Features and Strategies
A major feature is the Time Expander in the middle of the playfield, which can be in the following states:
- Lock: Two locks must be filled with balls to move on to state 2.
- Targetbank: Five spherical optical-interrupt targets (very close to Pin*Bot) must be hit (default: 15 times) to move on to state 3.
- Jackpot: Three small "dalek" gates are revealed, shooting a ball through each gate awards a (Super) Jackpot.
As the player can select which Doctor to rescue next at the start of a ball, this enables a vast amount of scoring strategies:
- Play safe and choose Doctor 3 to earn more Extra balls.
- Try to build up a high playfield multiplier by choosing Doctor 6 (which is especially useful during multiball: Jackpots will be multiplied by 1.5 up to 4.)
- Easier collection of the final multiball lock by choosing Doctor 7 (as the target bank is a major source for balls going straight down the middle).
- Faster earning of Video Modes by choosing Doctor 1 (which earns one Extra Ball (default: Wave 2 only) and a collected Doctor each time finished).
Pro-Scoring strategies may also take into account that the next Doctor after the currently selected will be the one to the left of him (special case: Doctor 7 if Doctor 1 is selected).
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