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Line 1: {{Infobox video game \| title = Thatcher's Techbase \| developer = ~~''Dr.~~3D: Doom Daddy'' Digital \| composer = Barry Topping \| artist = Rafael Batista de Lima \| platforms = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[Android (operating system)\|Android]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], [[Nintendo Wii]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Thatcher's Techbase\|url=https://thatchers-techbase.github.io/get.html~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-09-24\|website=GitHub\|archive-date=2021-09-24\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924130017/https://thatchers-techbase.github.io/get.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> \| engine = [[idDoom ~~Tech 1~~engine]] \| released = 24 September 2021 \| genre = [[First-person shooter]] \| modes = ~~Singleplayer~~[[Single-player]], ~~<br> Multiplayer~~[[multiplayer]] \| director = Jim Purvis \| image = Thatcher's Techbase cover.jpg }} '''''Thatcher's Techbase''''' is a [[Video game modding\|mod]] for the video game ''[[Doom II]],'' released by Scottish ''Doom'' developer ~~''Dr.~~3D: Doom Daddy'' ~~(Jim Purvis)~~Digital on 24 September 2021. ~~Set~~The game is set in the [[United Kingdom]], and the player is tasked with killing former prime minister [[Margaret Thatcher]], who has [[Resurrection\|risen from the dead]]. == Gameplay == {{See also\|Doom (1993 video game)#Gameplay}} [[File:Thatcher's Techbase gameplay.png\|thumb\|Doomguy fighting a chaingunner with the new [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company\|Winchester]] shotgun. Pro-Thatcher [[propaganda]] is visible in the background.]] ''Thatcher's Techbase'' is a [[WAD file\|WAD]] for ''Doom 2,'' and largely retains the same [[first-person shooter]] gameplay, but features new weapons, levels, and enemies.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Price\|first=Renata\|title=To Win The Game You Must Kill Me, Margaret Thatcher\|url=https://kotaku.com/to-win-the-game-you-must-kill-me-margaret-thatcher-1847681908~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-09-21\|website=Kotaku\|date=15 September 2021\|language=en-us\|archive-date=2021-09-17\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917103950/https://kotaku.com/to-win-the-game-you-must-kill-me-margaret-thatcher-1847681908\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Clayton\|first=Natalie\|date=2021-09-15\|title=Hunt down a resurrected Maggie Thatcher in this frightfully British Doom campaign\|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hunt-down-a-resurrected-maggie-thatcher-in-this-frightfully-british-doom-campaign/\|access-date=2021-09-21\|website=PC Gamer\|language=en-US\|archive-date=2021-09-17\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917164542/https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/hunt-down-a-resurrected-maggie-thatcher-in-this-frightfully-british-doom-campaign/\|url-status=live}}</ref> The WAD supports co-op, and [[deathmatch (video games)\|deathmatch]], and it offers five difficulty levels.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Good\|first=Owen S.\|date=2021-09-15\|title=Doom mod resurrects Margaret Thatcher as a Cyberdemon\|url=https://www.polygon.com/22676226/margaret-thatcher-doom-mod-thatchers-techbase-soundtrack\|access-date=2021-09-21\|website=Polygon\|language=en\|archive-date=2021-09-17\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917104007/https://www.polygon.com/22676226/margaret-thatcher-doom-mod-thatchers-techbase-soundtrack\|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Thatcher's Techbase gameplay.png\|left\|thumb\|Doomguy fighting a chaingunner with the new [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company\|Winchester]] shotgun. Pro-Thatcher [[propaganda]] is visible in the background.]] == Plot == In ''Thatcher's Techbase'', Margaret Thatcher, "one of humanity's greatest threats",<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Mason\|first=Richard\|title=You can hunt Margaret Thatcher through Hell in rework of classic video game\|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19584618.hunt-margaret-thatcher-re-imagining-doom-released-free/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-09-21\|website=The National\|date=16 September 2021\|language=en\|archive-date=2021-09-17\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917165422/https://www.thenational.scot/news/19584618.hunt-margaret-thatcher-re-imagining-doom-released-free/\|url-status=live}}</ref> rises from the dead, leading the player to descend into the tenth circle of Hell, the United Kingdom, in order to kill her and send her back to Hell.<ref name=":0" /> == Development == Development of ''Thatcher's Techbase'' began in winter 2020 as a joke, after director Jim Purvis saw Twitter user @spewlieandrews claim that if he was sent to Hell, he would "spend eternity scouring the place for Thatcher".<ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|last=Peppiatt\|first=Dom\|date=2021-09-16\|title=Inside 'Thatcher's Techbase', the 'Doom' mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher\|url=https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/inside-thatchers-techbase-the-doom-mod-that-lets-you-kill-margaret-thatcher-3047299~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-09-21\|website=NME\|language=en-GB}}</ref> Purvis said that the game is dedicated to "everyone Margaret Thatcher hated and everyone who hated Margaret Thatcher".<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Yin-Poole\|first=Wesley\|date=2021-09-15\|title=Thatcher's Techbase sees the return of "one of humanity's greatest threats"\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-15-thatchers-techbase-sees-the-return-of-one-of-humanitys-greatest-threats\|access-date=2021-09-21\|website=Eurogamer\|language=en\|archive-date=2021-09-21\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921141243/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-15-thatchers-techbase-sees-the-return-of-one-of-humanitys-greatest-threats\|url-status=live}}</ref> On 15 September 2021, a trailer for ''Thatcher's Techbase'' was released, which announced the game's release date.<ref name=":1" /> Initial response to the announcement was described by Purvis "as shockingly huge", with the WAD receiving the attention of initial ''Doom'' developer [[John Romero]].<ref name=":2" /> The game's soundtrack is composed by Barry "Epoch" Topping, who also wrote the music for ''[[Paradise Killer]]''.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Connor\|first=Alice O'\|date=2021-09-15\|title=This new Doom mod will let you send Thatcher back to Hell\|language=en\|work=Rock Paper Shotgun\|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-new-doom-mod-will-let-you-send-thatcher-back-to-hell\|access-date=2021-09-16\|archive-date=2021-09-15\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915160347/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-new-doom-mod-will-let-you-send-thatcher-back-to-hell\|url-status=live}}</ref> == Controversy == In September 2022, ''Thatcher's Techbase'' featured in a number of British newspapers when former Labour leader and independent MP [[Jeremy Corbyn]] was pictured playing an arcade version of the game at [[The World Transformed]] in Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Fletcher\|first=Harry\|date=2022-09-26\|title=Jeremy Corbyn played a version of 'Doom' that lets you 'kill Thatcher'\|language=en\|work=The Independent\|url=https://www.indy100.com/viral/jeremy-corbyn-margaret-thatcher-doom\|access-date=2021-09-27\|archive-date=2022-09-26\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926075324/https://www.indy100.com/viral/jeremy-corbyn-margaret-thatcher-doom\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Penna\|first=Dominic\|date=2022-09-26\|title=Pictured: Jeremy Corbyn plays video game that lets players kill Margaret Thatcher\|language=en\|work=The Telegraph\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/26/pictured-jeremy-corbyn-plays-video-game-players-kill-margaret/\|access-date=2021-09-27\|archive-date=2022-09-26\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926155221/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/26/pictured-jeremy-corbyn-plays-video-game-players-kill-margaret/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ledwith\|first=Mario\|date=2022-09-27\|title=Jeremy Corbyn takes on the 'demon Maggie'\|language=en\|work=[[The Times]]\|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/jeremy-corbyn-takes-on-the-demon-maggie-mxzqjqxhh\|access-date=2021-09-27\|archive-date=2024-06-22\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622164035/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/jeremy-corbyn-takes-on-the-demon-maggie-mxzqjqxhh\|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, in 2024, Bethesda removed ''Thatcher's Techbase'' mod from ''Doom II''<nowiki/>'s official mod browsers due to concerns over "real-world politics".<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Al-Tekreeti \|first=Abdullah \|date=2024-09-02 \|title=Bethesda Removes Margret Thatcher Doom Mod \|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/bethesda-bins-thatcher-doom-mod/ \|access-date=2024-09-03 \|website=DualShockers \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Wales \|first=Matt \|date=2024-09-02 \|title=Bethesda yanks Thatcher's Techbase Doom mod from in-game browser \|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/bethesda-yanks-thatchers-techbase-doom-mod-from-in-game-browser \|access-date=2024-09-03 \|website=Eurogamer.net \|language=en \|archive-date=2024-09-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902222300/https://www.eurogamer.net/bethesda-yanks-thatchers-techbase-doom-mod-from-in-game-browser \|url-status=live }}</ref> == References == Line 32 ⟶ 37: == External links == * [https://thatchers-techbase.github.io Official website] ~~[[Category:~~{{Doom ~~mods]]~~series}} {{Margaret Thatcher\|state=collapsed}} [[Category:2021 video games]]▼ [[Category:Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher]] [[Category:~~MacOS~~Doom ~~games~~mods]]▼ [[Category:~~Windows~~Parody video games]]▼ [[Category:Political satire video games]] [[Category:Sprite-based first-person shooters]] [[Category:Satirical video games]] [[Category:Video games based on real people]] [[Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Video games set in the United Kingdom]] ~~{{Doom series}}~~ ▲[[Category:2021 video games]] ▲[[Category:Windows games]] ▲[[Category:MacOS games]] [[Category:Linux 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