Alien Armies
Following the success of GE Fabbri Ltd’s Doctor Who: Battles in Time collectable trading cards and magazine series, Panini (better known to fans and collectors for their Doctor Who Magazine title), launched a more affordable collectable trading card game in October 2009 (without a magazine component).This title were only available untill the end of 2009. In November two Collectors Tin each with 60 cards an exclusive card.
Starter Pack
A starter pack was available from newsagents and consisted of;
- Alien Armies Game Board (one required per player), where the player could mount their strongest cards ready for game play against an opponent by beating their opponents corresponding score.
- Collector’s Binder – a plastic sleeved folder to house the collection with a removable cover insert the inside of which listed details and checklist of all 260 cards.
- Four packs of 6 assorted cards (individually available from retailers priced 50p UK)
- The Starter pack in a sealed clear bag was priced at £4.99 (UK)
Gallery
Promotional Advert
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Starter Pack
Gameboard
- Alien Armies Pack
Trading Card Pack
Collector's Tin 1
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Collector's Tin 2
Card Features
The 260 card collection was made up of various card types;
- 180 Standard Cards (Cards numbered 1-180)
- 40 Glitter Foil Cards (Cards numbered G1-G40)
- 20 Super Foil Cards (Cards numbered F1-F20)
- 20 Super Foil Emboss Cards (Cards numbered E1-E20)
- The cards followed a television transmission order covering the Tenth Doctor stories from The Christmas Invasion through to Planet of the Dead with only the 10 (E) Doctor cards referencing earlier stories.
Some key cards could be found repeated but in different card types and each of the cards were categorised as one of the following;
- Doctor
- Children of Time
- Villain
- Ally
- Equipment
- All the cards featured a single image against a different colour themed background with the main image and other features being laminated. Each card (apart from the equipment cards) carried Power and Attack ratings along with a tiebreak rating (blue), and a power up options for use with equipment cards in blue, green, red and yellow, cards also credited the appropriate episode title.
Gallery of card Examples
Standard Equipment Card
Standard Card
Super Foil Card (E)
Super Foil Embossed Card (F)
Super Foil Embossed Card (F)
Glitter Foil Card Card (G)
Doctor Who Magazine
Limited Edition
Alien Armies Card Listing
Doctor Who: Alien Armies Promotions
- To mark the simultaneous launch of both Starter packs and individual card packs, Panini's own regular Doctor Who Magazine, 4 seperate packs and an exclusive Tenth Doctor Card was included with issue number 414, which was bagged.
- Three other special edition cards were also made available;
Exclusive Tenth DoctorCard from Doctor Who Magazine
Exclusive Rose TylerCard from Martin's newsagents
Exclusive DalekCard from WH Smiths chain stores and distributors
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Exclusive DavrosCard from ASDA supermarkets
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Exclusive Card with Collectors Tin 1
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Exclusive Card with Collectors Tin 2
- The weekly Doctor Who Adventures title also featured pack giveaways that included two free packs with each of three consecutive issues (DWA Issues 135 - 137).
- In both these titles, the promotional card packs included 5 consecutivly numbered standard cards and one other.
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