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Revision as of 20:29, 28 December 2018
Doctor Who spin-offs can be separated into two distinct categories: officially licensed BBC productions, and other productions that aren't licensed by the BBC but contain a monster or element of Doctor Who that is licensed from the original holder.
Officially licensed by the BBC
Television
K9 and Company
- Main article: K9 and Company
Torchwood
- Main article: Torchwood (TV series)
The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Main article: The Sarah Jane Adventures
Class
- Main article: Class (TV series)
Prose
Target Books
Virgin Books
- The New Adventures (1991-97)
- Missing Adventures
- Decalogs
BBC Books
Telos Publishing
Audio
Big Finish
- Main article: Big Finish Doctor Who audio spin-offs
BBC Audio
Other Doctor Who spin offs
Beginning in 1987 with the release of Wartime by Reeltime Pictures, a number of professionally produced spin-off films and audio dramas have been produced. As noted above, these differ from BBC and Big Finish productions in that they usually only feature characters or monsters not owned by the BBC, but rather licensed from their creators. Some spin-offs are original works using original character strongly suggested by characters in Doctor Who (such as The Stranger). In many cases, original cast members from Doctor Who reprised their TV roles for these films and several involved behind-the-scenes veterans of the series (for example, Christopher Barry, who co-directed the very first Daleks story in 1963-64, directed Downtime).
A number of writers and actors involved in these productions later went on to work with fully licensed Doctor Who spinoffs such as the Big Finish Productions audio dramas, and even on the revived Doctor Who series itself when it returned to TV in 2005 (most notably Nicholas Briggs and Mark Gatiss). By way of comparison, these spin-off productions, often classified as fan films, are in spirit similar to the professionally made fan films based upon the Star Trek franchise that began to emerge in the early 2000s when the rights holders for Star Trek relaxed their restrictions; unlike the Doctor Who-related productions, however, no restrictions on character use have been imposed.
Video
Reeltime Pictures
- Wartime
- Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
- Downtime
- Mindgame Saga
- Dæmos Rising
- White Witch of Devil's End
BBV Productions
Metal Mutt Productions
Audio
BBV Productions
Magic Bullet Productions
Bafflegab Productions
Prose
Virgin Books
- The New Adventures (1997-99)
Mad Norwegian Press
Telos Publishing
Obverse Books
- Iris Wildthyme
- Faction Paradox
- Señor 105 & the Elements of Danger
- The City of the Saved
- The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars
Thebes Publishing
Candy Jar Books
Snowbooks Ltd
- Iris Wildthyme novel trilogy
- Fellowship of the Ink
Comic
Marvel UK
Image Comics
Graveyard Shift Comics
Comeuppance Comics
Lucky Comics
Non-fiction spin-offs
BBC
Since the revival of the Doctor Who franchise in 2005, several ongoing non-fiction series have been commissioned to supplement the main programmes. All feature behind-the-scenes documentary coverage of production, with the exception of Totally Doctor Who, which also featured an animated serial, The Infinite Quest.
- Doctor Who Confidential (2005-11)
- Totally Doctor Who (2006-07)
- Torchwood Declassified (2006-11)
- Doctor Who Extra (2014-15)
- The Fan Show (2015-18)
- Inside Look (2017)
- Closer Look (2018)
- Access All Areas (2018-19)
Reeltime Pictures
- Myth Makers (1985-2016)
Mad Norwegian Press
- AHistory (2006-present)
- About Time (2006-present)
Obverse Books
- The Black Archive (2016-present)
Other
Devious
Devious is an incomplete privately made fan film notable for featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor in his final known performance in the role. Audio of Pertwee was reused by Big Finish Productions for the audio drama Zagreus. In 2009, a 12-minute excerpt from the production, featuring the extant footage of Pertwee, was released by BBC Video with the DVD release of The War Games. Notwithstanding a few Reeltime-produced comedy skits included in previous DVD sets, this makes Devious to date the only fan/unofficial spin-off to actually be released by the BBC, the only other fan production to feature a valid Doctor is Gene Genius which features Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace; however, as it was not officially licensed by the BBC, this wiki does not cover it.
Non-DWU spin-offs
Some series feature characters and/or elements that originated in a Doctor Who story (or Doctor Who spin-off story) but are considered to not exist in the Doctor Who Universe and as such are not covered by this wiki.
Obverse Books
- The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105 (featuring Señor 105)
Radio Static
- The Minister of Chance (featuring The Minister of Chance)
Big Finish
- The Confessions of Dorian Gray (featuring Dorian Gray)
- Vienna (featuring Vienna Salvatori)
