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Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a series of 4 graphic adventure video games set to be released in conjunction with Series 5 on the official website. Both the Daleks and Cybermen are set to appear. The games will be released starting June 2010.

Details regarding the games were announced on 21 April 2010. The games are being produced in conjunction with the Doctor Who TV production team, with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan lending their voices and likenesses to the games. In announcing the games, series producer Piers Wenger stated that they are part of Series 5: "There aren't 13 episodes of Doctor Who this year. There are 17 - four of which are interactive. Everything you see and experience within the game is part of the Doctor Who universe."[1]

Footage of the games was shown after Victory of the Daleks, revealing one "episode" would involve the Daleks and a destroyed London in 1963 with the tagline Fight The Daleks. This was later revealed to be City of the Daleks by Phil Ford, initially announced as being available on the 5th June [2].

Availability

The first of the games, City of the Daleks, was released for download via the BBC's official Doctor Who website on 2nd June 2010 for PCs - several days earlier than the originally announced release date of 5th June. It was later revealed that the early release of the game was part of a system test as they gear up for the official release date. A trailer for the game will reportedly be shown straight after Vincent and the Doctor on Saturday to mark its official launch [3]. A Macintosh version is scheduled for delayed release on 15th June 2010.[2]

At present, the first game is only available in the UK, with free downloads restricted to users in that country. The first game is scheduled for commercial release internationally at some point in July 2010.[3] It is not yet known whether this commercial release will be for just the first game, or an omnibus of all the games. The BBC has also not announced what cost will be attached, or whether the games will be made available on physical media for purchase.

No release dates have been announced as of 3rd June 2010 for the remaining games in the series.

Games

City of the Daleks

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City of the Daleks

The TARDIS materializes in 1963 - and London is in ruins. The Daleks have seized control of time and the only chance of saving Earth lies in a desperate quest to Kallann, the capital city in Skaro, the Daleks' home planet - before time catches up with Amy, the last survivor of the human race!

Blood of the Cybermen

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Blood of the Cybermen

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Shadows of the Deep

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Cast

Production crew

Executive Producers: Steven Moffat
Piers Wenger
Beth Willis
Anwen Aspden
Charles Cecil

Writers: Phil Ford
James Moran

Notes

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A Jelly Baby Card
  • Each episode has collectible cards, marked with a "DW", which provide extra information on the Doctor Who universe. In the first game, these cards are divided into Doctors, Companions, Friends, Enemies, and Jelly Babies.
  • It has been confirmed that the Cybermen will appear as a main villain in one episode.
  • These Cybermen have a different logo than the Cybus logo, and could be the original Cybermen.
  • A picture of a Cyberman on the Adventure games mini site is named "Winter of Terror". This could be the name of the second adventure game.

Concept art

External links

References

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