Trivia Quiz: New Doctor Who

The science fiction series "Doctor Who" started over forty years ago on the BBC. Now that the series has been revived, American television is showing it widely for the first time. If you're an old fan, this quiz will be easy -- but if you've just started watching, it might be tricky. (This quiz covers the FIRST U.S. season of 'Doctor Who' as shown on Sci-Fi in 2006.)


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Question 1: What is the name of Rose Tyler's boyfriend?

 A: Mickey
 B: Ricky
 C: Adam
 D: Russell

Question 2: What is the name of the actor who played the Doctor on the first season shown on Sci-Fi in the United States?

 A: Paul McGann
 B: William Hartnell
 C: Christopher Eccleston
 D: Noel Clarke

Question 3: What famous author, also featured in the ArcaMax Book Club, did the Doctor and Rose meet in "The Unquiet Dead"?

 A: Lewis Carroll
 B: Charles Dickens
 C: Mark Twain
 D: H.G. Wells

Question 4: Besides the living-plastic Autons, what infamous "Doctor Who" villain did the Doctor encounter face-to-face in the show's first season in the U.S.?

 A: Cybermen
 B: Daleks
 C: Sontarans
 D: The Master

Question 5: Where did Rose Tyler work until it was destroyed in the first episode?

 A: A department store
 B: A restaurant
 C: A law firm
 D: A day care center

Question 6: When the Doctor took Rose back to see her family for the first time in "Aliens of London," how long had she been gone in actual time?

 A: Twelve hours
 B: Twelve days
 C: Twelve months
 D: Twelve years

Question 7: What does the Doctor say has happened to the last of his kind?

 A: They've been sent to another dimension
 B: They're scattered across the universe
 C: They're being held prisoner on another planet
 D: They were killed in a war

Question 8: Which of these things is one of the ways in which the Doctor differs from humans?

 A: He has two hearts
 B: He has gills
 C: His brain is nearly twice the size of a normal human's
 D: He never has to eat

Question 9: Which of these isn't one of the features of the TARDIS (the Doctor's ship)?

 A: It automatically helps its passengers understand any language
 B: It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside
 C: It's shaped like a phone booth
 D: It never goes off course

Question 10: There have been so many Doctors over the years that they are generally referred to by their number. Which number Doctor first appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel?

 A: Seventh
 B: Ninth
 C: Tenth
 D: Thirteenth