Doctor Who & Spin-Offs A-Z Game

[Guest]

A ~ Archangel Network - An Earth-wide mobile phone satellite network (made up of 15 satellites overall) seen in 'The Sound of Drums', the Archangel network creates a low-level, worldwide telepathic field which allows the Master to subtly influence the behaviour of the entire planet, first by convincing a substantial number of the British public to vote for his Mr. Saxon persona and later to keep most of the human race afraid of him. It also masks his Time Lord nature from the Doctor. In 'The Last of the Time Lords', the Doctor uses the network to channel the combined psychic energy of the entire human race, Martha having convinced them to think of the Doctor by name at the same moment.

It affected 98% of the British population by hypnotising them to Vote Saxon. Characters not affected included Clive Jones and Vivian Rook.

[Alan]

B ~ Bride of Peladon, The -Big Finish audio adventure starring Peter Davison as "The Doctor", Nicola Bryant as "Peri Brown", and Caroline Morris in her final appearance as "Erimem".

Synopsis
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A mysterious voice, a missing girl and a murdered queen. The Royal House of Peladon is once more plunged into intrigue, terror and death. The Doctor, Peri and Erimem must find their way through a treacherous labyrinth of lies if they are to distinguish friend from foe before it is too late.

For deep beneath the Citadel of Peladon, something infinitely ancient and immeasurably powerful is stirring...

Trivia
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• Takes place between the TV stories Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani.
  
  
• This story acts as a sequel to the TV stories The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon.

[Guest]

C ~ Crystal of Kronos - From the Third Doctor serial 'The Time Monster', this is used by the Master to power his TOMTIT machine, but turns out to be something much more powerful.

[Alan]

D ~ Doctor, The - The Doctor was a renegade Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who, as a voluntary exile from his homeworld fought injustice where he found it. Alone among the Time Lords, he survived the Last Great Time War with the Daleks. Throughout his life, he had a particular association and affinity with the planet Earth and its Humans.

The Doctor is an extremely enigmatic individual. Befitting this, his true name remains unknown to all but a very few individuals (of which only one, River Song, has been confirmed). Apparently his real name is not even known by the Time Lords.

He is currently in his tenth incarnation, is approx. 1,300 years old and has been travelling through time and space for 903 years. The Doctor stole a Type-40 TARDIS and left Gallifrey and became a hero who fought evil and injustice across the universe, in violation of the Time Lords' non-interference policy. He travelled with many companions, beginning with Susan Foreman who also came from Gallifrey.

Eventually, he was held to account for his crimes against the Time Lords during his second incarnation. The punishment was a forced regeneration and exile to Earth, as well as loss of the knowledge of how to control the TARDIS. After 3 years in exile, this knowledge was restored to him after he helped to defeat Omega.

The Doctor fought in the Last Great Time War between the Time Lords and the Daleks. He was ultimately responsible for ending the war, likely the act which resulted in the obliteration of Gallifrey, as well as the supposed extinction of both races, apart from the Doctor himself.

The Doctor continues to travel through time and space.

[Guest]

E ~ Exxilon - Exxilon was an ancient planet, significantly older than Earth and featued in the Third Doctor serial 'Death to the Daleks'. It orbited a sun which was both larger and closer than the sun of Earth. Its sky was copper in colour. Due to the influence of the Great City of the Exxilons, it was a barren planet, covered in deserts, sand dunes and rocks. The seas had dried up, leaving behind few lakes. It was bitterly cold during the night and unbearably hot during the day. There was little in the way of life on the planet. Exxilon was rich in Parrinium.

[Alan]

F ~ Five Doctors, The - 1983 TV movie starring Peter Davison as "The Doctor", Janet Fielding as "Tegan Jovanka", & Mark Strickson as "Vislor Turlough".

Guest starring Tom Baker as "The Doctor", Jon Pertwee as "The Doctor", Patrick Troughton as "The Doctor", Richard Hurndall as "The Doctor", Lalla Ward as "Romana", Elisabeth Sladen as "Sarah Jane Smith", Nicholas Courtney as "Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart", Carole Ann Ford as "Susan Foreman", & John Leeson as the voice of "K-9 Mk. III".

Synopsis
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Someone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space, placing them in a vast wilderness - a battle arena with a sinister tower at its centre. As the various incarnations of the Doctor join forces, they learn they are in the Death Zone on their home world of Gallifrey, fighting Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti... and a devious Time Lord traitor who is using the Doctor and his companions to discover the ancient secrets of Rassilon, the first and most powerful ruler of Gallifrey.

[Guest]

G ~ Great Seal of Diplos - Seen in 'The Stones of Blood', an important artifact stolen by the criminal The Cessair of Diplos. It was actually one of the pieces of The Key to Time in disguise.

[Alan]

H ~ Heriot, Zoe - Zoe Heriot was a brilliant young scientist from the late 21st century who accompanied the Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon in their travels aboard the Doctor's TARDIS.

Zoe first appeared in the 1968 story The Wheel in Space. She was an astrometricist, first class, and astrophysicist on board Space Station W3 (aka The Wheel) when she met the Doctor and Jamie. She introduced herself to them as 'astrophysicist, pure mathematics major'. Zoe had a photographic memory, and was described by her colleagues as 'the librarian'. Her training left her emotionally underdeveloped, having been taught only the value of logic. This lack of emotion led to conflict with some of her colleagues, who challenged her about her apparent lack of personal interest in the Wheel when it was about to be struck by meteorites. When she met the Doctor, Zoe was presented with a case study in how illogical, intuitive, actions and instinct could be successful.

As Zoe became more aware that there was more to knowledge than mere facts, she decided to hide in the TARDIS. She realised that she had learnt as much as she could on the Wheel, where her abilities and role were compartmentalised and defined. Zoe had become ready to discover the universe, and her place in it.

Before he felt ready to have her brave the terrors of the universe, however, the Doctor showed her a thought projection of his most recent encounter with the Daleks.

In the 1969 story The War Games, the Doctor's own people, the Time Lords, caught up with him and placed him on trial. They eventually sent Zoe back to the Wheel. Having had her memory of her time with the Doctor and Jamie removed, other than her initial adventure with them on the Wheel, she was never aware that she had ever been away.

[Guest]

I ~ Ian Chesterton - (Played by William Russell).

Ian Chesterton Travelled with the Doctor between 'An Unearthly Child' and 'The Chase'.

A teacher at Coal Hill School, Ian encountered the Doctor when he visited the home of one of his pupils, Susan Foreman, with his colleague, Barbara Wright. Fearing that the teachers would reveal his secret, Susan's "Grandfather" the Doctor kidnapped them, beginning a series of exciting adventures.

Ian's speciality was science, but his skills as a diplomat were also useful. He was often called upon to play peacemaker, and many times saved the lives of his fellow travellers. His often stormy relationship with the cantankerous Time Lord ended when he and Barbara finally returned to Earth in an abandoned Dalek time capsule.

[Alan]

J ~ Jubilee - Big Finish audio adventure starring Colin Baker as "The Doctor" & Maggie Stables as "Evelyn Smythe".

Synopsis
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Hurrah! The deadly Daleks are back! Yes, those loveable tinpot tyrants have another plan to invade our world. Maybe this time because they want to drill to the Earth’s core. Or maybe because they just feel like it.

And when those pesky pepperpots are in town, there is one thing you can be sure of. There will be non-stop high octane mayhem in store. And plenty of exterminations!

But never fear. The Doctor is on hand to sort them out. Defender of the Earth, saviour of us all. With his beautiful assistant, Evelyn Smythe, by his side, he will fight once again to uphold the beliefs of the English Empire. All hail the glorious English Empire!

Now that sounds like a jubilee worth celebrating, does it not?

[Guest]

K ~ Key of Rassilon - A Gallifreyan artefact that allows access to the Matrix, the repository of all Time Lord knowledge. It is kept by the Keeper of the Matrix, and should not be confused with the Great Key of Rassilon or the Rod of Rassilon.

[Alan]

L ~ Last Sontaran, The - First story of The Sarah Jane Adventures second series.

Synopsis
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Reports of strange lights around the Tycho Project's radio telescope lead Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde, and Maria into a terrifying forest encounter, where Sarah Jane comes face-to-face with her oldest enemy.

Meanwhile, Maria wrestles with a huge decision when her dad is offered a new job in America.

[Spimman]

M ~Malmooth are a race of humanoid insects native to the planet Malcassairo, who are all but extinct by the year 100 trillion. The last surviving member of their race, Chantho, played by Chipo Chung, appears in "Utopia". A devoted assistant to Professor Yana (Derek Jacobi) for 17 years, when the Professor is revealed to be the Master and proceeds to turn on the Doctor and his companions, Chantho threatens to kill him. He electrocutes her, but she manages to shoot him before dying, forcing him to regenerate.
A feature of Chantho's speech is that she starts and ends her sentences with "chan" and "tho", respectively. She considers it "rude" to do otherwise, tantamount to swearing.
Physical features of the Malmooth include an insectoid exoskeleton and mandibles, and the ability to survive by drinking their own internal milk.

[Guest]

N ~ Nanogenes Nanotechnological robots which can heal damaged tissue. They are part of Chula technology, seen in "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances". In a war ambulance, the nanogenes are designed to heal soldiers and ready them for battle, making them Om-com capable.

[Spimman]

O ~ Osirans are a powerful alien race who are equal to the Time Lords. Sutekh, a renegade who became evil, was one of them. He was pursued across the galaxy by his brother Horus and was finally defeated on Earth by the combined might of 740 Osirans. Sutekh was trapped in a pyramid on Mars.