UK Machine Record
Bally · 1992 · at 5 UK venues.
Doctor Who is one of the most distinctive machines from the Bally/Williams era, taking the television series’ multiple Doctors and alien villains and turning them into a time-travelling pinball adventure. The game is built around travelling through different eras and confronting enemies including the Daleks and Cybermen.
The TARDIS is central to the experience, while the various Doctors and villains provide the structure for the modes. The game has a particularly strong sense of movement because the objective is constantly changing as you travel through time.
It can be chaotic until you understand which era you are currently playing. Keep track of where you are in time. The TARDIS is your roadmap through the game.
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Doctor Who lets you pick which of the seven Doctors you are working towards, and each one quietly rewrites part of the machine. Picking in the right order is worth more than any single shot on the playfield.
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After locking 2 balls and the Time Expander rises, select Dr. 7 to help you start Multiball faster. He doubles your white target hits.
Maxing PF multiplier then video mode all day is a valid strategy but slow. Video mode is easy to memorize. Jump at the end for an extra 1M.
Every time you launch a ball (even after a lock) you can select your doctor to help you. Choose wisely.
Maxing the PF multiplier (upper ramp loops) is very important. After 10 loops, complete W-H-O for Sonic Booms (10M x multiplier each shot).
Choosing doctor: #1 helps you get to video mode. #3 helps you get extra ball. #6 increases multiplier faster. #7 helps you get to Multiball.
Every wave of video mode completed gives a doctor. All 7 doctors gives a bonus of 20M (which can be multiplied).
Doctor #4 is surprisingly effective during Multiball, as he makes REPAIR targets worth more, and balls constantly rebound into them in MB.
Completing the last wave of video mode is the sum of all of the previous waves, for a max of 110M on the first wave.
At the end of game, each doctor is worth 1M points, duplicates included!) This is multiplied by playfield multiplier (up to 4M per-doctor)
Doctor #2 doubles the hang-on score up to a max of 4M, which goes to 16M with 4x playfield.
Extra balls are surprisingly valuable on Dr Who in competitive play, because you get a free doctor to play with.
When starting multiball, hit the center Dalek target to start with the higher jackpot value and also get closer to super jackpot (Davros)
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Doctor Who Pinball Tutorial & Gameplay (Bally Williams 1992)Majestic Pinball · 2024 · on YouTube
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How Doctor Who was sold to operators — Bally, 1992. The back is the feature list the manufacturer led with, which is a fair record of what the machine was meant to be famous for.
Flyer scan via the Internet Pinball Database. The artwork is Bally’s.
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