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''Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock'' is a 2012
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based upon the
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television series '' Doctor Who''. It was intended to be the first of a series, but it was announced in 2013 that the sequels have been put on hold. It was released in digital stores by BBC Worldwide and in physical media in Europe for the
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and PlayStation Vita by
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Cast

Matt Smith Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series '' Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series '' House of the Dr ...
reprises his role as the
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. Similarly
Alex Kingston Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in ...
returns to her role on the show as River Song.


Plot

The plot is promised as allowing the player to take on the role of the Doctor and River Song as they travel across space and time in an effort to save
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by gathering pieces of the eternity clock, an object that is a record of everything that has or will ever happen in all of existence. Along the way is decision making which leads to "multiple possibilities" and puzzles. Players will encounter
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s,
Cybermen The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. The Cybermen are a species of space-faring cyborgs who often forcefully and painfully convert human beings ( ...
,
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 ...
, and the Silence. The game had previously been confirmed for release on 30 April 2012, but was later postponed to 23 May 2012. The game takes place just before the events of "
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" in River Song's timeline as indicated by various notes within her diary as well as the use of her title of 'Professor'. For the Doctor the game presumably takes place between "A Good Man Goes To War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" or after the events of "The God Complex". It is sure that the events in the Doctor's timeline are not after series 6 finale because The Silence tell the Doctor that one day he will find his doom, referring to Utah in "The Wedding of River Song".


Reception

According to review aggregating website
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, the PS3 version of the game received an average review score of 39 out of 100, based on 21 reviews. The game received a 3.5 out of 20 from the Australian game critics Stephanie Bendixsen and Gus Ronald on the
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television program '' Good Game: Spawn Point'', later describing what they truly wish a ''Doctor Who'' game would be like.
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editor Mike Bell gave ''The Eternity Clock'' a 5.5 out of 10 stating that "''Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock'' is a game that is filled to the brim with good intentions and does a lot of things right, but that even the Pandorica couldn’t fix the amount of technical issues present." Developers have responded to some criticisms and released an update. This update addresses bugs, AI issues and adds additional save locations.


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