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'''''Doctor Who: Battles in Time''''' is a BBC trading card and magazine. Each issue includes an original Doctor Who [[comic strip]] featuring the [[Tenth Doctor]] written by [[Stephen Cole]].
'''''Doctor Who: Battles in Time''''' is a trading card game and magazine published by [[GE Fabbri Ltd.]] under license from the BBC in the UK.  


==Trading Cards==
==[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]]==
''Doctor Who: Battles in Time'' is a trading card game. The cards can either be bought in packs, or come free with the [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)|Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]].
Following a successful regional trial of a Doctor Who magazine and trading cards in the UK, the title was launched nationally in September 2006 by [[GE Fabbri Ltd.]].<br>


===Sets===
Originally planned as a 52 issue fortnightly part work, the title was expanded further with the launch of the '''Devastator'' series of 250 new cards featuring graphics from the recently aired Series Four, and extended the life of the magazine title.<br>
There are currently four sets of Battles in Time cards available & a fifth one is yet to be released:


*Exterminator Set - 275 cards - Released 20th September 2006
Each issue of the magazine included the following regular features;
*Annihilator Set - 100 Cards - Released 23rd February 2007
* '''Gameplay''': (Game playing suggestions and card information)
*Invader Set - 225 Cards - Released 5th September 2007
* '''Card Clash''': (Two cards pitched against each other in battle)
*Ultimate Monsters Set - 225 Cards - Released 5th March 2008
* '''FAQ''': (Episode guide)
*Devastator Set - 250 Cards - To be Released 17th September 2008
* '''Centre-spread Monster Foldout''': (Featuring cover topic)
* '''Comic Strip''': (all-new Tenth Doctor adventures)
* '''Brain Buster Puzzles'''
* '''Personality Test''':
* '''Behind the Scenes''' or '''Dalek Wars''' (Search and Find): (A two-page CGI construction of a Dalek battle with narrative and things to discover activity)


===Cards===
===[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Comic Strip)]]===
====Classifications====
The magazine included a regular fortnightly, four page comic strip adventure, '''all''' of which were individually titled, drawn by [[Lee Sullivan]], (an artist of a long standing relationship with Doctor Who), were written by [[Stephen Cole]] (former BBC Books range editor and writer) and featured the [[Tenth Doctor]].
*Common = 8 in every Pack (10 in Mixed Packs)
*Rare = 1 in every Pack (2 in Mixed Packs)
*Super Rare = 1 in every 6 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re lucky)
*Ultra Rare = 1 in every 24 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re lucky)
*The Gold Ticket = 1 in every 1000 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re ''very'' lucky)


===Deck types===
===[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)|Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Specials)]]===
:''Each card has a deck type.''
In addition to the regular fortnightly part work a number of Special Issues were published mostly to promote the launch the next expansion set of trading cards.<br>
The Special Issues were;
* [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Daleks vs Cybermen Special|Daleks vs Cybermen]] or [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Daleks vs Cybermen Special|Cybermen vs Daleks]] (depending on which way up the Magazine is, specific cards issued for gameplay)
* [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Invader Special|Invader Special]] (Series Three themed)
* [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Ultimate Monsters Special|Ultimate Monsters Special]] (Old and new monster themed A-Z )
* [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time Devastator Special|Devastator Special]] (Series Four themed)


*[[Human]]
==Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Trading Cards)==
*Hero
The cards were issued with the [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)|Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]] or could be purchased separately from newsagent retailers or some specialist shops.<br>
*Bonus
* Each card included the following features;
*[[Alien]]
* Card Name
*Monster
* Card Number
*[[Dalek]]
* Card Description
*[[Cyberman]]
* Card Deck Type
*[[Robot]]
::* [[Human]]
::* Hero
::* Bonus
::* [[Alien]]
::* Monster
::* [[Dalek]]
::* [[Cyberman]]
::* [[Robot]]
* Card Classification
::* ( C) Common = 8 in every Pack (10 in Mixed Packs)
::* ( R) Rare = 1 in every Pack (2 in Mixed Packs)
::* (SR) Super Rare = 1 in every 6 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re lucky)
::* (UR) Ultra Rare = 1 in every 24 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re lucky)
::* The Gold Ticket = 1 in every 1000 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re ''very'' lucky)


==Comics==
* Card Number within Set
*[[Tenth_Doctor_-_List_of_Appearances#Doctor_Who:_Battles_in_Time|List of ''Battles in Time'' comic strips]]
::* '''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Exterminator)|Exterminator]]'''  - 275 cards - Released 20th September 2006
::* '''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Annihilator)|Annihilator]]'''  - 100 Cards - Released 23rd February 2007
::* '''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Invader)|Invader]]'''  - 225 Cards - Released 5th September 2007
::* '''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Ultimate Monsters)|Ultimate Monsters]]''' - 225 Cards - Released 5th March 2008
::* '''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Devastator)|Devastator]]''' - 250 Cards - Released 17th September 2008
* Comparative Rating Score(Character Cards Only)
::* Intelligence
::* Agility
::* Stamina
::* Special Abilities
::* Fear Factor<br>
All of the above were overlaid on a graphic presentation of the subject.


===Battles in Time issues===
The magazine have so far released these issues:


FIRST RUN:
==Related Articles==
 
[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)]]<br>
1 = Daleks - Dealers of Death!
[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Comic Strip)]]<br>
 
:[[Tenth_Doctor_-_List_of_Appearances|List of all Tenth Doctor appearances (including comic strips)]]
2 = Cybermen - Steely Killers!
For trading card details;
 
: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Trading Cards)]] <br>
3 = Krillitanes - Bat Creatures!
: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Exterminator)]]  <br>
 
: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Annihilator)]] <br>
4 = Slitheen - Mean and Green!
: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Invader)]]  <br>
 
: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Ultimate Monsters)]] <br>
5 = K-9 - Heroic Hound!
: [[Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Devastator)]] <br>
 
6 = Alien Guests - At the End of the World!
 
7 = Sycorax - Scavenging Slave Masters!
 
8 = The Ood - Slaves on the Beast!
 
9 = The Cult of Skaro!
 
10 = Cat Nurses - Medical Menaces!
 
11 = Clockwork Robots - Automatic Assassins!
 
12 = Cyber Leader - Ghostly Invader!
 
13 = The Beast - Pure Burning Evil!
 
14 = Werewolf - Howling Horror!
 
15 = Autons - Plastic Power!
 
16 = Racnoss Empress - Sinister Spider!
 
17 = Cassandra - The Many Faces of Evil!
 
18 = Empty Child - Are You My Mummy?
 
Special = Daleks vs. Cybermen Special
 
19 = Judoon - Rampaging Rhinos!
 
20 = Game Station - Killer Television Shows!
 
21 = Carrionites - Evil Enchantments!
 
22 = Abzorbaloff - Grotesque Green Giant!
 
23 = Dalek Sec - Human Monster!
 
24 = Macra - Car-Crushing Crabs!
 
25 = Jagrafess - Deep-Freeze Demon!
 
26 = Sun-Possessed - Burn with Them!
 
Special = Invader Special
 
27 = Lazarus - Genetic Mutation!
 
28 = The Wire - Television Terror!
 
29 = The Master - Rogue Time Lord
 
30 = The Family of Blood!
 
31 = Weeping Angels!
 
32 = Reapers - Vortex Vultures!
 
33 = The Face of Boe!
 
34 = Toclafane - Slicing Spheres!
 
35 = The Final Experiment!
 
36 = Scarecrows - Straw Soldiers!
 
37 = Dalek Emperor - The God of all Daleks!
 
38 = The Graske - Body Snatchers!
 
39 = Time Lords - Gallifreyian Gods
 
Special = Ultimate Monsters Special
 
40 = Max Capricorn - And the Heavenly Hosts
 
41 = The Gelth - Gaslight Ghosts!
 
42 = The Zygons - Shape-Shifters!
 
43 = Dalek Mutations!
 
44 = Planet of the Ood!
 
45 = Sontarans - Clone Warriors
 
46 = Vervoids - Killer Plants!
 
47 = The Hath - Bubble Rage!
 
48 = Adipose - Blubber Babies
 
49 = Pyroviles - Magma Monsters
 
50 = The Axons - Family of Terror
 
51 = Vespiform - Giant Killer Wasp
 
52 = Davros - Dalek Creator
 
SECOND RUN:
 
53 = The Shadow Proclamation
 
Special = Devastator Special
 
54 = Supreme Dalek and Dalek Caan


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 01:46, 12 September 2008

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Doctor Who: Battles in Time is a trading card game and magazine published by GE Fabbri Ltd. under license from the BBC in the UK.

Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)

Following a successful regional trial of a Doctor Who magazine and trading cards in the UK, the title was launched nationally in September 2006 by GE Fabbri Ltd..

Originally planned as a 52 issue fortnightly part work, the title was expanded further with the launch of the 'Devastator series of 250 new cards featuring graphics from the recently aired Series Four, and extended the life of the magazine title.

Each issue of the magazine included the following regular features;

  • Gameplay: (Game playing suggestions and card information)
  • Card Clash: (Two cards pitched against each other in battle)
  • FAQ: (Episode guide)
  • Centre-spread Monster Foldout: (Featuring cover topic)
  • Comic Strip: (all-new Tenth Doctor adventures)
  • Brain Buster Puzzles
  • Personality Test:
  • Behind the Scenes or Dalek Wars (Search and Find): (A two-page CGI construction of a Dalek battle with narrative and things to discover activity)

Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Comic Strip)

The magazine included a regular fortnightly, four page comic strip adventure, all of which were individually titled, drawn by Lee Sullivan, (an artist of a long standing relationship with Doctor Who), were written by Stephen Cole (former BBC Books range editor and writer) and featured the Tenth Doctor.

Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Specials)

In addition to the regular fortnightly part work a number of Special Issues were published mostly to promote the launch the next expansion set of trading cards.
The Special Issues were;

Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Trading Cards)

The cards were issued with the Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine) or could be purchased separately from newsagent retailers or some specialist shops.

  • Each card included the following features;
  • Card Name
  • Card Number
  • Card Description
  • Card Deck Type
  • Card Classification
  • ( C) Common = 8 in every Pack (10 in Mixed Packs)
  • ( R) Rare = 1 in every Pack (2 in Mixed Packs)
  • (SR) Super Rare = 1 in every 6 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re lucky)
  • (UR) Ultra Rare = 1 in every 24 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re lucky)
  • The Gold Ticket = 1 in every 1000 Packs (Some times 1 in a Pack if you´re very lucky)
  • Card Number within Set
  • Comparative Rating Score(Character Cards Only)
  • Intelligence
  • Agility
  • Stamina
  • Special Abilities
  • Fear Factor

All of the above were overlaid on a graphic presentation of the subject.


Related Articles

Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Magazine)
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Comic Strip)

List of all Tenth Doctor appearances (including comic strips)

For trading card details;

Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Trading Cards)
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Exterminator)
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Annihilator)
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Invader)
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Ultimate Monsters)
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Devastator)

External links

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