BLASTERMIND Before They Were Replaced Quiz

NOW WITH ANSWERS Can you identify 12 characters played by somebody other than who made them more famous?

You can see where this is going can’t you?

Yep, because there are oodles of (made-up-imaginary) points to be won this week as week as we ask you to:

a) Identify the character
b) Identify the show/film
c) Name the actor pictured
d) Name the actor who took over

So that’s a potential 48 points. Wowser. Shame there’s no prize, but we know you enjoy doing these quizzes purely for the mental workout. We do it for your own good, you know.

Usual request: please don’t put answers in the comments section below (though feel free to use it to boast/bemoan how well/badly you’re doing) but this thread is quite happy for you to post and discuss answers if you follow the golden rule of only posting answers in invisible text (if you don’t know how ask somebody there – they’re very friendly).

Answers on Monday. Unless it’s swapped for another day…


Character 1 ^

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Character 2 ^

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Character 3 ^

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Character 4 ^

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Character 5 ^

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Character 6 ^

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Character 7 ^

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Character 8 ^

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Character 9 ^

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Character 10 ^

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Character 11 ^

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Character 12 ^

Answers on the next page…

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Character 1 ^

a) Willow Rosenberg
b) Buffy The Vampire Slayer
c) Riff Regan
d) Alyson Hannigan

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Character 2 ^

a) Marilyn Munster
b) The Munsters
c) Beverley Owen
d) Pat Priest

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Character 3 ^

a) John Mitchell
b) Being Human (the proper, superior, British one)
c) Guy Flanagan
d) Aidan Turner

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Character 4 ^

a) Tara Thornton
b) True Blood
c) Brook Kerr
d) Rutina Wesley

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Character 5 ^

a) Wonder Woman
b) Wonder Woman
c) Cathy Lee Crosby
d) Lynda Carter

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Character 6 ^

a) Kane
b) Alien
c) Jon Finch
d) John Hurt

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Character 7 ^

. a) Jimmy Olsen
b) Lois And Clark
c) Michael Landes
d) Justin Whalin

Character 8 ^

a) Hicks
b) Alien s
c) James Remar
d) Michael Biehn

Character 9 ^

a) Josef Kostan
b) Moonlight
c) Rade Šerbedžija
d) Jason Dohring

Character 10 ^

a) Elizabeth Weir
b) Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis
c) Jessica Steen
d) Torri Higginson

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Character 11 ^

a) Marty McFly
b) Back To The Future
c) Eric Stoltz
d) Michael J Fox

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Character 12 ^

a) Aragorn
b) The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
c) Stuart Townsed
d) Viggo Mortensen

Dave Golder
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Dave is a TV and film journalist who specializes in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He's written books about film posters and post-apocalypses, alongside writing for SFX Magazine for many years. 

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