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|doctor = | |doctor = The Doctor | ||
|enemy = [[The Warlord]] | |enemy = [[The Warlord]] | ||
|companions = [[Human (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Human]] | |companions = [[Human (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Human]] | ||
|featuring = [[Kilroy (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Kilroy]] | |||
|setting = [[Quantain]], [[2743]]<br/>[[Paris]], [[1814]] | |setting = [[Quantain]], [[2743]]<br/>[[Paris]], [[1814]] | ||
|image = Doctor Who and the Warlord.jpg | |image = Doctor Who and the Warlord.jpg | ||
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|release date = [[1985 (releases)|1985]] | |release date = [[1985 (releases)|1985]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Doctor Who and the Warlord''''' was a [[1985 (releases)|1985]] text-based video game. It was released for the [[BBC Micro]]. A {{w|ZX Spectrum}} version of the game was planned but not released. | '''''Doctor Who and the Warlord''''' was a [[1985 (releases)|1985]] text-based video game. It was released for the [[BBC Micro]]. A {{w|ZX Spectrum}} version of the game was planned but not released. The story featured the Doctor and [[Human (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|his companion]] (the player) attempting to thwart the plans of a renegade [[Time Lord]] known as [[the Warlord]]. | ||
In 1988, the game was expanded and rereleased as ''The Warlord'', | In 1988, the game was expanded and rereleased as ''The Warlord'' but was "de-branded," stripping away all references to BBC-owned concepts such as [[the Doctor]] (replaced by Tim Trevy1) and [[the TARDIS]] (replaced by the Cubix). This wiki chooses to only cover the original 1985 release, as it alone was intended to be set inside the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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The year is 2743. You arrive with the Doctor on the planet Quantain, where a century-long war is just coming to a close. You emerge from the Tardis to find deep mist all around. | The year is 2743. You arrive with the Doctor on the planet Quantain, where a century-long war is just coming to a close. You emerge from the Tardis to find deep mist all around. | ||
Travelling north, you stumble into one of the last battles of the long war. The Doctor, however, seems convinced that King Varangar, (an old friend of his) is in some deadly danger, and presses on. In the confusion of the battle you are separated from the Doctor, and caught up in a skirmish. | Travelling north, you stumble into one of the last battles of the long war. The Doctor, however, seems convinced that King [[Varangar]], (an old friend of his) is in some deadly danger, and presses on. In the confusion of the battle you are separated from the Doctor, and caught up in a skirmish. | ||
Something hits you on the back of the head. The last thing you remember as you sink to the ground is cries of "Varangar! Varangar!" answered by "The Warlord! The Warlord!" | Something hits you on the back of the head. The last thing you remember as you sink to the ground is cries of "Varangar! Varangar!" answered by "The Warlord! The Warlord!" | ||
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=== Side B === | === Side B === | ||
==== Opening text ==== | |||
"Long ago," the Doctor tells you, "[[the Warlord]] was a [[Time Lord]] studying warfare in the search for a means to stop it. But his motives were subverted, and he became hooked on war. For some centuries now he has been bending his considerable effort to wandering round in history and committing the greatest [[Time Crime]] - changing events to keep various conflicts going. | |||
"On [[Sirius 5|Sirius V]] he did it by giving the [[Sirius V cave people|cave people]] fire. On [[Fomalhaut VII]] it was the [[internal combustion engine]]. I suspect he may have been behind the destruction of the [[Notrethan]] race..." | |||
The Doctor busies himself with the Tardis controls. "And now Napoleon Bonaparte," he murmurs. | |||
==== Campaign ==== | |||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
=== Part A === | |||
* [[The Doctor]] | * [[The Doctor]] | ||
* [[Human (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Human]] | * [[Human (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Human]] | ||
* King [[Varangar]] | * King [[Varangar]] | ||
=== Part B === | |||
* [[The Doctor]] | |||
* [[Human (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Human]] | |||
* [[The Warlord]] | * [[The Warlord]] | ||
* [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] | * [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] | ||
* [[Kilroy (Doctor Who and the Warlord)|Kilroy]] | |||
== Credits == | == Credits == | ||
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* This video game was the second title to be released by the BBC. The first was ''[[Doctor Who: The First Adventure]]''.<ref name="the80s">Howe, David J., Stammers, Mark, Walker, Stephen James, 1997, ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'', Doctor Who Books, an imprint of [[Virgin Books]], London, p.166</ref> | * This video game was the second title to be released by the BBC. The first was ''[[Doctor Who: The First Adventure]]''.<ref name="the80s">Howe, David J., Stammers, Mark, Walker, Stephen James, 1997, ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighties]]'', Doctor Who Books, an imprint of [[Virgin Books]], London, p.166</ref> | ||
* There were several puzzles to complete with two hundred fifty different locations in each part.<ref name="the80s" /> | * There were several puzzles to complete with two hundred fifty different locations in each part.<ref name="the80s" /> | ||
== External links == | |||
* [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2077 ''Doctor Who and the Warlord'' (1985)] at the [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php BBC Micro Games Archive] | |||
* [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2254 ''The Warlord'' (1988)] at the [http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php BBC Micro Games Archive] | |||
* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/sinclair/948259-doctor-who-and-the-warlords/faqs/74594 A guide to the 1985 release] at [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ GameSpot.com] | |||
* [https://www.speedrun.com/dwatwl?h=Any&x=wdmxm1ok ''Doctor Who and the Warlord''] at [https://www.speedrun.com/ Speedrun.com] | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == |