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From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
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Blueshirt wrote:
>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.
RTD messes up again.
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