The Adventure Games
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 was 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 two games are only available to download for free in the UK. The first game is scheduled for commercial release internationally at some point in July 2010.[3] Although it is not yet known whether this commercial release will be for just the first game, it is likely that all the games will be available at some point. The BBC has also not announced what cost will be attached, or whether the games will be made available on physical media for purchase.
Games
City of the Daleks
The Doctor's 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
The Doctor and Amy materialize in the Arctic - where members of a survey team are turning from flesh to metal and digging something sinister from under the ice that's been waiting thousands of years - an army of Cybermen!
TBA
Information to be confirmed, although most likely to be called T.A.R.D.I.S.[4] (You need to open it in notepad and you must have the game). In the June 2010 issue of GamesMaster, it said that one episode would take place just in the TARDIS. As this one is likely to be called T.A.R.D.I.S., it will most likely be this one.
TBA
Information to be confirmed, although most likely to be called Shadows of the Deep.[5] (You need to open it in notepad and you must have the game)
Cast
Production crew
Executive Producers: Steven Moffat
Piers Wenger
Beth Willis
Anwen Aspden
Charles Cecil
Writers: Phil Ford
James Moran
Notes
- Each episode has collectible cards, marked with a "DW", which provide extra information on the Doctor Who universe. There are fifty to collect in total, ten each of Doctors, Companions, Friends, Enemies, and Jelly Babies.
- 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 original name for Blood of the Cybermen.
- According to the folder structure of the Adventure Games directory, City of the Daleks was originally intended to be the second episode and Blood of the Cybermen was intended to be the first.
Concept art
- The Adventure Games concept art 1.jpg
"Exploring icy caves"
- The Adventure Games concept art 2.jpg
"A new alien world of adventure"
- The Adventure Games concept art 3.jpg
"All new corridors to run down"
- The Adventure Games concept art 4.jpg
"A creepily familiar alien skyline"
- The Adventure Games concept art 5.jpg
"A world full of danger and mystery"
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 1.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 1
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 2.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 2
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 3.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 3
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 4.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 4
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 5.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 5
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 6.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 6
- Blood of the Cybermen concept art 7.jpg
Blood of the Cybermen 7
In-game screenshots
- Dr-Who-The-Ad-8.jpg
"A Cyberman on an icy landscape."
- Dr-Who-The-Ad-9.jpg
"An army of Cybermen"
- Doctor-Who-The-Adventure-Games-2-4-570x320.jpg
"The Doctor next to a snow mobile looking down at something"
- Blood of the cybermen 27.jpg
The Doctor holds up a Cyberman's arm
- Blood of the cybermen 33.jpg
A Human-Cyberman
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100408_01/adventure_games
- ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/06/city-of-daleks-now-available.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/theadventuregames/download/nonuk
- ↑ C:\Program Files\Doctor Who - The Adventure Games\Data\Common\SumoTool\EpisodeMenu\EpisodeMenu_EN.dat
- ↑ C:\Program Files\Doctor Who - The Adventure Games\Data\Common\SumoTool\EpisodeMenu\EpisodeMenu_EN.dat
