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'''''The Eternity Clock''''' was the first of a three-part series of games for PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PC. It could be played by one or two players. The one-player option switched between the characters of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]]. The two-player option had both characters playing simultaneously. | '''''The Eternity Clock''''' was the first of a three-part series of games for PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PC. It could be played by one or two players. The one-player option switched between the characters of the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]]. The two-player option had both characters playing simultaneously. | ||
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Onboard [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the Doctor struggles to navigate a temporal maelstrom. He lands on [[Earth]]. However, the TARDIS appears in a bad way. The instruments confirm the time storm covers the planet. The Doctor exits to find himself in the [[Bank of England]] in the modern day. When the TARDIS vanishes in a flash of light, he is trapped. On the advice of a [[psychic paper]] message from his future self he uses gold bars to smash through a grate into the Victorian-era vaults under the bank. He finds a [[perception filter]] he recognises as his own work. He disables it, revealing a sewer entrance. However, the passage below is blocked by a gate requiring someone on each side to open. | Onboard [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], the Doctor struggles to navigate a temporal maelstrom. He lands on [[Earth]]. However, the TARDIS appears in a bad way. The instruments confirm the time storm covers the planet. The Doctor exits to find himself in the [[Bank of England]] in the modern day. When the TARDIS vanishes in a flash of light, he is trapped. On the advice of a [[psychic paper]] message from his future self he uses gold bars to smash through a grate into the Victorian-era vaults under the bank. He finds a [[perception filter]] he recognises as his own work. He disables it, revealing a sewer entrance. However, the passage below is blocked by a gate requiring someone on each side to open. | ||
At the [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] in [[5145]], River Song gets a phone call. The Doctor needs her help! She escapes from the Facility. Once clear of its [[Tesla binding field]], she uses her [[vortex manipulator]] to travel to modern day Earth, where she frees the stranded Doctor. They go through the old tunnels, trying to reach the surface. | At the [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] in [[5145]], River Song gets a phone call. The Doctor needs her help! She escapes from the Facility. Once clear of its [[Tesla binding field]], she uses her [[vortex manipulator]] to travel to modern day Earth, where she frees the stranded Doctor. They go through the old tunnels, trying to reach the surface. | ||
They soon find Cyberman storage units which begin releasing their occupants. The Doctor and River flee through the tunnels to reach a Bank of England lift that lets them enter the tunnels of the London Underground. The Cybermen pursue them, but the pair seal them off behind a set of large doors. | They soon find Cyberman storage units which begin releasing their occupants. The Doctor and River flee through the tunnels to reach a Bank of England lift that lets them enter the tunnels of the London Underground. The Cybermen pursue them, but the pair seal them off behind a set of large doors. | ||
In an area devastated by a gas explosion, the Doctor and River find an encampment of humans, refugees from the Cybermen who are converting people en masse. Before the pair can reach the surface, the Cybermen find a way into the area through more train tunnels. River and the Doctor electrify the rails, blocking their access. | In an area devastated by a gas explosion, the Doctor and River find an encampment of humans, refugees from the Cybermen who are converting people en masse. Before the pair can reach the surface, the Cybermen find a way into the area through more train tunnels. River and the Doctor electrify the rails, blocking their access. | ||
Ascending to the surface, River and the Doctor find the streets empty. A dormant time corridor, caused by the raging time storm, is near. With the construction site blocked by road collapse from the gas explosion, they go into an adjacent office building. They find another time corridor, which the Doctor identifies as leading to [[1892]]. They find a heavily guarded Cyberfactory ship on the other side of the office and the Doctor formulates a plan — he will travel through the time corridor, which has activated and alter the plans for the gas pipes in the past so the explosion takes place elsewhere. With the road traversible, they can enter the building site, use its crane to get on top of the office and drop into the unguarded Cyberfactory. | Ascending to the surface, River and the Doctor find the streets empty. A dormant time corridor, caused by the raging time storm, is near. With the construction site blocked by road collapse from the gas explosion, they go into an adjacent office building. They find another time corridor, which the Doctor identifies as leading to [[1892]]. They find a heavily guarded Cyberfactory ship on the other side of the office and the Doctor formulates a plan — he will travel through the time corridor, which has activated and alter the plans for the gas pipes in the past so the explosion takes place elsewhere. With the road traversible, they can enter the building site, use its crane to get on top of the office and drop into the unguarded Cyberfactory. | ||
The Doctor travels through the corridor with River's vortex manipulator and comes out in a textile mill. He makes his way outside and then underground. A mysterious figure dashes over the rooftops. Beneath the streets, he finds the under-construction pipes, alters the plans and returns through another time corridor to the present. | The Doctor travels through the corridor with River's vortex manipulator and comes out in a textile mill. He makes his way outside and then underground. A mysterious figure dashes over the rooftops. Beneath the streets, he finds the under-construction pipes, alters the plans and returns through another time corridor to the present. | ||
Meanwhile, in the present, the Cybermen have entered the office block to investigate the energy from the corridor's use. Their forcible entry activates the building's security measures, trapping River inside. She tricks the Cyberman patrols into breaking open the office's security booth. She deactivates the barriers, allowing her to go out. She and the Doctor rendezvous and ascend the construction site, using a girder held by the crane to cross onto the office's roof. | Meanwhile, in the present, the Cybermen have entered the office block to investigate the energy from the corridor's use. Their forcible entry activates the building's security measures, trapping River inside. She tricks the Cyberman patrols into breaking open the office's security booth. She deactivates the barriers, allowing her to go out. She and the Doctor rendezvous and ascend the construction site, using a girder held by the crane to cross onto the office's roof. | ||
With the Cybermen still inside, the Doctor and River return to the street in a window-cleaning cradle and break into the Cyberfactory, intending to disable the [[Cyber-Planner]] inside. They follow the Planner's command signal towards the centre of the ship, but are forced to flee as squadrons of Cybermen are revived to pursue them. They eventually reach the ship's thermionic core, where the Cyber-Planner is located. River notices a mysterious object suspended near the Planner, which the Doctor identifies as having a huge temporal signature and broadcasting time distortion beam. He and River split up to reach control panels at the top and bottom of the core and use them to overload the thermionic power source to destroy the Cyberfactory. They escape through a newly opened time corridor, taking the strange artefact with them. | With the Cybermen still inside, the Doctor and River return to the street in a window-cleaning cradle and break into the Cyberfactory, intending to disable the [[Cyber-Planner]] inside. They follow the Planner's command signal towards the centre of the ship, but are forced to flee as squadrons of Cybermen are revived to pursue them. They eventually reach the ship's thermionic core, where the Cyber-Planner is located. River notices a mysterious object suspended near the Planner, which the Doctor identifies as having a huge temporal signature and broadcasting time distortion beam. He and River split up to reach control panels at the top and bottom of the core and use them to overload the thermionic power source to destroy the Cyberfactory. They escape through a newly opened time corridor, taking the strange artefact with them. | ||
After navigating through the corridor, they find themselves in the TARDIS. The Doctor connects the artefact to the console and finds it is responsible for generating the time corridors. The object is just one of four trying to speak with each other across time. | After navigating through the corridor, they find themselves in the TARDIS. The Doctor connects the artefact to the console and finds it is responsible for generating the time corridors. The object is just one of four trying to speak with each other across time. | ||
[[File:Eternity_Clock_section(?).jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and River exit a time corridor.]] | [[File:Eternity_Clock_section(?).jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor and River exit a time corridor.]] | ||
They leave the TARDIS near London Bridge in [[1561]], but the time corridor through which the ship appears immediately disappears. To leave they lower a drawbridge to access two other time corridors. Although they enter separate corridors, both arrive again in the TARDIS. | They leave the TARDIS near London Bridge in [[1561]], but the time corridor through which the ship appears immediately disappears. To leave they lower a drawbridge to access two other time corridors. Although they enter separate corridors, both arrive again in the TARDIS. | ||
The Doctor realises the ship has moved to the heart of the time storm to stabilise itself. The corridors lead to the TARDIS because they are being pulled in by the maelstrom. The ship also detects a signal hidden in the time storm. The Doctor decides to investigate it. They exit the TARDIS into 1561 again, but soon notice that tally marks are appearing on the walls around them. | The Doctor realises the ship has moved to the heart of the time storm to stabilise itself. The corridors lead to the TARDIS because they are being pulled in by the maelstrom. The ship also detects a signal hidden in the time storm. The Doctor decides to investigate it. They exit the TARDIS into 1561 again, but soon notice that tally marks are appearing on the walls around them. | ||
In London in 1892, a Silurian warrior stands over the body of a policeman. The Doctor awakens, confused. He finds the sonic screwdriver and psychic paper gone, River's blaster and hallucinogenic lipstick in their place. He notices strange pipes carrying a green liquid on a nearby building. A 16th century statue hides the psychic paper, showing a message from River: the Silence have separated them across time and the Doctor must follow these messages to find her. | In London in 1892, a Silurian warrior stands over the body of a policeman. The Doctor awakens, confused. He finds the sonic screwdriver and psychic paper gone, River's blaster and hallucinogenic lipstick in their place. He notices strange pipes carrying a green liquid on a nearby building. A 16th century statue hides the psychic paper, showing a message from River: the Silence have separated them across time and the Doctor must follow these messages to find her. | ||
In the building with the odd pipe the Doctor finds more pipes guarded by Silurian warriors. He also spots the sonic screwdriver on a statue salvaged from an old church, but the way to it is blocked by hot steam. He leaves the building and goes into the sewers beneath the streets. They are riddled with the Silurian piping. Evading guards, he finds controls to shut off the steam and returns to collect the screwdriver. | In the building with the odd pipe the Doctor finds more pipes guarded by Silurian warriors. He also spots the sonic screwdriver on a statue salvaged from an old church, but the way to it is blocked by hot steam. He leaves the building and goes into the sewers beneath the streets. They are riddled with the Silurian piping. Evading guards, he finds controls to shut off the steam and returns to collect the screwdriver. | ||
On the advice of another psychic paper message, the Doctor heads back into the sewers. He uses the sonic screwdriver to access the same vault system he passed through beneath the modern day Bank of England, where he finds a perception filter hiding a doorway. Deactivating it, he reveals an old crypt, where River lies in a stasis field. | On the advice of another psychic paper message, the Doctor heads back into the sewers. He uses the sonic screwdriver to access the same vault system he passed through beneath the modern day Bank of England, where he finds a perception filter hiding a doorway. Deactivating it, he reveals an old crypt, where River lies in a stasis field. | ||
In [[1561]], River wakes to find her equipment gone and the Doctor's psychic paper in their place. A message on the paper from her future self tells her the Silence have separated the Doctor and her through time. She soon comes across a doorway, but the corridor it leads to seems too big compared to the building's exterior. River deactivates a perception filter, revealing a doorway which she recognises as leading to a [[The Silence|Silence]] facility. Unable to get through, she leaves to find the sonic screwdriver in the nearby St. Christopher's Church. | In [[1561]], River wakes to find her equipment gone and the Doctor's psychic paper in their place. A message on the paper from her future self tells her the Silence have separated the Doctor and her through time. She soon comes across a doorway, but the corridor it leads to seems too big compared to the building's exterior. River deactivates a perception filter, revealing a doorway which she recognises as leading to a [[The Silence|Silence]] facility. Unable to get through, she leaves to find the sonic screwdriver in the nearby St. Christopher's Church. | ||
River uses the sonic to open the door into the Silence complex. Inside she finds them controlling temporal energy somehow and carrying out experiments on stasis field technology. She realises they are drawing the power they need from elsewhere, along conduits leading towards [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. She makes her way through the facility and steals the stasis field generator they are using. Now done with the Doctor's things, River hides the psychic paper and screwdriver on statues, then enters the church crypt. Disguising the tomb entrance with the perception filter from the Silence base, River activates the stasis field generator, allowing her to wait out the centuries in stasis until the Doctor finds her. | River uses the sonic to open the door into the Silence complex. Inside she finds them controlling temporal energy somehow and carrying out experiments on stasis field technology. She realises they are drawing the power they need from elsewhere, along conduits leading towards [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. She makes her way through the facility and steals the stasis field generator they are using. Now done with the Doctor's things, River hides the psychic paper and screwdriver on statues, then enters the church crypt. Disguising the tomb entrance with the perception filter from the Silence base, River activates the stasis field generator, allowing her to wait out the centuries in stasis until the Doctor finds her. | ||
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* When the Doctor and River encounter an army of [[Cybermen]], the Doctor yells to River, "Basically, run!" This is the same line that the Eleventh Doctor first used in [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' when he was threatening the [[Atraxi]] about leaving Earth. Here, however, the situation is reversed. Instead of a threat, he's warning River that they need to get away. | * When the Doctor and River encounter an army of [[Cybermen]], the Doctor yells to River, "Basically, run!" This is the same line that the Eleventh Doctor first used in [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'' when he was threatening the [[Atraxi]] about leaving Earth. Here, however, the situation is reversed. Instead of a threat, he's warning River that they need to get away. | ||
* There are several hats that can be collected: | * There are several hats that can be collected: | ||
**The first hat is a [[fez]]. When the hat is clicked, the Doctor says, "Don't worry, I won't let the bad lady near you," referencing the way [[Amy Pond]] and [[River Song]] treated his fez in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]''. | ** The first hat is a [[fez]]. When the hat is clicked, the Doctor says, "Don't worry, I won't let the bad lady near you," referencing the way [[Amy Pond]] and [[River Song]] treated his fez in [[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang]]''. | ||
** One of the hats is the helmet that the crew of the ''[[S.S. Pentallian]]'' wore when possessed by [[Torajii]]. When the hat is clicked on, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] jokes, "Burn with me! Burn with me!" ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'') | ** One of the hats is the helmet that the crew of the ''[[S.S. Pentallian]]'' wore when possessed by [[Torajii]]. When the hat is clicked on, the [[Eleventh Doctor]] jokes, "Burn with me! Burn with me!" ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'') | ||
** One of the hats is [[Captain Jack Harkness]]'s uniform cap, the Doctor did say it looked better on Captain Jack. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]''). | ** One of the hats is [[Captain Jack Harkness]]'s uniform cap, the Doctor did say it looked better on Captain Jack. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''/''[[The Doctor Dances]]''). | ||
