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[[File:BBV logo.jpg|thumb|right|BBV logo, 1996 ([[DOC]]: ''[[Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary]]'')]] | [[File:BBV logo.jpg|thumb|right|BBV logo, 1996 ([[DOC]]: ''[[Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary]]'')]] | ||
'''BBV Productions''' (also known as '''Bill & Ben Video''') was a [[British]] video production company founded by [[Bill Baggs]] in [[1991]]. The company was named for Baggs himself and his wife Helen, whose nickname is "Ben."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090216172424/http://bbvonline.co.uk/about_us.html "About BBV"] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> It was a commercial enterprise founded to serve ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. Towards this end it heavily used ''Doctor Who'' actors and, when possible, characters. BBV therefore quickly gained the reputation for putting out content that was "almost official" or "nearly ''Doctor Who''". In truth, though, its output was a bit more varied than that. Most of it could safely be put into one of five categories: | '''BBV Productions''' (also known as '''Bill & Ben Video''') was a [[British]] video production company founded by [[Bill Baggs]] in [[1991]]. The company was named for Baggs himself and his wife Helen, whose nickname is "Ben."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090216172424/http://bbvonline.co.uk/about_us.html "About BBV"] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> It was a commercial enterprise founded to serve ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. Towards this end it heavily used ''Doctor Who'' actors and, when possible, characters. BBV therefore quickly gained the reputation for putting out content that was "almost official" or "nearly ''Doctor Who''". In truth, though, its output was a bit more varied than that. Most of it could safely be put into one of five categories: | ||
*documentaries | * documentaries | ||
*fiction using characters owned by individual ''Doctor Who'' writers | * fiction using characters owned by individual ''Doctor Who'' writers | ||
*fiction using characters owned by the BBC whom the BBC gave BBV permission to use | * fiction using characters owned by the BBC whom the BBC gave BBV permission to use | ||
*what [[Nicholas Briggs]] has called "Who clones", or things that were very close to ''Doctor Who'', but the names were changed to keep the BBC at bay | * what [[Nicholas Briggs]] has called "Who clones", or things that were very close to ''Doctor Who'', but the names were changed to keep the BBC at bay | ||
*some wholly original material using nothing that connected to the DWU, aside possibly from ''Doctor Who'' actors | * some wholly original material using nothing that connected to the DWU, aside possibly from ''Doctor Who'' actors | ||
Of these five types, this wiki is only interested in the first three. Because it's a little confusing, [[#Releases|a list of BBV releases]] appears below to demonstrate which are DWU stories and which are not. | Of these five types, this wiki is only interested in the first three. Because it's a little confusing, [[#Releases|a list of BBV releases]] appears below to demonstrate which are DWU stories and which are not. | ||
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The official BBV Productions website, bbvonline.co.uk, became inaccessible in late 2009. In January, 2011 the domain was taken up by a new registrant and used for an unrelated site. {{As of|2012|3}}, no official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains, and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known. | The official BBV Productions website, bbvonline.co.uk, became inaccessible in late 2009. In January, 2011 the domain was taken up by a new registrant and used for an unrelated site. {{As of|2012|3}}, no official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains, and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known. | ||
==Releases== | == Releases == | ||
===Video=== | === Video === | ||
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{{reflist|2|group=vid}} | {{reflist|2|group=vid}} | ||
===Audio=== | === Audio === | ||
The following list is ordered roughly by release date. See ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' for more information. | The following list is ordered roughly by release date. See ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' for more information. | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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