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Doctor Who: Infinity is a 2018 match-three puzzle video game developed by Tiny Rebel Games and Seed Studio and published by Tiny Rebel Games following the success of its predecessor, Doctor Who: Legacy. It was released for iOS, Android, PC, and Mac. The game was formatted in episodes and each episode was penned and directed by a different individual.
Unlike Legacy, voice acting formed part of the story and a variety of actors from the television series reprised their roles, including Michelle Gomez and Katy Manning. Additionally, Infinity was not free to play, costing $11.99 from Steam.
Infinity had a soft release with the first three stories in late 2018 and then had the full release with a further two stories in November 2019.
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The Dalek Invasion of Time
- Main article: The Dalek Invasion of Time (video game)
A tragic event on the edge of the Time War has led to the unlikely creation of a dangerous new type of Dalek hybrid, after a gifted young child is forced to survive by hooking herself into a Dalek life-support system.
As the young girl tries to exact her revenge, the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, Bill and Nardole find themselves in the midst of a full-scale assault on Earth's timeline.
As the invasion spreads, and the Doctor is forced to turn to some of his closest allies for assistance, can they stop this new enemy? And must the Doctor do the unthinkable and ally with the Daleks to save Earth?
The Orphans of the Polyoptra
- Main article: The Orphans of the Polyoptra (video game)
The story, as told in flashback by Jo Jones to her nephew in the style of a classic Doctor Who 4-part story arc, begins at the height of World War 2 as the Third Doctor and Jo Grant find themselves trapped in what appears to be a German bombing in a small mining town.
Here they meet a young orphan girl and her strange companion, who are not at all what they appear to be, and who desperately need their help to travel back to 1842, to a time when the local children still faced the treacherous danger of daily work in the mines.
The Lady of the Lake
- Main article: The Lady of the Lake (video game)
The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler find themselves pulled into a thematic retelling of a legendary Welsh tale whilst visiting the Black Mountains of Wales.
A dense fog, as well as a full blown alien war have descended on a small village. Luckily the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler have just arrived on holiday.
As a piece of alien weaponry poses an existential threat to mankind, the Doctor has to team up with a local poet as they try to unravel the mysteries of why a Lady has been seen walking over the surface of Llyn-y-Van Bach Lake, and why all the animals nearby have been dying at midnight.
The Horror of Flat Holm
- Main article: The Horror of Flat Holm (video game)
The peculiar nature of the sinking of the Glyndwr had the Brigadier request the assistance of a troop led by Sergeant Benton along with Captain Mike Yates and zoologist Charlie Guarneri. As luck would have it, the Fourth Doctor was available to join them in their investigation. Years later, U.N.I.T.'s base on Flat Holm has mysteriously ceased communication and a new U.N.I.T. mission led by Kate Stewart, accompanied by Petronella Osgood, is called to investigate. As it happens, Charlie Guarneri was a family friend -- Uncle Charlie, who she remembered as a young girl -- but she never found out what happened to him.
The decisions of the past will have repercussions in the present for Kate and Osgood, as the investigate the strange goings on at the military base on the island.
The Silent Streets of Barry Island
- Main article: The Silent Streets of Barry Island (video game)
You've heard of the summer of love? 1967; San Francisco; turn on, tune in, drop out; kids with flowers in their hair? Well, Barry had its own summer of love a year earlier, in 1966. Oh, I'm not talking flower power – it was still mods and rockers round here, suits and scooters or leather and brylcreem. But Barry's summer of love ended eventually, making way for – well, let’s call it the Autumn of Apathy. No music, no lights, no queues. Just silent streets. At least they were silent – until that night. The night the Doctor arrived...
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Notes
- Gary Russell wrote The Orphans of the Polyoptra as his final Doctor Who story.