Ship of Fools: The World's Toughest Doctor Who Quiz

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

No cheating - see what you can honestly remember without the use of search engines [Biased]

http://www.shortlist.com/quizzes/doctor-who-quiz#quiz-opened

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

I managed to achieve 7/20 [Cool]

Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :

5 out of 20 - rubbish!

Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :

14

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :

16.

Note to self: get a real life.

Posted by Late Paul (# 37) on :

5 - about right since I was mostly guessing.

Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :

6 - also mostly guessing. I haven't seen every single episode and my memory for the details is not very good.

Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :

Also 7/20. A lot of the questions were not directly about the series, so I'm not sure if they count or not (says he, trying to salve his pride).

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

5/20 which is probably right, as I don't follow detail like this. I enjoy them for the fun of it.

Oh, and the memory is not what it was.

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

10. Its very biased to the new stuff!

Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on :

12, not as much of a geek as I thought. (Partly relieved, partly saddened.)

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

I got 6 out of 20. [Cool]

Not bad for never having seen Doctor Who at all.

Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :

11/20, which I think is not bad for not being British, and only watching the new series (but it was biased in favour of the new series, and my kids are tremendous DVD-repeat-watchers).

Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :

9/10—and, much as I want to make some "but there's not enough about Old Who!," that's too much of a fanboi whinge for me. After all, even people with TARDIS t-shirts have never seen episodes of Old Who.

Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :

That was tough! 14 out of 20, but a lot of the answers were (more or less) educated guesses.

Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :

16/20 which isn't bad for a die-hard Pertwee-Bakerite.

Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :

10

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

7/20, which is only two better than random! I'm not surprised as I haven't watched it since Tom Baker.

Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on :

9/20 - with a few guesses, a tough quiz!

Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :

16. It was very Nu-Who, mostly. I had to guess about half a dozen. I too should acquire a life, I suppose.

Posted by The Revolutionist (# 4578) on :

17/20. I didn't get the pop music question, which was fair enough, but I'm a bit dubious about the other two questions I got wrong.

One was "what has the mark 7 sonic screwdriver been used for?" The "correct" answer was to heat a teapot, but this was not on tv but in a short story published on the BBC website(!). I said "turn off lights" in reference to "Flesh and Stone" where the Doctor had to turn off the lights to open the door to escape the Angels.

The other question I got wrong was "which actor didn't audition for the Doctor?" I said Russell Crowe but apparently the right answer was Timothy Dalton. But I can find no corroborating evidence that Russell Crowe ever auditioned for the role - does anyone know if this is true?

I'm really taking this far, far too seriously... [Biased]

Posted by Morlader (# 16040) on :

Surely there's an infinity of actors who didn't audition for The Doctor. Did it mean "Didn't audition although invited"?

Posted by The Revolutionist (# 4578) on :

It's multiple choice, so didn't audition out of the four options given.

Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on :

I put Russell Crowe too, so would be interested in any details ... [Paranoid]

Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :

I seem to remember it was when one of the US television networks was interested in buying Dr Who as a franchise to make a more "american" version (after the McGann film and before Ecclestone). Crowe was seen as suitable non-American but familiar enough for the role. Other ideas included the Hoff as the Dr and giving the Tardis an enormous pair of lips and a speaking part.

Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
Other ideas included the Hoff as the Dr and giving the Tardis an enormous pair of lips and a speaking part.

Ye Gods!

Posted by The Revolutionist (# 4578) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
I seem to remember it was when one of the US television networks was interested in buying Dr Who as a franchise to make a more "american" version (after the McGann film and before Ecclestone). Crowe was seen as suitable non-American but familiar enough for the role. Other ideas included the Hoff as the Dr and giving the Tardis an enormous pair of lips and a speaking part.

Ah, yes, that's it! I've tracked down a source... Russell Crowe is on the long list of actors who were considered or auditioned for the 1996 TV movie:
TARDIS wiki - Doctor Who (1996 movie)

Apparently Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford and Jim Carrey were the studio's top 3 choices, so I'm very glad we ended up with Paul McGann in the end. As much as the TV movie was a mess, it could have been much, much worse.

Posted by Pine Marten (# 11068) on :

My flabber is completely ghasted [Eek!]

Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :

And now, I've regenerated into the War Lord. Forget the Second War in Heaven, it's time for the First War on Hull!

EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!

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