Doctor Who: The First Adventure

Doctor Who: The First Adventure (1983)

by BBC microcomputers
Genres:Arcade
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player
Story:Featuring the Fifth Doctor, this is the first video game produced based on the UK TV Doctor Who series. Released for the BBC Micro, it is similar to a mini-game collection.
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user avatar@J5tuser avatar@J5t
May 06, 2025
I barely remember playing this game, it was so long ago. I wasn't even aware of the series back then. Rewatching it now I feel it might be a milestone for Doctor Who completionists. Also this actually makes it cannonical for the doctor to have more than 13 regenerations and as such is a very important piece of media to redeem current series.
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