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| − | [[Image:Martin Gardner.jpg|thumb|right|Martin Gardner in his first game.]]
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| − | '''Martin Gardner''' (born 19 September, 1983 in [[Leeds]], England) was a contestant in [[Series 49]]. Before being a contestant on the show, he ran the Countdown website [[Countdown Update UK]]. After finding the address on [[Ben Wilson]]'s website, he applied for the televised show.
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| − | Before appearing on the show, Martin ran the [[Hypercountdown|Countdown Advance]] on [[Gevincountdown]] as well as the UK Net Gameshows Yahoo! forum. He also ran Countdown_Update_UK which included about 100 pages dedicated to Countdown, including games scores, playing tips and a factfile. He was also a moderator of Gevincountdown until the [[C4countdown]] forum replaced it. Martin was invited to an audition at the end of 2002.
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| − | After failing the audition, he was invited to the studios as a replacement after [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] became an [[Octochamp]], achieving a top score of 107, and a low score of 72.
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| − | Martin returned to the Series finals as #2 seed, behind [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]]. Martin beat [[Peter Jeffery]] in the quarter-final 101-64. Martin faced [[David Wilson]] in the semi-final and was ahead after 3 rounds when he beat David with {{word|UPRATED}} but was pegged back in the next round with {{word|MORGUES}}. After this round, David scored in every round apart from the conundrum and won the game 98-86, although it was Martin that solved the conundrum {{word|SANDSTORM}} just before the end of the 30 seconds. Martin never got a nine-letter word during his 10 appearances. He averaged 93.3 points per game
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| − | Martin was not invited back to the 12th champion of champions tournament, possibly due to an alleged dispute with the producer [[Damian Eadie]]. Since appearing on Countdown, Martin has taken up [[Scrabble]] at first in English and then in French, and represented the United Kingdom in the French World Championship in 2006, finishing 33rd out of 54 competitors. He's also appeared at the [[Edinburgh Countdown Club]] and came 4th out of 24 in the first [[COLIN]] event.
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| − | {{ep | 3482 | 14/05/2003 | P | [[Anthony Wilson]] | 81 - 107 | Martin Gardner | [[Linda Smith (guest)|Linda Smith]] | [[Alison Heard]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3483 | 15/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 72 - 44 | [[Pat Elkington]] | Linda Smith | Alison Heard }}
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| − | {{ep | 3484 | 16/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 88 - 35 | [[Bernard Gudgin]] | Linda Smith | Alison Heard }}
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| − | {{ep | 3485 | 19/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 101 - 64 | [[Richard Brooks]] | [[Ken Bruce]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3486 | 20/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 101 - 47 | [[Gloria Crossley]] | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3487 | 21/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 76 - 63 | [[Dave Mackenzie]] | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3488 | 27/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 102 - 33 | [[John Carpenter]] | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3489 | 28/05/2003 | P | Martin Gardner | 99 - 66 | [[Tracy Murrell]] | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent }}
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| − | {{ep | 3506 | 20/06/2003 | QF | Martin Gardner | 101 - 64 | [[Peter Jeffery]] | [[Clare Balding]] | Alison Heard }}
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| − | {{ep | 3510 | 26/06/2003 | SF | [[David Wilson]] | 98 - 86 | Martin Gardner | [[Geoffrey Durham]] | Susie Dent }}
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-martin-gardner-1.htm Martin Gardner's Countdown Experience]
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| − | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20060411090836/mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/countdown_update_uk Archived version of Martin's ''Countdown Update UK'' website, which ran from 2002-2006]
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| − | [[Category:Finalists|Gardner, Martin]]
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| − | [[Category:Octochamps of the 15 round era|Gardner, Martin]]
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| − | [[Category:Contestants in Series 49|Gardner, Martin]]
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