Attack of the Graske!

Way back in 2005 for the first Doctor Who Christmas special, the BBC broadcast a “game” over its interactive digital television sevice. The game was [Attack of the Graske](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Graske). It stars David Tennant as the Doctor and the omnipresent [Jimmy Vee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Vee) as the Graske and is a tiny, interactive Doctor Who episode.

Sadly for us not in the UK, you were only able to play the game if your [Geo-IP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_targeting) location shows up in that blessed isle. But no longer! I was able to play the game from Canada on the BBC’s [revamped Doctor Who site](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/)!

[Play Attack of the Graske!](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/games/graske)

Yeah, you can watch the videos on YouTube or whatever, but this is better. Okay, it’s not a great game or anything, but it’s nice to finally be able to play it (more or less) as intended.

Jimmy Vee reprises his role as the Graske in [The Sarah Jane Adventures](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever_Happened_To_Sarah_Jane%3F). And while it’s not strictly necessary to have played the Graske game before watching that episode (I certainly liked it well enough), it’s nice now to have that option.