The Royle Family‘s Ralf Little will play Guy Fawkes, former-EastEnder Phil Daniels will play play as Town Crier, Silent Witness star Emilia Fox will play the 14th Plotter and CBBC presenter Chris Johnson will play Barnaby, alongside regular cast members Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

Little commented: “It is a way of bringing the story alive to, probably, millions of kids who are aware of the name Guy Fawkes because of November the 5th, but not actually really understand what the historical significance is behind it.”

Last year’s series of four Doctor Who games have had more than 2.8m downloads requested so far.

Written by Phil Ford, the game will be available on PC and Mac to download via the show’s official website from Monday 31st October.

Doctor Who‘s Series 6 finale, ‘The Wedding of River Song’, aired at the weekend.

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The new game’s official plot synopsis is as follows:

“After a mid-space collision, the Doctor, Amy and Rory crash land on Earth, 1605 AD. Here they discover that a mothership belonging to the Sontaran’s age-old enemy, the Rutan Host, is on Earth. The only problem – the ship is buried deep below the site upon which the House of Lords has now been built.

“Meanwhile, a secret society of malcontents is plotting to overthrow the Government by planting gunpowder beneath the House of Lords. Two members of this society are exposed in our story – Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes. The 14th plotter, hitherto undisclosed in the history books, is a shape-shifting Rutan, who, by infiltrating the plotters and controlling their plans can have her ends met – the launch path cleared for her mothership, deep below the foundations of the House of Lords.

“And so the Doctor, Amy and Rory must find a way to stop the plotters, the Sontarans and the Rutans, all of whom are intent on blowing something (if not everything!) to pieces.

This game puts the player in the shoes of one of the TARDIS crew, exploring the streets and communities of 1605 London, to become embroiled in the Gunpowder Plot as it draws to its explosive conclusion. The aim is to get beneath Parliament to stop the aliens starting a war on Earth, ensure that Guy Fawkes is arrested, everyone inside the House of Lords is safe – and above all, make sure history stays on its correct path.”

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