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'''BBV Productions''' (also known as '''Bill & Ben Video''') was a [[British]] video production company founded by [[Bill Baggs]] in [[1991 (releases)|1991]]. The company was named for Baggs himself and his then-wife Helen, whose nickname is "Ben."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090216172424/http://bbvonline.co.uk/about_us.html "About BBV"] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> It was a commercial enterprise that served ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. Towards this end it heavily used ''Doctor Who'' actors and, when possible, characters. BBV therefore quickly gained the reputation for putting out content that was "almost official" or "nearly ''Doctor Who''". In truth, though, its output was a bit more varied than that. Most of it could safely be put into one of five categories: | '''BBV Productions''' (also known as '''Bill & Ben Video''') was a [[British]] video production company founded by [[Bill Baggs]] in [[1991 (releases)|1991]]. The company was named for Baggs himself and his then-wife Helen, whose nickname is "Ben."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090216172424/http://bbvonline.co.uk/about_us.html "About BBV"] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> It was a commercial enterprise that served ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. Towards this end it heavily used ''Doctor Who'' actors and, when possible, characters. BBV therefore quickly gained the reputation for putting out content that was "almost official" or "nearly ''Doctor Who''". In truth, though, its output was a bit more varied than that. Most of it could safely be put into one of five categories: | ||
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