Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)
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Doctor Who: Battles in Time was a fortnightly magazine that accompanied a trading card game, both of which were published by GE Fabbri Ltd. The magazine had a six-issue trial run in certain regions of the United Kingdom before re-launching, with some modifications, in September 2006. It ran for seventy issues until 2009, and therefore was entirely a phenomenon of the David Tennant era on television,
Each £2.50 issue came with at least one pack of collectable trading cards, which were available to buy separately at the cost of £1.50.
Each issue included the following regular features:
- Gameplay - How to use the cards to play with your friends!
- Card Clash - Two cards selected and matched to battle it out!
- Monster Foldout - Fold out guide to tie-in with the cover image.
- Episode Guide - FAQ summary from TV: Rose onwards.
- Comic Strip - all new Tenth Doctor Comic Strip.
- Behind the scenes - alternating feature looking at the making of the TV series.
- Dalek Wars - alternating feature, a CGI depiction of great Dalek battles with a search and find activity.
- Brain Busters - puzzles
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Special issues
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In addition to the regular issues there were a further four special issues.
The first special, Daleks vs Cybermen, was a self contained special issue, whereas its three successors were launched at the same time as expansion sets to the collectable trading card releases.
Regular Issue Covers
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Daleks - Dealers of Death!
Cybermen - Steely Killers!
Krillitanes - Bat Creatures!
Slitheen - Mean and Green!
K9 - Heroic Hound!
Alien Guests - At the End of the World!
Sycorax - Scavenging Slave Masters!
The Ood - Slaves on 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 - 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!
The Graske - Body Snatchers!
Time Lords - Gallifreyian Gods
Max Capricorn - And the Heavenly Hosts
The Gelth - Gaslight Ghosts!
The Zygons - Shape-Shifters!
Dalek Mutations!
Planet of the Ood!
Sontarans - Clone Warriors
Vervoids - Killer Plants!
The Hath - Bubble Rage!
Adipose - Blubber Babies
Pyroviles - Magma Monsters
The Axons - Family of Terror
Vespiform - Giant Killer Wasp
Davros - Dalek Creator
The Shadow Proclamation
Supreme Dalek and Dalek Caan
Vashta Nerada - Killer Shadows
Sybilline Sisterhood
Trickster's Brigade
CAL - Virtual Terror
Titanic - Fight for Survival!
Companions - Children of Time
Cybershades - Servants of Steel
The Gorgon - Ancient Terror!
Odd Bob - Child Stealer
Slitheen - Revenge is Green!
Kudlak - War Criminal!
Ancient Haemovore
The Trickster - Time-Twisting Terror!
CyberKing - Majestic Might!
Sontaran - Thirst for Revenge
Monsters - Feel the Fear!
Subscription offer
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Added by The LibrarianEarly subscribers to this title received 9 bonus free gifts that included;
- A5 size card album with space for 80 cards
- Magazine Holder
- SFX TARDIS roof unit with flashing light and sound effect
- Electronic LED Dice
- Combination lock for TARDIS case
- 4 extra free packs of ‘EXTERMINATOR’ trading cards