Reverse Dimension Doctor 6
by Foggy Brume
Answer: FETTUCCINE
Companion Half: His Botany Student, Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown
For each pair of pictures, identify the plants. Green lines indicate a consonant in the middle plant's name, brown lines indicate a vowel in the middle plant's name, and thickness gives an alphabetical order to the lines. Plants formed by cross-pollination are used in subsequent problems.
| 1 | PLUM | DELPHINIUM | ORCHID |
| 2 | FREESIA | SAXIFRAGE | SAGE |
| 3 | NARCISSUS | CLINTONIA | LOTUS |
| 4 | ARTICHOKE | CALFKILL | ALFALFA |
| 5 | BASIL | BROWALLIA | COWSLIP |
| 6 | CELERY | WATERLILY | STRAWBERRY |
| 7 | BUTTERCUP | EUCALYPTUS | LADYSSLIPPER |
| 8 | BEGONIA | RAGGEDROBIN | HYDRANGEA |
| 9 | FOXGLOVE | OXTONGUE | TURNIP |
| 10 | BAMBOO | OLDMANSBEARD | OLEANDER |
| 11 | CHESTNUT | CROWNVETCH | SUNFLOWER |
| 12 | ELM | MELISSA | WISTERIA |
| 13 | HEATHER | NIGHTSHADE | SNAPDRAGON |
| 14 | WALNUT | CENTAURY | SYCAMORE |
| 15 | ORANGE | GOLDENROD | DAHLIA |
| 16 | TULIP | PETUNIA | DANDELION |
| 17 | DELPHINIUM | PURSLANE | SAXIFRAGE |
| 18 | CLINTONIA | DAFFODIL | CALFKILL |
| 19 | BROWALLIA | BELLWORT | WATERLILY |
| 20 | EUCALYPTUS | GLADIOLUS | RAGGEDROBIN |
| 21 | OXTONGUE | GERANIUM | OLDMANSBEARD |
| 22 | CROWNVETCH | VIOLET | MELISSA |
| 23 | NIGHTSHADE | HYACINTH | CENTAURY |
| 24 | GOLDENROD | PINEAPPLE | PETUNIA |
| 25 | PURSLANE | FLEURDELIS | DAFFODIL |
| 26 | BELLWORT | DOGWOOD | GLADIOLUS |
| 27 | GERANIUM | MANGROVE | VIOLET |
| 28 | HYACINTH | CATALPA | PINEAPPLE |
| 29 | FLEURDELIS | WINDFLOWER | DOGWOOD |
| 30 | MANGROVE | CARNATION | CATALPA |
| 31 | WINDFLOWER | ITALIANFOOD | CARNATION |
The very last "plant" in this case is the Companion half answer, ITALIAN FOOD.
Doctor Half: The Condescending Man Holding a Brightly Colored Parasol, the Sixth Doctor
Enter plants 1 through 16 in the space provided in the Doctor's puzzle to spell out PINK BEANGOOSE TEA. If you search maps.google.com for that exact phrase, you'll get a map called "Italian Restaurants in Cambridge, MA" by a user called Eatin' at the Zyzzler. The map bears this description:
- "All of these serve my favorite beverage, pink beangoose tea. Whenever I like one place, and my companion likes the other, we try to meet in between, and compare reviews."
All the sites on this map have names that are translations of plants and vegetables into Italian. For each of the first 16 pairs above, if you draw a line between the two, you'll cross one other location.
- Bistro de Susino (plum) and Orchidea's Cucina Italiano (orchid) cross Caffe Melanzana (VO)
- Pizzeria Fresia (freesia) and Salvia's Cucina Italiano (sage) cross Pizzeria Alloro (IR)
- Caffe Narciso (narcissus) and The Loto Bar & Grill (lotus) cross Caffe Acero (BH)
- Carciofo (artichoke) and Erba Medicinale's Cucina Italiano (alfalfa) cross Pizzeria Gelsomino (UE)
- Bistro de Basilico (basil) and Ristorante di Primula Gialla (cowslip) cross Caffe Oleandro (RA)
- Caffe Sedano (celery) and Fragola Restaurant & Pizzeria (strawberry) cross Bocca di Leone (ND)
- Ranuncolo Restaurant & Pizzeria (buttercup) and Ristorante di Pianella Della Madonna (lady's slipper) cross Pervinca Café (UL)
- Caffe Begonia (begonia) and Ortensia Eatery (hydrangea) cross Pizzeria Pergolato (ME)
- Bistro de Digitale (foxglove) and Bistro de Rapa (turnip) cross Margheritina Eatery (TS)
- Bistro de Bambu (bamboo) and Caffe Oleandro (oleander) cross Salvia's Cucina Italiano (RS)
- Castagno (chestnut) and Caffe Girasole (sunflower) cross Ristorante di Pioppo (IG)
- Olmo Café (elm) and Glicine (wisteria) cross Tasso Eatery (LA)
- Erica Café (heather) and Bocca di Leone (snapdragon) cross Caffe Girasole (OR)
- Noce's Cucina Italiano (walnut) and Bistro de Sicomoro (sycamore) cross Caffe Begonia (BC)
- Pizzeria Arancia (orange) and Dalia Restaurant & Pizzeria (dahlia) cross Quercia's Cucina Italiano (UI)
- Pizzeria Tulipano (tulip) and Dente di leone (dandelion) cross Ristorante di Cipresso (MA)
The description of each place is the same, plus the name of a reviewer. Taken in the order each pair appears in the first puzzle, you'll get the initials: VO/IR/BH/UE/RA/ND/UL/ME/TS/RS/IG/LA/OR/BC/UI/MA. Read the first initials to get VIBURNUM TRILOBUM. Read the last initials to get OR HEADLESS GARCIA. The plant named Viburnum Trilobum and title character in the movie Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is ALFREDO.
Doctor and Companion Clue
The combined clue is ALFREDO ITALIAN FOOD, which is FETTUCCINE.