Doctor In A Dash (video game)

Doctor In A Dash is a online game published on the BBC Doctor Who website.

Story
The Doctor has detected an unstable space-time manipulator, which disturbs the very existence of the universe. In the wrong hands, the object could be a terrible weapon. He must travel in the TARDIS and race in time and space to recover before the Daleks, Judoon or Slitheen recover it, avoiding the objects in his path that damage the TARDIS deflector shield. At the end of the game the Doctor destroys the Space-time Manipulator

Controls
The up arrow is there to speed up the TARDIS, the lower the brakes. The other two control the direction of the vessel. The space bar allows a time wake toimmobilize the other ships for a short time, while enemy ships fire energy weapons. this action can not be used three times during a race. P is pause the game, using H shows and Esc exits the game.

The bar strength (power) indicates the status of shields, each obstacle encountered or the number of times that we shot, it looses a bar (of 9). It has three lives.

Power-ups
There are two kinds of Power-up:
 * Red - Accelerates the ship for a while
 * Green - adds a shield

Vessels
There are 4 types of vessels. At the end of the game, you can select one of these vessels for racing:
 * The Doctor's TARDIS (player)
 * Dalek Flying Saucer (enemy)
 * Slitheen craft (enemy)
 * Judoon Rocket (enemy)

Levels

 * Level 1: Time Vortex
 * Level 2: New Earth (DW: Gridlock)
 * Level 3: Lunar Surface
 * Level 4: London Blitz (DW: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances)
 * Level 5: Time Vortex

Level Obstacles

 * Time Distortion (Level 1)
 * New New York Car (Level 2)
 * Satellite (Level 3)
 * Barrage Balloon (Level 4)