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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|image = DW VG 1st Adv stage3.jpg | |image = DW VG 1st Adv stage3.jpg | ||
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|developer = | |developer = | ||
|publisher = BBC Software | |publisher = BBC Software | ||
|writer = [[Jeremy Ruston]] | |||
|platform = [[BBC Micro]] | |platform = [[BBC Micro]] | ||
|genre = Action | |genre = Action | ||
|release date = [[1983 (releases)|1983]] | |release date = [[1983 (releases)|1983]] | ||
}}{{title dab away}} | }} | ||
'''''Doctor Who: The First Adventure''''' | {{title dab away}} | ||
'''''Doctor Who: The First Adventure''''' was a [[1983 (releases)|1983]] action video game. Released for the [[BBC Micro]], it was the first officially licensed ''[[Doctor Who]]'' video game. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games: | The [[Fifth Doctor]] makes his way through four different stages, each a Who-themed variation of then-popular arcade games: ''[[Pac-Man]]'', {{wi|Frogger}}, ''[[Space Invaders]]'' and ''[[Battleship (game)|Battleship]]''. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
=== ''The Labyrinth of Death'' === | === ''The Labyrinth of Death'' === | ||
The Doctor has to escape from the [[Labyrinth of Death]], whose other inhabitants, the evil [[Weevils of Ourouborous Vl]], are anxious to make a meal of him. But the Doctor must collect the three segments of the [[Key to Time]]. And the proximity-worms are wriggling nearer and nearer... | The Doctor has to escape from the [[Labyrinth of Death]], whose other inhabitants, the evil [[Weevils of Ourouborous Vl]], are anxious to make a meal of him. But the Doctor must collect the three segments of the [[Key to Time]]. And the proximity-worms are wriggling nearer and nearer... | ||
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=== ''Terrordactyls'' === | === ''Terrordactyls'' === | ||
The Doctor has found the Invasion Plans, the [[Key to Power]], The [[Tree of Knowledge]], the [[Elixir of Life]] and the winner of the next [[Grand National]], but he must get back to [[the TARDIS]]. In the way is the Great Space-Time Void, domain of the deadly [[Terrordactyl]]s... | The Doctor has found the Invasion Plans, the [[Key to Power]], The [[Tree of Knowledge]], the [[Elixir of Life]] and the winner of the next [[Grand National]], but he must get back to [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. In the way is the Great Space-Time Void, domain of the deadly [[Terrordactyl]]s... | ||
=== ''The Box of Tantalus'' === | === ''The Box of Tantalus'' === | ||
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The First Adventure instructions cover.jpg|Instruction manual cover | The First Adventure instructions cover.jpg|Instruction manual cover | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== External links == | |||
* [https://bbcmicro.co.uk/jsbeeb/play.php?autoboot&disc=https://bbcmicro.co.uk/gameimg/discs/980/Disc055-DoctorWhoTheFirstAdventure.ssd&noseek Play The First Adventure] on BBC Micro games archive | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Fifth Doctor | [[Category:Fifth Doctor video games]] | ||
[[Category:1983 video games]] | [[Category:1983 video games]] | ||
[[Category:Video games with unique variations of the Doctor Who theme]] | [[Category:Video games with unique variations of the Doctor Who theme]] | ||