Learning To Code With the Doctor, a Dalek and Your Tablet

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The BBC’s free Doctor Who game which aims to give young gamers a taste of coding skills alongside their enjoyment of time travelling action has launched on iOS and Android.

The Doctor and the Dalek, in which the Twelfth Doctor forms an unholy alliance with one of Skaro’s dreaded motorised killers to serve the greater good by destroying weapons of mass destruction, can now be enjoyed by iPad, Android and Amazon tablet owners. The game, which features the voice of Peter Capaldi, has had four new levels added to mark the launch.

As we reported back in October, The Doctor and the Dalek is firmly aimed at a young audience and ties in with the computing curriculum, with downloadable resources available for teachers to supplement lessons. We imagine there will be some Who-savvy IT teachers out there who think they must have died and gone to heaven…

The release on in tablet form is apparently in response to public demand, as BBC Doctor Who Interactive’s Jo Pearce explained:

“The overriding request was for a tablet version. The new levels with our updated resources from BBC Learning allow children to take their skills a little further… and help the Doctor save the universe.”

It seems the game is restricted to UK users, and for now at least there is no version for mobiles ‘due to the screen size needed for programming your Dalek’.

Have you had a go at The Doctor and the Dalek yet? Let us know what you think!

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