Doctor Who fans will have two new video game adventures to look forward to this winter. BBC Worldwide has just announced Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for the Nintendo DS handheld console, and Doctor Who: Return to Earth for Wii. No game play details are available yet, but it seems the titles will be family-focused and will feature both the Doctor and his companion Amy Pond. The box art suggests that while Evacuation Earth will centre around the Daleks, Return to Earth is set to feature the Cybermen.
The games are being developed by British studio Asylum Entertainment, a specialist in licensed content. The company has previously worked on game versions of TV favourites such as Peppa Pig and Scooby Doo.
The BBC's series of free online titles, Doctor Who: the Adventure Games has been a huge success attracting millions of downloads for the first two episodes. It's not clear yet whether the DS and Wii versions will follow a similar style of adventure gameplay.
Certainly, the Wii console will offer some new control possibilities to wannabe Time Lords. The Wii Remote control is bound to make the perfect – yes – sonic screwdriver...
