Doctor Who: The Runaway
Released Jan 2020
Step inside the TARDIS with the Doctor in this beautiful, animated, interactive story from the Doctor Who team.
85% positive · 175 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Doctor Who: The Runaway is a self-contained 13-minute VR adventure that launched on January 20, 2020. The store description presents it as a complete, fixed-length narrative experience — a single interactive animated story with a defined beginning and end. There is no indication of any post-launch content, DLC, updates, or ongoing development. No developer news posts, roadmaps, or announcements of additional content have been found. The game launched as a finished product and has remained unchanged since release.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete, standalone 13-minute VR adventure with a defined narrative arc — no mention of ongoing content, DLC, or updates.
Short description markets the game as a single interactive story experience, consistent with a complete, ship-once product.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
BBC Media Applications Technologies Ltd
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
You’ve been in a collision. You wake inside the TARDIS. The Doctor introduces you to the person, or thing, you collided with. He’s a strange and magnificent ball of living energy called Volta. Part surly teenager, part bomb, Volta is very unstable. In fact, he’s primed to explode. Big time. Unless he can be returned to his home planet, sharpish. The problem is, a squad of galactic busybodies has other plans for Volta. Bad ones.
Drawn into a frantic chase, you become The Doctor’s unlikely assistant as she races against time to get Volta home to his parents. Armed with a sonic screwdriver, it is down to you to help The Doctor as she faces the forces of evil, and teenage angst, in this animated 13-minute VR adventure from the team behind Doctor Who Series 11.
Drawn into a frantic chase, you become The Doctor’s unlikely assistant as she races against time to get Volta home to his parents. Armed with a sonic screwdriver, it is down to you to help The Doctor as she faces the forces of evil, and teenage angst, in this animated 13-minute VR adventure from the team behind Doctor Who Series 11.
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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