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Yes, the background and cutscenes are nicked from Shada, a very excellent webcast starring McGann reprising Tom Baker's original role.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/webcasts/shada/

The music is similarly nicked as well. No sense reinventing the wheel and if you're using Dr. Who trademarks without permission you might as well go the whole hog...

[You can download Episode 0 here.]

Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures
Episode 0: Tardis Trouble

You can download Episode 0 here. Please bear in mind the following:-

1. Yes I know the graphics are borrowed.
2. This is my first AGS adventure.
3. This is meant to be the first few rooms of a larger adventure.
4. There are doubtless bugs, things I didn't think of etc. Also I still never figured how to keep the Tardis spinning all the time!

This is a proof-of-concept 1 room adventure game featuring the Eighth Doctor, portrayed in the TV Movie and subsequent radio dramas by Paul McGann. The TARDIS has been bufetted by a strange current in the time vortex. You must repair and pilot the TARDIS to safety before it is destroyed.

This is intended to be the first room in an extended episode, Episode 1: The Soup of Death.

Progress for Episode 0:

It's all done - though some things will be added to Episode 1 still.

Progress for Episode 1:

Graphics - 35%
Sound - 25%
Puzzles - 10%
Scripting - 10%

So far I'm using temporary backgrounds and sprites to get the scripting done (the bit I enjoy). It's coming along, but it may be a while for release.



Screenshots







UPDATE

The doctor now walks - and uses his sonic screwdriver.



Also, thanks to a vortex animation I created I can now create TARDIS cutscenes in-engine. Originally I assumed I was going to use movie files for these, but I found a TARDIS.gif on the 4th Doctor thread. If needs be I can remove this, but I liked it so much I used it and played around with an additional room/player switch in the TARDIS.

Only problem - I would like the TARDIS to spin continually regardless of player movements. Currently it only spins when it moves...







PEOPLE TO THANK (will be more formal)

Background-  from Shada Webcast
Sound - BBC sound library, and Dr. Who sound library
Music - BIG Finish and McGann TV Movie. The BIG FINISH deserve a big plug in this as they kept the 8th Doctor alive after the TV Movie.
Tardis sprite - taken from the other Doctor Who thread on this forum...