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Oh wow. Did you go back and redo some of those backgrounds? They are, in a word, fantastic!

Also, I'm honored I could contribute to the project in some small way.

All things being equal it does seem like "The Benefactor" might be the best choice from what we've seen from the first two parts. I figured I come up with a few other suggestions. I've admittedly never been overly fond of the sort of titles that generally get picked for Doctor Who episodes (the classic ones, anyway) because they tend to be a little too straightforward. So anyway, here's a few other suggestions for candidates:

Time Snare
The Mandalox Procedure
The Final Weapon
Four Corners
The Benefactor's Plan
Chasing Armageddon

As a certain notable person has said on numerous occasions... "Fantastic!" While the console room was decent before, the revised background is a definite improvement. It's wonderful to see how your project just keeps getting better and better as you go along. Keep up the good work!

I have to say I actually found the Guybrush repaint sprite nostalgic and charming, after a fact. Kind of like a favorite actor who turns up in a new role. Anyway, you've stated right out in front that you were borrowing art so I, personally, don't have a problem with it. What you may lack in drawing characters from scratch you've more than compensated for with witty dialog, solid background art and engaging story.

In short, don't be so hard on Duckbutcher.

I did have an issue with sound -- none played during the demo, and I did get an error that the game couldn't initialize my MIDI device. I've been having some sound issues with my computer recently though, so that may not be any fault of your demo.

Could anyone else let me know if they have trouble with sound and music? I'm having a bit of bother with the sound files myself at the moment.

I did try the demo on a completely different computer. I had to fiddle with the sound config a little bit -- specifically, I changed the sound to "Default WaveOut Device" and "Win32 MIDI Mapper," and then it worked perfectly on the second computer. I'm not sure what's going on with my computer, but I'm pretty sure it's a problem specific to that machine. I recently had problems with sound that wouldn't play for Flash videos, and the solution required some registry manipulation. Apparantly there are other unforseen symptoms (Moral of the story: be careful what codecs you install from the Internet. )

Both machines are using built-in (and therefore fairly cheap and low quality) sound cards, if that helps.

Awesome work! Good solid graphics -- the TARDIS/Time Vortex sequence was quite lovely. Where your demo really shines is the dialogue! You've made distinct and interesting personalities for each of the secondary characters, but as far as the Doctor himself is concerned, the dialog is spot on! Douglas Adams would be proud. Not many puzzles, but of course it's only the demo, but the puzzles you put together were logical and intuitive. Maybe a bit on the predictable side, but that's not necessarily bad early on in a game. I did have an issue with sound -- none played during the demo, and I did get an error that the game couldn't initialize my MIDI device. I've been having some sound issues with my computer recently though, so that may not be any fault of your demo.

If you keep up this level of quality, you're well on your way to making a true gem of a point'n'click adventure. Keep up the good work!