Doctor Who: Monster Invasion (magazine)

Overview
Following a successful test run in 2010, Doctor Who: Monster Invasion, a collectible trading card and magazine from BBC Magazines, similar in concept to Doctor Who: Battles in Time, was released nationally in April 2011.

Each issue had a packet of trading cards (also available separately at newsagents) consisting of twenty-four pages that included the following features;
 * Card collection and gameplay
 * Website info (how to unlock areas of the website to play games and bring the 3D cards to life)
 * All-time top ten (cool countdowns)
 * Gadget’s Gadgets (coolest gadgets in the universe)
 * Alien Slamdown (monsters head-to-head)
 * Episode Guide
 * Where’s the Doctor (search and find)
 * A-Z of Aliens
 * Doctor Who Puzzles

Regular Issues
Regular Features include;
 * Gadgets and Gizmos: [[
 * Slamdown pullout: [[D
 * Episode Guide: [[
 * A-Z: A is for [[

Subscription Offer


Subscribers were offered gifts dispatched with the first five issues (although feedback shows these were not consistently applied in the initial test run);
 * Issue 1 - 4 packs of cards
 * Issue 2 - Magazine Box File and Swops box
 * Issue 3 - Doctor Who Flashing Light and Sound TARDIS lid
 * Issue 4 - Doctor Who squirty sonic screwdriver
 * Issue 5 - Doctor Who Weeping Angels Backpack

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