Doctor Who - Battles in Time 5491061 223817724 2008-07-05T23:30:04Z 79.72.34.222 /* Official Issues */ {{Cleanup|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox Magazine| title = Doctor Who - Battles in Time | image = [[Image:Battlesintime01.jpg|200px|''Doctor Who - Battles in Time'' #1]] | editor = Claire Lister| frequency = Fortnightly| category = [[Science fiction television]]| company = [http://www.gefabbri.co.uk/ GE Fabbri] | firstdate = [[August 23]], [[2006]] (Nationwide)| lastdate = [[September 3]] [[2008]] country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | website = [http://www.battlesintime.com/index.php Doctor Who - Battles in Time] }} '''''Doctor Who - Battles in Time''''' is both a [[Collectible card game|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 Television|Westcountry]] and [[Grampian Television|Grampian]] television areas) and was made available across the UK on [[20 September]] [[2006]]. ==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 Tyler|Rose]] vs [[Lady Cassandra|Cassandra]], [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor]] vs [[Dalek variants#Dalek Emperor|Dalek Emperor]], [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]] vs [[The Empty Child|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. ===The test series=== The test series was ran in the [[Westcountry Television|Westcountry]] and [[Grampian Television|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! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Sycorax|Sycorax]]: Scavenging Slave Masters! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens|Alien Guests]]: [[The End of the World (Doctor Who)|At the End Of the World]]! # [[K-9 (Doctor Who)|K-9]]: Heroic Hound! # [[Cyberman]]: Steely Killers! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Krillitane|Krillitanes]]: Bat Creatures! # [[TARDIS]] (Not Published) ===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! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Ood|The Ood]]: Slaves of the Beast! # The [[Cult of Skaro]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Cat People|Cat Nurses]]: Medical Menaces! # [[List of Doctor Who robots#Clockwork Droids|Clockwork Robots]]: Automatic Assassins! # [[Army of Ghosts|Cyber Leader]]: Ghostly Invader! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Beast|The Beast]]: Pure Burning Evil! # [[Werewolf (Doctor Who)|Werewolf]]: Howling Horror! # [[Autons]]: Plastic Power! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Racnoss|Racnoss Empress]]: Sinister Spider! # Cassandra: The Many Faces of Evil! # Empty Child: Are you my Mummy? # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Judoon|Judoon]]: Rampaging Rhinos! # [[Satellite 5|Game Station]]: [[Bad Wolf|Killer Television Shows]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Carrionite|Carrionites]]: Evil Enchantments! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Abzorbaloff|Abzorbaloff]]: Grotesque Green Giant! # [[Cult of Skaro#Dalek Sec|Dalek Sec Hybrid]]: [[Dalek variants#Dalek Sec Hybrid|Human Monster]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Macra|Macra]]: Car Crushing Crabs! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Jagrafess|Jagrafess]]: Deep Freeze Demon! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Torajii System Sun|Sun Possessed]]: Burn with Them! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Professor Richard Lazarus|Lazarus]]: Genetic Mutation! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#The Wire|The Wire]]: Television Terror! # [[Master (Doctor Who)|The Master]]: Rogue [[Time Lord]]! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Family of Blood|The Family of Blood]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Weeping Angels|Weeping Angels]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Reaper|Reapers]]: Vortex Vultures! # The [[Face of Boe]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Toclafane|Toclafane]]: Slicing Spheres! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Pig Slave|The Final Experiment]]! # [[Scarecrows]]: [[Human Nature (Doctor Who)|Straw]] [[The Family of Blood|Soldiers]]! # Dalek Emperor: The God of All Daleks! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Graske|Graske]]: Body Snatchers! # [[Time Lords]]: [[Gallifrey|Gallifreyian Gods]]! # [[List of Doctor Who villains#Max Capricorn|Max Capricorn]] and the [[List of Doctor Who robots#The Host|Heavenly Hosts]]! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Gelth|The Gelth]]: Gaslight Ghosts! # [[Zygons]]: Shape-Shifters! # [[Dalek variants|Dalek Mutations]]! # [[Planet of the Ood]]! # [[Sontarans]]: Clone Warriors! # [[Terror of the Vervoids|Vervoids]]: Killer Plants! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Hath|The Hath]]: Bubbling Rage! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Adipose|Adipose]]: Blubber Babies! # [[List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens#Pyrovile|Pyrovile]]: Magma Monsters! ===Comic stories=== {{main|Doctor Who - Battles in Time 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. ==Card sets== {{Infobox_Game | subject_name= Doctor Who - Battles in Time Card Game | image_link= | image_caption= | designer= | publisher= [[G E Fabbri]] | players= 2 | ages= 8+ | setup_time= | playing_time= | complexity= | strategy= | random_chance= Some | skills= [[Collectible card game|Card playing]]<br>[[Mathematics|Arithmetic]]<br>Basic Reading Ability | footnotes={{bgg|25337}} }} 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 (Doctor Who)|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 (Doctor Who)|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. ==Special editions== {{main|Doctor Who - Battles in Time Special Issues}} **'''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]] <!-- Do not add infomation about the "Devestator" set without a reliable source. --> ==References and external links== {{refbegin}} ;General *[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] ;Specific <div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"><references /></div> {{refend}} {{doctor-who}} [[Category:Doctor Who magazines]] [[Category:Collectible card games]]