March 12th, 2012
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Doctor Who Worlds in Time Launch / Trailer
BBC Worldwide Transports Doctor Who: Worlds in Time Into Commercial Launch
Casual Multiplayer Online Game Proves It’s “Bigger on the Inside”
BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games today announced the official launch of Doctor Who: Worlds in Time (www.doctorwhowit.com), the first-ever browser-based, free-to-play multiplayer online game based on the popular television series. Created in partnership with Three Rings, the award-winning developer of persistent online worlds Puzzle Pirates and Spiral Knights, the game transports fans and gamers alike on a journey throughout the boundless Doctor Who universe.
Doctor Who: Worlds in Time offers something for everyone, including an intriguing narrative for sci-fi followers and serious gamers and stimulating micro-missions for game enthusiasts looking for a quick pick-up-and-play game. After meeting the Doctor in the iconic TARDIS, players travel to various immersive worlds (including Ember, Mars and New New York) and work together to defend civilization against infamous villains (including the Autons, Clockwork Robots and Zygons) bent on creating chaos and destruction in the universe. Since the open preview launch in December 2011, the BBC and Three Rings have worked to make more Doctor Who environments available, as well as introduce additional virtual items and create deeply engaging communal features.
“Worlds in Time offers players a multitude of elements and opportunities to socialize,” said Robert Nashak, Executive Vice President, BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games. “From introducing beloved characters and progressive storylines to presenting additional guild play, our goal is to become the largest Doctor Who community ever assembled, while also being an enjoyable experience for all users.”
While Doctor Who: Worlds in Time is free-to-play, players can enrich their gameplay and hasten their progress through the purchase of Chronons, which help them to customize their avatars, complete mini-games, build new contraptions and more.
“I have been a fan of Doctor Who since I was a child, so developing this game with BBC Worldwide is a dream come true,” said Daniel James, CEO of Three Rings Design, Inc. “Like the Doctor, we have our own mission, to provide Doctor Who fans an experience matched only by the wondrous TV series, and casual gamers a warm opportunity to discover the marvelous world for themselves. It’s exciting to see the Doctor Who universe come to life in such a unique way.”
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GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 17th, 2012 - 10:32amGonna go on this now! I’m addicted to it!
Anonymous
March 16th, 2012 - 6:14pmIs it me or are there a bit to many RPGs at the moment? Moshi monsters, Fight My Monster, Minecraft, now Doctor Who? Is this going to work?
The 507th Doctor
March 16th, 2012 - 6:15pmDon’t forget, ROBLOX, Club Penguin, Bin Weevils, Tanki Online. But a Doctor Who one is awesome!!! 🙂
Finlay
March 15th, 2012 - 9:27pmI don’t know why everyone hates this? I love this! it’s so cool! I’m 11 and I enjoy it!
Sebatron
March 15th, 2012 - 8:30amA bit off subject but i have spent $589Aus on doctor who toys. Maybe even more!
Impressed, Booboo?
booboo
March 15th, 2012 - 8:34amthat a lot of money
McGann is Lt Bush.
March 15th, 2012 - 10:24amWhich ones did you get ? Series 6, Classic, or Series 5 ?
Sebatron
March 16th, 2012 - 9:42amMainly series 1-6. Some classic
Dalek Sec
March 15th, 2012 - 4:40amI’m planning to create an account, but i have questions.
1: Is it like a facebook game, where you have to go on to every day or “your fish will die”.
2: Can you create your own character?
These maybe small little questions, but i’m goin to do it on the holidays when i have a lot of free time.
The 507th Doctor
March 15th, 2012 - 5:18am1. No, why would it die?
2. Yes, you can create your character between Silurian, human and two others I can’t remember.
Mels
March 15th, 2012 - 6:18amDon’t worry, it’s not looking after a Tamagotchi! 😛 You can play as often/rarely as you like.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 15th, 2012 - 4:13pmYou get free Chronons every 1 hour (per one, I think) so no need to buy!
Dalek Sec
March 16th, 2012 - 7:28amThanks, this is very helpful. 🙂
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
April 8th, 2012 - 9:29amHuman, Silurian, Catkind and Cheem.
anthony
March 14th, 2012 - 7:43ambooboo ive completed my series 6 figures can i send u my completed collection later and only need flesh bowl figure cretor gonna get that on the 24th march so hopefully after woods nano gun pyshic container cump n go cybermat and the complete sixth series and cd off my mum or if s he gives me money she said i might just ask mah dad but depends when he gets paid and lookin at the shelf i think we mist out on a hole lott good figures and wheres rory ? i thoght hes due for release in march could done with kovarian or headless monks nad h
anthony
March 14th, 2012 - 7:44amandbots and many more a few peg dolls ed be good they still have time why cant thgey series 7 int on till septmeber so why cant they have a go ?
booboo
March 14th, 2012 - 7:46amyes fine
BOOBOO JR
March 13th, 2012 - 5:47pmStill not sure about this, what do other people think of it? Should I make myself an account for it and play or not???
BOOBOO JR
March 13th, 2012 - 6:00pmAny help???
booboo
March 13th, 2012 - 6:02pmI haven’t tried it but its go to be worth a go
BOOBOO JR
March 13th, 2012 - 6:03pmTrue, and it’s completely free, right?
booboo
March 13th, 2012 - 6:04pmi think so yes
BOOBOO JR
March 13th, 2012 - 6:05pmCool, will give it a go at some point, any age limit on it?
Bow tie of Doom (Not to be confused with The Fez of Fear)
March 13th, 2012 - 6:43pmYou have to be over 16, but if you have parents/guradians permission and all that grown up-y stuff then you can get on. Or, like some others are doing (I think), you could just pretend you’re a teeny tiny bit older.
Boodleoo
March 14th, 2012 - 7:53amIt’s quite good booboo jr and they mix in some classic stuff into it e.g. theres the book of horus you can have for your house. they also tell some good stories, I’m freeing the ood at the moment on new earth.
Boodleoo
March 14th, 2012 - 7:55ama lot of the good stuff you have to pay for though.
Mels
March 14th, 2012 - 10:11amI haven’t tried it yet… I’m going to set up an account in a couple of weeks when I’ll have some spare time.
The Australian DVD/Blu-ray editions of The Doctor, the Witch and the Wardrobe have a free item for this game, so I’ll have to see what that’s all about.
As far as I can tell, it’s a free to play (F2P) game – meaning you don’t *have* to pay anything, but if you want any bonus items etc, you have to buy them (for actual money) from their store.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 13th, 2012 - 5:36pmIt won’t let me start a mission or anything else. I can move around, and have the correct Chronons, but it says an unexpected problem on the server is blocking it! Help!
kit
March 13th, 2012 - 5:40pmbest things probably try refresh the page and try again, or try again later
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 13th, 2012 - 5:51pmThanks for the help.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 13th, 2012 - 5:53pmIt worked! Thank you!
the TARDIS
March 13th, 2012 - 4:23pmTo be honest, it isn’t that good. It’s very hard to navigate around, and you cannot play it with a laptop touchpad, you need a mouse with a scroll button.
kit
March 13th, 2012 - 5:36pmyou can use the arrow keys on your laptop to do the same things as the mousewheel, if your using a mousepad on a laptop or whatever
Anonymous
March 15th, 2012 - 8:54amwell i work the game fine without a mouse
Anonymous
March 13th, 2012 - 4:09pmi lkie it though it feels limited in a way,like you can never see anyone
Commander Cool
March 13th, 2012 - 3:51pmI got my account on the 15th of December. It’s not great, honest
David
March 13th, 2012 - 3:36pmit looks very tacky/cheap but it’s a nice idea
American Doctor Who Fan
March 16th, 2012 - 11:19pmI love the idea, and the quality of the animation is quite good. However, sometimes the controls are slightly frustrating. For example, while I am using my gadget on a conversation, all of the other meters that help me keep track of the gameplay vanish. For example, if I was talking, I could not see the progress of anyother minigame nor even the progress of the current mingame.
This is only a recent update/change. Before, it was not like this.
Other than that, the interventions range from average to fairly good to amazing.
the astronaut of death
March 13th, 2012 - 3:35pmcool
the astronaut of death
March 12th, 2012 - 8:42pmi know this is off the subject but if you watched eastnders on friday night did you see that tardis cake it was epic
Doom Dalek
March 12th, 2012 - 8:46pmYeah I Know It Was Way Cool What Afia Baked For Tamwar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the astronaut of death
March 12th, 2012 - 8:49pmi want one for my birthday
The 13th Doctor
March 13th, 2012 - 7:21ami dont like eastenders but i did see it and i was just to EPIC 8D
timelord3
March 12th, 2012 - 7:57pmHow come usernams dont work if their in capitals in this game?
cyberman97
March 12th, 2012 - 7:36pmI know this is not relavent Booboo but have done a poll for the favourite TARDIS interior including all the doctors,masters and Romanas?
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Bow tie of Doom (Not to be confused with The Fez of Fear)
March 12th, 2012 - 7:20pmThe Doctor kinda looks like a duck in this game. Or should that be the Ducktor? He he! This game is actually quite cool! Hooray for Worlds in Time!!!!
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 12th, 2012 - 7:17pmwhy is this in the merchandise section? lol
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 12th, 2012 - 7:08pmThanks for the tip! On a netbook myself, hard to scroll so use my helpers to do it for me! Thanks!
harraseda
March 12th, 2012 - 6:20pmIts alright. Bit boring after a bit though
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 12th, 2012 - 6:29pmAgree all the way. Boring after a while!
Dalek thay
March 12th, 2012 - 6:19pmDo u need an account
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 12th, 2012 - 6:28pmYep.
CALLAN CLARK
March 12th, 2012 - 5:57pmno play
Tardis’nt
March 12th, 2012 - 5:24pmim not old enough to play this yet 🙁 it looks really cartoony and aimed at younger people 🙁 really not happy. 😥 😥 😥
Bob the Dalek
March 12th, 2012 - 5:35pmi know how you feel i mean it looks so good really really not happy.
sheepinafez
March 12th, 2012 - 6:44pmyou could always change your birthday so they think your older evryone dose it
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 12th, 2012 - 4:49pmI joined this a while ago. You need a mouse, not a mousepad on your laptop/netbook! Otherwise the games don’t work. 🙁
kit
March 12th, 2012 - 5:51pmworks using my mousepad
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 12th, 2012 - 5:54pmBut when you need to scroll to rotate pipes, ect. you can’t with a laptop/netbook!
kit
March 12th, 2012 - 8:58pmyou can use arrow keys to rotate, that’s what I do
Mels
March 13th, 2012 - 5:09amYou can buy/borrow a USB mouse for your laptop/notebook if you find that easier to use. Just plug it into a usb port and it will work.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
March 13th, 2012 - 5:26pmThanks Kit and Mels. My mum does have a USB mouse, but I can’t be bothered to find it!
dramy rivory
March 12th, 2012 - 4:48pmi’ve been playing this for weeks, its a good game to play
Scott
March 12th, 2012 - 4:34pmi haven’t played this yet might go on it in a minute