TV In the Magnus days of Mastermind I used to watch all the time, awaiting the day when I would get a question right, or else see a specialist subject which I knew anything about. I never saw Star Wars appear once. Last night though someone asked for questions on Doctor Who, which struck me as suicidal considering there's over forty years of continuity to work through. They have to be quite easy really, like 'What does TARDIS stand for?' and 'Who played the Fourth Doctor?'

Well no actually. Even if you're fan, try your hand at the list which is now up at bbc.co.uk; frankly it's questions like "What name is given to the robotic servants of the PZ7E's computer Oracle who impose the computer's will on the Minyan?" which make me hope that the new series is at least comprehensible. I think I got about seven. The man on the show got 15/17 which suggests he had a copy of the Programme Guide copied onto his hand in tiny writing.

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