Doctor Who: Legacy is a freemium game released to the iOS, Android, and Facebook platforms in the wake of the 50th anniversary special.
It currently allows users to replay the events of several episodes of Doctor Who's 5th, 6th and 7th series, using — if they so wish — different combinations of Doctors, companions, and featured guest stars than were present in the story as televised. Indeed, players can replay each episode however they wish, meaning that gameplay is different for all users, and even for each individual.
It is also notable for featuring mentions and appearances of original characters from the expanded Doctor Who universe outside from the TV show, including Alice Obiefune, Gabby Gonzalez, Frobisher, Charley Pollard and Liam McShane, with more in the plans to be added.
Each week, more episodes are added for players to go through, working backwards in the Doctor Who episode line-up. According to the app description, the developers will not stop adding episodes until they have reached An Unearthly Child.
Synopsis
When the Eleventh Doctor and Vastra arrive in Cardiff on 16 October 1978, they discover that the Earth has been prematurely invaded by the Sontarans, who have acquired time travel and are rewriting the planet's history. The Doctor must go back through his own personal timeline to defeat them before it's too late.
Gameplay
Gameplay takes the form of a role-playing puzzle game, whereas each player has the option of using one Doctor and up to five companions on their team. At the start of the game, only the Eleventh Doctor and Vastra are available to play as, but with each episode and adventure finished, more Doctors and companions are made available to have on the team. The adventures with "Paradox" in the title unlock more Doctors.
During the episodes and adventures themselves, players take turns with the enemy opponent to align colours together. Depending on the colour(s) aligned, a player's team will either heal, attack, or be attacked.
Each day of December 2013, promotion codes were added to the game's website's Advent Calendar. These codes could be inputted within the game to unlock costumes, characters, and other helpful items.
In early 2014, fans could vote on the game's Facebook page for which 'Fan Favourite ally' would be added to the games' roster. The winners were Handles, Stormageddon, Adipose, & Martha Jones.
Characters
Doctors
- Twelfth Doctor (original costume and outfit from The Caretaker)
- Eleventh Doctor (default tweed, beard, monk, fez, Victorian, motorbike goggles, Stetson, beard 2, portrait)
- Tenth Doctor (Brown suit, Christmas pajamas, tuxedo, brown coat, blue suit, 3-D glasses, portrait)
- Ninth Doctor (original costume, regeneration costume[1], portrait)
- War Doctor (original costume, portrait)
- Eighth Doctor (Night of the Doctor costume, original costume, portrait)
- Seventh Doctor (brown jacket and question-mark pullover, portrait)
- Sixth Doctor (original costume, portrait)
- Fifth Doctor
- Third Doctor (black jacket with red-lined cape, red jacket with purple-lined cape, maroon jacket with black and purple-lined cape, green jacket, purple jacket, maroon jacket, portrait)
- Second Doctor (original costume, portrait)
- First Doctor (original costume, portrait)
- Fourth Doctor (Upcoming)
Companions
- Vastra (Victorian dress, Silurian battle uniform, battle suit)
- Jenny Flint (Victorian dress, maid, battle suit with sword drawn)
- Porridge (original attire, holding planet-imploding bomb)
- Rory Williams (Doctor's universe and River Song's World)
- Strax (default suit, battle uniform, armour with helmet)
- Fan Area Strax (Strax with combat helmet on)
- Amy Pond (Doctor's universe, The Girl Who Waited and River Song's World)
- Clara Oswald (gray jacket with flower-patterned skirt, Oswin Oswald's costume, Robot of Sherwood attire)
- Oswin Oswald (Dalek form)
- River Song (Black dress, denim and boots, solider camouflage)
- Rose Tyler
- Wilfred Mott
- Dorium Maldovar
- Henry Avery
- Winston Churchill
- Fan Winston Churchill
- Craig Owens
- Brian Williams
- K9 Mark II
- Queen Nefertiti
- John Riddell (Safari hat and hunting jacket, holding hunting rifle)
- Sam Garner
- Jennifer Lucas
- Miranda Cleaves
- Miranda Cleaves (Ganger)
- Buzzer (Ganger)
- Jimmy Wicks (Ganger)
- Ood Sigma
- Fan Ood Sigma
- Alex Thompson
- George Thompson
- Canton Everett Delaware III (Young and old)
- Artie Maitland
- Lorna Bucket
- Malohkeh
- Ood
- Rory the Handbot
- UNIT commander
- UNIT medic
- Unit soldier
- Punishment soldier
- Punishment medic
- Church Bishop
- Church Verger
- Church Cleric
- Sarah Jane Smith
- Young Sarah Jane Smith
- Handles
- Bitey
- Adipose
- Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All (With Craig, in the papoose)
- Martha Jones
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Ianto Jones
- Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor
- Spoonhead Doctor
- Ganger Doctor
- Edwin Bracewell
- Impresario Webley
- Tasha Lem
- Liz 10
- Hawthorne
- Vincent Van Gogh (portrait based on the actor Tony Curran, portrait based on the real-life Van Gogh)
- Angie Maitland
- Toby Zed
- Jenny
- Fan Jenny
- Ace
- Gabby Gonzalez
- Alice Obiefune
- Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart
- Idris
- Bessie
- Whomobile
- The Moment
- Winder (friendly)
- Silent Priests
- Danny Pink (Default and date attire)
- Tricey
- Father Octavian
- The Doctor's TARDIS
- Colonel Orson Pink
- Saibra
- Robin Hood
- Courtney Woods
Enemies
- Sontarans
- Cybermites
- Cybermen (Normal, Wooden, Giant)
- Cybermats
- Webley
- Mr Clever
- Daleks
- Dalek Antibodies
- Dalek puppets (Corpses, Church Bishops, Vergers, and Clerics, Silents, Tasha Lem)
- Snowmen/Great Intelligence
- Ice Governess/puddle
- Miss Kizlet
- Weeping Angels/Statue of Liberty/Statues/Cherubs
- The Silence
- Church Bishops, Vergers, and Clerics
- The Whisper Men (Normal, Time-sundered)
- The Headless Monks
- The Teller
- Handbots
- Gantok
- Madame Kovarian
- Colonel Manton
- Gangers (Miranda Cleaves, Buzzer, Jimmy Wicks, Jennifer Lucas, Monstrous Jennifer Lucas)
- Half-Face Man
- Spoonheads
- Heavenly Hosts
- Skovox Blitzer
- Reapers
- Solomon
- Robot 1 and Robot 2
- Dinosaurs (Pterodactylus, Ankylosaurus, Velociraptor, Triceratops)
- Robot Knights
- Peg dolls
- Krafayis
- Ood
- Spider germs
- Zygons (Occasionally appear as other characters)
- The Beast
- Toby Zed
- Roboforms/Roboform Christmas tree
- Toclafane
- The Master (Delgado, Pratt/Beevers, Simm incarnations)
- Smilers (happy, displeased, angry faces)
- Sheriff of Nottingham
- Dalek fighter pods
- Dalek Attack Ships
- Sontaran flagship
- Ogrons
- Star Whale tentacles
- Winders
- Paradoxes
Fan Area
The Fan Area is a section of the game unlocked by making a purchase of 6 or more time crystals in a single transaction. New content is added and removed from the Fan Area over time. The Fan Area includes exclusive levels, characters, and outfits. The Fan Area includes 25 levels, 9 companions (8 exclusive), and 3 outfits.
exclusive Companions
- Fan Churchill
- Fan Impresario Webly
- Fan Ood Sigma
- Fan Jenny
- Fan Area Strax
- Winder (Yellow)
- Robin Hood
- Ianto Jones +
Exclusive Outfits
- Eleventh Doctor- Monk
- Tenth Doctor- Tuxedo
- Ninth Doctor- Regeneration
Expert Levels
The Expert Levels are a special set of levels added in version 2.0. Expert levels are designed to be challenging to expert players. Completing an expert level will grant a more powerful version of a companion/doctor at a 100% drop rate. There are currently 13 experts levels in the "Expert Levels" section, and 1 additional expert level in the fan area. Available characters include:
Doctors
- First Doctor +
- Second Doctor +
- Ninth Doctor +
- Tenth Doctor +
- Eleventh Doctor +
- Twelfth Doctor +
Companions
- Clara Oswald +
- Amy Pond +
- River Song +
- Sarah Jane Smith +
- Rory Williams +
- Strax +
- K9 MK 2 +
- Ianto Jones + (Fan Area)
Crew
Tiny Rebel Games
- Original design, creative direction, and executive produced by - Tiny Rebel Games
- Published by - Tiny Rebel Games
- Tiny Rebel Games are Lee Cummings & Susan Cummings
- Story by - Lee Cummings & Ben Badgett
- Additional design support - Ben Badgett, Dan Bridge, Lanyon Cummings
- Ingame[sic] music produced & arranged by - Chris Huelsbeck, Fabian Del'Priore
- Additional SFX design & editing - Mark Michael-Ruddy
- Public Relations - Indigo Pearl, Kristy Endfield, Megan King
Seed Studio Inc.
- CEO - Richard Wu
- President - Jimmy Foo
- Producers - Alan Kuo, Jack Yee
Art/design
- Art/game director - Alan Juo
- Artists - Yu-Jie Chang, Lin Jiang, Yu-Chen Lu, Kuo-Chih Shu
- Game design - Yi-Hsiang Chen, Tin-Kai Chen, Wei-Hsuan Ho
Programming
- Technical director - Jack Yee
- Programmers - Tin-Kai Chen, Hong-Kai Chen, Shun-Wen Cheng, Zh-Xun Li, Kuo-Cheng Li, Ting-Yu Lien, Tzu-Yuan Lin, Chi-Wei Liu, Chia-Wei Tseng, Chin-Yu Wei, Wei-Hsiang Yang
Others
- IT Department - Hsiao-Cheng Huang
- Everyone else at Seed Studio - Pei-Shih Cheng, Wei-Chieh Kuo, Sabrina Wu
Sculpin QA
- Additional QA by Sculpin QA
- Project Manager - Max Knechtel
- Lead Tester - Kiefer Richardson
- Testers - Chris Amos, Garrett McPhee, Joel MacNeill, Marissa Hall