The Game of Time & Space
Doctor Who: The Game of Time & Space was a 1980 narrative tabletop game set in the Doctor Who universe, designed by Derek Carver for Games Workshop. It was one of the earliest Doctor Who role-playing games, and is not considered a valid source on this Wiki due to its branching narrative.
The game is "for 2-6 players, 8 years and over". Gameplay used a board, which is divided into 60 "zones", as well as 76 Alien counters, 76 Scientific Item counters, 36 Key Mission counters, 95 Key Part counters, 6 Doctor Who Alien & Item files, 6 pawns, a twelve-sided die, and a rules booklet.
Summary
The Fourth Doctor and Sara Jane must race through the universe looking for the scattered fragments of the Key to Time, scattered across seventy planets. They must not only evade the dangers to be faced on these planets, but three old foes of the Doctor who seek to acquire the Key for themselves, as well as the Doctor's previous incarnations and their own companions, who are all seeking the Key in their own right and may end up interfering with his own efforts. Can the Doctor get the Key and get back to the Domain of the Time Lords on Gallifrey for the hero's welcome he deserves?
Characters
- Fourth Doctor
- Lyla
- Space Marine
- Sara Jane
- First Doctor
- Susie
- Vicki
- Second Doctor
- Zoe
- Third Doctor
- Liz
- K9
- The Master
- Sutekh
- Eldrad
Alien
- Anti-matter monster
- Astromancer
- Carrion plant
- Chronon
- Cyberman
- Cybermat
- Dalek
- White dalek
- Black dalek
- Gold dalek
- Davros
- Demon
- Giant robot
- Invisible enemy
- Klepton
- Mutant
- Plantman
- Radiation
- Vampire
Worldbuilding
Daleks
- White Daleks, Black Daleks and Gold Daleks are leader-classes among the Daleks.
Items
- The Key to Time is also known as the Key of Chronos. It was created by the Chronons.
Story notes
- The Master is depicted with a likeness resembling that of War Chief actor Edward Brayshaw, albeit without hair.[source needed]
- Susan Foreman is depicted as tall and blonde and with the name of "Susie," making her resemble an older version of Roberta Tovey's cinematic Susan rather than Carole Ann Ford's televised version.
- This story may constitute one of the earliest known narratives where Liz Shaw is travelling with the Third Doctor as a conventional companion in his TARDIS (whereas her televised era took place entirely within the Doctor's exile on Earth).
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