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'''''Attack of the Graske''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' video game of the {{w|interactive movie}} genre. It premiered on [[BBC Red Button]] at the time of the broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''. It was later placed on the [[series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] [[DVD]] box set, to be played by home viewers around the world. It also has been converted for play in a web browser, and is | '''''Attack of the Graske''''' was a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' video game of the {{w|interactive movie}} genre. It premiered on [[BBC Red Button]] at the time of the broadcast of [[TV]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''. It was later placed on the [[series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] [[DVD]] box set, to be played by home viewers around the world. It also has been converted for play in a web browser, and is available on the official BBC ''Doctor Who'' website. | ||
Like the popular arcade game, {{wi|Dragon's Lair}}, it was in many respects a "proper" motion-picture production. It required a full television crew to produce. Judged as a piece of television, it has unusual aspects — it is the only [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production filmed in a 4:3 [[aspect ratio]]. It was the first [[DWU]] production for which [[director]] [[Ashley Way]] and [[writer]] [[Gareth Roberts]] were credited. It was also the first time that [[Rory Taylor]] received onscreen credit as a [[director of photography]]. | Like the popular arcade game, {{wi|Dragon's Lair}}, it was in many respects a "proper" motion-picture production. It required a full television crew to produce. Judged as a piece of television, it has unusual aspects — it is the only [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production filmed in a 4:3 [[aspect ratio]]. It was the first [[DWU]] production for which [[director]] [[Ashley Way]] and [[writer]] [[Gareth Roberts]] were credited. It was also the first time that [[Rory Taylor]] received onscreen credit as a [[director of photography]]. | ||
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* This story immediately followed ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' and was initially only available to subscribers to the [[BBC Red Button]] interactive service. Viewers were able to pilot the TARDIS and fight the [[Graske]] both on its native world of [[Griffoth]] and in [[Victorian]] [[London]]. From Wednesday 18 January 2006, the story was available to access via the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho BBC website], but only for UK residents. It was subsequently made available to international users of the website as well. | * This story immediately followed ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' and was initially only available to subscribers to the [[BBC Red Button]] interactive service. Viewers were able to pilot the TARDIS and fight the [[Graske]] both on its native world of [[Griffoth]] and in [[Victorian]] [[London]]. From Wednesday 18 January 2006, the story was available to access via the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho BBC website], but only for UK residents. It was subsequently made available to international users of the website as well. | ||
* The question of whether this episode [[canon|"counts"]] as a television story is somewhat muddied by its interactive nature. Some regard it primarily as a game, rather than an episode. However, a possible reference to the events of the story can be heard in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', which featured the first undisputed | * The question of whether this episode [[canon|"counts"]] as a television story is somewhat muddied by its interactive nature. Some regard it primarily as a game, rather than an episode. However, a possible reference to the events of the story can be heard in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', which featured the first undisputed valid appearance of the Graske, in which [[Sarah Jane Smith]] makes reference to there being some Graske activity on Earth a couple of years earlier. [[Gareth Roberts]] wrote both stories. Changelings and Graske activity at Christmas are also mentioned by [[Jack Harkness]] in his [[Captain Jack's Monster Files|Monster Files]], using footage from this adventure. The story is also considered official by ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]''; the episode index at the back of the 2011 edition of the encyclopedia places it between ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' and ''[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]''. | ||
* The Doctor mentions that if the viewer switches their television to ITV tonight the galaxy may implode. This is presumably because the BBC and ITV are rival companies. In [[Eleventh Doctor|his eleventh incarnation]], he said that ITV had gone off the air in the second [[Doctor Who at the Proms|Doctor Who Proms]], as a result of saving the Royal Albert Hall and the BBC Proms. | * The Doctor mentions that if the viewer switches their television to ITV tonight the galaxy may implode. This is presumably because the BBC and ITV are rival companies. In [[Eleventh Doctor|his eleventh incarnation]], he said that ITV had gone off the air in the second [[Doctor Who at the Proms|Doctor Who Proms]], as a result of saving the Royal Albert Hall and the BBC Proms. | ||
* Technically, [[David Tennant]] is not credited in this episode as "the Doctor". He receives only pre-title billing. This makes this the only ''Doctor Who'' television production which does not credit the role of "the Doctor" or "Doctor Who". This includes ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' in which the Doctor doesn't even appear at all. | * Technically, [[David Tennant]] is not credited in this episode as "the Doctor". He receives only pre-title billing. This makes this the only ''Doctor Who'' television production which does not credit the role of "the Doctor" or "Doctor Who". This includes ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' in which the Doctor doesn't even appear at all. | ||
