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'''''Audio Adventures in Time & Space''''', originally just '''''Adventures in Time and Space''''', was a {{w|record label}} and umbrella title for several subseries of audios with varying levels of legal and narrative ties to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].  
'''''Audio Adventures in Time & Space''''', originally just '''''Adventures in Time and Space''''', was a {{w|record label}} and umbrella title for several subseries of audios with varying levels of legal and narrative ties to the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].


== History ==
== History ==
=== Name origins ===
=== 1980s ===
It is somewhat unclear when the name originated, or who devised it. Certainly it was coined by the fan group, [[Audio Visuals]], in the mid-1980s. It did not appear on AV covers until the second, 1986 season — though re-issues of the first, 1984 season bore the label retroactively. As the original AV [[producer]], [[Bill Baggs]] was certainly in a position to have conceived the name, but it's uncertain that he did. In any case, Baggs began using the title in the late 1990s as the main label for his [[BBV Productions]] audio plays. Indeed, several BBV releases were based on old AV plays, and there was a great deal of staff crossover between the two groups. When Baggs co-opted the name, he added the word "Audio" before "Adventures in Time and Space" for clarity, since he had a thriving line of videos at the time.
{{main|Audio Visuals (fan work)}}
The name ''Adventures in Time and Space'' was originally used for the [[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]] fan audios in the mid-1980s. It first appeared on AV covers in the second season in 1986, although later re-issues of the first season also used the label.


=== BBV usage ===
=== 1990s and 2000s ===
''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' was a label used by BBV from 1998 to 2004. It referred to four "seasons" of audio output that featured a wide variety of characters, and indeed was comprised of several different series. Things like ''The Time Travellers'', ''The Stranger'', ''Zygons'', ''Sontarans'', ''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]'' and others were all released under the label. The fourth season used a radically re-designed cover template which removed the "Audio Adventures in Time & Space" label from the front cover.
When the [[producer]] of the Audio Visuals, [[Bill Baggs]], began releasing audio plays from [[BBV Productions]] in [[1998 (releases)|1998]], he reused the title, calling them ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' to distinguish them from BBV's video productions. Over the following years, BBV released four "seasons" of ''Audio Adventures''.


Although the overwhelming majority of BBV audio titles were released under this label, not all of them were. Notably the [[Tom Baker]] novel, ''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs'', and the [[Richard Franklin]] story, ''The Killing Stone'', were firmly not released under this label upon first release, although the [[2021 (releases)|2021]] relaunch of the series, now available for download on a revamped BBV website, included ''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs'' in its trailer for the ''Audio Adventures''.  
Whereas the [[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]] ''Adventures in Time and Space'' had all featured [[Fred|the Doctor]] in an unlicensed, non-commercial fashion, as a commercial entity BBV had to sell legal products. As a result, rather than featuring a single ongoing story like the Audio Visuals ''Adventures'', BBV's ''Audio Adventures'' comprised a number of separate ongoing series.


On [[8 May (releases)|8 May]], BBV announced the start of a fifth series of ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'', launching with a reading of ''[[The Door We Forgot (short story)|The Door We Forgot]]'' by [[Bill Baggs]], distinct from the previously-released [[Arcbeatle Press]] audiobook of the story.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1390918279259172865 BBV Productions on Twitter]</ref>
Initially, they created approximations of characters from televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and hired the same actors to play them. For instance, ''[[The Stranger (series)|The Stranger]]'' featured [[Colin Baker]] and [[Nicola Bryant]] as "the Stranger" and "Miss Brown", similar to their ''Doctor Who'' roles of the [[Sixth Doctor]] and his companion [[Peri Brown]]. Similarly, [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] played [[the Professor (Republica)|the Professor]] and [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]] in ''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]'', and [[Lalla Ward]] played [[the Mistress (The Choice)|the Mistress]] in ''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe (series)|Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]''.
 
Some of these otherwise-unlicensed stories retained legal links to licensed non-television ''Doctor Who'' stories, such as [[Fred|the mysterious time traveller]] in the [[1991 (releases)|1991]] [[Doctor Who Magazine]] comic story ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]'' who later appeared in BBV's ''[[The Wanderer (series)|The Wanderer]]'', and the [[alternate timeline (Republica)|alternate timeline]] seen in the [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'' and visited in the debut ''Time Travellers'' audio, ''[[Republica (audio story)|Republica]]''. ''[[Guests for the Night (audio story)|Guests for the Night]]'' also featured mentions of [[Posedor]] and [[Truman Crouch]], elements of the fan ''Audio Visuals'' which had since gotten properly commercial debuts in the DWU in the [[Virgin New Adventures|Virgin ''New Adventures'']] novel ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]''.
 
Eventually, BBV began seeking legal links to television ''Doctor Who'' stories as well. Through individual agreements with television writers, they obtained permission to use the species or characters that those writers had created and still owned. Most of these stories could then be marketed as taking place within the DWU. For instance, the cover to ''[[The Choice (audio story)|The Choice]]'', which was created with permission from [[Dave Martin]] and [[Bob Baker]], advertised the "return of [[K9]]". By the third and fourth series from [[2000 (releases)|2000]] to [[2004 (releases)|2004]], the ''Audio Adventures'' line focused more and more on these licensed characters, including [[K9 (The Choice)|K9]], [[Zygon]]s, [[Krynoid]]s, and [[Sontaran]]s, as well as licensed concepts from [[Faction Paradox]].


=== Content ===
Although only some stories had the legal link to "prove" their connection to ''Doctor Who'', the entire ''Audio Adventures'' series was intended to be set within the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]], with all audios advertised as "from the Worlds of ''Doctor Who''". By the fourth season, which focused mainly on ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'', the cover template was radically re-designed and the "Audio Adventures in Time & Space" label was removed.
BBV used the label differently than AV. Whereas the AV ''Adventures in Time and Space'' had all featured [[the Doctor]] in an unlicensed, non-commercial context, BBV didn't have that luxury. As a commercial entity, they had to find some way of delivering a legal product for sale. They took two approaches to solve this problem.


First, they created ''approximations'' of characters from televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and hired the same actors to play them. ''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]'' and so on. Thus a "season" could contain a highly eclectic variety of stories. [[Colin Baker]] was ''not'' playing the [[Sixth Doctor]] in ''The Stranger''. Indeed, between the first and second season, the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] had a stern word with BBV when they felt that the McCoy/[[Sophie Aldred]] output was getting too close to the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. From the second season forward, therefore, all the McCoy/Aldred releases were relabelled ''The Time Travellers'' and their characters were decidedly distanced from their season 1 personas.
=== 2020s ===
Although the overwhelming majority of BBV audio titles were released under this label, some were excluded on their initial release. These were the [[Tom Baker]] novel ''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs'' and the [[Richard Franklin]] story ''The Killing Stone''. However, in the series' [[2021 (releases)|2021]] online relaunch, ''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs'' was rebranded as one of the ''Audio Adventures''.


Second, they tried to get the permission of one of the original ''Doctor Who'' writers to use the species or characters that the writer owned. Most of these stories could then be marketed as taking place within the DWU. The cover to ''[[The Choice (audio story)|The Choice]]'', for instance, quite legally claims that it is the "return of [[K9]]", since permission was obtained from [[Dave Martin]] and [[Bob Baker]].
On [[8 May (releases)|8 May]], BBV announced the start of a fifth series of ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'', launching with a reading of ''[[The Door We Forgot (short story)|The Door We Forgot]]'' by [[Bill Baggs]], distinct from the previously-released [[Arcbeatle Press]] audiobook of the story.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1390918279259172865 BBV Productions on Twitter]</ref>


It is only the second type of story that this wiki makes an attempt to cover. However, it is worth noting that the whole of the series was advertised as coming "from the Worlds of ''Doctor Who''"; while only some stories had a legal link to "prove" it, the intent was that all of them took place in the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]].  
A [[Audio Adventures in Time & Space Collection]] collection was promoted in 2022, collecting audios and DVDs together to be purchased.


== Releases ==
== Releases ==
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! class="unsortable"|Title || Author || Series || class="unsortable"|Licensed elements || data-sort-type="iso-date"|Released
! class="unsortable"|Title || Author || Series || class="unsortable"|Licensed elements || data-sort-type="iso-date"|Released
|-
|-
|''Republica''
|''[[Republica (audio story)|Republica]]''
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Mark|Gatiss}}
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Mark|Gatiss}}
|rowspan=6|''The Time Travellers''
|rowspan=6|''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]''
|rowspan=6|N/A
|[[Alternate timeline (Republica)|Alternate timeline]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]'')
|rowspan=7|[[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|rowspan=3 data-sort-value="0 May 1998"|[[May (releases)|May]] [[1998 (releases)|1998]]
|-
|-
|''Island of Lost Souls''
|''[[Island of Lost Souls (audio story)|Island of Lost Souls]]''
|rowspan=4|[[The Professor (Republica)|The Professor]], [[Ace (Republica)|Alice]]
|-
|-
|''Prosperity Island''
|''[[Prosperity Island (audio story)|Prosperity Island]]''
|{{sortname|Tim|Saward}}
|{{sortname|Tim|Saward}}
|-
|-
|''The Left Hand of Darkness''
|''[[The Left Hand of Darkness (audio story)|The Left Hand of Darkness]]''
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Mark|Duncan}}
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Mark|Duncan}}
| data-sort-value="0 Jul 1998"|[[July (releases)|July]] 1998
|-
|-
|''The Other Side''
|''[[The Other Side (TT audio story)|The Other Side]]''
| data-sort-value="0 Sep 1998"|[[September (releases)|September]] 1998
|-
|-
|''Guest for the Night''
|''[[Guests for the Night (audio story)|Guests for the Night]]''
|{{sortname|Nigel|Fairs}}
|{{sortname|Nigel|Fairs}}
|[[The Professor (Republica)|The Professor]], [[Ace (Republica)|Alice]], [[Truman Crouch]], [[Posedor]]
| data-sort-value="0 Nov 1998"|[[November (releases)|November]] 1998
|-
|-
|''Cyber-Hunt''
|''Cyber-Hunt''
|{{sortname|Martin|Peterson|nolink=1}}
| data-sort-value="Briggs, Nicholas"|[[Nicholas Briggs]]<ref>Credited under the name "[[Martin Peterson]]".</ref>
|''The Wanderer'' / ''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''
|''[[The Wanderer (series)|The Wanderer]]'' / ''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''
|[[Cyberon]]s
|[[Fred]], [[Cyberon]]s
| data-sort-value="0 Dec 1998"|[[December (releases)|December]] 1998
|}
|}


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|{{sortname|Nicholas|Briggs}}
|{{sortname|Nicholas|Briggs}}
|rowspan=2|''[[The Stranger (series)|The Stranger Chronicles]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[The Stranger (series)|The Stranger Chronicles]]''
|rowspan=5|N/A
|rowspan=2|N/A
|rowspan=5 data-sort-value="0 May 1999"|
| data-sort-value="0 Jan 1999"|[[January (releases)|January]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|-
|-
|''Eye of the Storm''
|''Eye of the Storm''
|{{sortname|Arthur|Wallis}}
|{{sortname|Arthur|Wallis}}
| data-sort-value="0 Feb 1999"|[[February (releases)|February]] 1999
|-
|-
|''Ghosts''
|''[[Ghosts (TT audio story)|Ghosts]]''
|{{sortname|Nigel|Fairs}}
|{{sortname|Nigel|Fairs}}
|''The Time Travellers''
|''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]''
|The Professor, Alice
| data-sort-value="0 Mar 1999"|[[March (releases)|March]] 1999
|-
|-
|''Vital Signs''
|''Vital Signs''
|{{sortname|Tim|Saward}}
|{{sortname|Tim|Saward}}
|''The Wanderer''
|''The Wanderer''
|[[Fred]]
| data-sort-value="0 Apr 1999"|[[April (releases)|April]] 1999
|-
|-
|''Only Human''
|''[[Only Human (audio story)|Only Human]]''
|{{sortname|Mark J|Thompson}}
|{{sortname|Mark J|Thompson}}
|''The Time Travellers''
|''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]''
|The Professor, Alice
| data-sort-value="0 May 1999"|[[May (releases)|May]] 1999
|-
|-
|''[[The Choice (audio story)|The Choice]]''
|''[[The Choice (audio story)|The Choice]]''
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|''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe (series)|Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]''
|''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe (series)|Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]''
|[[K9 (The Choice)|K-9]]
|[[K9 (The Choice)|K-9]]
| data-sort-value="0 Jun 1999"|[[June (releases)|June]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="0 Jun 1999"|[[June (releases)|June]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]]
|-
|-
|''Blood Sports''
|''[[Blood Sports (audio story)|Blood Sports]]''
|''The Time Travellers''
|''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]]''
|N/A
|The Professor, Alice
| data-sort-value="0 Jul 1999"|
|-
|-
|''[[Homeland (audio story)|Homeland]]''
|''[[Homeland (audio story)|Homeland]]''
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|rowspan=3 data-sort-value="0 Feb 2000"|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|rowspan=3 data-sort-value="0 Feb 2000"|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|-
|-
|''Punchline''
|''[[Punchline (audio story)|Punchline]]''
| data-sort-value="Shearman, Rob"|[[Rob Shearman]]<ref>Credited under the name "[[Jeremy Leadbetter]]".</ref>
| data-sort-value="Shearman, Rob"|[[Rob Shearman]]<ref>Credited under the name "[[Jeremy Leadbetter]]".</ref>
|''The Time Travellers''
|''[[The Time Travellers (series)|The Dominie]]''
|N/A
|The Professor, Alice
|-
|-
|''[[Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
|''[[Old Soldiers (BBV audio story)|Old Soldiers]]''
| data-sort-value="Gerard, Simon"|[[Simon Gerard]], [[Colin Hill]]
| data-sort-value="Gerard, Simon"|[[Simon Gerard]], [[Colin Hill]]
|''[[Sontarans (audio series)|Sontarans]]''
|''[[Sontarans (audio series)|Sontarans]]''
|[[Sontaran]]s
|rowspan=2|[[Sontaran]]s
|-
|-
|''Infidel's Comet''
|''Infidel's Comet''
| data-sort-value="Hill, Colin"|[[Colin Hill]], [[Simon Gerard]]
| data-sort-value="Hill, Colin"|[[Colin Hill]], [[Simon Gerard]]
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|N/A
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="0 May 2000"|
|rowspan=2 data-sort-value="0 May 2000"|
|-
|-
|''The Pattern''
|''The Pattern''
|{{sortname|Mark|Duncan}}
|{{sortname|Mark|Duncan}}
|N/A
|-
|-
|''[[I Scream (audio story)|I Scream]]''
|''[[I Scream (audio story)|I Scream]]''
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| data-sort-value="0 Feb 2004"|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
| data-sort-value="0 Feb 2004"|[[February (releases)|February]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]]
|-
|-
|''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs''<ref>Originally released outside the ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' label but added to the line-up in the 2021 relaunch.</ref>
|''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs''<ref>Originally released without the ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' label, but added in 2021.</ref>
|{{sortname|Tom|Baker}}
|{{sortname|Tom|Baker}}
|
|
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|[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|[[15 May (releases)|15 May]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]]
|-
|-
|''The Minister of Chance''<ref>Owned and originally produced by Radio Static; added to ''Audio Adventures'' line-up in May 2021 through [https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1394752856889208832an agreement] with BBV.</ref>
|''[[The Minister of Chance (series)|The Minister of Chance]]''<ref>Owned and originally produced by Radio Static; added to ''Audio Adventures'' line-up in May 2021 through [https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1394752856889208832an agreement] with BBV.</ref>
|{{sortname|Dan|Freedman}}
|{{sortname|Dan|Freedman}}
|
|
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|''[[The Confession of Brother Signet (audio story)|The Confession of Brother Signet]]''
|''[[The Confession of Brother Signet (audio story)|The Confession of Brother Signet]]''
|{{sortname|Michael|Gilroy-Sinclair}}
|{{sortname|Michael|Gilroy-Sinclair}}
|''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'': ''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Rebirth]]''
|''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'': ''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Rebirth]]'', ''[[H. P. Lovecraft (series)|H. P. Lovecraft]]''
|[[Faction Paradox]]
|[[Faction Paradox]]
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 2021
|[[20 October (releases)|20 October]] 2021
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|-
|-
|''[[Silver-Tongued Liars (short story)|Silver-Tongued Liars]]''<ref name="PROBECYBERON" />
|''[[Silver-Tongued Liars (short story)|Silver-Tongued Liars]]''<ref name="PROBECYBERON" />
|{{sortname|James|Wylder|nolink=1}}
|{{sortname|James|Wylder}}
|''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''/''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]''
|''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''/''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]''
|[[Giles]], [[Patricia Haggard|Haggard]], [[Cyberon (drug)|Cyberon]]
|[[Giles]], [[Patricia Haggard|Haggard]], [[Cyberon (drug)|Cyberon]]
|[[15 January (releases)|15 January]] 2022
|[[15 January (releases)|15 January]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]''
|''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]''
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|''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'': ''[[New Companions (series)|New Companions]]''
|''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'': ''[[New Companions (series)|New Companions]]''
|[[Giles]], [[Maxie Masters|Maxie]]
|[[Giles]], [[Maxie Masters|Maxie]]
|[[4 February (releases)|4 February]] 2022
|[[4 February (releases)|4 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''Translation''
|''Translation''
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|''[[The Brigadier Adventures]]''
|''[[The Brigadier Adventures]]''
|N/A<ref>Although an official entry in the ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' and ''[[The Brigadier Adventures]]'' ranges as far as BBV was concerned, this release is not covered on this Wiki due to having been unlawfully released after BBV's license to the character had expired, as [https://twitter.com/vinjor_dan/status/1531176914286792710 reported] by [[Andy Frankham-Allen]].</ref>
|N/A<ref>Although an official entry in the ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' and ''[[The Brigadier Adventures]]'' ranges as far as BBV was concerned, this release is not covered on this Wiki due to having been unlawfully released after BBV's license to the character had expired, as [https://twitter.com/vinjor_dan/status/1531176914286792710 reported] by [[Andy Frankham-Allen]].</ref>
|[[11 May (releases)|11 May]] 2022
|[[11 May (releases)|11 May]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
| ''Lucifer's Sleep''
| ''Lucifer's Sleep''
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| ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
| ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
|  
|  
| [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] 2022
| [[19 May (releases)|19 May]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[B.E.S. Begins (audio story)|B.E.S. Begins]]''
|''[[B.E.S. Begins (audio story)|B.E.S. Begins]]''
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|''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe (series)|Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]''
|''[[Adventures in a Pocket Universe (series)|Adventures in a Pocket Universe]]''
|[[The Mistress (The Choice)|The Mistress]], [[B.E.S.]]
|[[The Mistress (The Choice)|The Mistress]], [[B.E.S.]]
|[[24 May (releases)|24 May]] 2022
|[[24 May (releases)|24 May]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok (audio story)|Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok]]''
|''[[Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok (audio story)|Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok]]''
|Trevor Spencer & Bill Baggs
| data-sort-value="Spencer, Trevor"|[[Trevor Spencer]] & [[Bill Baggs]]
|''[[The Makers (audio series)|The Makers]]''
|''[[The Makers (audio series)|The Makers]]''
|[[Maker (The Space Age)|Makers]]
|[[Maker (The Space Age)|Makers]]
|[[3 June (releases)|3 June]] 2022
|[[3 June (releases)|3 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[Sam Myers (audio story)|Sam Myers]]''
|''[[Sam Myers (audio story)|Sam Myers]]''
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|''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'': ''[[New Companions (series)|New Companions]]''
|''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'': ''[[New Companions (series)|New Companions]]''
|[[Giles]]
|[[Giles]]
|[[9 June (releases)|9 June]] 2022
|[[9 June (releases)|9 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
| ''Babylon's Own Personal Hell''
| ''Babylon's Own Personal Hell''
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| ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
| ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
|
|
| [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] 2022
| [[16 June (releases)|16 June]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[Giles - The Beginning (audio story)|Giles - The Beginning]]''
|''[[Giles - The Beginning (audio story)|Giles - The Beginning]]''
|[[Bill Baggs]]
|{{sortname|Bill|Baggs}}
|''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]''
|''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]''
|[[Giles]], [[Liz Shaw]]
|[[Giles]], [[Liz Shaw]]
|[[8 August (releases)|8 August]] 2022
|[[8 August (releases)|8 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride (audio story)|Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride]]''
|''[[Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride (audio story)|Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride]]''
|Trevor Spencer
|{{sortname|Trevor|Spencer}}
|''[[The Makers (audio series)|The Makers]]''
|''[[The Makers (audio series)|The Makers]]''
|[[Maker (The Space Age)|Makers]]
|[[Maker (The Space Age)|Makers]]
|[[17 August (releases)|17 August]] 2022
|[[17 August (releases)|17 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''Brother's Keeper''
|''Brother's Keeper''
|Trevor Spencer
|{{sortname|Trevor|Spencer}}
| ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
| ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
|
|
| [[22 August (releases)|22 August]] 2022
| [[22 August (releases)|22 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|-
|''[[Curse of the Cyberons (audio story)|Curse of the Cyberons]]''
|''[[Curse of the Cyberons (audio story)|Curse of the Cyberons]]''
|[[Chris McAuley]]
|{{sortname|Chris|McAuley}}
|''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''
|''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''/''[[Dracula (BBV series)|Dracula]]''
|[[Cyberon Controller]],
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''[[The Weapon and the Warrior (audio story)|The Weapon and the Warrior]]''
|[[John Peel]]
|''[[Cyberon (series)|Cyberon]]''/''Dracula''
|[[Cyberon Controller]]
|[[Cyberon Controller]]
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] 2022
|[[11 September (releases)|11 Septemer]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''The Vault''
|{{sortname|Bill|Baggs}}
|''The Time Detectives''
|
|[[23 September (releases)|23 September]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''A Whisper in the Darkness''
| data-sort-value="McAuley, Chris" |[[Chris McAuley]] & Dacre Stoker
|''Dracula''
|rowspan=3|
|[[19 October (releases)|19 October]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''Unwanted Guest''
|rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Trevor|Spencer}}
|rowspan=2 | ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''/''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
|rowspan=2 | [[4 December (releases)|4 December]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''Lilith Fades''
|-
|''[[First Case (audio story)|First Case]]''
|rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Bill|Baggs}}
|rowspan=2 | ''P.R.O.B.E.''
|Giles, [[Liz Shaw|Liz]]
| [[19 December (releases)|19 December]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''[[Bold (audio story)|Bold]]''
|Giles, [[Louise Bayliss|Bayliss]]
| [[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]
|-
|''The Forbidden Act''
|rowspan=6|{{sortname|Chris|McAuley}}
|''Dracula''
|
|[[6 January (releases)|6 January]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''[[Guardian At The Gate (audio story)|Guardian At The Gate]]''
|''P.R.O.B.E.'', ''[[H. P. Lovecraft (series)|H. P. Lovecraft]]''
|Giles
|[[29 March (releases)|29 March]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''Dracula: Origins''
|rowspan=3 |''Dracula''
|rowspan=5 |
|[[8 May (releases)|8 May]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''The Sorceress of the Nile''
|[[27 May (releases)|27 May]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''Terror Under the Rue Morgue''
|[[10 June (releases)|10 June]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''First Contact''
|''Dark Legacies''
|[[3 July (releases)|3 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''Oblation''
|data-sort-value="Foxon, Grant"|Grant Foxon
|''Chaos Theory''
|[[7 July (releases)|7 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|}
 
=== Season 7 ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable"|Title || Author || Series || class="unsortable"|Licensed elements || data-sort-type="iso-date"|Released
|-
|''[[The Lilium Saga (audio story)|The Lilium Saga - ACTS I-III]]''
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Trevor|Spencer}}
|rowspan=2|''[[Hellscape (audio series)|Hellscape]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Ba'al]]
|[[28 August (releases)|7 July]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]]
|-
|''[[The Lilium Saga (audio story)|The Lilium Saga - ACTS IV-VI]]''
|[[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|-
|''The Frontierman's End''
|{{sortname|Chris|McAuley}}
|
|
|[[22 February (releases)|22 February]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]
|}
|}


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Those wishing to understand more about this wiki's policies towards BBV's ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' should consult [[Forum:BBV and canon policy|this discussion]].
* Those wishing to understand more about this wiki's policies towards BBV's ''Audio Adventures in Time & Space'' should consult [[Forum:BBV and canon policy|this discussion]].
* Due to our [[T:VS|valid sources policy]], this article concentrates on the usage of "{{PAGENAME}}" by [[BBV Productions]]. Those wishing a fuller explanation of this title's long history with [[Audio Visuals]] should consult [http://www.justyce.org the AV website].
* Due to our [[T:VS|valid sources policy]], this article concentrates on the usage of "{{PAGENAME}}" by [[BBV Productions]]. Those wishing a fuller explanation of this title's long history with [[Audio Visuals (fan work)|Audio Visuals]] should consult [http://www.justyce.org the AV website].


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Latest revision as of 20:14, 3 November 2024

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Audio Adventures in Time & Space, originally just Adventures in Time and Space, was a record label and umbrella title for several subseries of audios with varying levels of legal and narrative ties to the Doctor Who universe.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

1980s[[edit] | [edit source]]

Main article: Audio Visuals (fan work)

The name Adventures in Time and Space was originally used for the Audio Visuals fan audios in the mid-1980s. It first appeared on AV covers in the second season in 1986, although later re-issues of the first season also used the label.

1990s and 2000s[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the producer of the Audio Visuals, Bill Baggs, began releasing audio plays from BBV Productions in 1998, he reused the title, calling them Audio Adventures in Time & Space to distinguish them from BBV's video productions. Over the following years, BBV released four "seasons" of Audio Adventures.

Whereas the Audio Visuals Adventures in Time and Space had all featured the Doctor in an unlicensed, non-commercial fashion, as a commercial entity BBV had to sell legal products. As a result, rather than featuring a single ongoing story like the Audio Visuals Adventures, BBV's Audio Adventures comprised a number of separate ongoing series.

Initially, they created approximations of characters from televised Doctor Who and hired the same actors to play them. For instance, The Stranger featured Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant as "the Stranger" and "Miss Brown", similar to their Doctor Who roles of the Sixth Doctor and his companion Peri Brown. Similarly, Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred played the Professor and Ace in The Time Travellers, and Lalla Ward played the Mistress in Adventures in a Pocket Universe.

Some of these otherwise-unlicensed stories retained legal links to licensed non-television Doctor Who stories, such as the mysterious time traveller in the 1991 Doctor Who Magazine comic story Party Animals who later appeared in BBV's The Wanderer, and the alternate timeline seen in the 1997 BBC Past Doctor Adventures novel The Roundheads and visited in the debut Time Travellers audio, Republica. Guests for the Night also featured mentions of Posedor and Truman Crouch, elements of the fan Audio Visuals which had since gotten properly commercial debuts in the DWU in the Virgin New Adventures novel Deadfall.

Eventually, BBV began seeking legal links to television Doctor Who stories as well. Through individual agreements with television writers, they obtained permission to use the species or characters that those writers had created and still owned. Most of these stories could then be marketed as taking place within the DWU. For instance, the cover to The Choice, which was created with permission from Dave Martin and Bob Baker, advertised the "return of K9". By the third and fourth series from 2000 to 2004, the Audio Adventures line focused more and more on these licensed characters, including K9, Zygons, Krynoids, and Sontarans, as well as licensed concepts from Faction Paradox.

Although only some stories had the legal link to "prove" their connection to Doctor Who, the entire Audio Adventures series was intended to be set within the Doctor Who universe, with all audios advertised as "from the Worlds of Doctor Who". By the fourth season, which focused mainly on The Faction Paradox Protocols, the cover template was radically re-designed and the "Audio Adventures in Time & Space" label was removed.

2020s[[edit] | [edit source]]

Although the overwhelming majority of BBV audio titles were released under this label, some were excluded on their initial release. These were the Tom Baker novel The Boy Who Kicked Pigs and the Richard Franklin story The Killing Stone. However, in the series' 2021 online relaunch, The Boy Who Kicked Pigs was rebranded as one of the Audio Adventures.

On 8 May, BBV announced the start of a fifth series of Audio Adventures in Time & Space, launching with a reading of The Door We Forgot by Bill Baggs, distinct from the previously-released Arcbeatle Press audiobook of the story.[1]

A Audio Adventures in Time & Space Collection collection was promoted in 2022, collecting audios and DVDs together to be purchased.

Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

Season 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
Republica Mark Gatiss The Time Travellers Alternate timeline (PROSE: The Roundheads) May 1998
Island of Lost Souls The Professor, Alice
Prosperity Island Tim Saward
The Left Hand of Darkness Mark Duncan July 1998
The Other Side September 1998
Guests for the Night Nigel Fairs The Professor, Alice, Truman Crouch, Posedor November 1998
Cyber-Hunt Nicholas Briggs[2] The Wanderer / Cyberon Fred, Cyberons December 1998

Season 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
The Last Mission Nicholas Briggs The Stranger Chronicles N/A January 1999
Eye of the Storm Arthur Wallis February 1999
Ghosts Nigel Fairs The Time Travellers The Professor, Alice March 1999
Vital Signs Tim Saward The Wanderer Fred April 1999
Only Human Mark J Thompson The Time Travellers The Professor, Alice May 1999
The Choice Nigel Fairs Adventures in a Pocket Universe K-9 June 1999
Blood Sports The Time Travellers The Professor, Alice
Homeland Paul Dearing Zygon Zygons, Skarasen August 1999
The Search Mark Duncan Adventures in a Pocket Universe K-9 September 1999
Absolution Paul Ebbs Zygon Zygons October 1999
The Root of All Evil Lance Parkin Krynoid Krynoids
Silent Warrior Peter Grehan Sontarans Sontarans December 1999

Season 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
Cybergeddon Paul Ebbs Cyberon Cyberons February 2000
Punchline Rob Shearman[3] The Dominie The Professor, Alice
Old Soldiers Simon Gerard, Colin Hill Sontarans Sontarans
Infidel's Comet Colin Hill, Simon Gerard
The Pattern Mark Duncan N/A
I Scream Lance Parkin The I The "I" August 2000
Conduct Unbecoming Gareth Preston Sontarans Sontarans September 2000
The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind Pip and Jane Baker The Rani The Rani November 2000
Race Memory Paul Ebbs Wirrn Wirrn, Nerva Beacon February 2001

Season 4[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
The Barnacled Baby Anthony Keetch Zygon Zygons July 2001
The Eleven Day Empire Lawrence Miles The Faction Paradox Protocols Faction Paradox, Sontarans October 2001
The Shadow Play
The Green Man Zoltán Déry Krynoid Krynoids March 2002
In 2 Minds Iain Hepburn Rutans Rutans September 2002
The Quality of Mercy David A. McIntee Guy de Carnac
Sabbath Dei Lawrence Miles The Faction Paradox Protocols Compassion, Peking Homunculi, Sabbath February 2003
In the Year of the Cat April 2003
Movers Faction Paradox, the prison planet December 2003
A Labyrinth of Histories February 2004
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs[4] Tom Baker N/A

Season 5[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
The Door We Forgot[5] James Hornby, James Wylder P.R.O.B.E. Giles, P.R.O.B.E. 5 May 2020
9 to 5 James Hornby Tasha Williams 15 May 2021
The Minister of Chance[6] Dan Freedman Minister of Chance
Eternal Escape James Hornby Dionus's War The Friend, Gulliver's Rest 6 June 2021
A Worthy Successor[7] James Hornby, James Wylder Cyberon/P.R.O.B.E. Giles, Dr Haggard, Archie 10 June 2021
She Came From Another World![5] James Wylder P.R.O.B.E. Giles, Maxie
Call Me Ishmael J.T. Mulholland Dionus's War Dionus 23 June 2021
Memories of Tomorrow John Peel The Brigadier Adventures Giles, the Brigadier 28 June 2021
The Healer's Sin J.T. Mulholland Dionus's War Dionus 24 July 2021
What Happened in Manchester James Hornby P.R.O.B.E. Giles, Archie 28 July 2021
New Pastures The Brigadier Adventures Giles, the Brigadier 2 August 2021
Mr Saldaamir[8] Lance Parkin Faction Paradox: Rebirth Saldaamir 11 August 2021
Sabbath and the King Aristide Twain The War King, Sabbath 12 August 2021
The Fall of Shield Sentai Charles EP Murphy The Brigadier Adventures The Brigadier 19 August 2021
The Beast of Stalingrad[9] Iain McLaughlin Erimem: The Audio Adventures Erimem
The Man Inside Bill Baggs The Brigadier Adventures The Brigadier, Giles 9 September 2021
Me & My Ghost Dionus's War Dionus 1 October 2021
Broken Bonds James Hornby P.R.O.B.E. Giles 4 October 2021
Holmes: The Red-Headed League[10] Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes 28 October 2021[11]
The Confession of Brother Signet Michael Gilroy-Sinclair Faction Paradox: Rebirth, H. P. Lovecraft Faction Paradox 20 October 2021
Necessary Force Steve Lyons The Brigadier Adventures The Brigadier 15 November 2021
Prime Imperative[9] Iain McLaughlin Erimem: The Audio Adventures Erimem 25 November 2021
Churchill's Castle[9]
BBV's Cyberon[12] James Hornby Cyberon/P.R.O.B.E. Cyberon 23 November 2021
Force of Nature[13] Stuart Robinson & James Potter The Stranger N/A

Season 6[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
Lucifer Trevor Spencer Faction Paradox/Hellscape Faction Paradox 1 January 2022
Silver-Tongued Liars[7] James Wylder Cyberon/P.R.O.B.E. Giles, Haggard, Cyberon 15 January 2022
Maxie Bill Baggs P.R.O.B.E.: New Companions Giles, Maxie 4 February 2022
Translation John Peel The Brigadier Adventures N/A[14] 11 May 2022
Lucifer's Sleep Trevor Spencer Faction Paradox/Hellscape 19 May 2022
B.E.S. Begins J.T. Mulholland Adventures in a Pocket Universe The Mistress, B.E.S. 24 May 2022
Maker's Wish: After Dark - Slalvok Trevor Spencer & Bill Baggs The Makers Makers 3 June 2022
Sam Myers Trevor Spencer P.R.O.B.E.: New Companions Giles 9 June 2022
Babylon's Own Personal Hell Trevor Spencer Faction Paradox/Hellscape 16 June 2022
Giles - The Beginning Bill Baggs P.R.O.B.E. Giles, Liz Shaw 8 August 2022
Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride Trevor Spencer The Makers Makers 17 August 2022
Brother's Keeper Trevor Spencer Faction Paradox/Hellscape 22 August 2022
Curse of the Cyberons Chris McAuley Cyberon/Dracula Cyberon Controller, 26 August 2022
The Weapon and the Warrior John Peel Cyberon/Dracula Cyberon Controller 11 Septemer 2022
The Vault Bill Baggs The Time Detectives 23 September 2022
A Whisper in the Darkness Chris McAuley & Dacre Stoker Dracula 19 October 2022
Unwanted Guest Trevor Spencer Faction Paradox/Hellscape 4 December 2022
Lilith Fades
First Case Bill Baggs P.R.O.B.E. Giles, Liz 19 December 2022
Bold Giles, Bayliss 26 December 2022
The Forbidden Act Chris McAuley Dracula 6 January 2023
Guardian At The Gate P.R.O.B.E., H. P. Lovecraft Giles 29 March 2023
Dracula: Origins Dracula 8 May 2023
The Sorceress of the Nile 27 May 2023
Terror Under the Rue Morgue 10 June 2023
First Contact Dark Legacies 3 July 2023
Oblation Grant Foxon Chaos Theory 7 July 2023

Season 7[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Author Series Licensed elements Released
The Lilium Saga - ACTS I-III Trevor Spencer Hellscape Ba'al 7 July 2023
The Lilium Saga - ACTS IV-VI 1 January 2024
The Frontierman's End Chris McAuley 22 February 2024

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ BBV Productions on Twitter
  2. ↑ Credited under the name "Martin Peterson".
  3. ↑ Credited under the name "Jeremy Leadbetter".
  4. ↑ Originally released without the Audio Adventures in Time & Space label, but added in 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Audiobook reading of a preexisting P.R.O.B.E. short story.
  6. ↑ Owned and originally produced by Radio Static; added to Audio Adventures line-up in May 2021 through agreement with BBV.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Audiobook readings of preexisting Cyberon prose stories, also featuring P.R.O.B.E.
  8. ↑ Audiobook reading of a preexisting Faction Paradox short story.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Audio adaptation of the Erimem novel of the same name.
  10. ↑ Withdrawn shortly after release; no longer listed or available on the BBV website, as acknowledged by BBV staff.https://twitter.com/WozFiles/status/1470394749307826181?s=20&t=dQXvUni3wT24lLMLLGQg6g
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheDimmeh/status/1453788811977236483?s=20&t=SnGL4Vs1XRlx6YADk_PuUQ
  12. ↑ Actually includes three short stories, but presented as a single product and thus a single entry in the Audio Adventures in Time & Space listing on the BBV website.
  13. ↑ Previously released as bonus content on the DVD edition of The Stranger: More than a Messiah
  14. ↑ Although an official entry in the Audio Adventures in Time & Space and The Brigadier Adventures ranges as far as BBV was concerned, this release is not covered on this Wiki due to having been unlawfully released after BBV's license to the character had expired, as reported by Andy Frankham-Allen.

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