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Doctor Who is 50: 03 - First Words Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/25/2013
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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates!

This is 1 of 58 puzzle caches in a series that were created to commemorate Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary. There is a Bonus Cache for this series that you can find, if you feel inclined to do so. The waypoint is GC4PHNE.


Doctor Who is a British science fiction television program produced by the BBC. The series follows the adventures of mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor", a Time Lord from the planet of Gallifrey, who explores time and space with various companions in his ship, the TARDIS.

On 23rd November this year (2013) Doctor Who celebrates its 50th Anniversary, making it the longest running science fiction television series in the world.


Regeneration is a biological ability exhibited by Time Lords. This process allows a Time Lord who is old or mortally wounded to undergo a transformation into a new physical form and a somewhat different personality. The process has been used ten times throughout the history of Doctor Who as a device for introducing a new actor for the role of its main character, the Doctor.

Our first words were probably along the lines of "Mama" or "Papa". Once regenerated, the Doctor is a bit more advanced with his first words. To find the cache, simply figure out which Doctor made the following statement as his first.

A …typical Sontaran attitude…stop Linx…perverting the course of human history...I tell you, Brigadier, there's nothing to worry about! The brontosaurs is large and placid!
B Shoes. Must find my shoes.
C Legs! Still got legs] Good. Arms, hands. Ooh, fingers. Lots of fingers. Ears? Yes. Eyes: two. Nose... eh, I've had worse. Chin - blimey! Hair… I'm a girl! [checks Adam's apple.] No! No! I'm not a girl! And still not ginger! There's something else. Something... important, I'm...I’m-I’m…Ha –ha! Crashing! Geronimo!!
D What are you doing here?
E I… Oh. That's the trouble with regeneration. You quite never know what you're going to get.
F Oh no, Mel. You don't understand regeneration, Mel. It's a lottery, and I've drawn the short plank.
G Slower! SLOWER! Concentrate on one thing! ONE THING!
H Who am I? WHO...AM...I?!
I Hello! Okay -- oh. New teeth. That's weird. So where was I? Oh, that's right. Barcelona!
J Run!
K You were expecting someone else?

N 47 GJ.BHE W 121 EF.EAF

Remember to record the Gallifrey symbols found in the log book, they are needed to determine the coordinates of the bonus cache of this series. After conversion, 29 are labeled North and 29 are labeled West followed by a number. The bonus cache, The Best Idea Ever Invented, provides the instructions how to determine its coordinates.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

onfr bs fcvxrl AJ uvqf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)