This was the first episode for two weeks, with the previous Friday night slot given over to a screening of the David Attenborough documentary Great White Shark: The True Story of Jaws (1995).
This edition didn't make the Top 70 Chart.
The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: Real doctors; Ice skating terms; Food that grows on trees.
Auction Grids: Words usually spelt with an S instead of a Z; Monsters from Doctor Who; Nicknames for jazz musicians.
Final Grid: Breeds of dog.
Main Grids: Real doctors; Ice skating terms; Food that grows on trees.
Auction Grids: Words usually spelt with an S instead of a Z; Monsters from Doctor Who; Nicknames for jazz musicians.
Final Grid: Breeds of dog.
An Auction Grid on Doctor Who monsters would appear again in Episode #5.58 (1998), with six of the same answers.
Two of the differences were Doctor Who related, with "Silurians" and "Vervoids" taking the place of this edition's "Zygons" and "Yetis"; the other four changes were the Wipeouts, which were all different.
Two of the differences were Doctor Who related, with "Silurians" and "Vervoids" taking the place of this edition's "Zygons" and "Yetis"; the other four changes were the Wipeouts, which were all different.
The third Auction Grid - nicknames for jazz musicians - would be reused in Episode #6.59 (1999).
Only four answers were the same on both grids: "Bird", "Count", "Jelly Roll" and "Satchmo". However, adding to the suspicion that the Bob Monkhouse era was made slightly easier, the later edition saw the last name of the musicians added to the answer, rather than just the nickname by itself, eg. "'Jelly Roll' Morton" instead of just "Jelly Roll".
Only four answers were the same on both grids: "Bird", "Count", "Jelly Roll" and "Satchmo". However, adding to the suspicion that the Bob Monkhouse era was made slightly easier, the later edition saw the last name of the musicians added to the answer, rather than just the nickname by itself, eg. "'Jelly Roll' Morton" instead of just "Jelly Roll".
