The Doctor’s adventures aren’t an easy fit for the world of gaming.
In short, it felt like a bit of a transparent cash grab.
The next stab at aDoctor Whogamewould be more ambitious, if less visually spectacular.
Dalek Attackwas the most ambitious attempt at aDoctor Whogameyet.
On the whole, the games not hugely fondly remembered, but it didnt lack for ambition.
StarringMatt SmithandKaren Gillanas the Doctor and Amy Pond, these five games were basically small, self-contained point-and-click adventures.
Still, the cut scenes are well-produced and acted.
Meanwhile,The Mazes of Timesaw the Eleventh Doctor and Amy exploring a series of top-down 3D levels.
With some nice animation and a chance to actually stand inside the TARDIS, its a fun little diversion.
But before that, we sawDoctor Who: The Edge of Timewhich is far more ambitious.
Doctor Whodoes face challenges that its sci-fi brethren do not, however.
First of all, lets get it out the way guns.
The other obstacle to theDoctor Whovideo game we all want, is the sheer scope of it.
Accompanying the Doctor, rather than being them.
Becoming the Jimmy Olsen to an accurately-depicted Superman, Nelson says.
The companionsof the Doctor often contain vibrant but constrained multitudes, which makes them ideal game protagonists.
Even if they did, would the fans resonate with that decision?
Nelson, meanwhile, has his own ideas.
If I had to pitch aDoctor Whovideo game?
Im going with a TARDIS-based kart racer, he says.
