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Fans of the nearly 50 year old BBC sci-fi TV series Doctor Who got some good news last week when it was revealed that a free-to-play MMO, Doctor Who Worlds In Time, was being made by developer Three Rings. The BBC previously brought the series to the PC in 2010 with four downloadable episodes of Doctor Who The Adventures Games, with a second "season" planned for release later this year.

Big Download decided to contact the BBC to get more info on its plans for Doctor Who PC games and got a few answers from Robert Nashak, the Executive Vice President of Digital Entertainment at BBC Worldwide. We even managed to sneak in a question about a possible game based on the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood.

Doctor Who is about to take his TARDIS into PC gaming once again. BBC Worldwide has announced plans to launch a free-to-play MMO based on the long running sci-fi TV series. The game itself is titled Doctor Who Worlds In Time and is being developed by Three Rings, best known for their MMO title Yohoho Puzzle Pirates.

Details of the game are scarce but the official press release states that Doctor Who Worlds In Time will let players "follow in the footsteps of the eccentric and brilliant Doctor by travelling through time and space, exploring new worlds and encountering many alien races, both friend and foe." The game will launch sometime later in 2011.

In 2010 the BBC and developer Sumo Digital released a four episode downloadable PC game series, Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. A second "season" of the adventure game series is slated for release later in 2011.

[Via email press release]