XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Doctor wrote:   
      
   > On 05/07/2025 21:15, Blueshirt wrote:   
   > > The True Doctor wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > The VHS version is in movie format without any breaks   
   > > > I think.   
   > >   
   > > Yes. And that - the omnibus version - is on the set too. (As   
   > > an extra!)   
   >   
   > I thinks that might be the one they've inserted Gatwa into.   
      
   No, it's the "Tales of the Tardis" episode from June 2024. Are   
   you not familiar with that series? They are all still on the   
   BBC iPlayer... check out the first five minutes of any of them   
   and you will understand the framing structure used for those   
   edited versions of Doctor Who stories.   
      
   The Doctor talks to his companion... in the TARDIS ... about one   
   of his adventures... and there is an edited version of the   
   relevant story. Nobody is "inserted" into the actual episode,   
   the new material bookends the stories. It is on the iPlayer if   
   you don't believe me!   
      
   As you didn't read the announcement article,  and are not   
   familiar with the Blu-ray "Collection" range I will explain it   
   to you.   
      
   The Season 13 set will contain the broadcast four-episode   
   "Pyramids of Mars" as the main feature on that episode's Disc...   
   maybe cleaned up and visually enhanced by the Restoration Team   
   if it needed it. As is always the case.   
      
   As a bonus, the omnibus version will also be included. So that's   
   a movie style version with no episode breaks, as per the old BBC   
   video releases. (Not every Collection release has these as not   
   every Doctor Who story was released in that movie-style format   
   on VHS.)   
      
   Also, the "Tales of the Tardis" edit of "Pyramids of Mars" will   
   be included an extra. This version was only around an hour long   
   and had enhanced special effects. (It is on the iPlayer so it's   
   not exclusive to this set.)   
      
   So basically there will be three different versions of "Pyramids   
   of Mars" in the Season 13 Collection package. This is the norm   
   where there are any different versions of stories out there. As   
   we all know how nerdy and completionists us fans can be.   
      
   You already have the VHS version, the four-episode broadcast   
   version is on the iPlayer, as is the "Tales of the Tardis"   
   episode, so you are missing out on nothing by not buying the   
   Blu-rays. But as a collector I think it's nice to have all the   
   stuff in one place. One season = one box. Simples.   
      
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