Feels different this time… Freshly bi-generated and ready for Round 2, those fine folks from Podtor Whocast RETURN to restore the deeply cursed timeline of modern Doctor Who games. After a catch-up with Michel over yet more Fallout London talk (Atomfall who?), it’s right back into action on a conversation that’s as much about Who as it is a lamentation on the state of mobile gaming in general. And tangents? Oh, we got ‘em. Bada-boom-ba!
Missed Part One? Click here for “A Brief History of Time and Space”!
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Topics discussed: Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time, Torchwood: Miracle Day – Web of Lies, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – The Gunpowder Plot, Doctor Who: Worlds in Time, Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, Doctor Who Legacy / Infinity; LEGO Dimensions, The Saviour of Time (Skype), Doctor Who: The Runaway, “Thirteen” (2048 clone), Doctor Who: The Edge of Time / Reality, Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins; Doctor Who: Lost in Time
Also mentioned: PowerWash Simulator, House Flipper 2, While Waiting, Freerunning (PS2); Fallout: London, Infinity Nikki, The Unholy Return of Acclaim; Balatro, Michel gets back into the Steam Deck, The Sims 2 Legacy Collection; Quantum Break, the PS Vita, “The Power of Three”, Family Guy Online; Ghostbusters, Star Trek: Lower Decks – The Badgey Directive, Back to the Future: The Game
Music used:
- “Dr. Who Disco” – Mankind
- The Shepherd’s Boy / Breaking the Wall [from “Heaven Sent”] – Murray Gold, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Ol’ Blighty (Cinematic Mix) [from “Fallout: London”] – Daniel Morrison Neil, Team FOLON
- Westminster Bridge [from “Rose”] – Murray Gold, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Cassandra’s Waltz [from “The End of the World”] – Murray Gold, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- A Noble Girl About Town [from “Partners in Crime”] – Murray Gold, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- “Whorhythmics” [based on “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” – Eurythmics] – JeX
Further reading:
- “Balatro’s ‘Cursed’ Design Problem” – Game Maker’s Toolkit, 2024: https://youtu.be/zk3S3o1qOHo?si=6-1ynji38SzXhFul
- “The Balatro Timeline” [Developer Diary] – LocalThunk, 2025: https://localthunk.com/blog/balatro-timeline-3aarh
- “Granada The Program – Celebrities” [Jon Pertwee plays Star Wars Dark Forces, 1995]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia463EOvZxk&t=375s