There are three things that make Doctor Who special. One is the aforementioned 'hammyness', though there's not as much of that as there used to be. The second is its Britishness, which shines throughout - the writing, the acting, the locations, so on. The third is the madness of it all. You'd never get anything like this made in the US, and if it hadn't been for the Daleks it would never have lasted as long as it has (back in 1963 the audience nearly doubled when the Daleks first appeared, practically guaranteeing its renewal for a second series). The only other show I can think of that's quite as mad is (A Town Called) Eureka, and even they never featured Agatha Christie fighting a giant wasp.
One of these days I'll get back to that game I mentioned ages back, and then we'll know for sure if it'd work or not. Til then, there's over 200 televised stories to enjoy, as well as spin-offs, audios, comics, novels and web-casts. A whole lot of stuff for a slightly hammy show.
Majus: Yes, Steven Moffat wrote Coupling, and is responsible for some of, if not THE, best episodes of New Who*. His taking over RTD's role is possibly one of the greatest things that could happen for the show - he's a terrific writer and I very much look forward to seeing what he's going to do with the show.
*He wrote The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. All but the last two-parter have won BAFTAs, and every single one of his episodes is critically acclaimed.
Isn’t that the show written by Steven Moffat, one of the favorite writers of Doctor Who?
I have no idea; I only watched three episodes. And it's obviously not a bad show, since it is immensely popular, but I'm not a neurotic, urban, nymphomaniac who's more obsessed with creating an appearance of success than finding true happiness, so I'm not in their target audience, anyway. I don't watch Sex in the City either (I prefer shows with more laser beams.)
Majus: Yes, Steven Moffat wrote Coupling, and is responsible for some of, if not THE, best episodes of New Who. His taking over RTD's role is possibly one of the greatest things that could happen for the show - he's a terrific writer and I very much look forward to seeing what he's going to do with the show.
Yeah, when I saw »Blink« I was like »Who wrote that? This person is a genius!«. So, I am VERY happy that he will lead the next Who-Season.
I'm not a Dr. Who fan in the slightest, but even I can tell that part of it's appeal is the slight "hammyness" of it.
I bet you think Father Ted's crap too
That came across badly, I know plenty of people who enjoy it. I'm just sick of all the Dr Who love in the UK because its massively overrated imo. I just seriously hope Telltale haven't considered this idea at all.
For the record, I grew up watching Father Ted and I think its superb. I'm all for using overly exaggerated acting and plotlines if its done well (Garth Marenghi's Darkplace does it brilliantly). I just cant stand Dr Who-I know I'm in the minority so ill say no more
Tom Baker has done voice work (that Little Britain show) maybe he can be persuaded to return to the Doctor Who franchise, albeit in video game form. *crosses fingers* doubt it though.
Telltale has a good understanding of British humor, so they should definitely consider making a Doctor Who game.
Yeah, when I saw »Blink« I was like »Who wrote that? This person is a genius!«. So, I am VERY happy that he will lead the next Who-Season.
Yeah I saw that a few days ago - it was so much better than the recent The Waters of Mars by Russell T Davies. I'm looking forward to the next season deeply too.
Anybody see the scene from the Christmas special that was on during Children in Need last night? I missed it and have only just caught it on YouTube (here if you missed it too). Odd tonal shift, considering how The Waters of Mars ended, plus there was the typical 'joke that stops being funny once it's explained'. Awesome CGI effects though.
Anybody see the scene from the Christmas special that was on during Children in Need last night? I missed it and have only just caught it on YouTube (here if you missed it too). Odd tonal shift, considering how The Waters of Mars ended, plus there was the typical 'joke that stops being funny once it's explained'. Awesome CGI effects though.
Oh, I thought it was very entertaining…
it’s interesting how long the Doctor was away. Weeks? Month? Years? And the link to »Shakespear Code« was naughty and funny, I laughed
What do you think about the Oods? They reminds me somehow of people of Gallifrey… and they are not only saying »He will return«, they say »They will return« and »It will return«. Sounds like the comeback of Gallifrey to me!
What do you think about the Oods? They reminds me somehow of people of Gallifrey… and they are not only saying »He will return«, they say »They will return« and »It will return«. Sounds like the comeback of Gallifrey to me!
CRAZYTALK!
I wonder though, wouldn't that kind of defeat the purpose of him traveling around? I always imagined he did this because he
was restless and always hoping he would find a remaining timelord or at least something that would remind him remotely of them.
I don't know about the previous Doctors, but he
even tried to keep the master alive! Or at least forcing him to regenerate. Only for not being the only timelord. The master!
The Doctor has always been an outcast of sorts. He initially ran away from the Time Lords as he didn't agree with their 'look but don't touch' policy over the universe. He's gone back to Gallifrey several times (a few Tom Baker stories are set on the planet, and there are other extended-media stories that prominently feature the Time Lord culture), and during one of those times he was declared President, a position he immediately abdicated by running away (like all good heroes).
After the Time Lords died during the War, the Doctor continued travelling, simply because it's what he's always done. He has yet to see everything, apparently. Even if the Time Lords were to come back, I doubt he'd hang around for long. Gallifrey always was buried in politics, not something the Doctor copes with very well.
I saw the first episode on the BBC iPlayer. (Sadly not available to non-UK residents, but hooray for YouTube!). Interesting story, but I'm not at all into the CGI animation - it's really very limiting, which isn't surprising given the budget the team had.
Well, I know what I'll be doing for at least a part of the next three weekends:
The Waters of Mars - December 19th.
The End of Time: Part One - December 26th.
The End of Time: Part Two - January 2nd.
It's about time we Yanks got Doctor Who with a much faster turnover rate. One day between the Christmas/New Year's specials U.K. and U.S. broadcasts is much appreciated.
But back to the topic. Since we now know of Sam & Max 3's existence, is anyone still holding out hope for this license any time soon?
Well, I know what I'll be doing for at least a part of the next three weekends:
The Waters of Mars - December 19th.
The End of Time: Part One - December 26th.
The End of Time: Part Two - January 2nd.
It's about time we Yanks got Doctor Who with a much faster turnover rate. One day between the Christmas/New Year's specials U.K. and U.S. broadcasts is much appreciated.
But back to the topic. Since we now know of Sam & Max 3's existence, is anyone still holding out hope for this license any time soon?
Waters of mars hasn't aired over there yet? wow. I suppose Doctor who in the US is like heroes over here. We still havent got series whatever it is thats airing in the US.
I take it that you haven't seen dreamland yet either? Despite the trailers making it look awful, by the end of the first minisode, you get used to it, and it was a pretty good episode overall.
If they do a Doctor Who game, I would hope they would bring back The Rani or some other Time Lord that hasn't been revived yet. The Master would be too soon after The End of Time.
If they do a Doctor Who game, I would hope they would bring back The Rani or some other Time Lord that hasn't been revived yet. The Master would be too soon after The End of Time.
also, what does IP mean in this context?
IP (in a gaming context) usually means intellectual property. Like the sims are to EA, or mario to nintendo. It basically means a dranchise they created and own.
On a further note, there's already a Top Gear video game series which has been going since 1992 with the last game in 2004 however, it's not related to the show.
Gotta admit, I've never heard of Doctor Who before coming to this forum, and even after checking it out, I'm not all that interested in playing a game based on it. I don't think it's big enough in the U.S. (I think I read there are barely a million viewers here), but I'm just one opinion.
Quick question: Wouldn't this mean that BBC wants a Doctor Who game based on the current series? Probably based on the eleventh Doctor?
Extremely likely. Although it could work out like the Dreamland and Infinity Quest specials (i.e. canon, but not affecting the TV show's series arc).
Actually, talking about the Infinity Quest, it probably is the best example of how it could work plot-wise. (i.e. Doctor and partner interrupts evil bad dude, blows up ship, and leaves. Hears about superpower that bad guy wants, goes out to stop him over four episodes relativly loosely connected, final episode is Doctor battling against evil dude to unleash superpower, which winds up being a dud).
Extremely likely. Although it could work out like the Dreamland and Infinity Quest specials (i.e. canon, but not affecting the TV show's series arc).
Actually, talking about the Infinity Quest, it probably is the best example of how it could work plot-wise. (i.e. Doctor and partner interrupts evil bad dude, blows up ship, and leaves. Hears about superpower that bad guy wants, goes out to stop him over four episodes relativly loosely connected, final episode is Doctor battling against evil dude to unleash superpower, which winds up being a dud).
Look, a framefork to use and everything.
Sounds like the most logical approach to make a Doctor Who game, if Telltale did the game that is. I really hope Telltale games to do the game, because I think the adventure genre is the best suited for Doctor Who. Still, it would be intersting to see how other developers would do it.
Sounds like the most logical approach to make a Doctor Who game, if Telltale did the game that is. I really hope Telltale games to do the game, because I think the adventure genre is the best suited for Doctor Who. Still, it would be intersting to see how other developers would do it.
If any other dev were to take it on, i'm sure it would turn into a FPS based on UNIT.
Provided someone says 'Chap with wings, five rounds rapid', I have no problems with this idea whatsoever.
It does have some potential, i guess, but i can imagine it being very run of the mill. Still, Sontaran VS UNIT online deathmatches would be pretty fun. Aboard a Dalek Ship map.
Before the recent news, I believed that, like with the Big Finish audio plays, the BBC would only allow Telltale to make a game based on the classic series. Of course, that's all changed now. But I wonder if they'd allow past new series doctors (more likely Ten than Nine) or insist on Eleven?
Before the recent news, I believed that, like with the Big Finish audio plays, the BBC would only allow Telltale to make a game based on the classic series. Of course, that's all changed now. But I wonder if they'd allow past new series doctors (more likely Ten than Nine) or insist on Eleven?
They could do some classic series episodes and have Big Finish record the audio for them
They could do some classic series episodes and have Big Finish record the audio for them
But also they could do some new series episodes.
The BBC has refused to give Big Finish the license to so much as touch upon the new series, and this will likely not change at least until the new series ends. The BBC seems to want to keep the new and old series more or less seperate. On top of that, they will likely require that whoever makes a Doctor Who game makes one based on the new series. At least, primarily, as there has been an exception: Time Crash.
Perhaps a Telltale Doctor Who season could start and/or end with a segment starring a past Doctor (a classic series one or the Eccleston or Tenant Doctor). Perhaps it could be both at once - the season would start with a classic series Doctor dealing a problem of some kind, not knowing the full story (perhaps wondering briefly, but then deciding it's probably not important). The rest of the season involves the present Doctor dealing with a seemingly unrelated problem. The season ends with the present Doctor realizing that he shouldn't deal with the final part of the problem, and leaves without explaining why. Then another Tardis warps in, a past Doctor steps out, and the player realizes what's going on...
Edit: To throw everyone off, that opening classic Doctor sequence would have to appear to be an introduction to the character, and, until the very end of the season, appear to have nothing to do with the main story. Additionally, it could have various retro elements to make it look like something out of the classic series.
The BBC has refused to give Big Finish the license to so much as touch upon the new series, and this will likely not change at least until the new series ends. The BBC seems to want to keep the new and old series more or less seperate. On top of that, they will likely require that whoever makes a Doctor Who game makes one based on the new series. At least, primarily, as there has been an exception: Time Crash.
Perhaps a Telltale Doctor Who season could start and/or end with a segment starring a past Doctor (a classic series one or the Eccleston or Tenant Doctor). Perhaps it could be both at once - the season would start with a classic series Doctor dealing a problem of some kind, not knowing the full story (perhaps wondering briefly, but then deciding it's probably not important). The rest of the season involves the present Doctor dealing with a seemingly unrelated problem. The season ends with the present Doctor realizing that he shouldn't deal with the final part of the problem, and leaves without explaining why. Then another Tardis warps in, a past Doctor steps out, and the player realizes what's going on...
Edit: To throw everyone off, that opening classic Doctor sequence would have to appear to be an introduction to the character, and, until the very end of the season, appear to have nothing to do with the main story. Additionally, it could have various retro elements to make it look like something out of the classic series.
Yeah mis interpreted what I said. I only meant BF would could do audio recordings for any TT classic episodes.
The BBC has refused to give Big Finish the license to so much as touch upon the new series, and this will likely not change at least until the new series ends. The BBC seems to want to keep the new and old series more or less seperate. On top of that, they will likely require that whoever makes a Doctor Who game makes one based on the new series. At least, primarily, as there has been an exception: Time Crash.
Perhaps a Telltale Doctor Who season could start and/or end with a segment starring a past Doctor (a classic series one or the Eccleston or Tenant Doctor). Perhaps it could be both at once - the season would start with a classic series Doctor dealing a problem of some kind, not knowing the full story (perhaps wondering briefly, but then deciding it's probably not important). The rest of the season involves the present Doctor dealing with a seemingly unrelated problem. The season ends with the present Doctor realizing that he shouldn't deal with the final part of the problem, and leaves without explaining why. Then another Tardis warps in, a past Doctor steps out, and the player realizes what's going on...
Edit: To throw everyone off, that opening classic Doctor sequence would have to appear to be an introduction to the character, and, until the very end of the season, appear to have nothing to do with the main story. Additionally, it could have various retro elements to make it look like something out of the classic series.
Reminds me of what they did with the story in the video game Star Trek Legacy, where the entire storyline spans over several eras of the Star Trek franchise. And I think something similar would work for a Doctor Who, where each chapter would star a different incarnation of the Doctor but acting within the same overall storyline.
But I think this could be troublesome. So in order to not alienate everyone who is not familiar to the entire Doctor Who mythos, it would probably best to focus primarily on one Doctor, probably the current one. But this does not rule out the inclusion of some humorous references and inside jokes for the fans, and maybe a cameo from one of the earlier Doctors (like in Time Crash). They could even make that a part of the gameplay, like the Doctor could communicate with his former self trough a hole in time in the Tardis and exchange items with each other. Like for example “I need to borrow K-9, hand him over!”
If telltale gets to make a Doctor Who game, I really hope they let K-9 get an appearance.
I think K9 is tied up in a rights nightmare, given that they're doing a whole separate show about him. The Sarah Jane Adventures were lucky to get him, IIRC.
I think K9 is tied up in a rights nightmare, given that they're doing a whole separate show about him. The Sarah Jane Adventures were lucky to get him, IIRC.
True. I saw an episode of that new K-9 show once. It was okay, not the best show but not bad. There was one funny scene though, were K-9 fell asleep and dreamt about electric sheep. That made my day
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There are three things that make Doctor Who special. One is the aforementioned 'hammyness', though there's not as much of that as there used to be. The second is its Britishness, which shines throughout - the writing, the acting, the locations, so on. The third is the madness of it all. You'd never get anything like this made in the US, and if it hadn't been for the Daleks it would never have lasted as long as it has (back in 1963 the audience nearly doubled when the Daleks first appeared, practically guaranteeing its renewal for a second series). The only other show I can think of that's quite as mad is (A Town Called) Eureka, and even they never featured Agatha Christie fighting a giant wasp.
One of these days I'll get back to that game I mentioned ages back, and then we'll know for sure if it'd work or not. Til then, there's over 200 televised stories to enjoy, as well as spin-offs, audios, comics, novels and web-casts. A whole lot of stuff for a slightly hammy show.
Majus: Yes, Steven Moffat wrote Coupling, and is responsible for some of, if not THE, best episodes of New Who*. His taking over RTD's role is possibly one of the greatest things that could happen for the show - he's a terrific writer and I very much look forward to seeing what he's going to do with the show.
*He wrote The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. All but the last two-parter have won BAFTAs, and every single one of his episodes is critically acclaimed.
I have no idea; I only watched three episodes. And it's obviously not a bad show, since it is immensely popular, but I'm not a neurotic, urban, nymphomaniac who's more obsessed with creating an appearance of success than finding true happiness, so I'm not in their target audience, anyway. I don't watch Sex in the City either (I prefer shows with more laser beams.)
That came across badly, I know plenty of people who enjoy it. I'm just sick of all the Dr Who love in the UK because its massively overrated imo. I just seriously hope Telltale haven't considered this idea at all.
For the record, I grew up watching Father Ted and I think its superb. I'm all for using overly exaggerated acting and plotlines if its done well (Garth Marenghi's Darkplace does it brilliantly). I just cant stand Dr Who-I know I'm in the minority so ill say no more
Telltale has a good understanding of British humor, so they should definitely consider making a Doctor Who game.
Yeah I saw that a few days ago - it was so much better than the recent The Waters of Mars by Russell T Davies. I'm looking forward to the next season deeply too.
Oh, I thought it was very entertaining…
What do you think about the Oods? They reminds me somehow of people of Gallifrey… and they are not only saying »He will return«, they say »They will return« and »It will return«. Sounds like the comeback of Gallifrey to me!
CRAZYTALK!
I wonder though, wouldn't that kind of defeat the purpose of him traveling around? I always imagined he did this because he
The Doctor has always been an outcast of sorts. He initially ran away from the Time Lords as he didn't agree with their 'look but don't touch' policy over the universe. He's gone back to Gallifrey several times (a few Tom Baker stories are set on the planet, and there are other extended-media stories that prominently feature the Time Lord culture), and during one of those times he was declared President, a position he immediately abdicated by running away (like all good heroes).
After the Time Lords died during the War, the Doctor continued travelling, simply because it's what he's always done. He has yet to see everything, apparently. Even if the Time Lords were to come back, I doubt he'd hang around for long. Gallifrey always was buried in politics, not something the Doctor copes with very well.
Have you seen a preview-clip of it? It has very bad animations and bad timing…
But hey ho, it's more Who.
The Waters of Mars - December 19th.
The End of Time: Part One - December 26th.
The End of Time: Part Two - January 2nd.
It's about time we Yanks got Doctor Who with a much faster turnover rate. One day between the Christmas/New Year's specials U.K. and U.S. broadcasts is much appreciated.
But back to the topic. Since we now know of Sam & Max 3's existence, is anyone still holding out hope for this license any time soon?
I take it that you haven't seen dreamland yet either? Despite the trailers making it look awful, by the end of the first minisode, you get used to it, and it was a pretty good episode overall.
also, what does IP mean in this context?
...here's why...
QUICK TELLTALE, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE! DO IT FOR US!
On a further note, there's already a Top Gear video game series which has been going since 1992 with the last game in 2004 however, it's not related to the show.
Quick question: Wouldn't this mean that BBC wants a Doctor Who game based on the current series? Probably based on the eleventh Doctor?
Extremely likely. Although it could work out like the Dreamland and Infinity Quest specials (i.e. canon, but not affecting the TV show's series arc).
Actually, talking about the Infinity Quest, it probably is the best example of how it could work plot-wise. (i.e. Doctor and partner interrupts evil bad dude, blows up ship, and leaves. Hears about superpower that bad guy wants, goes out to stop him over four episodes relativly loosely connected, final episode is Doctor battling against evil dude to unleash superpower, which winds up being a dud).
Look, a framefork to use and everything.
Sounds like the most logical approach to make a Doctor Who game, if Telltale did the game that is. I really hope Telltale games to do the game, because I think the adventure genre is the best suited for Doctor Who. Still, it would be intersting to see how other developers would do it.
If any other dev were to take it on, i'm sure it would turn into a FPS based on UNIT.
Either way would work. Would be great if was a point and click adventure. We already had an FPS like one with Destiny of the Doctors.
They could do some classic series episodes and have Big Finish record the audio for them
But also they could do some new series episodes.
The BBC has refused to give Big Finish the license to so much as touch upon the new series, and this will likely not change at least until the new series ends. The BBC seems to want to keep the new and old series more or less seperate. On top of that, they will likely require that whoever makes a Doctor Who game makes one based on the new series. At least, primarily, as there has been an exception: Time Crash.
Perhaps a Telltale Doctor Who season could start and/or end with a segment starring a past Doctor (a classic series one or the Eccleston or Tenant Doctor). Perhaps it could be both at once - the season would start with a classic series Doctor dealing a problem of some kind, not knowing the full story (perhaps wondering briefly, but then deciding it's probably not important). The rest of the season involves the present Doctor dealing with a seemingly unrelated problem. The season ends with the present Doctor realizing that he shouldn't deal with the final part of the problem, and leaves without explaining why. Then another Tardis warps in, a past Doctor steps out, and the player realizes what's going on...
Edit: To throw everyone off, that opening classic Doctor sequence would have to appear to be an introduction to the character, and, until the very end of the season, appear to have nothing to do with the main story. Additionally, it could have various retro elements to make it look like something out of the classic series.
Yeah mis interpreted what I said. I only meant BF would could do audio recordings for any TT classic episodes.
Reminds me of what they did with the story in the video game Star Trek Legacy, where the entire storyline spans over several eras of the Star Trek franchise. And I think something similar would work for a Doctor Who, where each chapter would star a different incarnation of the Doctor but acting within the same overall storyline.
But I think this could be troublesome. So in order to not alienate everyone who is not familiar to the entire Doctor Who mythos, it would probably best to focus primarily on one Doctor, probably the current one. But this does not rule out the inclusion of some humorous references and inside jokes for the fans, and maybe a cameo from one of the earlier Doctors (like in Time Crash). They could even make that a part of the gameplay, like the Doctor could communicate with his former self trough a hole in time in the Tardis and exchange items with each other. Like for example “I need to borrow K-9, hand him over!”
If telltale gets to make a Doctor Who game, I really hope they let K-9 get an appearance.
True. I saw an episode of that new K-9 show once. It was okay, not the best show but not bad. There was one funny scene though, were K-9 fell asleep and dreamt about electric sheep. That made my day