chris@proper.UUCP (Chris Hayes ) (05/26/84)
[Oh no, the cloister bell!] Well, as there seems to be quite an interest in this series (people DO have good taste!), I have decided to make a short trivia quiz. I will post the answers to the net if there is sufficient interest. 1: In the episode where Adric is first met, the doctor and Romana are in E-space. They however, "see" themselves as being in the death zone of Galiphre (sp?). Why? How does this 'prove' they are in E-space. 2: What model i.e series/type is the policebox TARDIS? What is 'special' about this type of TARDIS which K9 tells the doctor, that helps him to defeat one of the timelord's ANCESTRAL enemies? 3: What "particularly nasty" weapon becomes a signature of the Master? (used in several Tom Baker episodes) 4: After regenerating (to Peter Davidson), what quirk about Castro Valva is it that FIRST lets the doctor know that something is horribly wrong with Castro Valva? 5: In the episode "The Pryamids Of Mars", Asutek, the destroyer, contains an explosion by using psionic(?) powers. In what later epsiode (Peter Davidson=doctor) does another being do the same to bombs dropped on it? i.e WHO does this? Oh well, try to refrain from using those VCR's too much. Most questions will probably be of moderate difficulty to a Dr. Who buff. Any comments, (is this appreciated on the net?) are welcome, I will post answers if there appears to be some interest within a couple weeks. [If you *REALLY* wanna get into it, you can inculde episode name, where it happened, etc...] Chris Hayes, ucbvax!dual!proper!chris
featherston@roll.DEC (In from the ENET, sent by Ed Featherston) (05/30/84)
>> 1: In the episode where Adric is first met, >> the doctor and Romana are in E-space. >> They however, "see" themselves as being in >> the death zone of Galiphre (sp?). Why? >> How does this 'prove' they are in E-space. The "viewscreen" of the TARDIS operated only on positive space coordinates, and E-space is negative space coordinates. The viewscreen apparently was taking the absolute value of its current position, and displaying that ( the outer reaches of Gallifrey ). When they stepped out of the TARDIS it was fairly obvious that they were not where the viewscreen said they were. Later in the episode, Adric "appropriated" a tube from the Starliner for the viewscreen that enabled it to operate properly in E-space. /ed featherston/ DEC Advanced Semiconductor Development Group (DEC E-NET) ROLL::FEATHERSTON (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-roll!featherston (ARPA) featherston%roll.DEC@decwrl.ARPA featherston%roll.DEC@Purdue-Merlin.ARPA "Excuse me, but are you sure this planet is supposed to be here?"