Doctor Who: Top Trumps
Encyclopedia
Top Trumps: Doctor Who is a video game for the Nintendo DS
, Nintendo Wii, Windows
and PlayStation 2
consoles, based on the popular Top Trumps
card game. It was published by Eidos
. It is the first Doctor Who video game in 11 years since 1997, Destiny of the Doctors
.
Part of the Top Trumps Adventures
games, the game is set in the Doctor Who
universe and features characters from the Tenth Doctor
and Ninth Doctor
's adventures including the Tenth Doctor
, Martha Jones
, Capt Jack Harkness, Dalek
, Cyberman
and Slitheen
from series 1 to series 3 of the new series all in the animation style of the animated stories The Infinite Quest
and Scream of the Shalka
(excluding the pictures on the cards being actual pictures from the show).
A version was released for the Wii
on 5 December 2008 only in the UK.
The game features two modes: adventure mode, where the player competes against AI
controlled opponents, and a versus mode where two players go head-to-head.
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
, Nintendo Wii, Windows
Microsoft Windows
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and PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
consoles, based on the popular Top Trumps
Top Trumps
Top Trumps is a card game. Each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game is to compare these values in order to try to trump and win an opponent's card...
card game. It was published by Eidos
Eidos Interactive
Eidos Interactive Ltd. is a British video game publisher and is a label of Square Enix Europe. As an independent company Eidos plc was headquartered in the Wimbledon Bridge House in Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton....
. It is the first Doctor Who video game in 11 years since 1997, Destiny of the Doctors
Destiny of the Doctors
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors is a PC computer game based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who; released on 5 December 1997 by BBC Multimedia.- Overview :...
.
Part of the Top Trumps Adventures
Top Trumps Adventures
Top Trumps Adventures is a compilation video game for the Wii console, developed and published by Ubisoft. Based on the popular Top Trumps card games by Winning Moves, it contains the four packs from the original two Top Trumps Adventures games, Dogs and Dinosaurs and Horror and Predators.-See...
games, the game is set in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
universe and features characters from the Tenth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
The Tenth Doctor is the tenth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by David Tennant, who appears in three series, as well as eight specials...
and Ninth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
The Ninth Doctor is the ninth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by Christopher Eccleston....
's adventures including the Tenth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
The Tenth Doctor is the tenth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by David Tennant, who appears in three series, as well as eight specials...
, Martha Jones
Martha Jones
Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. She is a companion of the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, replacing Rose Tyler...
, Capt Jack Harkness, Dalek
Dalek
The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals...
, Cyberman
Cyberman
The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs who are amongst the most persistent enemies of the Doctor in the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Cybermen were originally a wholly organic species of humanoids originating on Earth's twin planet Mondas that began to implant more...
and Slitheen
Slitheen
The Slitheen are a family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and they are adversaries of the Doctor. They first appeared in the 2005 series episodes "Aliens of London" and "World War Three", and subsequently recur in later episodes of...
from series 1 to series 3 of the new series all in the animation style of the animated stories The Infinite Quest
The Infinite Quest
The Infinite Quest is an animated serial based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was made by BBC Television, but does not share the same producers as the live-action series. It was aired in twelve weekly parts starting 2 April 2007 as a segment of the children's...
and Scream of the Shalka
Scream of the Shalka
Scream of the Shalka is a flash-animated series based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was produced to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the series and was originally posted in six weekly parts from 13 November to 18 December 2003 on bbc.co.uk's Doctor Who...
(excluding the pictures on the cards being actual pictures from the show).
A version was released for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
on 5 December 2008 only in the UK.
Gameplay
Players each receive a deck of cards and attempt to win all of their opponent's cards. Each card features characters or events from the Doctor Who universe and has statistics which define its strengths and weaknesses. Players choose which of these statistics will be higher than their opponent's card, the winner keeps both cards and play continues.The game features two modes: adventure mode, where the player competes against AI
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
controlled opponents, and a versus mode where two players go head-to-head.
Reception
See also
- Top Trumps AdventuresTop Trumps AdventuresTop Trumps Adventures is a compilation video game for the Wii console, developed and published by Ubisoft. Based on the popular Top Trumps card games by Winning Moves, it contains the four packs from the original two Top Trumps Adventures games, Dogs and Dinosaurs and Horror and Predators.-See...
- Top Trumps Adventures for WiiWiiThe Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
- Top Trumps Adventures: Dogs and DinosaursTop Trumps Adventures: Dogs and DinosaursTop Trumps Adventures: Dogs and Dinosaurs is a video game for the DS, PC and PlayStation 2 consoles, based on the popular Top Trumps card game. It was published by Ubisoft...
- Top Trumps Adventures: Horror and PredatorsTop Trumps Adventures: Horror and PredatorsTop Trumps Adventures: Horror and Predators is a video game for the DS, PC and PlayStation 2 consoles, based on the popular Top Trumps card game. It was published by Ubisoft...