Totally Doctor Who Totally Doctor Who was a CBBC television series that aired Friday afternoons in 2006 to 2007 while Series 2 and Series 3 of " Doctor Who " were ongoing . It was a supplement to ( and an advertisement for ) those episodes of " Doctor Who " . Unlike its parent programme , however , " Totally " was aimed specifically at younger children . Superficially , it was something of a junior version of " Doctor Who Confidential " , and even shared producer Gillane Seaborne and members of her staff . It focused on behind - the - scenes aspects of the show and on strengthening viewers ' understanding of the narrative threads running through " Doctor Who " . It also had a lot of interaction with its target audience . Towards this end , young fans were present every episode , sometimes helping conduct interviews and sometimes providing a live studio audience for the proceedings . " Totally Doctor Who " did not return for the 2008 season , making it the first series of the revived franchise not to be renewed . The proximate cause of its demise was the unwillingness of the CBBC to financially support both " Totally " and " The Sarah Jane Adventures " in the same fiscal year . Presenters . The show had two hosts , one male , one female . At least in the initial episode , they facetiously likened themselves to the Doctor and his companion . This metaphor proved apt , as the original female host , Liz Barker , was replaced by Kirsten O ' Brien in the second series . Only male host Barney Harwood was present in both series . The reason for the replacement was domestic : Liz opted to leave to devote her time to motherhood . Schedule . Except for the finale of series 2 , the show always ran on the Friday before the new episode of " Doctor Who " on Saturday . It acted as a kind of review of the previous episode and a preview of the one coming up . However , the two series had slightly different overall timing . Series 1 debuted the day before " New Earth " premiered . Series 2 debuted the Friday before " The Shakespeare Code " premiered . This meant that the first episode of series 1 reviewed " The Christmas Invasion " , but the first episode of series 2 reviewed " Smith and Jones " . " The Runaway Bride " was never addressed by " Totally " . Also , because series 2 of " Totally " had only twelve regular episodes , it ended before " Last of the Time Lords " had premiered . Neither provided any kind of recap of a " Doctor Who " series finale . Game show element . Both series of " Totally " featured a weekly competition . Who - ru . In the first series , the contest was a trivia game called " Who - ru " — a portmanteau of the words " who " and " guru " . It took place between two kids , or a kid and one of the key people from the " Doctor Who " production office . Usually , that person was an actor like David Tennant , but sometimes it was a production figure , like Russell T Davies . They would be asked questions about narrative elements from the BBC Wales version of " Doctor Who " , and the winner would get some sort of exclusive " Doctor Who " merchandise . Although there would be occasional outbreaks of trivia in series 2 , " Who - ru " effectively concluded at the end of series 1 . The game was somewhat notable to the history of British game shows because it had to be quickly retooled after its debut in episode 1 . Originally , the prize was that the loser had to give the winner a prized possession . However , when Noel Clarke beat a girl named Karen , she was forced to hand over something genuinely valuable to her — a dragon statuette she had hand - painted . Karen appeared shattered by the loss , so Clarke improvised a return of the item to her , and gave up his " prized " possession — which was a " Doctor Who " - themed t - shirt . Thereafter , no one was asked to bring a prized possession , and the competition was blatantly for " Doctor Who " - related merchandise . Also , after episode 1 , it was rare for a celebrity to play against a kid . The celebrity usually read the questions , and two kids competed against each other . The winner , or " Who - ru " , won something brought by the celebrity , such as a signed script . The runner - up got a bag of commercially - available merchandise . Companion academy . The 2006 series featured a competition which proposed a series of physical and mental challenges to see how well contestants would perform as the Doctor ' s companion . Judges , including " Doctor Who Magazine " editor Clayton Hickman , " voted off " contestants each week , based upon their results in each test . At the end of the series , a winner was declared and given a day behind - the - scenes during the filming of Series 3 of " Doctor Who " . Team totally . For 2007 , the competitive element of the show was entirely different . Two teams of kids were assembled . They became effective regulars for the entire series . Each week , a figure from a different production department — like Ed Thomas or Danny Hargreaves — came onto the show and told the teams about a different skill used in making " Doctor Who " . The teams then had a limited time to work together to replicate that skill . The production professional would judge their work and declare a winner . The ones that had most completely finished the challenge got two points and the runners - up got one . A running tally was kept and the ones who had collected the most points by the end of the series were declared the winners . One of the teams was called " Team Time Lord " , and the other " Team TARDIS " . At the end of regular competition , the teams were tied at 23 , and they had to go to a tense tie - break situation . It came down to a final question , " How many orbs are there on a Dalek ' s casing ? " The correct answer was 56 , so Team TARDIS emerged victorious with the closest guess of 42 . The prize , which had only been described as a " money - can ' t - buy " Doctor Who " experience " , was finally revealed to be a weekend trip to Blackpool to meet David Tennant and framed artwork of themselves as cartoons alongside the Tenth Doctor and Martha . Viewer competitions . The programme offered opportunities for viewers to win " Doctor Who " - related merchandise . In series 1 , viewers wrote in to the show , sometimes enclosing artwork . If their letter or artwork was featured on the show , they got a " Totally " - branded mug . In series 2 , there were two ongoing competitions . One was at the top of the program , and one near the end . At the beginning of most episodes , Barney would theatrically ask the question " Who goes there ? " , and a silhouette of a " Doctor Who " monster was shown . Viewers could write in to identify the monster . If their correct answer were randomly selected , they would win a branded mug and / or sweatshirt . In the back half of a show , a departing guest would place his or her hands in clay . The resulting handprints would then be fired and become the prize for viewers who correctly answered questions about the upcoming episode of " Doctor Who " . Animated serial . In its second series , " Totally " was also used to debut the first televised animated adventure in the history of " Doctor Who " . " The Infinite Quest " , the serial ran in five - minute segments throughout the series , and featured the vocal talents of David Tennant and Freema Agyeman as the current televised TARDIS team , as well as Anthony Head as the villain . Technically , the final episode of " Totally " was given over to an omnibus edition of all thirteen episodes . As there had only been twelve episodes of the normally - formatted " Totally " prior to this omnibus , viewers had to watch the hour - long omnibus to see how the story ended . The serial was later released to DVD , along with some features on its making from " Totally Doctor Who " , making it , to date , the only element of the series to be released to home video . Home video releases . Unlike " Confidential " , which is available ( albeit in edited form ) on DVD , no release has occurred for " Totally Doctor Who " , with the exception of an edited - together version of " The Infinite Quest " and some behind - the - scenes material related to the serial , which was released to DVD in the UK in 2007 and in North America in November 2008 .