A WHO’S WHO ON DOCTOR WHO
The Doctor has been adventuring in space and time for 60 years, though more consistently across TV screens than gaming displays.
Vince Pavey pulled aside some of the renegade time lord’s friends and collaborators from the British games industry to find out why
Christopher Dring is the head of games B2B at ReedPop, but you might also remember him as the former editor of MCV. He’s also a big fan of Doctor Who, and has been published in Doctor Who Magazine more than once!
The 1997 action video game Destiny of the Doctors was directed by Nick Holden. It allowed fans of the Whoniverse to explore the TARDIS in 3D for the very first time, as well as take on Anthony Ainley as The Master in his final live action appearance as the character.
Peter Hickman spent over six years at BBC Studios working on titles starring different incarnations of the Last of the Time Lords, including Doctor Who: Legacy, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time and Lego Dimensions.
Warp Digital’s Richie Turner was one of the programmers on an early ‘90s video game called Dalek Attack, where The Doctor took on a Dalek invasion in a shoot-em-up, having learned to use his sonic screwdriver to shoot lasers. It might not be the most canon thing, but it was bloody good fun.
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Sumo Digital’s creative director Sean Millard also worked on pixel art for Dalek Attack back in the day, and then went on to work on the episodic Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, one of which won a Welsh BAFTA!
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