The Orphans of the Polyoptra (video game)
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The Orphans of the Polyoptra is the second episode of the video game Doctor Who Infinity. It was released for iOS, Android, and PC and Mac computers.
Katy Manning returned to voice Jo Grant, and also provided the voice of the Zarbi Supremo.
Official summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The story, as told in flashback by Jo Jones to her nephew in the style of a classic Doctor Who 4-part story arc, begins at the height of World War 2 as the Third Doctor and Jo find themselves trapped in what appears to be a German bombing in a small mining town.
Here they meet a young orphan girl and her strange companion, who are not at all what they appear to be, and who desperately need their help to travel back to 1842, to a time when the local children still faced the treacherous danger of daily work in the mines.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Writer - Gary Russell
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jo recounts her adventure against the Zarbi Supremo to her grandchildren, including Santiago Jones and Lima, while riding a barrel down the Iguazu Falls.
- The village of Galebrook is serviced by a newspaper called The Ledger, sold at Pye's News Agent. An edition dated 1942 featured a cover story concerning bombing raids perpetrated by the Nazis.
- Jo claims that cows are responsible for more deaths than sharks.
- Sir Robert Peel was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom circa 1842.
- Jo finds the Polyoptra beautiful.
- The Polyoptra hail from Politicos, a moon of Vortis.
- Polyoptra royalty lacked the distinctive segmented eyes and the luminous wings of the rest of the species. Instead, they had psychic powers with which they could create shields.
- The Great House was the site of a legendary natural time portal.
- The Polyoptra species belonged to the Optra Genus.
- With the support of both the Whigs and the Conservatives, the Mines and Colleries Act (1842) was written into law on 10 August 1842.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The gameplay segment of The Orphans of the Polyoptra consists of 27 levels, each with their own name:
- 1: The Bombing Begins
- 2: Terror From Above
- 3: Searching
- 4: The Trees Will Hurt You!
- 5: Reign of Fire
- 6: Every Beat Of The Heart
- 7: Finding The Key
- 8: Seeing Things Clearly Now
- 9: The Pan Of Attack!
- 10: Closing Time
- 11: Free The Children
- 12: Let Us Out Of Here
- 13: Journey Into Terror
- 14: A Sting In The Tale
- 15: Let Sleeping Larvae Lie
- 16: Red Is For Danger
- 17: Escape To Danger
- 18: The Young And The Free
- 19: The Enemy Within
- 20: Friends And Enemies
- 21: Seeing The Point
- 22: The Shield
- 23: Colourful Clues
- 24: A Dodgy Time
- 25: In The Lair Of The Zarbi Supremo
- 26: Flood!
- 27: The Final Battle
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Third Doctor's exile on Earth was recently rescinded in return for his hand in defeating Omega. (TV: The Three Doctors [+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"])
- Jo wears a golden ring, a sentimental memento given to her by King Peladon of Peladon. (TV: The Curse of Peladon [+]Loading...["The Curse of Peladon (TV story)"])
- When mentioning times he's encountered Zarbi under the control of others, the Doctor recalls the Animus (TV: The Web Planet [+]Loading...["The Web Planet (TV story)"]) and the Skirkons. (COMIC: On the Web Planet [+]Loading...["On the Web Planet (comic story)"])
- The Zarbi Supremo exerted control over others through the use of wishbone collars and gold, the same modus operandi as the Animus. (TV: The Web Planet [+]Loading...["The Web Planet (TV story)"])
- The First Doctor previously defeated another Zarbi Supremo on Vortis. (PROSE: The Lair of Zarbi Supremo [+]Loading...["The Lair of Zarbi Supremo (short story)"])
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