10 Doctor Who Flops The BBC Has Buried

10. Destiny Of The Doctors

Doctor Who hasn't had the best of luck in the video game space.

Though things are looking more positive lately with Maze Theory's solid work on The Lonely Assassins and The Edge Of Reality, the majority of previous titles - from old-school fare like The First Adventure, to the recent MMO Worlds In Time - have either reviewed poorly, flopped, or disappointed fans. Sometimes all three!

But while we're singling out individual projects, one of the most notable failures in Doctor Who's gaming catalogue is the 1997 release Destiny Of The Doctors, which initially showed a lot of promise due to the involvement of several actors from the show (including Tom Baker, Anthony Ainley, and Nicholas Courtney), alongside Terrance Dicks, one of Doctor Who's very best writers.

Unfortunately though, the final product proved a big ol' letdown.

Bizarrely, the player didn't even control the Doctor, instead stepping into the shoes of a jellyfish-like alien called the Graak - and despite having a limitless universe to explore, the game also took place in dull, repetitive environments. But arguably its worst offence was its sleep-inducing gameplay, which didn't come anywhere close to capturing the excitement or wonder of the show.

All you really need to know is that one of the game's more favourable reviews labelled it "a piece of crap", so it really isn't surprising that this underwhelming title has essentially been discarded from Doctor Who memory.