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Journeys in time and space: why BBC Studios has created a Doctor Who episode in VR

on Aug 21, 2019 | 0 comments

By Sam Bradley

To coincide with our Future of TV issue, The Drum spoke to BBC Studios to find out how the Beeb’s commercial arm is innovating in interactive and immersive media, from VR to MR to video games.

Throughout the 56-year run of Doctor Who, television audiences have watched the show’s enigmatic title character escort ordinary Brits across the universe, transecting time and interdimensional space. For the first time, however, The Doctor is taking viewers with her directly, in an episode created specifically for VR.

The Edge of Time, due to be released in September, is a special episode created as a one-shot game Read full story ›

Source: The Drum