The Battles in Time Doctor Who trading card game was amazing

Doctor Who: Battles in Time was a trading card game that was produced during the Series 1-4 era of Doctor Who, and had several sets featuring characters and monsters from Classic and Modern Who. This also included a lot of Dalek-themed content, which we will cover today among other things.
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[@lewischerry3552]

I can’t wait till they bring it back and we get gems like “The Doctor (in court wig)” and “The Not Things (wedged in a corridor)”

[@zarrg5611]

Don't forget the super rare: The Goblin king (Impaled).

[@IShatTheBed]

Or The Master (in the gold tooth)

[@Planet360YT]

Unit soldier (in ball)

[@NigelTheDalek]

And of course we can’t forget Stooky Bill (on fire)

[@conorcrilly1304]

We did get the Monster Invasion series from about series 6 - series 7 for the Moffat Era, it encorporated Classic Who and the Sarah Jane Adventures as well!

[@OptimysticPessimyst]

The Dalek Wars splash pages in the Battles in Time magazines were my lifeblood as a kid. I could stare at them for hours and they’d fuel my imagination for even longer with all of my action figures and other toys. Good times Also, was that Simpsons: Hit & Run music at the end of the video!?

[@toast99bubbles]

I loved Battles in Time and Monster Invasion. Never was big on collecting cards for most things, but for Doctor Who it was a lot of fun. Much better and kinder on money than the more recent Magic Doctor Who sets (I'm an adult now and could afford them, but haven't bought them because they're just not worth how much extra they cost to me).

[@deanemayer466]

Hovering dalek card was always my favorite!

[@Cyber_Smoke]

I adored these trading cards growing up the Ultimate monsters got a child me instantly into classic who some of the artwork is so memorable my favourite card might be Emperor Davros.

[@ekij133]

The Dalek invasion of Mars is not a particularly interesting invasion. We show up, there is no resistance, there is nothing to conquer, we win.

[@benlyon4739]

Read Craig Hinton's 'Godengine' and then say that again

[@timecontroller8800]

Give it another few thousand years when humans are on mars

[@zarrg5611]

Now the Dalek invasion of The Sun on the other hand.

[@jcrossan1351]

The battles of time cards kind of continued in the Matt smith era with the monster invasion cards it had the new paradigm and ironside daleks as well as new who monsters from series 1-6 and classic who villains

[@ElliotFW]

Battles in Time was massive when I was in primary school and it’s what got me into Doctor Who!

[@thomasjohnson8391]

Remember this happy memories. And do the dvd files with the daleks

[@TheDarkWhovian]

I absolutely loved this set as a kid! Favourite card was easily the underwater Dalek. I only wish we had more!

[@Spursrail96]

I’ve got a Tardis which contains all of my cards sitting on my windowsill. Loved Battles of Time !

[@Warriorx269]

Core memory unlocked.

[@dst9997]

I remember getting the Super Rose card and feeling like I had a literal bar of gold under my bed. But then I got the scratch ‘n’ sniff Slitheen…

[@c.t.martin3915]

cant believe super rose is still going for a considerable amount on ebay etc!

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

The Moffatt era did have its own card game. It wasn't anywhere near as good, but it was definitely a thing!

[@Gabtool]

Oh man I love Battles In Time. Me and my dad ended up collecting the whole line including the one offs like the Sarah Jane set and the Daleks vs Cyberman set. Pretty sure those were both magazine exclusive.

[@mikayelalikhanyan1587]

man i really like card games, and i know screenshots for tv shows are a thing but damn this is too much, but i can tell the Daleks are where the passion went

[@charlieturner3143]

If there's one thing I remember collecting one thing that is Doctor Who related as a kid, it wasn't DVD's (until years later), but rather this magnificent card game every fortnight instead until the Ultimate Monsters range came out. I currently have no idea where my old collection is and I never got them all. No Devastator. No Super Rose. That was until I think 2022 and spent big money and completed my collection of them as they were mostly complete sets. Had to buy only a few of them remaining I needed separately. But it was worth it to relive all of my memories again and now I own every card and every magazine that had been made for them. I don't plan to make the same mistake twice by losing my collection all over again and plus, I even have some of my cards signed by the actor and/or actress that played said character on the card. I agree with you though that some of the choices they made about what's common and what's rare are questionable. Like why is Absorbaloff from Love and Monsters a rare while Sarah Jane Smith is a common? What? But anyway, they were a massive part of my childhood and I really enjoy the series as a whole as it is something I collected before DVD's and Blu rays. They were, for the most part, phenomenal and the artwork for the Dalek cards? Just incredible stuff to represent The Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy.

[@toast99bubbles]

My first Doctor Who DVD was the Series 2 boxset (not counting free ones my grandfather would get with The Sun and gave to me), so I didn't start to collect DVDs as a child until the DVD Files. Not sure if that's one you remember, but that had some similar fortnightly fun. Was my first foray into Classic Who with The Five Doctors too.

[@charlieturner3143]

@@toast99bubbles I think I do remember. I never collected DVD's as a child myself of any kind. All I remember though was that every once in a while, I used to borrow them from the library. Specifically Series 1 Volume 4 so that I could relive Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways. But I see your point there 👍

[@user-wl5en4qw8n]

Dalek Rabe is my favourite Dalek!!!

[@tomquinn9405]

I Still have all 70 issues of battles in time magazine in good condition in storage. This includes the one spin off dalek vs cybermen as well as all of old cards. I believe when they first annouced the invader set their was a limated edition dalek super rare card that I still have.

[@paulo9991]

We need more Dalek Rabe!

[@lewischerry3552]

HERE WE FUCKING GO! HERE WE FUCKING GO! HERE WE FUCKING GO!

[@Jamesmac95]

I remember these, I have the book that you put the cards in, I was only ever interested in daleks mainly and almost have all of them think I'm missing about 4 overall shame I never was able to complete the set but still have the book

[@danking9936]

I loved this line, but unfortunately I got my Dad obsessed with it, and he spent sooo much money on some of those cards! [he bought the Super Rose on eBay!]. Loved that magazine too! I didn't realise that the Dalek Wars weren't intended to be canon?!?! I had always assumed that they were!

[@dalekbumps]

The Dalek Wars stuff was great, but since it uses New Series Daleks in place of Daleks from Classic Who stories it's not part of the main canon, but it could be in an alternate universe. It uses New Series Daleks to depict the events of Genesis of the Daleks which I always found odd, but its a lot of fun nonetheless

[@plantainsame2049]

​@@dalekbumpsoh dear the time war is leaking i will be back err yesterday

[@messytexy]

Flaws aside, This is WAY better than Pokémon!

[@nickthepick8043]

I'm just imagining what they would have done with the Asylum Daleks.

[@IShatTheBed]

I remember when I was little my friend persuaded me to trade my Cult of Skaro card in return for a “super rare” Mr Skinner card. And because I was a fool I believed him. I never saw it again

[@TheLoneDalek2021]

I used to have so many of these cards back in the day. Had a massive folder full of hundreds of them, aha. Alas it was all lost to time. I have no idea what happened to them all in the end. 😓

[@izombiekiller1]

I got on of the original golden rose cards before they rereleased the card in newer sets

[@michaelhalford2640]

Yes!!!!! Such nostalgia 😊

[@hi-viz]

Heh I still have a load of my old Battles in Time magazines around as well a a ton of cards

[@barrymills1999]

My favourite set is the daleks Vs Cyberman or sja both u could only get with the magazine

[@MRWALL.i6732]

I'll never forget that time in school, where there was this huge gathering of kids, all playing and trading these cards! this was when Doctor Who was at the height of it's popularity at the time, also it wasn't Battles in Time, but their was another collection of cards that was released around Matt Smith's era? can't remember if it had a magazine?

[@BattlesInTimeCards]

Love it!

[@keenansudworth9969]

Ah yes my favourite doctor who character, Refugee 1 0:05

[@ZachPatrickDevonshire]

I bought a Super Rose card recently at a comic shop for £5

[@rohanthomas4134]

Scratch and sniff Slitheen 💀💀💀

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Awesome I have the entire run unfortunately i it took up storage

[@Bardlythebard]

If you still want to do a dalek wars episode I still have 85/90% of the magazines from my childhood, I can’t send scans but I could send photos of what I’ve got if that helps ?

[@michaelhalford2640]

Loved the Cybermen comic storyline, so good. Or the one story the Doctor is at the zoo and a cleaner robot had a suspicion plunger sticking out trying to clean the floors with a broom but it didn’t touch the ground lol of course it was a dalek 😂

[@oliverjroebuck]

Is there anywhere online with all the card images / scans available?

[@Mr.DWHO96]

Hi there, I still have my battles in time magazines. If I have the ones with the dalek wars would you like me to scan them and send over?

[@grahamturner1290]

🐙

[@Henry-oj1oo]

I thought the cards did continue, they just went by a different name

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

Fan of Simpson's Hit and Run, or is 5:02 just a happy coincidence?

[@dalekbumps]

I loved that game as a kid, and as a result I consider the soundtrack to be pure nostalgia. It seemed a fitting choice since Battles in Time is also top-tier nostalgia from my childhood

[@reeceemms1643]

I had these they used to belong to my sister and she had a book for them. Then she gave them to me and though I tries to collect them I eventually ended up throwing them away because I lost interest in them and never knew where to look to get any.

[@teddyboucher1848]

I was more of an Alien Attax fan myself

[@LavaArrow127]

Yeah this definitely looks like something thats so bad its good.