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 |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] The test series
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 the following 7 pilot Magazines.
- Daleks: Dealers of Death!
- Slitheen: Mean and Green!
- Sycorax: Scavenging Slave Masters!
- Alien Guests: At the End Of the World!
- K-9: Heroic Hound!
- Cyberman: Steely Killers!
- Krillitanes: Bat Creatures!
- TARDIS (Not Published)
[edit] Official Issues
In total 52 issues of the magazine will be released. The following have been;
- Daleks: Dealers of Death!
- Cybermen: Steely Killers!
- Krillitanes: Bat Creatures!
- Slitheen: Mean and Green!
- K-9: Heroic Hound!
- Alien Guests At the End Of the World!
- Sycorax: Scavenging Slave Masters!
- The Ood: Slaves of the Beast!
- The Cult of Skaro!
- Cat Nurses: Medical Menaces!
- Clockwork Robots: Automatic Assassins!
- Cyber Leader: Ghostly Invader!
- The Beast: Pure Burning Evil!
- Werewolf: Howling Horror!
- Autons: Plastic Power!
- Racnoss Empress: Sinister Spider!
- Cassandra: The Many Faces of Evil!
- Empty Child: Are you my Mummy?
- Judoon: Rampaging Rhinos!
- Game Station: Killer Television Shows!
- Carrionites: Evil Enchantments!
- Abzorbaloff: Grotesque Green Giant!
- Dalek Sec Hybrid: Human Monster!
- Macra: Car Crushing Crabs!
- Jagrafess: Deep Freeze Demon!
- Sun Possessed: Burn with Them!
- Lazarus: Genetic Mutation!
- The Wire: Television Terror!
- The Master: Rogue Time Lord!
- The Family of Blood!
- Weeping Angels!
- Reapers: Vortex Vultures!
- The Face of Boe!
- Toclafane: Slicing Spheres!
- The Final Experiment!
- Scarecrows: Straw Soldiers!
- Dalek Emperor: The God of All Daleks!
- Graske: Body Snatchers!
- Time Lords: Gallifreyian Gods!
- Max Capricorn and the Heavenly Hosts!
- The Gelth: Gaslight Ghosts!
- Zygons: Shape-Shifters!
- Dalek Mutations!
- Planet of the Ood!
- Sontarans: Clone Warriors!
- Vervoids: Killer Plants!
- The Hath: Bubbling Rage!
- Adipose: Blubber Babies!
[edit] 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.
[edit] Card sets
| Doctor Who - Battles in Time Card Game | |
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| Publisher | G E Fabbri |
| Players | 2 |
| Age range | 8+ |
| Random chance | Some |
| Skills required | Card playing Arithmetic Basic Reading Ability |
| Doctor Who - Battles in Time at BoardGameGeek | |
Four card sets have been issued so far. The first, the Exterminator set, consisted of 275 cards and was issued on September 20, 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 February 21, 2007. The Invader set, released on September 5, 2007 consisted of 225 cards from series three. The latest set, the Ultimate Monsters set, was released on March 5, 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.
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.
[edit] Special editions
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- Daleks vs Cybermen 16th May 2007
- Invader Set Special 5th September 2007 / 26th September 2007 In Some Regions.
- Ultimate Monsters set special 5th March 2008
[edit] References and external links
- General
- The official Battles in Time website
- The official Invader Series website
- The official Ultimate Monsters Series website
- Specific
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