Doctor Who DVD Board Game Imminent

By Christian Cawley, January 22, 2013 - Merchandise - 4 comments

On display at this year’s Toy Fair right now is the Doctor Who DVD Board Game, expected for release this year to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary.

Doctor Who DVD Board Game for 2013 release?

Featuring in excess of 100 clips from the show and thousands of questions, the game is licensed by BBC Worldwide and appears to combine DVD play via remote control with navigation around a physical board, according to reports.

Questions have been pitched for families and hardened fans, with simple observational questions for the former and expert questions for the latter.

Richard Wells is Sales Director of Paul Lamond Games:

Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, making it the longest-running science fiction television programme in the world, and a national institution.

This new board game is sure to be a hit with families and enthusiasts alike.

Although a Scene It Doctor Who game was released back in 2008, we reckon now is the time for this sort of game to get Doctor Who fans going – and we can’t wait!

Tagged: 50th anniversary, BBC Worldwide, Doctor Who DVD Board Game, Toy Fair

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Christian Cawley

A long-term Doctor Who fan, Christian grew up watching the show and has early memories of the Graham Williams era. His favourite stories are Inferno, The Seeds of Doom and Human Nature (although The Empty Child, Blink and Utopia all come close). When he’s not bossing around the news team, Christian is a freelance writer specialising in mobile technology and domestic computing, and enjoys classic rock, cooking and spending time in the countryside with his wife and young children. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

4 thoughts on “Doctor Who DVD Board Game Imminent”

Si Gerard January 22, 2013 at 1:42 pm

I can’t see the whole box but it looks as though the Ice Warrior is the only classic monster on the cover art. Wonder if I should take that as a reassuring sign that their hoped-for return in 7b will see them retaining a classic look.

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- Christian Cawley January 22, 2013 at 2:01 pm
  
  There is a chance that the box art isn’t the final approved version, though :s
  
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Si Gerard January 22, 2013 at 2:03 pm

Pesky realists…

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Alex January 22, 2013 at 2:23 pm

If BBC Worldwide is licensing the game, I don’t suppose it’s too much to hope that for once this might be something that’ll be made available outside the UK? We never did see the Scene It game over here.

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