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|name              = ''Worlds Apart''
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|publisher          = Reality+
|publisher          = Reality+
|format            = Online trading cards game
|format            = Online trading cards game
|trailer            = Doctor Who- Worlds Apart - Collect, Battle, Trade.
|bts                = Doctor Who- Worlds Apart - What's new? - Tutorial Update
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|release date      = December 2021
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed digital trading card game made by [[Reality+]].<ref name="DWTV">[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=worlds-apart-pc-mobile-trading-card-game Original Announcement]</ref> It tied in with the ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed digital trading card game made by [[Reality+]].<ref name="DWTV">[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=worlds-apart-pc-mobile-trading-card-game Original Announcement]</ref> It tied in with the ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]'' and focused on a highly variable narrative of various beings and entities doing battle with one another as they follow [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through time, passing through four distinct "worlds".  


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
''to be added''
As [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]es moves in six stops through the [[Timeline]], which is depicted by the gameboard, various beings and forces clash around it, in two clusters controlled by the two players. The players are attempting to accumulate "power", represented by the score-points gained by appropriating each other's character, species or item cards, and their Worlds. Each player starts off with a customisable deck of twelve cards, and three active cards in your hand. When picking twelve cards for their deck, each player also needs to choose a World (areas which can be anything from an era of Earth's history to a specific ship). At the start of the game, both Players’ Worlds are played to the timeline along with two other randomised Worlds.
 
Each player can draw another card at the start of every turn, but the maximum number of cards in a hand is seven, such as an attempt to add an eighth to the active hand will result in that card being lost. More than one card can be played to the board per turn, but playing each card "costs" [[artron energy|Artron]] points; noth players receive +1 Artron each turn, so as the game goes on, they can play more cards or higher-cost cards. Cards are played by being slotted into one of the hexagons; they are played at the same time as the opponent and are initially invisible to them, before they are revealed the Power points are awarded to the winner of the round, adding up to four middle rounds depicting stops at specific worlds, while the starting and ending turns depict the TARDIS floating in space.
 
When the TARDIS rematerialises on a World, it becomes part of the Present, its ability is activated, and a World Clash takes place, which means that Power from all cards in the Present is totalled up for each player, and whoever has more wins the World and wields its Power.
 
The game ends after six rounds, with the player with the highest Power score being the winner.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
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* [[21st Century Cyber-Planner]]
* [[Dalek Ambassador]]
* [[Ashad]]
* [[Avkhan]]
* [[Telosian Controller]]
* [[Cyberium]]
* [[The Cyberwoman]]/[[Lisa Hallett]]
* [[Davros]]
* [[The Doctor]]
** [[Second Doctor]]
** [[Third Doctor]]
** [[Seventh Doctor]]
** [[Tenth Doctor]]
** [[Eleventh Doctor]]
** [[Thirteenth Doctor]]
* [[Emperor of the Restoration]]
* [[Racnoss Empress (The Runaway Bride)|Racnoss Empress]]
* [[The Entity (The Archive of Islos)|The Entity]]
* [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Fading Human (Worlds Apart)|Fading Human]]
* [[Human touched by the Kotturuh (Worlds Apart)|Human touched by the Kotturuh]]
* [[Ikalla]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[The Wooden King]]
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
* [[Donna Noble]]
* [[Amy Pond]]
* [[The Wooden Queen]]
* [[Ko Sharmus]]
* [[River Song]]
* [[Rose Tyler]]


== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* The [[Pirate Sea Devil]]s are a faction of time- and space-travelling [[Sea Devil]]s.
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* The [[Renegade Dalek]]s are described as a "[[cult]]" based on [[Skaro]].
* [[Davros]] is dubbed [[Davros the Betrayer]].
 


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
=== Release history ===
=== Release history ===
==== 2020 version ====
Limited edition packs with five cards began being distributed in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], which, once sold out, were not available for purchase again. As with physical card games, cards come in a variety of rarities and will feature a variety of creatures and characters from the history of the series. Distinct from most games, the developers decided to distinguish between the cosmetic aspects of the item, a card frame, and the actual card itself, and these things are customisable and sold separately.<ref>[https://andyhauser.medium.com/card-frames-explained-doctor-who-worlds-apart-spotlight-f0b5ea2a05a8 Card Frames]</ref> In order to ensure that there were no disputes over who owned what game pieces, Reality Gaming Group decided to implement blockchain technology for use in this game.<ref name="DWTV"></ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20220521231557/https://www.toynews-online.biz/2020/08/14/doctor-who-worlds-apart-takes-bbc-studios-into-blockchain-gaming-with-digital-trading-card-game/ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart takes BBC Studios into Blockchain Gaming with digital trading card game]</ref>
Limited edition packs with five cards began being distributed in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]], which, once sold out, were not available for purchase again. As with physical card games, cards come in a variety of rarities and will feature a variety of creatures and characters from the history of the series. Distinct from most games, the developers decided to distinguish between the cosmetic aspects of the item, a card frame, and the actual card itself, and these things are customisable and sold separately.<ref>[https://andyhauser.medium.com/card-frames-explained-doctor-who-worlds-apart-spotlight-f0b5ea2a05a8 Card Frames]</ref> In order to ensure that there were no disputes over who owned what game pieces, Reality Gaming Group decided to implement blockchain technology for use in this game.<ref name="DWTV"></ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20220521231557/https://www.toynews-online.biz/2020/08/14/doctor-who-worlds-apart-takes-bbc-studios-into-blockchain-gaming-with-digital-trading-card-game/ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart takes BBC Studios into Blockchain Gaming with digital trading card game]</ref>


After the October wave of releases, players were able to acquire more cards in sets.<ref name="giz">[http://web.archive.org/web/20200907175626/https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/08/doctor-who-worlds-apart/ The BBC's Making a Blockchain-Based Trading Game for Doctor Who]</ref> The game went into early access alpha in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]<ref>[https://dappradar.com/blog/doctor-who-card-game-launches-early-access-alpha Alpha]</ref> and open beta in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/TrilbeeReviews/status/1585303908934594563 Open Beta]</ref> Further updates were unveiled in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]<ref>[https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/the-latest-updates-have-arrived-build-decks-complete-quests-and-upgrade-cards/ ''The Latest Updates Have Arrived'' on the official ''Doctor WHol: Worlds Apart'' website]</ref> and [[February (releases)|February]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/DoctorWhoWA/status/1755170178843701695 ''Doctor Who: Worlds Apart'' on Twitter]</ref> The latter announcement was also accompanied by the release of a [[mini-episode]] which used the real-world game interface as a depiction of [[UNIT]]'s [[visual interface]] database, allowing characters to discuss the updates in an in-universe context. The narrative continued to tie in heavily with the ''Time Lord Victorious'' multi-media event, even though it had otherwise concluded over a year prior.
After the October wave of releases, players were able to acquire more cards in sets.<ref name="giz">[http://web.archive.org/web/20200907175626/https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/08/doctor-who-worlds-apart/ The BBC's Making a Blockchain-Based Trading Game for Doctor Who]</ref> The game went into early access alpha in [[December (releases)|December]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]<ref>[https://dappradar.com/blog/doctor-who-card-game-launches-early-access-alpha Alpha]</ref> and open beta in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/TrilbeeReviews/status/1585303908934594563 Open Beta]</ref>  
{| class="wikitable"
|+Version numbering
!Version No.
!Release Date
!Details of Release
!Other Notes
|-
|0.11.0
|19 April 2023
|
|
|-
|0.10.0
|22 February 2023
|
|
|-
|0.9.0
|''unknown''
|
|
|-
|0.8.1
|28 October 2022
|
|
|-
|0.8.0
|26 October 2022
|
|
|-
|0.7.1
|4 October 2022
|
|'Hotfix'
|-
|0.7.0
|4 October 2022
|
|
|-
|0.6
|''around May 2022''
|
|
|-
|0.5
|''unknown''
|
|
|}
 
==== 2023 VERSION ====
A new version was unveiled in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]],<ref>[https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/the-latest-updates-have-arrived-build-decks-complete-quests-and-upgrade-cards/ ''The Latest Updates Have Arrived'' on the official ''Doctor WHol: Worlds Apart'' website]</ref> with extra-long blurbs for a number of characters and elements being previewed in the ''[[60th Anniversary Countdown (feature)|60th Anniversary Countdown]]'' released on the official Discord server, and later in [[February (releases)|February]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/DoctorWhoWA/status/1755170178843701695 ''Doctor Who: Worlds Apart'' on Twitter]</ref> The latter announcement was also accompanied by the release of a [[mini-episode]] which used the real-world game interface as a depiction of [[UNIT]]'s [[visual interface]] database, allowing characters to discuss the updates in an in-universe context. The narrative continued to tie in heavily with the ''Time Lord Victorious'' multi-media event, even though it had otherwise concluded over a year prior.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Version numbering for 2023 version
!Version No.
!Release Date
!Details of Release
!Other Notes
|-
|0.13.1
|5 November 2024
|
|For mobile, this was released as a Closed Beta - limited to 1000 people on iOS and 1000 people on Android.
|-
|0.12.0
|16 September 2024
|
|
|-
|0.11.0
|''unknown date''
|
|
|-
|0.10.0
|14 August 2024
|
|
|-
|0.9.3
|16 July 2024 (or 18 July 2024?)
|
|
|-
|0.9.2
|10 June 2024
|
|
|-
|0.9
|29 May 2024
|
|
|-
|0.8.0
|22 March 2024
|
|
|-
|0.7.0
|''unknown date''
|
|
|-
|0.6.0
|''sometime before 26 December 2023''
|
|
|-
|0.5.0
|''unknown date''
|
|
|-
|0.4.0
|''unknown date''
|
|
|-
|0.3.0
|''sometime around 28 August 2023''
|
|
|}
 
=== Seasons ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons within the released game/2023 game
!Season No.
!Season Name
!Season Duration
!Other Notes
|-
|1
|Season Alpha: Time Squad
|From "release of 0.9" until midnight BST on 17 July 2024.<ref>https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/time-squad</ref>
|
|-
|2
|Season Bravo: Skaldak's Revenge
|18 July 2024 to 1 September 2024<ref>https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/season-bravo-launch</ref>
|
|-
|3
| rowspan="2" |Season Charlie: The Moment
|4 September to 2 October 2024<ref>https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/season-charlie</ref>
|May have been extended?
May have also actually started on 5 or 6 September?
|-
|4
|?? to 31 January 2025.
|Rerun of Season Charlie for unknown reasons.
|}


=== Other matters ===
=== Other matters ===
* A small controversy developed over the game using art for the game developed by another artist without originally crediting or paying them for this work.<ref>[https://twitter.com/DrWhoMoment/status/1567281803379212288 Art Usage]</ref>
* A small controversy developed over the game using art for the game developed by another artist without originally crediting or paying them for this work,<ref>[https://twitter.com/DrWhoMoment/status/1567281803379212288 Art Usage]</ref> specifically the [[Imperial Dalek]] art being based on a render by fan artist Daniel Connor.<ref>https://x.com/DoctorWhoWA/status/1564684828288684035</ref>
* Gizmodo UK noted for their users that while the security of blockchain is often touted as a strength, it's still possible to steal items placed on the blockchain.<ref name="giz"></ref>
* The game used {{w|blockchain}} technology. In an interview on the matter, Reality Games co-founder [[Tony Pearce (CEO)|Tony Pearce]] explained, "We've built our own blockchains. It's a side chain. It's a fork off the Ethereum main blockchain. Whenever you buy a Doctor Who card, it's minted on a side chain as we have. So, there's no gas feeds. That's another issue. We will come onto that. It doesn't cost you anything to mint, and it's less energy than a visa card transaction."<ref name="LogoGeek">[https://logogeek.uk/podcast/introduction-to-nfts An Introduction to NFTs]</ref>
** Due to the general public displaying significant pushback against blockchains, ''Worlds Apart'' intentionally downplayed its use of the technology. While discussing the blockchain, Pearce further explained that "it was a very conscious decision to make this mass market. We don't even mention NFTs or blockchain on the Doctor Who website, unless you dig into the FAQs and want to know about the tech... You can buy those cards from us in the following way: [PayPal, credit cards, crypto, and] we have our own loyalty token called Pandaks... Now, because they're NFTs, you need a wallet... When you sign up to ''Doctor Who: Worlds Apart'', when you put your email and username in, your password, that's all we ask for. We actually create you an Ethereum wallet without you even knowing. So, your account, when you go into account where your cards are after you bought them, that's actually in a real wallet with a 26 digit number. But, you don't need to know that."<ref name="LogoGeek"></ref>
** Gizmodo UK noted for their users that while the security of blockchain is often touted as a strength, it's still possible to steal items placed on the blockchain.<ref name="giz"></ref>
* One [[2021 (releases)|2021]] post on the official Twitter account claimed that "Some accounts state that the '[[Emperor of the Restoration]]', who led the Daleks after the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War|Civil War]], is actually the [[Dalek Prime]]. Before it [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|led the Daleks]] in the [[Time War]], it created the [[Dalek Time Squad]]".<ref>{{cite web
* One [[2021 (releases)|2021]] post on the official Twitter account claimed that "Some accounts state that the '[[Emperor of the Restoration]]', who led the Daleks after the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War|Civil War]], is actually the [[Dalek Prime]]. Before it [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|led the Daleks]] in the [[Time War]], it created the [[Dalek Time Squad]]".<ref>{{cite web
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|archivedate= 8 February 2024
}}</ref> This information is not reflected within the narrative of ''Worlds Apart'' and indeed does not match other ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]'' material, which consistently portrayed the Emperor of the Restoration as a distinct Emperor who had appropriated the image of his predecessor, rather than being the same individual. The phrase "Some accounts state…" echoes a common writing quirk of [[Tardis:About|our own Wiki]], suggesting the aberrant Twitter post may have originated as a misreading of our own Wiki's coverage of these characters.
}}</ref> This information is not reflected within the narrative of ''Worlds Apart'' and indeed does not match other ''[[Time Lord Victorious (series)|Time Lord Victorious]]'' material, which consistently portrayed the Emperor of the Restoration as a distinct Emperor who had appropriated the image of his predecessor, rather than being the same individual. The phrase "Some accounts state…" echoes a common writing quirk of [[Tardis:About|our own Wiki]], suggesting the aberrant Twitter post may have originated as a misreading of our own Wiki's coverage of these characters.
* Whether the two players are meant to embody two specific characters, or simply to act out a mass of conflicts between the entities depicted in the cards they play, is somewhat unclear. Posts directed at players within the official ''Worlds Apart'' Discord server ran the gamut of calling the community "Time Lords", "Companions", "Time Lords & companions", or simply "time-travellers", in a light-hearted fashion which may not necessarily reflect the game's intended narrative.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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* The [[Renegade Dalek]]s, as first seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}, are explicitly described as having been loyal to "the [[Dalek Prime]] instead of [[Davros]]", as per [[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}.
* The [[Androzani tree]]s from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}} are featured, with a card depicting their migration.
* The living trees from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}} are featured, identified as "[[the Arboreal Migration]]".
* The "Doctor's Rebels" card depicts the guards "deprogrammed" by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] from the [[Monk (species)|Monk]]s' hypnotism in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}}.
* The "Doctor's Rebels" card, representing the general concept of people inspired to fight for justice by [[the Doctor]]'s actions, is illustrated with artwork of the guards "deprogrammed" by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] from the [[Monk (species)|Monk]]s' hypnotism in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Lie of the Land (TV story)}}.
* The [[Mondasian Cybermen]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|World Enough and Time (TV story)}}/{{cs|The Doctor Falls (TV story)}} are dubbed [[Exodus Cyberman|Exodus Cybermen]], echoing the "[[Operation Exodus]]" of the televised two-parter, a name which would recur in [[WC]]: {{cs|Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)}}.
* The [[Mondas]]ian [[colony ship (World Enough and Time)|colony ship]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|World Enough and Time (TV story)}}/{{cs|The Doctor Falls (TV story)}} is reframed as part of a wider "[[mass exodus from Mondas]]" on the part of the early [[Mondasian Cyberman|Mondasian Cybermen]], comprising a number of "colossal spaceships or arks". Cybermen born on these arks are dubbed [[Exodus Cyberman|Exodus Cybermen]], echoing the "[[Operation Exodus]]" of the televised two-parter, a name which would recur in [[WC]]: {{cs|Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)}}.
* [[Ko Sharmus]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)}}/{{cs|The Timeless Children (TV story)}} is featured.
* The [[Mondasian Cyberman|Mondasian Cybermen]] as depicted in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tenth Planet (TV story)}} get a card.
* The [[Pigmen Hybrids]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)}}/{{cs|Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)}} are featured.
* The [[Racnoss Empress]] is featured, as seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Runaway Bride (TV story)}}.
* The [[Telosian Controller]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)}} is featured.
* The [[Silurian Paralyser]] card depicts a [[Silurian]] of the classic design first seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)}}.
* The "This Is A Peace Mission!" card depicts the [[Dalek Time Squad]] claiming to be on a peace mission, as occurred in [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)}}, although the [[Emperor of the Restoration]] was not present for that event.
* The [[Cardiff Rift]], first seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}, is featured.
* [[River Song]]'s character art depicts her battling [[Silent]]s as she did in [[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}.
* The [[Cyber Module]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Invasion (TV story)}} is featured, referred to as "the [[21st Century Cyber-Planner]]". It had first been referenced as a [[Cyber-Planner]] in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Iceberg (novel)}}.
* The [[British Army]] squad from [[TV]]: {{cs|Resolution (TV story)}} is featured.
* The [[Archive of Islos]] from [[WC]]: {{cs|The Archive of Islos (webcast)}} is featured.
* [[Avkhan, Seeker of Knowledge]], the [[Kotturuh]] antagonist of [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Minds of Magnox (audio story)}}, is featured.
* [[Rose Tyler]] seeing the huge [[Bad Wolf meme]] graffiti in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}} is used to illustrate the concept of a [[Bootstrap Paradox]].  
* [[Ikalla]], the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s [[vampire]] [[companion]] from [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Tales of the Dark Times (comic story)}} and [[PROSE]]: {{cs|All Flesh is Grass (novel)}}, is depicted.
 
== Card list ==
Card list per the ''Doctor Who: Worlds Apart'' Marketplace<ref>[https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/marketplace Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Marketplace]</ref>
<div style="column-count:4">
* 10th Doctor
* 21st Century Cyber-Planner
* Akhaten
* Amy Pond, the Girl who Waited
* Angel Statue
* Ankylosaurus Pack
* Archive Site Scientist
* Archive Site Technician
* Archivians
* Army Assault Squad
* Ashad
* Ashad, the Lone Cyberman
* Avkhan
* Bat Swarm
* The Beast, the Deathless Prince
* Benevolent Monk
* Bill Potts, the Abandoned
* The Black Archive
* Blood Captive
* Blood Scavenger
* Blood Transfusion
* Boat One
* Boost the Engines
* Bootstrap Paradox
* Brain-rack
* Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
* Bringers of Death
* Bronze Dalek
* CANCEL THE DETONATION
* Captain Jack Harkness, The Immortal
* Captain jack Harkness, Jailbreaker
* Captured Hond
* Cast Through Time
* Chameleon Arch
* Chameleon Field
* Chula Nanogenes
* Clara Oswald, the Impossible Girl
* Coffin Ship
* Corruption
* Crimson Horror
* Cryo Chamer
* Crystal Moth
* Cucurbite
* The Curator
* Curious Paleontologist
* Cyber-Bill Pots
* Cyber-Controller
* Cyber-conversion
* Cyber-Leader
* Cyber-Lord
* Cyber-Warrior
* Cyberguard
* Cyberiad
* CyberKing
* Cybermat
* Cybermite
* The Dalek Asylum
* Dalek Beam Projector
* Dalek Caan
* Dalek Defence Drone
* Dalek Drone
* Dalek Executioner
* Dalek Gunstick
* Dalek Invasion Force
* Dalek Jast
* Dalek Prime
* Dalek Prime Strategist
* Dalek Progenitor Device
* Dalek Sec
* Dalek Thay
* Dalek Time Scientist
* Dalek Time Squad
* Dalek-Controlled Yaz
* Dark Times
* The Dauntless Prison
* Davros, Creater of the Daleks
* Devolving Hond
* Disarm
* DNA Bomb Implant
* Doctor's Intuition
* The Doctor's Right Hand
* Drain Power
* Drogann
* The Drums of War
* Earth, 65,000,000 BC
* Eaten by Shadows
* Eighth Doctor, John Doe
* Eldane, Tribe Leader
* Eleventh Doctor, Madman with a Box
* Eleventh's Fez
* Elite Hond
* Emperor of Restoration
* Energy Surge
* The Entity
* Experienced Dinosaur Tamer
* Experienced War Lord
* Face the Raven
* Fading Human
* Fake News Central
* Fifth Doctor, the Supremo
* First Doctor, the Original One
* First Encounter
* Flamethrower
* The Foretold
* Fourth Doctor, The Wanderer
* Friar Grystok
* Friday, Protector of the Queen
* The Fugitive Doctor
* Gallifrey Falls No More
* Gallifreyan Bowship
* The Genesis Ark
* Geronimooo!
* The Ghost, Superhero
* Gift from Beyond
* Grand Marshal's Guard
* Grand Marshall Skaldak
* Great Vampire
* Greater Pyrovile
* Hand of the Doctor
* Hand of Omega
* Healing Bandage
* Healing Bandages
* Healing Beam
* Healing Nanogenes
* Hibernating Ice Warrior
* Hond Swarm
* Hugo
* Hungry Earth
* Ice Lord
* Ice Queen
* Ice Warrior Abbot
* Ice Warrior Armour
* Ice Warrior Grunt
* Ice Warrior Ship
* Ikalla
* Insane Dalek
* Inyit
* Jabe, Tree of Cheem
* Jack Robertson, Drone Dealer
* Jenny, The Doctor's Daughter
* Judgement Stone
* Judoon Captain
* Judoon Grunt
* K9 Mark I
* K9 Mark III
* Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Head of Science
* Knock Knock
* Kotturuh Appraiser
* Kotturuh Magistrate
* Lady Cassandra O'Brien, The Last Human
* Laser Scalpel
* Lesser Pyrovile
* Liz Shaw, UNIT Scientist
* London Trap Street
* Loyal Scholastor
* Machine That Goes Ding!
* Mad Sisters
* Madam Vastra, the Great Detective
* Malohkeh, the Dissector
* Martha Jones, Greyhound Six
* Martian Sleeping Fever
* Master Missy
* The Master, Harold Saxon
* The Master, Missy
* The Master, O
* The Matrix of Time
* Me, Mayor of Trap Street
* Mind Control Spectacles
* Minor Time Rift
* Mire Repair Kit
* The Moment
* Mondas, Genesis of the Cybermen
* Mondasian Cyberman
* Monk Statue
* Mordeela
* Mr Clever, Cyberplanner
* The Name of the Doctor
* The Nethersphere
* Nukeball
* Ood
* Ood Brain
* The Parliament of the Daleks
* Perception Filter
* Petronella Osgood, Fan of the Doctor
* Polar Resonance
* Possessed Ood
* Power Depletion
* Primordial Ooze
* Prisoner Zero
* Prisoner Zero, Refugee of the Atraxi
* Psych Patient
* Psychic Paper
* Psychic Pollen
* Pterodactyl
* Pterodactyl
* Pyrovile Soldier
* Raston Warrior Robot
* Raxacoricofallapatorian
* Raxacoricofallapatorian Goon
* Read the Veritas
* Reckless Scout
* Reconnaissance Scout Dalek Mutant
* Red Death
* Regeneration Energy
* Repair Shop
* Restac, Military Commander
* Reverse the Polarity
* River Song's Diary
* River Song's Diary
* River Song, the Doctor's Wife
* Rogue Dalek
* Romana I, the Doctor's Assistant
* Rory Williams, the Nurse
* Rusty, the Faulty Dalek
* Scorchie Ray Gun
* Scrolls of Rassilon
* Second Doctor, Scarecrow
* Silent Infiltrator
* Silent Passenger
* Silurian Ark
* Silurian Ark
* Silurian Astronomer
* Silurian Cave System
* Silurian Cave System
* Silurian Researcher
* Silurian Sentinels
* Silurian Sentinels
* Silurian Summoning Device
* Silurian Transport Disc
* Skaro, Dalek City
* Skimmer
* Sky Trench
* Sky Trenches of Arcadia
* Solar Flare
* Sonic Screwdriver
* Sonic Stake
* Sontaran Soldier
* Special Weapons Dalek
* Strax, The Nurse
* Susan Foreman, the Doctor's Granddaughter
* T-Rex
* Telos, Tomb of the Cybermen
* Tenth Doctor, Sandshoes
* Third Doctor, John Smith
* Thirteenth Doctor, Doc
* Thirteenth Doctor, The Imprisoned
* Time Distortion
* Time Fissure
* Time Fracture
* Time Lord Victorious
* Time Vortex
* Time War
* Torajii
* Torajii Infection
* Toxic Fumigation
* Transister Radio
* Trenzalore, the Doctor's Tomb
* Triceratops
* Truth Field
* Truth or Consequences
* Twelfth Doctor, Doctor Mysterio
* Tzim-Sha, The Broken
* Tzim-Sha, the Conqueror
* UNIT Headquarters
* UNIT Physician
* Unit Scientist
* UNIT Sergeant
* UNIT Technician
* Unstable Energies
* The Untempered Schism
* Vampire Rose
* Vampiric Guard
* Vashta Nerada Swarm
* Vortex Manipulator
* Vortisaur
* The War Doctor
* War Games
* Wilfred Mott
* Wilfred Mott, Amateur Astronomer
* Winter Quay
* Wooden Cyberman
* Wounded Krafayis
* Zygon Morpher
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== External links ==
== External links ==

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Worlds Apart was a Doctor Who-themed digital trading card game made by Reality+.[1] It tied in with the Time Lord Victorious and focused on a highly variable narrative of various beings and entities doing battle with one another as they follow the Doctor's TARDIS through time, passing through four distinct "worlds".

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

THE WHONIVERSE IS IN YOUR HANDS!

Hop aboard! You’ve arrived just in time for an action-packed TARDIS ride through the past, the present and the future.

It’s ever so quick and easy to get the hang of things! Build your own deck of Whovian favourites, outsmart your opponent to win World Clashes and who knows, maybe you’ll succeed in your quest for cosmic glory!

Now, let’s get going…

Gameplay[[edit] | [edit source]]

As the Doctor's TARDISes moves in six stops through the Timeline, which is depicted by the gameboard, various beings and forces clash around it, in two clusters controlled by the two players. The players are attempting to accumulate "power", represented by the score-points gained by appropriating each other's character, species or item cards, and their Worlds. Each player starts off with a customisable deck of twelve cards, and three active cards in your hand. When picking twelve cards for their deck, each player also needs to choose a World (areas which can be anything from an era of Earth's history to a specific ship). At the start of the game, both Players’ Worlds are played to the timeline along with two other randomised Worlds.

Each player can draw another card at the start of every turn, but the maximum number of cards in a hand is seven, such as an attempt to add an eighth to the active hand will result in that card being lost. More than one card can be played to the board per turn, but playing each card "costs" Artron points; noth players receive +1 Artron each turn, so as the game goes on, they can play more cards or higher-cost cards. Cards are played by being slotted into one of the hexagons; they are played at the same time as the opponent and are initially invisible to them, before they are revealed the Power points are awarded to the winner of the round, adding up to four middle rounds depicting stops at specific worlds, while the starting and ending turns depict the TARDIS floating in space.

When the TARDIS rematerialises on a World, it becomes part of the Present, its ability is activated, and a World Clash takes place, which means that Power from all cards in the Present is totalled up for each player, and whoever has more wins the World and wields its Power.

The game ends after six rounds, with the player with the highest Power score being the winner.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Release history[[edit] | [edit source]]

2020 version[[edit] | [edit source]]

Limited edition packs with five cards began being distributed in October 2020, which, once sold out, were not available for purchase again. As with physical card games, cards come in a variety of rarities and will feature a variety of creatures and characters from the history of the series. Distinct from most games, the developers decided to distinguish between the cosmetic aspects of the item, a card frame, and the actual card itself, and these things are customisable and sold separately.[2] In order to ensure that there were no disputes over who owned what game pieces, Reality Gaming Group decided to implement blockchain technology for use in this game.[1][3]

After the October wave of releases, players were able to acquire more cards in sets.[4] The game went into early access alpha in December 2021[5] and open beta in October 2022.[6]

Version numbering
Version No. Release Date Details of Release Other Notes
0.11.0 19 April 2023
0.10.0 22 February 2023
0.9.0 unknown
0.8.1 28 October 2022
0.8.0 26 October 2022
0.7.1 4 October 2022 'Hotfix'
0.7.0 4 October 2022
0.6 around May 2022
0.5 unknown

2023 VERSION[[edit] | [edit source]]

A new version was unveiled in October 2023,[7] with extra-long blurbs for a number of characters and elements being previewed in the 60th Anniversary Countdown released on the official Discord server, and later in February 2024.[8] The latter announcement was also accompanied by the release of a mini-episode which used the real-world game interface as a depiction of UNIT's visual interface database, allowing characters to discuss the updates in an in-universe context. The narrative continued to tie in heavily with the Time Lord Victorious multi-media event, even though it had otherwise concluded over a year prior.

Version numbering for 2023 version
Version No. Release Date Details of Release Other Notes
0.13.1 5 November 2024 For mobile, this was released as a Closed Beta - limited to 1000 people on iOS and 1000 people on Android.
0.12.0 16 September 2024
0.11.0 unknown date
0.10.0 14 August 2024
0.9.3 16 July 2024 (or 18 July 2024?)
0.9.2 10 June 2024
0.9 29 May 2024
0.8.0 22 March 2024
0.7.0 unknown date
0.6.0 sometime before 26 December 2023
0.5.0 unknown date
0.4.0 unknown date
0.3.0 sometime around 28 August 2023

Seasons[[edit] | [edit source]]

Seasons within the released game/2023 game
Season No. Season Name Season Duration Other Notes
1 Season Alpha: Time Squad From "release of 0.9" until midnight BST on 17 July 2024.[9]
2 Season Bravo: Skaldak's Revenge 18 July 2024 to 1 September 2024[10]
3 Season Charlie: The Moment 4 September to 2 October 2024[11] May have been extended?

May have also actually started on 5 or 6 September?

4 ?? to 31 January 2025. Rerun of Season Charlie for unknown reasons.

Other matters[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • A small controversy developed over the game using art for the game developed by another artist without originally crediting or paying them for this work,[12] specifically the Imperial Dalek art being based on a render by fan artist Daniel Connor.[13]
  • The game used blockchain technology. In an interview on the matter, Reality Games co-founder Tony Pearce explained, "We've built our own blockchains. It's a side chain. It's a fork off the Ethereum main blockchain. Whenever you buy a Doctor Who card, it's minted on a side chain as we have. So, there's no gas feeds. That's another issue. We will come onto that. It doesn't cost you anything to mint, and it's less energy than a visa card transaction."[14]
    • Due to the general public displaying significant pushback against blockchains, Worlds Apart intentionally downplayed its use of the technology. While discussing the blockchain, Pearce further explained that "it was a very conscious decision to make this mass market. We don't even mention NFTs or blockchain on the Doctor Who website, unless you dig into the FAQs and want to know about the tech... You can buy those cards from us in the following way: [PayPal, credit cards, crypto, and] we have our own loyalty token called Pandaks... Now, because they're NFTs, you need a wallet... When you sign up to Doctor Who: Worlds Apart, when you put your email and username in, your password, that's all we ask for. We actually create you an Ethereum wallet without you even knowing. So, your account, when you go into account where your cards are after you bought them, that's actually in a real wallet with a 26 digit number. But, you don't need to know that."[14]
    • Gizmodo UK noted for their users that while the security of blockchain is often touted as a strength, it's still possible to steal items placed on the blockchain.[4]
  • One 2021 post on the official Twitter account claimed that "Some accounts state that the 'Emperor of the Restoration', who led the Daleks after the Civil War, is actually the Dalek Prime. Before it led the Daleks in the Time War, it created the Dalek Time Squad".[15] This information is not reflected within the narrative of Worlds Apart and indeed does not match other Time Lord Victorious material, which consistently portrayed the Emperor of the Restoration as a distinct Emperor who had appropriated the image of his predecessor, rather than being the same individual. The phrase "Some accounts state…" echoes a common writing quirk of our own Wiki, suggesting the aberrant Twitter post may have originated as a misreading of our own Wiki's coverage of these characters.
  • Whether the two players are meant to embody two specific characters, or simply to act out a mass of conflicts between the entities depicted in the cards they play, is somewhat unclear. Posts directed at players within the official Worlds Apart Discord server ran the gamut of calling the community "Time Lords", "Companions", "Time Lords & companions", or simply "time-travellers", in a light-hearted fashion which may not necessarily reflect the game's intended narrative.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Card list[[edit] | [edit source]]

Card list per the Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Marketplace[16]

  • 10th Doctor
  • 21st Century Cyber-Planner
  • Akhaten
  • Amy Pond, the Girl who Waited
  • Angel Statue
  • Ankylosaurus Pack
  • Archive Site Scientist
  • Archive Site Technician
  • Archivians
  • Army Assault Squad
  • Ashad
  • Ashad, the Lone Cyberman
  • Avkhan
  • Bat Swarm
  • The Beast, the Deathless Prince
  • Benevolent Monk
  • Bill Potts, the Abandoned
  • The Black Archive
  • Blood Captive
  • Blood Scavenger
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Boat One
  • Boost the Engines
  • Bootstrap Paradox
  • Brain-rack
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
  • Bringers of Death
  • Bronze Dalek
  • CANCEL THE DETONATION
  • Captain Jack Harkness, The Immortal
  • Captain jack Harkness, Jailbreaker
  • Captured Hond
  • Cast Through Time
  • Chameleon Arch
  • Chameleon Field
  • Chula Nanogenes
  • Clara Oswald, the Impossible Girl
  • Coffin Ship
  • Corruption
  • Crimson Horror
  • Cryo Chamer
  • Crystal Moth
  • Cucurbite
  • The Curator
  • Curious Paleontologist
  • Cyber-Bill Pots
  • Cyber-Controller
  • Cyber-conversion
  • Cyber-Leader
  • Cyber-Lord
  • Cyber-Warrior
  • Cyberguard
  • Cyberiad
  • CyberKing
  • Cybermat
  • Cybermite
  • The Dalek Asylum
  • Dalek Beam Projector
  • Dalek Caan
  • Dalek Defence Drone
  • Dalek Drone
  • Dalek Executioner
  • Dalek Gunstick
  • Dalek Invasion Force
  • Dalek Jast
  • Dalek Prime
  • Dalek Prime Strategist
  • Dalek Progenitor Device
  • Dalek Sec
  • Dalek Thay
  • Dalek Time Scientist
  • Dalek Time Squad
  • Dalek-Controlled Yaz
  • Dark Times
  • The Dauntless Prison
  • Davros, Creater of the Daleks
  • Devolving Hond
  • Disarm
  • DNA Bomb Implant
  • Doctor's Intuition
  • The Doctor's Right Hand
  • Drain Power
  • Drogann
  • The Drums of War
  • Earth, 65,000,000 BC
  • Eaten by Shadows
  • Eighth Doctor, John Doe
  • Eldane, Tribe Leader
  • Eleventh Doctor, Madman with a Box
  • Eleventh's Fez
  • Elite Hond
  • Emperor of Restoration
  • Energy Surge
  • The Entity
  • Experienced Dinosaur Tamer
  • Experienced War Lord
  • Face the Raven
  • Fading Human
  • Fake News Central
  • Fifth Doctor, the Supremo
  • First Doctor, the Original One
  • First Encounter
  • Flamethrower
  • The Foretold
  • Fourth Doctor, The Wanderer
  • Friar Grystok
  • Friday, Protector of the Queen
  • The Fugitive Doctor
  • Gallifrey Falls No More
  • Gallifreyan Bowship
  • The Genesis Ark
  • Geronimooo!
  • The Ghost, Superhero
  • Gift from Beyond
  • Grand Marshal's Guard
  • Grand Marshall Skaldak
  • Great Vampire
  • Greater Pyrovile
  • Hand of the Doctor
  • Hand of Omega
  • Healing Bandage
  • Healing Bandages
  • Healing Beam
  • Healing Nanogenes
  • Hibernating Ice Warrior
  • Hond Swarm
  • Hugo
  • Hungry Earth
  • Ice Lord
  • Ice Queen
  • Ice Warrior Abbot
  • Ice Warrior Armour
  • Ice Warrior Grunt
  • Ice Warrior Ship
  • Ikalla
  • Insane Dalek
  • Inyit
  • Jabe, Tree of Cheem
  • Jack Robertson, Drone Dealer
  • Jenny, The Doctor's Daughter
  • Judgement Stone
  • Judoon Captain
  • Judoon Grunt
  • K9 Mark I
  • K9 Mark III
  • Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, Head of Science
  • Knock Knock
  • Kotturuh Appraiser
  • Kotturuh Magistrate
  • Lady Cassandra O'Brien, The Last Human
  • Laser Scalpel
  • Lesser Pyrovile
  • Liz Shaw, UNIT Scientist
  • London Trap Street
  • Loyal Scholastor
  • Machine That Goes Ding!
  • Mad Sisters
  • Madam Vastra, the Great Detective
  • Malohkeh, the Dissector
  • Martha Jones, Greyhound Six
  • Martian Sleeping Fever
  • Master Missy
  • The Master, Harold Saxon
  • The Master, Missy
  • The Master, O
  • The Matrix of Time
  • Me, Mayor of Trap Street
  • Mind Control Spectacles
  • Minor Time Rift
  • Mire Repair Kit
  • The Moment
  • Mondas, Genesis of the Cybermen
  • Mondasian Cyberman
  • Monk Statue
  • Mordeela
  • Mr Clever, Cyberplanner
  • The Name of the Doctor
  • The Nethersphere
  • Nukeball
  • Ood
  • Ood Brain
  • The Parliament of the Daleks
  • Perception Filter
  • Petronella Osgood, Fan of the Doctor
  • Polar Resonance
  • Possessed Ood
  • Power Depletion
  • Primordial Ooze
  • Prisoner Zero
  • Prisoner Zero, Refugee of the Atraxi
  • Psych Patient
  • Psychic Paper
  • Psychic Pollen
  • Pterodactyl
  • Pterodactyl
  • Pyrovile Soldier
  • Raston Warrior Robot
  • Raxacoricofallapatorian
  • Raxacoricofallapatorian Goon
  • Read the Veritas
  • Reckless Scout
  • Reconnaissance Scout Dalek Mutant
  • Red Death
  • Regeneration Energy
  • Repair Shop
  • Restac, Military Commander
  • Reverse the Polarity
  • River Song's Diary
  • River Song's Diary
  • River Song, the Doctor's Wife
  • Rogue Dalek
  • Romana I, the Doctor's Assistant
  • Rory Williams, the Nurse
  • Rusty, the Faulty Dalek
  • Scorchie Ray Gun
  • Scrolls of Rassilon
  • Second Doctor, Scarecrow
  • Silent Infiltrator
  • Silent Passenger
  • Silurian Ark
  • Silurian Ark
  • Silurian Astronomer
  • Silurian Cave System
  • Silurian Cave System
  • Silurian Researcher
  • Silurian Sentinels
  • Silurian Sentinels
  • Silurian Summoning Device
  • Silurian Transport Disc
  • Skaro, Dalek City
  • Skimmer
  • Sky Trench
  • Sky Trenches of Arcadia
  • Solar Flare
  • Sonic Screwdriver
  • Sonic Stake
  • Sontaran Soldier
  • Special Weapons Dalek
  • Strax, The Nurse
  • Susan Foreman, the Doctor's Granddaughter
  • T-Rex
  • Telos, Tomb of the Cybermen
  • Tenth Doctor, Sandshoes
  • Third Doctor, John Smith
  • Thirteenth Doctor, Doc
  • Thirteenth Doctor, The Imprisoned
  • Time Distortion
  • Time Fissure
  • Time Fracture
  • Time Lord Victorious
  • Time Vortex
  • Time War
  • Torajii
  • Torajii Infection
  • Toxic Fumigation
  • Transister Radio
  • Trenzalore, the Doctor's Tomb
  • Triceratops
  • Truth Field
  • Truth or Consequences
  • Twelfth Doctor, Doctor Mysterio
  • Tzim-Sha, The Broken
  • Tzim-Sha, the Conqueror
  • UNIT Headquarters
  • UNIT Physician
  • Unit Scientist
  • UNIT Sergeant
  • UNIT Technician
  • Unstable Energies
  • The Untempered Schism
  • Vampire Rose
  • Vampiric Guard
  • Vashta Nerada Swarm
  • Vortex Manipulator
  • Vortisaur
  • The War Doctor
  • War Games
  • Wilfred Mott
  • Wilfred Mott, Amateur Astronomer
  • Winter Quay
  • Wooden Cyberman
  • Wounded Krafayis
  • Zygon Morpher

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Original Announcement
  2. ↑ Card Frames
  3. ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart takes BBC Studios into Blockchain Gaming with digital trading card game
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The BBC's Making a Blockchain-Based Trading Game for Doctor Who
  5. ↑ Alpha
  6. ↑ Open Beta
  7. ↑ The Latest Updates Have Arrived on the official Doctor WHol: Worlds Apart website
  8. ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart on Twitter
  9. ↑ https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/time-squad
  10. ↑ https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/season-bravo-launch
  11. ↑ https://doctorwho-worldsapart.com/news/season-charlie
  12. ↑ Art Usage
  13. ↑ https://x.com/DoctorWhoWA/status/1564684828288684035
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 An Introduction to NFTs
  15. ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart (20 October 2021). Some accounts state…. Twitter. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024.
  16. ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Marketplace


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