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What is where Why should be, but When is with Where and what they are up to is anybody's guess! Where What is, why Where is where What is and When will What get to where Where is and when Why will arrive are just some of the questions which remain to be answered when you play CRL's mind-boggling arcade adventure Dr What! That and how to get to see the Jelly Baby of Infinite Wisdom, of course.

This game sneaked out pretty much unheralded through a time-warp somewhere in East London. And before we go any further I'd like to point out that it has absolutely no connection whatsoever with the long running TV show, Dr Who. Just because the heroes are Time Lords doesn't mean a thing. And anyway, Who isn't where What - (Don't start that again! Ed).

You control the four Doctor's who start the game in four different locations. But if you help them find the Trydis(!) keys they'll be able to start time-travelling around all over the place.

The game is packed with arcade adventure type puzzles - with extra added CRL type humour. Objects have to be found and used in order to complete certain tasks - but quite what the final, ultimate, meaning of life, universe and everything object of the game isn't quite clear. Yet. I'm sure one of you will be able to tell us what it's all about in the near future.

To start you off here's a couple of tips. One of the doctor's will come across a Dalek who wants to exterminate, exterminate, exterminate him. He has at his disposal a baseball hat. He should pick up the bat and USE it, by hitting the appropriate key. The bat will fly through the air with the greatest of ease and land on the dalek's head, blinding him and rendering him totally useless.

Moving on, he'll come across Pruneface the daleks' boss. This unsavoury character fires laser beams at the Doc. He can be beaten by getting a mirror from the bathroom - sounds like a cue for a song! - and USE it to reflect the beam back at Prunechops knocking him out.

That's the sort of lateral thinking Dr What! demands from the player.

You can play the game if only one doctor is left alive but you're obviously not going to complete the game single handed.

Graphics are good, sound is as you'd expect and gameplay is, well, arcade actionish. The puzzles are funny and not too hard to beat.

Dr What! is a surprisingly entertaining offering with a few original twists. If you're an arcade adventure addict, you won't want to miss it.