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'''BBV Productions''' (also known as ('''Bill & Ben Video''' and sometimes, erroneously, as '''Bill Baggs Video''') is a [[British]] video production company known for its many unofficial video and audio ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs. A number of personnel behind-the-scenes and in front of the camera would go on to work on the revival of ''Doctor Who'' after 2005, most notably [[Nicholas Briggs]], who acted in, wrote and directed a number of BBV productions, and author/actor [[Mark Gatiss]]. BBV developed a | |||
'''BBV Productions''' (also known as ('''Bill & Ben Video''' and sometimes, erroneously, as '''Bill Baggs Video''') is a [[British]] video production company known for its many unofficial video and audio ''Doctor Who'' spin-offs. A number of personnel behind-the-scenes and in front of the camera would go on to work on the revival of ''Doctor Who'' after 2005, most notably [[Nicholas Briggs]], who acted in, wrote and directed a number of BBV productions, and author/actor [[Mark Gatiss]]. BBV developed a repertory company of actors that appeared in many of these productions, often playing different roles. Many of these actors were well-known from their work in ''Doctor Who'' and included former Doctor actors [[Jon Pertwee]], [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]], and companion actors [[Caroline John]], [[Louise Jameson]], [[Nicola Bryant]] and [[Sophie Aldred]]. Several actors appearing in these productions early in their careers went on to some notability, including Mark Gatiss and [[Alan Cumming]]. | |||
== Work in Video == | == Work in Video == | ||
BBV's first production was the [[1991]] video release of [[Summoned by Shadows]] which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and stared Colin Baker playing an unnamed character only known as the stranger and Nicola Bryant as Miss Brown. The stranger's adventures were chronicled on six videos and | BBV's first production was the [[1991]] video release of [[Summoned by Shadows]] which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and stared Colin Baker playing an unnamed character only known as the stranger and Nicola Bryant as Miss Brown. The stranger's adventures were chronicled on six videos and an audio adventure many of which featured former cast members of Doctor Who. The sixth video [[Eye of the Beholder]] was later re-released as the audio story [[Eye of the Storm]]. | ||
BBV's next release was the ecologically-themed thriller [[The Airzone Solution]] which was about a near future conspiracy. The video was released in [[1993]] coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Doctor who and featured four actors previously cast as [[The Doctor]]. | BBV's next release was the ecologically-themed thriller [[The Airzone Solution]] which was about a near future conspiracy. The video was released in [[1993]] coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Doctor who and featured four actors previously cast as [[The Doctor]]. | ||
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BBV's next series of spin off videos focused on the organization [[UNIT]] and their battles with the [[Auton]]s the first video of the series [[Auton (video)|Auton]] was originally going to feature [[Nicholas Courtney]] who would have reprised his Doctor Who role as UNIT commander [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] but had to withdraw from the project due to ill health making this the first BBV production not to feature any cast from the doctor who series. The Brigadier's character was replaced by an original character of [[Lockwood]], an enigmatic UNIT agent played by [[Michael Wade]]. | BBV's next series of spin off videos focused on the organization [[UNIT]] and their battles with the [[Auton]]s the first video of the series [[Auton (video)|Auton]] was originally going to feature [[Nicholas Courtney]] who would have reprised his Doctor Who role as UNIT commander [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] but had to withdraw from the project due to ill health making this the first BBV production not to feature any cast from the doctor who series. The Brigadier's character was replaced by an original character of [[Lockwood]], an enigmatic UNIT agent played by [[Michael Wade]]. | ||
After the Success of the Auton trilogy of videos BBV when on to produce [[Cyberon]] which featured an alien race of cyborgs | After the Success of the Auton trilogy of videos BBV when on to produce [[Cyberon]] which featured an alien race of cyborgs reminiscent of [[the Cybermen]] called the Cyberon. The Cyberon would later go on to appear in an audio story [[Cybergeddon]]. | ||
In [[2001]] BBV released a Spoof video featuring Sylvester McCoy titled [[Do You Have a License to Save this Planet?]] in which McCoy played a character called the Chiropodist which means the foot doctor. The video not only made references to past BBV productions but to Doctor who as well. | In [[2001]] BBV released a Spoof video featuring Sylvester McCoy titled [[Do You Have a License to Save this Planet?]] in which McCoy played a character called the Chiropodist which means the foot doctor. The video not only made references to past BBV productions but to Doctor who as well. | ||
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== Work in Audio == | == Work in Audio == | ||
After experimenting with audio for a few years BBV released their first audio drama in [[1998]] under the umbrella title [[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]] after which BBV began regularly releasing audios | After experimenting with audio for a few years BBV released their first audio drama in [[1998]] under the umbrella title [[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]] after which BBV began regularly releasing audios beginning with a line of adventures called [[The Time Travellers (series)|The Time Travellers]] staring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred as [[Seventh Doctor|The Professor]] and [[Ace]] which closely resembled the characters they portrayed in the Doctor Who series even using the same companion name and the nickname for McCoy's incarnation of [[The Doctor]]. The resemblance was so close to that of the Doctor Who characters that the BBC eventually stepped in and by the time of the seventh audio drama a number of changes had been made. The main one being the change of the main characters to The Dominie and Alice. | ||
The first of the Audio Adventures in Time & Space that didn't feature Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred was a 2 story series called [[The Wanderer]] both of which featured [[Nicholas Briggs]] who played the character of | The first of the Audio Adventures in Time & Space that didn't feature Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred was a 2 story series called [[The Wanderer]] both of which featured [[Nicholas Briggs]] who played the character of an amnesic space traveller whom one of the other characters dubb's Fred after his pet goldfish. Briggs had previously played a version of the Doctor for the unlicensed fan audios made by [[Audio Visuals]]. | ||
BBV moved away from audio stories about characters that could be the doctor after the establishment of [[Big Finish]]'s officially licensed line of Doctor Who audio dramas and instead moved on to audios featuring characters from the Doctor Who universe such as Romana and K-9. Following the success of the Autons trilogy stand alone audios featuring alien races from doctor who licensed directly from the writers that created them and in some instances allowing the writers to author new stories featuring their characters for the audio drama's such as a story by [[Pip & Jane Baker]] explaining what happened to the [[Rani]] who was last seen in Doctor Who being abducted by a group of aliens. Also the series of stories by [[Lawrence Miles]] about his history-spanning terrorist organisation the [[Faction Paradox]]. | BBV moved away from audio stories about characters that could be the doctor after the establishment of [[Big Finish]]'s officially licensed line of Doctor Who audio dramas and instead moved on to audios featuring characters from the Doctor Who universe such as Romana and K-9. Following the success of the Autons trilogy stand alone audios featuring alien races from doctor who licensed directly from the writers that created them and in some instances allowing the writers to author new stories featuring their characters for the audio drama's such as a story by [[Pip & Jane Baker]] explaining what happened to the [[Rani]] who was last seen in Doctor Who being abducted by a group of aliens. Also the series of stories by [[Lawrence Miles]] about his history-spanning terrorist organisation the [[Faction Paradox]]. | ||
In [[2002]] BBV | In [[2002]] BBV announced that it would be no longer producing audio stories and instead would focus of video related releases. | ||
==Published Works== | ==Published Works== | ||
===Videos=== | ===Videos=== | ||