Doctor Who: The Adventure Games | |
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Developer(s) | Sumo Digital |
Publisher(s) | BBC Wales Interactive |
Distributor(s) | BBC Online |
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Composer(s) | Murray Gold |
Series | Doctor Who |
Engine | Emmersion |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS |
Release date(s) | 5 June 2010 | —31 October 2011
Genre(s) | Graphic adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a series of episodic third-person adventure games, based on the BBC TV series Doctor Who and developed by Sumo Digital.Charles Cecil served as executive producer and worked with Sean Millard and Will Tarratt on the design.
Each episode was made available for free download to residents of the UK via the BBC's official Doctor Who website; a UK internet address is required to both download and install them, though several of the games subsequently were made available for international sale. The first one was released on 5 June 2010, the second one on 26 June 2010, the third on 27 August 2010, the fourth on 22 December 2010 and the fifth on 31 October 2011. In February 2012 the BBC announced they had shelved the games in favour of worldwide console games such as Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock.
The games were commissioned by Simon Nelson and Rosie Allimonos of BBC Vision. Phil Ford was selected to write because of his experience in writing for Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures, including writing the Dreamland animated Doctor Who series.
Phil Ford and James Moran wrote the scripts, and Charles Cecil worked on the game design. The Games were created by Sumo Digital with Will Tarratt as lead designer. Composer of the revived series of Doctor Who Murray Gold has provided music for The Adventure Games. Executive producers of the 2010 series of the show Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis, along with BBC Wales Interactive's Anwen Aspden and video game creator Charles Cecil all serve as executive producers of the interactive episodes. Producer and voice director was Gary Russell who had previously directed the animated serials The Infinite Quest and Dreamland.