Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space

Doctor Who Roleplaying Game

Cover of the Twelfth Doctor edition
Designer(s)	David F. Chapman, Alasdair Stuart
Illustrator(s)	Lee Binding
Publisher(s)	Cubicle 7
Publication date	2009
Genre(s)	Science Fiction
System(s)	Vortex
Website	Doctor Who RPG

The Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, formerly Doctor Who: Adventures in Time And Space is a role-playing game published by UK-based Cubicle 7 Entertainment. It is based on the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who, and allows roleplayers to adopt the role of characters from that fictional universe.

Unlike most RPGs, the rules featured in new editions of the game remain largely unchanged. The updates consist of layout, images, and characters with rules provided. The first edition matched the style of the David Tennant era, the second edition the Matt Smith, the third styled for the programme's fiftieth anniversary with characters and images from Day of the Doctor, while the fourth and most recent edition draws from the first series of the Peter Capaldi era. Beginning with the anniversary edition, the game shifted from the traditional European release format of a box containing dice, tokens, and multiple smaller books towards the American format of a large core rulebook.

The first edition core rules box set was released to critical acclaim in the fall of 2009. It has gone on to win two awards including the Grog d'Or for Best Roleplaying Game 2010 and the UK Game Expo Best Roleplaying Game 2010. It was also nominated for the Origins Best Roleplaying Game 2010, the ENnies Product of the Year 2010, the Golden Geek Game of the Year 2010, and the Golden Geek Best Artwork & Presentation 2010.

As of November 2010^[update], three products had been released including the first edition box set, a Game Master's screen, and a box set supplement entitled "Aliens and Creatures".

In October 2012 Cubicle 7 released the Eleventh Doctor Edition of the game, focusing on the Matt Smith era of the show. The Eleventh Doctor Boxed Set box was a two part box, rather than a "pizza box" style box. The 11th Doctor Boxed Set won the Gold ENnie for Best Family game in 2013 Two sourcebooks were released using this edition's layout and style: Defending the Earth, a UNIT sourcebook, and The Time Traveller's Companion, an in-depth look at Time Lords and time travel. It was awarded the Silver ENnie for best supplement in the 2013 ENnie Awards. Three PDF-only adventures for the Eleventh Doctor were released in 2013: Cat's Eye, Medicine Man, The Ravens of Despair and a stand-alone version of Arrowdown, the Eleventh Doctor edition's introductory adventure.