Damien Doughty

Damien Doughty octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	7
Points total	758
Conundrums solved	4

Damien Doughty in Series 82.

Damien Doughty was a octochamp in Series 82. At time of recording, he was a Creative Director on paternity leave living in Bristol, but was originally from Boston in Lincolnshire. He became an Apterite between filming his second and third games.

Doughty first appeared on 26 October 2020 against Scott Vickers, winning with 84 points to Vickers' 75. He followed this with 7 more impressive victories including a personal best of 111 points. In his eighth game, a spot of the nine letter word FACTIONED helped to finish his octorun with a score of 758 points. Doughty became the 200th octochamp of the 15 round era.

Doughty returned on 11 December 2020 to take on number 2 seed Sam Cappleman-Lynes in the second quarter-final. Although Sam took points in the first two letter rounds, Doughty beat him in the first numbers round. However, Sam fought back and prevailed with 121 to Doughty's 71 points as Doughty took his first defeat, ultimately remaining true to the seeding. Doughty amassed an overall total of 829 points in his series run.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7374	26/10/2020	P	Scott Vickers	75 – 84	Damien Doughty	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	123
7375	27/10/2020	P	Damien Doughty	87 – 69	Chris Diggons	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	146
7376	28/10/2020	P	Damien Doughty	111 – 83	Jack McFadyen	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	137
7377	29/10/2020	P	Damien Doughty	97 – 64	Andy Lyon	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	142
7378	30/10/2020	P	Damien Doughty	90 – 45	Jim Filgate	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	125
7379	2/11/2020	P	Damien Doughty	89 – 83	Paul Jacobs	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	144
7380	3/11/2020	P	Damien Doughty	91 – 65	Debbie Taylor	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	122
7381	4/11/2020	P	Damien Doughty	109 – 51	Peter Palmer	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	132
7408	11/12/2020	QF	Sam Cappleman-Lynes	121 – 71	Damien Doughty	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	133