Doctor Who: Battles in Time (magazine)

Doctor Who: Battles in Time was a fortnightly children's magazine that accompanied the trading card game of the same name, both of which were published by GE Fabbri Ltd.
The magazine had had a seven issue trial run in certain regions of the United Kingdom in spring 2006 before launching nationwide, with some modifications, on 20 September 2006. It was initially set to run for 52 issues but was extended twice, first to 60, then finally to 70 issues.
The final issue was published on 13 May 2009, and therefore the magazine was entirely a phenomenon of the David Tennant era on television.
The first seven issues and 85 cards made for the trial run were designed by James King.
== Overview ==
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
::Take your card battles to the next level with cool new games. Plus learn tactics for building killer decks and find out all about the rares, super-rares, and ultra-rares in the collection!
* Card Clash
::Get up close to the Doctor’s friends and enemies, and watch them battle. Compare their stats, find out more about the characters, and keep an eye out for links with other cards.
* Monster Foldout
::Come face to face with the Doctor's greatest enemies and learn how to fight them. Get the low-down on their origins and discover some little known facts about the strangest alien creatures.
* FAQ
::Relive the Doctor’s adventures with an episode guide in every issue. All your questions about each story are answered. Plus use your cards to go on your own Doctor Who adventure!
* Comic Strip
::Join the Doctor for all-new adventures in the incredible comic strip. Exclusive stories take you into parts of the universe never seen before and put the Doctor into more dangerous situations than you could ever imagine.
* Behind the Scenes
::Go behind the scenes and meet the monster makers and special effects wizards. Find out how all the amazing effects are created and exactly how it feels to dress up as an alien creature.
* Dalek Wars (Search & Find)
::Follow the Daleks as they battle their way across the Universe, exterminating everyone and everything they meet, from dinosaurs to spacemen and mechanoids.
* The Cyber Controller's Brain Busters
* Personality Test
::Test your wits with fantastic games and puzzles. Plus there's quizzes and fun flowcharts which reveal the Doctor Who characters you are most like!
== Regular issue covers ==
DWBIT 1.jpg|Card-mountedDWBIT 1
BIT01.jpg|DWBIT 1Daleks - Dealers of Death!
BIT02.jpg|DWBIT 2Cybermen - Steely Killers!
BIT03.jpg|DWBIT 3Krillitanes - Bat Creatures!
BIT04.jpg|DWBIT 4Slitheen - Mean and Green!
BIT05.jpg|DWBIT 5K9 - Heroic Hound!
BIT06.jpg|DWBIT 6Alien Guests - At the End of the World!
BIT07.jpg|DWBIT 7Sycorax - Scavenging Slave Masters!
BIT08.jpg|DWBIT 8The Ood - Slaves on the Beast!
BIT09.jpg|DWBIT 9The Cult of Skaro!
BIT10.jpg|DWBIT 10Cat Nurses - Medical Menaces!
BIT11.jpg|DWBIT 11Clockwork Robots - Automatic Assassins!
BIT12.jpg|DWBIT 12Cyber Leader - Ghostly Invader!
BIT13.jpg|DWBIT 13The Beast - Pure Burning Evil!
BIT14.jpg|DWBIT 14Werewolf - Howling Horror!
BIT15.jpg|DWBIT 15Autons - Plastic Power!
BIT16.jpg|DWBIT 16Racnoss Empress - Sinister Spider!
BIT17.jpg|DWBIT 17Cassandra - The Many Faces of Evil!
BIT18.jpg|DWBIT 18Empty Child - Are You My Mummy?
BIT19.jpg|DWBIT 19Judoon - Rampaging Rhinos!
BIT20.jpg|DWBIT 20Game Station - Killer Television Shows!
BIT21.jpg|DWBIT 21Carrionites - Evil Enchantments!
BIT22.jpg|DWBIT 22Abzorbaloff - Grotesque Green Giant!
BIT23.jpg|DWBIT 23Dalek Sec - Human Monster!
BIT24.jpg|DWBIT 24Macra - Car-Crushing Crabs!
BIT25.jpg|DWBIT 25Jagrafess - Deep-Freeze Demon!
BIT26.jpg|DWBIT 26Sun-Possessed - Burn with Them!
BIT27.jpg|DWBIT 27Lazarus - Genetic Mutation!
BIT28.jpg|DWBIT 28The Wire - Television Terror!
BIT29.jpg|DWBIT 29The Master - Rogue Time Lord
BIT30.jpg|DWBIT 30Family of Blood!
BIT31.jpg|DWBIT 31Weeping Angels!
BIT32.jpg|DWBIT 32Reapers - Vortex Vultures!
BIT33.jpg|DWBIT 33The Face of Boe!
BIT34.jpg|DWBIT 34Toclafane - Slicing Spheres!
BIT35.jpg|DWBIT 35The Final Experiment!
BIT36.jpg|DWBIT 36Scarecrows - Straw Soldiers!
BIT37.jpg|DWBIT 37Dalek Emperor - The God of all Daleks!
BIT38.jpg|DWBIT 38The Graske - Body Snatchers!
BIT39.jpg|DWBIT 39Time Lords - Gallifreyian Gods
BIT40.jpg|DWBIT 40Max Capricorn - And the Heavenly Hosts
BIT41.jpg|DWBIT 41The Gelth - Gaslight Ghosts!
BIT42.jpg|DWBIT 42The Zygons - Shape-Shifters!
BIT43.jpg|DWBIT 43Dalek Mutations!
BIT44.jpg|DWBIT 44Planet of the Ood!
BIT45.jpg|DWBIT 45Sontarans - Clone Warriors
BIT46.jpg|DWBIT 46Vervoids - Killer Plants!
BIT47.jpg|DWBIT 47The Hath - Bubble Rage!
BIT48.jpg|DWBIT 48Adipose - Blubber Babies
BIT49.jpg|DWBIT 49Pyroviles - Magma Monsters
BIT50.jpg|DWBIT 50The Axons - Family of Terror
BIT51.jpg|DWBIT 51Vespiform - Giant Killer Wasp
BIT52.jpg|DWBIT 52Davros - Dalek Creator
BIT53.jpg|DWBIT 53The Shadow Proclamation
BIT54.jpg|DWBIT 54Supreme Dalek and Dalek Caan
BIT55.jpg|DWBIT 55Vashta Nerada - Killer Shadows
BIT56.jpg|DWBIT 56Sybilline Sisterhood
BIT57.jpg|DWBIT 57Trickster's Brigade
BIT58.jpg|DWBIT 58CAL - Virtual Terror
BIT59.jpg|DWBIT 59Titanic - Fight for Survival!
BIT60.jpg|DWBIT 60Companions - Children of Time
BIT61.jpg|DWBIT 61Cybershades - Servants of Steel
BIT62.jpg|DWBIT 62The Gorgon - Ancient Terror!
BIT63.jpg|DWBIT 63Odd Bob - Child Stealer
BIT64.jpg|DWBIT 64Slitheen - Revenge is Green!
BIT65.jpg|DWBIT 65Kudlak - War Criminal!
DWBIT66.jpg|DWBIT 66Ancient Haemovore
DWBIT67.jpg|DWBIT 67The Trickster - Time-Twisting Terror!
BIT68.jpg|DWBIT 68CyberKing - Majestic Might!
BIT69.jpg|DWBIT 69Sontaran - Thirst for Revenge
BIT70.jpg|DWBIT 70Monsters - Feel the Fear!
== Special issue covers ==
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.
BITS1DaleksvsCybermen.jpg|Card-mounted DWBIT Daleks vs Cybermen Special
BITDVC.jpg|DWBIT Daleks vs Cybermen Special (Dalek Cover)
BITCVD.jpg|DWBIT Daleks vs Cybermen Special (Cyberman Cover)
BITS2Invader.jpg|Card-mounted DWBIT Invader Special
BITIS.jpg|DWBIT Invader Special
BITS3Ultimate-Monsters.jpg|Card-mounted DWBIT Ultimate Monsters Special
BITUMS.jpg|DWBIT Ultimate Monsters Special
BITS4Devastator.jpg|Card-mounted DWBIT Devastator Special
DWBITDEVASTATOR.jpg|DWBIT Devastator Special
== Subscription offer ==
Early subscribers to this title received 9 bonus free gifts that included:
* An A5 size card album with space for 80 cards
* A Magazine Holder
* A SFX TARDIS Lid with flashing light for TARDIS card case
* An Electronic L.E.D. Dice (aka Game Randomiser)
* A Combination Lock for TARDIS card case
* 4 free packs of "Exterminator" trading cards
The free gifts were spaced out across five deliveries: the first came with the card album & a pack of cards; the second with the TARDIS lid & a pack of cards; the third with the padlock & a pack of cards; the fourth with the magazine file & a pack of cards; and finally the fifth came with the L.E.D. dice.
This offer for the free gifts ended somewhere between 19-27 April 2007.
== International distribution ==
The magazine was available in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
== Footnotes ==
== External links ==
* Doctor Who: Battles in Time official website, with magazine and trading card details (Now defunct)
* Battles in Time Comic Gallery
* Battles in Time @ Millennium Effect
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