Top Trumps: Doctor Who
Eidos creates a virtual version of the card game populated by the weird denizens of Dr. Who.
Top Trumps: Doctor Who is a card & board game developed by Ironstone Partners, released 16 May 2008 on Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Top Trumps: Doctor Who is
Top Trumps: Doctor Who is a card & board game game developed by Ironstone Partners and released in 2008. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Doctor Who series
Top Trumps: Doctor Who is the 19th of 41 entries we hold in the Doctor Who series. It arrived 6 months after Doctor Who: Into the Vortex. The next entry was Doctor Who: Return to Earth in 2010. Its critic score of 30 is 29 points below the series average of 59. The highest-rated entry is Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins at 90.
How it was received
Top Trumps: Doctor Who holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 35 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What it launched against
Top Trumps: Doctor Who launched on 16 May 2008, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto IV, GRID (2008), LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and Ninja Gaiden II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto IV, GRID (2008), LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, Ninja Gaiden II.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Top Trumps: Doctor Who — frequently asked questions
When did Top Trumps: Doctor Who come out?
How long does it take to beat Top Trumps: Doctor Who?
Does Top Trumps: Doctor Who have multiplayer?
If you like this