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The series was originally released as direct-to-video films produced by [[BBV Productions]], with four of its five instalments being released during the period of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s cancellation. | The series was originally released as direct-to-video films produced by [[BBV Productions]], with four of its five instalments being released during the period of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s cancellation. | ||
In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], [[Arcbeatle Press]] made a publishing partnership with BBV and "revived" the series, starting with the release of ''[[Shadows of Doubt (webcast)|Shadows of Doubt]]''.<ref>[https://www.arcbeatlepress.com/probe.html Arcbeatlepress - P.R.O.B.E.]</ref> The next year, BBV Productions themselves released two volume's worth of live-action ''P.R.O.B.E.'' shorts, the ''P.R.O.B.E. Case Files''. By [[January (releases)|January]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], Arcbeatle had released two ''P.R.O.B.E.'' print anthologies, ''[[Out of the Shadows (anthology)|Out of the Shadows]]'' and ''[[True Origins (anthology)|True Origins]]'', as well as using the Preternatural Research Bureau in their anthology ''[[Cyberon (anthology)|Cyberon]]''; ''True Origins'' declared itself the final release from Arcbeatle that would use the Bureau or other licensed BBV concepts.<ref>Afterword of ''[[True Origins (anthology)|True Origins]]''</ref> Shortly after, BBV introduced a new subseries, ''[[New Companions (series)|P.R.O.B.E.: New Companions]]'', beginning with the audiobook ''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]'', which starred one of the characters introduced in Arcbeatle's prose material, [[Maxie Masters]].<ref>[https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/P-R-O-B-E-New-Companions-Maxie-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p439814010 ''P.R.O.B.E. New Companions: Maxie'' on BBVproductions.co.uk]</ref> | In [[2020 (releases)|2020]], [[Arcbeatle Press]] made a publishing partnership with BBV and "revived" the series, starting with the release of ''[[Shadows of Doubt (webcast)|Shadows of Doubt]]''.<ref>[https://www.arcbeatlepress.com/probe.html Arcbeatlepress - P.R.O.B.E.]</ref> The next year, BBV Productions themselves released two volume's worth of live-action ''P.R.O.B.E.'' shorts, the ''P.R.O.B.E. Case Files''. By [[January (releases)|January]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]], Arcbeatle had released two ''P.R.O.B.E.'' print anthologies, ''[[Out of the Shadows (anthology)|Out of the Shadows]]'' and ''[[True Origins (anthology)|True Origins]]'', as well as using the Preternatural Research Bureau in their anthology ''[[Cyberon (anthology)|Cyberon]]''; ''True Origins'' declared itself the final release from Arcbeatle that would use the Bureau or other licensed BBV concepts.<ref>Afterword of ''[[True Origins (anthology)|True Origins]]''</ref> Shortly after, BBV introduced a new subseries, ''[[New Companions (series)|P.R.O.B.E.: New Companions]]'', beginning with the audiobook ''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]'', which starred one of the characters introduced in Arcbeatle's prose material, [[Maxie Masters]].<ref>[https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/P-R-O-B-E-New-Companions-Maxie-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p439814010 ''P.R.O.B.E. New Companions: Maxie'' on BBVproductions.co.uk]</ref> With the twenty-ninth case file, {{cs|Portents of Doom (home video)}}, the series made a return to longer video content, albeit retaining a small cast, with ''Portents of Doom'' clocking in at about twenty minutes. | ||
== Premise == | == Premise == | ||
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|[[Sir]] [[Andrew Williams|Andrew]] | |[[Sir]] [[Andrew Williams|Andrew]] | ||
|rowspan=4|[[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | |rowspan=4|[[25 February (releases)|25 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=13|Home video | ||
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|''[[The Only Cure (home video)|The Only Cure]]'' | |''[[The Only Cure (home video)|The Only Cure]]'' | ||
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|[[Giles]], [[Maxie Masters|Maxie]], [[Tasha Williams|Tasha]] | |[[Giles]], [[Maxie Masters|Maxie]], [[Tasha Williams|Tasha]] | ||
|[[4 February (releases)|4 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]<ref>Date of release of the original audio version of ''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]''. The date at which the illustrated version listed as an entry in the ''Case Files'' series was released is not presently known to the Wiki.</ref> | |[[4 February (releases)|4 February]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]]<ref>Date of release of the original audio version of ''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]''. The date at which the illustrated version listed as an entry in the ''Case Files'' series was released is not presently known to the Wiki.</ref> | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=9|N/A | ||
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|''[[O'Kane (home video)|O'Kane]]'' | |''[[O'Kane (home video)|O'Kane]]'' | ||
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|[[Giles]], [[Sam Myers|Sam]] | |[[Giles]], [[Sam Myers|Sam]] | ||
|[[22 April (releases)|22 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |[[22 April (releases)|22 April]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | ||
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|''[[Portents of Doom (home video)|Portents of Doom]]'' | |||
|[[Bill Baggs]], [[Chris McAuley]] | |||
|[[Giles]], [[Solomon (Stranger)|Solomon]] | |||
|[[3 October (releases)|3 October]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | |||
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