TARDIS Tennis (video game)

TARDIS Tennis
Key crew
Publisher:	BBC Sport
Release details
Platform:	BBC
Genre:	Sport Game
Release date:	2003

TARDIS Tennis was a video game published on the classic Doctor Who website.

Plot

The Doctor travels with John Lennon, William Shakespeare and Queen Victoria in the TARDIS to tennis court, where they play tennis against each other. After winning three matches the winning player gets into the next stage where he has to play against Winston Churchill.

How to play

The game was a flash-based video game. It could be played with one or two players. The players could choose which character (John Lennon, William Shakespeare or Queen Victoria) they wanted to play. There were voices provided for the characters. They made comments about the game.

Instructions by the publisher

Look to see where the ball will land and get in position as fast as you can.

Press space to pull back racket.

Release spacebar to hit the ball manually, or keep spacebar down and the ball will be hit automatically.

Game Play

Get your character in position. Hold spacebar down to hit ball direction keys to control the angle of shot.

Different Shots

Push towards your opponent to perform a drop shot and away for a lob.

Serving

Hold down the spacebar and move target pointer within the service box. Release the spacebar to serve.

Control keys

John Lennon and William Shakespear playing Tennis.

(Player 2 in brackets):

• Up = E or cursor up (T)
• Down = D/cursor down (G)
• Left = Y or cursor left (F)
• Right = U or cursor right (H)
• Hit = Press spacebar (Z)
• Shift for Player 1
• Pause = P
• Quit = Q

Characters

• John Lennon
• William Shakespeare
• Queen Victoria
• Winston Churchill

External links

• TARDIS Tennis at the BBC website