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Doctor Who – The Adventure Games

Doctor Who – The Adventure Games

From The BBC press office…

The Doctor, Amy and some of Doctor Who’s most iconic monsters will be making a journey from TV to home computers, as the BBC unveils Doctor Who – The Adventure Games, four original “interactive episodes”, which will be made available for free from bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.

More details with additional images can be found on the official site Here

There is also an article at www.computerandvideogames.com and you can see more screenshots and artwork at www.develop-online.net

There are also a couple of articles Here and Here

Doctor Who – The Adventure Games Trailer…

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These four new adventures will take the form of downloadable computer games available for PC and Mac, in which players assume control of The Doctor and Amy as they embark on new adventures which complement the new TV series.

Doctor Who – The Adventure Games has been produced by a team drawing on the very best talent from TV and gaming. The interactive episodes are executive produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and Anwen Aspden (BBC Wales Interactive), alongside Charles Cecil, one of videogaming’s most revered creators.

The games are being developed by Sumo Digital, one of the UK’s best game designers. Stories and scripts are by Phil Ford (co-writer Doctor Who – Waters Of Mars) and James Moran (Severance, Torchwood Children Of Earth).

The project has been commissioned for BBC Online by the Vision Multiplatform team, headed up by Simon Nelson, and is being driven by BBC Wales Interactive.

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have been digitally recreated in-game, and have provided full voice-overs. Music has been provided by TV series composer Murray Gold. An additional cast will portray original characters and classic enemies.

“Children don’t just watch Doctor Who, they join in. They make up games, invent their monsters, create their own stories,” says Steven Moffat, executive producer, Doctor Who. “Now, there’s something else – now, they can be The Doctor in brand-new episodes. Doctor Who – The Adventure Games will offer fans of The Doctor a unique opportunity to enter his world, face his challenges and grapple with his deadliest foes.

“By developing these games alongside the new TV series, we’ve been able to weave exciting narrative strands with the very finest game design to create a new kind of Doctor Who, which can be enjoyed by the whole family.”

Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales, and executive producer, Doctor Who, adds: “There aren’t 13 episodes of Doctor Who this year, there are 17 – four of which are interactive. Everything you see and experience within the game is part of the Doctor Who universe. We’ll be taking you to places you’ve only ever dreamed about seeing – including locations impossible to create on television.”

Simon Nelson, head of BBC multiplatform in Vision, continues: “A few years ago, we couldn’t have dreamt of commissioning such an innovative form of drama. By integrating the creation of these ‘interactive episodes’ with the development of the TV series, we’ve been able to create amazing two-hour dramas, in which you control the action.

“We’ve all imagined what it would be like to come face to face with some of the universe’s most terrifying monsters – now, viewers can find out for themselves.

“Establishing new forms of drama is exactly what the BBC should be doing. By aiming these ‘interactive episodes’ at the broad audience of the TV show – unique in British television, in that it encompasses at least three generations – we’re aiming to encourage the family to gather round the PC or Mac in the same way they do the television. Driving computer literacy is a keystone of the BBC’s public service remit and we expect Doctor Who – The Adventure Games to be hugely popular in the homes of Britain this year.

“Only the BBC could produce such an innovative slice of new drama. We’re offering two-hour original Doctor Who episodes to production standards on a par with the TV series, working with the very best creatives within the UK. We’re hugely proud of Doctor Who – The Adventure Games, which will establish new standards in interactive drama and allow families the country over to enjoy Doctor Who stories in unique and innovative ways.”

Anwen Aspden, executive producer, BBC Wales Online, concludes: “Doctor Who – The Adventure Games will offer the chance for Doctor Who fans to visit places they’ve only dreamed of, facing off against monsters they’ve previously had to imagine.

“Players will visit places which have never been shown on television – and these will go on to define the look and feel of future TV episodes.”

The exact titles of the four episodes are being kept secret for the time being, but the four original stories will take players on a journey throughout time and space, including one location from the Doctor Who series which has never been seen before on screen. Players will encounter new and original monsters, in stories which form part of the overall Doctor Who canon.

The first episode of Doctor Who – The Adventure Games will be available to download for PC and Mac from bbc.co.uk/doctorwho in June 2010. Its title will be revealed at a special press event on 21 April in Sheffield.


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105 comments

  • Anonymous

    February 10th, 2016 - 4:37pm

    doctor who is so cool. my favorite characters are Amy pond, and river song

    Reply
  • Will123

    January 5th, 2014 - 4:22pm

    COME ON! I want new episodes of the games to be out!

    Reply
  • anna

    April 19th, 2013 - 5:30am

    what geolocked what does that mean 🙂

    Reply
  • woodside school children

    December 1st, 2012 - 7:05pm

    how do you downoad this thing

    Reply
    • anna

      April 19th, 2013 - 5:29am

      I now how 🙁

  • kayleighlong

    April 13th, 2012 - 8:11pm

    hi matt and karan my name is kayleigh when will the new episode be out iv not got the colicson but im a big fan!

    Reply
    • pavan

      December 12th, 2013 - 9:55pm

      for bradley elis

      its me pavan yes p a v a n bye bye

  • RORY

    November 15th, 2011 - 7:34pm

    iam past the bit i wos sukc on

    Reply
    • pavan

      December 12th, 2013 - 9:51pm

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    • pavan

      December 12th, 2013 - 9:53pm

      come and sing a song with me

  • videogamemad00

    November 1st, 2011 - 5:19pm

    is it possible to delete a player?

    Reply
  • Dave Bertagna

    April 21st, 2011 - 11:22pm

    Great read. Thanks for the info!

    Reply
  • DoctorWhoTheAdventureGames2011

    April 6th, 2011 - 11:17pm

    i want another adventure game that would be so cool

    Reply
    • unknown

      June 26th, 2011 - 7:35pm

      is it safe to download this game?

    • booboo

      June 27th, 2011 - 8:23am

      no reason why it shouldn’t be

  • Gary Lamprey

    April 6th, 2011 - 11:13pm

    Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink – bookmark this site? Regards, Reader

    Reply
    • jacob

      June 16th, 2012 - 11:10am

      I love drwho

  • Samuel Gambaiani

    April 6th, 2011 - 12:51am

    Great read. Thanks for the info!

    Reply
  • doctor fan number 1

    January 11th, 2011 - 3:02pm

    city of the darleks is the best

    Reply
  • loubna

    December 20th, 2010 - 12:09pm

    but how do i get in the daleks part i finished the other episode tardis but it dosn’t let me do all the other ones

    Reply
    • melissa buyers

      July 19th, 2011 - 7:19pm

      if it dosn’t let you get on to all the other ones well delete the ones that do not work and download them again!!

  • ryan callaghan

    December 12th, 2010 - 1:32pm

    !ITS ACE!

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    December 4th, 2010 - 2:27pm

    i mean the 4th,not the 3rd.ooops 🙂

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    December 4th, 2010 - 2:25pm

    its not out yet and its the 3rd of december!

    Reply
  • adam

    December 3rd, 2010 - 3:39pm

    The Forth episode is called Shadows of the Vashta Nerada and the Enemy is the Vashta Nerada

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    November 28th, 2010 - 10:54am

    thats tomorrow!yay!!!

    Reply
    • aaron

      March 29th, 2011 - 10:39pm

      i realy like going on doctor who thw adventures games

  • The Pandorica

    November 25th, 2010 - 8:26pm

    I think the fourth game will have a brand new monster.

    Reply
  • chris

    November 25th, 2010 - 5:10pm

    I looked on another site and it said this on monday 29th november

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    November 20th, 2010 - 5:42pm

    THE ‘TARDIS’ EPISODE IS VERY GOOD!!! DOES ANY 1 NO WHEN NO.4 IS OUT?

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    November 20th, 2010 - 5:41pm

    THE ‘TARDIS’ EPISODE IS VERY GOOD!!!

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    November 20th, 2010 - 5:40pm

    WOW!!!I CANT WAIT TIL NO.4!!!ALL I KNOW IS IT IS ABOUT (^^^) !!!

    Reply
  • ryan callaghan

    November 20th, 2010 - 5:37pm

    I DID ALL OF THEM,BUT I DIDNT NKOW ABOUT THEM UTIL QUITE LATE,SO WHEN I WENT ON THEY WERE ALREADY OUT 🙂 .I CANT WAIT FOR NO.4!!!

    Reply
  • Ali

    October 16th, 2010 - 12:47pm

    I have finished 3 out of 4 adventure games and cant wait for the fourth to come out, all I know is it has something to do with SHARKS!!!

    Reply
    • aDAM

      May 8th, 2011 - 8:05am

      i want there to be more Doctor who games like that.

  • DoctorWhoRocks

    October 1st, 2010 - 7:25pm

    heyy, does anyone know the exact date that the 4th adventure game comes out? I just can’t wait till it does, wonder what it’s about…

    Reply
  • helen

    August 25th, 2010 - 8:30pm

    Thanks you , i have just finished the level

    Reply
  • de379

    August 25th, 2010 - 7:37pm

    hellen when you see blue light up on the cybermat zap it with the sonic
    and you will be able to acsess the laptop

    Reply
  • helen

    August 25th, 2010 - 7:22pm

    PLEASE CAN SOME ONE HELP ME.

    iM STUCK ON THE SECOND LEVEL , I NEED TO FIND A CODE BUT CAN NOT FIND IT ANY WHERE , I CAN NOT GET INTO ROOM AS CYBERMAN BLCOKING IT AND THEN OTHER ROOM THE CYBERMAT IS BLCKING A PC HELP PLEASE

    Reply
  • doctor fan

    August 22nd, 2010 - 12:20pm

    THE 3RD ADVENTURE GAME IS OUT 27TH AUGAST OMG. but rubish titel . TADIS

    Reply

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