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Quiz about The Tom Baker Years Part 1 The Best of Times

The Tom Baker Years Part 1: The Best of Times Quiz

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: the Tom Baker years propelled us through the sublime and the ridiculous in 'Doctor Who' stories. Revisit some of the best moments of the series ever in this, Part 1 of a two-part Tom Baker years quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by Phyllis_n_Jean. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Phyllis_n_Jean

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
239,511

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In a powerful scene in 'Genesis of the Daleks', the Doctor is faced with a moral dilemma - whether or not to blow up the Dalek incubating room, thus destroying the Daleks forever. "Do I have the right?" he asks, vacillating, as he holds two live wires in his hands. What ultimately prevents him from doing this? Hint

The Doctor reasons that many races will form alliances only if the Daleks exist

The Kaled scientists tell him they have found a diplomatic solution

Nyder finds him with the wires and places him under arrest

Harry trips over the wires and unplugs them from the explosives

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 'Terror of the Zygons', how do the Zygons spy on the humans at the local inn? Hint

The landlord is really a Zygon

There is a secret passageway from the inn to their ship

They knock the occupants out with gas so they can investigate

A mounted stag's head has a camera built in

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 'Pyramids of Mars', the Doctor dresses up as a mummy. Why? Hint

To spy on Marcus Scarman

To deactivate the Eye of Horus

To place gelignite on the rocket pad

To gain access to Sutekh's tomb

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Question 4 of 10

4. The marvellously wicked botanist, Harrison Chase, is the villain in 'The Seeds of Doom'. "The plants must win," he says. "It will be a new world. Silent and beautiful." How does he die at the end of the story? Hint

He is blown up along with his mansion

He is strangled by his own plants

He is eaten by the Krynoid

He is mulched by his own compost machine

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Question 5 of 10

5. The 'Robots of Death' has been likened to Murder on the Orient Express, with its opulent and claustrophobic setting, and its whodunit theme. It takes place on Storm Mine 4, stuck in the middle of 100 miles of uncharted desert, where, one at a time, crew members start turning up dead. Suspicion grows between those who remain, and accusations fly. Which of the following characters is never accused of murder? Hint

Leela

Uvanov

Borg

Toos

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' sees the Doctor turn Sherlock Holmes. While he is out investigating, Leela shows the amiable pathologist, Professor Litefoot, a new trick. What is it? Hint

How to use a yo-yo

How to run fast in pantaloons

How to eat meat the Sevateem way

How to stab people with a knife

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Doctor takes Romana to the Louvre to view the Mona Lisa in 'City of Death'. What does Romana notice about the painting? Hint

It has been stolen

She looks like the Doctor

It is a fake

She hasn't got any eyebrows

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 'State of Decay', Camilla says that the Doctor has the most dangerous weapon of all. What is that? Hint

The gift of time travel

Knowledge

A robot dog with a laser gun

The ability to regenerate

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 'Warriors' Gate', the TARDIS crew find themselves stranded in the middle of the Gateway - the domain of the Tharils. The Gateway is an almost empty continuum, with only an archway and mirror leading to another realm, and one other ship. That ship's hull is made of "dwarf star alloy". Which of the following is NOT connected with that fact? Hint

The hull is extremely heavy

The ship's back blast cannot penetrate the mirror

The Tharils are held as slaves on many worlds

The continuum is shrinking

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 'Logopolis', whose hand does the Doctor shake? Hint

The Watcher, who is there to support him through his next, most difficult regeneration

Tegan, the newest member of the TARDIS crew

The Master, who has just murdered three Logopolitans

The Monitor, who restored the shrunken TARDIS to its original size

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Answer: The Kaled scientists tell him they have found a diplomatic solution

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view), the Kaleds believe that they can negotiate peace with Davros, and stop the Dalek experiements. The Doctor believes it, and is overjoyed to be freed from his dilemma. But Davros has other tricks up his sleeve...

2. In 'Terror of the Zygons', how do the Zygons spy on the humans at the local inn?

Answer: A mounted stag's head has a camera built in

The stag head was a gift to the landlord from the surly Duke of Forgill, who is really a Zygon. Sarah admires it, not noticing the gaze of the stag's eyes roaming about the room eerily, seeing everything. The Zygons do knock everyone out with gas, but that is so they can move their cyborg creature, the giant Skarasen, through the village unseen.

The secret passage to the Zygon ship leads from Forgill Castle, not from the inn.

3. In 'Pyramids of Mars', the Doctor dresses up as a mummy. Why?

Answer: To place gelignite on the rocket pad

Sutekh's rocket, constructed by mummies, is destined for Mars, so that the Eye of Horus, which is keeping him prisoner, might be destroyed. The Doctor and Sarah stop the rocket but Sutekh finds another way to get his agents to Mars - the TARDIS!

Answer: He is mulched by his own compost machine

In the final struggle with Chase, the Doctor himself is almost mulched, but manages to get out while Chase is pulled in between the grinding teeth. No doubt a fitting end, but what a shame we saw no more of Chase.

Answer: Toos

So much more than a murder mystery, this story is an exquisitely detailed and compelling portrayal of a society whose dependence on robots has become an everyday reality. We watch as the crew are beset by growing fear when their robot servants turn on them, bickering and throwing allegations of all sorts at each other and at the two strangers, Leela and the Doctor, who have turned up out of nowhere. Only the reasonable and gracious Toos seems to avoid being drawn into the web of accusation and blame.

6. 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' sees the Doctor turn Sherlock Holmes. While he is out investigating, Leela shows the amiable pathologist, Professor Litefoot, a new trick. What is it?

Answer: How to eat meat the Sevateem way

When the Doctor leaves them together at Litefoot's home, Leela sees the table full of food and immediately picks up a whole leg of lamb, gnawing at it straight off the bone. After initial surprise, Litefoot shrugs and joins her.

7. The Doctor takes Romana to the Louvre to view the Mona Lisa in 'City of Death'. What does Romana notice about the painting?

Answer: She hasn't got any eyebrows

The Doctor is appalled at this. "What, is that all you can say, no eyebrows? We're talking about the Mona Lisa!" When he looks closer though, he has to agree she's right. Romana is with Duggan, not the Doctor, later that night, when she discovers it has since been stolen from the Louvre.

8. In 'State of Decay', Camilla says that the Doctor has the most dangerous weapon of all. What is that?

Answer: Knowledge

The Doctor and Romana have managed to escape from the 'throne room' of the Tower, figuring out that it is really the bridge of a long-dormant scout ship. Of course, the robot dog with the laser gun proves almost as useful later on, when it shoots the guards who are protecting the Tower from incursion.

Answer: The ship's back blast cannot penetrate the mirror

The ship is a slaver ship, and dwarf star alloy is the only material dense and strong enough to hold the leonine Tharil slaves within its walls. As a consequence, the ship is extraordinarily heavy, and its gravity is causing the collapse of this micro-universe.

The mirror is impenetrable to blasting, regardless of the make-up of the ship attempting to do so. It requires the finesse of the time-sensitive Tharils to cross it.

10. In 'Logopolis', whose hand does the Doctor shake?

Answer: The Master, who has just murdered three Logopolitans

Logopolis has been the only thing holding our universe back from total collapse due to increasing entropy. Unaware of this, the newly regenerated Master murders the Logopolitans, destroying the mathematical community and ending this critical endeavour. On finding out the severity of the situation, the Doctor and the Master enter into an uneasy alliance to prevent the collapse of space and time - an alliance which the Master eventually betrays, bringing an end to the Doctor's regeneration, and to this most remarkable era of Doctor Who. "One last hope", are the Doctor's resonant words at this disturbing moment.

Source: Author Phyllis_n_Jean

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