And we’re back with classic Who TTQQs. Some of these middle episodes took some effort to find good questions for. I think it’s because the serial is made of 5 mini stories, and some are very simple as a result. Without further ado:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. There was something different about the TARDIS materializing on Marinus that was a first for Doctor Who. What did they do here for the first time? | Use a small scale model of the TARDIS exterior |
| 2. When looking at the TARDIS scanner, what is Ian disappointed that the Doctor doesn’t seem to have? (He does have it, but it isn’t working) | Color Television |
| 3. In a Billy Fluff, what redundant phrase does the First Doctor say? | “No, impossible at this temperature. Besides, it’s too warm.” |
| 4. The machine on Marinus, according to Arbitan, had a name at the time it was built. What was it called? | The Conscience of Marinus |
| 5. What is the name of the Voord leader who was able to overcome the machine’s power? | Yartek |
| 6. There was blood on Barbara’s travel dial. Why? | She tore it off her wrist after being frightened by using it, scratching herself |
| 7. What is the name of the city of lies in the second episode? | Morphoton |
| 8. What unusual behavior of Altos made Ian initially suspicious of him and the city? | He didn’t blink |
| 9. What piece of scientific equipment is Ian excited to see in the lab | Cyclotron |
| 10. What is the name of the disks they placed on our main characters’ foreheads in order to apply the mesmerant? | Somnar Disks |
| 11. When Ian was perhaps being a little overly protective of Barbara and Susan, like what does Barbara wish Ian wouldn’t treat them? | Dresden china |
| 12. How did Sabetha know the key Barbara found in the idol was a fake? | One edge of it was a fraction shorter than the real one |
| 13. How long does Barbara say she would have waited before using the travel dial if Ian didn’t arrive? | Half an hour |
| 14. He’s only named in the credits, but what is the name of the old man who helps Ian and Barbara get the key? | Darrius |
| 15. What ridiculous chemical formula did the old man give Ian and Barbara as a clue before he died? | DE3O2 (just pretend those numbers are subscripts) |
| 16. What method to bring back the circulation in the hands did Vasor tell Barbara to use? | Slowly rub the hand |
| 17. How many packs of wolves does Vasor say he counted in the snows? | A dozen |
| 18. What does Vasor intend with the items he stole from Altos and Sabetha? | Sell them |
| 19. What does Vasor believe are in the ice caves that scares him? | Demons |
| 20. How did they get hot water inside the ice cave? | A volcanic spring deep in the mountain |
| 21. When Ian wakes up he’s questioned by Interrogator Tarron. For whom does Tarron work? | The Guardian Division |
| 22. What happened to Altos’s friend Eprin? | Murdered |
| 23. The Doctor, Barbara, and Susan act out a hypothetical course of events in the crime scene. What part did Susan play? | The dead body |
| 24. We often use fingerprints to identify who touched something, who was at a crime scene, that sort of thing. What do they use in Millenius? | Psychometry |
| 25. They have an unusual clock in Ian’s cell. What was the indication on this clock that corresponded with Ian’s scheduled execution? | When the pointer pointed to the star |
| 26. What was the name of Ayden’s wife who named Ian as her accomplice? | Kala (the first female villain in Doctor Who) |
| 27. Who was the third criminal, revealed when they set him up to retrieve the key? | Prosecutor Eyesen |
| 28. Which Greek philosopher and founder of skepticism does the Doctor namedrop? | Pyrrho |
| 29. What gave the Voord leader away when he pretended to be Arbitan? | He didn’t know who Altos was, when he was someone Arbitan had sent in the first place |
| 30. What wise limitation on machines does the Doctor explain at the end? | Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice. |
| Bonus 1. Aside from the 6th episode which has the same title as the serial, name the others for one point each. | “The Sea of Death”, “The Velvet Web”, “The Screaming Jungle”, “The Snows of Terror”, “Sentence of Death” |
| Bonus 2. Where did we find each key, aside from the one Arbitan already had? A point for each. | Sabetha had one on her person in Morphoton, one hidden in a chemical jar, one in a block of ice in the cave, and hidden inside the mace that killed Eprin. |
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