Doctor Who - Battles in Time
Doctor Who – Battles in Time #1
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| Editor | Claire Lister |
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| Categories | Science fiction television |
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| First issue | 20 September 2006 (Nationwide) |
| Final issue | 13 May 2009 (70 issues) |
| Company | GE Fabbri |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher(s) | G E Fabbri |
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| Players | 2 |
| Random chance | Some |
| Skill(s) required |
Card playing Arithmetic Basic Reading Ability |
| Doctor Who – Battles in Time at BoardGameGeek | |
Doctor Who – Battles in Time is a trading card game and fortnightly magazine from the partwork publishers GE Fabbri, who acquired the license to produce Battles in Time. The game and magazine were first released in mid-April 2006 in two 'test-regions' in the United Kingdom and was made available across the UK on 20 September 2006. The magazine was released in Australia a few months later. However, only in South Australia was it made available in newsagents. In the rest of Australia it was available by subscription with the distributor only. The subscription and back issue services have now been removed from the official website. Battles in Time magazines are no longer available and the last issue (number 70) was released on 13 May 2009.
The test series was run 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 a "test set" version of the Exterminator card set comprising only 85 cards, plus a "test set" Super Rose. These 85 cards were essentially the same as the first 85 cards of the Exterminator set that was released nationally. However, card 42 featuring "Captain Jack" had a picture change in the national set. Test set cards are recognized as they did not include the icon, in the bottom left of the card, which would subsequently be used to identify common, rare, super rare and ultra rare cards. Also, test set information cards had a lightning icon within a triangle above the information box. This was amended for the national release to an oval shape. This can be seen, for example, in the Ultra Rare cards in the series and also the test set Super Rose card.
Complete sets of this 85 card set area very rare, particularly if they include the test set Super Rose card as there were very few test set Super Rose cards manufactured.
Each issue of the magazine includes :
Each issue has a three-page comic story. Occasionally these are [stand-alone] stories but usually they fit into story arcs over many issues.
Four special issues have been released (Daleks V.S Cybermen, Invader, Ultimate Monsters and Devastator). These contain several packs of cards of the current set.
Each issue of the magazine included a section with rules for different card games, and also a FAQ section in order to clarify some aspects from the previous games, specially after the release of the new sets.
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