Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock

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2012 video game

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
Cover art for the game
Developer(s)	Supermassive Games
Publisher(s)	BBC Worldwide Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (physical media)
Producer(s)	Angela Hunt
Writer(s)	David Bryher
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 (PSN), PlayStation Vita
Release	PlayStation 3 23 May 2012 PlayStation Vita 10 October 2012 Microsoft Windows 15 November 2012
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is a 2012 action-adventure video game based upon the BBC television series Doctor Who. It was intended to be the first of a series, but it was announced in 2013 that the sequels have been put on hold.

It was released in digital stores by BBC Worldwide and in physical media in Europe for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

Cast

Matt Smith reprises his role as the Eleventh Doctor. Similarly Alex Kingston returns to her role on the show as River Song.

Plot

The plot is promised as allowing the player to take on the role of the Doctor and River Song as they travel across space and time in an effort to save Earth by gathering pieces of the eternity clock, an object that is a record of everything that has or will ever happen in all of existence. Along the way is decision making which leads to "multiple possibilities" and puzzles. Players will encounter Daleks, Cybermen, Silurians, and the Silence. The game had previously been confirmed for release on 30 April 2012, but was later postponed to 23 May 2012.

The game takes place just before the events of "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead" in River Song's timeline as indicated by various notes within her diary as well as the use of her title of 'Professor'. For the Doctor the game presumably takes place between "A Good Man Goes To War" and "Let's Kill Hitler" or after the events of "The God Complex". It is sure that the events in the Doctor's timeline are not after series 6 finale because The Silence tell the Doctor that one day he will find his doom, referring to Utah in "The Wedding of River Song". In the context of subsequent seasons of the series and on-screen appearances by River, it is unclear where this takes place in relation to the 2015 episode "The Husbands of River Song" which chronicles her final meeting with the Doctor (in this case the Twelfth Doctor) prior to the events of "Silence in the Library".

Reception

According to review aggregating website Metacritic, the PS3 version of the game received an average review score of 39 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.

The game received a 3.5 out of 20 from the Australian game critics Stephanie Bendixsen and Gus Ronald on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television program Good Game: Spawn Point, later describing what they truly wish a Doctor Who game would be like.

IGN editor Mike Bell gave The Eternity Clock a 5.5 out of 10 stating that "Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is a game that is filled to the brim with good intentions and does a lot of things right, but that even the Pandorica couldn’t fix the amount of technical issues present."

Developers have responded to some criticisms and released an update. This update addresses bugs, AI issues and adds additional save locations.

References

"The Eternity Clock will be released globally for PS3 on the 23rd May via PSN. #DoctorWhoTEC". twitter.com.
"Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock on PS Vita next week". Blog.eu.playstation.com. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Twitter / DoctorWhoTEC: We're happy to announce that". Twitter.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock". Supermassivegames.com. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock powered by Unreal Engine 3". Eurogamer.net. 22 February 2012.
"BBC Worldwide set to launch major new Doctor Who gaming franchise". BBC Worldwide. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012. Two further Doctor Who console game titles are planned to follow this release with details to be announced next year.
"'Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock' planned sequels cancelled by BBC". Digital Spy. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013. Originally planned as a trilogy of releases, executive vice president of digital entertainment and games Robert Nashak revealed that the Eternity Clock series has been put on hold.
"BBC Worldwide set to launch major new Doctor Who gaming franchise". BBC Worldwide. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
"The CURSE of WHO: WHY has there never been a decent videogame with the Doctor?". theregister.co.uk.
"Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock". Metacritic.
"Good Game Spawn Point - Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 24 October 2018.
"Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Review". IGN. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Twitter / DoctorWhoTEC: Patch update for Doctor Who". Twitter.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor stories

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Series 5

"The Eleventh Hour"
"The Beast Below"
"Victory of the Daleks"
"The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone"
"The Vampires of Venice"
"Amy's Choice"
"The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood"
"Vincent and the Doctor"
"The Lodger"
"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang"

Series 6

Special	"A Christmas Carol"
"The Impossible Astronaut" / "Day of the Moon" "The Curse of the Black Spot" "The Doctor's Wife" "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People" "A Good Man Goes to War" "Let's Kill Hitler" "Night Terrors" "The Girl Who Waited" "The God Complex" "Closing Time" "The Wedding of River Song"

Series 7

Special	"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
"Asylum of the Daleks" "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" "A Town Called Mercy" "The Power of Three" "The Angels Take Manhattan"
Special	"The Snowmen"
"The Bells of Saint John" "The Rings of Akhaten" "Cold War" "Hide" "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" "The Crimson Horror" "Nightmare in Silver" "The Name of the Doctor"

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Attack of the Cybermen

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Silver Nemesis

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"Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel"
"Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday"
"The Next Doctor"

Eleventh Doctor

"Closing Time"
"Nightmare in Silver"

Twelfth Doctor

"Dark Water" / "Death in Heaven"
"World Enough and Time" / "The Doctor Falls"

Thirteenth Doctor

Other appearances

Major	"Cyberwoman"
Minor	The War Games The Mind of Evil Carnival of Monsters "Dalek" "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" "A Good Man Goes to War" "The Day of the Doctor" "The Time of the Doctor" "Face the Raven" "Hell Bent" "Once, Upon Time" / "The Vanquishers"

See also

Audio

Spare Parts
Legend of the Cybermen

Books

Iceberg
Made of Steel

Video games

Stage

Doctor Who: Dalek stories

Television

First Doctor	The Daleks The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Chase "Mission to the Unknown" The Daleks' Master Plan
Second Doctor	The Power of the Daleks The Evil of the Daleks
Third Doctor	Day of the Daleks Planet of the Daleks Death to the Daleks
Fourth Doctor	Genesis of the Daleks Destiny of the Daleks
Fifth Doctor	Resurrection of the Daleks
Sixth Doctor	Revelation of the Daleks
Seventh Doctor	Remembrance of the Daleks
Ninth Doctor	"Dalek" "Bad Wolf" / "The Parting of the Ways"
Tenth Doctor	"Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday "Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks" "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End"
Eleventh Doctor	"Victory of the Daleks" "Asylum of the Daleks" "The Time of the Doctor"
Twelfth Doctor	"Into the Dalek" "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar"
Thirteenth Doctor	"Resolution" "Revolution of the Daleks" "Eve of the Daleks" "The Power of the Doctor"
Minor appearances	The Space Museum The Wheel in Space The War Games The Mind of Evil Frontier in Space Logopolis "The Five Doctors" Doctor Who "The Waters of Mars" "The Beast Below" "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" "The Wedding of River Song" "The Day of the Doctor" "Hell Bent" "The Pilot" "Twice Upon a Time" "Once, Upon Time" / "The Vanquishers"
See also	The Curse of Fatal Death Tardisode 13 – "Doomsday" Daleks! "Destination: Skaro"

Films

Dr. Who films	Dr. Who and the Daleks Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
See also	The Lego Batman Movie

Audio

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Dalek Empire	Dalek War
I, Davros	Innocence The Davros Mission
Other	Death and the Daleks Unbound The Lost Stories The Four Doctors The Five Companions Energy of the Daleks The Eighth Doctor Adventures The War Doctor Living History The Tenth Doctor Adventures After the Daleks Nightmare of the Daleks The Final Beginning
Minor appearances	Seasons of Fear Eyes of the Master

Books

Novelisations	Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Chase The Daleks' Master Plan Part I: Mission to the Unknown The Daleks' Master Plan Part II: The Mutation of Time The Power of the Daleks The Evil of the Daleks Day of the Daleks Doctor Who and the Space War Planet of the Daleks Death to the Daleks Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks Resurrection of the Daleks Revelation of the Daleks Remembrance of the Daleks
Eighth Doctor Adventures	War of the Daleks Legacy of the Daleks
New Series Adventures	I Am a Dalek Prisoner of the Daleks The Dalek Generation Engines of War
Other	The Dalek Factor

Video games

Stage

Doctor Who: River Song stories

Television

Tenth Doctor	"Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead"
Eleventh Doctor	"The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone" "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" "The Impossible Astronaut" / "Day of the Moon" "A Good Man Goes to War" "Let's Kill Hitler" "The Wedding of River Song" "The Angels Take Manhattan" "The Name of the Doctor"
Twelfth Doctor	"The Husbands of River Song"
Minor appearances	"Closing Time"

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Video games

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