Thin Ice Trivia Quiz

Answer: London 1814

"Thin Ice" takes place during the Frost Fair of 1814, on February 4 to be precise. The Doctor and Bill arrive to discover that a mysterious creature under the ice of the Thames is eating people. They interact with a variety of colorful Regency Era characters, including street urchins.

The Doctor mentions that he had been to the Frost Fair several times before. In "A Good Man Goes to War", River Song says that the Eleventh Doctor took her to the 1814 fair for her birthday - where she was serenaded by Stevie Wonder.

Answer: Pete

Pete comes about when Bill mentions "the butterfly effect". It is a scientific theory which is part of chaos theory that suggests that very small changes can have effects on very large systems - ie, the flap of the wings of a butterfly can affect the path of a tornado.

Ray Bradbury helped to popularize the butterfly effect in science fiction with his 1952 story "A Sound of Thunder". It also plays a role in "Jurassic Park" (1993) and of course, the 2004 film starring Ashton Kutcher (which actually gets the theory wrong).

Ben (Michael Craze) was a companion of the First and Second Doctors. Jamie (Frazier Hines) was a companion of the Second Doctor. Steven Taylor (Peter Purves) was a companion of the First Doctor.

Answer: Spider

Spider was the second victim of the creature that we saw in "Thin Ice". He was a street urchin who stole the sonic screwdriver from the Doctor. Spider was played by Austin Taylor. This was his second television appearance, after an episode of "Doc Martin" in 2015.

Perry was another of the street urchins. Danny Edwards was one of the children vanished by the Isolus in "Fear Her" (2006). Jamie was the "Are you my Mummy" boy in "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" (2005).

Answer: 3

The Doctor talked of situations and choices before he finally admitted that yes, he had killed people. And that he had lost count. However, he moved on - so that he could keep more people from dying.

The Doctor also said he had lost count of the number of people he had seen die; given his experiences in the Great Time War alone, that is quite believable.

Answer: Lord Sutcliffe

Lord Sutcliffe (Nicholas Burns) was the owner of a steel mill and a large creature which lived under the Thames. The creature feed on humans and excreted a fuel source which burned longer and hotter than coal. Sutcliffe's evil scheme was to crack the ice during the Frost Fair, feeding the creature hundreds of people and generate large amounts of fuel. Sutcliffe, by his own admission, does not have an ounce of compassion.

Nicholas Burns has appearing regularly in British television since 2002. He is probably most famous for playing Martin Weedon in the British comedy series "Benidorm" (2007-2014). He also played a superhero known as "The Hotness" in the comedy series "No Heroics" (2008).

Lord Marchwood was a 17th century ghost from "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2009). Lord Palmerdale is a greedy stock manipulator featured in the Fourth Doctor adventure "The Horror of Fang Rock" (1977). Lord Ravensworth was a landowner in the Sixth Doctor adventure "The Mark of the Rani" (1985).

Answer: fish pies

The Doctor steals quite a few fish pies from the fish monger who cheats Bill using a coin trick. The Doctor is almost more interested in figuring out how the coin trick works than he is about finding out about the creature under the ice.

The Doctor calls himself "a bit of a thief," which is certainly an understatement. Aside from stealing the TARDIS, the Doctor has displayed his slight of hand skills many times over the course of the years. Peter Capaldi displayed his thievery skills brilliantly by breaking into the most secure bank in the universe in "Time Heist" (2014).

Answer: Tiny

The Doctor called the creature "Tiny" which is obviously ironic, given the creature appeared to be almost a mile long. The creature had been chained under the Thames by the Sutcliffe family because it produced very high quality fuel. The Doctor also referred to the creature as "the not so little mermaid."

Bill ordered the Doctor to free the creature, which swam off once the chains were broken. Although Bill and the Doctor may have doomed Greenland.

This was not the first time monsters appeared in the Thames. A Dalek emerged from the river in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (1964). The Loch Ness monster showed up in the Thames during "Terror of the Zygons" (1975). And the Empress of Racnoss had a hidden base under the Thames Flood Barrier in "The Runaway Bride" (2006).

Answer: Perry (Peregrine)

Perry was the lucky urchin. When they return to 2017, the Doctor pulls up a news article about the mysterious inheritance. There were legal battles but the children eventually won and got to keep the house.

Perry was played by Badger Skelton. He has made several short films and some television appearances. He played Levi Johnson in "This Country" a BBC Three series about children in rural Britain.

Kitty, the leader of the urchins, was played by Asiatu Koroma. This was her second TV appearance, after being on the soap opera "Hollyoaks" in 2015. Dot was played by Ellie Shenker. This was her second appearance after a small part in the 2016 film "Brimstone". If you spotted a character named "Luke" in this episode, you are living on a parallel Earth.

Answer: coffee

Nardole made a mixture of coffee and tea. "Thin Ice" was a Nardole-light episode, with him only appearing in the last few minutes. After serving the Doctor tea and chastising him for gallivanting around the universe, Nardole visited the mysterious crypt we saw in "The Pilot" but that created more questions than answers. Whatever is locked in there appears to be alive.

Answer: Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson directed "Thin Ice" as well as episode 4 of series 10, "Knock Knock". Anderson has been working as a director in British television since 1996. His work includes the historical mini-series "The Mill" (2014) and the crime drama "Inspector Lewis" (2006-2010).

Sarah Dollard wrote "Thin Ice". Her first episode of "Doctor Who" was "Face the Raven" (2015) which featured the death of Clara Oswald. She actually got her start in Australian television working on the soap opera "Neighbours" (2008). She has also worked on "Merlin" (2009) and "Primeval" (2011).

Nikki Wilson was the producer. She first worked on "Doctor Who" as producer of "The Waters of Mars" (2009). She produced four episodes during series eight and four more during series ten. Wilson was active on several seasons of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2008-2010).

Danny Hargreaves was the special effects supervisor for "Thin Ice". He has been in charge of special effects on "Doctor Who" since 2007. He has also done special effects work on the "Doctor Who" spinoff "Class" (2016) and Steven Moffatt's other show "Sherlock" (2010-17).