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Doctor Who backglass

Also known as DW

1992 · Bally

Doctor Who

Known for Cliffhanger Ramp, Time Expander, Police Box and Transmat. Deep blue starfield with scattered white stars, small blue planet earth top left corner, row of ribbed gold dome machines across the upper third, red and blue energy burst behind the running figures, angular red, gold and navy stepped border panels in the bottom corners, small block of white fine print bottom left and small production code bottom right.

Year
1992
Maker
Bally
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
4

Known for

  • Ramp

    Cliffhanger Ramp

  • Lock

    Time Expander

  • Hole

    Police Box

  • Target

    Transmat

  • Mode

    Video Mode

  • Mode

    Sonic Boom

  • Multiball

    Dalek Multiball

On the playfield

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • black
Doctor Who playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 3 pop bumpers

Full vision analysis

Ramp 1

  • Cliffhanger Ramp

Holes 2

  • Police Box
  • Dalek holes

Lock 1

  • Time Expander

Targets 4

  • Transmat
  • Hang-on
  • Repair
  • Escape targets

On the backglass

Who and what

  • man Centre, tan deerstalker hat, tan trench coat, white shirt and dark tie, clean-shaven, arm thrust forward with open palm towards the viewer
  • man Left of centre, bright red curly hair, crimson polka-dot cravat, cream jacket, brown waistcoat, yellow trousers
  • man Further left, curly brown hair and beard, ochre scarf, brown coat, holding a small hand device
  • man Far left, black hair, black jacket over pale blue shirt, running
  • man Right of centre, blond shoulder-length hair, pale tan suit, cream shirt, stethoscope round his neck
  • man Further right, maroon patterned jacket, white shirt, grey trousers

Setting

  • Deep blue starfield with scattered white stars
  • Small blue planet earth top left corner
  • Row of ribbed gold dome machines across the upper third
  • Red and blue energy burst behind the running figures
  • Angular red, gold and navy stepped border panels in the bottom corners
  • Small block of white fine print bottom left
  • Small production code bottom right

Text on it

  • DOCTOR WHO
  • Bally

How it plays

  1. Modes 3

    • Video Mode
    • Sonic Boom
    • Super Repair
  2. Multiballs 1

    • Dalek Multiball
  3. Goals 6

    • Collision
    • Last Wave Bonus
    • Plain Daleks
    • Emperor Daleks
    • Re-Lock
    • Second Chance
  4. Awards 1

    Combos

    • WHO

Made by

Design
Barry Oursler
Design & Software
Bill Pfutzenreuter
Art
Linda Deal (aka Doane)
Mechanics
Zofia Bil
Sound & Music
Jon Hey
Display animation
Scott Slomiany

The cast

  • Doctor 1
  • Doctor 2
  • Doctor 3
  • Doctor 5
  • Doctor 6
  • Doctor 7
  • Dalek
  • Tardis

Reference

Linked terms
  • Cliffhanger Ramp also called Cliffhanger also called side ramp
  • Escape targets also called ESCAPE
  • Dalek holes also called Dalek gates
  • Video Mode also called Waves
  • WHO also called WHO lanes
  • Emperor Daleks also called Emperor Jackpot
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Doctor Who playfield

Playfield

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • black

Fingerprint: Doctor Who, giant painted portrait of grey-bearded man in dark navy coat arms folded dominating lower center over blue dalek-city skyline, six bright green triangular inserts in vertical column beside word repair, double wooden tardis cabinet at top with brown-coated man leaning over roof, worn with heavy scratches and reflections

Distinctive

A giant painted portrait of a grey-bearded man in a dark navy coat, arms folded, dominating the lower centre playfield, standing over a blue Dalek-city skyline. Six bright green triangular inserts in a vertical column up the left side beside the word 'REPAIR'. A double wooden TARDIS cabinet at the top with a brown-coated man leaning over its roof. Two mirrored yellow star-shaped instruction panels flanking a red 'CONTINUE' button on the apron.

Setting

  • City skyline of blue domed police-box machines
  • Stone/wooden interior workshop wall
  • Dark starry void with white beam lines

Symbols

  • Playing-card suits
  • Diamonds
  • Treasure chest of gold bars
  • Key
  • Triangle inserts
  • Arrows
  • Scattered playing cards

Notable shapes

  • Large star-shaped instruction panels
  • Triangular insert column
  • Hexagon score inserts
  • Keyhole and droplet cutouts

Art motifs

  • Comic-book ink outlines
  • Radiating yellow sunburst rays
  • Star shapes
  • Checkered pattern

Themes

  • Time travel
  • Police box
  • Aliens
  • Time machine

Title on it

  • Doctor who

Text on it

  • DOCTOR WHO
  • REPAIR
  • KICK OUT
  • SCORE
  • POLICE BOX
  • SUPER VALUE
  • MYSTERY
  • CONTINUE
  • LANE CHANGE HOLD BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
  • MASTER'S BONUS
  • DIAMOND V FLAG
  • MIDWAY
  • Midway Manufacturing Company - Williams
  • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Game: Doctor Who
  • Legal Designer: Barry Oursler, Bill Pfuetzreuter
  • Artwork: Linda Deal
  • Manufactured Date: 1992
  • Total Production: 7,752
  • Note: Software designer Bill Pfuetzreuter stated that about a dozen (or less) sample games were made...
  • Ball Blast
  • Doctor Who
  • Video Pinball
  • Made in USA
  • Trademark
  • COMPLETE S.C.A.M. and is ON
  • 1992 Bally Midway
  • Scientifically Proven
  • Patented 1992
  • U.S. Patent
  • 25¢
Drop targets
Three-drop bank on the left wall; droplet-shaped drop target on the right
Ramps
Yellow police-box ramp up the right with super value inserts; wireform ramp on right flank; red left orbit ramp
Slingshots
Triangular
Upper playfield
Yes, police box cabinet with reels, displays and a bearded man at the roof
Apron and lower playfield
Red continue button, two mirrored yellow star instruction panels, large doctor who logo, two white rules cards
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Grey-haired, grey-bearded man in a dark navy/black coat, arms folded, large painted portrait in lower centre
Man Brown-suited bearded man leaning over the roof of the upper police box cabinet
Woman Four women in 1960s mod dresses standing in a row to the right of the large portrait
Man Small figure in a lab coat crouching at the left, mid playfield
Robot Blue domed dalek-like machines forming a skyline, two with red eye stalks
Vehicle Blue police box standing in the lower-centre skyline
Full description

A late-1990s video pinball playfield shot through a scratched, reflective glass, dark and heavily worn with cloud-like wear patches. Upper third: a TARDIS-style police box drawn as a wall cabinet with its brown-suited, bearded man leaning over the roof, flanked by two red 'POLICE BOX' panels; below it a row of yellow 'Mystery'-type reel windows and a red 2-digit display. Left edge: a vertical 'REPAIR' lane with six bright green/teal triangular inserts, a white up-arrow 'KICK OUT' insert and a 'SCORE' hexagon. Mid-field: an open-topped treasure-chest cabinet of gold bars, a yellow police-box ramp with a ramp of green/yellow/blue inserts reading 'SUPER VALUE', a large painted dark-haired bearded man in a dark blue coat with arms folded over a city of Dalek-shaped blue domes, a TARDIS and a police box, and four adjacent women in 1960s dresses. Right side has a wireform-covered ramp and a red 'POLICE BOX' light. Apron carries two mirrored yellow starbursts reading 'LANE CHANGE HOLD BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT', a red 'CONTINUE' button, and a big red-and-yellow 'DOCTOR WHO' logo between two dense white instruction cards.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Doctor Who backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • gold
  • red
  • cream

Fingerprint: DOCTOR WHO title, charging line of seven men in 1950s clothing fanned across frame toward viewer, central figure in tan deerstalker and trench coat thrusting foreshortened hand forward, red-haired man with cravat, bearded man in ochre scarf, blond with stethoscope, grey-bearded man behind title, ribbed gold dome machines against starfield.

Distinctive

A herd of seven hat-wearing men in vintage tweed suits charging forward in a fan, the leader's outstretched hand rendered in extreme foreshortening at the centre. A rank of ribbed gold dome-shaped machines looms behind them against a starfield. Angular red-and-gold stepped Art Deco border panels close off the bottom left and bottom right corners.

Setting

  • Deep blue starfield with scattered white stars
  • Small blue planet earth top left corner
  • Row of ribbed gold dome machines across the upper third
  • Red and blue energy burst behind the running figures
  • Angular red, gold and navy stepped border panels in the bottom corners
  • Small block of white fine print bottom left
  • Small production code bottom right

Symbols

  • Earth
  • Stars
  • Ribbed dome machines
  • Energy burst
  • Stepped art deco border

Lettering

  • Doctor in white sans-serif capitals on a red bar, who in large yellow-and-red gradient capitals with white and black outlines, set inside a chevron badge; maker name in flowing yellow cursive script top right

Themes

  • Time travel
  • Alien machines
  • Running chase
  • Vintage adventurers
  • Space

Title on it

  • Doctor who

Text on it

  • DOCTOR WHO
  • Bally
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Centre, tan deerstalker hat, tan trench coat, white shirt and dark tie, clean-shaven, arm thrust forward with open palm towards the viewer
Man Left of centre, bright red curly hair, crimson polka-dot cravat, cream jacket, brown waistcoat, yellow trousers
Man Further left, curly brown hair and beard, ochre scarf, brown coat, holding a small hand device
Man Far left, black hair, black jacket over pale blue shirt, running
Man Right of centre, blond shoulder-length hair, pale tan suit, cream shirt, stethoscope round his neck
Man Further right, maroon patterned jacket, white shirt, grey trousers
Man Far right, pale blue hat with red band, grey suit, checked trousers
Man Above the title, grey hair and beard, dark brown coat, facing forward
Full description

Illuminated backglass under glass, dominated by a charging line of seven men in mid-20th-century clothing running towards the viewer, fanned out across the width in a shallow arc against a fiery red-and-blue burst. The central figure wears a tan deerstalker hat with a checked band, a tan trench coat, white shirt and dark tie, and thrusts a foreshortened open hand towards the viewer. To his left a red-haired man with a crimson polka-dot cravat, cream jacket, brown waistcoat and yellow trousers; beside him a curly brown-haired, bearded man in an ochre scarf and brown coat holding a small device; far left a dark-haired man in a black jacket over a pale blue shirt. To the right of centre a blond man in a pale tan suit with a stethoscope round his neck, then a man in a maroon patterned jacket and white shirt, and far right a man in a pale blue hat with a red band and checked trousers. Above them a grey-haired bearded man in a dark coat stands centred behind the title. The background is a deep blue starfield with a small Earth top left and a row of ribbed gold-toned dome machines across the upper third, ringed by red energy flares. A red-and-yellow title logo sits top centre; cursive maker name top right. Angular red, gold and blue stepped border panels frame the lower corners.