Finally, a Doctor Who video game for the Amiga!

As we head towards Friday, one of the longest-running shows in television history creeps towards a milestone.  That show would be the BBC’s little sci-fi show that could:  Doctor Who.  Yes, Doctor Who is going to turn 50 this year, and it’s only fitting that this icon of nerd culture gets a salute in the nerdiest way possible:  via Google Doodle video game.  That’s right kids, Doctor Who is getting the Pacman treatment in what Google is calling a “Whodle.”Google.co.uk has an awesome playable Doctor Who game doodle in honor of the show’s 50th anniversary, and The Guardian has an interview with the man who designed the game, Matthew Cruickshank.

“It’s the first game that I’ve designed,” explained Cruickshank from Google HQ in California.  “But it’s the technicians and programmers that actually make the game.  I just art direct, create the assets, set the visual tone, design the characters, and then do pieces of animation.”  He added, “It was about four months ago that an employee here who’s a massive Doctor Who fan added it to our list of potential doodles.  We looked through it and realized that this was something special, a chance to really celebrate a national institution.”

It’s a really clever game.  Given that there are 11 doctors, you get 11 lives.  When your doctor gets killed by a stray laser beam, one of the Daleks, one of the Cybermen, or a Weeping Angel in one of the game’s seven levels–the Doctor collects the word GOOGLE a letter at a time–he regenerates into the next doctor, and so on down the line.  It’s funny and clever and surprisingly addictive, especially if you’re into trying to get the quickest time with the fewest deaths possible.

Tags: google, google doodle, doctor who, 50th anniversary of doctor who, doctor who google doodle, google doodle game for doctor who, doctor who game, whodle, google doctor who, daleks, weeping angels, cybermen, google.co.uk, television

I’ve never had a problem eating food from a gas station.  Just two weeks ago, I ate a couple of hot dogs purchased from a gas station.  They were delicious.  That’s not the first time I’ve eaten gas station food, and I doubt it will be the last.  There’s nothing like a fun food novelty. […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered 32 NFL owners for one big question.  One of the league’s most wanderlust-stricken franchises is looking to move again.  The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders, tired of gutting it out in a run-down stadium, were once again looking for greener pastures.  Only the Miami Dolphins refused to cooperate.  With a vote of 31-1, […]

In 2006, an injury to Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe opened the door for an undrafted free agent by the name of Tony Romo to take the helm of America’s Team and lead the Dallas Cowboys to an early playoff exit.  Bledsoe went from starter to afterthought in a season.  Now, the circle continues […]

For 89 years, Oscars has never had a major mistake.  The last few Oscars might have had a few flubs, but at least they never got the most important category of the night wrong.  Well, that’s now changed, all thanks to OG Bonnie and Clyde legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  When Faye Dunaway called […]

Tom Brady has been wildly successful, if controversial.  He’s the first quarterback ever to win five Super Bowls and only the second player to do so after Charles Haley.  Unlike Haley, Brady won all his Super Bowls with the same team, the New England Patriots.  The only thing that seems to be able to stop […]

Ben Affleck, no matter what you might think of him, is a talented actor and director.  He’s got the goods, but he’s smart enough to know when he’s in over his head.  All along, since he took on the mantle of Batman, he’s had his eyes on writing, directing, and starring as the Caped Crusader. […]

In May, students for the for-profit American College of Education were running into some problems.  Their access to email accounts and course information was locked down by Google, who had disabled their accounts.  The reason why?  A fired IT worker for the American College of Education locked the school out of their Google cloud account. […]