Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Doctor Who Wants Your Limbs!

So my wife and I finally got our Netflix-rented copies of the long-awaited Doctor Who: The Second Series the other day and settled in to watch the adventures of the good doctor.

Little did we know... Maybe I'll let the news outlets explain it:

A manufacturing glitch has resulted in an amputation scene from Texas Chainsaw Massacre appearing on Doctor Who DVDs available for rental in America.

According to TV Shows on DVD, subscribers to the Netflix postal DVD rental service were surprised when halfway into "New Earth", episode 1 of the BBC show's second season, images of someone having their limbs removed by chainsaw appeared.

The BBC was praised by the website for swiftly responding to the problem.

"Due to a manufacturing problem, Disc One of the Netflix copies of 'Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series' DVD collection contains incorrect footage from another film. The special features section on Disc One is also inaccessible on rented Netflix copies," the BBC said in a statement. "This error is only found on Disc One of Netflix copies of the series, not on any Doctor Who DVDs available for purchase in stores. We are doing our best to rectify this problem as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience or distress."

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