Doctor Who: Legacy To CloseBookmark and Share

Sunday, 3 February 2019 - Reported by Marcus
Tiny Rebel Games have announced that the online game Doctor Who: Legacy will close in two weeks time.

Doctor Who: Legacy was launched in 2013 as a free-to-play game to coincide with the 50th Anniversary. Over time the game has evolved to include every incarnation of the Doctor from the television series (including the War Doctor) and well over 200 companions from both Classic and Modern Doctor Who.

The current licence to operate the game is ending shortly and the developers have decided not to renew it.

They issued a statement via the games Facebook page.

It is with a heavy heart we report that we are shutting down Doctor Who: Legacy effective two weeks from now.

Our agreement has ended with the BBC and we have chosen not to attempt another renewal.

We're incredibly proud of what we accomplished with our very first mobile game at Tiny Rebel, which this was. We set out with some wild ambitions about free to play and creating a fan-driven experience that put the player's experience first and never compelled you to spend money unwillingly.

We know there are some sore feelings about our transition to Doctor Who Infinity. They were never meant to be games put side by side. They are unique and represented a new challenge for our 2 person company. After 5 years of supporting a free to play game as a live service, we needed something new creatively to focus on and while we felt we could devote time to both, Infinity became a creative monster which took up an incredible amount of time and energy. We're very proud of that game as well which remains in soft launch while we finish up stories 4 and 5 for release in the Spring.

We also have a new, ambitious non Doctor Who project in its infancy which we will be spending the next two years on with some incredible partners and which you'll hear announcements about soon.
The game can be played offline after the shutdown, but will be removed from app stores in due course. All in-app purchasing will be turned off from today.

A final promo code has been released on the Facebook page.




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Legacy - Bigger on the InsideBookmark and Share

Wednesday, 3 August 2016 - Reported by Marcus
Legacy - Bigger on the Inside (Credit: Tiny Rebel Press)Tiny Rebel Games and Seed Studio today launch the latest level pack for the online game Doctor Who: Legacy.

Bigger on the Inside: Chapter 1 is the continuation of the pixelated saga that began last year with the free Bigger on the Inside Prologue, which sees all of the Doctors facing a dire threat as an unknown virus invades the TARDIS.

Bigger on the Inside: Chapter 1 is written by George Mann (writer of the Engines of War novel, as well as many Doctor Who Titan comic books) and features pixelated art by the PixelWho team.

Follow the War and 8th Doctors as they try to save the TARDIS and figure out who is behind the deadly attack, traveling from turn of the century San Francisco back to deep inside the Time War, and many places in between. As well as grouping with allies such as Grace Holloway, Cinder and the Gallifreyan General, BOTI: C1 also sees the introduction of Josie Day from the 8th Doctor Titan comics to the Legacy universe.
This 31 level premium pack costs $4.99 USD, and players get 31 new levels as well as 20 new pixel costumes, and the allies associated with those costumes.

The pack also introduces Legacy's first wholly original enemy, the History Eater, as visually realized by artist, Pest Jiang, adapted by the PixelWho team, and based on a collaborative creation of the Legacy team and George Mann in association with the Doctor Who brand team.

Doctor Who: Legacy has now been live for 3 years and is played by over 2 million people. More information about Bigger on the Inside can be found on the Legacy website

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Legacy Easter UpdateBookmark and Share

Friday, 25 March 2016 - Reported by Marcus
Legacy Legacy Doctor Who Legacy has launched a new event for Easter. Using the new Easter Egg gem skins players can hunt down Easter eggs hidden around the levels of Legacy and collect a set of Adipose allies.

All levels in the game feature 150% experience, levels in the fan area are set to 200%

The Easter Sale is also now live giving 30% more crystals as well as a New Season 9 Pack with Season 9 characters and costumes, and a Sale on other packs including Season 8 and the complete Doctor set.

The Trickster Event, which will run for approximately 6 weeks, is also now live. The Trickster and his Brigade will use the chaos created by The Master to grow their influence over the world of Doctor Who: Legacy.

Each week during the Trickster Event, a new member of the Trickster Event team, will be rewarded for free, as a guaranteed drop. The team is comprised of: The Tenth Doctor (in his 3D glasses), Sarah Jane, Peri, Saibra, a Zygon, and the TARDIS.




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Doctor Who: Legacy - New ReleasesBookmark and Share

Monday, 21 September 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: Legacy (Credit: Tiny Rebel Press)Doctor Who: Legacy has announced a weekly content release to tie in with Series 9 of Doctor Who, and campaign going through to the Christmas episode in December.

Every Sunday night, the team will release at least one new level based on that Saturday's television episode. This began last night with The Magician's Apprentice, rewarding players with Ohila, the High Priestess of the Sisterhood of Karn.

Next Sunday night, the day after The Witch's Familiar, players will get to take on Davros himself and be rewarded with a new costume for the Twelfth Doctor, complete with guitar.

Also, for the next few days, Google Play fans can purchase Sonic Adventures premium area for 40% off (and also purchase Series 8 of the TV series for 40% off in US, UK, Canada, and Australia.)

Doctor Who: Legacy, is played by nearly 2 million fans. It now has over 100 hours of playable content and includes all 13 Doctors, over 140 playable allies and companions. The game also includes enemies from throughout the 51 year history of the show, extended universe content from Big Finish, Titan Comics, and George Mann’s Engines of War novel, as well as the Bigger on the Inside 8-bit style retro adventure.

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Doctor Who Legacy Version 3.0Bookmark and Share

Friday, 3 July 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Tiny Rebel Games have announced details of the upcoming launch of version 3.0 of Doctor Who Legacy, due in mid August

3.0 brings players the Sonic Adventures story arc, led by the First Doctor and which includes characters Donna Noble, Mickey Smith, River Song, and the introduction of the Third Doctor's companion, Jo Grant and which will find players collecting many of the sonic devices and gadgets from over the years of Doctor Who.

Another major feature of 3.0 is the addition of Doctor Who: Legacy Kids, a special dedicated area for the youngest Doctor Who fans, inspired by the popular Anna's Playground levels which were created for the child of one of the games fans.

As with Season 8 in 2014, the team is currently working closely with the BBC Doctor Who brand team and BBC Worldwide to prepare for the new series with plans to release allies, costumes, enemies and levels based around the upcoming tv season the same weekend as the new episode airs.

Doctor Who: Legacy, played by nearly 2 million Doctor Who fans, is now over 80 hours of playable content and includes all 13 Doctors, over 140 playable allies and companions, enemies from both modern and classic Doctor Who, and extended universe content from Big Finish, Titan Comics, and George Mann’s Engines of War novel as well as the Bigger on the Inside 8-bit style retro adventure.





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Big Finish Character Joins Doctor Who - LegacyBookmark and Share

Thursday, 18 December 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Tiny Rebel Games have announced that the Big Finish character Charley Pollard is today joining the online game Doctor Who Legacy.

Charlotte Elspeth Pollard, played by India Fisher, was a companion of the Eighth Doctor in the award winning audio series.

A new level featuring Charlotte Pollard as the Eighth Doctor’s ally in a new battle with a Sontaran spaceship, is released today.

To celebrate the arrival a livestream chat with Big Finish's Nicholas Briggs took place on Wednesday, and is available to watch here. Livestream players can use a special code, 9374-6962-9398-2687, to unlock coloured time fragments to help with leveling up Charley. The promo code can be redeemed by going in-game and selecting the options menu, then choosing the promo code tab and entering the key into the field.

Doctor Who: Legacy is currently available on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon Appstore and on Facebook.




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Doctor Who: Legacy hits First AnniversaryBookmark and Share

Friday, 21 November 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who Legacy, the online game based on Doctor Who, celebrates its first birthday next week, and to mark the event, Tiny Rebel Games have announced some of their plans for the future of the series.

The game launched on the 27th November 2013, with just two Doctors, and episodes from two seasons of the show. The series is now Doctor complete in that every Doctor can be obtained and added to a team.

To celebrate, the first 4 levels of the next chapter prologue will be released over the next few days, this will see the 12th Doctor join the storyline. On or about the first Birthday of the game, the final 3 levels will be released, bringing the 4th Doctor into the storyline.

Also, on the game’s first birthday, a new expert level A Madman with a Box / Happy birthday Legacy!, will be released, which will see the first Doctor face up against Zygon copies of all 13 Doctors. The level will drop the TARDIS+ “the bluest blue ever” now in grayscale along with 3 time crystals.

Over the course of Series 8, the team attempted to release content alongside each episode, around 24 hours after it aired in the USA. New levels based on encounters from the show were made available, and new enemies were added as they first appeared with new costumes available just hours after they appeared on the screen.

Tiny Rebel Games have thanked all those who worked to make this happen.
We are now very aware why nobody has tried this before. We wish to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, everyone who was part of the season 8 launch in Legacy. The production and licensing team at BBC Worldwide (esp our Producer, Peter Hickman), the amazing Doctor Who brand team, the production team in Cardiff, and the agents and representatives of the amazing stars who are now part of the Legacy world. We would like to thank those from the show who we’ve interacted with on social media, and a huge shout out to Pippa Bennett-Warner for joining us on our weekly Twitch show a few weeks back.
Future plans include the introduction of the Anthony Ainley and Eric Roberts versions of The Master, who join the Michelle Gomez, John Simm and Roger Delgado versions, as the producers move towards having every incarnation of The Master up against every incarnation of The Doctor.

The Advent Calender will return in December with new allies, Doctor and costumes from the Titan Publishing comic book series added to the game. Cinder, from the War Doctor novel, Engines of War, will be added to the game. In a set of levels with a story written by “Engines of War” author George Mann. Kylie Minogue as Astrid will be joining the game as will Frank Skinner as Perkins, and the team will also be launching content alongside the Christmas episode.

Also previewing in the Advent Calender will be Bigger on the inside , a new side story in the Doctor Who: Legacy universe which will be released in chapters over the next few months. The expansive story will see individual arcs for the 10th, 1st, 4th, 9th and War doctors, and will see episodes from as far back as The Gunfighters and The Tenth Planet.




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Fourth Doctor on LegacyBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 28 October 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Tiny Rebel Games, the creators of the Doctor Who Legacy Series have announced the addition of the Fourth Doctor, as portrayed by Tom Baker, to the game, making the set of Doctors complete.
When we launched our game, just under a year ago, we had only the 10th and 11th Doctors included. Over the year, we fulfilled one big part of our promise of diligently working our way back through the 50 year history of Doctor Who by adding all of the Doctors! And we did this while also pushing forward with the series with our groundbreaking weekly support of Season 8 with new content including the 12th Doctor, new allies like Danny Pink and Saibra, and new costumes for favorites like Clara, Vastra and Jenny.




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Doctor Who: Legacy - Tie in with new seriesBookmark and Share

Thursday, 21 August 2014 - Reported by Marcus
Tiny Rebel Games have announced a huge expansion to the award winning Doctor Who: Legacy Mobile and Facebook game, with a groundbreaking tie-in to the upcoming season of Doctor Who

When the new season of Doctor Who premiers this weekend, fans will find new content released each week which will incorporate new enemies, allies, costumes, and set backgrounds.

The release of Doctor Who: Legacy 2.3: The Hunt For Greyhound One, now available on all platforms, finds the incarnations of the Doctor banding together in their efforts to fight the Master. Joining the Doctors in the latest update is the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), along with the much loved classic ally, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, as well as Rose Tyler, Wilfred Mott, Ace, Idris, the Third Doctor’s trusty car Bessie, and even the Whomobile.

Doctor Who: Legacy recently surpassed one million installs across supported platforms and was recently was named Best Brain and Puzzle Android Game of 2013 by Bestappever.

Lee Cummings, Creative Director at Tiny Rebel Games said
When we launched Doctor Who: Legacy back in November, we couldn’t have imagined the amazingly engaged and supportive fan community that it would inspire. We are so thrilled and honored at the privilege the BBC has allowed us in supporting the upcoming season of the show with the 12th Doctor and his allies on their new adventures. We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on with our fans!” adds Susan Cummings, Executive Producer of Doctor Who: Legacy.
In coordination with the release of a new level for Doctor Who: Legacy, a special livestream will take place at 12pm Pacific on Sunday August 24th on Twitch. For joining on Twitch, viewers will be the first to receive a new costume for Jenny – the very first costume Doctor Who: Legacy will release for Season 8. Viewers can watch the Twitch livestream at 1900GMT on Sunday, August 24th.

The Hunt For Greyhound One is now available globally as an update to the game on all supported platforms including Amazon Appstore, Google Play, iTunes, and on Facebook.




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