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===[[Do You Have a License to Save this Planet]]===
===[[Do You Have a License to Save this Planet?]]===
A spoof of BBV's spin-offs featuring [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the Chiropodist or '''The Foot Doctor''' who travels through space and time in a washing machine.
 
====References / Jokes====
* The [[Sontaran]]s and [[Auton]]s both from BBV's range appear as well as BBV's own version of the [[Cybermen]] the Cyberons.
*The 'Foot Doctor' uses '''janus spoons''' (a play on [[Janus thorns]]), which he plays before throwing them.
*The Cyberons appear with a teleport like effect (from [[Blake's 7]]).
*A [[krynoid]] appears.
*The Foot Doctor refers to himself as a '''Chronoduke''' (an obvious play on [[Time Lord]]).
*There are various references to companions and the various conventions and sayings involved.
*The end of the story features someone vaguely resembling the [[Master]], a regeneration which references [[Time and the Rani]] and a speech at the end which references [[Survival (TV story)|Survival]].


===Reeltime Pictures===
===Reeltime Pictures===

Revision as of 13:57, 2 March 2008

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Doctor Who spin-offs can be separated into two distinct categories, officially licensed BBC productions, and other productions (not licensed by the BBC.

For the former there are only three examples: K-9 & Company, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The latter are all Doctor Who spin-offs which generally contained a monster or element of Doctor Who (licensed from the original holder) and then produced without BBC licensed elements.

Officially Licensed by the BBC

Torchwood

see Torchwood for more detailed information

K-9 & Company

see K-9 & Company for more detailed information

The Sarah Jane Adventures

see The Sarah Jane Adventures for more detailed information

Big Finish

Other Doctor Who Spin Offs

to be added

BBV

BBV produced both Video and Audio spin-offs.

Audio

Auton Series

Featured the Auton and Nestene. It also featured UNIT. Though there were no 'recognisable' characters from Doctor Who.

P.R.O.B.E.

Featured Caroline John reprising her role of Doctor Elizabeth Shaw working with P.R.O.B.E.

  1. The Zero Imperative
  2. The Devil of Winterborne
  3. Unnatural Selection
  4. Ghosts of Winterborne

The Airzone Solution

The Airzone Solution is notable that while it doesn't have any narrative connection with Doctor Who it does feature; Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Nicola Bryant. It was also one of Jon Pertwee's final appearances (in film) before his death.

The Stranger

A series featuring Colin Baker as 'The Stranger' and his companion 'Miss Brown' played by Nicolay Bryant.

  1. Summoned by Shadows
  2. More Than A Messiah
  3. In Memory Alone
  4. The Terror Game
  5. Breach of the Peace
  6. Eye of the Beholder

Do You Have a License to Save this Planet?

Reeltime Pictures

Produced the large range of Myth Makers video interview tapes which interviewed much of the Doctor Who cast and crew. Reeltime Pictures were the first production company to make a Doctor Who spin-off licensed from the creator rather than through the BBC.

Myth Makers

to be added

Wartime

Return to Devil's End

A documentary featuring Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Barry Letts, John Levene and others revisiting the locations of The Daemons in the town of Aldbourne.

Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans

This is both a spin-off and part of a licensed Doctor Who release, Shakedown.

Downtime

Daemos Rising

to be added

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