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(Undo revision by Najawin. Mentioning the episode as a episode, not a game (The Adventure Games is the game); putting in italic mentions to The Adventure Games. Also, The Adventure Games is an *episodic* video game. Obviously, it has episodes.)
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{{Infobox Story
{{Infobox Story
|image = ShadowsOfTheVNPromo.jpg
|image = ShadowsOfTheVNPromo.jpg
|range            = The Adventure Games
|series = [[The Adventure Games]]
|number in range  = 4
|series number = 4
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]
|companions = [[Amy Pond|Amy]]
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|platform = PC, Mac   
|platform = PC, Mac   
|genre = Action-adventure
|genre = Action-adventure
|series = [[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]
|prev=TARDIS (video game)
|prev=TARDIS (video game)
|next=The Gunpowder Plot (video game)
|next=The Gunpowder Plot (video game)
|release date = [[22 December (releases)|22 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|release date = [[22 December (releases)|22 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
}}
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'''''Shadows of the Vashta Nerada''''' was the fourth episode of the video game ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]''. The player had the ability to play as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. It was marketed as the last episode of the first "series".
'''''Shadows of the Vashta Nerada''''' was the fourth episode of the video game ''[[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games]]''. The player had the ability to play as the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond]]. It was marketed as the end of the first "series".
 
 


Released as part of the 2010 [[Adventure Calendar]], it was heavily marketed with a [[Christmas]] theme — despite the fact that it had only limited Yuletide content, largely confined to its closing scene.
Released as part of the 2010 [[Adventure Calendar]], it was heavily marketed with a [[Christmas]] theme — despite the fact that it had only limited Yuletide content, largely confined to its closing scene.
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* This was released three days before the premiere of ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''. Coincidentally, both Christmas specials feature the prominent appearance of an alien shark.
* This was released three days before the premiere of ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''. Coincidentally, both Christmas specials feature the prominent appearance of an alien shark.
* The main menu uses the alternate title ''Shadows of the Deep''.
* The main menu uses the alternate title ''Shadows of the Deep''.
* This is the first of ''The Adventure Games'' in which the interior of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] does not appear.
* This is the first of the Adventure Games in which the interior of [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] does not appear.
* The [[Vashta Nerada]] in this story seem much weaker than the ones that are faced in the television stories ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'', hiding in the shadows rather than ''being'' shadows.
* The [[Vashta Nerada]] in this story seem much weaker than the ones that are faced in the television stories ''[[Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead]]'', hiding in the shadows rather than ''being'' shadows.
* First-time players of ''The Adventure Game''s may find themselves stuck at 48 collectible cards after skimming through the four episodes in one play through. This episode of ''The Adventure Games'' contains two more explicitly illusive cards that will appear after clearing all three Acts: the card for [[Mickey Smith]] and the [[Strawberry]] [[Jelly baby]]. They can both be found in Act One. Mickey Smith's card is in Section F of the underwater base in a large room with boxes on the right-hand side of the winding corridors. The Strawberry Jelly baby card resides in Bay F-2, the room directly following the encounter with the Zaralok before exiting Section F, hidden in the upper left corner.
* First-time players of the Adventure Games may find themselves stuck at 48 collectible cards after skimming through the four episodes in one play through. This episode of the Adventure Games contains two more explicitly illusive cards that will appear after clearing all three Acts- the card for [[Mickey Smith]] and the [[Strawberry]] [[Jelly baby]]. They can both be found in Act One. Mickey Smith's card is in Section F of the underwater base in a large room with boxes on the right-hand side of the winding corridors. The Strawberry Jelly baby card resides in Bay F-2, the room directly following the encounter with the Zaralok before exiting Section F, hidden in the upper left corner.


=== Promotion ===
=== Promotion ===
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* The Eleventh Doctor and Amy escape tied rope using the same trick [[Harry Houdini]] taught the Doctor that the [[Tenth Doctor]] used in [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
* The Eleventh Doctor and Amy escape tied rope using the same trick [[Harry Houdini]] taught the Doctor that the [[Tenth Doctor]] used in [[TV]]: ''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]''.
* The [[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']] previously appeared in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Macros (audio story)|The Macros]]''.
* The [[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']] previously appeared in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Macros (audio story)|The Macros]]''.
* This episode concludes a continuous journey from the Doctor and Amy's point of view which began with [[GAME]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wish You Were Here (WEB short story)|Wish You Were Here]]'' and [[GAME]]: ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]'' before it. All these stories pick up where the previous story left off.
* This game concludes a continuous journey from the Doctor and Amy's point of view which began with [[GAME]]: ''[[Blood of the Cybermen (video game)|Blood of the Cybermen]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Wish You Were Here (WEB short story)|Wish You Were Here]]'' and [[GAME]]: ''[[TARDIS (video game)|TARDIS]]'' before it. All these stories pick up where the previous story left off.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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