Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)

Overview
Doctor Who: Battles in Time (The ultimate card and magazine collection) was launched nationally in September 2006 following a number of successful regional tests (of a trimmed down version) this was a 52 issue partwork published by GE Fabbri Ltd, (under licence from the BBC) released fortnightly. Each issue came with (at least one pack), of collectable trading cards, which were available to buy seperately at the cost of £2.50 (UK).

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 DW: Rose (TV story).
 * 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.(see Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Dalek Wars) for more information or visit individual issue pages)
 * Brain Busters - puzzles

Special Issues
In addition to the regular issues there were a further three special issues. The first Daleks vs Cybermen, was a self contained special issues whereas the other two Invader and Ultimate Monsters were launched at the same time as expansion sets to the collectable trading card releases. Follow the links below for coverage of each issue with contents and further information.

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