires of Pompeii".
Source: Author DexterMaximus

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