Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs can be separated into two distinct categories, officially licensed BBC productions, and other productions (not licensed by the BBC.
For the former there are only three examples: K-9 & Company, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The latter are all Doctor Who spin-offs which generally contained a monster or element of Doctor Who (licensed from the original holder) and then produced without BBC licensed elements.
Officially Licensed by the BBC
Torchwood
see Torchwood for more detailed information
K-9 & Company
see K-9 & Company for more detailed information
The Sarah Jane Adventures
see The Sarah Jane Adventures for more detailed information
Big Finish
Other Doctor Who Spin Offs
Beginning in 1987 with the release of Wartime by Reeltime Pictures, a number of professionally produced spin-off films and audio dramas have been produced. As noted above, these differ from BBC and Big Finish productions in that they usually only feature characters or monsters not owned by the BBC, but rather licenced from their creators. Some spin-offs are original works using original character strongly suggested by characters in Doctor Who (such as The Stranger). In many cases, original cast members from Doctor Who reprised their TV roles for these films and several involved behind-the-scenes veterans of the series (for example, Christopher Barry, who co-directed the very first Daleks story in 1963-64, directed Downtime). A number of writers and actors involved in these productions later went on to work with fully licenced Doctor Who spinoffs such as the Big Finish audio dramas, and even on the revived Doctor Who series itself when it returned to TV in 2005 (most notably Nicholas Briggs and Mark Gatiss).
BBV
BBV produced both Video and Audio spin-offs.
Audio
Auton Trilogy
Featured the Auton and Nestene. It also featured UNIT. Though there were no 'recognisable' characters from Doctor Who.
P.R.O.B.E.
Featured Caroline John reprising her role of Doctor Elizabeth Shaw working with P.R.O.B.E.
The Airzone Solution
The Airzone Solution is notable that while it doesn't have any narrative connection with Doctor Who it does feature; Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Nicola Bryant. It was also one of Jon Pertwee's final appearances (in film) before his death.
The Stranger
A series featuring Colin Baker as 'The Stranger' and his companion 'Miss Brown' played by Nicola Bryant.
- Summoned by Shadows
- More Than a Messiah
- In Memory Alone
- The Terror Game
- Breach of the Peace
- Eye of the Beholder
Do You Have a License to Save this Planet?
A parody of Doctor Who produced to mark BBV's 10th anniversary, this short film featured Sylvester McCoy as "The Foot Doctor" and poked fun at not only Doctor Who, but also BBV's line of spinoff dramas and the whole "fan film" genre.
Reeltime Pictures
Produced the large range of Myth Makers video interview tapes which interviewed much of the Doctor Who cast and crew. Reeltime Pictures were the first production company to make a Doctor Who spin-off licensed from the creator rather than through the BBC.
Myth Makers
to be added
Wartime
Return to Devil's End
A documentary featuring Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Barry Letts, John Levene and others revisiting the locations of The Daemons in the town of Aldbourne.
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
This is both a spin-off and part of a licensed Doctor Who release, Shakedown.
Downtime
Daemos Rising
to be added
