2,435
edits
Attack of the Graske (video game): Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
no edit summary
Finl4yl1ck (talk | contribs) (→Plot) |
JDPManjoume (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
|network=[[BBC Red Button]] | |network=[[BBC Red Button]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''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 | '''''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 was converted for play in a web browser, and was available on the official BBC ''Doctor Who'' website until the discontinuation of Adobe Flash in 2021. | ||
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]]. | ||
| Line 385: | Line 387: | ||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* 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. As of January 2021, the game is no longer available officially to play. | ||
* 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. | ||
* The Doctor mentions that if the viewer switches their television to ITV tonight the galaxy may implode, a reference to the rivalry between the BBC and ITV. 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, a reference to the rivalry between the BBC and ITV. 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. | ||
| Line 391: | Line 393: | ||
** However, a possible reference to the events of the story can be heard in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', which featured the first undisputed valid appearance of the Graske on-screen, 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. | ** However, a possible reference to the events of the story can be heard in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' story ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'', which featured the first undisputed valid appearance of the Graske on-screen, 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 ''[[Monster File: Christmas (webcast)|Monster File: Christmas]]'', using footage from this adventure. | ** Changelings and Graske activity at Christmas are also mentioned by [[Jack Harkness]] in ''[[Monster File: Christmas (webcast)|Monster File: Christmas]]'', using footage from this adventure. | ||
** The story is also | ** The story is also counted as an episode in ''[[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]]''. | ||
=== Filming locations === | === Filming locations === | ||
| Line 401: | Line 403: | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/sjSBglRVdmy7jDSylGpKN4/attack-of-the-graske Play Attack of the Graske] on the BBC website | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/sjSBglRVdmy7jDSylGpKN4/attack-of-the-graske Play Attack of the Graske] on the BBC website (now defunct) | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_tvs2.htm|Attack of the Graske}} | {{dwrefguide|who_tvs2.htm|Attack of the Graske}} | ||
* Transcript of '''''[http://www.chakoteya.net/Extras/AttackGraske.html Attack of the Graske]''''' at [http://www.chakoteya.net Chrissie's Transcripts Site] | * Transcript of '''''[http://www.chakoteya.net/Extras/AttackGraske.html Attack of the Graske]''''' at [http://www.chakoteya.net Chrissie's Transcripts Site] | ||
