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Pyramids of Mars was the seventh episode of the Tales of the TARDIS series, released on BBC iPlayer on 20 June 2024 by the BBC.
This story consists of two newly recorded scenes bookending a heavily edited version of the TV story Pyramids of Mars. It is unique among the Tales of the TARDIS episodes in that it features a then-current Doctor and their companion, with the events of its bookending scenes fitting into the narrative of the main show by taking place during Empire of Death [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 14 (BBC One and Disney+, 2024)..
Synopsis[]
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Plot[]
While hiding from Sutekh in the Remembered TARDIS, the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday sit on the floor as he tells Ruby about how he fought Sutekh in 1911. Ruby argues that he beat him, but the Doctor replies he was a different person then, travelling with Sarah Jane Smith. He begins telling the story of the time he first encountered Sutekh.
After finishing his story, Ruby and the Doctor acknowledge his fourth incarnation was wrong about Sutekh's fate, and that Sutekh survived being sent into the time vortex, waiting for his revenge. Ruby insists the Doctor can defeat Sutekh again, but the Doctor points out that Sutekh has evolved. Knowing that not defeating Sutekh means the end of the universe, he ponders his next move.
Worldbuilding[]
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Notes[]
- Additional music is used from the album Pyramids of Mars: Classic Music from the Tom Baker Era. A small piece of music from Logopolis is also used for the scene where the Doctor and Laurence Scarman discuss Laurence's radio telescope.
- Chronologically, this episode, taking place during the origins of the Remembered TARDIS, takes place before the rest of the Tales of the TARDIS series.
Continuity[]
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Home media releases[]
DVD and Blu-Ray[]
This story was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2024, along with the rest of Series 14. The Bluray release is encoded to Region B, atypical of BBC releases which usually do not have any kind of region encoding on the disc.
Digital releases[]
This story is available on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom, in Ultra High-Def (4K). It is also available on Disney+ in other territories.
