Doctor Who: Battles in Time (trading cards)

Doctor Who: Battles in Time were collectable trading cards issued with the similarly-named magazine. They were also available for separate purchase from newsagents and some specialist shops.

Over the course of three years from 2006-2008, 1,075 individual numbered cards were produced, plus three special cards, comprising five main sets - Exterminator, Annihilator, Invader, Ultimate Monsters & Devastator. In addition a further 34 cards were produced comprising two extra sets - Daleks vs Cybermen & Adventurer exclusive to specific issues of the magazine.

Overview
Each standard pack cost £1.50 and contained 9 cards, 8 Common and 1 Rare. Super-Rare and Ultra-Rare cards were included as an extra tenth card in a pack.

Mixed set packs, which were only available free with the magazine, contained 12 cards, 6 from each set - 5 Common and 1 Rare.

Features
The cards shared a number of common features.

However two sets had set specific features.

Sets
In April 2008 a spin-off series of trading cards based on Torchwood was launched - Torchwood Trading Card Collection.

Special cards

 * Psychic Paper - Special card to read hidden messages in some bonus cards. Available only in the first issue of the magazine.
 * Super Rose - There was only one in every 1,000 packets of all five main sets.
 * Dalek Blaster - This was a special lenticular card of a Dalek being 'blasted', and came free with the Invader Special magazine.