Last week we reported MCV’s news that BBC Worldwide were looking to develop a series of brand new games based around Doctor Who - and the website has today exclusively revealed that the cooporation are now offering the show’s license to any interested game partners!

This is, of course, fantastic news, because it means that fans hoping for a video game can be reassured that it’s a case of not if, but when!

“We’re having a lot of interesting discussions for a variety of ideas around Doctor Who that are complementary to each rather than in competition with each other – boxed product console games, virtual worlds and other experiences,” Dave Anderson, head of multimedia development at BBC Worldwide, explained. “The deals we are looking at are in different spaces, probably looking at overlapping but different audiences and are certainly delivering a different kind of experience.”

He finished: “The Doctor Who audience who love that show want to have different experiences around it and it has a huge shelf life going back 47 years – it’s about managing and satisfying expectations of both older and younger audiences.” Stay tuned!