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[[File:Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jon Pertwee]] as [[Jeremiah O'Kane]] in ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]''.]]BBV was originally a product of the "Wilderness Years" of ''Doctor Who'', the period of time during which BBC- | [[File:Dr. Jeremiah O'Kane.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jon Pertwee]] as [[Jeremiah O'Kane]] in ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]''.]]BBV was originally a product of the "Wilderness Years" of ''Doctor Who'', the period of time during which BBC-licensed live-action [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] content was few and far between, and predated the obtaining of the ''Doctor Who'' audio license by [[Big Finish Productions]]. As such, they fulfilled a niche in fandom as producers of "nearly ''Doctor Who''" material. Originally, this took the form of [[Doctor Who pastiches|''Doctor Who'' pastiches]], also referred to by [[Nicholas Briggs]] as "''Who'' clones". These works, as exemplified by ''[[The Stranger (series)|The Stranger]]'', would use tropes and structures familiar to ''Doctor Who'' fans without actually using copyrighted elements like [[the Doctor]] or [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. These productions took the form of full-cast direct-to-video features or audio dramas, and would often revolve around an actor known to ''Who'' fandom for their appearance as a prominent TV character, cast in a subtly different part; thus, [[Colin Baker]] played the titular "Stranger", and, on audio in the ''Time Travellers'' series, [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] resurrected their [[Seventh Doctor]]/[[Ace]] dynamic as "the Professor" or "the Dominie", and his companion Alice, often nicknamed Ace. These productions are generally [[Tardis:Valid sources|not covered]] on this Wiki. | ||
As time went on, BBV increasingly pivoted to putting out somewhat similar productions that now had a tangible legal link to the ''Doctor Who'' universe via [[List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC|individually-licensed elements]] that had debuted in previous ''Doctor Who'' media, including the TV series as well as the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' and the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']] novels. These included such productions as the live-action ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'' (focusing on the [[Auton]]s and also featuring [[UNIT]]) and ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''. Of special note among series was ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'', as, after production had commenced under the assumption that [[Caroline John]] would be playing a new character called "Abbot", the BBC finally gave word to BBV that they could allow the character to be referred to explicitly as [[Liz Shaw]]. The original ''P.R.O.B.E.'' films were overseen by [[Mark Gatiss]] and were also notable for featuring one [[Jon Pertwee]]'s last performances, albeit not as his [[Third Doctor|Doctor]]. With BBV retaining the copyright to the elements introduced around Liz, including the titular [[Preternatural Research Bureau]], the ''P.R.O.B.E.'' series continued into the [[21st century]] with a shifting cast, branching out into further media and making occasional use of other licensed DWU elements. | As time went on, BBV increasingly pivoted to putting out somewhat similar productions that now had a tangible legal link to the ''Doctor Who'' universe via [[List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC|individually-licensed elements]] that had debuted in previous ''Doctor Who'' media, including the TV series as well as the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' and the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|''Eighth Doctor Adventures'']] novels. These included such productions as the live-action ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'' (focusing on the [[Auton]]s and also featuring [[UNIT]]) and ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''. Of special note among series was ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'', as, after production had commenced under the assumption that [[Caroline John]] would be playing a new character called "Abbot", the BBC finally gave word to BBV that they could allow the character to be referred to explicitly as [[Liz Shaw]]. The original ''P.R.O.B.E.'' films were overseen by [[Mark Gatiss]] and were also notable for featuring one [[Jon Pertwee]]'s last performances, albeit not as his [[Third Doctor|Doctor]]. With BBV retaining the copyright to the elements introduced around Liz, including the titular [[Preternatural Research Bureau]], the ''P.R.O.B.E.'' series continued into the [[21st century]] with a shifting cast, branching out into further media and making occasional use of other licensed DWU elements. | ||