New Doctor Who video game coming next year:

[The Romulan Republic]

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Doctor Who to launch videogame The Eternity Clock
BBC Worldwide signs deal to create a series of Doctor Who games that will initially be available on PlayStation devices


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Mark Sweney
guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 December 2011 11.48 GMT
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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock teaser trailer
Doctor Who is getting into console gaming, with BBC Worldwide signing a deal to create a series of titles that will initially be available on Sony PlayStation devices.

The first Doctor Who game, called The Eternity Clock, will be launched early next year on the PlayStation 3, the handheld PlayStation Vita as well as on PC. The Vita, a competitor to Nintendo DS, launches in the UK on 22 February.

BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, said it was "investigating" the possibility that the games, which will require players to "master the complexities of time travel", could launch on other platforms in the future such as the Xbox.

The three game series will be based on a new storyline, written in collaboration with the BBC Wales team responsible for the TV show, with stars Matt Smith and Alex Kingston recording voiceovers for their characters. The Doctor Who games are being developed by Supermassive Games.

Robert Nashak, executive vice-president of digital entertainment at BBC Worldwide, said the games aimed to bring the "wonder, adventure and madness" of Doctor Who to the games console market.

A spokeswoman said BBC Worldwide has created one Doctor Who console game in the past – called Return to Earth for the Nintendo Wii – but that was a one-off title. She said the latest announcement represents a major ongoing strategy.

Edit: forgot to say what I think of this. Basically, its cool that they're making this, and I hope its good, and I'm glad they've got the actors from the show doing the voices. I am, however, dubious about the involvement of River, not because I dislike the character but because I dislike the River story arc in Season six. Then again, maybe if this is a separate story, River will be better in this.

I'd love to play this, but suspect I won't be able to play it on my computer. Ah well, maybe by the time the sequels are out I'll be able to buy something that will play them.

[Bedlam]

There were two Dr Who games out last year, one for the DS was a professor Layton style puzzle game and the other on the Wii (and probably other systems) was a puzzle/sneaking game. I think they both had cast recording voices.

Of course there have also been the free download PC RPG games for the last few years on the BBC website.

[evilsoup]

I predict that these will be awful, but that legions of fanboys will buy it regardless. I'm sure it would be theoretically possible to make a good Dr. Who game, but 'master[ing] the complexities of time travel' sounds like it'll be a horrible gimmick, or at best it's marketing-speak for 'there'll be time travel like in Timesplitters'.

[The Romulan Republic]

I predict that these will be awful, but that legions of fanboys will buy it regardless. I'm sure it would be theoretically possible to make a good Dr. Who game, but 'master[ing] the complexities of time travel' sounds like it'll be a horrible gimmick, or at best it's marketing-speak for 'there'll be time travel like in Timesplitters'.

Well, I remain hopeful. Like you said, its quite possible to make a good Doctor Who game.

The truth is, there's not much in the article about what exactly this game will be like. So I'm going to hope for the best while I wait for more information.

[Temjin]

After doing some research of Supermassive games, I'm not exactly optimistic over this game's quality.

Their biggest game to date, except for a level pack on Little Big Planet, has been Start the Party which released to mixed reviews.

Yeah, just through the choice of studio, you can tell that they don't consider this game to be anything but a cash-in that they expect the Who fans to buy based on brand name alone, just like most other licensed games.

[VF5SS]

Can't beat this great game