Hi Dark: Shrug. I have no idea why the show got that kind of reception over hear, at least during the 80's, but it might have been due in part to the lack of cable. When I was growing up we didn't have cable out where we lived and had to rely on an antenna to pick up the local stations over the air. So while WOIO out of Cleveland carried Dr. Who they scheduled it for late nights for some reason. I can't speak for the cable stations as I didn't have cable back then, but they may have aired it at a different time.
Anyway, regarding a game I guess what you say does make sense. Playing as one of the doctor's helpers makes a bit more sense than Dr. Who himself. The third-party character could be a completely custom character or one of the pretty chicks traveling with the doctor himself. In any case I see the violence in the game being pretty low key. As you pointed out while the Doctor might have the abilities to use more direct or violent means to resolve a problem he usually prefers something less direct and more passive. Cheers! On 11/27/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > That makes sense, though it is odd a program in the Uk wich for years was > famous for being shown at 5 pm on saturday nights got such a shabby > treatment in the states as regards scheduling, ---- since needeless to say > > startrek and babylon 5 didn't get that when picked up by tv stations over > hear. > > Actually though I myself didn't really get into doctor who until we got sky > > since being born in 1982, I was only 7 when the bbc canceled the series. > Thus, while I'd red several audio books when I was around five and saw the > > odd episode, plus I do remember a very awsome tardis display when I was in > hospital for six weeks when i was 7. I only fully got a handle on the > series, regeneration and the various doctors when I was 10 or 11 and could > watch the episodes rerun on the Uk gold channel, as well as swapping videos > > with a friend of mine, that was when I became a major and serious fan of the > > series and pretty much have been ever sinse. > > Regarding a game and playing as the Doctor, to be honest I don't agree with > > you on that one. Doctor who is generally about! the doctor, rather than > centered on him, and given that the Doctor is a pretty mysterious character > > and up until the recent series was always something of an inigma, playing as > > him in a game would be a little too familiar, or at least it'd seem that way > > to me, particularly since the Doctor's intelligence and way of perceiving > the world have on several occasions been noted as being very different to > what a human would experience. > > This is why even in the mainstream most doctor who adventure games, such as > > the 1998 pc title Destiny of the doctor feature the player as an external > party who is set puzzles or challenges to help out the doctor, indeed > Destiny featured clips from all the then past 8 doctors and involved the > player having to sort out problems in the time of each. > > Regarding confrontation and action, well you are right that it'd be pretty > inappropriate to have the Doctor as the main character in an action game for > > all that the Doctor, ---- accept perhaps in his fifth encarnation hasn't > exactly been passive much of the time. There's a particularly lovely scene > > I remember in the 8th Doctors' first audio appearence where the 8th doctor > meets a man in 1931 aboard a British airship who has got hold of an alien > weapon and plans to retro engineer it to allow Britain to control the > world. > > After trying to convince the chap this is a bad idea, the 8th doctor says > "oh never mind!" and proceeds to deck him and respond with "oh, so I'm the > sort of doctor who does that!" :D. > I tend to think of the doctor in this sense rather like Sherlock holmes. > Yes, he usually solves problems with his brain and always tries to come to > > a properly peaceful solution, but he's got the skills to engage in other > methods on those rare occasions they become absolutely necessary. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
