Welcome to the Doctor Who Companion‘s Easter quiz — some 50 questions all about everyone’s favourite sci-fi show.

But we’re also a big fan of Richard Osman’s House of Games, so this edition is inspired by that much-loved programme, with all its rounds based on rounds from the BBC2 series. Don’t worry, you don’t need to see it (though we recommend it for a great bit of entertainment): every round will be explained.

Note down all yours answers and come back on Easter Sunday for the answers. Good luck!

Sounds Like…

We’ll start with Sounds Like…, which is comprised of images that sound like an answer in a given topic. Think charades. Every answer this round is the name of a Doctor Who novel or novella. We’re giving you the relevant images alongside the name of the author and year of publication for each book.

1. (Marc Platt, 1997)

2. (David A. McIntee, 2004)

3. (Mark Gatiss, 1997)

4. (Jacqueline Rayner, 2012)

5. (Una McCormack, 2011)

6. (Lance Parkin, 2001)

Singonyms

Various pop songs have played in episodes of Doctor Who. We’ve used a thesaurus to find synonyms for some lyrics to a few of these songs, then added the year they appeared in the show. Three possible points per question: see if you can name the song, the artist, and the episode!

7. (2005)

Upon an aroma of your labium superius oris and labium inferius oris, I’m journeying;
You’re noxious, I’m sedated;
Upon an aroma of one lethal Shangri-la;
I’m obsessed with you;
Are you aware that you’re noxious?
Furthermore, I adore your actions;
Are you aware that you’re noxious?
Are you aware that you’re noxious?

8. (2017)

Following that, amorous feelings, amorous feelings will separate you and I once more;
Amorous feelings, amorous feelings will separate you and I once more;
Following that, amorous feelings, amorous feelings will separate you and I once more;
Amorous feelings, amorous feelings will separate you and I once more.

9. (2006)

Abuse me using your small percussive instrument;
Abuse me! Abuse me!
It’s good and fantastic in German and French!
Abuse me! Abuse me! Abuse me!

10. (2023)

Hues of the earth;
Season your existence!
All of the little guys and all of the young ladies;
Season your existence!
Habitants of Sol 3;
Season your existence!

11. (1967)

It’s comprised of just over 999 slim sheets of tree, roughly speaking;
I intend to scribe further in seven days or a fortnight;
I may write without editing if you take a fancy to my tone;
I can alter its current direction; furthermore, I would like to be an author of a non-hardcover publication;
An author of a non-hardcover publication.

12. (2013)

My current neighbourhood is somewhat akin to a place of apparitions;
Every single one of the recreational places is now shut;
My current area is somewhat akin to a place of apparitions;
Artists refuse to participate in their melodies;
There’s an excess of violence happening in the discotheque.

Two Clues In One

We’re going to give you, as the title of this round suggests, two clues in one — each will be an actual clue, but the initials of the clue will also be a further clue, as they’re the same as your answer. So if your answer is “Romana”, the clue might be “Regenerates”.

CATEGORY 1: 1960s Doctor Who Serials

13. Toberman Takes On Terrifying Cyborgs

14. Miles Peregrinated

15. Fearsome Fronds Terrorise Doctor

CATEGORY 2: Spin-Offs and Tie-Ins

16. Criticised

17. Disclosing Wisdom: Classified

18. Kinswoman Alongside Canine

CATEGORY 3: Fourth Doctor Companions

19. Lethal

20. Smart Journalist; Sladen

21. Alzarian

Where Is Kazakhstan?

This round has nothing to do with Kazakhstan — that’s just the title. We’re going to show you a map and ask you to locate several places on it. You’ll firstly need to know the answer to the question, but just as importantly, you’ll also need to know where in the world that is.

Here’s your map.

And here are your questions…

22. Where was Fifteenth Doctor actor, Ncuti Gatwa born?

23. In Voyage of the Damned, Mr Copper believed the people of the UK went to war with which country every Christmastime?

24. Which island doubled for the planet Sarn in Planet of Fire and the moon’s surface in Kill the Moon?

25. In which City of Death did the Doctor meet Duggan?

26. In Time Crash, the Fifth and Tenth Doctors’ TARDISes colliding threatened to blow a hole in time and space the size of which country?

27. In 2026, Tarak Ital MD, a member of Bowie Base One, is born in which city?

Sorry, Wrong Number

In this round, all the answers include a number. But it’s not that simple: each question will also include a mathematical equation that you have to apply to your answer. So if we asked you the name of Chris Chibnall’s first Doctor Who story, but also that you needed to add five, the answer would be 47 — that is, 42 + 5.

28. What is the name of the serial featuring the Drahvins and the Rills? (x2)

29. Which incarnation of the Doctor primarily travelled with Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, and Donna Noble? (+4)

30. In which episode did the Eleventh Doctor make his full debut, after cameoing in The End of Time? (-10)

31. What is the name of the second episode featuring the Slitheen? (÷2)

32. What’s the title of Stephen Cole’s 2002 First Doctor book, reprinted in 2013? (+90)

33. In which TV story did the Second and Sixth Doctors first meet? (x3)

34. What is the name of the fourth episode of Doctor Who Series 14, in 2024? (+28)

35. For which milestone did The Day of the Doctor celebrate? (÷5)

36. In which year did Doctor Who return to TV, with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor? (-42)

37. What is the Doctor’s phone number, as seen in The Stolen Earth and The Day of the Doctor? (-7,700,900,460)

Answer Smash

For this final round, you have two questions and you have to smash the answers together into one. So if you had the questions “the female incarnation of the Master” and “the eleventh book in the Virgin Missing Adventures series, written by Justin Richards”, the answer would be “Missystem Shock”, i.e. “Missy” and “System Shock” smashed together.

Here we go!

39. Actor who played Fourth Doctor companion, Harry Sullivan + second TV appearance of Nestene Consciousness.

40. Doctor Who‘s 25th anniversary serial + the female protectors of the Sacred Flame in The Brain of Morbius.

41. The Master’s favoured device that shrinks matter + name of the star and solar system featured in 42.

42. Safari park that held the longest-running Doctor Who exhibition ever + 2001 Trevor Baxendale novel about possessed insects.

43. 1985 charity single by Who Cares? + main setting of The Doctor’s Meditation, where the Twelfth Doctor spent some time in 1138.

44. The acronym of the organisation the Brigadier and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart work for + the penultimate episode of Doctor Who Series 11 (2018).

45. The second Target novel ever published, based on The Web Planet + the Keeper of the Conscience of Marinus.

46. The title of the final Fourteenth Doctor story + the writer of Timelash.

47. Original Viking name used by the girl who would eventually simply call herself “Me” + 2009 animation, written by Phil Ford and starring David Tennant and Georgia Moffett.

48. 2024 Candy Jar book by Iain McLaughlin, the second in a series of novels + planet at the centre of the universe, once sporting a weapons factory, but replaced by a banana grove.

49. Actor who played Davros in three 1980s stories + mysterious substance the titular Time Lord in Time and the Rani needs to detonate strange matter in orbit.

50. Constellation in which Gallifrey was found; also the name of The Doctor Who Companion‘s predecessor + Species of fungus-like creature as seen in The Sun Makers.

Come back on Easter Sunday (20th April 2025) to find out how well you’ve done. Keep a note of all your answers!