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The First Doctor Limited Edition Set (2026)
On Tuesday 16 June 2026, Master Replicas and BBC Studios announced the First Doctor Limited Edition Set. The release introduced the Doctor Focus series, a format of smaller specialised collections centred on individual incarnations of the Doctor.
The Doctor Focus series is designed to focus on a particular Doctor's era, including their companions, stories and adversaries. The First Doctor set concentrates on the era of William Hartnell and material from the programme's earliest years.
Unlike the standard Battles in Time booster format, the First Doctor Limited Edition Set is supplied as a complete 15-card collector's pack. Each pack contains the full checklist, meaning that the set does not use randomised booster distribution. The collection also expands the range of early Doctor Who characters and monsters represented within the Battles in Time card format. It includes dedicated cards for members of the First Doctor's original TARDIS crew.
The set also introduces card appearances for early adversaries and characters that had not previously been represented in Battles in Time. These include Koquillion from The Rescue and the Monoids from The Ark.
Similar to what was completed with Ultimate Monsters, The First Doctor Limited Edition Set therefore extends the card range into material from the earliest television stories and establishes the Doctor Focus format as a separate type of release within the modern Battles in Time collection.
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At the time of writing, the First Doctor Limited Edition Set is the only Doctor Focus set to have been released.
The set represents a change in packaging from previous Battles in Time releases. Rather than being distributed with a special edition magazine or in a conventional display box, the 15-card collection is supplied in a small cardboard box approximately the same size as the cards.
Each box contains the complete 15-card set. The cards are placed inside the box in a random order, meaning that while the contents are not randomised, their sequence within the box can vary.
Images of the packaging and box contents can be seen below.
Visual Design
The First Doctor Limited Edition Set uses a card design intended to reflect the visual style of Doctor Who's 1960s television production.
Monochrome imagery: All 15 cards feature black-and-white imagery sourced from the First Doctor era. The images are incorporated into a card design using white and silver foil elements.
Limited production: The collection was produced as a worldwide limited run of 1,000 packs.
Retail price and distribution: The set was sold at £24.99. Master Replicas stated at launch that the collection was exclusive to MasterReplicas.com and was not intended for general retail distribution through newsagents or hobby shops.
The combination of monochrome source imagery and the white and silver foil treatment distinguishes the First Doctor Limited Edition Set from the standard Battles in Time card designs.
First Doctor Collection — Vortex Card
On Tuesday 15 September 2026, Master Replicas announced that a limited Vortex card would be distributed to purchasers of the Doctor Who Battles in Time First Doctor Collection. A total of 100 Vortex cards were produced. Of these, 85 cards were allocated for random distribution to customers who had already purchased the First Doctor Collection before the announcement. The remaining 15 cards were reserved for customers who subsequently purchased the collection after 15th September.
The First Doctor Vortex card follows the physical construction used for the other Vortex cards introduced during the 2026 Battles in Time revival. The card is manufactured from metal, with the underlying silver-coloured metal deliberately visible through selected areas of the design. These include the card title, statistical headings, rarity markings and deck icons.
The card was supplied with a separate note explaining its distribution: “Enclosed you will find a random Vortex card from Doctor Who Battles in Time First Doctor Collection. This is limited to 100 cards and has been randomly sent out to buyers who have purchased the set. We hope you enjoy the card!”
Unlike the standard 15-card First Doctor Collection, the Vortex card was therefore an additional limited promotional card and was not included as one of the cards in the main collection. Its production quantity was limited to 100 examples. The First Doctor Vortex card is documented here separately from the standard First Doctor checklist because of its distinct distribution method, metal construction and limited production quantity. The photograph shown alongside this section documents an example from the initial distribution.
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