Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Ultimate Monsters)

The Ultimate Monsters series of Doctor Who: Battles in Time trading cards was the third expansion series to the original set and followed the success of the previous sets (Exterminator, Annihilator and Invader).

Overview
It was launched in September 2008 with a special card mounted magazine issue which included four packs of trading cards. Additional packs were also available for purchase separately.

The Ultimate Monsters series consisted of a further 225 cards numbered from 601 to 825, featuring graphics from previous years of the television series. (Each card also carried its particular series numbering in the bottom right corner).

The Ultimate Monsters series consisted of
 * 185 (C) Common Cards
 * 25 (R) Rare Cards (Foil printed, one in every pack)
 * 10 (SR) Super Rare (Enhanced / embossed foil printed, found in one in every six packs)
 * 5 (UR) Ultra Rare (Special feature cards with added effect including; lenticular changing images, glow in the dark and scratch 'n sniff found in one in twenty-four packs)

The much sought after gold ticket card (of Rose Tyler possessed by the Time Vortex) remained available in every thousand packs and was of a thicker, gold foiled and unnumbered card.

Related articles

 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)
 * DWBIT comic stories


 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Exterminator)
 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Annihilator)
 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Invader)
 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Devastator)
 * Doctor Who: Battles in Time (Adventurer The Sarah Jane Adventures)