History VideoGame / DoctorWhoTheEdgeOfTime

* YouAreInCommandNow: At the end of ''Reality'' [[spoiler:the Doctor is unable to destroy the Reality Virus due to it creating a new timeline where her tenth incarnation had a family with Madame de Pompadour, so she tells the player that they are the Doctor now and that they must make the choice for her.]]

The game is told from the perspective of a customer at laudrette, who is suddenly greeted by the voice of the Doctor who explains that she needs the players help. Moments later a "time glitch" occurs as a result of a Reality Virus, which is corrupting the universe and creating alternate realities as everything is slowly destroyed. The Doctor requires the player to travel to three locations in the universe to find three time crystals which can be used to stop the Reality Virus and whoever is responsible. The game features Daleks, Weeping Angels and two new monsters called Hydrorks and Zlysters.

* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Near the end of ''Reality'', the [=CyberReaper=] reveals that due to the Reality Virus altering the universe, a new timeline had been created where the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace Tenth Doctor married Madame de Pompadour and had a child]], with the alternate Doctor's voice being heard where he explains how happy he has been since giving up adventuring to settle down and be a father.]]
* AlternateTimeline: The Reality Virus creates several alternate timelines such as: an Earth where the Daleks invaded along with monsters called Hydrorks; one where Weeping Angels seemingly take over Victorian era London which is pretty much abandoned; and a once peaceful alien planet now inhabited by a hostile species. ''Reality'' also shows an alternate timeline where the Cybermen invaded Earth instead [[spoiler:and a timeline where the Tenth Doctor married [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace Madame de Pompadour]]]].

** Throughout the game you will find pages for the Journal of Impossible Things, with the first page saying that it was written by you in the future with some extra details added by Emer and the Doctor, with these apparently meant to help the player on their journey by explaining some things in more detail. Given that other character show familiarity with the player, such as Emer and the Doctor, it's likely that in order to leave those pages where they were the future player makes contact with the Doctor and meets the other characters briefly while leaving the pages.

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Emer's story of believing she is a human trapped on a hostile world brings to mind Clara in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]'', especially when Emer insists that the player is looking right at her much like Clara insisted the Doctor was at the door of her cell.]]

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: Emer takes over from the Doctor, and for the most part avoids this trope since her advice only really comes if the player takes too long in accomplishing a task. However the fact she is sometimes telling the player what to do can be annoying, and in ''Reality'' she ends up telling the player what direction to go in though she will actually tell you to take the only option you have.

** In ''Reality'' [[spoiler:Emer is given a synthetic body by the Thirteen Doctor and sent to become a companion of the Tenth Doctor who is the one who fills him in on what he needs to eventually do during that part of the game.]]

To tie-in with the multi-media project ''Time Lord Victorius'', a free DLC was released in 2020 which involves players finding items relevant to the event. In 2021 ''The Edge of Reality'' was released to [=PCs=] and consoles, which tells almost exactly the same story as ''Time'' but with a bonus storyline at the end which includes the Cybermen and Creator/DavidTennant as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]].

* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Near the end of ''Reality'', the [=CyberReaper=] reveals that due to the Reality Virus a new timeline had been created where the Tenth Doctor married Madame de Pompadour and had a child, with the alternate Doctor's voice being heard where he explains how happy he has been since giving up adventuring to settle down and be a father.]]
* AlternateTimeline: The Reality Virus creates several alternate timelines such as: a world where the Daleks invaded along with monsters called Hydrorks; one where Weeping Angels seemingly take over Victorian era London which is pretty much abandoned; and a once peaceful alien planet now inhabited by a hostile species. ''Reality'' also shows an alternate timeline where the Cybermen invaded Earth instead [[spoiler:and a timeline where the Tenth Doctor married [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace Madame de Pompadour]]]].

* TheCameo: The Tenth Doctor is essentially this in ''Reality'', only appearing a few times after the storyline in ''Time'' is resolved. In some ways he could almost be considered an AdvertisedExtra.
* CosmicEntity: [[spoiler:The First is this, being the first sentient being to ever exist in the universe and therefore sees all other sentient creatures as her children. However she isn't a straight example as she seems to have some limits as she needed to create the Reality Virus to try and destroy all other life instead of just wishing them out of existence, and the Time Lords were able to create a device which traps her in a time loop.]]

* {{Foil}}: The [=CyberReaper=] accuses the Doctor of this, claiming that she can be just as cold and logical as the Cybermen despite claiming emotions give people strength and that she "upgrades" her friends into soldiers to fight in her battles against evil.

* SubtitlesAreSuperfluous: Often the subtitles don't match what is being said by the characters and other times they disappear before the characters finish speaking.

To tie-in with the multi-media project ''Time Lord Victorius'', a free DLC was released in 2020 which involves players finding items relevant to the event. In 2021 ''The Edge of Reality'' was released to PCs and consoles, which tells almost exactly the same story as ''Time'' but with a bonus storyline at the end which includes the Cybermen and Creator/DavidTennant as the [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]].

* AlternateTimeline: The Reality Virus creates several alternate timelines such as: a world where the Daleks invaded along with monsters called Hydrorks; one where Weeping Angels seemingly take over Victorian era London which is pretty much abandoned; and a once peaceful alien planet now inhabited by a hostile species. ''Reality'' also shows an alternate timeline where the Cybermen invaded Earth instead [[spoiler:and a timeline where the Tenth Doctor married Madame de Pompadour]].

** In ''Reality'' [[spoiler:Emer is given a synthetic body by the Thirteen Doctor and sent to become a companion of the Tenth Doctor who is the one who fills him in on what he needs to eventually do during that part of the game.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Emer isn't actually a person and is instead the AI of a ship that went mad after failing to protect it's crew, and adopted the identity of one of the crew. This brings to mind Clara in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]'', especially when Emer insists that the player is looking right at her much like Clara insisted the Doctor was at the door of her cell.]]
* StableTimeLoop: Throughout the game you will find pages for the Journal of Impossible Things, with the first page saying that it was written by you in the future with some extra details added by Emer and the Doctor, with these apparently meant to help the player on their journey by explaining some things in more detail. [[spoiler:It turns out the First is actually stuck in a time loop, being sent back to the start of the universe by the player and then going through her life all over again until she unleashes the Reality Virus leading to the Doctor asking for the player's help.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Emer isn't actually a person and is instead the AI of a ship that went mad after failing to protect it's crew, and adopted the identity of one of the crew. This brings to mind Clara in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]'', especially when Emer insists that the player is looking right at her much like Clara insisted the Doctor was at the door of her cell.]]

* TheCameo: The Tenth Doctor is essentially this in ''Reality'', only appearing a few times after the storyline in ''Time'' is resolved.