List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC: Difference between revisions

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!Some notable non-BBC appearances

|The [[Dalek]]s<ref group=n name="DESIGN" >Ownership split with the BBC; i.e. basic concept is creator-owned, but iconic design is not.</ref>, the [[Thal]]s

|The [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]<ref group=n name="DESIGN" /><ref name="DOWNTIME">''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]''</ref>

| rowspan="4" |[[Mervyn Haisman]] & [[Henry Lincoln]]

| rowspan="6" |Haisman Estate

|[[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]<ref>[https://www.cartercamerons.com/copyright-dispute-erupts-doctor-character/ Copyright Dispute over Lethbridge-Stewart]</ref>

|The [[War Chief]]

| rowspan="2" |[[Terrance Dicks]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Robert Holmes]]

| rowspan="4" |Robert Holmes Estate

|The [[Sontaran]]s<ref group=n name="BOUGHT">At one time creator-owned, but rights have since been bought back by the BBC in full.</ref><ref>[https://podbay.fm/podcast/517595563/e/1488926118 Blue Box podcast Episode 247 (51 minute mark)]</ref>

| ''[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]''

|''[[Devil's End (FCBD comic story)|Devil's End]]'', ''[[White Witch of Devil's End (home video)|White Witch of Devil's End]]''

|[[K9]]<ref group=n name="DESIGN" />

|[[Paradise Towers]]

|colspan=2|[[Stephen Wyatt]]

!Some notable non-BBC appearances

|colspan=2| [[Paul Cornell]]

|The [[Yssgaroth]]<ref name="OOTS">2021, ''[[Out of the Shadows (anthology)|Out of the Shadows]]'', (copyright page), [[Arcbeatle Press]]</ref><ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story]]''</ref><ref group=n name="YSS">Penswick owns the name of "the Yssgaroth" and the conception of them as an impersonal force of evil, but the rights to the original [[Great Vampire]]s as seen in ''[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]'' continue to lie with the BBC.</ref>

|[[Preternatural Research Bureau|P.R.O.B.E.]]

|[[Obverse Books]]<ref group=n name="FP" >Conflicting statements exist as to whether ownership currently resides with Obverse Books or the original rights holders</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/PhilipM04217017/status/1308167585477922818 Philip Marsh Tweet]</ref><ref>[https://dalesmithonline.com/get-asked/spinning-jenny Dale Smith on Spinning Jenny]</ref>

|colspan=2 rowspan=7|[[Paul Magrs]]

|[[Toaster]]

|[[Koschei]]<ref group=n name="KOSCH">McIntee owns the specific reimagining of the character as a morally-ambiguous time-traveller. However, [[wikipedia:Koschei|the sorcerer Koschei the Deathless]] is a public-domain folkloric figure, including such trappings as having oncebeen chained at the bottom of a tower. The ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' short story [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Shadow (short story)|The Scarlet Shadow]]'' name-drops "Koschei" with no stated license from McIntee, presumably merely making use of the public-domain figure.</ref><ref name="DTM">2020, ''[[Down the Middle (anthology)|Down the Middle]]'', (copyright page), [[Arcbeatle Press]]</ref>

|colspan=2 rowspan=2|[[Andy Lane]]

|''[[Vienna (audio drama series)|Vienna]]

!Rights held by by

|''[[The Dalek Chronicles (comic series)|The Dalek Chronicles]]'', [[Dalek annual]]s, [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''/''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''

|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... (comic story)|Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts...]]''

|colspan="2"|[[Century 21 Productions]]{{fact}}

|''[[Down With The Director (comic story)|Down With The Director]]''

|[[Preternatural Research Bureau]]

|[[HOMEVID]]: ''[[The Zero Imperative (home video)|The Zero Imperative]]''

|[[BBV Productions]]

|''[[Out of the Shadows (anthology)|Out of the Shadows]]''

|[[Lawrence Miles]]

|[[Obverse Books]]<ref group=n name="FP" />

|[[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? (home video)|Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?]]''

|[[Adrienne Kramer]]<ref group=n name="KRA">Originally appeared in the unlicensed production ''Time Rift'' before being introduced into the official DWU by ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]''; logically remains creator-owned.</ref>

|[[NOTVALID]]: ''[[w:c:dwexpanded:Time Rift|Time Rift]]''

|'''''[[Panda - list of appearances|See list]]'''''

|colspan="2"|[[Jacob Black]]<ref name="OOTS" />

|The Lucy Wilson Mysteries

|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Blue Scream of Death (short story)|The Blue Scream of Death]]''