Shadows of the Vashta Nerada (video game): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image = ShadowsOfTheVNPromo.jpg

|doctor = Eleventh Doctor

|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]

|enemy = {{il|[[Vashta Nerada]],|[[Zaralok]]}}

|setting = {{il|[[Poseidon 8]], [[London]], [[23rd century]]|[[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']], [[23rd century]]}}

|developer = Sumo Digital

|publisher = BBC Wales Interactive

|writer = [[Phil Ford]]

|platform = PC, Mac

|genre = Adventure

|prev=TARDIS (video game)

|next=The Gunpowder Plot (video game)

'''''Shadows of the Vashta Nerada''''' was the fourth of five adventures in the [[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games|Adventure Games]]. At the time of its release, it was marketed as the end of the first "series", but it was ultimately followed by only one other game.

[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] have come under attack by [[Zaralok|a giant shark-like creature]] which batters the outside of the transparent conduits that link sections of the undersea base. They are forced to escape and are left with no option but to move on, as their way back to [[the TARDIS]] has been destroyed by the massive jaws of the monster. As they traverse the tunnels, they are stalked by the beast which is trying to break through.

* [[Martin Flanagan]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]

* Voice director - [[Gary Russell]]

* Executive producer - [[Steven Moffat]], [[Piers Wenger]], [[Beth Willis]], [[Anwen Aspden]], [[Charles Cecil]]

== References ==

* This was released around the same time as ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''. Coincidentally, both Christmas specials feature the prominent appearance of an alien shark.

* The [[Vashta Nerada]] in this story seem much weaker than the ones that are faced in the television stories ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'', hiding in the shadows rather than ''being'' shadows.

* First-time players of the Adventure Games may find themselves stuck at 48 collectible cards after skimming through the four episodes in one play through. This episode of the Adventure Games contains two more explicitly illusive cards that will appear after clearing all three Acts- the card for [[Mickey Smith]] and the [[Strawberry]] [[Jelly baby]]. They can both be found in Act One. Mickey Smith's card is in Section F of the underwater base in a large room with boxes on the right-hand side of the winding corridors. The Strawberry Jelly baby card resides in Bay F-2, the room directly following the encounter with the Zaralok before exiting Section F, hidden in the upper left corner.

* The Doctor previously encountered the Vashta Nerada during his [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Night of the Vashta Nerada]]''), [[Eighth Doctor|eighth]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)|Day of the Vashta Nerada]]'') and [[Tenth Doctor|tenth incarnations]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]'' / ''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]'')

* The [[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']] previously appeared in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Macros]]''.