Doctor Who Pinball Tutorial

[@MisterVercetti]

Just put up a monster game at my local barcade tonight: 3.3+ billion, and 174 loops. Once you get dialed in to the side ramp and the W-H-O combo, you can absolutely light this game up. Video Mode and multiball end up just being the icing on that big fat cake.

[@paulcleary8088]

I still can't get W-H-O in time. So difficult.

[@MadmanWthABox]

I am glad you showed the top, screen, and everything! This is "just as good" as really playing it

[@zsciaeount]

I find that repeatedly tapping the right font corner of the cabinet often coaxes the ball to favor the TARDIS to start video mode. I generally use these with Doctor 1 active to spot escapes. Great tutorial. I learned I've been ignoring point opportunities.

[@kasterborous1701]

Terry Nation was the writer who created the Daleks; they were voiced by a number of different people.

[@lsd963]

Always love watching your tutorials Bowen Kerins you have taught me a lot and improved my skills tenfold.

[@pinballwiz45b]

I played this specific machine at ReplayFX, decked out with LEDs. Beautiful to play. Got 500M on it, too, and for a first time, I think I did well for playing this, transitioning from TPA.

[@pinballwiz45b]

10:20 Yeah, that's a bug with Doctor Who. I experienced it on Pinball Arcade, so it's in the ROM.

[@gamman1]

Is it a bug, or is it a FEATURE!

[@mitchwhitener2885]

I just started playing Dr. Who, thanks a tun for the tutorial!!!

[@troyevanthompson]

hahaha at about 8:50 " Boom boom, bam! " Thank you Bowen and backers! Nice editing or live switching also. I don't recall this in previous videos and it is a nice addition.

[@wildernessgames]

We have one of these at work and ive started playing it lately, I gotta say I had no idea of the loop strategy like that; that is intense man. Ive hit loops a few times but my style has been feed the bumpers for X then start multiball and trap 1 ball on the left flipper and plug the middle and left jacks then hit the right jack with the cradled ball before the right feed. After multi I go back to pops, its super conservative and takes a long time. Ive been working on that lately and it doing alright, but this loop game you have going here...scary points; ill be trying this LOL. Thanks Bowen, -Mitch

[@Iliek]

My best games on Dr Who involved maxing out playfield multiplier and focusing on video modes and sonic booms. On the 4th and 5th rounds of video modes you get crazy massive points and depending on the machine's setup you get extra balls this way too. When playing for a high score I don't ever even try to start multiball and just let it happen if it happens. My high score is 2.6 billion at Pinballz in Austin, TX.

[@emperorpalpatinesurgicalre6364]

Oh no, IPS cult member!

[@kevinkleinhenz6511]

I hate when I think I’m good at something and then find someone else is a hundred times better! You really are a pinball wizard! Great video but since I just recently started playing this game it was information overload. I always thought I needed to start multi-ball for big points. Wrong again.

[@blackdaan]

you cant be the best. accept it.. than you would be 1 out of 7 billion

[@Dannyboy2k6]

Sounds like the Dalek voices are Roy Skelton

[@TheZotmeister]

I'd always wondered about those capital 'O's, to be honest. Great to hear the story behind it; that sounds like the sort of thing I'd have done. ...You forgot to mention the "7 Doctors Same Ball" bonus, though XD

[@AnthonyESacco]

That dude is a DEAD RINGER for Mark Proksch ! Nice!

[@McSquidification]

Transmute gives you another doctor active at the same time. Draining with a doctor active does not "lock it in" so much as "lock it out" so you cannot choose it again or gain the benefit again until you have gone through all 7.

[@benhove6542]

I love my Doctor Who. Such a good game.

[@AlphaLanguste]

Ive been playing this machine for a while now but mine has a bunch of differences to this one in the video. 1. I dont get an extra doctor gifted on every ball. if i dont unlock any extra ill end the game on 1 doctor. 2. when i start the multiball and i let the locked balls drain, the ball in play will return to me much faster then yours so that i can start the multiplier loops while the extra balls are being shot into the game. so i rarely have multiplier when starting multiball, but have full multiplier when getting first jackpot. 3. Sonic Booms in W-H-O order still count as a W-H-O. AND after an O Loop in the W-H-O sequence the ball is let through and fed to the bottom left flipper rather than the top left flipper. (i think that second aspect is why you timed out the H while going for endless loops so that is probably the same) 3 aspects i think you forgot about because they aren't optimal to play for but exist nontheless. when the 2nd doctor is active the hangon has a neverending escalating point bonus. ive gotten 100s of millions from a single hangon in extended games before where i played for that. when you complete the multiball jackpot three times (or was it 4?) you gain access to all 7 doctors for the remainder of that ball. so there is a tactic to just rush that and play for videomode and multiplier from that position. the multiball jackpot goes into a special mode after the first 3 or 4 (i dont remember exact number) jackpots and you get access to the dalek jackpot which is worth ridiculous amounts of points. thats how i got my personal highscore at 3.5 Billion points. overall little sad about this machine because the only way to play it for highscore without throwing your fate to the gods of rng is to go for multiplier loops which to me gets boring quickly. but still definitely one of the best ive ever played.

[@160rpm]

This is actually a great toturial

[@danijelcar5184]

Nice tutorial by Bowen

[@daveincognito]

I'm not nearly as good a player as you are, but I do seem to remember one last mode on the raised playfield after the Daleks where you shoot spin targets to take down the Master (big jackpot for pulling it off). How do you get to that?

[@armastat]

Son, you are not a nerd until you know each doctors NAME !!!! and .. tudis? really? lol

[@evicencio31863]

Patrick Troughton - MOE

[@shmupstick]

The X timer is ticking even before you launch the ball. So tilting your game gives the next player a disadvantage.

[@clutchkman]

That was very entertaining, and educational...edutainment! Thanks for the breakdown. What a great game!

[@zaphod77]

On games with the lightning flippers, O can be QUITE tricky, even from a slow ball. especially from a slow ball. With normal flippers on, O is a MUCH easier shot.

[@elliottselman6746]

Doctor one? It's driving me crazy! First Doctor, Sixth Doctor, etc.

[@philipmurphy8348]

Can't believe you called it the Turdis ha haa!

[@blacknwhite5451]

I find I can hit the left loop continually and get the video mode, just doing this is very boring but you can still get a 1 billion plus score after a long time playing. Crazy how he can hit the center loop 115 times like that.

[@cheesehead6710]

The red circles are great, btu need mroe in depth of what modes mean or things like I will go for locks..earning some safety. So if you lock balls your opponents cannot?

[@planetpinball1686]

Aren't the escape letters originally yellow?

[@suelee3391]

Some pinball versions the side slingshots are not that promising high. Those slingshot hits are wort forty points? At 6:03 I spotted a difference of forty points.

[@videoluvr4204]

i just scored over 2 billion on a machine that doesn't even have an operating raised playfield, with a 1,728,000,000 Ball 1

[@seymourshabow]

Dalek after multiball is a bug

[@amecrystcrystalwalton9287]

I have one these but gutted it not working so sad

[@suelee3391]

7:47 I spotted a slingshot hit of just thirty points. What is going on with weird scorings?

[@lefmankan]

Remember that's on 3x playfield

[@nemesis041]

13:57 "O should be automatic." Huh. O-tomatic. That was terrible. Nice tutorial, Bowen. I like this game, but I can't decide whether repeatedly hitting the side ramp is satisfying or boring. What do you think?

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

It's boring. The playfield is pretty lacking in terms of fun things to do. I'd seriously rather play PinBot.

[@dannybiggs3211]

have you ever tried the 24 pinball machine yet?

[@Enzoilpittore]

hello I removed the batteries of a pinball doctor who and now I do not know how to do it to restart it, could you help me? Thanks in advance

[@FranekAIC]

If didplY is FACTORY SETTINGS, just press ESCAPE button in coin door to bring the machine to game over mode

[@zisioninteractive]

Spanish Eyes!

[@Hollyweirdification]

Hey Bowen what exactly is PAPA headquarters? Is it an arcade or a company that restores pinball machines for tournaments?

[@PAPApinball]

PAPA is a part of the non-profit Replay Foundation which promotes the preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of pinball technology, with an emphasis on the player experience. They also host the ReplayFX festival every year in Pittsburgh, PA.

[@blackdaan]

geez louise XD

[@avenger6944]

1. Disconnect both slingshots.. 2 Get drill out, block both outlanes with starposts. 3. Play twice then torch the piece of shit....

[@XxRAND0MxG4M3RzZ]

Avenger69 Take it you're not a fan of this pin then

[@avenger6944]

Benjamin Lawrence The designer has not a single clue about pinball physics nor the slightest sense of pinball feeling...

[@timlemmens1087]

Does someone know the voice actors for this game?

[@LaserSharkPhotoablations]

Sylvester McCoy (dr 7) and dont know who does davros.. probably the davros voice actor from ABC

[@timlemmens1087]

@@LaserSharkPhotoablations ABC?

[@thewkovacs316]

i want to play this but you are labeling doctors wrong its first, second, third, fourth...etc not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

[@GrassValleyGreg]

This game is fun even if you have no clue what's going on lol. And you're a badass! I'm My best score is 190 mil, just going for multiball and firing away haha. Moe never lost his hair, btw. Maybe you're thinking of Larry who always had the zany balding "Jewfro".

[@cosmic-fortytwo]

I have always hated this game for being over complicated. Who can remember the special rules/features of seven different doctors?

[@skippychurch2965]

hitchhiker42 this is as shallow as a puddle compared to new games. I love doctor who, never the less. Such a fun game!

[@Lofote]

actually this was very easy to understand back in the days. Even without reading the description card

[@blahjedi]

Poor Davros. It's not his fault booming is far more appealing :D

[@bowenkerins]

I beat Davros in a different game, but the rest of the game wasn't good enough to keep. When playing for score, you're better off avoiding Davros, since it is 2x more points for way more than 2x the work.

[@lefmankan]

MILLION

[@lefmankan]

Seems legit lol wth

[@MCRfan-oi7km]

Play cyclone tutorial

[@bowenkerins]

Selections are determined by the Patreon backers. Also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZPaloqNeJmhqNE

[@GuntPulp]

Bowen just a quick question about Cyclone if you will entertain it sir- once I get that 1.5 million jackpot it goes down to .5 mil, how do you build it back up? I can't find anything on this on youtube...

[@bowenkerins]

Every top lane adds 5,000 to jackpot. At Credits 0, the jackpot is bumped to a minimum of 1.5 million.

[@GuntPulp]

Man, thanks a 1.5 million for the response- I was beginning to think I wouldn't figure it out until your tutorial in the far flung future, (cuz let's face it, the public isn't clamoring for a Cyclone tutes)..you just saved me the trouble of building a time expander to shorten it up ;)

[@federiko8397]

Hi, This flipper is awesome... Can you sell me?

[@SoftwareAgentsTV]

The Dalek voice in this game is soooooooo annoying.