Doctor Who: 10 Things The 2021 Video Game NEEDS To Be Great

2. ...And Let Us Create Our Own

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If the whole "Timeless Child" thing is going to stick (and there's an argument to be made that it shouldn't), then the game could at least make the most of the idea.

The most recent series finale revealed a brand-new backstory for the Doctor, informing us that she is the Timeless Child, and that she's had many different regenerations that we've never seen onscreen before. It's been a very controversial decision within the fanbase, but it does present Maze Theory with an opportunity.

And that opportunity is to include a "create-your-own-Doctor" feature in the game. If the Doctor's regeneration limit is almost boundless, then why not give that idea over to the fans and let them have some fun with it?

All the devs would have to do is take any character creation tool from any game, and give it a Doctor Who twist. Once they've created their skin, players would then just toggle it on and off as they please - it wouldn't have to be part of the story of the game or anything. But imagine getting to create a virtual version of yourself, deck yourself out in one of the Doctor's outfits, and then walk around the in-game TARDIS?

That would be insanely cool - and speaking of which...

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!