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|main character  = [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]]
|main character  = [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Third Doctor]], [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Fourth Doctor]]
|featuring      = [[Nardole]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]], {{Gomez}}, [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgod]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]]
|featuring      = [[Nardole]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]], [[Missy]], [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]], [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]], [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]]
|enemy          = [[Freya (The Dalek Invasion of Time)|Freya]], [[Zarbi Supremo]], [[Ogrons]], Giant flies, [[Cybermen]]
|setting        = {{il|[[England]], [[1940s]]|Mining town, [[1842]]|[[Wales]], [[2007]]|[[Barry Island]], [[1966]]|[[Flat Holm]], 1970s, 2010s}}
|writer          = {{il|[[George Mann]]|[[Gary Russell]]|[[Scott Handcock]]|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]|[[Mike Collins]]}}
|writer          = {{il|[[George Mann]]|[[Gary Russell]]|[[Scott Handcock]]|[[Jacqueline Rayner]]|[[Mike Collins]]}}
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|genre          = Match-three puzzle
|genre          = Match-three puzzle
|release date    = [[8 August (releases)|8 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|release date    = [[8 August (releases)|8 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|platform         = [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[PC]], [[Macintosh|Mac]]
|platform       = [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[PC]], [[Macintosh|Mac]]
|series          = [[Tiny Rebel Games|Tiny Rebel]] ''Doctor Who'' games
|series          = [[Tiny Rebel Games|Tiny Rebel]] ''Doctor Who'' games
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'''''Doctor Who Infinity''''' is an episodic match-three puzzle video game developed by [[Tiny Rebel Games]] and Seed Studio and published by Tiny Rebel Games following the success of its predecessor, ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]''. It was released for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[PC]], and [[Macintosh|Mac]]. The game was formatted in episodes and each episode was penned and directed by a different individual.
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'''''Doctor Who Infinity''''' was an episodic match-three puzzle video game developed by [[Tiny Rebel Games]] and Seed Studio and published by Tiny Rebel Games following the success of its predecessor, ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]''. It was released for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[PC]], and [[Macintosh|Mac]]. The game was formatted in episodes and each episode was penned and directed by a different individual.


Unlike ''Legacy'', voice acting formed part of the story and a variety of actors from the television series reprised their roles, including [[Michelle Gomez]] and [[Katy Manning]]. Additionally, ''Infinity'' was not free to play, costing $11.99 from Steam.
Unlike ''Legacy'', voice acting formed part of the story and a variety of actors from the television series reprised their roles, including [[Michelle Gomez]] and [[Katy Manning]]. Additionally, ''Infinity'' was not free to play.


''Infinity'' had a soft release with the first three stories in late 2018 and then had the full release with a further two stories in November 2019.
''Infinity'' had a soft release with the first three stories in late [[2018 (releases)|2018]] and then had the full release with a further two stories in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]].


== Publisher's summary ==
The game was closed down and removed from online stores on [[7 November (releases)|7 November]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]].
=== The Dalek Invasion of Time! ===
{{main|The Dalek Invasion of Time (video game)}}
A tragic event on the edge of the [[Time War]] has led to the unlikely creation of a dangerous new type of [[Dalek]] hybrid, after [[Freya (The Dalek Invasion of Time)|a gifted young child]] is forced to survive by hooking herself into a Dalek life-support system.


As the young girl tries to exact her revenge, the [[Twelfth Doctor]], {{Gomez}}, [[Bill Potts|Bill]] and [[Nardole]] find themselves in the midst of a full-scale assault on [[Earth]]'s timeline.
== Stories ==
 
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As the invasion spreads, and the Doctor is forced to turn to some of his closest allies for assistance, can they stop this new enemy? And must the Doctor do the unthinkable and ally with the Daleks to save Earth?
! # || Title || Author || Doctor || Featuring || Released
 
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=== The Orphans of the Polyoptra ===
|1 || ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Time (video game)|The Dalek Invasion of Time]]'' || [[George Mann]] || [[Twelfth Doctor|12th]] || [[Dalek]]s, [[Missy]], [[Bill Potts|Bill]], [[Nardole]] || rowspan=3|[[8 August (releases)|8 August]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
{{main|The Orphans of the Polyoptra (video game)}}
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The story, as told in flashback by [[Jo Jones]] to her nephew in the style of a classic [[Doctor Who]] 4-part story arc, begins at the height of [[World War II|World War 2]] as the [[Third Doctor]] and Jo Grant find themselves trapped in what appears to be a [[German]] [[bomb]]ing in a small [[mining]] town.
|2 || ''[[The Orphans of the Polyoptra (video game)|The Orphans of the Polyoptra]]'' || [[Gary Russell]] || [[Third Doctor|3rd]] || [[Jo Grant|Jo]], [[Zarbi Supremo|Zarbi]]
 
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Here they meet a young orphan girl and her strange companion, who are not at all what they appear to be, and who desperately need their help to travel back to [[1842]], to a time when the local children still faced the treacherous danger of daily work in the mines.
|3 || ''[[The Lady of the Lake (video game)|The Lady of the Lake]]'' || [[Scott Handcock]] || [[Tenth Doctor|10th]] || [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], [[Ogrons]]
 
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=== The Lady of the Lake ===
|4 || ''[[The Silent Streets of Barry Island (video game)|The Silent Streets of Barry Island]]'' || [[Jacqueline Rayner]] || [[Eleventh Doctor|11th]] || [[Amy Pond|Amy]], [[Rory Williams|Rory]], [[Sylvia Noble|Sylvia]] || rowspan=2|[[25 November (releases)| 25 November]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]]
{{main|The Lady of the Lake (video game)}}
|-
The [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] find themselves pulled into a thematic retelling of a legendary [[Welsh]] tale whilst visiting the Black Mountains of Wales.
|5 || ''[[The Horror of Flat Holm (video game)|The Horror of Flat Holm]]'' || [[Mike Collins]] || [[Fourth Doctor|4th]] || [[John Benton|Benton]], [[Mike Yates|Yates]], [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]]
 
|}
A dense [[fog]], as well as a full blown [[alien]] [[war]] have descended on a small village. Luckily the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler have just arrived on holiday.
 
As a piece of alien weaponry poses an existential threat to [[mankind]], the Doctor has to team up with a local poet as they try to unravel the mysteries of why a Lady has been seen walking over the surface of [[Llyn-y-Van Bach Lake]], and why all the animals nearby have been dying at midnight.
 
=== The Silent Streets of Barry Island ===
{{main|The Silent Streets of Barry Island (video game)}}
You've heard of the [[Summer of Love|summer of love]]? [[1967]]; [[San Francisco]]; turn on, tune in, drop out; kids with [[flower]]s in their [[hair]]? Well, Barry had its own summer of love a year earlier, in [[1966]]. Oh, I'm not talking [[flower power]] – it was still mods and rockers round here, [[suit]]s and [[scooter]]s or [[leather]] and [[brylcreem]]. But Barry's summer of love ended eventually, making way for – well, let’s call it the [[Autumn of Apathy]]. No [[music]], no [[light]]s, no [[queue]]s. Just silent streets. At least they were silent – until that night. The night [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]] arrived...
 
=== The Horror of Flat Holm ===
{{main|The Horror of Flat Holm (video game)}}
The peculiar nature of the sinking of the ''[[Glyndwr]]'' had [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] request the assistance of a troop led by [[John Benton|Sergeant Benton]] along with Captain [[Mike Yates]] and zoologist [[Charlie Guarneri]]. As luck would have it, the [[Fourth Doctor]] was available to join them in their investigation.
Years later, [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|U.N.I.T.]]'s base on [[Flat Holm]] has mysteriously ceased communication and a new U.N.I.T. mission led by [[Kate Stewart]], accompanied by [[Petronella Osgood]], is called to investigate. As it happens, Charlie Guarneri was a family friend -- Uncle Charlie, who she remembered as a young girl -- but she never found out what happened to him.
 
The decisions of the past will have repercussions in the present for Kate and Osgood, as the investigate the strange goings on at the military base on the [[island]].


== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
[[File:TRG Tips "Grid Locations" in Doctor Who Infinity|thumb|A demonstration of the game's mechanics.]]
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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Gary Russell]] wrote ''The Orphans of the Polyoptra'' as his final ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story.
* [[Gary Russell]] wrote ''The Orphans of the Polyoptra'' as his final ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story.
== Cover gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
The Dalek Invasion of Time.jpg|''[[The Dalek Invasion of Time (video game)|The Dalek Invasion of Time]]''
The Orphans of the Polyoptra.jpg|''[[The Orphans of the Polyoptra (video game)|The Orphans of the Polyoptra]]''
The Lady of the Lake.jpg|''[[The Lady of the Lake (video game)|The Lady of the Lake]]''
The Silent Streets of Barry Island.jpg|''[[The Silent Streets of Barry Island (video game)|The Silent Streets of Barry Island]]''
The Horror of Flat Holm.jpg|''[[The Horror of Flat Holm (video game)|The Horror of Flat Holm]]''
</gallery>


== External links ==
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Doctor Who Infinity was an episodic match-three puzzle video game developed by Tiny Rebel Games and Seed Studio and published by Tiny Rebel Games following the success of its predecessor, Doctor Who: Legacy. It was released for Android, iOS, PC, and Mac. The game was formatted in episodes and each episode was penned and directed by a different individual.

Unlike Legacy, voice acting formed part of the story and a variety of actors from the television series reprised their roles, including Michelle Gomez and Katy Manning. Additionally, Infinity was not free to play.

Infinity had a soft release with the first three stories in late 2018 and then had the full release with a further two stories in November 2019.

The game was closed down and removed from online stores on 7 November 2022.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Doctor Featuring Released
1 The Dalek Invasion of Time George Mann 12th Daleks, Missy, Bill, Nardole 8 August 2018
2 The Orphans of the Polyoptra Gary Russell 3rd Jo, Zarbi
3 The Lady of the Lake Scott Handcock 10th Rose, Ogrons
4 The Silent Streets of Barry Island Jacqueline Rayner 11th Amy, Rory, Sylvia 25 November 2019
5 The Horror of Flat Holm Mike Collins 4th Benton, Yates, Kate, Osgood

Gameplay[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

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