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|doctor      = Thirteenth Doctor
|doctor      = Thirteenth Doctor
|companions  = The Player, Emer
|companions  = The Player, Emer
|enemy        = The First, [[Daleks]], [[Weeping Angels]], Zlysters, [[Hydrork]]s
|enemy        = [[The First]], [[Daleks]], [[Weeping Angels]], [[Zlyster]]s, [[Hydrork]]s
|setting      = [[London]], [[21st century|21st]] and [[19th century|19th centuries]]; SS Lucia Minor; Metebelis IV
|setting      = [[London]], [[21st century|21st]] and [[19th century|19th centuries]]; [[SS Lucia Minor]]; [[Metebelis IV]]
|developer    = [[Maze Theory]]
|developer    = [[Maze Theory]]
|publisher    = PlayStack
|publisher    = PlayStack
|writer      = Gavin Collinson  
|writer      = [[Gavin Collinson]]
|director    = Marcus Moresby
|director    = [[Marcus Moresby]]
|producer    = Russell Harding
|producer    = [[Russell Harding]]
|music        = Richard Wilkinson
|music        = [[Richard Wilkinson]]
|platform    = [[PlayStation VR]], [[Oculus Rift]], [[Oculus Quest]], [[HTC VIVE]] and [[VIVE Cosmos]]
|platform    = [[PlayStation VR]], [[Oculus Rift]], [[Oculus Quest]], [[HTC VIVE]] and [[VIVE Cosmos]]
|genre        = VR Adventure
|genre        = VR Adventure
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'''''Doctor Who: The Edge of Time''''' was a [[virtual reality]] video game created by the [[BBC]] and [[Maze Theory]]. It featured the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s voice, given by [[Jodie Whittaker]] and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], taking the individual Player on an adventure around [[Space]] and [[Time]]. It featured the [[Weeping Angel]]s, the [[Dalek]]s and introduced a brand new monster, the [[Hydrork]]s.
'''''Doctor Who: The Edge of Time''''' was a [[virtual reality]] video game created by the [[BBC]] and [[Maze Theory]]. It featured the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]'s voice, given by [[Jodie Whittaker]] and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], taking the individual Player on an adventure around [[Space]] and [[Time]]. It featured the [[Weeping Angel]]s, the [[Dalek]]s and introduced a brand new monster, the [[Hydrork]]s.


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Maze Theory, [[BBC Studios]] and publisher PlayStack also partnered with [[Synthesis VR]], [[SpringboardVR]], [[Ctrl V]] and [[Vive Arcade]] to make the game available in more than 100 arcades worldwide, located across the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]] on [[23 November (releases)|23 November]].<ref>https://www.vrfocus.com/2019/10/an-arcade-version-of-doctor-who-the-edge-of-time-coming-to-vr-locations-on-doctor-who-day/amp/?__twitter_impression=true</ref>
Maze Theory, [[BBC Studios]] and publisher PlayStack also partnered with [[Synthesis VR]], [[SpringboardVR]], [[Ctrl V]] and [[Vive Arcade]] to make the game available in more than 100 arcades worldwide, located across the [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]] on [[23 November (releases)|23 November]].<ref>https://www.vrfocus.com/2019/10/an-arcade-version-of-doctor-who-the-edge-of-time-coming-to-vr-locations-on-doctor-who-day/amp/?__twitter_impression=true</ref>


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind...
A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! ''Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time'' lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind...


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The Doctor recruits someone to help her against a reality virus. The companion escapes a London laudrette filled with incubated [[Hydrork]]s using [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] she [[transmat]]ed in the manager's office safe and calls the TARDIS, narrowly escaping a Dalek spaceship which detected the Gallifreyan technology.
The Doctor recruits someone to help her against a [[reality virus]]. The companion escapes a [[London]] [[laudrette]], filled with incubated [[Hydrork]]s, using [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver]] she [[transmat]]ted in the [[manager's office safe]] and calls the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], narrowly escaping a [[Dalek]] spaceship which detected the [[Gallifreyan technology]].


The companion then goes collecting three [[zeiton]] crystals to help the Doctor use a [[Vortex manipulator]] to escape the end of timeand deal with the reality virus. First, landing in a jungle which is rebealed to be only one of over 2,000 environments of the spaceship SS Lucia Minor. Guided by the female voice of Emer, the companion goes to zone 7 to discover the ship abandonned with hybernating [[Zlyster]]s. In the cockpit, the companion discover that EMER was the lifesupport AI of the ship which became sentient after Zlysters changed into [[Tazma]]s, massacred the passengers and planned to escape the ship and be captured by the [[Shadow Proclamation]] to gain attention. Emer and the Companion change the course of the ship, take the Time Crystal from the circuits and get inside the TARDIS after it was transmatted in the cockpit, Emer being download inside the sonic screwdriver.
The companion then goes collecting three [[zeiton]] crystals to help the Doctor use a [[vortex manipulator]] to escape the [[end of time]] and deal with the reality virus. First, landing in a [[jungle]] which is revealed to be only one of over 2,000 environments of the spaceship [[SS Lucia Minor]]. Guided by the female voice of [[EMER|Emer]], the companion goes to [[zone 7]] to discover the ship abandonned, with hybernating [[Zlyster]]s. In the [[cockpit]], the companion discover that EMER was the [[lifesupport AI]] of the ship which became sentient after Zlysters changed into [[Tazma]]s, massacred the passengers and planned to escape the ship and be captured by the [[Shadow Proclamation]] to gain attention. Emer and the [[Companion]] change the course of the ship, take the [[Time Crystal]] from the circuits and get inside the TARDIS after it was transmatted in the cockpit, Emer being downloaded inside the sonic screwdriver.


The Companion and Emer then go to Sir Manfred Grayle's home in late Victorian era London to get the Time Crystal from [[Magnus Greel]]'s [[Time cabinet]] under it while escaping [[Weeping Angel]]s. It is opened using the [[trionic lattice]] hidden in a gramophone.
The Companion and Emer then go to [[Sir]] [[Manfred Grayle]]'s home in late [[Victorian era]] [[London]] to get the Time Crystal from [[Magnus Greel]]'s [[Time cabinet]] under it while escaping [[Weeping Angel]]s. It is opened using the [[trionic lattice]] hidden in a [[gramophone]].


After the Doctor explains that the First is responsible for the reality virus, the companion and Emer go take the third and final crystal in the Temple of the First on Metebelis IV, a sentient planet invaded by [[Bronze Dalek]]s trying to harness the power of the crystal. The companion manages to get through by getting inside and using a Dalek [[casing]]. They then use the three crystals to open a stone structure and reveal the TARDIS.
After the Doctor explains that [[the First]] is responsible for the reality virus, the companion and Emer take the third and final crystal in [[the Temple of the First]] on [[Metebelis IV]], a sentient planet invaded by [[Bronze Dalek]]s trying to harness the power of the crystal. The companion manages to get through by getting inside and using a Dalek [[casing]]. They then use the three crystals to open a stone structure and reveal the TARDIS.


The TARDIS has its interior deleted by the virus and by exiting it the companion arrives in the Inner Temple of the First and meets her. She explains her plan to kill the universe and rebirth its inhabitants better. The Doctor reveals that she lied to the companion: she did not need the crystals and planted them so that the companion could visit the locations so that they were the last to disappear since the First would spy on them. The Doctor met the First to try and failed to make her change her opinion of the universe. She then tells the companion to go to the visited location by thought while the universe is being destroyed to collect three disguised objects which actually are a Time Lord device created to put the First in a time loop.
The TARDIS has its interior deleted by the virus and by exiting it the companion arrives in the [[Inner Temple of the First]] and meets her. She explains her plan to kill the universe and rebirth its inhabitants better. The Doctor reveals that she lied to the companion: she did not need the crystals and planted them so that the companion could visit the locations so that they were the last to disappear since the First would spy on them. The Doctor met the First to try and failed to make her change her opinion of the universe. She then tells the companion to go to the visited location by thought while the universe is being destroyed to collect three disguised objects which actually are a [[Time Lord]] device created to put the First in a [[time loop]].


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Thirteenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jodie Whittaker]]
* [[Thirteenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Jodie Whittaker]]
* Jennifer Saayeng
* [[Jennifer Saayeng]] - TBA
* James Goode
* [[James Goode]] - TBA
* Adjoa Andoh
* [[Adjoa Andoh]] - TBA
* Nick Briggs
* [[Nicholas Briggs|Nick Briggs]] - TBA
* Amy Matthiessen
* [[Amy Matthiessen]] - TBA
* Cosima Wagner
* [[Cosima Wagner]] - TBA


== Crew ==
== Crew ==
===MAZE THEORY===
=== [[MAZE THEORY]] ===
* Creative Director - Marcus Moresby
* [[Creative Director]] - [[Marcus Moresby]]
* Executive Producer - Russell Harding
* [[Executive Producer]] - [[Russell Harding]]
* Producer - Bob Millington
* [[Producer]] - [[Bob Millington]]
* Lead Developer - Neil Millstone
* [[Lead Developer]] - [[Neil Millstone]]
* Lead Designer - Joey To
* [[Lead Designer]] - [[Joey To]]
* Enviroment Artist - Victoria Goldsmith
* [[Enviroment Artist]] - [[Victoria Goldsmith]]
* Narratives Design - Adil Ahmed
* [[Narratives Design]] - [[Adil Ahmed]]
* Written by - Gavin Collinson
* Written by - [[Gavin Collinson]]
* Composer - Richard Wilkinson
* [[Composer]] - [[Richard Wilkinson]]
* Orchestrator - Tristan Noon
* [[Orchestrator]] - [[Tristan Noon]]
* Score Performed by - F.A.M.E'.S Orchestra
* [[Score]] Performed by - [[F.A.M.E'.S Orchestra]]
* Solo Cello - Deryn Cuilen
* Solo Cello - [[Deryn Cuilen]]
* Conductor - Oleg Kondratenko
* [[Conductor]] - [[Oleg Kondratenko]]
* Sound Engineer - Saša, Janković
* [[Sound Engineer]] - [[Saša, Janković]]
* Protools Engineer - Igor Vasilev
* [[Protools Engineer]] - [[Igor Vasilev]]
* Stage Manager
* [[Stage Manager]]
**Ilija Grkovski
**[[Ilija Grkovski]]
**Teodora Arcsovska
**[[Teodora Arcsovska]]
*Original Theme Music - [[Ron Grainer]]
*Original Theme Music - [[Ron Grainer]]
*Audio Design & Sound Effects
*Audio Design & Sound Effects
**Interleave Interactive
**[[Interleave Interactive]]
**ID Audio
**[[ID Audio]]
*Art Team
*[[Art Team]]
**Andreas Jörgensen
**[[Andreas Jörgensen]]
**Alberto Fernandez Mancilla
**[[Alberto Fernandez Mancilla]]
**Room 8
**[[Room 8]]
*Graphics - Rémy Auger
*Graphics - [[Rémy Auger]]
*Concept Art - Peter Dobbin
*Concept Art - [[Peter Dobbin]{
*Animation
*Animation
**Brian Vowels
**[[Brian Vowels]]
**Jen May Hamilton
**[[Jen May Hamilton]]
*Visual Effects - Claran Devine
*Visual Effects - [[Claran Devine]]
*Production Support
*Production Support
**Claire Boissiere
**[[Claire Boissiere]]
**Brad Porter
**[[Brad Porter]]
*Executive Producers
*[[Executive Producer]]s
**Head Gear Films
**[[Head Gear Films]]
**Phil Hunt
**[[Phil Hunt]]
**Compton Ross
**[[Compton Ross]]
*Programming
*Programming
**Tim Holt
**[[Tim Holt]]
**Chris Payne
**[[Chris Payne]]
*Development Support - Dream Reality Interactive
*Development Support - [[Dream Reality Interactive]]
*Oculus Quest Support - Warp Digital
*[[Oculus Quest]] Support - [[Warp Digital]]
*QA - Dwayne Clarke
*[[QA]] - [[Dwayne Clarke]]
*CEO - Ian Hambleton
*[[CEO]] - [[Ian Hambleton]]
*CFO - Nicky Narraine
*[[CFO]] - [[Nicky Narraine]]
*Press & Public Relations
*Press & Public Relations
**Charlotte Chisnall
**[[Charlotte Chisnall]]
**Alex Holt-Kulapalan
**[[Alex Holt-Kulapalan]]
**Caroline Miller
**[[Caroline Miller]]
*Jnr Product Manager - Quin Wagner-Piggott
*[[Jnr Product Manager]] - [[Quin Wagner-Piggott]]
*Special Thanks To all those that have supported us through the development of Doctor Who the Edge of Time.
*Special Thanks To all those that have supported us through the development of ''Doctor Who the Edge of Time''
**Alastair Lindsay
**[[Alastair Lindsay]]
**John Silke
**[[John Silke]]
**Emma Tilbury-Allen
**[[Emma Tilbury-Allen]]
**Dan Moore
**[[Dan Moore]]
**Rob Coke
**[[Rob Coke]]
*In>Theory Panel
*[[In>Theory Panel]]
**Trevor Heale
**[[Trevor Heale]]
**Joe Matson
**[[Joe Matson]]
**Dominic Greenwood-Martin
**[[Dominic Greenwood-Martin]]
**Matthew Legg
**[[Matthew Legg]]
**Beth Axford
**[[Beth Axford]]
**Kieza Newson
**[[Kieza Newson]]
**Kai Steele Nelson
**[[Kai Steele Nelson]]
**Melissa Azombo
**[[Melissa Azombo]]
*Platforms
*Platforms
**Oculus Rift - Phil Greenspan
**[[Oculus Rift]] - [[Phil Greenspan]]
**PlayStation®4 - Dominic Kendrick
**[[PlayStation 4]] - [[Dominic Kendrick]]
**HTC Vive - Maria Rakusanova
**[[HTC Vive]] - [[Maria Rakusanova]]
*Maze Theory Advisors / Board
*Maze Theory Advisors / Board
**Mark Hardy
**[[Mark Hardy]]
**Geoff Heath
**[[Geoff Heath]]
**Nick Parker
**[[Nick Parker]]
**Dave Ranyard
**[[Dave Ranyard]]
*Legal - Sheridans
*Legal - [[Sheridans]]


===PLAYSTACK===
=== [[PLAYSTACK]] ===
*CEO - Harvey Elliott
*CEO - [[Harvey Elliott]]
*CMO - Harriet Hughes
*CMO - [[Harriet Hughes]]
*Lead Producer - Kiron Ramdewar
*Lead Producer - [[Kiron Ramdewar]]
*Community Manager - Cameron Mundy
*Community Manager - [[Cameron Mundy]]
*QA and Localisation Manager - Lindsay Gurr
*QA and [[Localisation Manager]] - [[Lindsay Gurr]]
*Head of User Acquisition - Nasrin Chou
*[[Head of User Acquisition]] - [[Nasrin Chou]]
*Outsourced Testing - Lionbridge
*Outsourced Testing - [[Lionbridge]]
*Video Editors
*[[Video Editor]]s
**Fox Hambly
**[[Fox Hambly]]
**Edgar Khoo
**[[Edgar Khoo]]
**Mark Percival
**[[Mark Percival]]
*Head of Art - Alex Flynn
*[[Head of Art]] - [[Alex Flynn]]
*Graphic Designers
*[[Graphic Designer]]s
**Justas Pugaciauskas
**[[Justas Pugaciauskas]]
**Jordan Walker
**[[Jordan Walker]]


===BBC STUDIOS===
=== [[BBC STUDIOS]] ===
*Lead Producer - David Bradshaw
*Lead Producer - [[David Bradshaw]]
*Head of Digital Ent & Games - Bradley Crooks
*[[Head of Digital Ent & Games]] - [[Bradley Crooks]]
*Creative Producer - Peter Hickman
*Creative Producer - [[Peter Hickman]]
*Script Editor - Gabby De Matteis
*[[Script Editor]] - [[Gabby De Matteis]]
*Doctor Who Brand Team
*[[Doctor Who Brand Team|''Doctor Who'' Brand Team]]
**Gwenaelle Boissel
**[[Gwenaelle Boissel]]
**Sarah Bold
**[[Sarah Bold]]
**Ronan Chandler
**[[Ronan Chandler]]
**Sally de St Croix
**[[Sally de St Croix]]
**Vanessa Hamilton
**[[Vanessa Hamilton]]
**Esther Lawrence
**[[Esther Lawrence]]
*Comms
*Comms
**Kate Hunter
**[[Kate Hunter]]
**Emma McKinnon
**[[Emma McKinnon]]
*Artist Relations - Kate Bush
*Artist Relations - [[Kate Bush]]
*Made with unity
*Made with unity
*Copyrights are trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation and are under license
*Copyrights are trademark of the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] and are under license
**BBC
**[[BBC]]
**Doctor Who (wordmarks, logo and devices)
**''[[Doctor Who]]'' (wordmarks, logo and devices)
**TARDIS (wordmarks and devices)
**[[TARDIS]] (wordmarks and devices)
**BBC logo © BBC 1996
**BBC logo © BBC [[1996]]
**Doctor Who logo and insignia © BBC 2018
**''Doctor Who'' logo and insignia © BBC [[2018]]
**Thirteenth Doctor images © BBC Studios 2018
**[[Thirteenth Doctor]] images © BBC Studios 2018
*Licensed by BBC Studios, Limited
*Licensed by BBC Studios, Limited
*This game is published under license from BBC Studio's. BBC Studios' profits from the game go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund more great programmes
*This game is published under license from BBC Studio's. BBC Studios' profits from the game go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund more great programmes
*Doctor Who theme music - Ron Grainer © Warner Chappell
*''Doctor Who'' theme music - Ron Grainer © [[Warner Chappell]]


== References ==
== References ==

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Doctor Who: The Edge of Time was a virtual reality video game created by the BBC and Maze Theory. It featured the Thirteenth Doctor's voice, given by Jodie Whittaker and the TARDIS, taking the individual Player on an adventure around Space and Time. It featured the Weeping Angels, the Daleks and introduced a brand new monster, the Hydrorks.

Originally scheduled to launch in September, an early version of the game was made playable at MCM Comic Con in London on 24, 25 and 26 May 2019.[1]

Another opportunity to play the game was made available at San Diego Comic-Con by BBC America on 18, 19, 20 and 21 July 2019.[2]

As the game was announced in mid-September to be delayed, but with no new launch yet announced, a third opportunity to play the game was made available at a special event at Protein Studios in East London on 27 and 28 September 2019. Attendees had to book a time, though.[3]

Demos were made available to play at London Comic Con on 25 to 27 October 2019.[4]

It was released on 12 November 2019 on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, HTC VIVE and VIVE Cosmos.[1]

Maze Theory, BBC Studios and publisher PlayStack also partnered with Synthesis VR, SpringboardVR, Ctrl V and Vive Arcade to make the game available in more than 100 arcades worldwide, located across the UK, Europe, Asia and North America on 23 November.[5]

Publisher's summary

A new mysterious enemy threatens to tear apart the universe and only you can stop them! Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time lets players embark on an adventure through space and time. Travel across the universe, visit alien locations, pilot the TARDIS and solve the mystery of the controlling force behind...

Plot

The Doctor recruits someone to help her against a reality virus. The companion escapes a London laudrette, filled with incubated Hydrorks, using the Doctor's sonic screwdriver she transmatted in the manager's office safe and calls the TARDIS, narrowly escaping a Dalek spaceship which detected the Gallifreyan technology.

The companion then goes collecting three zeiton crystals to help the Doctor use a vortex manipulator to escape the end of time and deal with the reality virus. First, landing in a jungle which is revealed to be only one of over 2,000 environments of the spaceship SS Lucia Minor. Guided by the female voice of Emer, the companion goes to zone 7 to discover the ship abandonned, with hybernating Zlysters. In the cockpit, the companion discover that EMER was the lifesupport AI of the ship which became sentient after Zlysters changed into Tazmas, massacred the passengers and planned to escape the ship and be captured by the Shadow Proclamation to gain attention. Emer and the Companion change the course of the ship, take the Time Crystal from the circuits and get inside the TARDIS after it was transmatted in the cockpit, Emer being downloaded inside the sonic screwdriver.

The Companion and Emer then go to Sir Manfred Grayle's home in late Victorian era London to get the Time Crystal from Magnus Greel's Time cabinet under it while escaping Weeping Angels. It is opened using the trionic lattice hidden in a gramophone.

After the Doctor explains that the First is responsible for the reality virus, the companion and Emer take the third and final crystal in the Temple of the First on Metebelis IV, a sentient planet invaded by Bronze Daleks trying to harness the power of the crystal. The companion manages to get through by getting inside and using a Dalek casing. They then use the three crystals to open a stone structure and reveal the TARDIS.

The TARDIS has its interior deleted by the virus and by exiting it the companion arrives in the Inner Temple of the First and meets her. She explains her plan to kill the universe and rebirth its inhabitants better. The Doctor reveals that she lied to the companion: she did not need the crystals and planted them so that the companion could visit the locations so that they were the last to disappear since the First would spy on them. The Doctor met the First to try and failed to make her change her opinion of the universe. She then tells the companion to go to the visited location by thought while the universe is being destroyed to collect three disguised objects which actually are a Time Lord device created to put the First in a time loop.

Plot

to be added

Cast

Crew

MAZE THEORY

PLAYSTACK

BBC STUDIOS

References

  • Coal Hill School had a Summer Fair on Saturday 12th May 2018.
  • Hydrorks are vicious amphybians used as guards by the Stenza and Zygons outside Earth system.
  • Yaz, Ryan and Graham are on a secret mission for the Doctor.
  • SS Lucia Minor is the biggest space ship of N-Space with 2,000 envrionment and is financed by assassins from Pulgarius Five.
  • Pulgarius Five's currency is the talmar.
  • Meteblis IV is "better" than Metebelis III but not as much as Metelbis I or II.
  • The Dalek Empire goes from Skaro to New Spiridon.

Story notes

to be added

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.blogtorwho.com/doctor-who-the-edge-of-time-vr-game-to-debut-at-mcm-comic-con-london/
  2. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/a-glimpse-of-the-tardis-you-can-pilot-in-doctor-who-vr-game
  3. ↑ https://cultbox.co.uk/news/doctor-who-the-edge-of-time-special-event
  4. ↑ https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=doctor-who-london-comic-con-2019#_
  5. ↑ https://www.vrfocus.com/2019/10/an-arcade-version-of-doctor-who-the-edge-of-time-coming-to-vr-locations-on-doctor-who-day/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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