BBC Worldwide & Skype Create Doctor Who Bot

BBC Worldwide and Skype have created the first-ever Doctor Who bot, which allows players to be the Doctor’s companion in a specially written six-part adventure.

Players are invited to help the Doctor save the Universe in an interactive digital experience titled The Saviour of Time. The bot features exclusive voice-over from Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi and is creatively developed by writer Joe Lidster (The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood). The bot includes challenges, logic puzzles and quizzes, centered on the search for a mysterious artifact known as the Key to Time. Users must locate all six segments of the Key, which are scattered throughout time and space, and restore it, in order to save the Universe.

Jaclyn Lee-Joe, the chief marketing officer at BBC Worldwide, said, “It’s hugely exciting to be launching a Doctor Who bot on Skype, which gives us the opportunity to deliver a new form of digital storytelling with our cutting-edge brand. Through this new innovation, we get to experience first-hand how bots can help deliver digital-first content, and immerse audiences, old and new, in the Doctor Who universe like never before.”

Steven Abrahams, the group product manager for studios and strategic partnerships at Skype, said, “Our goal is for everyone in the world to experience the best Skype has to offer and the Doctor Who bot with BBC Worldwide brings a range of new features and functionality. We’re excited to see the bot bring users and fans one step closer to meeting the iconic Doctor.”