Q 01/05

Tom Baker's Doctor Who scarf ended up absurdly long because knitter Begonia Pope did what?

A) Misread the pattern

B) Knitted two and joined them

C) Used all the wool

D) Lost count of the rows

Answer · why

C) Used all the wool

Used all the wool sums it up: costume designer James Acheson, who knew little about knitting, had handed her huge quantities in many colours.

Q 02/05

Where was Tom Baker working between acting jobs when he was cast as the Doctor in 1974?

A) A building site

B) A fish market

C) A hospital ward

D) A London pub

Answer · why

A) A building site

A building site was paying his wages after three planned films collapsed, so he wrote to a BBC executive asking for acting work.

Q 03/05

Tom Baker left school at 15 and spent six years training to become what before he took up acting?

A) A merchant navy steward

B) A religious brother

C) An army surgeon

D) A police detective

Answer · why

B) A religious brother

A religious brother was his way out of becoming a labourer: he joined an order in Jersey as a novice, then resigned on the advice of a visiting priest...

Q 04/05

Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, known for his long scarf, had a famous fondness for which sweets?

A) Wine gums

B) Sherbet lemons

C) Liquorice allsorts

D) Jelly babies

Answer · why

D) Jelly babies

Jelly babies and the scarf made him instantly recognisable, and viewing figures returned to levels not seen since the Dalekmania of a decade earlier.

Q 05/05

Tom Baker earned two Golden Globe nominations for playing which Russian figure in a 1971 film epic?

A) Rasputin

B) Lenin

C) Trotsky

D) Kerensky

Answer · why

A) Rasputin

Rasputin was his first major film role, in Nicholas and Alexandra, and the nominations were for supporting actor and most promising newcomer.