The Doctor Who Role Playing Game The Doctor Who Role Playing Game was a published by American game company FASA in 1985 . Players could either assume the role of the Doctor and his companion s or of other Time Lord characters accompanied by his or her companion s and acting on behest of the Celestial Intervention Agency on Gallifrey . Publisher ' s summary . The Master has stolen a weapon that will give him the ultimate control of the universe and of time itself . The Dalek s are invading Earth . The Cybermen are terrorising the space lanes . And the Sontaran s and Rutan s are battling to see who wins the galaxy . Only " YOU " , the Time Lord s and Companion s of the Celestial Intervention Agency , can stop these villains from changing the course of history . Your weapons are your wits and your TARDIS . To join the Doctor in his adventures to defeat the foes of the universe , you only need your imagination , a pencil , some paper , and this game ! Overview . The game . The main set of three rulebooks , one for players , one for and a guidebook to the " Doctor Who " universe , packaged in a cardboard box . It was followed by several separately published adventures and supplements for the game , which provided details about the Dalek s , the Cybermen and the Master . The supplements contained two pamphlets , one for and another for players . The player ' s handbook sometimes had inaccurate information , reflecting the fact that the CIA sometimes had gaps in its knowledge . The game ' s mechanics were based on ( though , not identical to ) those of the which FASA had published previously . Relationship to the " Doctor Who universe " . The game line reflected the established continuity of Doctor Who at the time of publication , though the rulebook introductions the authors admitted to have taken some liberties to make the history of the universe more consistent . . Consequently , in later years , certain non - television stories presented wildly different interpretations and explanations , making the FASA Role Playing Game retroactively look " discontinuous " to some . For example , it claims that the Monk was an alias adopted by the Master . The game ' s backstory resolved the UNIT dating controversy by flatly contradicting " Mawdryn Undead " , placing that story ' s " present day " sequence in the near future . It also claims the Master tried to take over Gallifrey with some adepts , including the War Chief . And that he was behind the War Chief ' s plot with the War Lords . The War Chief escaped the event using one of his SIDRATs to reach his actual TARDIS and considered the Master to be as much responsible as the Doctor . The adventure module " The Lords of Destiny " suggested that , rather than dying , Adric was saved at the last minute by a Time Lord in a TARDIS of a more advanced make that the Doctor ' s , though this did not factor into the plot of the adventure . History . The game was released in three printings . The first used painted artwork of the Fourth Doctor and Leela as cover art , while the other two featured a collage including a publicity photo of the two characters . ( At the time , Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and his companions had greater recognition in the US than the Fifth or Sixth Doctors who had , by this time , replaced him . ) The " painting " printing had interior rulebooks with slick white covers , while the first " photographic edition " first featured more textured , brown , Victorian - styled rulebooks , and the second had smooth , more - plainly designed brown rulebooks . The two photographic editions also had slight differences in their box art and text to differentiate them . FASA also published two gamebook s that worked much like the " Doctor Who Make Your Own Adventure Books " . The first , " Doctor Who and the Vortex Crystal " ( 1986 ) by William H . Keith , Jr . , featured the Fourth Doctor , Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan and the Daleks , set on the planet Gathwyr ; the second , " Doctor Who and the Rebel ' s Gamble " ( 1986 ) by William H . Keith , Jr . , featured the Sixth Doctor , Peri and Harry Sullivan , set during the American Civil War . Both of these paperback books were self - contained volumes , allowing the player to use a simplified version of the base game ' s mechanics without the need to own the base game itself . The player simply needed paper and pencil to keep track of their stats and progress in the game . Both also allowed play without needing dice , by randomly flipping to certain pages which revealed a number between 2 and 12 in their upper corners . Supplements . Sourcebooks . The Daleks . Two part module with " Daleks " ( intended for GM ' s ) and " The Dalek Problem " ( a file intended for players , presented as a CIA briefing documents ) . These detailed the Daleks ' backstory , giving playing guide stats and a new adventure scenario . ( 1985 - FASA 9101 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 93 - 9 ) The Master . Contains " The Master " and " The Master : CIA File Extracts " . ( 1985 - FASA 9102 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 94 - 7 ) . In this , it is stated that a Time Lady on a mission saved Adric from death . The Cybermen . Contains " The Cybermen " and " Cyber Files : CIA Special Report " . ( 1985 - FASA 9103 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 73 - 4 ) Adventures . " The Iytean Menace " . " Out in the fog - shrouded night of Victorian London , an evil force was lurking , waiting to strike . A senseless murder , over a strange artefact , was only the very beginning of the terror of " The Iytean Menace " . What was the ancient evil , and how had it been awakened ? Where would it strike next ? The Time Lord and his Companions had been sent to the capital of Queen Victoria ' s realm to learn the source of a strange weapon that should never have been on Earth at all . What they found was a web of mystery and deception that led them , step by step , to a confrontation with " The Iytean Menace " . " ( 1985 - FASA 9201 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 91 - 2 ) Authored by J . Andrew Keith . Like the other adventures , the adventure could work with any version of the Doctor and his companions , or , alternatively , with an all - new Time Lord and companion ( s ) , either of the players ’ creation or the set of characters published within . " The Lords of Destiny " . " The World - Ship of Ydar was a monster , vast , implacable , and set on a collision course with the Galaxy of Man . Giant starship and mobile world , " Destiny of Ydar " is both refuge and vengeance of a long - dead civilisation which must be stopped , or worlds will die . The cooperation of the Ydarans is vital . To bad they ' re caught up in a civil war just now . Too bad , too , that they ' ve forgotten the rest of the universe exists . . . " ( 1985 - FASA 9202 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 92 - 0 ) Written by William H . Keith , Jr . The cover presumably featured the Third Doctor and an unidentified male and female companion , although these may actually be depictions of the new characters included within the text . The adventure employed scientifically plausible hard science fiction concepts , but also suggested Joan of Arc as a potential companion ! ( The adventure suggests that the included Time Lord character might have saved her from death by burning by clever use of their TARDIS . ) " Countdown " . " The sudden appearance of a dangerous gravity bubble causes the TARDIS to dematerialise [ sic ] aboard a ship of the Earth Empire on an emergency mission to deliver vital serum to a plague - ridden world . Before the adventure is over , the Doctor and his Companions must contend not only with the death - dealing gravity bubble , but with the ship ' s paranoid computer , space pirate s , and an attack by android s as well . " ( 1985 - FASA 9203 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 95 - 5 ) Written by Ray Winninger . This adventure featured the Cybermen , but this was intended to be a surprise to the players , as they would initially only encounter androids of unknown origin , as in TV : " Earthshock " . The surprise , however , would be ruined if the players saw the cover of the publication , as it prominently featured a Cyberman . A likeness of the Fourth Doctor appeared on the cover . " The Hartlewick Horror " . " Why are the villagers of a sleepy little town like Hartlewick disappearing ? Has the archaeological excavation of an ancient Druidic mound awakened something that was better left undisturbed ? And are these strange occurrences related to the presence of a mysterious energy field ? The Time Lord and his Companions are sent to Hartlewick , England to locate the source of this unexplained energy field . But they do not have much time . Forces are at work to unleash something hideous and all - too - powerful upon the residents of 1923 Earth . " ( 1985 - FASA 9204 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 75 - 0 ) Written by Ray Winninger . The Fourth Doctor appeared on the cover . The supplement dealt with Lovecraftian monsters . " The Legions of Death " . " The legions were on the march . . . but Rome had never faced an enemy like this one . An evil renegade Time Lord has allied himself with British tribesmen to lure a Roman army — and a Roman Emperor — into a deviously plotted trap . History will be changed and an army of fanatic conquerors loosed upon the Galaxy if a Time Lord and his Companions cannot stop the renegade ' s sinister plan . As time runs out , the adventurers race to their final confrontation with the " Legions of Death " . " ( 1985 - FASA 9205 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 26 - 2 ) Written by J . Andrew Keith . The cover portrayed the Third Doctor . " City of Gold " . " Dinosaurs in the twenty - first century ? That was only the first mystery that confronted the Time Lord and his Companions when they set out to investigate a violent revolution in an age of turmoil , and stumbled into a plot that could end human history — and change the universe forever . A lost city and a vanished race from the depths of time and [ sic ] hold the key to the destiny of the Earth , unless the adventurers can penetrate the mysteries of the " City of Gold " . " ( 1986 - FASA 9206 - ISBN 0 - 931787 - 49 - 1 ) Written by J . Andrew Keith . The adventure featured the Silurian s . The Fifth Doctor appeared on the cover . " The Warrior ' s Code " . " Arigato , Doctor Who . A collision in the Vortex with an unknown timeship . . . a forced materialisation on the rocky seaside cliffs of feudal Japan . . . a power play among the samurai warlords who wield absolute power in an ancient and mysterious realm . For the Time Lord and his Companions , those were only the first steps in a dangerous game , where one man ' s ambition could bring the collapse of human history . Stranded , cut off from help or contact with Gallifrey , the time travellers must band together to free themselves from old Japan , history from a madman ' s plot , and humanity itself from oblivion in a distant but all - too - real future . To achieve their goals , the adventurers must learn to understand the shifting politics and timeless culture of the Land of the Rising Sun . They must come to understand the samurai and their Bushido . . . " The Warrior ' s Code " . " ( 1986 - FASA 9207 - ISBN 0931787735 ) Written by J . Andrew Keith . The cover featured the Second Doctor and Victoria Waterfield .