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{{Infobox Story | |featuring = [[Eleventh Doctor]] | ||
|main character = [[Amy Pond]] | |||
|image= HistoryHunt.jpg | |developer = [[magneticNorth]] | ||
|developer= | |publisher = BBC | ||
|publisher= BBC | |platform = Online | ||
|platform= | |genre = Question & Answer | ||
|genre= Question | |format = [[Adobe Flash]] game | ||
| | |release date = 3 August 2010 | ||
| | }} | ||
}}'''''Amy | '''''Amy's History Hunt''''' was a game available on the BBC ''Doctor Who'' website. It was based on Amy's actions during the events of ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''. | ||
The game featured [[Karen Gillan]] as [[Amy Pond]] in an introduction video, a further two videos in which [[Amy]] is ''Looking back at'' [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]], nine audio clips entitled ''Amy's Profile'' in which Amy covers relevant historical subjects, and lastly a video message of congratulations for completing the game. | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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Once all numbers are unlocked, the safe opens to reveal [[The Pandorica Opens|the painting]]. As a prize, the player is rewarded with a short story in PDF format, entitled, ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''. | Once all numbers are unlocked, the safe opens to reveal [[The Pandorica Opens|the painting]]. As a prize, the player is rewarded with a short story in PDF format, entitled, ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''. | ||
== Cast == | |||
* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]] | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* On the BBC site, the name of the game varies among ''Amy's History Hunt'', ''History Hunt'' and ''The History Hunt''. | * On the BBC site, the name of the game varies among ''Amy's History Hunt'', ''History Hunt'' and ''The History Hunt''. | ||
* This game breaks the fourth wall. | * This game breaks the fourth wall. | ||
* The first of the ''Amy's Profile'' installments, which covers [[Winston Churchill]], is titled simply ''Amy's Profile''. Later installments would specify their subject in the title. | |||
* The audio clip which should logically be titled ''Amy's Profile: Agatha Christie'' is titled ''Looking back at Agatha Christie'' in the format of the two live-action videos covering [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. | |||
* Amy states that [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[reign]] of [[63 (number)|63]] [[year]]s was the longest for a [[British]] [[monarch]]; this record would later be surpassed by [[Elizabeth II]]. | |||
* Amy references the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}}. Incidentally, [[Karen Gillan]] played a [[Mira (The Fires of Pompeii)|soothsayer]] in that episode before being cast as Amy Pond. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This game chronicles Amy's actions while the Doctor looks for his painting | * Amy is wearing [[Amy Pond's outfit (The Journey)|her outfit]] which she wore in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Journey (TV story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}} and ''[[The Adventure Games]]''. However, the promotional image for the game depicts Amy in [[Amy Pond's outfit (The Hungry Earth)|her outfit]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Hungry Earth (TV story)}}/{{cs|Cold Blood (TV story)}}. | ||
* Amy calls the TARDIS "old girl", noting that the Doctor does so. The Doctor has often shown affection for the TARDIS, referring to it as a female. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' et al) | * This game chronicles Amy's actions while the Doctor looks for his painting in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The War of Art (WEB short story)|The War of Art]]''. | ||
* Amy calls the TARDIS "old girl", noting that the Doctor does so. The Doctor has often shown affection for the TARDIS, referring to it as a female. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' et al.) | |||
* The image of [[Lobus Caecilius]] from [[TV]]: {{cs|The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)}} is used to represent the [[Roman]]s. | |||
* Amy reflects on her encounters with [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Winston Churchill]], whom she met in [[TV]]: {{cs|Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)}} and [[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}} respectively. | |||
* Amy incorrectly states that the [[RMS Titanic]] was [[launch]]ed from [[Belfast]] in [[1912]]. Whilst the [[sinking of the RMS Titanic]] did indeed occur in that year, the ship itself was launched earlier on [[31 May]], [[1911]], which would be acknowledged in [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Time Traveller's Diary (novel)}}. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4kwvMp9F6pK69wByQD460Vx/amys-history-hunt BBC - Doctor Who - Games - '''Amy Pond's History Hunt'''] - The Game | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4kwvMp9F6pK69wByQD460Vx/amys-history-hunt BBC - Doctor Who - Games - '''Amy Pond's History Hunt'''] - The Game | ||
* [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/history_hunt/doctor_who_the_war_of_art.pdf BBC - Doctor Who - '''The War of Art''' (link to PDF)] | * [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/history_hunt/doctor_who_the_war_of_art.pdf BBC - Doctor Who - '''The War of Art''' (link to PDF)] | ||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0087k45 BBC - History Hunt Introduction] (geolocked to UK) | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0087k3n BBC - Looking back at Van Gogh] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0087k34 BBC - Looking back at Winston Churchill] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0095t2c BBC - Amy's Profile] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0095sxb BBC - Looking back at Agatha Christie] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009bb5l BBC - Amy's Profile: Shakespeare] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0098dkx BBC - Amy's Profile: Queen Victoria] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009bf6h BBC - Amy's Profile: The Romans] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009c06j BBC - Amy's Profile: Charles Dickens] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009c057 BBC - Amy's Profile: Pompeii] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009flvx BBC - Amy's Profile: Stonehenge] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009flks BBC - Amy's Profile: The Titanic] | |||
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009g25q BBC - Amy's Message of Congratulations!] | |||
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