Angus Abranson, head of Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd, announced today that Cubicle Seven have been awarded the license to produce an official Doctor Who role-playing game based on the new series. The announcement was made at Dragonmeet, London's premier role-playing convention. Full confirmation, and further details will be made available, though a press release, which is to be issued at the beginning of next week.The problem with Doctor Who, is who gets to play a Time Lord? It's like who gets to play a Slayer in a Buffy RPG? It's possible, but balancing it isn't easy.
The new series has shown more equity in the Doctor/companion importance. Martha Jones specifically has been portrayed as the Doctor's equal, saving him nearly as often as he does her.
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Kurt and I came up with the machanics a few years ago. Basically, the role of the Time Lord changes from player to player (say, between stores, or every year, or whatever). Also, those not playing the Time Lord can either keep playing the same character (a Companion) or new characters for each story arc. Character creation would have to be pretty easy for such a system to work though.
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