The Gunpowder Plot – another guest star, plot!
Another guest star for the forthcoming Adventure Game, The Gunpowder Plot, has been confirmed in a press release!
Merlin actress Emilia Fox will be voicing the character of the 14th Plotter in the interactive episode, which will be released on 31st October. It’s also been revealed that Ralf Little will play Guy Fawkes, Phil Daniels will be heard as the Town Crier, and CBBC presenter Chris Johnson is Barnaby.
It will also feature both the Sontarans and the Rutans!
Victoria Jaye, Head of IPTV and TV Online Content, said: “We’re always looking at ways to bring Doctor Who stories to life for the audience beyond broadcast television, seizing digital platforms to delight fans with new ways to engage with characters and worlds.”
In addition, a rather lengthy synopsis for the game has also been released! Read it below:
After a mid-space collision, the Doctor, Amy and Rory crash land on Earth, 1605 AD. Here they discover that a mothership belonging to the Sontaran’s age-old enemy, the Rutan Host, is on Earth. The only problem – the ship is buried deep below the site upon which the House of Lords has now been built.
Meanwhile, a secret society of malcontents is plotting to overthrow the Government by planting gunpowder beneath the House of Lords. Two members of this society are exposed in our story – Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes. The 14th plotter, hitherto undisclosed in the history books, is a shape-shifting Rutan, who, by infiltrating the plotters and controlling their plans can have her ends met – the launch path cleared for her mothership, deep below the foundations of the House of Lords.
And so the Doctor, Amy and Rory must find a way to stop the plotters, the Sontarans and the Rutans, all of whom are intent on blowing something (if not everything!) to pieces.
This game puts the player in the shoes of one of the TARDIS crew, exploring the streets and communities of 1605 London, to become embroiled in the Gunpowder Plot as it draws to its explosive conclusion. The aim is to get beneath Parliament to stop the aliens starting a war on Earth, ensure that Guy Fawkes is arrested, everyone inside the House of Lords is safe – and above all, make sure history stays on its correct path.
It’s been written by Phil Ford, directed by Gary Russell and developed by Sumo Digital Ltd.
Sounds exciting!
Erm… how are Amy and Rory there??? Does it explain at all how they get together again after the end of the wedding of river song???
@Adam Towers – it’s called setting the episode before The God Complex. Great to see another one of the Merlin actors involved (Colin Morgan, Angel Coulby and Tony Head all having appeared on the TV show). It’s a shame though that a large number of fans will never be able to enjoy the game because of the decision not to release the Mac OS versions of The Adventure Games internationally, even though it’s available in the UK. The only way for Mac users outside the UK to enjoy the performances (without messing around with proxies and the like or going through the hassle of Parallels/Bootcamp which is more trouble than it’s worth IMO) is to look for online walkthrough videos.