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 === Work in Video ===
-BBV's first production was the [[1992]] video release ''Summoned by Shadows'', which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and starred 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 ''Who'' cast members. The sixth video, ''Eye of the Beholder'', was later re-released as the audio story ''Eye of the Storm''.
+BBV's first production was the [[1992]] video release ''Summoned by Shadows'', which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and starred Colin Baker playing an unnamed character only known as the Stranger and Nicola Bryant as Miss Brown. Although these characters were evidently reminiscent of the pair of the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]], Bryant did not use her American accent for the ''Stranger'' Miss Brown, setting her performance apart from Peri, and later installments of the series gave the Strange and Miss Brown a notably different backstory from "a Time Lord and his companion". Overall, the Stranger's adventures were chronicled on six videos and an audio adventure, many of which featured former ''Who'' cast members. 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.
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 BBV's next series of spin-off videos focused on [[UNIT]] and their battles with the [[Auton]]s. The first video of the series, ''[[Auton (home video)|Auton]]'', was originally to feature [[Nicholas Courtney]] as [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]], however he had to withdraw due to ill health. The Brigadier was replaced by the original character of [[Lockwood]], an enigmatic UNIT agent played by [[Michael Wade]].
-After the success of the Auton trilogy, BBV went 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''.
+After the success of the ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'', BBV attempted to secure the rights to the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and began production on a film featuring Cybermen hunting characters on a remote island. Negotiations fell through and elements of the script were turned into an audio story, ''Cyber-Hunt'', which introduced a new alien race reminiscent of (but distinct from) the Cybermen: the [[Cyberon]]s. A few years later, the Cyberons appeared in ''Cyberon'', a home video feature film, which reintroduced [[Jo Castleton]] (who had played [[Natasha Alexander]] in the ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'') in a new part, psychiatrist [[Lauren Anderson]]. Although ''Cyberon'' had no official ties to the [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] upon release, it was intended to take place in the DWU's continuity, as evidenced by the Cyberons and Lauren Anderson's subsequent appearances in other BBV productions alongside "real" DWU characters.
-In [[2001]] BBV released the ''Doctor Who'' parody ''[[Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?]]'', in which Sylvester McCoy played a character called the Chiropodist (aka Foot Doctor) as he fought Cyberons, [[Auton]]s, and [[Sontaran]]s. In addition to references to past BBV productions, the film obliquely referenced various elements of ''Doctor Who'' and the unlicenced nature of BBV's body of work.
+In [[2001 (releases)|2001]], BBV released the comedy featurette ''[[Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? (home video)|Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?]]''. It was a [[Doctor Who parodies|''Doctor Who'' parody]] primarily poking fun at BBV's own practices, with a turning point of the plot involving [[Cyberon]]s who wish to regain "handlebars" and thereby become true [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] so that the can sell merchandise of themselves. The story prominently featured licensed appearances by [[Auton]]s and [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] as well as a cartoon prologue featuring [[Rassilon]]. [[Sylvester McCoy]] starred as a parody of the [[Seventh Doctor]] named "the Chiropodist", who was a [[Chrono-Duke]] instead of a [[Time Lord]] and travelled in a flying washing machine.
 BBV also ventured into non-fiction, producing documentaries such as ''[[The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond]]'' and ''[[Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary]]''.