But I think if you told the four-year old Christopher back in 1976 that one day he would be the Doctor’s companion and travel through space and time in the TARDIS, I have a feeling he would say, ‘Yes, quite right,’ and then turn back to his cornflakes packet and carry on scribbling. There is also a promotion with the pack for the first person who gets all cards in the pack signed by the people on each card to win six free flights, courtesy of Air Malta, to any European destination. Players choose which of these statistics will be higher than their opponent's card, the winner keeps both cards and play continues. There are various Top Trumps Showcase cards released as part of the Hamleys 3D announcement event that can display images.

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Tom Baker was very much “my Doctor” as I’m 48 years old now myself, making me around 8 at the time of Christopher’s drawings. Each card features characters or events from the Doctor Who universe and has statistics which define its strengths and weaknesses.

Some variants of the rules allow 'three card pick', whereby a player who has only 3 cards remaining is allowed to choose any of their three cards to play with. For over the years the Doctor has had a long line of companions and assistants, plus he has met a host of good characters who have helped him out, such as the Brigadier, assorted Time Lords, Thals, and so forth. These were given out at political party conferences, and featured politicians such as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. I think it will contain more classics than the new series, because the classics pack was bigger than usual, and as I don’t have the classics I might be getting this.

Top Trumps Doctor Who Card Game

The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The winner of that round obtains all of the cards in the center as well as the top card from each player. But while it was suspicious there were no newer monsters and villains, in all fairness, it is a rather good list of famous foes! A good quality scan would be perfect, but – if not – then a clear photo of your artwork, lying flat, is fine. For example, the Marvel Ultimate Villains pack, released with the Daily Mirror and the Daily Record, has previews of Iron Man 2. Companies sometimes create their own decks of cards based on their areas of expertise using the same style as Top Trumps.