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Whittaker series disc collection?

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Over the last couple of years, Walmart has offered in its physical stores, collective series DVDs of the revival series from Christopher Eccleston up through Peter Capaldi. They are "budget" sets with no frills, no behind the scenes, no unused footage, just the episodes as aired but reasonably priced, 20 dollars each with the first set including Eccleston's single series run along with David Tennant's.

Now, Walmart did also offer Jodie Whittaker's first series, but that was long before her third and final series was being made, maybe even before her second year had aired (but I'm not certain).

The 64 dollar question (of should I say hopefully 20 dollar question) is, has a complete Whittaker run been (or will be) released? So far, I have not seen one appear on the shelves.

Right now, I have her episodes recorded upon my DVR, but it would be nice to have them without commercial breaks and that would allow be to clear a lot of space on the machine as I did with the previous Doctors.
 
Strange, it didn't show up my search, but there it is, clearly displayed. Wish it didn't come with a figurine as it would likely be (slightly) cheaper, but I suspect it would still be a bit more expensive as Whittaker's still the most recent Doctor, at least until the specials air or the next proper series debuts (depending upon one's definition).

Thanks!
 
Finally "gave in" and ordered the box set with the figurine. I delayed hoping a shelf version would appear in the brick & mortar store without the quasi Pop Vinyl figurine. However, I feared it might become unavailable all together, so I ordered it, along with the docu-drama "An Adventure in Time and Space" last Friday. The Whittaker series arrived today and the movie about the show's creation should arrive Wednesday.

Examining the case, all 10 disk are present and I don't see any obvious scratches, nicks or chips. Like the other revival series collections, it seems all the episodes are present for the given Doctor, from "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" through "The Power of the Doctor". Once I play each disk, I will delete those particular episodes I recorded and have saved upon my DVR, eventually clearing a LOT of space.
 
it's a bit odd that it's DVD only and not Blu-ray.

To be fair, this is supposedly a near equivalent to the earlier sets covering the entire run of a given Doctor (Eccleston packed with Tennant being the exception) and those Walmart exclusives (claimed as such, anyway) were DVD format only with no extra features like audio commentary or "behind the scenes" segments. I think the goal was "budget minded". I would have gladly passed upon the figurine (Funko Pops just don't appeal to me) to bring down the price closer in line with the others.
 
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