Word Search
Doctor Whodunnit? – Word Search
Find the murder suspects and their victims in this word search!
Quiz
Doctor Whodunnit? – Quiz
Tax those little grey cells with this fiendish quiz! Can you fathom the Doctor Who clues from these Agatha Christie story titles?
Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 56 – Doctor Whodunnit?
As well as being a big Doctor Who fan, I am also an avid fan of Agatha Christie novels, and of the TV adaptations. For me, the Joan Hickson Miss Marple series cannot be improved upon. They are perfectly cast and wonderfully directed, so when The Unicorn and the Wasp was broadcast, I was over the moon that there was a crossover of sorts into Agatha Christie’s territory. This week, like Miss Jane Marple herself, Read more…
Cryptic Crossword
Crossword 139 – Doctor Whodunnit?
It’s no accident that Doctor Who has paid homage to Agatha Christie murder mysteries over the years in Black Orchid, Terror of the Vervoids, and the Horror of Fang Rock (amongst others), as both genres benefit from the same plot devices. A handful of characters with motives isolated in a remote spot or on board a ship, and a series of murders makes for a good Doctor Who adventure as well as one for Poirot Read more…
Quick Crossword
Quick Crossword 55 – Religion in Doctor Who
There have been a fair few people of the cloth in Doctor Who over the years. Who can forget Reverend Wainwright and his crisis of faith in The Curse of Fenric? Or Reverend Golightly in The Unicorn and the Wasp who started buzzing ominously when discovered? Buddhism, too, has been rather prominent, from the monks of the Det-Sen monastery in the Himalayas to K’anpo Rimpoche in Planet of the Spiders. It’s time for confession – Read more…