''Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth'' is a
video game for the
Nintendo DS
The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens working in tan ...
based on the
BBC TV series ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'', developed by British studio Asylum Entertainment.
The game is written by Doctor Who writer Oli Smith and features
Matt Smith and
Karen Gillan providing voices for their characters.
It is the second ''Doctor Who'' video game to be released for the DS after the
port of ''
Top Trumps: Doctor Who''.
Plot
The story features both the
Daleks and
Silurians
The Silurians are a race of reptilian humanoids in the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. The species first appeared in ''Doctor Who'' in the 1970 serial '' Doctor Who and the Silurians'', and were created ...
. The Doctor has to help humans as they attempt to evacuate the Earth, while the Daleks intervene and attempt to force the Doctor to help them instead.
Development
On 12 March 2010, it was first reported that
Nintendo
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had signed a £10 million contract with the BBC to bring Doctor Who to the Wii and DS consoles.
On 24 August 2010, it was revealed the game would be titled ''Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth'' and would be released with a Wii counterpart titled ''Doctor Who: Return to Earth''. In a press release managing director Simon Bailey of Asylum Entertainment said "We are incredibly excited to be collaborating with BBC Worldwide on these two new games," further saying "It is our firm belief that the franchise has massive potential on the Nintendo DS and Wii formats and it's an honour to be bringing 'Doctor Who' video games to the show's huge fan base".
Reception
Video game talk show ''
Good Games two presenters gave the game a 3/10 and 2/10 saying "...it makes the fatal mistake of ignoring pretty much everything that makes Doctor Who great." Also claiming that the developers just grabbed a puzzle game off the shelf, but not a very good one, scribbled out the title and stuck a Doctor Who sticker in its place.
The ''
Official Nintendo Magazine'' rated it as 69%, saying that "It's funny, it's lengthy and it'll test their logic skills at the same time. But any Doctor Who fans of secondary school age or older are more likely to feel left out, because this clearly wasn't meant for you."
See also
*''
Doctor Who: Return to Earth'' - another video game released alongside ''Evacuation Earth''
References
External links
*
Interview about the games on the ''Official Nintendo Magazine UK'' website
* ttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2010/aug/24/games-doctor-who Announcement from ''The Guardian'' news article
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