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'The Five Doctors' Trivia Quiz

Originally transmitted in the UK on the 25 November 1983, 'The Five Doctors' and was made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 'Doctor Who'.

A multiple-choice quiz by ponicho. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
ponicho

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
202,886

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
964

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 92 (9/10), Guest 92 (10/10), Guest 162 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the fourth Doctor doing when he was taken by the time scoop? Hint

Walking in a park

Talking to the Brigadier

Punting on a boat

Driving his car Bessie

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where did the time scoop take the Doctors? Hint

A prison cell

Rassilon's Tower

Earth

The Death Zone

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where was the fifth Doctor when he first felt the effects of his past selves being taken by the time scoop? Hint

In the TARDIS

Skiro

Earth

The Eye of Orion

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did the Time Lords offer the Master to find the Doctor? Hint

A new TARDIS

A new cycle of regenerations

500 credits

His freedom

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Question 5 of 10

5. While climbing to the top of Rassilon's tower what type of creature got in the way of the third Doctor and Sarah? Hint

A Dalek

A Raston Robot

A Yeti

A Sontaron

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which companion accompanied the first Doctor to the Tomb of Rassilon? Hint

Susan

Turlough

The Brigadier

Tegan

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Question 7 of 10

7. What type of musical instrument did the fifth Doctor have to play to get into the secret control room? Hint

A piano

A recorder

A drum

A harp

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which two companions of the second Doctor appeared to him while he was searching for the tomb? Hint

Jamie and Zoe

Zoe and Victoria

Jamie and Victoria

Ben and Polly

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Doctor was the first to get to the Tomb of Rassilon? Hint

The second Doctor

The first Doctor

The third Doctor

The fifth Doctor

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Time Lord wanted immortality? Hint

Chancellor Flavia

Omega

Castellan

Lord President Borusa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the fourth Doctor doing when he was taken by the time scoop?

Answer: Punting on a boat

Tom Baker who played the fourth Doctor did not want to appear in the show at the time, so two short clips from the unfinished story 'Shada' were used.

2. Where did the time scoop take the Doctors?

Answer: The Death Zone

The Death Zone is on Gallifrey planet of the Time Lords.

3. Where was the fifth Doctor when he first felt the effects of his past selves being taken by the time scoop?

Answer: The Eye of Orion

The effect of his other selves being taken was endangering the fifth Doctor's existence so he had no choice but to go to the Death Zone himself.

4. What did the Time Lords offer the Master to find the Doctor?

Answer: A new cycle of regenerations

The Master first appeared in 'Doctor Who' in the 1971 story 'Terror of the Autons'.

5. While climbing to the top of Rassilon's tower what type of creature got in the way of the third Doctor and Sarah?

Answer: A Raston Robot

This is the Raston Robot's only appearance in the original series of 'Doctor Who', but the third Doctor appears to have come across them before.

6. Which companion accompanied the first Doctor to the Tomb of Rassilon?

Answer: Tegan

Tegan was a companion of the fifth Doctor but after meeting the First Doctor in the TARDIS, she went with him to find the Tomb of Rassilon.

7. What type of musical instrument did the fifth Doctor have to play to get into the secret control room?

Answer: A harp

When a sequence of notes were played on the harp, it opened a hidden entrance to the control room. The notes that were needed to be played were found on a painting in front of the hidden entrance.

8. Which two companions of the second Doctor appeared to him while he was searching for the tomb?

Answer: Jamie and Zoe

Jamie and Zoe were phantom images and the second Doctor realised this as they had their memories wiped of their time with the Doctor by the Time Lords in a previous story - 'The War Games'.

9. Which Doctor was the first to get to the Tomb of Rassilon?

Answer: The first Doctor

After the first Doctor had arrived, he was quickly followed by the third Doctor, then the second Doctor, the fifth Doctor came later under the control of Lord President Borusa.

10. Which Time Lord wanted immortality?

Answer: Lord President Borusa

The immortality that Lord President Borusa wanted was a curse and he ended up trapped in the Tomb of Rassilon for all eternity.

Source: Author ponicho

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