''Doctor Who and the Warlord'' is a computer game based on the long-running British

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series '' Doctor Who'', released for the

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in 1985. It was promoted as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, with one such instance being after a 1985 screening of the 1966 film '' Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.''.

Gameplay

It is a text-based adventure featuring an unspecified

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(possibly sixth, as this was at the time). The game loaded in two parts, with a password and information from the first half needed to successfully continue into the second part. Each part was recorded on one side of the cassette. There were over 250 locations in each.

Development

Former series producer Graham Williams was one of the designers of the game.A Timey Wimey History of Doctor Who Games , Den of Geek
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version was planned but never released.

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* * * 1980s interactive fiction Interactive fiction based on works 1985 video games BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games BBC Micro and Acorn Electron-only games Video games based on Doctor Who Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{adventure-videogame-stub