Doctor Who is one of the many franchises featured in LEGO Dimensions.
History
Doctor Who began airing on British television in 1963, and ran continuously until the show was put on hiatus in 1989. An attempt was made to revive the show with a straight-to-TV movie in 1996, but this did not result in an ongoing series. In 2005 the show was successfully revived due to critical acclaim, and thankfully continues airing around the world to this day. (Unlike other revivals, the 1996 movie and 2005 series are direct continuations of the 1963-89 series, making it all one big series, though for simplicity's sake the BBC tends to treat the "Classic Era" and "Modern Era" separately in some things, like season numbering.)
Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013. A key to its longevity is the plot element that the lead character, The Doctor, regenerates into a new body and personality when the old one is mortally wounded or gets too old, allowing for the periodic recasting of the role, which is treated by the production team - and by fans - as a soft relaunch and renewal of the series. In recent years, the changing of the Doctor's companion - a (usually) young and female human who the Doctor shares his adventures with - has also been treated as a soft reboot.
At the time of the release of LEGO Dimensions and the first two related character packs, the current Twelfth Doctor was played by Peter Capaldi, while Jenna Coleman portrayed his companion, Clara Oswald, and both recorded dialogue for the game (along with other cast members) and took part in a major promotional event for the game at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con. Around the time of the game's release, however, it was announced that Coleman would be leaving the series at the end of 2015; her replacement, Pearl Mackie, was announced in the spring of 2016.
There have been several spin-off series produced since 2005; one of these, Torchwood, featured a former companion named Captain Jack Harkness, who appears as a non-playable mission-giving character in the Doctor Who Adventure World.
About
The Doctor is called a "Time Lord," a time-traveling adventurer from a far off planet, who travels through time and space in a spacecraft known by the acronym TARDIS. A TARDIS is a machine that is larger on the inside than the outside and is supposed to change its appearance based on its surroundings, however, The Doctor's TARDIS is locked in the form of a police box. The Doctor is also able to regenerate upon facing critical injuries, so he appears as many different people throughout the series. The Doctor loves Earth, so he makes many trips here to save the planet, or to enlist earthlings to help him with tasks in the galaxy.
Related Characters/Objects
Adventure Worlds
Levels
Connections
- In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, a Weeping Angel and a red TARDIS both make a cameo in the level, "Space Suits You, Sir."
Trivia
- Ghostbusters and Back to the Future are said to exist within the world of Doctor Who as films.
- Specifically, the Ghostbusters theme song lyrics, "Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!" was mentioned in a 2006 episode.
- Coincidentally, both of these movies were referenced by the Tenth Doctor.
- Clara Oswald also exclaims "Ghostbusters!" in a 2013 episode with the Eleventh Doctor.
- Harry Potter was mentioned once in a 2006 episode wherein the Tenth Doctor mentioned having to read all seven books in the series even though the last book Deathly Hallows was not yet released until 2007.
- David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor during this time, had appeared in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire film adaptation in 2005 as Death Eater Barty Crouch, Jr.
- Doctor Who is the only franchise that has a level in the main story mode without a foundation element.
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