50th anniversary of Doctor Who

Nov 23, 2013

Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary

This interactive Doodle game celebrates Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary — Click the Doodle to become the fastest time lord in the universe!

Animated Google logo with changing pictures of different Doctor Who avatars
Behind the Doodle

About Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary

The Doctor Who doodle started life as a request from a huge fan at Google. It seemed daunting- 11 Doctor's, 50 years of adventures, countless enemies and time travel!

But we loved the idea of science fiction, technology and fun coming together, so we set about creating a multiple level game. The game was always a simple premise- those dastardly Daleks have stolen the Google letters and we need Doctor Who to retrieve them.

DR WHO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY DOODLE TEAM

Artists don't make games, programmers do. I provided the designs and various pieces of animation but without the engineers the game would only exist in another dimension! I was fortunate to work alongside people that genuinely cared:

Engineering Gurus - Rui Lopes, Corrie Scalisi, Mark Ivey

Additional support - Doug Simpkinson, Jonathan Shneier

All things D of 3 - Leon Hong

Deity of rain, lava & lightning - Kevin Laughlin

Additional game ideas - Gregory Capuano

Sounds - The BBC, Tom Tabanao, Manuel Clement and Cody!

Creative consultant - Chris Dibona

User testing - Jennifer Zamora

We thank the BBC for trusting us and also helping us whenever needed. So what are you waiting for?! Jump in your TARDIS (Time and relative "doodle" in space) and become the fastest time lord in the universe!

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The Doodle Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary launched Nov 23, 2013

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