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Worlds Apart was a Doctor Who-themed digital trading card game made by Reality+.[1] It tied in with the Time Lord Victorious.
Publisher's summary
THE WHONIVERSE IS IN YOUR HANDS!
Hop aboard! You’ve arrived just in time for an action-packed TARDIS ride through the past, the present and the future.
It’s ever so quick and easy to get the hang of things! Build your own deck of Whovian favourites, outsmart your opponent to win World Clashes and who knows, maybe you’ll succeed in your quest for cosmic glory!
Now, let’s get going…
Gameplay
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Characters
Worldbuilding
- The Pirate Sea Devils are a faction of time- and space-travelling Sea Devils.
- The Renegade Daleks are described as a "cult" based on Skaro.
- The Division is described as a secretive organisation associated with the Time Lords, (…) tasked with conducting covert operations, intelligence gathering, and enforcing the will of Gallifrey".
Notes
Release history
Limited edition packs with five cards began being distributed in October 2020, which, once sold out, were not available for purchase again. As with physical card games, cards come in a variety of rarities and will feature a variety of creatures and characters from the history of the series. Distinct from most games, the developers decided to distinguish between the cosmetic aspects of the item, a card frame, and the actual card itself, and these things are customisable and sold separately.[2] In order to ensure that there were no disputes over who owned what game pieces, Reality Gaming Group decided to implement blockchain technology for use in this game.[1][3]
After the October wave of releases, players were able to acquire more cards in sets.[4] The game went into early access alpha in December 2021[5] and open beta in October 2022.[6] Further updates were unveiled in October 2023[7] and February 2024.[8] The latter announcement was also accompanied by the release of a mini-episode which used the real-world game interface as a depiction of UNIT's visual interface database, allowing characters to discuss the updates in an in-universe context. The narrative continued to tie in heavily with the Time Lord Victorious multi-media event, even though it had otherwise concluded over a year prior.
Other matters
- A small controversy developed over the game using art for the game developed by another artist without originally crediting or paying them for this work.[9]
- Gizmodo UK noted for their users that while the security of blockchain is often touted as a strength, it's still possible to steal items placed on the blockchain.[4]
- One 2021 post on the official Twitter account claimed that "Some accounts state that the 'Emperor of the Restoration', who led the Daleks after the Civil War, is actually the Dalek Prime. Before it led the Daleks in the Time War, it created the Dalek Time Squad".[10] This information is not reflected within the narrative of Worlds Apart and indeed does not match other Time Lord Victorious material, which consistently portrayed the Emperor of the Restoration as a distinct Emperor who had appropriated the image of his predecessor, rather than being the same individual. The phrase "Some accounts state…" echoes a common writing quirk of our own Wiki, suggesting the aberrant Twitter post may have originated as a misreading of our own Wiki's coverage of these characters.
Continuity
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- The Renegade Daleks, as first seen in TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)"], are explicitly described as having been loyal to "the Dalek Prime instead of Davros", as per PROSE: War of the Daleks [+]Loading...["War of the Daleks (novel)"].
- The living trees from TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"] are featured, identified as "the Arboreal Migration".
- The "Doctor's Rebels" card, representing the general concept of people inspired to fight for justice by the Doctor's actions, is illustrated with artwork of the guards "deprogrammed" by the Twelfth Doctor from the Monks' hypnotism in TV: The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"].
- The Mondasian colony ship from TV: World Enough and Time [+]Loading...["World Enough and Time (TV story)"]/The Doctor Falls [+]Loading...["The Doctor Falls (TV story)"] is reframed as part of a wider "mass exodus from Mondas" on the part of the early Mondasian Cybermen, comprising a number of "colossal spaceships or arks". Cybermen born on these arks are dubbed Exodus Cybermen, echoing the "Operation Exodus" of the televised two-parter, a name which would recur in WC: Incoming Transmission - February Update Video [+]Loading...["Incoming Transmission - February Update Video (webcast)"].
- Ko Sharmus from TV: Ascension of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Ascension of the Cybermen (TV story)"]/The Timeless Children [+]Loading...["The Timeless Children (TV story)"] is featured, and revealed to have originally been a Gallifreyan operative of the Division in the "distant past" before questioning their authority and escaping to become a heroic figure. Though the Division was also discussed at some length in The Timeless Children, no connection was made between it and Ko Sharmus in the original serial, with the Cybermen's assumption that Ko Sharmus is human going unquestioned.
- The Mondasian Cybermen as depicted in TV: The Tenth Planet [+]Loading...["The Tenth Planet (TV story)"] get a card, whose associated blurb acknowledges their origin on Earth's twin planet Mondas, though it is here claimed that Mondas was Earth's twin "in an alternate universe", strangely echoing the alternative origin of the Cybermen given in TV: Rise of the Cybermen [+]Loading...["Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)"] for the Cybermen of Pete's World, who originated on the Earth of a parallel universe.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Original Announcement
- ↑ Card Frames
- ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart takes BBC Studios into Blockchain Gaming with digital trading card game
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The BBC's Making a Blockchain-Based Trading Game for Doctor Who
- ↑ Alpha
- ↑ Open Beta
- ↑ The Latest Updates Have Arrived on the official Doctor WHol: Worlds Apart website
- ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart on Twitter
- ↑ Art Usage
- ↑ Doctor Who: Worlds Apart (20 October 2021). Some accounts state…. Twitter. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024.