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The BBC has announced the development of four original Doctor Who interactive episodes to be made available for free online.
These four new adventures will take the form of downloadable games available for PC and Mac, in which players assume control of the Doctor and Amy as they embark on new adventures which complement the new TV series. The first episode will be formally unveiled later this month, with its release to follow in June.
The interactive episodes are executive produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and Anwen Aspden (BBC Wales Interactive), alongside Charles Cecil – best known as the creator of Broken Sword. The games are being developed by Sumo Digital, with stories and scripts from Phil Ford (co-writer Doctor Who ‘Waters of Mars’) and James Moran (Severance, Torchwood Children of Earth).
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have been digitally recreated in-game, and have provided full voice-overs.
“Children don’t just watch Doctor Who – they join in. They make up games, invent their monsters, create their own stories,” says Steven Moffat, Head Writer and Executive Producer, Doctor Who. “Now, there’s something else – now they can be the Doctor in brand new episodes. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will offer fans of the Doctor a unique opportunity to enter his world, face his challenges and grapple with his deadliest foes.
“By developing these games alongside the new TV series, we’ve been able to weave exciting narrative strands with the very finest game design to create a new kind of Doctor Who, which can be enjoyed by the whole family.”
The four original stories promise to take players on a journey throughout time and space, including one location from the Doctor Who series which has never been seen before on screen. Players will encounter new and original monsters, in stories which form part of the overall Doctor Who canon.
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