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'''''The Time Travellers''''' was an audio series featuring [[Sylvester McCoy]] as [[the Professor (Republica)|the Professor]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]]. It was released by [[BBV Productions]] between [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and [[2000 (releases)|2000]]. The series was originally unnamed, with ''The Time Travellers'' branding only being introduced in the seventh installment. The tenth and final story instead bore the series title '''''The Dominie''''', while some later promotion and the [[Republica (novelisation)|''Republica'' novelisation]] used '''''The Professor & Ace'''''. | '''''The Time Travellers''''' was an audio series featuring [[Sylvester McCoy]] as [[the Professor (Republica)|the Professor]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] as [[Ace (Republica)|Ace]]. It was released by [[BBV Productions]] between [[1998 (releases)|1998]] and [[2000 (releases)|2000]]. The series was originally unnamed, with ''The Time Travellers'' branding only being introduced in the seventh installment. The tenth and final story instead bore the series title '''''The Dominie''''', while some later promotion and the [[Republica (novelisation)|''Republica'' novelisation]] used '''''The Professor & Ace'''''. | ||
The series appealed to audiences by featuring McCoy and Aldred playing characters very similar to their roles in ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. Bill Baggs had attempted to get the official license for ''Doctor Who'' audios and effectively decided to do it anyway when the BBC turned it down. <ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 20 (Dylan Rees)</ref> Despite this, the series also incorporated several licensed concepts from ''Doctor Who'' stories, beginning with its first episode, ''[[Republica (audio story)|Republica]]'', which was set in an [[alternate timeline (Republica)|alternate timeline]] from the [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]''. Later episodes such as ''[[ | The series appealed to audiences by featuring McCoy and Aldred playing characters very similar to their roles in ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]]. Bill Baggs had attempted to get the official license for ''Doctor Who'' audios and effectively decided to do it anyway when the BBC turned it down. <ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 20 (Dylan Rees)</ref> Despite this, the series also incorporated several licensed concepts from ''Doctor Who'' stories, beginning with its first episode, ''[[Republica (audio story)|Republica]]'', which was set in an [[alternate timeline (Republica)|alternate timeline]] from the [[1997 (releases)|1997]] [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures]] novel ''[[The Roundheads (novel)|The Roundheads]]''. Later episodes such as ''[[Guests for the Night (audio story)|Guest for the Night]]'' mentioned characters like [[Truman Crouch]] and [[Posedor]] who had previously featured in the [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]''. | ||
As ''The Time Travellers'' continued, the main characters were differentiated further and further from their ''Doctor Who'' counterparts. By ''[[Ghosts (TT audio story)|Ghosts]]'' – the seventh ''The Time Travellers'' audio and the first of ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' series 2 – the Professor decided he preferred to go by "the Dominie", and "Ace" began using her real name, Alice. The [[BBC]] had sent a warning letter to BBV about the names, having ignored it before; [[Steve Cole]] told ''Downtime'' that the BBC was enforcing its copyright more strongly at the time as they hoped to find a new partner to make ''Doctor Who'' with. <ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 20 (Dylan Rees)</ref> McCoy said in a 1999 interview that the issue was most likely using the name "Ace", which could be copyrighted where "Professor" couldn't be, and Aldred told ''Downtime'' they could have "gotten away with it" by calling her Alf (the character's originally planned name).<ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 20 (Dylan Rees)</ref> | As ''The Time Travellers'' continued, the main characters were differentiated further and further from their ''Doctor Who'' counterparts. By ''[[Ghosts (TT audio story)|Ghosts]]'' – the seventh ''The Time Travellers'' audio and the first of ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' series 2 – the Professor decided he preferred to go by "the Dominie", and "Ace" began using her real name, Alice. The [[BBC]] had sent a warning letter to BBV about the names, having ignored it before; [[Steve Cole]] told ''Downtime'' that the BBC was enforcing its copyright more strongly at the time as they hoped to find a new partner to make ''Doctor Who'' with. <ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 20 (Dylan Rees)</ref> McCoy said in a 1999 interview that the issue was most likely using the name "Ace", which could be copyrighted where "Professor" couldn't be, and Aldred told ''Downtime'' they could have "gotten away with it" by calling her Alf (the character's originally planned name).<ref>''Downtime: The Lost Years of Doctor Who'' Chapter 20 (Dylan Rees)</ref> | ||