XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Doctor wrote:   
      
   > On 05/07/2025 10:46, Blueshirt wrote:   
   > > The True Doctor wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > I can't play Blu-Rays since I don't have a player. I   
   > > > have the stories on VHS. Not sure if I can still play   
   > > > those either, but I'm not going to buy any new   
   > > > merchandise unless RTD goes and the Timeless Child   
   > > > monster is removed from canon.   
   > >   
   > > RTD has nothing to do with the "Doctor Who: The Collection"   
   >   
   > Think again.   
      
   I don't need to think again. I read the article that I posted   
   a link to here two days ago... did you?   
      
   I know what the extras are, but they are just that, extras. The   
   decision to include the 75 min 2024 edit of "Pyramids of Mars"   
   was made for the completionists. It hasn't replaced the   
   original broadcast version.   
      
   There's an omnibus version of "Pyramid of Mars" also included in   
   the set, and that doesn't replace the original four-episode   
   broadcast version of the story either. That's what these Blu-ray   
   sets do, they try to include as much as they can as bonus   
   features.   
      
   Yes, RTD is responsible for one of the bonus features, so   
   "nothing" was not 100% correct... sue me!   
      
   > > Blu-ray range and he had nothing to do with any of those   
   > > stories either, so that is a lame argument. Not being able   
   > > to play Blu-rays is a good enough reason though.   
   >   
   > Totally wrong. Have you read the Radio Time article on it?   
      
   As I said, I am aware of what the extras on the Season 13 set   
   are. I posted a link to the original article announcing the   
   release remember? (Which clearly you didn't actually read or   
   you would have known it wasn't Jodie's Series 13!)   
      
   The original episodes from 1975 are the main feature of the   
   "Season 13" set, obviously, as they are what constitute Season   
   13... and RTD had nothing to do with them. People wouldn't buy   
   or not buy a Blu-ray set because of an extra thrown in on a   
   bonus disc. Well, unless they were the sort of person that had a   
   tiny mind!   
      
   Fortunately for you, if you can't play Blu-ray discs you won't   
   have to make that decision.   
      
   > > Plus, Season 13 is one of the best seasons of Doctor Who out   
   > > there... really. If there's any Doctor Who classic era box   
   > > set worth the fifty quid - this is it!   
   >   
   > Not any longer it isn't after it appears that Pyramids of Mars   
   > has been re-cut to include Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. It   
   > looks like I was right after all.   
      
    The "Tales of the Tardis: Pyramids of Mars" edit was   
   broadcast on BBC Four and is on the BBC iPlayer, so of course it   
   was going to be thrown in as an 'extra'. It's only an hour or so   
   long and it is not the actual four-episode broadcast story. It   
   is not a part of Season 13... it is just a bonus feature.   
      
   Nobody is forcing an extra thrown in as a bonus down anyone's   
   throats...   
      
   > It is a good job I already have the story on VHS.   
      
   You can't play Blu-ray discs anyway, so your moans are   
   irrelevant.   
      
   I do have the old BBC "Pyramids of Mars" DVD if you want it   
   though? I won't need it anymore obviously. So I'll send it to   
   you free of charge... that can be your back-up! Just say the   
   word.   
      
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