The game uses a revision of the role-playing system originally developed for FASA's Star Trek RPG.

FASA published the game in 1985 with illustrations by Jane K. Bigos, David R. Deitrick, William H. Keith Jr., Dana M. Knutson, Dave R. Marsh, and Todd F.

"[1] The box cover features the Fourth Doctor and Leela, although by the time of publication, they were no longer involved in the television series.

"[2] In Issue 41 of Different Worlds, Scott Slingsby was critical of the game, writing, "The TV programs are classics in the truest sense of the word.

Slingsby concluded by giving the game a below-average rating of 2 out of 4, saying, "FASA may have reproduced the body of the Doctor and his universe, but they did not capture the series' soul.