Doctor Who - Battles in Time

Infobox Magazine
title = Doctor Who - Battles in Time

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image_size = 200px
image_caption = "Doctor Who - Battles in Time" #1
editor = Claire Lister
frequency = Fortnightly
category = Science fiction television
company = [http://www.gefabbri.co.uk/ GE Fabbri]
firstdate = 20 September 2006 (Nationwide)
lastdate = 3 September 2008
country = United Kingdom
language = English
website = [http://www.battlesintime.com/index.php Doctor Who - Battles in Time]

"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 20 September 2006.

The Test Run

The test series was ran in the Westcountry and Grampian television areas of the UK at a test market to see if Battles in Time would be popular. It released 7 pilot Magazines and the Exterminator card set.

The magazine

Each issue of the magazine includes :

*Rules for a different game each issue
*Deck Doctor (although no Deck Doctor in issue 1)
*Comparion between cards; 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 cards that feature that monster.
*Behind-the-scenes guide to certain monsters or shots.
*Comic strip story
*Artwork depicting the "Dalek Wars"
*Doctor Who themed puzzles.
*"Which hero/monster are you?" quizzes.

Official Issues

In Total, 60 Issues of the magazine are going to be released. [http://www.battlesintime.com/faq.php]

Comic stories

Each issue has a four page comic story. Occasionally these are stand-alone stories but usually they fit into story arcs over many issues.

pecial editions

Four special issues have been released. These contain several packs of cards of the current set.

The Card Sets

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publisher= G E Fabbri
players= 2
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random_chance= Some
skills= Card playing
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Basic Reading Ability
footnotes=bgg|25337Four card sets have been issued so far. The first, the Exterminator set, consisted of 275 cards and was issued on 20 September 2006. It covered the first two series', plus The Christmas Invasion. The second, the Annihilator set, consisting of 100 cards, from The Runaway Bride, as well as additional images from the first two series' and Martha Jones, the Doctor's next companion, was released on 21 February 2007. Daleks vs Cybermen was a special mini-set coming with the Daleks vs Cybermen Special, released 16 May, 2007.The Invader set, released on 5 September 2007 consisted of 225 cards from series three. The fourth set, the Ultimate Monsters set, was released on 5 March 2008. This consists of 225 cards from one of the very first episodes, The Sensorites, first shown in 1964, to the 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned. The Fifth expansion set is the Devastator set which is based on the 2007 Christmas Special Voyage of the Damned and the fourth series of Doctor Who. A fifth set, the Devastator set will be released on the 3rd of September, featuring cards based on the 2008 series of Doctor Who. As has become standard upon a release, a special issue with four free packs and a series 4 guide was released on the 17 September 2008 priced £4.99.Additional cards include an unnumbered card, 'Super Rose', which may be found in every 1000 packs of each of the four main series, the 'psychic paper' card, issued to subscribers with the first issue of the magazine series, and a lenticular card, 'Dalek Blaster' unnumbered and distributed with the Special issue launching the Invader series.

External Links

* [http://www.battlesintime.com The official Battles in Time website]
* [http://www.battlesintimeinvader.com The official Invader Series website]
* [http://www.battlesintimemonsters.com The official Ultimate Monsters Series website]