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|image = | |name = ''The Hollow Planet'' | ||
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Doctor Who The Hollow Planet (2024 poster).jpg|2024 | |||
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|doctor = The Doctor | |||
|enemy = [[Dalek (A Dalek Awakens)|Dalek]] | |enemy = [[Dalek (A Dalek Awakens)|Dalek]] | ||
|setting = [[Planetoid TG-88.3Ω]] | |setting = [[TG-88.3Ω Mining Facility]], [[Planetoid TG-88.3Ω]] | ||
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| | |release date = [[30 July (releases)|30 July]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
| | |publisher = Escape Hunt | ||
|genre = [[Escape room]] | |genre = [[Escape room]] | ||
|series = [[Doctor Who escape games|''Doctor Who'' escape games]] | |series = [[Doctor Who escape games|''Doctor Who'' escape games]] | ||
|prev = A Dalek Awakens (escape game) | |prev = A Dalek Awakens (escape game) | ||
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|next2 = 14681 UNIT Field Log (webcast) | |||
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''''' | '''''The Hollow Planet''''' was the first print and play ''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed "[[escape room]]" game developed by [[Escape Hunt]]. <ref name="DWTV">[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=escape-hunt-the-hollow-planet-dalek-print-and-play Original Announcement]</ref> The game was released on 30 July 2020.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=756695185099020&set=a.194989084602969&__cft__[0]=AZVBOPJoFzo_AYGGzs5huU6lypqvU6LmdzqGIZYgYKeZaPJ7-dgvFkwxsvbzwgGcEjtnlKbRwGiSqomqIrOHgEd6Gc-dsadA62a-BiJoadVGj9dy8N687RPesVZSjcqqfKlcjo9cVhM3qmdjbPAvRlaVuodBnOVHeehDZjcx01LqaR51BvC239qV0w7Q4chdSLw&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R</ref> The game was slightly amended in 2024, to feature a revised cover & with a dialogue tweak to change the Doctor featured from an unspecified incarnation to explicitly being the Thirteenth Doctor. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
You find yourself on planetoid TG-88.3Ω, otherwise known as "The Hollow Planet". A rogue Dalek has knocked out the local android population and taken over the mining facility built long ago on the planet’s surface and players must work to help take back control of the planetoid before it’s too late. | |||
Are you ready to take on this intergalactic space adventure, meet assistance hologram penguins, crack Dalek codes and help the Doctor by unscrambling data being sent to the planetoid's core?<ref name="DWTV"/><ref>[https://playathome-uk.escapehunt.com/products/doctor-who-the-hollow-planet Link at Escape Hunt]</ref> | |||
== Plot == | |||
2-6 individuals are sent a message by the [[The Doctor]], asking them to help investigate TG-88.3Ω, a dwarf planet that was once rich in metal ores but has since been extensively mined, leaving it just a hollow shell. The Doctor explains that the planet's mining robots and control facility have been taken offline by an unknown entity. | |||
The recruits enter the facility via an air vent on the building's roof, while the Doctor heads down inside the planet, following a signal that the occupying force is beaming directly into the hollow core. She captures a snapshot of the message, and identifies it as a [[Dalek]] language, but one that the [[TARDIS]] is unable to translate. Meanwhile, the recruits meet Graves, the control facility's holographic penguin assistant, who offers to tour them around the facility – except for the Control Hub, which is occupied by [[Dalek (A Dalek Awakens)|a Dalek]]. | |||
Per the Doctor's remote instructions, the recruits travel around the facility, repairing some damaged systems and collecting information that allows them to translate the message the Dalek is beaming into the hollow planet. Deciphered, it reveals that the Dalek is alone and alarmed by the presence of the Doctor, with the planet's concave interior serving to beam the distress message across the galaxy. | |||
Seeking to get the Dalek off-planet before any reinforcements can arrive, the Doctor instructs the team to use the Control Hub's electrostatic floor tiles to forcibly manoeuvre the villain into the facility's trash ejector chute. They succeed, and launch a trash ejector pod containing the Dalek into space. The mission complete, the Doctor prepares to take the group back to [[Earth]], and suggests that they could leave TG-88.3Ω's mining robots disabled, allowing the hollow planet to remain at peace. | |||
== Characters == | |||
* [[The Doctor]] (unspecified 2020-2024, [[The Thirteenth Doctor]] in 2024 revision onwards) | |||
* [[Dalek (The Last Message)|Dalek]] | |||
* [[Graves (The Hollow Planet)|Graves]] | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This is intended to serve as a prequel to ''[[A Dalek Awakens (escape game)|A Dalek Awakens]]''.<ref name="DWTV"/> | * This is intended to serve as a prequel to ''[[A Dalek Awakens (escape game)|A Dalek Awakens]]''.<ref name="DWTV"/> This is noted in the introductory information on page 1 of the game booklet. | ||
* It was not specified during the original version of the game (available from 2020-2024) what incarnation of the Doctor was featured, with no undeniable visual or verbal cues to the matter - leaving it to the players to interpret freely. | |||
** The graphic on page 3 depicts the exterior TARDIS shell as resembling that of the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors. | |||
** The Doctor provides the email [email protected] as a method of communicating the translated Dalek message - something that likely reflects the Thirteenth Doctor's joy at custard creams and the presence of a [[custard cream dispenser]] in her TARDIS. | |||
*** (That said, the Tenth Doctor also showed a fondness for the biscuit in {{Cs|Code of the Krillitanes (novel)}}, as did the Eleventh Doctor in {{Cs|The Lodger (TV story)}}.) | |||
== External links == | |||
*[https://tg883om.com/ Companion site] | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 26 November 2024
The Hollow Planet was the first print and play Doctor Who-themed "escape room" game developed by Escape Hunt. [1] The game was released on 30 July 2020.[2] The game was slightly amended in 2024, to feature a revised cover & with a dialogue tweak to change the Doctor featured from an unspecified incarnation to explicitly being the Thirteenth Doctor.
Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]
You find yourself on planetoid TG-88.3Ω, otherwise known as "The Hollow Planet". A rogue Dalek has knocked out the local android population and taken over the mining facility built long ago on the planet’s surface and players must work to help take back control of the planetoid before it’s too late.
Are you ready to take on this intergalactic space adventure, meet assistance hologram penguins, crack Dalek codes and help the Doctor by unscrambling data being sent to the planetoid's core?[1][3]
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
2-6 individuals are sent a message by the The Doctor, asking them to help investigate TG-88.3Ω, a dwarf planet that was once rich in metal ores but has since been extensively mined, leaving it just a hollow shell. The Doctor explains that the planet's mining robots and control facility have been taken offline by an unknown entity.
The recruits enter the facility via an air vent on the building's roof, while the Doctor heads down inside the planet, following a signal that the occupying force is beaming directly into the hollow core. She captures a snapshot of the message, and identifies it as a Dalek language, but one that the TARDIS is unable to translate. Meanwhile, the recruits meet Graves, the control facility's holographic penguin assistant, who offers to tour them around the facility – except for the Control Hub, which is occupied by a Dalek.
Per the Doctor's remote instructions, the recruits travel around the facility, repairing some damaged systems and collecting information that allows them to translate the message the Dalek is beaming into the hollow planet. Deciphered, it reveals that the Dalek is alone and alarmed by the presence of the Doctor, with the planet's concave interior serving to beam the distress message across the galaxy.
Seeking to get the Dalek off-planet before any reinforcements can arrive, the Doctor instructs the team to use the Control Hub's electrostatic floor tiles to forcibly manoeuvre the villain into the facility's trash ejector chute. They succeed, and launch a trash ejector pod containing the Dalek into space. The mission complete, the Doctor prepares to take the group back to Earth, and suggests that they could leave TG-88.3Ω's mining robots disabled, allowing the hollow planet to remain at peace.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor (unspecified 2020-2024, The Thirteenth Doctor in 2024 revision onwards)
- Dalek
- Graves
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This is intended to serve as a prequel to A Dalek Awakens.[1] This is noted in the introductory information on page 1 of the game booklet.
- It was not specified during the original version of the game (available from 2020-2024) what incarnation of the Doctor was featured, with no undeniable visual or verbal cues to the matter - leaving it to the players to interpret freely.
- The graphic on page 3 depicts the exterior TARDIS shell as resembling that of the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors.
- The Doctor provides the email [email protected] as a method of communicating the translated Dalek message - something that likely reflects the Thirteenth Doctor's joy at custard creams and the presence of a custard cream dispenser in her TARDIS.
- (That said, the Tenth Doctor also showed a fondness for the biscuit in Code of the Krillitanes [+]Loading...["Code of the Krillitanes (novel)"], as did the Eleventh Doctor in The Lodger [+]Loading...["The Lodger (TV story)"].)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Original Announcement
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=756695185099020&set=a.194989084602969&__cft__[0]=AZVBOPJoFzo_AYGGzs5huU6lypqvU6LmdzqGIZYgYKeZaPJ7-dgvFkwxsvbzwgGcEjtnlKbRwGiSqomqIrOHgEd6Gc-dsadA62a-BiJoadVGj9dy8N687RPesVZSjcqqfKlcjo9cVhM3qmdjbPAvRlaVuodBnOVHeehDZjcx01LqaR51BvC239qV0w7Q4chdSLw&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
- ↑ Link at Escape Hunt
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