Stories Video Game Video Games Doctor Who: Legacy 1 image Overview Characters How to Play Reviews 3 Statistics Related Stories Quotes Overview Released Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Written by George Mann, Lee Cummings Publisher Tiny Rebel Games Notes The game was closed down on 18 February 2019. It was succeeded by Doctor Who: Infinity. Synopsis Doctor Who: Legacy was an episodic match-three puzzle role-playing video game developed by Tiny Rebel Games and Seed Studio and published by Tiny Rebel Games. It was released on Android, iOS, Facebook, and Amazon in the wake of the 50th anniversary special. Play Played Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters First Doctor Second Doctor Third Doctor Fourth Doctor Fifth Doctor Sixth Doctor Seventh Doctor Eighth Doctor War Doctor Ninth Doctor Tenth Doctor Eleventh Doctor Twelfth Doctor Madame Vastra Vashta Nerada Cybermats Cybermen Daleks Davros Sontarans The Great Intelligence The Ood The Silence Clara Oswald Captain Jack Harkness Martha Jones Amy Pond Rory Williams River Song The Brigadier Grace Holloway Mickey Smith Jo Grant Jenny Flint Strax Rose Tyler Wilfred Mott K9 Sarah Jane Smith Craig Owens Ace Danny Pink First Appearance Kate Stewart Petronella Osgood Polly Wright Harry Sullivan Charlotte Pollard Donna Noble The Master Zygons Robin Hood Show All Characters (51) How to play Doctor Who: Legacy: Metacritic Link How Long To Beat Link Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 31 May 2025 · 542 words Review by bethhigdon 2 There’s not many Doctor Who based video games out there and even fewer with the First Doctor, but there are a handful of multi-doctor games that he features in. The randomizer chose one such game for the marathon. Doctor Who: Legacy was a free-to-play mobile game created for the 50th anniversary of the show. I say, ‘was’, because the game has since been discontinued. In order to play it you need an Android emulator and the APK file of the game. I tried the game out using this method and it seemed to work fine. You can’t use the online features but the story mode and events are playable. The game is a typical match three style game. Where you try to match three or more colors. You build a team of one doctor and five companions. Each color corresponds to a member of your team and how many combos you get determiners your attack power. It’s a turn based battle system, and during your turn you have the option of using a character’s special abilities if they’ve made enough successful hits. It’s nothing ground breaking, but the game-play is solid enough, using basic match style features and rpg level ups. The more you play the more characters you collect and the stronger they grow. My problems with the game are mostly the same complaints I have for any free-to-play mobile game; the story is poorly paced out, too much grinding, you have to level up every new character you gained from scratch, ect. and so on. However, I do like the feature of being able to move pieces wherever you want to on the board instead of having to move only one space at a time like you do in other match games. The story, what little there is of it, involves the Sontarans gaining time travel technology and creating a new time war that threatens all of reality, recruiting various villains from the show and fracturing the Doctor’s timeline. There are four ‘seasons’ where the stakes are increased as new threats build upon the other. The First Doctor doesn’t appear until season three, where the big bad is the various incarnations of the Master. Which all sounds very interesting, except it takes so bloody long to get through the thing that the story just limps long dully in the background. And it doesn’t even have a proper conclusion because the BBC dropped the game in favor of an entirely different mobile game later on! Which just reinforces my belief that on-going mobile puzzle games shouldn’t have stories to begin with. The only other thing I want touch upon is the uneven representation between Classic and New Who. Polly is the only 60s companion to be playable in the entire game and yet the most random-ass, forgettable, one-off characters from the new series completely swamp the story, especially early on. Like I have no interest in playing as the bitchy boss lady from the Rebel Flesh who’s name I can’t even remember. Give me Ian, dammit! Anyways, the game is a decent time waster, but I can’t recommend it on a story front, and if you’re a classic fan you’re not going to get much in the way of fanservice either. bethhigdon View profile Like Liked 2 8 June 2024 · 132 words Review by 15thDoctor 4 In my opinion, this is the best Doctor Who video game there has ever existed. I’m very sad that it is now completely inaccessible. On my Samsung Galaxy III, I spent hundreds of hours collecting different characters, matching gems and fighting battles with The Doctor. I remember the storyline being fantastic, the artwork was beautiful (especially the pixilated characters). I eagerly awaited each update. I was so deep into this game that I was following the development team and joining regular update streams to learn about its future. Crazy to think how big a community they managed to grow around this “match the gems” game. Unfortunately it proved unprofitable once the show journeyed into the Capaldi era. If Tiny Rebel re-released this I’d definitely pay proper money for it! Perhaps one day. 15thDoctor View profile Like Liked 4 28 May 2024 · 5 words Review by Rock_Angel 4 Rip wish you where here Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 4 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating78 members 3.42 / 5 Member Statistics Played 121 Favourited 8 Reviewed 3 Saved 4 Skipped 21 Related Stories Doctor Who Infinity Rating: 2.29 Story Skipped Video Game Reviews(1) More Actions Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote
