Slightly later than planned, here is the sixth Doctor Who Rare Entries contest. There a few minor rule changes from last time and these have been highlighted below.
SHORT RULES
The purpose of this game is as follows: for each of the questions, your objective is to give an answer that (1) is correct, and (2) will be duplicated by as FEW other people as possible.
** Answers must be submitted by email only. DO NOT POST ANSWERS HERE **
THE QUESTIONS
0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 November 1963. 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an item of clothing. 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at least one later Doctor. 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the same name, they are assumed to be the same thing. 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
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In order to participate in the contest, send your answers to me by email (tomsalin...@googlemail.com) before noon on Friday 25 August 2006. It is of course essential that nobody sees the answers given by other entrants before the deadline, so please do NOT post your answers here!
If there are fewer than 10 entrants, I may not bother working out who's won, so if this sounds like fun, do encourage others to play.
Make sure you have read the rules before submitting your answers.
YOUR ATTENTION IS SPECIFICALLY DRAWN TO RULE 3. Please supply the information asked for and only the information asked for. If you supply two answers, I will take the first one. By way of example, in DWRE2 one question read: "Some regular or recurring characters have met their identical doubles. Name one of these doubles". Those who submitted "Romana / Princess Strella" were deemed to have answered "Romana" (the first of two answers given) and this was marked wrong, since I asked for the name of the double, not the name of the regular character. You have been warned.
1. Answers For each of the questions above, your objective is to give an answer that (1) is correct, and (2) will be duplicated by as FEW other people as possible. Feel free to use any reference material you like to RESEARCH your answers; but when you have found enough possible answers for your liking, you are expected to choose on your own which one to submit, WITHOUT mechanical or computer assistance: this is meant to be a game of wits.
2. Scoring The scores on the different questions are MULTIPLIED to produce a final score for each entrant. Low score wins; a perfect score is 1. If your answer to a question is correct, then your score is the number of people who gave that answer, or an answer I consider equivalent. A wrong answer, or a skipped question, gets a high score as a penalty. This is the median of: - the number of entrants - the square root of that number, rounded up to an integer - double the largest number of entrants giving the same answer (right or wrong) as each other on the question
2.1 More Specific Variants On some questions it's possible that one entrant will give an answer that is a more specific variant of an answer given by someone else. In that case the more specific variant will usually be scored as if the two answers are different, but the other, less specific variant will be scored as if they are the same.
2.2 Scoring Example Say I ask for someone the Doctor has kissed. There are 27 entrants: 19 say "Rose" or "Rose Tyler", 2 say "Cassandra in the body of Rose Tyler", 4 say "Captain Jack", 1 says "Daphne Ashbrook" and 1 says "Lynda Moss". The 4 people who answered "Captain Jack" get 4 points each. Since "Cassandra in the body of Rose Tyler" is a more specific variant of "Rose Tyler", those who said "Rose Tyler" get 21 points each, and those who said "Cassandra in the body of Rose Tyler" get 2 points each. The Doctor never kissed actress Daphne Ashbrook (although he may have kissed Grace Holloway) nor Lynda Moss, so those answers are both wrong. The persons who gave them both get the penalty score, which is the median of: - number of entrants = 27: - sqrt(27) = 5.196+, rounded up = 6: - double the most popular answer's count = 21 x 2 = 42: or in this case, 27.
3. Entries Entries must be emailed to me personally by email: tomsalin...@googlemail.com. Do NOT post your answers on the the forum! In general there is no penalty for errors of spelling, capitalization, English usage, or other such matters of form. Sometimes a specific question may imply stricter rules, though. And if you give an answer that properly refers to a different thing related to the one you intended, I will normally take it as written. Once you intentionally submit an answer, no changes will be allowed, unless I decide there was a problem with the question. Similarly, alternate answers within an entry will not be accepted. Only the first answer that you intentionally submit counts. You can expect an acknowledgement when I read your entry. If this bounces, it won't be sent again.
3.1 Clarifications Questions are not intended to be hard to understand, but I may fail in this intent. (For one thing, in many cases clarity could only be provided by an example which would suggest one or another specific answer, and I mustn't do that.) In order to be fair to all entrants, I must insist that requests for clarification must be emailed to me, NOT POSTED in any mailing list. But if you do ask for clarification, I'll probably say that the question is clear enough as posted. If I do decide to clarify or change a question, all entrants will be informed.
3.2 Supporting Information It is your option whether or not to provide supporting information to justify your answers. If you don't, I'll email you to ask for it if I need to. If you provide any explanatory remarks along with your answers, you are responsible for making it sufficiently clear that they are not part of the answers. The particular format doesn't matter as long as you're clear.
4. Scope Unless a question indicates otherwise, all questions refer to the transmitted episodes of the BBC television series "Doctor Who" in its original run from 1963 to 1989, the TV Movie of 1996 and the current series which began in 2005. Only episodes transmitted at the time of posting (in this case 26 July 2006) are included, and all other Doctor Who related works are excluded. This excludes audio plays, comic strips, spin-offs, TARDISodes, novelisations and probably more.
4.1 "Story" refers to one or more episodes, generally with the same production code, writer and director, which tell a complete tale. For the avoidance of doubt, the list of stories with their correct names is taken to be the list presented on the Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide (http://www.gallifreyone.com/epguide.php), with the exceptions that "Children in Need Special" and any stories listed under "Other Stories" are excluded. "The Trial of a Time Lord" is considered to be an honorary story title, as are the individual episode titles for modern two-parters (which are generally referred to by both episode titles, thus: "The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances").
Anything which is seen only in the "Previously on..." or "Next week on..." segments of the 2005- series is not deemed to be part of that episode. Any other flashbacks, recaps or the like are deemed to be part of that episode.
4.2 "Companion" refers to anyone who travelled with the Doctor for two or more consecutive stories. For the avoidance of doubt, the following all have companion status: Katarina, Sara Kingdom, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Adam, Captain Jack, Mickey. No other UNIT soldiers have companion status (Harry Sullivan, Liz Shaw and Jo Grant obviously are companions).
4.3 "Appears" or "Seen" mean seen on-screen, as opposed to merely referred to in dialogue or implied. If a character is clearly heard to speak, then they, and the actor who played them, are deemed to have "appeared" regardless of whether we see them or not. RULE CHANGE: "Appears with" means that the two characters featured at least once in the same scene, with the exception that a character who appears in a scene only in "flashback" footage shot for a previous episode is not deemed to have "appeared with" any other characters in the scene.
4.4 "Alien" means not originating from the planet Earth. In the absence of other clear evidence, a character is considered a member of an alien race if they do not look entirely human, or if despite looking human, their planet of birth is not Earth and they are not referred to as human (or it can be shown that they are not accurately referred to as human).
4.5 "Actor" includes both male and female performers, but excludes stunt-people, stand-ins doubling for a credited actor etc. unless the question indicates otherwise. Generally a performer who does not receive a credit is not regarded as an actor.
4.6 Unless otherwise specified, different incarnations of the same character are the same character and will be treated as equivalent answers, and equivalent to specifying that character without reference to incarnation. In other words, "Romana", "Romana I" and "Romana II" are all the same answer.
5. Judging As moderator, I will be the sole judge of what answers are correct, and whether two answers with similar meaning are considered the same, different, or more/less specific variants. I will do my best to be fair on all such issues, but sometimes it is necessary to be
> 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 > November 1963.
Terry Nation
> 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor
Susan
> 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor
Satellite
> 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor
Bessie
> 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an > item of clothing.
Rope
> 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth > Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at > least one later Doctor.
Dalek
> 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the > Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7.
Mat Irvine
> 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9.
Tardis was damaged at one time by it
> 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann > TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor > Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the > same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
> 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
>> 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 >> November 1963. > Terry Nation
>> 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor > Susan
>> 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor > Satellite
>> 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor > Bessie
>> 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an >> item of clothing. > Rope
>> 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth >> Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at >> least one later Doctor. > Dalek
>> 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the >> Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. > Mat Irvine
>> 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. > Tardis was damaged at one time by it
>> 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann >> TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor >> Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the >> same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
> Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
>> 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
>> 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 >> November 1963. >Terry Nation
>> 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor >Susan
>> 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor >Satellite
>> 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor >Bessie
>> 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an >> item of clothing. >Rope
>> 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth >> Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at >> least one later Doctor. >Dalek
>> 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the >> Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. >Mat Irvine
>> 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. >Tardis was damaged at one time by it
>> 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann >> TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor >> Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the >> same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
>Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
>> 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
>Rose, himself
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> > 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 > > November 1963. > Terry Nation
> > 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor > Susan
> > 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor > Satellite
> > 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor > Bessie
> > 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an > > item of clothing. > Rope
> > 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth > > Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at > > least one later Doctor. > Dalek
> > 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the > > Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. > Mat Irvine
> > 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. > Tardis was damaged at one time by it
> > 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann > > TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor > > Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the > > same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
> Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
> > 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
> Rose, himself
I will not be posting any further Doctor Who Rare Entries competitions on news groups, although they may continue on Outpost Gallifrey. I may choose to make future contests available on request by email.
With thanks to all who entered without spoiling the contest for others in the past.
>It's become a tradition. Someone always gets the contest rules wrong. >It just wouldn't be the same if they didn't.
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>> > 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 >> > November 1963. >> Terry Nation
>> > 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor >> Susan
>> > 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor >> Satellite
>> > 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor >> Bessie
>> > 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an >> > item of clothing. >> Rope
>> > 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth >> > Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at >> > least one later Doctor. >> Dalek
>> > 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the >> > Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. >> Mat Irvine
>> > 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. >> Tardis was damaged at one time by it
>> > 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann >> > TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor >> > Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the >> > same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
>> Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
>> > 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
>> Rose, himself
>I will not be posting any further Doctor Who Rare Entries competitions >on news groups, although they may continue on Outpost Gallifrey. I may >choose to make future contests available on request by email.
>With thanks to all who entered without spoiling the contest for others >in the past.
>Cheers
>Tom Salinsky
Understandable Tom.
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>> > 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 >> > November 1963. >> Terry Nation
>> > 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor >> Susan
>> > 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor >> Satellite
>> > 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor >> Bessie
>> > 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an >> > item of clothing. >> Rope
>> > 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth >> > Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at >> > least one later Doctor. >> Dalek
>> > 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the >> > Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. >> Mat Irvine
>> > 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. >> Tardis was damaged at one time by it
>> > 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann >> > TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor >> > Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the >> > same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
>> Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
>> > 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
>> Rose, himself
> I will not be posting any further Doctor Who Rare Entries competitions > on news groups, although they may continuen Outpost Gallifrey. I may > choose to make future contests available on request by email.
> With thanks to all who entered without spoiling the contest for others > in the past.
completly understandable. Perhaps a post here leading to the Gallifrey post would be easier than the e-mail on request. I dont post there but I would certainly appreciate a link to the quiz when it's posted that I can then copy/paste onto an e-mail. Ideally setting up a small, free hosted web page with the quizes and results on them would be convenient for everyone but the initial setting up of that kind of thing may not interest you.
thanks for posting these, sorry other retards spoil the enjoyment for everyone else....
>> No I didn't, as I've stated in the past for this, I refuse to send my >> email >> address to someone I do not know.
> I can't think of enough expletives to describe you. > you are scum, just go away.
I think his excuse is fair enough, same reason they let boxers and athletes forget the no performance enhancing drugs rules....they can't expect them to go out there and run with people they dont know when they might run faster than them...
>No I didn't, as I've stated in the past for this, I refuse to send my email >address to someone I do not know.
Thanks to you everyone loses.
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>> No I didn't, as I've stated in the past for this, I refuse to send my >> email >> address to someone I do not know.
>well dont play and ruin it for others you gigantic wank bag
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>>> > 0. Name someone who was contracted to work on Doctor Who before 23 >>> > November 1963. >>> Terry Nation
>>> > 1. Name a companion who appeared with the First Doctor >>> Susan
>>> > 2. Name a non-Earth location visited by the Second Doctor >>> Satellite
>>> > 3. Name a mode of transport used by the Third Doctor >>> Bessie
>>> > 4. Describe a use made of the Fourth Doctor's scarf, other than as an >>> > item of clothing. >>> Rope
>>> > 5. Name a character or race of beings who appeared with the Fifth >>> > Doctor, and who also appeared with at least one earlier Doctor and at >>> > least one later Doctor. >>> Dalek
>>> > 6. Name any person credited on at least one Doctor Who episode in the >>> > Sixth Doctor's era and at least one episode of Blake's 7. >>> Mat Irvine
>>> > 7. Name something destroyed or damaged by Nitro 9. >>> Tardis was damaged at one time by it
>>> > 8. Name anything which appeared in or was referred to the Paul McGann >>> > TV movie which also appeared in or was referred to in a previous Doctor >>> > Who episode. For the purposes of this question, if two things have the >>> > same name, they are assumed to be the same thing.
>>> Rassilon, Eye of Harmony, Gallifrey
>>> > 9. Name something which the Ninth Doctor described as "fantastic".
>>> Rose, himself
>> I will not be posting any further Doctor Who Rare Entries competitions >> on news groups, although they may continuen Outpost Gallifrey. I may >> choose to make future contests available on request by email.
>> With thanks to all who entered without spoiling the contest for others >> in the past.
>completly understandable. Perhaps a post here leading to the Gallifrey post >would be easier than the e-mail on request. I dont post there but I would >certainly appreciate a link to the quiz when it's posted that I can then >copy/paste onto an e-mail. Ideally setting up a small, free hosted web page >with the quizes and results on them would be convenient for everyone but the >initial setting up of that kind of thing may not interest you.
>thanks for posting these, sorry other retards spoil the enjoyment for >everyone else....
>chris
As the idiot said I do not send e-mail to those I do not know.
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>> No I didn't, as I've stated in the past for this, I refuse to send my >> email >> address to someone I do not know.
>I can't think of enough expletives to describe you. >you are scum, just go away.
We should all flood Lio Convoy's E-mail address.
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>>> No I didn't, as I've stated in the past for this, I refuse to send my >>> email >>> address to someone I do not know.
>> I can't think of enough expletives to describe you. >> you are scum, just go away.
>Quite. I don't even play, but this is dog in a mangerism at it's worst. >Twat.
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>>> No I didn't, as I've stated in the past for this, I refuse to send my >>> email >>> address to someone I do not know.
>> I can't think of enough expletives to describe you. >> you are scum, just go away.
>I think his excuse is fair enough, same reason they let boxers and athletes >forget the no performance enhancing drugs rules....they can't expect them to >go out there and run with people they dont know when they might run faster >than them...
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I could understand genuine entries posted in error as we have sometimes had before but not deliberate postings by some tosser who knows the rules but just can't be arsed to abide by them. I wonder if this is that idiot Morbius up to his old tricks again???
Tom...please let me know by e-mail as usual and just post the results here as there is always some prat keen to spoil things for others.
>I could understand genuine entries posted in error as we have sometimes > had before but not deliberate postings by some tosser who knows the > rules but just can't be arsed to abide by them. I wonder if this is > that idiot Morbius up to his old tricks again???
In article <1155838051.462857.79...@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
<bazza2...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >I could understand genuine entries posted in error as we have sometimes >had before but not deliberate postings by some tosser who knows the >rules but just can't be arsed to abide by them. I wonder if this is >that idiot Morbius up to his old tricks again???
>Tom...please let me know by e-mail as usual and just post the results >here as there is always some prat keen to spoil things for others.
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><bazza2...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message >news:1155838051.462857.79200@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >>I could understand genuine entries posted in error as we have sometimes >> had before but not deliberate postings by some tosser who knows the >> rules but just can't be arsed to abide by them. I wonder if this is >> that idiot Morbius up to his old tricks again???
>Morbius had a brain.....
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