Doctor Who Special Mastermind

In the spotlight tonight, is Paul Simpson, a writer from West Sussex,

Karen Davies, a health club manager from Norwich,

Ged Sweeney, a technical service manager from Worcestershire,

and Liam O'Carroll, who's an actor, from Kingston-upon-Thames.

APPLAUSE

Hello, and welcome to this special edition of Mastermind with me, John Humphrys.

And I didn't tell you what special subjects have been chosen because they are all the same.

And no prizes for guessing what that is - Doctor Who.

Apart from that, the format is the same - two minutes on the Time Lord, and two on general knowledge.

And the winner gets this glass bowl, and the intergalactic honour

of becoming the first Doctor Who Mastermind.

And guess who'll be presenting the award at the end of the programme!

Actually, there is something else that's different. No chair!

Thank you!

Now, let's find out which contender knows more about the what, where, when and, of course, the who.

Let's have our first contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your chosen subject? ..Of course! Two minutes, starting now.

What is Lethbridge-Stewart's rank when he appears in The Web Of Fear?

-Colonel.

-Who designed K9 as his personal mobile database at the Bi-Al Foundation?

-Professor Marius.

-What is the name of the spy in The Reign Of Terror

who masquerades as Lemaitre, the governor of Conciergerie Prison?

-James Stirling.

-Which company's UK HQ was a major site

for the location filming of Revelation Of The Daleks?

-Guinness.

-IBM.

Who wrote The Sunmakers as a skit on the Inland Revenue

with a corridor, P45?

-Robert Holmes.

-Which member of the Carry On cast

appeared as one of the Ice Warriors in that story?

-Bernard Breslaw.

-In The Stones Of Blood,

as what was the third segment of the Key to Time disguised?

-It was a pendant.

-It was the Great Seal of Diplos.

Which Terrance Dick story was the first to be produced by Graham Williams?

The Horror Of Fang Rock.

Which member of the Daleks' Grand Alliance was played by Robert Cartland in Mission To The Unknown?

-Malpha.

-Which planet returned to our solar system in 1986,

having drifted to the edge of the universe and back again?

-Mondas.

-What was the title of the episode in the Daleks' master plan

which was the first transmitted on Christmas Day?

-The Feast Of Stephen.

-Who coached Sylvester McCoy in the magic tricks

used by the Doctor in The Greatest Show In The Galaxy?

-Geoffrey Durham.

-John Levene, who played Benton in many stories,

made his first appearance as which robotic enemy of the Doctor?

-The Yeti.

-In the 1996 TV movie, what film is Pete the morgue attendant watching

when the Doctor regenerates?

-Frankenstein.

-Where in Tranquil Repose does the Doctor find his own gravestone?

Outside...in the garden. The gardens of remembrance.

The Garden of Fond Memories, yes. In The Green Death, which super-computer tries to seize power

by linking itself to every other major computer in the world?

-BOSS.

-What appears on Tegan's arm after she's been possessed by the Mara in Snakedance?

BUZZER A snake. A snake tattoo.

A snake mark, yes. We'll accept a snake tattoo.

No passes there, Paul Simpson. You've scored 15 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And we know your chosen subject! Two minutes, starting now.

Who plays the toll-keeper at Tollport G715 in Delta And The Bannermen?

-Ken Dodd.

-Which Time Lord claimed to have helped the Ancient Britons

build Stonehenge with the aid of his anti-gravitational lift?

-The Meddling Monk.

-Under what in-house BBC pseudonym

did Douglas Adams and Graham Williams write City Of Death?

-Pass.

-In The Keeper Of Traken, with whom does the Master merge because he is unable to regenerate?

-Tremas.

-The third episode of The Myth Makers was broadcast as Death Of A Spy,

but what was the original name given to the episode by Donald Cotton?

-Pass.

-In Battlefield, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart kills the Destroyer by shooting it with what?

-Silver bullets.

-In The Five Doctors, which Greek letter gave safe passage across the deadly chessboard,

just inside the Tower of Rassilon?

-Pi.

-What is the rank of the Time Lord who's in charge of security on Gallifrey in The Deadly Assassin?

-Castellan.

-While on Tara, searching for the fourth segment of the Key to Time,

Romana is mistaken for which princess, to whom Prince Reynart is betrothed?

-Princess Strella.

-What was Jacob Lindberg's production credit for In The King's Demons?

-Pass.

-Which designer on the first Dalek serial

was replaced by Raymond P Cusick when he was unable to attend filming?

-Ridley Scott.

-In Kinda, what was the name of the box given to the survey team

that cleared Hindle's mental instability?

-The Box of Jhana.

-In The Macra Terror, what does Jamie do to avoid suspicion

when he stumbles into the Happy Colony finals?

-Pass.

-Which actor provided the voice of the robotic chameleon who travelled with the Doctor?

-Gerald Flood.

-In Mawdryn Undead, what make of car, owned by the brigadier,

did Turlough steal and crash?

-Um, pass.

-Eleanor Bron and which actor made cameo appearances as art lovers in City Of Death?

-John Cleese.

-Broadcast on 9th October 1965, what was the last Dr Who episode produced by Verity Lambert?

-Um, Dalek Invasion Of Earth.

-Mission To The Unknown.

What was the name of the casing into which the Kaled mutants were placed,

turning them into Daleks in Genesis Of The Daleks?

Mark III Travel Machine. BUZZER

That's right. You had five passes, Karen Davies.

In Mawdryn Undead, the car was a Humber. Jamie danced a Highland Fling to avoid suspicion.

Jacob Lindberg's credit was as a lute player.

Is There A Doctor In The Horse? was the name of the third episode I was after,

and David Agnew was the BBC pseudonym for Douglas Adams and Graham Williams.

5 passes, Karen Davies, you have 12 points.

APPLAUSE

And our next contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation?

And your subject is...(?) Two minutes, starting now.

In the first episode of The Robots Of Death, Leela plays with what toy,

in the belief that if she stops, so will the TARDIS?

-A yo-yo.

-What process was used by Bernard Lodge

in creating the opening titles used from 1973 to 1980?

-Spilt screen.

-No. Slit-scan. In which story does the sonic screwdriver first appear

when the Doctor uses it to open an inspection plate in a pipeline?

-Fury From The Deep.

-Which part of the TARDIS is a neutral environment, cut off from the rest of the universe?

-The Zero Room.

-In which story did John Scott Martin first play a Dalek,

leading to him being nicknamed Chief Dalek?

-Um, Doctor Who And The Daleks.

-No, The Chase.

With whom does the Fourth Doctor merge at the end of Logopolis as he regenerates into a younger form?

-The Watcher.

-In Galaxy 4, what name does Vicki give to the Rills' robot drones?

-Chumblies.

-What was the surname of the corporal in both The Mind Of Evil and The Claws Of Axos?

-Corporal Bell.

-Who was originally cast as Captain Striker in Enlightenment,

but dropped out when a strike led to the recording being rescheduled?

-Peter Sallis.

-Which jazz musician appeared in the show's 25th anniversary episode?

-Courtney Pine.

-City Of Death was adapted by Douglas Adams and Graham Williams

from the David Fisher story with what title?

-Gamblers Of Time...

-A Gamble With Time, yes.

Which song accompanies the action through all four episodes of The Gunfighters?

Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon.

What is the full name of the managing director of International Electromatics

who helps the Cybermen in their invasion of London?

-Tobias Vaughn.

-John Leeson not only made his debut as the voice of K9 in The Invisible Enemy,

but was also the voice of which space-born intelligence?

-The Nucleus.

-In The Invasion, when the first Cyber transporter fleet is destroyed,

what is the name of the bomb that the Cyber planner announces will be delivered to Earth?

-Could you repeat the question?

-In The Invasion, when the first Cyber transporter fleet is destroyed,

what is the name of the bomb that the Cyber planner announces will be delivered to Earth?

-Megatron bomb.

-In the 1996 Dr Who...

-BUZZER

-I've started, so I'll finish.

..who does the Master describe as "the son I have always yearned for"?

-Mi-Jung Lee.

-It is. No passes. Ged Sweeney, you have 14 points.

APPLAUSE

And our final contender, please.

And your name is...?

Your occupation...?

Two minutes on Doctor Who starting now. In which story

does the Doctor appear variously disguised as a German physician, a washerwoman and a Redcoat soldier?

-The Highlanders.

-Which of the Doctor's companions was a computer programmer from Pease Pottage?

-Melanie Bush.

-What game set by the Celestial Toymaker does the Doctor complete by imitating the Toymaker?

-Tri-logic game.

-Which Timelord chapter is described as notoriously devious in the Deadly Assassin?

-Prydonians.

-When Frazer Hines fell ill with chickenpox, who replaced him as Jamie in the Mind Robber?

-Hamish Wilson.

-In Dragonfire, what does Sabalom Glitz rename Iceworld when he takes control of it?

-Nosferatu II.

-When Tom Baker refused to appear in the Five Doctors,

scenes from which story were used to represent the fourth Doctor?

-Shada.

-At the end of season 16, who did not renew her contract as Romana and was replaced by Lalla Ward?

-Mary Tamm.

-What were the last words uttered by the sixth Doctor in part 14 of the Trial Of A Timelord?

-Pass.

-When the Doctor travels back to the studio of Leonardo da Vinci,

what does he write on the blank canvasses on which the artist would paint his copies of the Mona Lisa?

-This is a fake.

-On which planet does the sisterhood guard the flame from which comes the elixir of life?

-Karn.

-The use of which weapon was banned by the Armageddon Convention?

Pass.

Which voice actor has worked with seven doctors from 1966 as a monoid through to 1988 as a Dalek?

-Roy Skelton.

-In the King's Demons, the Master assumed the guise of which knight of King John?

-Sir Gilles Estram.

-What was the full name of the innkeeper in The Smugglers?

-Pass.

-Which member of UNIT is allowed to resign at the end of Invasion Of The Dinosaurs?

-Captain Mike Yates.

-In The Two Doctors, with what does Shockeye attempt to pay for a meal?

-Er, a Narg note.

-A 20 Narg note, yes.

-The first location shooting was in the Reign Of Terror...

-BUZZER

..using which actor as a double for William Hartnell?

-Edmund Warwick.

-Brian Proudfoot.

You had three passes. Jacob Kewper was the full name of the innkeeper.

Cyberbombs were banned by the Armageddon Convention, and the last words of the Sixth Doctor were,

"Carrot juice! Carrot juice! Carrot juice!"

3 passes and you have 14 points.

That's the end of the Doctor Who questions. What a tight round it was. Let's look at the scores.

Did they know their Davros from their Daleks and their Xerons from their Zygons?

General knowledge round.

If there's a tie at the end of this round, the number of passes will be taken into account.

The contender with the fewest number of passes will win. So let's ask Karen Davies to join us again.

Now you are, if I may say so without causing offence,

you are a serious Doctor Who anorak. You actually run conventions.

-I don't like the use of the "a" word, John.

-I thought you wouldn't.

-What do you do at these conventions?

-Panic.

It's just nice to meet friends that you haven't seen since the last one.

A very social atmosphere. You get to meet the actors, production scene staff.

It's just nice to get hands-on with Doctor Who.

12 points with your knowledge of the Doctor. Let's see how you do with general knowledge.

Who in November 2003 was unopposed when he succeeded Iain Duncan Smith as leader of the Conservative Party?

Um...Michael Howard.

Which village in Kent gave its name to a type of juvenile corrective institution for young offenders

that was abolished in 1983?

-Borstal.

-Which dark brown ink obtained from the cuttlefish is used to make black pasta black?

-Sepia.

-Who entered the UK singles charts at number 1 in October 2004 with the song Radio?

-Robbie Williams.

-In which city did Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert all die?

-Vienna.

-Which German novelist won the Nobel Price for Literature in 1929?

Um...pass.

In March 2002, Robert Thomson replaced Peter Stoppard as the editor of which newspaper?

-The Times.

-Which French tyre company publishes Red Guides to top rank restaurants and hotels, and maps?

-Michelin.

-What is the common name for the mandible?

-Jaw bone.

-Which planet of the solar system has two moons - Phobos and Deimos?

-Jupiter?

-Mars. Who was the first Mongol Emperor of China and founder of its Yuan dynasty?

-Kublai Khan.

-Who, as Secretary of State to Elizabeth I from 1573,

contrived an effective system of espionage that uncovered various conspiracies against the Queen?

-Pass.

-What is the meaning of the Russian word voda of which vodka is a diminutive?

-Um...drink.

-Water. In ballet, how many basic positions of the feet are there?

-Four.

-Five. "Out on the wily windy moors we'd roll and fall in green,"

is a line from which UK number one single of the 1970s?

-Wuthering Heights.

-In cookery, which French word is used

for a young chicken usually served whole as an individual portion?

-Poussin.

-The regions of Darfur and Kordofan are in which country?

-Pass.

-Who wrote the TV series Lipstick On Your Collar about love, sex and rock'n'roll in the 50s?

-Dennis Potter.

-Dennis Potter it was. You had three passes. Darfur and Kordofan are in Sudan.

Sir Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth I's statesman.

And the German who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929 was Thomas Mann. Three passes,

and you now have a total of 24.

Now Liam O'Carroll, please.

You're an actor yourself. You played in Father Ted.

-That's right, yes.

-What about a chance to appear in Doctor Who?

-Yes, please.

Any part you have in mind?

I suppose it hasn't been invented yet.

A nice big part would be great, but I'd be happy just to die horribly or something.

Well, that's not a bad appeal.

Now, you lost your sight a few years ago. You've been losing it gradually.

I'm actually very annoyed about this. I'm not going to be able to see the new series, so...

I don't see why anyone else should.

It's a bit of a selfish attitude, but, um, I'm just incredibly envious of everybody who can see it all.

So...very annoyed.

Well, you've got 14 points, which is a high score indeed. You have to beat 24 points.

So let's see how you do. Two minutes starting now.

Which bitter, long-running, British, industrial dispute ended on 4th March 1985?

-Miners' strike.

-Which type of nail with a thick strong head

and short shank is typically used for horseshoes and heavy work boots?

-Pass.

-Most e-mail systems use POP3 to retrieve e-mail from a server.

For what does this acronym stand?

-Pass.

-Which type of footwear is thought to get its name from the resemblance of the side of its sole

to the safety line around a ship?

-Plimsoll.

-What term is used

for a provisional divorce which becomes absolute in due time unless cause is shown to the contrary?

-Pass.

-Which former Blue Peter presenter in July 2004

became the first non-military man to be appointed Chief Scout?

-Peter Purves.

-Peter Duncan. According to Western tradition,

which of the Three Wise Men brought gold to the infant Jesus?

-Balthazar.

-Melchior. Which Scottish band reached number ten in 1999 with Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

-Travis.

-According to Geoffrey of Monmouth,

which ancient monument was built of stones from Mount Killaraus in Ireland on the advice of Merlin?

-Stonehenge.

-Which large variety of orange is named after an ancient port now in Israel?

-Alexandria.

-Jaffa. Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is better known by what title meaning Lord?

-Zorro.

-El Cid. Which map was first laid out in a school jotter in 1931

by Henry C Beck of North London who received only a few guineas?

-Britain.

-The London Underground map. In the American Revolution,

most of the fighting of which battle in June 1775 actually took place on the neighbouring Breed's Hill?

-Lewisburg.

-Bunker Hill. Which Shakespearean character is the subject of at least nine operas,

including one by Verdi and one by Vaughan Williams?

-Othello.

-Falstaff. Who directed the films Fame and Midnight Express?

-Alan Parker.

-Which chemical element symbol Pb is short for its Latin name plumbum?

-Lead.

-Yes. Lead. You had three passes there. The term used for a provisional divorce is decree nisi.

That e-mail POP3 thing - Post Office Protocol.

And the type of heavy nail is the hobnail.

Three passes, Liam O'Carroll, you have 20 points.

And now Ged Sweeney, please.

What's the big appeal to you?

The ability to have an almost infinite variety of stories.

You have a time-travel machine and you can take a story anywhere in the universe.

-So that's the appeal?

-Plus regeneration helps.

But you'll know all about that, Magnus....sorry, John.

APPLAUSE

Touche! Right. Very close contest.

14 points, you have. 24 to beat. Two minutes on general knowledge.

Which golfer married his Swedish girlfriend Elin Nordegren

in a lavish ceremony in Barbados in October 2004?

-Nick Faldo.

-Tiger Woods.

In the Channel 4 comedy series, what was the name of Father Ted's housekeeper?

Mrs Doyle.

Which bronze statue by Donatello was the first large-scale free-standing nude statue of the Renaissance?

David.

Svetlana Allilujeva, who defected to the US in March '67, was the daughter of which dictator?

Josef Stalin.

What is the spirit base of a Tom Collins cocktail?

-Whisky.

-Gin.

Which part of the eye controls the size of the pupil?

The iris.

In Dickens, what are the professions of Bradley Headstone, Mr Creakle and Mr M'Choakumchild?

Pass.

Which American army officer commanded the forces which liberated Kuwait in the first Gulf war?

-Colin Powell.

-Norman Schwarzkopf.

In which film does Jack Nicholson play a writer endlessly typing

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"?

The Shining.

Who became the first woman presenter of ITN's News At Ten on 13 February 1978?

Anna Ford.

Which scientist and mathematician was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University

in 1669?

Isaac Newton.

King Pelles was the paternal grandfather of which Arthurian knight, noted for his purity?

-Lancelot.

-Galahad.

Which musical which opened in London in September 1989 is loosely based on Puccini's Madama Butterfly?

Em... I went to watch it.

Pass.

In which sport played with a long-handled stick

does the women's version have point, cover point, third man and goalkeeper?

-Hockey.

-Lacrosse.

What is the nationality of the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barrosso?

Portuguese.

Which member of the pig family native to Africa gets its name from the lumps on its face?

Pass.

-The name for which hobby...

-BEEP!

is said to have been invented in 1864 by Georges Herpin from the Greek words for Love, Not and Tax?

Take a guess.

-Pass.

-It was philately. Stamp collecting.

You had three other passes. The ugly pig was warthog.

Miss Saigon was based loosely on Madama Butterfly.

And Mr Headstone, Creakle and M'Choakumchild were school masters.

Four passes. Ged Sweeney, you have 22 points.

And finally, Paul Simpson please.

What about your favourite Doctor Who?

Probably Pat Troughton.

He was a character actor, who wasn't THE Doctor

in the way that Tom Baker is. You meet Tom Baker, he is a much larger than life character,

whereas Peter Davison and Pat Troughton are more character actors.

What does Christopher Ecclestone have to do to impress you?

Carry on with what I'm hearing so far.

It sounds like the show's being taken seriously

and is written by people who know the show and know what's made it work in the past,

and also know how TV works in the 21st century, which is far different to when the show stopped in '89.

-Well, let's hope you do like it.

-So do I.

15 points and you have 24 points to beat.

Nobody's succeeded so far. Let's see if you can do it.

Which England footballer was transferred from Liverpool to Real Madrid?

Michael Owen.

Which country means "the saviour" in Spanish?

-San Salvador.

-No, El Salvador.

Which motor company was founded in Tamworth in 1935,

initially taking over the Raleigh cycle company's three-wheeler van?

-Austin.

-Reliant.

In which city was the opera house La Fenice, meaning "the phoenix", destroyed by fire in '96?

-Berlin.

-Venice.

What name is given to the involuntary spasms of the respiratory organs

ending in the sudden closure of the glottis producing a characteristic sound?

Pass.

Whose first Cabinet post was secretary of state for education and employment from 1997-2001?

Pass.

How are the common wild plants Taraxacum officinale and Arctium minus,

whose extracts provide the flavouring for a soft drink,

better known?

Dandelion and burdock.

Which novel has the opening line, "Call me Ishmael"?

Moby Dick.

Which word for a saint is derived from the Greek word meaning "likeness"?

Icon.

Who plays the title role in the 2004 remake of Alfie?

Jude Law.

Which is the only continent to have the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn running through it?

-South America.

-Africa.

What name is given to the place where according to Roman Catholicism souls expiate their pardonable sins?

Purgatory.

Who wrote Schindler's Ark on which Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List is based?

Thomas Keneally.

Which rock band consists of Frankie Poullain, Ed Graham and brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins?

-Busted.

-The Darkness.

What was the name of Caligula's favourite horse which he was said to have made a counsel and a priest?

BEEP Pass.

It was Incitatus. You had three passes.

David Blunkett was the politician we were after.

That sound, you'll kick yourself, is a hiccup.

As simple as that.

Three passes. 22 points.

So at the end of a close contest, let's have a look at the scores.

Held on to that lead - Karen Davies in first place.

There is only one person we can ask to present the award, guess who - Christopher Ecclestone.

Welcome.

-Or should I say Doctor Who?

-Yeah.

-You can for now.

-I can for now.

-Well done on being it.

-Thanks, John.

-What's it like - apart from brilliant?!

What was it like being Doctor Who?

It was a great challenge.

The most important think about being Doctor Who, as some of the contestants said, is the scripts

and the originality of the stories, and we had that with Russell T Davis, our key writer.

It was an amazing eight months.

-It's a six-day week, 14-hour day.

-And will continue to do.

-Yeah, we'll see.

-There's a lot riding on you cos you have to take it seriously.

-Oh, I did.

-So you're a serious Doctor Who?

-At times.

APPLAUSE

It's serious business saving the world.

I save the world once a week.

-Well, you've been Jesus.

-Nothing wrong with my ego.

Someone else whose ego has been boosted, Karen, come for your award.

Well done.

Thank you.

-Well done. Congratulations.

-Thank you.

Take a seat.

Congratulations to Karen who has become the world's first ever Doctor Who Mastermind champion.

Don't forget about our regular Mastermind. Thanks for watching.

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