Charles Cecil of Broken Sword fame is executive producing 4 new (free) Doctor Who episodic adventure games for PC and Mac, starting in June. Each is said to take about 2 hours and is being penned by writers from the BBC TV show and developed by Sumo Digital. The screenshots and the rest of the info about the games is looking very promising so far--

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100408_01/adventure_games

Wow, that looks extremely intriguing! Do you know if they will be available only in the UK?

The article talks about free downloads from the BBC website so they're not necessarily limited to the UK.

Loving Dr. Who thanks for the link.

for posting this plswdth. I have always liked Dr. Who and when you add in the Broken Sword connection you really have my attention. Circle of Blood, the first Broken Sword game, was such a great game. The puzzles were awesome and the plot reminded me of a Gabriel Knight game.

OMG, my dream has come true! finally a Dr who Adventure game!! This is amazing news for me as I have enjoyed Dr who ever since I was a child.
And with Charles Cecil on board these games should be immense.
A HUGE thank you for the news plswdth, this has made my day

From all the articles I saw this morning, they are interactive movies, so I wouldn't count on it being too involved. They are designed for the regular TV viewer to enjoy with theor families.

Ana

I've bookmarked that page. Can't wait as I am a huge Dr Who fan. It looks like they have modeled the face of the Dr after Matt Smith, the newest Dr.

I bookmarked this too. Will be fun to watch what happens, thanks

Glad I could share some small thing back after all the wonderful help and info I've gotten from GB over the years. =)

@Becky: I was wondering that too--since people outside the UK don't pay the BBC service fee, will they allow the rest of the world to download it for free (or at all?)

@BrownEyedTigre: To me it looks a lot like the Broken Sword 4 engine that Sumo Digital also worked on. There's one screenshot (10 of 13) where the car has a glowing blue outline and I assume this means you can interact with the car or anything that has a glowing blue outline. In another screenshot (7 of 13) the same car is being pushed by the Doctor and his companion. Hopefully this clue and the fact it's in realtime 3D is an indication there will be more to do than an "interactive movie" style game, but I guess we'll see! Though there are monsters in the show, the Doctor relies on his wits rather than violence so hopefully that will be reflected in the game with no weapons and only puzzles.

That looks very interesting. The new season of Dr Who starts on the 17th of April on the Space channel here in Canada. I hope I will like the new DR as much as all of the rest.

I love Dr. Who and will miss David Tennant. And Christopher Eccleston, the ninth doctor was fantastic! Just went to the Dr. Who website. I can't view anything. Everything I click on says "not viewable in your area."

Looking forward to the adventure game.

Rather confused.

Will these 4 episodes be "typical" Advbenture games?

Will they be avasilable to everybody - trough download I imagine?

Will they be completely free as are all the Freeware games?

I didn't realise Dr Who was so widely known and enjoyed, it will be interesting to see how the games translate to pc adventure games.

AS I previously tried to mention, these are not adventure games as we know them to be. They will be interactive movies designed for family playing together.

You can find more details Here.

Note this:

Ana