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'''''Doctor Who: The First Adventure''''' was the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game, released in [[1983]] on the [[Wikipedia:BBC Micro|BBC Micro]].  
'''''Doctor Who: The First Adventure''''' was the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game, released in [[1983]] on the [[Wikipedia:BBC Micro|BBC Micro]].  


[[File:DW_VG_1st_Adv_stage3.jpg|thumb|left|"The First Adventure" third stage.]
[[File:DW_VG_1st_Adv_stage3.jpg|thumb|left|"The First Adventure" third stage.]]


The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games, including [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]], [[Wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]], [[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]] and [[Wikipedia:Battleship (video game)|Battleship]].
The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games, including [[Wikipedia:Pac-Man|Pac-Man]], [[Wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]], [[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]] and [[Wikipedia:Battleship (video game)|Battleship]].

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Doctor Who: The First Adventure was the first officially licensed Doctor Who video game, released in 1983 on the BBC Micro.

"The First Adventure" third stage.

The Fifth Doctor makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games, including Pac-Man, Frogger, Space Invaders and Battleship.

While this was the first licensed Doctor Who video game, it was shortly preceeded by Doctor Who Adventure[1]. BBC Software soon followed up with Doctor Who and the Warlord.


Footnotes

  1. Howe, David J., Stammers, Mark, Walker, Stephen James, 1997, Doctor Who: The Eighties, Doctor Who Books, an imprint of Virgin Books, London, p.166