One comes around every decade or so. Eventually one of them has got to be not crap. It's only fair.

A computer game based on the popular BBC drama Doctor Who is reportedly in development.

Sci Fi Wire states that computer game manufacturer Eidos has begun work on the title after securing the rights from the BBC. An announcement about the release date is said to be imminent, with the game to be made available for the PC, PS2 and DS.

Previous games that have revolved around the long-running science fiction series include 1993's 'Dalek Attack' and 'Desting Of The Doctors' in 1997, both of which were available for the PC.
The capacity of computer game developers to miss the point of the series in the past has staggered me. The Doctor is a famously anti-violent hero - so in the 90's we got a shoot-em-up. The concept of having "lives" in computer games has been around for 20 years, and here we have a series where the lead character has actually had ten different 'lives' - yet no-one has developed something where you control a different Doctor each time you die. The TARDIS is the ideal vehicle for an adventure game where you can fly to different time zones... but no-one's ever done this.

Please, please, please make it good!

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