BBC Releasing Educational 'Doctor Who' Videogame (VIDEO)
Doctor Who was originally conceived 50 years ago as an educational series for children, as The Doctor and his companion would take kids on a journey through history and different civilizations. Of course, that initial concept changed over the years to encompass aliens, robots, and all manner of creatures that go bump in the night, resulting in one of TV's most enduring sci-fi/action-adventure series. But now, BBC intends to get kids learning with The Doctor again with an all-new computer game.
The Doctor and the Dalek is a new videogame that is part of the Make It Digital initiative intended to get more young people into computer coding. The game is fully-voiced by Peter Capaldi, the current Doctor, and features a story not too far removed from this season's "Into the Dalek", in which The Doctor encounters a friendly Dalek. The tale is written by Doctor Who writer Phil Ford, and is aimed at players ages 6-12. The coding challenges for the game are can be mapped against Key Stage 2 and 3 learning outcomes, which makes this a varied game that is both challenging, rewarding, and useful, since it's linked to the computer coding curriculum. Given that computer programming is one of the burgeoning career paths in the 21st Century, it's not all that crazy to want to give kids the option of pursuing that path by giving them the tool to comprehend the subject.
The Doctor and the Dalek, an online browser game, will be available to play for free at beginning this Wednesday, October 22nd, by heading over to the game's BBC website. But you can check out the game in action below:
Via: BBC News
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