The Adventure Games ( video game ) Doctor Who : The Adventure Games was a series of five video games that tied in with the first two years of the Matt Smith era on television . They were the first video games to feature the voice of the actors playing the then - current televised Doctor and companion s . They were delivered primarily by download from the main BBC " Doctor Who " website and were mainly intended for the personal computer platform . The earliest versions of the games ran on Windows and Macintosh operating systems , but they later became available to other platforms . Though primarily for UK customers — since the games had in part been funded by the BBC license fee — the games were eventually made available internationally . They were discontinued after series 6 . Promotion . Details regarding the games were announced on 21 April 2010 . The games were made in conjunction with the " Doctor Who " TV production team , with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan lending their voices and likenesses to the games . In announcing the games , series producer Piers Wenger stated " There aren ' t 13 episodes of " Doctor Who " this year . There are 17 — four of which are interactive . Everything you see and experience within the game is part of the Doctor Who universe . " A trailer for the series was released . Footage of the games was shown after " Victory of the Daleks " . It revealed one " episode " would involve the Daleks and a destroyed London in 1963 with the tagline " Fight The Daleks " . This was later released as " City of the Daleks " by Phil Ford , initially announced as being available on the 5th of June , 2010 . . A second series of another four episodes was commissioned for release in 2011 , but only the first episode of Series 2 was released before further production on the Adventure Games was cancelled . Availability . The first of the games , " City of the Daleks " , was released for download via the BBC ' s official Doctor Who website on 2 June 2010 for PCs — several days earlier than the originally announced release date of 5th June . It was later revealed that the early release of the game was part of a system test as they geared up for the official release date . A trailer for the game was shown after " Vincent and the Doctor " on Saturday to mark its official launch . A Macintosh version was later released on 15th June 2010 . At present , the first four games are available to international audiences from Direct2Drive , for $ 3 . 70 American . However , Direct2Drive has controversially chosen not to make the Mac OS version of the game available . As a result , some gaming sites have not reviewed the game . Robert Nashak from BBC Worldwide has said that in the future there may be retail versions of the games . As of October 2015 , they are unavailable from the BBC Website , though can still be purchased from Steam . Gameplay . " The Adventure Games " are puzzle - based games . The player must navigate obstacles with a specific pattern to them , crack codes , use objects to bypass obstacles and navigate mazes . There is little margin for error ; most hazards kill automatically and ( as the Eleventh Doctor ) it can be hard to escape from enemies once they ' ve spotted you . The game follows a linear path : tasks have to be handled a certain way and in a certain sequence . Playable characters . Playable characters in all the games are the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond and in the second series , Rory Williams . However , the player can not choose which character to play with , as this is tied to in - game story progression . The only exception is at the end of " TARDIS " . Collectibles . Series 1 . Each episode of Series One of the Adventure Games has collectible cards , marked with a " DW " logo , which provide extra information on the " Doctor Who " universe . There are fifty to collect in total over the four games , ten each of Doctors , Companion s , Friends , Enemies and Jelly Babies . There are also " Who Fact " popups which can be found throughout the games giving more info on the characters and objects encountered , but they are not counted toward a collectible total in Series 1 . Series 2 . In Series 2 ' s single episode " The Gunpowder Plot " the collectibles are 41 various facts about Jacobean Life , revealed by examining relevant objects in - game . Additionally , the " Who Fact " popups discovered by the player now count toward a goal of 20 collectible items of Who trivia ; these can all be found in the Doctor ' s Drawing Room . Games . Series 2 . Series 2 of the Adventure games was announced in 2010 . The first and only game in the series was " The Gunpowder Plot " . The second series of the Adventure Games was cancelled in February 2012 following a muted fan reaction to " The Gunpowder Plot " .