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==Commercial releases== ===In print=== {{Infobox book |name = Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars |image = |border = yes |caption = |author = [[Terrance Dicks]] |cover_artist = [[Chris Achilleos]] |series = ''[[Doctor Who]]'' book:<br />[[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]] |release_number = 50 |release_date = 16 December 1976 |publisher = [[Target Books]] |pages = |isbn= 0-426-11666-6 }} A novelisation of this serial, written by [[Terrance Dicks]], was published by [[Target Books]] in December 1976. The novelisation contains a substantial prologue giving the history of Sutekh and the Osirans and features an epilogue in which a future Sarah researches the destruction of the Priory and how it was explained. An unabridged reading of the novelisation by actor Tom Baker was released on CD in August 2008. ''Pyramids of Mars'' was reprinted in the second volume of ''The Essential Terrance Dicks'', published on 26 August 2021 by BBC books.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=65}} A prequel/sequel to this story, called ''The Sands of Time'', written by [[Justin Richards]], was released in 1996. Published by [[Virgin Books]], it starred the [[Fifth Doctor]].{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=65}} ===Home media=== The story first came out on [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] in an omnibus format in February 1985, one of the first serials to do so. It was subsequently released in episodic format in February 1994.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=65}} It was released on [[DVD]] in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2004, containing commentary and behind the scenes footage.{{sfn|Wright|2016|pp=65, 66}} It was also released on 31 October 2011 as an extra on ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' Series 4 DVD and [[Blu-ray]] boxset.{{sfn|Wright|2016|p=66}} In 2013 it was released on DVD again in the US as part of the "Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 1β4" box set, alongside ''[[The Aztecs (Doctor Who)|The Aztecs]]'', ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' and ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''. Alongside a documentary on the [[Fourth Doctor]], the disc features the serial put together as a single feature in [[widescreen]] format with an introduction from show runner at the time [[Steven Moffat]], as well as its original version.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 1β4 |date=July 16, 2013 |type=DVD}}</ref> ===''Tales of the TARDIS''=== A special edition of the episode aired on BBC iPlayer on 20 June 2024, as part of the spin-off series ''[[Tales of the TARDIS]]''.<ref name=PyramidsConfirmed>{{cite web|title=Join the Doctor and Ruby in an all new 'Tales of the TARDIS'|work=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/join-the-doctor-and-ruby-in-an-all-new-tales-of-the-tardis|date=17 June 2024|access-date=17 June 2024}}</ref>
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