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Perhaps 90% of Who stories could be adapted into adventure games-even if the solution to the puzzles would always be using the sonic screwdriver to "reverse the polarity"-it's interacting with the situation with a thinking cap on, observing and not simply looking, engaging. The point and click adventure game genre seemed the perfect fit for Doctor Who. Legends such as Monkey Island, Broken Sword, Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade to the wonderfully forgotten like The Adventures of Hyperman and Cyberia-yes, with a "c." So many point-and-click adventures that defined my childhood gaming seemed to share some of Doctor Who's clever, high-concept brilliance. It wasn't until discovering broader genres on PC a few years later that I started to see how it could happen. I also grew up on video games-the Sega Master System in particular-and the desire to mix my two obsessions was always there. No fan didn't want to go on those adventures, to explore a slew of strange worlds and historical settings alongside him, overcoming danger effortlessly with coolly-assured smarts.

They'd face terrifying threats that would haunt my nightmares, but I'd always be safe in the knowledge that he'd have a plan – something cunning, daring, and oh so clever. Like millions of other kids, I was reared on re-runs of Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker's performances as the enigmatic Doctor. Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is a near-perfect concept for a Doctor Who video game, let down by some unfortunate circumstances at the time. In all those years only one video game based on the show has truly flirted with success.

The revival of the series has run since 2005 (after a hiatus from '89), coinciding with early internet fandom culture to transform a formerly cultish UK-oddity to a pillar of modern nerd culture.Īll in all, that makes it over 50 years old-a damn sight older than I am. Starting in 1963, it's one of the oldest science fiction TV shows, sprouting a cult following and reaching international pop culture status over the years.