Doctor Who Companions

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• Publication: SFX
• Date: 364 (Apr 2023)
• Author: Nick Setckfield
• Page: 112
• Language: English

How well do you know your TARDIS travellers? Don't twist an ankle, now!

Quizmaster Nick Setckfield, Agent of the Black Guardian

QUESTION 1 Who is the first companion the camera actually shows us in Doctor Who?

QUESTION 2 Which actress has written crime novels including Deadly Rejection and Mask Of Betrayal?

QUESTION 3 In which story did the Doctor recite the names of his companions as a psychic defence?

QUESTION 4 Picture Question: Name this companion - and yes, we want both names!

QUESTION 5 What links the actors who played Steven, Sara Kingdom, Harry, Romana II, Martha and Amy?

QUESTION 6 Which companion was posing as her Aunt Lavinia when she first encountered the Doctor?

QUESTION 7 Which actor attempted to launch a pop career with 1968 single "Who's Dr Who?"

QUESTION 8 Picture Question: Which companion did this object belong to?

QUESTION 9 Which actress was once married to Michael Gough, who played the Celestial Toymaker?

QUESTION 10 The Doctor kept a framed picture of which companion on his desk at St Luke's University?

QUESTION 11 Which companion wore a Fanderson badge on her jacket?

QUESTION 12 Picture Question: Name this companion, created especially for the New Adventures spin-off novels.

QUESTION 13 Leela was a member of which savage tribe, who turned out to be descended from Earth explorers?

QUESTION 14 Which '60s companion was once described as "Much prettier than a computer"?

QUESTION 15 In the 1966 film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD, what relation is Louise to the Doctor?

QUESTION 16 Picture Question: Who's this companion actor, popping up as another character?

QUESTION 17 What position did Billie Piper's debut single "Because We Want To" reach in the UK chart - and how was she credited on it?

QUESTION 18 Which companion comes from a 54th century human colony on the planet Mendorax Dellora?

QUESTION 19 "Romana" is an abbreviation of something considerably longer. What's her full mouthful of a Time Lord name?

QUESTION 20 Which companion was missing from 1985 team-up story "The Two Doctors" because, we were told, she was busy studying graphology?

Answers

1 Barbara 2 Maureen O'Brien 3 "The Curse Of Fenric" 4 Vislor Turlough 5 All of them previously appeared in Who in other roles 6 Sarah Jane 7 Frazer Hines 8 Adric 9 Anneke Wills 10 Susan 11 Ace 12 Bernice Summerfield 13 The Sevateem 14 Zoe 15 Niece 16 John Leeson, voice of K-9 17 One, Billie 18 Nardole 19 Romanadvoratrelundar 20 Victoria

How did you do?

Which companion are you as smart as?

0-5 Jamie

6-10 Harry

11-15 Peri

16-19 Romana

20 K-9

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