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Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
Developer(s)Sumo Digital
Publisher(s)BBC Wales Interactive
Designer(s)Charles Cecil
Sean Millard
Will Tarratt
Writer(s)Phil Ford (episodes 1, 2 & 3)
James Moran (episode 4)
Composer(s)Murray Gold
SeriesDoctor Who
EngineEmmersion
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
ReleaseJune 2010
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a graphic adventure video game that will be released for download sometime in June, 2010. The game will be developed by Sumo Digital. The first three episodes will be released concurrently with the fifth series on television, and the fourth will come out between the end of the series and the Christmas special. Each episode will be available free to download from the official website of Doctor Who.

Settings

According to Phil Ford, the first episode will be set in a ruined London, the second will involve Cybermen in the Arctic, and the third will be set underwater.[1]

Characters

With classic and new aliens and monsters to appear, a Cyberman along with a "Cyber-Army" have been shown in the promotional photos, and a piece of concept art includes a Dalek city. The Cybermen featured are the Cybus Industries variant of the new series. However, unlike their earlier appearances, they no longer contain the Cybus C-shaped logo on their chestplates, instead featuring stylized Cybermen faces similar to the insignia seen in the titular tombs in The Tomb of the Cybermen.

Episodes

Episode Writer Release date
TBA Phil Ford 5th June 2010
Notes:
  • Will be set in a ruined London and feature the Daleks.
TBA Phil Ford TBD
Notes:
  • Will involve the Cybermen and will be set in the Arctic.
TBA Phil Ford TBD
Notes:
  • Will be set underwater.
TBA James Moran TBD
Notes:

Production

Concept art titled "A creepily familiar alien skyline"

The game will be released as four episodes, three during the 2010 season and the fourth in between the season's end and the Christmas special.

Phil Ford and James Moran will be writing the scripts, and Charles Cecil will work on the game design. Composer of the revived series of Doctor Who Murray Gold has provided music for The Adventure Games. Executive producers of the 2010 series of the show Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis, along with BBC Wales Interactive's Anwen Aspden and video game creator Charles Cecil all serve as executive producers of the interactive episodes.[2][3]

Marketing

On 7th of April, 2010, the game was first announced on the official Doctor Who BBC website. It included a brief description of what was to come as well as well as 13 in-game pics.[4] On 8th of April, 2010, 5 concept art pics were released on the official website.[5] On 16th of April, 2010, the site announced that first game footage would be screened right after Victory of the Daleks would be broadcasted.[6] During this game footage, the release date for the first episode was confirmed as the 5th June, 2010.

References

  1. ^ Dr Who: The Adventure Games developer: "I was in tears at the end of one of them"
  2. ^ BBC announces four free Dr Who adventure games for PC - preview in our new issue
  3. ^ Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
  4. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100408_01/Doctor_Who_Adventure_Games_announced
  5. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100408_02/Adventure_Games_Concept_Art
  6. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100416_02

External links

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