THE OFFICIAL PUZZLE BOOK
For Mum, for igniting my love for puzzles in the first place
PUZZLE BOOK
Over 160 out-of-this-worldchallenges to test your wits
DR SIMON FOX
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Welcome to the Whoniverse. We’ve been expecting you.
Within these pages, you will discover over 160 puzzles based on the Doctor’s adventures — facts splintered in time like Clara Oswald, key dates encoded in the UNIT files, scrambled information from the TARDIS databanks and misinformation corrupting the Daleks’ knowledge of the Doctor. Spanning every era of Doctor Who , each of these fiendish puzzles will test your knowledge of the show and train your brain along the way.
As the Doctor once said when asked for his name, rank and intention: ‘The Doctor… Doctor… Fun!’ Geronimo!
FLUID LINKS
Checking on the fluid links in the TARDIS, the Doctor has discovered that they have leaked, causing damage to the travel logs by erasing some of the data. Now he must work out what is missing by bridging the gaps between adventures.
The last missing word or phrase in each title is the same as the first missing word or phrase in the next one, but the names of specific adventures are never repeated within each puzzle. Can you help the Doctor by working out which words are missing from the story titles?
THE DALEKS
EMPIRE OF TO MASTER PLAN DEATH DEATH THE DALEKS’
Name the stories
NO.1
Answer on p.204
THE END OF THE
ENOUGH AND HEIST
Name the stories
NO.2
Answer on p.204
FATHER’S OF BASE
Name the stories
NO.3
Answer on p.204
THE ICE OF THE BREATH
Name the stories
Answer on p.204
GALAXY TO
Name the stories
NO.5
Answer on p.204
IN THE FOREST OF THE MARE IN NEMESIS
Name the stories
Answer on p.204
THE GREEN TO
Name the stories
NO.7
Answer on p.204
Name the stories OF AND THE RANI
NO.8
Answer on p.204
Name the stories IN BABIES
NO.9
Answer on p.204
THE ANDROID
OF THE
ON A SPACESHIP
Name
the stories
NO.10
Answer on p.204
CITY OF IN
SENT
Name the stories
Answer on p.204
Name the stories