Demons of the Punjab Trivia Quiz

Answer: The partition of India and Pakistan

The episode is set in August 1947, as India and Pakistan are being divided into separate nations. Violence between Hindus and Muslims resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths; the violence is vividly displayed in the film "Gandhi" (1982). The violence is in the background in "Doctor Who," even the murder of Prem.

Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948. He led the Salt March, a protest against British taxes, in March 1930. The Amritsar Massacre took place on April 13, 1919 when British troops fired on unarmed civilians, killing at least 379 and wounding over 1000.

Answer: a watch

Yasmin's grandmother, Nani, gives her a broken wristwatch. She insists the watch never be repaired. The Doctor ties the watch into the TARDIS's telepathic circuits and takes Yasmin back to August 1947. After the obligatory speech about interfering with your own timeline, naturally.

The leaf goes to Yasmin's sister, Sonya. The love letters went to Yasmin's mother, Najia. The old rope was used in the wedding ceremony.

Nani is played by Leena Dhingra. For fans of New Who, she was Miss Chandrakala in "The Unicorn and the Wasp" (2008). Dhingra has been acting since 1994, and has appeared in the British soap operas "Coronation Street" (2001-2004) and "Eastenders" (2007).

Answer: Thijarans

The Doctor says they have stumbled across a Thirajan Hive. The Thijarans are an ancient race with a reputation as some of the deadliest assassins in the universe. The Doctor and the companions run away from the Thirajans, and manage to hold them at bay using electronic tricks.

Later on, The Thijarans explain to the Doctor they have gotten out of the assassin business, and are now witnesses for those who die alone. The Doctor firsts encounters them at the murder site of a holy man.

The Shakri were the villains in "The Power of Three" (2013). The Tigellans appear in the Fourth Doctor adventure "Meglos" (1980). Tivolians, the most conquered race in the universe, appear in "The God Complex" (2011) and "Under the Lake" (2015).

Answer: Albert Einstein

The Doctor says she officiated at Albert Einstein's first wedding. Einstein, the most famous scientist of all time, has been frequently named dropped on "Doctor Who." The Fourth Doctor mentioned him in "The Stones of Blood" (1978) and the Seventh Doctor actually met Einstein in "Time and the Rani" (1987).

The Thirteenth Doctor mentioned Elvis in "Rosa" (2018). Charles Dickens makes an appearance in "The Unquiet Dead" (2005). The Eleventh Doctor marries Queen Elizabeth in "The Day of the Doctor" (2013).

Answer: Singapore

Prem says that his brother was fighting with him in Singapore. This was the first time that Prem saw the Thijarans. Prem also mentions fighting in Siam (modern Thailand) towards the end of the episode.

Prem was played by Shane Zaza. He is best known for the TV series "Happy Valley" (2014-2016) and the miniseries "Will" (2017) and "Press" (2018). Zaza has been acting in British television since 2005.

Answer: Umbreen

Her name is Umbreen. She lives in a village in Punjab, which is very close to the border between India and Pakistan. Umbreen is engaged to a Hindu man named Prem, a flower merchant. The name Umbreen means "wisdom or intelligence." Umbreen and Prem are married on the border of India and Pakistan, so she claims to be the "first woman married in Pakistan."

Umbreen was played by Amita Suman. She is fairly new to acting, with credits for the medical drama "Casualty" (2018) and "Ackley Bridge" (2018).

Answer: Lahore

Lahore is the largest city and capital city of the Punjab region of Pakistan. It became capital shortly after partition. It grew from a population of around 600,000 in 1947 to over 11 million by 2017. It is the cultural center of Pakistan, home to the country's publishing and film industries (Lollywood).

Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan, while Islamabad is the capital. Rawalpindi is in the Punjab region.

Answer: Bheti

Bheti is a Hindi term of endearment mothers use with daughters. Gurya means "doll." Ghada means "beautiful." Bahja means "happiness."

Answer: Sheffield

Series 11 has been using Sheffield as its home base. Appropriate, as Jodie Whittaker, the new Doctor, is a native of West Yorkshire.

Sheffield is one of the largest cities in England. In the 19th century, it was well known for steel production. It is also home to the world's oldest football club, Sheffield FC which began in 1857.

Answer: Vinay Patel

Vinay Patel is a writer and director. He wrote the 2008 short "No, You'd Better Watch Out" and the TV movie "Murdered by My Father" (2016). This is the first episode of "Doctor Who" Patel has written. Patel is the first writer of Asian descent to work on the series.

Jamie Childs directed "Demons of the Punjab" (2018). Childs directed Jodie Whittaker's first full episode "The Woman Who Fell to Earth." He also directed the last two episodes of series 11.
Childs is fairly new to directing. He began as an assistant director on "Poldark" in 2015 and has directed episodes of "Stan Lee's Lucky Man" (2017) and "Next of Kin" (2018).

Mandip Gill has been playing Yasmin Khan, police woman turned galactic explorer. A graduate of the University of Central Lancashire, she got her big break on the UK soap opera "Hollyoaks" starring as Phoebe Jackson/McQueen from 2012 to 2015.

Nathalie Cuzner played Kisar in "Demons of the Punjab". She has been a behind the mask actress on "Doctor Who" several times, playing a Silurian in "The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood" (2010) and a Handbot in "The Girl Who Waited" (2011).