Doctor Who - Battles in Time
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| Doctor Who - Battles in Time | |
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| Editor | Claire Lister |
| Categories | Science fiction television |
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| First Issue | August, 2006 (Nationwide) |
| Company | GE Fabbri |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | Doctor Who -Battles in Time |
| ISSN | unknown |
Doctor Who - Battles in Time is both a trading card game and the supplementary fortnightly magazine from the partwork publishers, GE Fabbri who have the license to produce Battles in Time for a two-year period. The game and magazine were first released in mid-April 2006 in two 'test-regions' in the United Kingdom (the Westcountry and Grampian television areas) and was made available across the UK on the 20th of September 2006.
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[edit] Test Series
Each issue came with a magazine and a packet of CCG-style trading cards. Additional booster packs of the cards were only available within the Westcountry region. The first three issues came complete with a free gift (extra pack of cards, and flatpacked TARDIS card-holder). The trial period was said to have been a great success and as such, the BBC have commissioned the magazine to be on sale in the whole of the UK.
Although the magazine featured content from both series one and two of the new Doctor Who, the initial release of the 'Exterminator' set only covered material from Rose through to The Christmas Invasion (Series One and the Christmas special that bridged both Series One and Two as well as the Ninth and Tenth Doctor).
The Card set was comprised of 85 normal cards (composed of Common, Rare, Super-Rare and Ultra-Rare cards), and an additional two cards which were un-numbered; Psychic Paper and Super Rose (AKA the 'Golden Ticket'). The cards were unumbered and some had a different picture from the cards in the worldwide release.
[edit] Nationwide Release
In August 2006 the GE Fabbri announced the nationwide release of the magazine.
This was again called the 'Exterminator' set, but had been enlarged to include the 2006 series of Doctor Who.
There are 275 unique designs to collect based on the 2005 and 2006 TV adventures. Each pack contains 9 cards – 8 common and 1 rare, plus some packs have an extra super-rare or ultra-rare 10th card. 1 super rare in every 6 packets 1 ultra rare in every 24 packets Each card is part of one of eight decks: Cyberman, Hero, Human, Alien, Robot, Monster, Dalek, plus Bonus Cards to change game play. Some cards in the Bonus category require a special decoder to read, in the form of another card (called "Psychic Paper) which came in one of the two packs free with Issue 1.
In addition to the free pack with each magazine, Booster Packs available separately at £1.50 from local newsagents, supermarkets and hobby stores.
The 'Annihilator' set, featuring 100 cards from The Runaway Bride and the 2005/6 series, has been on sale since 23rd February. From Issue 12 of the magazine, the pack includes 6 Exterminator cards and 6 Annihilator cards.
The 'Terminator' set has been comfirmed for April 29th covering the first 5 episodes of series 3 with 50 cards.
[edit] 'Terminator' set
these cards have been comfirmed:
- #1 Judoon Trooper
- #2 Judoon Commander
- #3 Lilith
- #4 Mother Bloodhead
- #5 Shakespear
- #6 Voodo Dummy
- #7 Hover Van
- #7 Gridlocked
[edit] The Magazine
The magazine includes :
- Game Rules
- Deck Doctor
- Card Comparisons e.g Rose vs Cassandra, Doctor vs Dalek Emperor, Captain Jack vs Empty Child.
- A guide on each episode with scenarios based on the episode that can be played with the cards.
- Fold-out guides to a different monster each issue, with notes on all the cards that feature that monster.
- Behind-the-scenes guide to certain monsters or shots.
- Comic Strip Story
- Artwork covering the "Dalek Wars"
- Doctor Who themed puzzles.
- Which hero/monster are you quizzes.
[edit] Issues
1. Daleks: Dealers Of Death!
2. Cybermen: Steely Killers!
3. Krillitanes: Bat Creatures!
4. Slitheen: Mean And Green!
5. K-9: Heroic Hound!
6. Alien Guests: At The End Of The World!
7. Sycorax: Scavenging Slave Masters!
8. The Ood: Slaves Of The Beast!
9. The Cult Of Skaro!
10.Cat Nurses: Medical Menaces!
11.Clockwork Robots: Automatic Assassins!
12.Cyberleader: Ghostly Invader!
13.The Beast: Pure Burning Evil!
14.Werewolf: Howling Horror!
15.Autons: Plastic Power!
16.Racnoss Empress - Sinister Spider!
17.The Wire - Hungry Hazardous Horror!
It has not been confirmed if the issues will have human characters or heroes for their theme, so far only monsters, aliens and K9 have featured.
