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I am the Mastermind and you will obey me

mastermind.jpgThe official BBC site reports today that there’s going to be a Doctor Who edition of Mastermind. Mastermind, for those who are unaware, is the coolest quiz show ever where a person sits in a chair for two minutes with a spotlight on them while being buffeted by questions (selected by experts) on a specialist subject of the contestant’s choosing. (This is followed by the ‘general knowledge’ section, which makes the upper level questions of Millionaire and Jeopardy seem like nursery school fare)

Usually, the specialist subjects are things like “The Reign of King George II” or “The indigenous birds of Wiltshire”, but Doctor Who has been a specialist subject on Mastermind, most recently in 2004. The official site had the questions (and answers) from last time, which frankly, wouldn’t have put DWIN’s resident trivia king Luca Di Rocco into a sweat. These were, in fact, considerably harder than the questions given to a contestant who used the series as his specialist subject in the 1990s. Then again, that particular time the questions were set by John Nathan-Turner.

The notion of a Doctor Who edition of Mastermind pleases those of us here at the Doctor Who Blog immensely. We can’t wait to find out what the specialist subjects are, though we’re hoping for “Season 18”, “The collected works of Terrance Dicks”, “Women in the Bryant/Sherwin era” and “The Peter Darvill Evans period of the New Adventures”

4 Comments...

Excuse me, DWIN’s resident trivia king *who*? Ahem.

I forget what you called me, but I’m pretty sure the word “freakish” was in there somewhere.

Posted by Cameron  on  03/01  at  11:14 AM

The King is the one who writes the questions.

Posted by Mike  on  03/01  at  11:51 AM

Well, I wasn’t able to answer a single question.  And even worse, was the the overall winner actually lost in the specialist round - but she won because she won the General Knowledge round (which wasn’t to do with Doctor Who at all).  That didn’t really seem fair to be crowned winner, when she came last in the subject that counted.

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