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
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
-
Modes 3
- Video Mode
- Sonic Boom
- Super Repair
-
Multiballs 1
- Dalek Multiball
-
Goals 6
- Collision
- Last Wave Bonus
- Plain Daleks
- Emperor Daleks
- Re-Lock
- Second Chance
-
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.
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
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¢
| 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 |
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.
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.
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
| 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 |
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.