0:00:24 > 0:00:28In the spotlight tonight, is Paul Simpson, a writer from West Sussex,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Karen Davies, a health club manager from Norwich,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35Ged Sweeney, a technical service manager from Worcestershire,
0:00:35 > 0:00:40and Liam O'Carroll, who's an actor, from Kingston-upon-Thames.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43APPLAUSE
0:00:52 > 0:00:58Hello, and welcome to this special edition of Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04And I didn't tell you what special subjects have been chosen because they are all the same.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08And no prizes for guessing what that is - Doctor Who.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14Apart from that, the format is the same - two minutes on the Time Lord, and two on general knowledge.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20And the winner gets this glass bowl, and the intergalactic honour
0:01:20 > 0:01:23of becoming the first Doctor Who Mastermind.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27And guess who'll be presenting the award at the end of the programme!
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Actually, there is something else that's different. No chair!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Thank you!
0:01:33 > 0:01:40Now, let's find out which contender knows more about the what, where, when and, of course, the who.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And your name is...?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Your occupation?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56And your chosen subject? ..Of course! Two minutes, starting now.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00What is Lethbridge-Stewart's rank when he appears in The Web Of Fear?
0:02:00 > 0:02:06- Colonel.- Who designed K9 as his personal mobile database at the Bi-Al Foundation?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- Professor Marius.- What is the name of the spy in The Reign Of Terror
0:02:09 > 0:02:13who masquerades as Lemaitre, the governor of Conciergerie Prison?
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- James Stirling.- Which company's UK HQ was a major site
0:02:17 > 0:02:20for the location filming of Revelation Of The Daleks?
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Guinness.- IBM.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Who wrote The Sunmakers as a skit on the Inland Revenue
0:02:28 > 0:02:30with a corridor, P45?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- Robert Holmes.- Which member of the Carry On cast
0:02:33 > 0:02:36appeared as one of the Ice Warriors in that story?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Bernard Breslaw. - In The Stones Of Blood,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42as what was the third segment of the Key to Time disguised?
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- It was a pendant. - It was the Great Seal of Diplos.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Which Terrance Dick story was the first to be produced by Graham Williams?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53The Horror Of Fang Rock.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Which member of the Daleks' Grand Alliance was played by Robert Cartland in Mission To The Unknown?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Malpha.- Which planet returned to our solar system in 1986,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05having drifted to the edge of the universe and back again?
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- Mondas.- What was the title of the episode in the Daleks' master plan
0:03:09 > 0:03:11which was the first transmitted on Christmas Day?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- The Feast Of Stephen.- Who coached Sylvester McCoy in the magic tricks
0:03:15 > 0:03:18used by the Doctor in The Greatest Show In The Galaxy?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Geoffrey Durham.- John Levene, who played Benton in many stories,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26made his first appearance as which robotic enemy of the Doctor?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- The Yeti.- In the 1996 TV movie, what film is Pete the morgue attendant watching
0:03:30 > 0:03:32when the Doctor regenerates?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- Frankenstein.- Where in Tranquil Repose does the Doctor find his own gravestone?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Outside...in the garden. The gardens of remembrance.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46The Garden of Fond Memories, yes. In The Green Death, which super-computer tries to seize power
0:03:46 > 0:03:49by linking itself to every other major computer in the world?
0:03:49 > 0:03:55- BOSS.- What appears on Tegan's arm after she's been possessed by the Mara in Snakedance?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58BUZZER A snake. A snake tattoo.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01A snake mark, yes. We'll accept a snake tattoo.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05No passes there, Paul Simpson. You've scored 15 points.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08APPLAUSE
0:04:14 > 0:04:16And our next contender, please.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23And your name is...?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Your occupation?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28And we know your chosen subject! Two minutes, starting now.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33Who plays the toll-keeper at Tollport G715 in Delta And The Bannermen?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Ken Dodd.- Which Time Lord claimed to have helped the Ancient Britons
0:04:37 > 0:04:40build Stonehenge with the aid of his anti-gravitational lift?
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- The Meddling Monk. - Under what in-house BBC pseudonym
0:04:44 > 0:04:47did Douglas Adams and Graham Williams write City Of Death?
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- Pass.- In The Keeper Of Traken, with whom does the Master merge because he is unable to regenerate?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- Tremas.- The third episode of The Myth Makers was broadcast as Death Of A Spy,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00but what was the original name given to the episode by Donald Cotton?
0:05:00 > 0:05:06- Pass.- In Battlefield, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart kills the Destroyer by shooting it with what?
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- Silver bullets.- In The Five Doctors, which Greek letter gave safe passage across the deadly chessboard,
0:05:11 > 0:05:13just inside the Tower of Rassilon?
0:05:13 > 0:05:19- Pi.- What is the rank of the Time Lord who's in charge of security on Gallifrey in The Deadly Assassin?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Castellan.- While on Tara, searching for the fourth segment of the Key to Time,
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Romana is mistaken for which princess, to whom Prince Reynart is betrothed?
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- Princess Strella.- What was Jacob Lindberg's production credit for In The King's Demons?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Pass.- Which designer on the first Dalek serial
0:05:36 > 0:05:40was replaced by Raymond P Cusick when he was unable to attend filming?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Ridley Scott.- In Kinda, what was the name of the box given to the survey team
0:05:44 > 0:05:47that cleared Hindle's mental instability?
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- The Box of Jhana. - In The Macra Terror, what does Jamie do to avoid suspicion
0:05:51 > 0:05:54when he stumbles into the Happy Colony finals?
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- Pass.- Which actor provided the voice of the robotic chameleon who travelled with the Doctor?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Gerald Flood.- In Mawdryn Undead, what make of car, owned by the brigadier,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06did Turlough steal and crash?
0:06:06 > 0:06:12- Um, pass.- Eleanor Bron and which actor made cameo appearances as art lovers in City Of Death?
0:06:12 > 0:06:18- John Cleese.- Broadcast on 9th October 1965, what was the last Dr Who episode produced by Verity Lambert?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- Um, Dalek Invasion Of Earth. - Mission To The Unknown.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25What was the name of the casing into which the Kaled mutants were placed,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28turning them into Daleks in Genesis Of The Daleks?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Mark III Travel Machine. BUZZER
0:06:31 > 0:06:34That's right. You had five passes, Karen Davies.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40In Mawdryn Undead, the car was a Humber. Jamie danced a Highland Fling to avoid suspicion.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Jacob Lindberg's credit was as a lute player.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Is There A Doctor In The Horse? was the name of the third episode I was after,
0:06:50 > 0:06:57and David Agnew was the BBC pseudonym for Douglas Adams and Graham Williams.
0:06:57 > 0:07:005 passes, Karen Davies, you have 12 points.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:10And our next contender, please.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And your name is...?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Your occupation?
0:07:20 > 0:07:24And your subject is...(?) Two minutes, starting now.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28In the first episode of The Robots Of Death, Leela plays with what toy,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31in the belief that if she stops, so will the TARDIS?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- A yo-yo.- What process was used by Bernard Lodge
0:07:33 > 0:07:37in creating the opening titles used from 1973 to 1980?
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- Spilt screen.- No. Slit-scan. In which story does the sonic screwdriver first appear
0:07:42 > 0:07:46when the Doctor uses it to open an inspection plate in a pipeline?
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- Fury From The Deep.- Which part of the TARDIS is a neutral environment, cut off from the rest of the universe?
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- The Zero Room.- In which story did John Scott Martin first play a Dalek,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59leading to him being nicknamed Chief Dalek?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Um, Doctor Who And The Daleks. - No, The Chase.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07With whom does the Fourth Doctor merge at the end of Logopolis as he regenerates into a younger form?
0:08:07 > 0:08:12- The Watcher.- In Galaxy 4, what name does Vicki give to the Rills' robot drones?
0:08:12 > 0:08:17- Chumblies.- What was the surname of the corporal in both The Mind Of Evil and The Claws Of Axos?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- Corporal Bell.- Who was originally cast as Captain Striker in Enlightenment,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25but dropped out when a strike led to the recording being rescheduled?
0:08:25 > 0:08:31- Peter Sallis.- Which jazz musician appeared in the show's 25th anniversary episode?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Courtney Pine.- City Of Death was adapted by Douglas Adams and Graham Williams
0:08:35 > 0:08:38from the David Fisher story with what title?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- Gamblers Of Time... - A Gamble With Time, yes.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Which song accompanies the action through all four episodes of The Gunfighters?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52What is the full name of the managing director of International Electromatics
0:08:52 > 0:08:55who helps the Cybermen in their invasion of London?
0:08:55 > 0:09:00- Tobias Vaughn.- John Leeson not only made his debut as the voice of K9 in The Invisible Enemy,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03but was also the voice of which space-born intelligence?
0:09:03 > 0:09:08- The Nucleus.- In The Invasion, when the first Cyber transporter fleet is destroyed,
0:09:08 > 0:09:13what is the name of the bomb that the Cyber planner announces will be delivered to Earth?
0:09:13 > 0:09:18- Could you repeat the question?- In The Invasion, when the first Cyber transporter fleet is destroyed,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21what is the name of the bomb that the Cyber planner announces will be delivered to Earth?
0:09:21 > 0:09:27- Megatron bomb.- In the 1996 Dr Who... - BUZZER - I've started, so I'll finish.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31..who does the Master describe as "the son I have always yearned for"?
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Mi-Jung Lee.- It is. No passes. Ged Sweeney, you have 14 points.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38APPLAUSE
0:09:45 > 0:09:48And our final contender, please.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58And your name is...?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Your occupation...?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Two minutes on Doctor Who starting now. In which story
0:10:04 > 0:10:10does the Doctor appear variously disguised as a German physician, a washerwoman and a Redcoat soldier?
0:10:10 > 0:10:17- The Highlanders.- Which of the Doctor's companions was a computer programmer from Pease Pottage?
0:10:17 > 0:10:23- Melanie Bush.- What game set by the Celestial Toymaker does the Doctor complete by imitating the Toymaker?
0:10:23 > 0:10:29- Tri-logic game.- Which Timelord chapter is described as notoriously devious in the Deadly Assassin?
0:10:29 > 0:10:36- Prydonians.- When Frazer Hines fell ill with chickenpox, who replaced him as Jamie in the Mind Robber?
0:10:36 > 0:10:42- Hamish Wilson.- In Dragonfire, what does Sabalom Glitz rename Iceworld when he takes control of it?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Nosferatu II.- When Tom Baker refused to appear in the Five Doctors,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50scenes from which story were used to represent the fourth Doctor?
0:10:50 > 0:10:57- Shada.- At the end of season 16, who did not renew her contract as Romana and was replaced by Lalla Ward?
0:10:57 > 0:11:03- Mary Tamm.- What were the last words uttered by the sixth Doctor in part 14 of the Trial Of A Timelord?
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Pass.- When the Doctor travels back to the studio of Leonardo da Vinci,
0:11:07 > 0:11:13what does he write on the blank canvasses on which the artist would paint his copies of the Mona Lisa?
0:11:13 > 0:11:19- This is a fake.- On which planet does the sisterhood guard the flame from which comes the elixir of life?
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- Karn.- The use of which weapon was banned by the Armageddon Convention?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Pass.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32Which voice actor has worked with seven doctors from 1966 as a monoid through to 1988 as a Dalek?
0:11:32 > 0:11:37- Roy Skelton.- In the King's Demons, the Master assumed the guise of which knight of King John?
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- Sir Gilles Estram.- What was the full name of the innkeeper in The Smugglers?
0:11:42 > 0:11:50- Pass.- Which member of UNIT is allowed to resign at the end of Invasion Of The Dinosaurs?
0:11:50 > 0:11:57- Captain Mike Yates.- In The Two Doctors, with what does Shockeye attempt to pay for a meal?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- Er, a Narg note.- A 20 Narg note, yes.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05- The first location shooting was in the Reign Of Terror... - BUZZER
0:12:05 > 0:12:09..using which actor as a double for William Hartnell?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Edmund Warwick.- Brian Proudfoot.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17You had three passes. Jacob Kewper was the full name of the innkeeper.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23Cyberbombs were banned by the Armageddon Convention, and the last words of the Sixth Doctor were,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27"Carrot juice! Carrot juice! Carrot juice!"
0:12:27 > 0:12:303 passes and you have 14 points.
0:12:43 > 0:12:49That's the end of the Doctor Who questions. What a tight round it was. Let's look at the scores.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Did they know their Davros from their Daleks and their Xerons from their Zygons?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11General knowledge round.
0:13:11 > 0:13:18If there's a tie at the end of this round, the number of passes will be taken into account.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24The contender with the fewest number of passes will win. So let's ask Karen Davies to join us again.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Now you are, if I may say so without causing offence,
0:13:31 > 0:13:36you are a serious Doctor Who anorak. You actually run conventions.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- I don't like the use of the "a" word, John.- I thought you wouldn't.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- What do you do at these conventions? - Panic.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49It's just nice to meet friends that you haven't seen since the last one.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55A very social atmosphere. You get to meet the actors, production scene staff.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59It's just nice to get hands-on with Doctor Who.
0:13:59 > 0:14:0412 points with your knowledge of the Doctor. Let's see how you do with general knowledge.
0:14:04 > 0:14:11Who in November 2003 was unopposed when he succeeded Iain Duncan Smith as leader of the Conservative Party?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Um...Michael Howard.
0:14:14 > 0:14:20Which village in Kent gave its name to a type of juvenile corrective institution for young offenders
0:14:20 > 0:14:22that was abolished in 1983?
0:14:22 > 0:14:28- Borstal.- Which dark brown ink obtained from the cuttlefish is used to make black pasta black?
0:14:28 > 0:14:34- Sepia.- Who entered the UK singles charts at number 1 in October 2004 with the song Radio?
0:14:34 > 0:14:40- Robbie Williams.- In which city did Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert all die?
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- Vienna.- Which German novelist won the Nobel Price for Literature in 1929?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Um...pass.
0:14:47 > 0:14:54In March 2002, Robert Thomson replaced Peter Stoppard as the editor of which newspaper?
0:14:54 > 0:15:02- The Times.- Which French tyre company publishes Red Guides to top rank restaurants and hotels, and maps?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- Michelin.- What is the common name for the mandible?
0:15:06 > 0:15:12- Jaw bone.- Which planet of the solar system has two moons - Phobos and Deimos?
0:15:12 > 0:15:18- Jupiter?- Mars. Who was the first Mongol Emperor of China and founder of its Yuan dynasty?
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- Kublai Khan.- Who, as Secretary of State to Elizabeth I from 1573,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27contrived an effective system of espionage that uncovered various conspiracies against the Queen?
0:15:27 > 0:15:33- Pass.- What is the meaning of the Russian word voda of which vodka is a diminutive?
0:15:33 > 0:15:39- Um...drink.- Water. In ballet, how many basic positions of the feet are there?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- Four.- Five. "Out on the wily windy moors we'd roll and fall in green,"
0:15:43 > 0:15:47is a line from which UK number one single of the 1970s?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51- Wuthering Heights.- In cookery, which French word is used
0:15:51 > 0:15:56for a young chicken usually served whole as an individual portion?
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- Poussin.- The regions of Darfur and Kordofan are in which country?
0:16:00 > 0:16:06- Pass.- Who wrote the TV series Lipstick On Your Collar about love, sex and rock'n'roll in the 50s?
0:16:06 > 0:16:12- Dennis Potter.- Dennis Potter it was. You had three passes. Darfur and Kordofan are in Sudan.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Sir Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth I's statesman.
0:16:16 > 0:16:23And the German who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929 was Thomas Mann. Three passes,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25and you now have a total of 24.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Now Liam O'Carroll, please.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47You're an actor yourself. You played in Father Ted.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53- That's right, yes.- What about a chance to appear in Doctor Who? - Yes, please.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Any part you have in mind?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I suppose it hasn't been invented yet.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05A nice big part would be great, but I'd be happy just to die horribly or something.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Well, that's not a bad appeal.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14Now, you lost your sight a few years ago. You've been losing it gradually.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20I'm actually very annoyed about this. I'm not going to be able to see the new series, so...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I don't see why anyone else should.
0:17:27 > 0:17:34It's a bit of a selfish attitude, but, um, I'm just incredibly envious of everybody who can see it all.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36So...very annoyed.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41Well, you've got 14 points, which is a high score indeed. You have to beat 24 points.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46So let's see how you do. Two minutes starting now.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51Which bitter, long-running, British, industrial dispute ended on 4th March 1985?
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Miners' strike.- Which type of nail with a thick strong head
0:17:54 > 0:17:58and short shank is typically used for horseshoes and heavy work boots?
0:17:58 > 0:18:03- Pass.- Most e-mail systems use POP3 to retrieve e-mail from a server.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06For what does this acronym stand?
0:18:06 > 0:18:12- Pass.- Which type of footwear is thought to get its name from the resemblance of the side of its sole
0:18:12 > 0:18:14to the safety line around a ship?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Plimsoll.- What term is used
0:18:16 > 0:18:21for a provisional divorce which becomes absolute in due time unless cause is shown to the contrary?
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- Pass.- Which former Blue Peter presenter in July 2004
0:18:25 > 0:18:30became the first non-military man to be appointed Chief Scout?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- Peter Purves.- Peter Duncan. According to Western tradition,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40which of the Three Wise Men brought gold to the infant Jesus?
0:18:40 > 0:18:47- Balthazar.- Melchior. Which Scottish band reached number ten in 1999 with Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Travis. - According to Geoffrey of Monmouth,
0:18:50 > 0:18:56which ancient monument was built of stones from Mount Killaraus in Ireland on the advice of Merlin?
0:18:56 > 0:19:03- Stonehenge.- Which large variety of orange is named after an ancient port now in Israel?
0:19:03 > 0:19:10- Alexandria.- Jaffa. Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is better known by what title meaning Lord?
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- Zorro.- El Cid. Which map was first laid out in a school jotter in 1931
0:19:14 > 0:19:18by Henry C Beck of North London who received only a few guineas?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Britain.- The London Underground map. In the American Revolution,
0:19:22 > 0:19:29most of the fighting of which battle in June 1775 actually took place on the neighbouring Breed's Hill?
0:19:29 > 0:19:35- Lewisburg.- Bunker Hill. Which Shakespearean character is the subject of at least nine operas,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39including one by Verdi and one by Vaughan Williams?
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- Othello.- Falstaff. Who directed the films Fame and Midnight Express?
0:19:44 > 0:19:50- Alan Parker.- Which chemical element symbol Pb is short for its Latin name plumbum?
0:19:50 > 0:19:58- Lead.- Yes. Lead. You had three passes there. The term used for a provisional divorce is decree nisi.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02That e-mail POP3 thing - Post Office Protocol.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06And the type of heavy nail is the hobnail.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Three passes, Liam O'Carroll, you have 20 points.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23And now Ged Sweeney, please.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31What's the big appeal to you?
0:20:31 > 0:20:36The ability to have an almost infinite variety of stories.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41You have a time-travel machine and you can take a story anywhere in the universe.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- So that's the appeal? - Plus regeneration helps.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48But you'll know all about that, Magnus....sorry, John.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51APPLAUSE
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Touche! Right. Very close contest.
0:20:58 > 0:21:0314 points, you have. 24 to beat. Two minutes on general knowledge.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09Which golfer married his Swedish girlfriend Elin Nordegren
0:21:09 > 0:21:12in a lavish ceremony in Barbados in October 2004?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- Nick Faldo.- Tiger Woods.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19In the Channel 4 comedy series, what was the name of Father Ted's housekeeper?
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Mrs Doyle.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27Which bronze statue by Donatello was the first large-scale free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29David.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Svetlana Allilujeva, who defected to the US in March '67, was the daughter of which dictator?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Josef Stalin.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38What is the spirit base of a Tom Collins cocktail?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Whisky.- Gin.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Which part of the eye controls the size of the pupil?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44The iris.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50In Dickens, what are the professions of Bradley Headstone, Mr Creakle and Mr M'Choakumchild?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Pass.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Which American army officer commanded the forces which liberated Kuwait in the first Gulf war?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- Colin Powell.- Norman Schwarzkopf.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03In which film does Jack Nicholson play a writer endlessly typing
0:22:03 > 0:22:05"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07The Shining.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Who became the first woman presenter of ITN's News At Ten on 13 February 1978?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Anna Ford.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Which scientist and mathematician was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University
0:22:17 > 0:22:19in 1669?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Isaac Newton.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27King Pelles was the paternal grandfather of which Arthurian knight, noted for his purity?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Lancelot.- Galahad.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35Which musical which opened in London in September 1989 is loosely based on Puccini's Madama Butterfly?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Em... I went to watch it.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41Pass.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43In which sport played with a long-handled stick
0:22:43 > 0:22:48does the women's version have point, cover point, third man and goalkeeper?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49- Hockey.- Lacrosse.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53What is the nationality of the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barrosso?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Portuguese.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Which member of the pig family native to Africa gets its name from the lumps on its face?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Pass.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- The name for which hobby... - BEEP!
0:23:06 > 0:23:14is said to have been invented in 1864 by Georges Herpin from the Greek words for Love, Not and Tax?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Take a guess.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Pass.- It was philately. Stamp collecting.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28You had three other passes. The ugly pig was warthog.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33Miss Saigon was based loosely on Madama Butterfly.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38And Mr Headstone, Creakle and M'Choakumchild were school masters.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Four passes. Ged Sweeney, you have 22 points.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53And finally, Paul Simpson please.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58What about your favourite Doctor Who?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Probably Pat Troughton.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04He was a character actor, who wasn't THE Doctor
0:24:04 > 0:24:11in the way that Tom Baker is. You meet Tom Baker, he is a much larger than life character,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15whereas Peter Davison and Pat Troughton are more character actors.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18What does Christopher Ecclestone have to do to impress you?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Carry on with what I'm hearing so far.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25It sounds like the show's being taken seriously
0:24:25 > 0:24:31and is written by people who know the show and know what's made it work in the past,
0:24:31 > 0:24:38and also know how TV works in the 21st century, which is far different to when the show stopped in '89.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- Well, let's hope you do like it. - So do I.
0:24:42 > 0:24:4515 points and you have 24 points to beat.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Nobody's succeeded so far. Let's see if you can do it.
0:24:50 > 0:24:56Which England footballer was transferred from Liverpool to Real Madrid?
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Michael Owen.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Which country means "the saviour" in Spanish?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- San Salvador.- No, El Salvador.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Which motor company was founded in Tamworth in 1935,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09initially taking over the Raleigh cycle company's three-wheeler van?
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Austin.- Reliant.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18In which city was the opera house La Fenice, meaning "the phoenix", destroyed by fire in '96?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- Berlin.- Venice.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25What name is given to the involuntary spasms of the respiratory organs
0:25:25 > 0:25:29ending in the sudden closure of the glottis producing a characteristic sound?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Pass.
0:25:33 > 0:25:39Whose first Cabinet post was secretary of state for education and employment from 1997-2001?
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Pass.
0:25:43 > 0:25:48How are the common wild plants Taraxacum officinale and Arctium minus,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52whose extracts provide the flavouring for a soft drink,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54better known?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Dandelion and burdock.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Which novel has the opening line, "Call me Ishmael"?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Moby Dick.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07Which word for a saint is derived from the Greek word meaning "likeness"?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Icon.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Who plays the title role in the 2004 remake of Alfie?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Jude Law.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19Which is the only continent to have the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn running through it?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- South America.- Africa.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27What name is given to the place where according to Roman Catholicism souls expiate their pardonable sins?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Purgatory.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Who wrote Schindler's Ark on which Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List is based?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Thomas Keneally.
0:26:33 > 0:26:39Which rock band consists of Frankie Poullain, Ed Graham and brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins?
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Busted.- The Darkness.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50What was the name of Caligula's favourite horse which he was said to have made a counsel and a priest?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52BEEP Pass.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55It was Incitatus. You had three passes.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00David Blunkett was the politician we were after.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05That sound, you'll kick yourself, is a hiccup.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07As simple as that.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Three passes. 22 points.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23So at the end of a close contest, let's have a look at the scores.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Held on to that lead - Karen Davies in first place.
0:27:51 > 0:27:57There is only one person we can ask to present the award, guess who - Christopher Ecclestone.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Welcome.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- Or should I say Doctor Who?- Yeah.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- You can for now.- I can for now.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15- Well done on being it.- Thanks, John. - What's it like - apart from brilliant?!
0:28:15 > 0:28:17What was it like being Doctor Who?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19It was a great challenge.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25The most important think about being Doctor Who, as some of the contestants said, is the scripts
0:28:25 > 0:28:32and the originality of the stories, and we had that with Russell T Davis, our key writer.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35It was an amazing eight months.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39- It's a six-day week, 14-hour day. - And will continue to do.
0:28:39 > 0:28:46- Yeah, we'll see.- There's a lot riding on you cos you have to take it seriously.- Oh, I did.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- So you're a serious Doctor Who? - At times.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51APPLAUSE
0:28:51 > 0:28:55It's serious business saving the world.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59I save the world once a week.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- Well, you've been Jesus. - Nothing wrong with my ego.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Someone else whose ego has been boosted, Karen, come for your award.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Well done.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Thank you.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- Well done. Congratulations. - Thank you.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Take a seat.
0:29:20 > 0:29:27Congratulations to Karen who has become the world's first ever Doctor Who Mastermind champion.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Don't forget about our regular Mastermind. Thanks for watching.
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