Only Connect gets in the festive mood with a special edition featuring Doctor Who fans vs Doctors

New Years Eve (so one day before the Doctor Who special Revolution of the Daleks) and Only Connect fans can enjoy some top quizzing (steered by Victoria Coren Mitchell) as the Gallifreyans take on the Medics.

Part of the series 16 special episodes, the quiz sees six returning contestants battle it out for glory. We like to be scrupulously unbiased on Cultbox, but as The Gallifreyans includes Big Finish author John Dorney (see picture above, bottom left), forgive us if we seem a little partisan. [Go Go Gallfreyans!]

If you don’t know the show, it’s all about lateral thinking as well as traditional quizzing skills. The Gallifreyans originally lost to The Chessmen in the 2015 quarter final – how will they do tonight? Will they find the connection between Clive Jackson, Robert Howard, Mac Rebennack and Andre Young? Will they solve The Wall, and how will they do in the Missing Vowels round?

This episode is broadcast on BBC2 at 8pm, and will be available on iPlayer. Other festive specials include: Edwards Family vs The Wrights; North and South: Scunthorpe Scholars v Oxonians; Music: Festival Fans v Choristers.