100+ Best Doctor Who Trivia Questions & Answers

Question: Who trained River Song to be a time-traveling assassin with a grudge?

Answer: The Silence

Question: Which baddie sounds like he should be running for Prime Minister but is actually evil?

Answer: Mr. Saxon

Question: Who’s basically Rory… but plastic and punchy?

Answer: Auton

Question: Which space cop species looks like they’d win a headbutting contest?

Answer: Rhino

Question: Who made “wibbly-wobbly, matrimony stuff” official with River Song?

Answer: The Doctor

Question: What kitchen item can literally melt a Slitheen? (Hint: you probably put it on chips)

Answer: Vinegar

Question: Which alien was so obsessed with TV, it literally lived in your screen?

Answer: The Wire

Question: Which of these villains made a surprise guest appearance… and didn’t bring cake?

Answer: The Slitheen

Question: Who ran a creepy monk Airbnb for a werewolf on the loose?

Answer: Father Angelo

Question: Who was the guy you’d definitely unfriend if he started absorbing people?

Answer: Victor Kennedy

Question: Which time-traveling flirt accidentally went viral—in the worst way—with a plague in 1942?

Answer: Jack Harkness

Question: Which Dalek squad followed their crusty creator like he was a genocidal rockstar?

Answer: Imperial Daleks

Question: Near what ancient pile of mysterious rocks was the ultimate cosmic prison—the Pandorica—stashed?

Answer: Stonehenge

Question: In which U.S. state did The Doctor decide to take a very dramatic swim… permanently?

Answer: Utah

Question: Which romantic European city became the show’s first foreign filming location? (No, the TARDIS didn’t fly there.)

Answer: Paris

Question: Where did the Abzorbaloff hide his power-limiting gadget? (Spoiler: He wasn’t just stylish.)

Answer: Cane

Question: Where did Martha Jones clock in for work... only to end up checking patients on the Moon?

Answer: The Moon

Question: Where did The Doctor find the last surviving Slitheen—probably avoiding vinegar like the plague?

Answer: Wales

Question: What was the name of the futuristic space cruise ship Rose boarded (without the buffet)?

Answer: Platform One

Question: What underground group did Mickey join to stop aliens—and maybe feel cool for once?

Answer: The Preachers

Question: Which monarch basically said, “Aliens? Not on my watch,” and founded Torchwood?

Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: What sinister-sounding company thought turning people into cybernetic nightmares was a great idea?

Answer: Cybus Industries

Question: What’s the name of the galaxy’s least relaxing prison spa where River Song is doing eternal time?

Answer: Stormgate

Question: Which actor has the ultimate sci-fi bingo card—starring in Doctor Who, Star Trek, and Star Wars?

Answer: Deep Roy

Question: How many life sentences is River Song serving? (Spoiler: She broke a lot more than hearts.)

Answer: 12,000

Question: How does The Doctor pull off the most romantic, timey-wimey CPR in history to save Rose?

Answer: Kisses her

Question: Which actor was so done with Time Lord drama that he skipped his own death scene?

Answer: Colin Baker

Question: Which funny man plays Craig Owens—roomie to The Doctor and victim of awkward alien encounters?

Answer: James Corden

Question: Which companion has met more versions of The Doctor than anyone else on-screen (by 2012)?

Answer: Sarah Jane

Question: Which companion took a heartbreaking field trip… to watch her dad die?

Answer: Rose

Question: Who crashed into The Doctor’s life wearing a wedding dress and full sass mode?

Answer: Donna Noble

Question: Who portrayed the War Doctor—a grumpy legend stuck between peace and total destruction?

Answer: John Hurt

Question: What’s Amy Pond’s middle name? (Hint: Not "Run.")

Answer: Jessica

Question: When The Doctor decides to go incognito human, what very basic name does he pick?

Answer: John Smith

Question: Which distant planet birthed our favorite rule-breaking Time Lord?

Answer: Gallifrey

Question: At what tender age do Gallifreyans get a cosmic eyeful of the time vortex?

Answer: 8

Question: What alien species does The Doctor proudly belong to? (No, “mad man with a box” doesn’t count.)

Answer: Time Lord

Question: Who played the Tenth Doctor, rocked a pinstripe suit, and made “Allons-y!” a lifestyle?

Answer: David Tennant

Question: Which Doctor had crazy eyebrows, mad guitar skills, and a Scottish growl that could silence Daleks?

Answer: Peter Capaldi

Question: Who wore a technicolor dreamcoat and brought chaos (and curls) to the Sixth Doctor?

Answer: Colin Baker

Question: Who took over the TARDIS with celery on his lapel and serious cricket energy?

Answer: Peter Davison

Question: Who made the Third Doctor suave, stylish, and always ready for a Venusian aikido throwdown?

Answer: Jon Pertwee

Question: Which Doctor looked like he belonged in a boyband but had the soul of a Time Lord?

Answer: Paul McGann

Question: Who rebooted the series with leather, sarcasm, and a Northern accent you don’t mess with?

Answer: Christopher Eccleston

Question: Who wore a bowtie, danced awkwardly, and made being “cool” very… uncool?

Answer: Matt Smith

Question: Who played the Seventh Doctor like a chess master with a question mark umbrella?

Answer: Sylvester McCoy

Question: Which original Time Lord started it all with grumpiness, gravitas, and a soft spot for humans?

Answer: William Hartnell

Question: Who gave us the Fourth Doctor, a scarf longer than your week, and a grin that meant trouble?

Answer: Tom Baker

Question: Who stepped in as the Second Doctor with a mop of curls, a recorder, and just the right mischief?

Answer: Patrick Troughton

Question: Which pop princess took a ride in the TARDIS and played a companion for a Christmas adventure?

Answer: Kylie Minogue

Question: Which legendary companion got her own spin-off, proving she was too iconic for just one show?

Answer: Sarah Jane Smith

Question: Before becoming a grumpy-yet-brilliant Doctor, which political satire show made Peter Capaldi a household name (and meme)?

Answer: The Thick of It

Question: Which actress pulled off a timey-wimey double role—first as a psychic maid, then as a badass Torchwood agent?

Answer: Eve Myles

Question: Which Blue Peter presenter ditched sticky-back plastic and joined The Doctor as a proper companion?

Answer: Peter Purves

Question: Which gadget looks like a fancy pen, sounds like a spaceship, and can open almost anything?

Answer: Sonic Screwdriver

Question: Which Dalek is basically the "bad boy bronze edition" with a serious case of drama?

Answer: Bronze

Question: What’s bigger on the inside, travels through time, and is parked very badly?

Answer: TARDIS

Question: Which robo-pup stole hearts, zapped enemies, and could probably beat your Alexa in a trivia game?

Answer: K-9

Question: Which villains have plunged toilets for faces and a hatred for anything not shouting “EXTERMINATE!”?

Answer: Daleks

Question: The 'Sisters of Plenitude' are healers… but why do they look like they should be chasing laser pointers?

Answer: Cat

Question: Which tentacle-faced race was literally born to serve—and sing creepy songs?

Answer: Ood

Question: Which troubled painter gets a tear-jerking visit from The Doctor that’ll leave you crying into your starry night?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Question: Which Prime Minister was taken down with just six words—talk about a mic drop in Parliament?

Answer: Harriet Jones

Question: Which TV presenter keeps crashing into Doctor Who episodes like he’s trying to be the next companion?

Answer: Graham Norton

Question: Which ghost-busting author joins The Doctor and Rose for a spooky Victorian mystery?

Answer: Charles Dickens

Question: What jaw-dropping truth does the Face of Boe whisper that changes everything? (No pressure.)

Answer: You are not alone

Question: Which famous mystery writer ends up in her own whodunit… with aliens?

Answer: Agatha Christ

Question: Scary scenes on Doctor Who had kids hiding behind what piece of furniture like it was a force field?

Answer: Sofa

Question: How many episodes did Captain Jack Harkness charm his way through as a flirtatious Time Agent?

Answer: 11

Question: According to a haunting prophecy, how many times would Wilfred Mott knock—and break our hearts?

Answer: 4

Question: In 'Blink', what year did The Doctor and Martha get zapped to? (Hint: Think bell-bottoms and Beatles breakups.)

Answer: 1969

Question: Before Peter Capaldi was The Doctor, he popped into the Whoniverse in what year?

Answer: 2008

Question: Where does The Doctor actually take Martha on her first “trip”? (Spoiler: It’s not Mars.)

Answer: London

Question: Who composed the original Doctor Who theme that sounds like a theremin having a time-travel freakout?

Answer: Ron Grainer

Question: Which companion thought emailing future secrets from the past was a genius plan? (Spoiler: It wasn’t.)

Answer: Adam Mitchell

Question: Which Prime Minister turned out to be a shape-shifting alien with some serious gas issues?

Answer: Joseph Green

Question: How did Professor Lazarus meet his end after getting a bit too “evolved”?

Answer: Fell from bell tower

Question: Which Doctor brought musical flair and a recorder to intergalactic problem-solving?

Answer: Patrick Troughton

Question: What’s the name of Amy Pond’s raggedy, imaginary BFF who turned out to be very real?

Answer: Raggedy Doctor

Question: Who supposedly knitted Tom Baker’s endless scarf? (Because even Time Lords need nanay energy.)

Answer: Madame Nostradamus