Attack of the Graske

ten is really cute in this <3

Attack of the Graske is still playable right here - https://video.eko.com/v/A67WXE?autoplay=true

It's something I rather gladly share because so many web-based Doctor Who games are completely dead. So to have something that was filmed with the TV crew and features an awful lot of David Tennant, it's definitely a big deal that the game still exists in some form.

Now, it's not the best game in the world. The controls in this surviving form are a little janky, and the gameplay is incredibly simplistic - it will basically keep going along the story even if you get something wrong, to the extent I think you can just watch this thing without actually interacting with the game at all (but to be fair, you won't get the good ending). Hey, at least like a proper Doctor Who But like the legendary game Dragon's Lair it uses a lot of prerecorded footage to give a unique Doctor Who experience that I think is very cool overall. I didn't know something like this existed so to stumble upon it is a very happy little surprise.

It's not the best story in the world and has some pretty rough dialogue, but stumbling onto a fully realized production was pretty exciting. The Graske isn't the most exciting but the make-up crew did a hell of an impressive job and they even did some fun stuff like put in a Slitheen appearance. it actually was CGI and didn't look as terrible as one might think for something low budget like this. Some of the cast were pretty awkward but most did a great job, and Tennant is a treasure as always. Not the best thing I've played by a wide mile, but it is neat for the novelty and it's fun to see the show in a 4:3 aspect ratio.

I just watched Attack of the Graske for the first time in 16 and a half years - twice, the win version and the lose version. Bar from the Graske I remembered none of it. I loved it! It’s a rogue introduction for Tennent on Christmas Day with a cheeky warning not to change to ITV that evening (or the remote will explode).

The puzzles are endlessly inventive and make the most of a controller and video game set up that has pretty limited functionality. The multiple points of interaction, feedback and alternate endings would make any young viewer feel like the companion for 15 minutes.

I’m amazed at how full on the production is, they spent some proper money on something a maximum a million schoolchildren will have accessed over the course of a year. The Victorian and spaceship scenes especially looked expensive. I wonder if they managed to reuse the CGI and movement for the Slitheen, or whether there were elements of that specially made…?

The best bit for the adults is all the bits of the cheeky dialogue they stick in, talk of not putting the wrappers back in the sweet tin and Tiny Tim with broken ankles.