Who-RPG-l mini-FAQ: the commercial Dr. Who RPGs 1. Are there any published Dr Who RPGs? They are: "The Doctor Who Role Playing Game" (FASA, Chigaco, 1985), Ed. Wm. John Wheeler Three books in a box with Tom Baker / Leela on it. Player characters were usually from the Gallifreyan Celestial Intervention Agency and similar to the Doctor/companions in that they were usually a Time Lord/Lady and some humans travelling around in a TARDIS. Attributes are built of points, then skills, with both ranging from 1-7 and an 'interaction matrix' and 2d6 resolving conflicts. The mechanics were a reworking of FASA Star Trek. This was followed by several, usually good, adventures, and three sourcebooks of varying quality. "Time Lord" (Doctor Who Books, London, 1991), by Ian Marsh and Peter Darvill-Evans, ISBN 0426 203623 Players are the Doctor and companions - there is no character generation system, although there is an appendix on how to produce stats for yourself (!). Attributes range from 1-10. The rules are deliberately simplistic, relying on a novel 'beat the difference' system. You have a skill level, and a difficultly level. You roll 2d6, and the result is the diffence between them. If the skill level plus the result is *more* than the difficulty, you have succeeded. This game suffered from very bad placement (in other words, it was sold with Dr Who books, not with the RPGs) and there have been no official supplements other than a couple of Dr Who magazine articles. 2. How do I get hold of them? 'Time Lord' is available online: see the Who-RPG website for details. Jim McLimore suggested Crazy Egor's Game Warehouse (1699 Hamlin-Parma Town Line Rd, Hilton, NY, 14468-9715, Tel: +1 716 427-2190, Fax +1 716 427-8182) as a place to find FASA Dr. Who. SJG maintain a 'Dealers in Out-of-Print Games' page at . 3. Where on the net can I play Dr. Who? People play Dr. Who RPGs by Email on Who-game-l@mudhole.ehche.ac.uk. People sometimes play RPGs on IRC channel #drwho, particularly if you're connected to a dalnet server. There as, as far as the writer knows, no Dr. Who muds, although there is a plan kicking around for a 'UNIT alone' MUSH.