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Amy's History Hunt was a game available on the BBC Doctor Who website. It was based on Amy's actions during the events of The War of Art.

The game featured Karen Gillan as Amy Pond in an introduction video, a further two videos in which Amy is Looking back at Vincent van Gogh and Winston Churchill, nine audio clips entitled Amy's Profile in which Amy covers relevant historical subjects, and lastly a video message of congratulations for completing the game.

Introduction[[edit] | [edit source]]

Amy Pond shouts outside the TARDIS for the Eleventh Doctor. She sees someone and tells them that the Doctor has run out in search of his favourite painting. She returns inside, where the TARDIS tries to tell her where the painting is. It shows her a room with a safe and some pictures. She sees a note on the safe from the Doctor to the Doctor, telling him the painting is in the vault, that he can find the code to the safe on the pictures and he needs to buy socks. Amy asks the person to help her by going to the gallery and working out the combination to the vault.

Game[[edit] | [edit source]]

The game is in a multiple choice question-and-answer format, allowing players to research the necessary information beforehand.

For each of the ten topics, three questions needed to be answered. Should the player answer incorrectly, they must begin that topic again. Each correctly answered question also unlocks a small fact about the topic of the question. Once the three questions had been answered, one number is revealed for unlocking the safe.

The ten topics were:

Once all numbers are unlocked, the safe opens to reveal the painting. As a prize, the player is rewarded with a short story in PDF format, entitled, The War of Art.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

On the BBC site, the name of the game varies among Amy's History Hunt, History Hunt and The History Hunt.
This game breaks the fourth wall.
The first of the Amy's Profile installments, which covers Winston Churchill, is titled simply Amy's Profile. Later installments would specify their subject in the title.
The audio clip which should logically be titled Amy's Profile: Agatha Christie is titled Looking back at Agatha Christie in the format of the two live-action videos covering Vincent van Gogh and Winston Churchill.
Amy states that Queen Victoria's reign of 63 years was the longest for a British monarch; this record would later be surpassed by Elizabeth II.
Amy references the events of TV: The Fires of Pompeii ^[+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"]. Incidentally, Karen Gillan played a soothsayer in that episode before being cast as Amy Pond.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

Amy is wearing her outfit which she wore in TV: The Journey ^[+]Loading...["The Journey (TV story)"], TV: Victory of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"] and The Adventure Games. However, the promotional image for the game depicts Amy in her outfit from TV: The Hungry Earth ^[+]Loading...["The Hungry Earth (TV story)"]/Cold Blood ^[+]Loading...["Cold Blood (TV story)"].
This game chronicles Amy's actions while the Doctor looks for his painting in PROSE: The War of Art.
Amy calls the TARDIS "old girl", noting that the Doctor does so. The Doctor has often shown affection for the TARDIS, referring to it as a female. (TV: Rise of the Cybermen, The Eleventh Hour et al.)
The image of Lobus Caecilius from TV: The Fires of Pompeii ^[+]Loading...["The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)"] is used to represent the Romans.
Amy reflects on her encounters with Vincent van Gogh and Winston Churchill, whom she met in TV: Vincent and the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)"] and TV: Victory of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)"] respectively.
Amy incorrectly states that the RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast in 1912. Whilst the sinking of the RMS Titanic did indeed occur in that year, the ship itself was launched earlier on 31 May, 1911, which would be acknowledged in PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary ^[+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"].

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

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+'''''Amy's History Hunt''''' was a game available on the BBC ''Doctor Who'' website. It was based on Amy's actions during the events of ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''.
-==Introduction==
+The game featured [[Karen Gillan]] as [[Amy Pond]] in an introduction video, a further two videos in which [[Amy]] is ''Looking back at'' [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]], nine audio clips entitled ''Amy's Profile'' in which Amy covers relevant historical subjects, and lastly a video message of congratulations for completing the game.
-[[Amy Pond]] shouts outside the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] for [[Eleventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. She sees someone and tells them that the Doctor had ran out in search of his [[The Pandorica Opens|favourite painting]]. She returns inside where the TARDIS tries to tell her where the painting is. It shows her a room of a safe and some pictures. She sees a note on the safe from the Doctor to the Doctor telling him that the painting is in the vault, that he can find the code to the safe on the pictures and that he needs to buy socks. Amy asks the person to help her by going to the gallery and working out the combination to the vault.
-==Game==
+== Introduction ==
-The game was in a question and answer format, giving multiple choices, allowing players to research the necessary information beforehand.
+[[Amy Pond]] shouts outside [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] for the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. She sees someone and tells them that the Doctor has run out in search of his [[The Pandorica Opens|favourite painting]]. She returns inside, where the TARDIS tries to tell her where the painting is. It shows her a room with a safe and some pictures. She sees a note on the safe from the Doctor to the Doctor, telling him the painting is in the vault, that he can find the code to the safe on the pictures and he needs to buy socks. Amy asks the person to help her by going to the gallery and working out the combination to the vault.
-For each of the ten topics, three questions needed to be answered. Should the player answer incorrectly, they had to begin that topic again. Each correctly answered question also unlocked a small fact about the topic of the question. Once the three questions had been answered, one number was revealed for unlocking the safe.
+== Game ==
+The game is in a multiple choice question-and-answer format, allowing players to research the necessary information beforehand.
+For each of the ten topics, three questions needed to be answered. Should the player answer incorrectly, they must begin that topic again. Each correctly answered question also unlocks a small fact about the topic of the question. Once the three questions had been answered, one number is revealed for unlocking the safe.
 The ten topics were:
-*[[RMS Titanic]]
+* [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]
-*[[Stonehenge]]
+* [[Stonehenge]]
-*[[Pompeii]]
+* [[Pompeii]]
-*[[Charles Dickens]]
+* [[Charles Dickens]]
-*[[Queen Victoria]]
+* [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]]
-*[[Shakespeare]]
+* [[Shakespeare]]
-*The [[Rome|Roman]]s
+* The [[Rome|Romans]]
-*[[Agatha Christie]]
+* [[Agatha Christie]]
-*[[Vincent van Gogh]]
+* [[Vincent van Gogh]]
-*[[Winston Churchill]]
+* [[Winston Churchill]]
+Once all numbers are unlocked, the safe opens to reveal [[The Pandorica Opens|the painting]]. As a prize, the player is rewarded with a short story in PDF format, entitled, ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''.
-Once all numbers were unlocked, the safe opened to reveal [[The Pandorica Opens|the painting]]. As a prize, the player was rewarded with a short story in PDF format, entitled, ''[[The War of Art]]''.
+== Cast ==
+* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
-==Story notes==
+== Story notes ==
-*On the BBC site, the name of the game varies between '''Amy's History Hunt''', '''History Hunt''' and '''The History Hunt'''.
+* On the BBC site, the name of the game varies among ''Amy's History Hunt'', ''History Hunt'' and ''The History Hunt''.
-*This game breaks the fourth wall.
+* This game breaks the fourth wall.
+* The first of the ''Amy's Profile'' installments, which covers [[Winston Churchill]], is titled simply ''Amy's Profile''. Later installments would specify their subject in the title.
+* The audio clip which should logically be titled ''Amy's Profile: Agatha Christie'' is titled ''Looking back at Agatha Christie'' in the format of the two live-action videos covering [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]].
+* Amy states that [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[reign]] of [[63 (number)|63]] [[year]]s was the longest for a [[British]] [[monarch]]; this record would later be surpassed by [[Elizabeth II]].
+* Amy references the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}. Incidentally, [[Karen Gillan]] played a [[Mira (The Fires of Pompeii)|soothsayer]] in that episode before being cast as Amy Pond.
-==Continuity==
+== Continuity ==
-*This game chronicles Amy's actions while the Doctor looks for his painting. ([[WC]]: ''[[The War of Art]]'')
+* Amy is wearing [[Amy Pond's outfit (The Journey)|her outfit]] which she wore in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Journey (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}} and ''[[The Adventure Games]]''. However, the promotional image for the game depicts Amy in [[Amy Pond's outfit (The Hungry Earth)|her outfit]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}/{{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}.
-*Amy calls the TARDIS "old girl", noting that the Doctor does so. The Doctor has continuously shown affection for the TARDIS, referring to it as a female. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' et al)
+* This game chronicles Amy's actions while the Doctor looks for his painting in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''.
-==Timeline==
+* Amy calls the TARDIS "old girl", noting that the Doctor does so. The Doctor has often shown affection for the TARDIS, referring to it as a female. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' et al.)
-''To be added.''
+* The image of [[Lobus Caecilius]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}} is used to represent the [[Roman]]s.
+* Amy reflects on her encounters with [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]], whom she met in [[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}} respectively.
+* Amy incorrectly states that the [[RMS Titanic]] was [[launch]]ed from [[Belfast]] in [[1912]]. Whilst the [[sinking of the RMS Titanic]] did indeed occur in that year, the ship itself was launched earlier on [[31 May]], [[1911]], which would be acknowledged in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}.
 == External links ==
-*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p0087k45 BBC - History Hunt - Introduction] (geolocked to UK)
+* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4kwvMp9F6pK69wByQD460Vx/amys-history-hunt BBC - Doctor Who - Games - '''Amy Pond's History Hunt'''] - The Game
-*[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/history_hunt/doctor_who_the_war_of_art.pdf BBC - Doctor Who - '''The War of Art''' (link to PDF)]
+* [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/history_hunt/doctor_who_the_war_of_art.pdf BBC - Doctor Who - '''The War of Art''' (link to PDF)]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0087k45 BBC - History Hunt Introduction] (geolocked to UK)
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0087k3n BBC - Looking back at Van Gogh]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0087k34 BBC - Looking back at Winston Churchill]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0095t2c BBC - Amy's Profile]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0095sxb BBC - Looking back at Agatha Christie]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009bb5l BBC - Amy's Profile: Shakespeare]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0098dkx BBC - Amy's Profile: Queen Victoria]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009bf6h BBC - Amy's Profile: The Romans]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009c06j BBC - Amy's Profile: Charles Dickens]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009c057 BBC - Amy's Profile: Pompeii]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009flvx BBC - Amy's Profile: Stonehenge]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009flks BBC - Amy's Profile: The Titanic]
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009g25q BBC - Amy's Message of Congratulations!]
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