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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The cheesewheel console is dormant and snoring right now (cheese snores) but something is about to awaken it with a scream (cheese screams)... 🎃😱❓ Keep 'em peeled! (No, we're not doing this one either...)

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Beeb's deadline for tender applications has passed, and now we play the waiting game...

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A picture quiz for the evening crowd - now that you can listen to all of Season One, here are some screenshots of people listening to stuff in Doctor Who, probably not the podcast... (well, maybe that third one) - name that story!

Wilf wearing headphones, not looking at the sky

Tegan shouting to a metal detectorist who can't hear her cos he's wearing headphones

The Second Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe, all wearing headphones while in flight

A woman wearing a headset and recoiling from unexpected visitors

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

COMING SOON: The First Question will return for a run of seasonal specials, starting with Halloween on Saturday 31st October. For now, all six episodes of Season 1 are available to listen wherever you get your podcasts! Here, have a Tumblr-style inspirational quote graphic...

A cartoon TARDIS with "Season One" on the pull to open sign and a full Trivial Pursuit cheesewheel on the opposite door panel, against the backdrop of the 2013 Doctor Who opening titles

"Can I have the Doctor Who question, please?" - at least once an episode

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Episode 6 (no context) Listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify YouTube: youtu.be/fDTNb2TCjQk Or wherever you get podcasts! 🎧

Jon Pertwee with a colleague, wearing hats and branded t-shirts, at Pertwee's Burgers in Acton

Metal polisher Tony Cowper on Midlands Today, in either the 1970s or the 1980s

A TV advert for Ariel - "Ariel washes cleaner because it washes biologically"

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"It's The Reality War, all over again!" Don't miss the epic finale - EPISODE 6 challenges Dylan Rees and Mikey Smith to a quiz about science, nature, and Doctor Who, in The Green Death: The Gameshow! @toohot4tv.bsky.social @mikeysmithuk.bsky.social Available now wherever there are podcasts...

A cartoon TARDIS with The First Question on the police box sign, "The Green Death" on the pull to open sign, and a green Trivial Pursuit style cheese on the opposite door, against the green background of the 1973 Doctor Who opening titles

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Officially bidding to make a long-running now dormant BBC show. We promise Paddy McGuinness will never do First Question Of Sport. Catch up with Episode 5 now and subscribe for new episodes every Saturday: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

Paddy McGuinness hosting Question Of Sport, before it got cancelled for probably unrelated reasons

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Thirteenth Doctor, meeting a rich, cowardly arsehole and making a fair assumption:

The Thirteenth Doctor asking Jack Robertson "Are you Ed Sheeran?"

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

EPISODE 6 PREVIEW! The Doctor is gone. Are UNIT's reserve scientific advisers ready? @toohot4tv.bsky.social @mikeysmithuk.bsky.social New episodes every Saturday, listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts! #DoctorWho

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The overblown countdown to Saturday's finale starts here! FIVE DAYSSS...!

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEXT TIME: One more cheese to collect! In the epic season finale, Dylan Rees and Mikey Smith tangle with science, nature, and The Green Death. @toohot4tv.bsky.social @mikeysmithuk.bsky.social Subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodappl Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

A 1973 title card, but it's The First Question - check out Andrew Blair's title card generator at https://andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-title-generator

The DVD cover for the special edition oh The Green Death, depicting the Third Doctor, Jo Grant, BOSS, and a giant maggot

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Episode 5 (no context) Listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify YouTube: youtu.be/mVxrqUrscgY Or wherever you get podcasts! 🎧

A screenshot from A Christmas Carol with the Eleventh Doctor telling Kazran: "Well, it's this or going to your room to design a new kind of Doctor Who podcast. Don't make my mistakes."

A pair of male golfers sword-fighting with golf clubs

Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso in Cobra Kai

John Smith deciding to eat shit and turn back into Doctor Who

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Badminton!" EPISODE 5 covers sports and leisure about as well as Doctor Who ever does. Andrew Blair and Chris Farnell tackle sports action Qs, fantasy football, and a sprint finish in Fear Her: The Gameshow! Available wherever there are podcasts... @andrewblair.co.uk @thebrainofchris.bsky.social

A cartoon TARDIS with The First Question on the police box sign, Fear Her on the pull to open sign, and an orange Trivial Pursuit style cheese on the opposite door, against the red vortex background of the 2006 Doctor Who opening titles

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

ONLY CONNECT! Another cut question for you to mull over - what's the sport and leisure connection between these four Doctor Who stories. (This one made us take a week off in the middle of recording tomorrow's episode, so bon appetit.)

Mr Finch facing off with the Tenth Doctor

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Who's that supposed to be? Catch up with Episode 4 and discover the difference between a frog on a deckchair and a frog on a deckchair... 🐸 Listen and subscribe now for new episodes every Saturday: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

Assorted prizes with the silhouette of a man I have legally never heard of. This includes flip flops, a toolbox, a chopping board, a pasta maker, and a pair of driving gloves

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

EPISODE 5 PREVIEW! What's that noise? Which Doctor Who story? And who gave Mark an airhorn? @andrewblair.co.uk @thebrainofchris.bsky.social New episodes every Saturday, listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts! #DoctorWho

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ONLY CONNECT! There are so many questions in Episode 5, I had to cut a round out! So I'll share some questions on here - tell me the sports and leisure connection between each of these Doctor Who stories! (Andrew and Chris, you can't play this time)

The Fourth Doctor and Harry looking at people in hibernation on the Nerva Beacon

An Eknodine peeking out of its elderly host's open mouth

John Smith and Joan Redfern out and about

The Fifth Doctor and his bickering mates all wearing daft space helmets

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

NEXT TIME: Yeah, you heard - Fear Her: The Gameshow is coming. This Saturday, Andrew Blair and Chris Farnell get after that sports cheese! ⚽🥇❓ @andrewblair.co.uk @thebrainofchris.bsky.social Subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

A 2006 title card, but it's The First Question - Andrew is on next week's podcast but also check out his title card generator at https://andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-title-generator

Andrew Blair looking sportier than any of us with an actual trophy after Scotland (Writers) beat England (Writers) on penalties

Chris Farnell in Sylvester McCoy cosplay at his mint birthday party

Some git grinning while holding his stolen Olympic torch aloft, at the end of Fear Her

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Episode 4 (no context) Listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify YouTube: youtube.com/@firstquesti... Or wherever you get podcasts! 🎧

Jackie Tyler yelping that she's gonna get killed by a Christmas treeeeeee

Wookey Hole Caves sign, but it's backwards

A 2006-style title card for "L'hysterique de L'étrange Lucarne" by Mark Gatiss

A frog deckchair, not to be confused with a frog sitting on a deckchair

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"What an annoying format." EPISODE 4 gets geographical, philosophical, and... well, just plain odd. It's a EuroTrap for Hannah Cooper and Pete Lambert in It Takes You Away: The Gameshow! Available wherever there are podcasts... @hannahcooper.bsky.social @quiteamess.bsky.social

A cartoon TARDIS with The First Question on the police box sign, It Takes You Away on the pull to open sign, and a blue Trivial Pursuit style cheese on the opposite door, against the background of the 2018 Doctor Who opening titles

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's a Chibbo episode tomorrow so we'll have to drop one of these... 🚨 Episode 4 of The First Question drops at 6am and you might want to avoid social media until you've listened, mostly because I will be promoting the arse off it as usual all day. But also, don't post spoilers pls... X

A spoiler warning graphic a la Doctor Who: Flux, but it's The First Question

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When you have today to finish editing your podcast but also you have dad duties and you need to go shopping at some point...

Hanne sat under a table, frightened, while the Thirteenth Doctor watches, concerned

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"This IS... A FAKE!" Awooga, awooga, catch up with Episode 3 of The First Question, a City Of Death-style art and literature quiz! Try it yourself! Listen and subscribe now for new episodes every Saturday: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

EPISODE 4 PREVIEW! What was the tallest mountain on Earth before they discovered Everest? @hannahcooper.bsky.social @quiteamess.bsky.social New episodes every Saturday, listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts! #DoctorWho

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

NEXT TIME: Cabins! Frogs? Sandwiches!! And lots and lots of geography questions. On Saturday 5th September, @hannahcooper.bsky.social and @quiteamess.bsky.social play It Takes You Away. Subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

The First Question but in the style of the Thirteenth Doctor era episode title cards

Hannah Cooper and Pete Lambert, having pints, sat in armchairs in a pub, looking chill as heck

The Thirteenth Doctor touching hands with her reflection in a mirror in a wooden cabin

A frog on a chair - sheer poetry, my boy...

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hope you're all having a lovely bank holiday. The cheesewheel console is enjoying a long weekend in Paris, expect more updates on the next episode (and contestants!) tomorrow...

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Episode 3 (no context) Listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify YouTube: youtu.be/_W18NIGK8yk Or wherever you get podcasts!

The Mona Lisa but with the face of the Monkey Christ fresco restoration

Doctor Who Etch A Sketch shaped like a Cyberman head

Jennifer Lopez being gifted a first edition of The Iliad by a 19 year old student in the 2015 movie The Boy Next Door

David Tennant as Hamlet, but he's saying CHUMBLIE

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Exquisite. Absolutely exquisite." EPISODE 3 has a bouquet of art and literature trivia, including Shakespeare, interior design, and Doctor Who. Listen to Si Hart and Lucy McCaul playing City Of Death: The Gameshow! Available wherever there are podcasts... @sihart.bsky.social @lucymccaul.bsky.social

A cartoon TARDIS with The First Question on the police box sign, City Of Death on the pull to open sign, and a brown Trivial Pursuit style cheese on the opposite door, against the background of the 1970s Tom Baker time vortex

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"ERE, DYOU REMEMBER BUZZCOCKS?" It's still on, Susan Tea Lady just wants to know if you remember. Catch up with Episode 2 of The First Question, listen and subscribe now for new episodes every Saturday: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

Phill Jupitus, Meat Loaf and Mark Lamarr doing the intros round on Never Mind The Buzzcocks

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You're both very clever, shut up. I pronounced Auvers like authors for crying out loud!

Freddy Quimby lol'ing at the correct pronunciation of chowder at his birthday party, belittling the French waiter by shouting "SHAO-DAIR?"

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

EPISODE 3 PREVIEW! To be or not to be... IS that the question? @sihart.bsky.social @lucymccaul.bsky.social New episodes every Saturday, listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts! #DoctorWho

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

K9 is notable by his absence in City Of Death, but in episodes we've recorded so far, there's already an arms race between two contestants for a fully operational one (if they win some money today anyway). Today's picture quiz, then - name the Doctor Who story from the screenshot of K9!

K9 on Sarah Jane's driveway, with Sarah Jane

The Fourth Doctor repairing K9 in the TARDIS, holding up his left hand and talking to Romana

K9 in Sarah Jane's attic while Luke watches him work

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

NEXT TIME: This Saturday, @lucymccaul.bsky.social and @sihart.bsky.social join me for Episode 3 - a gameshow all about art, literature and City Of Death. Will they take the lift, or fly? Subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

The First Question but it's a 1979 episode title card, go and check out Andrew Blair's title card generator at https://andrewblair.co.uk/apps/who-title-generator

Lucy McCaul with Janet Fielding and a knitted Tegan

Si Hart standing next to the Medusa face on the door outside the Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil, best known to City Of Death fans as Count Scarlioni's chateau

Promo artwork for City Of Death featuring the Fourth Doctor, Romana II, and Scaroth, with the Eiffel Tower in the background

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Episode 2 (no context) Listen and subscribe now: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify YouTube: youtu.be/2I_tOkHf-Ns Or wherever you get podcasts!

Joel Dommett in Lucky Day (damn you, Dommett!)

Phil Collins,whose song Kylie didn't cover

Some tea flying everywhere, in Doctor Who

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"HOW'S IT GO AGAIN?" EPISODE 2 has landed and it's a big Doctor Who-themed music quiz, with sonic trivia, piano challenges, and... Buzzcocks-style intros? Friz Frizzle and Graham Williamson take on The Devil's Chord: The Gameshow! Listen now wherever there are podcasts... @frizfrizzle.bsky.social

A cartoon TARDIS with The First Question on the police box sign, The Devil's Chord on the pull to open sign, and a pink Trivial Pursuit style cheese on the opposite door, against the background of the 2024 series time vortex

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

OK, Julian Clary, but did your Mr And Mrs have shapeshifting robots in it? Didn't think so! Catch up with Episode 1 of The First Question, listen and subscribe now for new episodes every Saturday: Apple: tinyurl.com/fqpodapple Spotify: tinyurl.com/fqpodspotify Or wherever you get podcasts!

A promo for the 1990s version of Mr And Mrs

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

TODAY'S odd one out is Lisa Bowerman, the only Survival star pictured who wasn't born on 20th August. Happy birthday, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, and Anthony Ainley! 🎂

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Pop quiz, hotshots! Which Survival star is today's odd one out?

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The First Question❓A Doctor Who Quiz Show Podcast @firstquestionpod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Partial points to @andrewblair.co.uk, here are your answers.... 1. 42 2. The Chase 3. Ghost Light 4. Spyfall (Part One)

The Tenth Doctor trying to remember who had more UK number 1s - Elvis Presley or The Beatles - in 42

The First Doctor, Vicki, Barbara and Ian watching The Beatles on the Time Space Visualiser in The Chase

The Seventh Doctor and Ace in Ghost Light

Yaz's dad arguing with Alexa about playing Rubber Soul in Spyfall Part 1

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