I am a VERY old school Doctor Who Fan; Tom Baker was my first Doctor, and I have been an addict since childhood. There was an attempt made in 1989 to make me go 'Cold Turkey', but fortunately for all of us, the intervention failed, and we now have annual bursts of New Who on our screens. During the Great Hiatus, I discovered History as another major addiction, and this led me towards tabletop gaming, with miniature soldiers, better know by its shortened name of miniatures gaming. Many happy hours were spent, discovering that my command abilities were certainly better suited to tin soldiers, than the flesh and blood variety… Danny Pink would definitely class me as an "Officer"! Leap forward to 2015; Warlord Games announce, out of the blue, that they have secured the licence to produce a Doctor Who Miniatures Game. Not only will they cover the revived series, but the ENTIRE 52 year history of the show! As my hobbies collided I did what could only be described as a Happy Dance... Finally, a fully licensed, official Doctor Who tabletop game! Produced by Warlord Games, nonetheless, who have recently taken on such games as Terminator, Judge Dredd, Gates of Antares, Bolt Action , and their own Black Powder/Hail Caesar range of games. This has the potential to be VERY good! At this stage, very little is known about the game mechanics, scenarios, or scale of the game. In a recent email, Rich Dando at Warlord Games told me that "…everything is still very-much being worked on behind closed doors, as the game mechanics and the product range are being developed… and as yet, very little has been 100% decided upon." There are, however, some details that can be surmised from the announcement on doctorwhominiaturesgame.com, and a little knowledge of Warlord's other ranges. The game will almost certainly be a “Large Skirmish” style of game, with each figure on the tabletop representing one real trooper/character/alien. Not like the tabletop gaming you commonly see where battles are re-enacted with a figure equalling a large number of soldiers. In playing the game I would suspect that there would be squads of different troopers being led by Character figures. It will also almost certainly be in the 28mm style of figures (Roughly measuring 28mm tall, from foot to eye.) made of unpainted white metal, resin or plastic, that provides the core of Warlord's figures. This will also mean that figures from their other Historical ranges can be dropped into scenarios, as well as their Sci-Fi ranges such as Antares, Judge Dredd, and Terminator. They have also stated that the rules will be based on an existing system, and in this I am reasonably sure that they will probably tweak their Bolt Action/Gates of Antares set of rules (called a “ruleset”). BA/GoA is written by Rick Priestly, the former Gam es Workshop luminary behind several of their Warham-
mer games. Since GW ‘let him go’, Rick has been very active and creative, both for Warlord and his own River Horse Games, so I suspect that we will see his hand in