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Are You Observant? was one of the comical "game" sections of Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett's The Doctor Who Fun Book. Its parodical intent and non-narrativity mean this material is not currently considered a valid source on this Wiki.
A mockery of usual "how many details about a given picture can you remember form a glimpse?"-type test, it presented a picture of a zoomed-out starfield and then demanded answers about what was going on at a human scale on various planets located within said starfield, as though they had been visible.
Publisher's summary
If you're a keen Doctor Who viewer then you will know that the planet Earth is a favourite target in the Seven Galaxies. Due to this situation it is imperative that we remain ever vigilant against surprise attacks. We therefore present a simple test for you to determine whether your family has been infiltrated…
Characters
Worldbuilding
- Jane Fonda and William Shatner are "stars".
- The time on "the Town Hall clock" when the picture was taken was "Zero, zero, stop": this is "Snipe time".
- Baby Ucyl wanted to watch Doctor Who on television when his TV set was smashed by a Snipe.
- 300 Daleks are somehow hiding behind a potted plant, which constitutes them "hiding suspiciously".
- The Mondasian cowboys descended from the Black Hills of Mondas.
Notes
- This story gave yet again more details about the mysterious Snipes, an alien race used in two other works within The Doctor Who Fun Book (The Universe Marathon and The Final Script) and suggested by a footnote in the former of these two stories to be slated to become a recurring enemy of the Doctor in the then-nonexistent Season 33 of the TV series.