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|image = BBV | |image = BBV Logo 2021.jpg | ||
|founding date = [[1991 (releases)|1991]] | |founding date = [[1991 (releases)|1991]] | ||
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* 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 "[[Doctor Who pastiches|''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 | ||
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In [[2015 (releases)|2015]], BBV released, ''[[When to Die (home video)|When to Die]]'', the long-awaited return of the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series. | In [[2015 (releases)|2015]], BBV released, ''[[When to Die (home video)|When to Die]]'', the long-awaited return of the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series. | ||
=== Work in Audio === | === Work in Audio === | ||
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In [[September]] [[2003]] BBV announced that it would be no longer producing audio stories, with the exception of ''Faction Paradox,'' and instead would focus on video releases. By [[December]] [[2005]], past audio releases were being deleted from their catalogue. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090225210522/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk/news/script.cgi?&page=1 News] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> | In [[September]] [[2003]] BBV announced that it would be no longer producing audio stories, with the exception of ''Faction Paradox,'' and instead would focus on video releases. By [[December]] [[2005]], past audio releases were being deleted from their catalogue. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090225210522/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk/news/script.cgi?&page=1 News] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> | ||
=== Work in Webcasts === | |||
In [[2021 (releases)|2021]] BBV released [[P.R.O.B.E. Online]], a series of video diaries on their [[YouTube]] channel. | |||
== Current status == | == Current status == | ||
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, a film blog. No official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains, and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known. However the TARDIS Library website lists a number of BBV releases in 2012, beginning with DVD reissues of the PROBE series in March 2012, followed by August 2012 reissues of ''Do You Have a License to Save This Planet?'', ''Cyberon'' and ''Bidding Adieu''. | 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, a film blog. No official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains, and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known. However the TARDIS Library website lists a number of BBV releases in 2012, beginning with DVD reissues of the PROBE series in March 2012, followed by August 2012 reissues of ''Do You Have a License to Save This Planet?'', ''Cyberon'' and ''Bidding Adieu''. | ||
Bill Baggs has released another P.R.O.B.E. film, ''[[When to Die (home video)|When to Die]]'', in memory of [[Caroline John]], featuring Hazel Burrows taking over the role of Liz Shaw. It was released on [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. <ref>[https://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=1508&vts=gbYeAgI "Fifth PROBE film for pre-order"] - www.galaxy4.co.uk</ref> | Bill Baggs has released another P.R.O.B.E. film, ''[[When to Die (home video)|When to Die]]'', in memory of [[Caroline John]], featuring Hazel Burrows taking over the role of Liz Shaw. It was released on [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]]. <ref>[https://www.galaxy4.co.uk/product.thtml?id=1508&vts=gbYeAgI "Fifth PROBE film for pre-order"] - www.galaxy4.co.uk</ref> In 2018, BBV released ''Sunrise: Love Again'', an independent feature film written and directed by Bill Baggs. | ||
In late [[2020 (releases)|2020]] and continuing into [[2021 (releases)|2021]], BBV Productions started uploading interviews of various vintages with ''Doctor Who'' cast and crew to their YouTube channel, as well as making ''Sunrise: Love Again'' available for free as a form of promotion on the same channel. They also revived the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series with a series of webcasts, "''Case Files''" starring a returning Bill Baggs as [[Giles (When to Die)|Giles]]. These webcasts occasionally featured licensed appearances by, or references to, other DWU elements than P.R.O.B.E., including the [[Shed Scale]]s from ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]''. | |||
== Releases == | == Releases == | ||
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| style="background-color:#e25822; padding:10px;" |No<ref group="aud">[[Richard Franklin]], author of ''The Killing Stone'', guested on episode 297 of the podcast ''Radio Free Skaro''. While there, he revealed he was releasing the ''full'' version of ''The Killing Stone'' — which included 100% of the original script, plus more — later in [[2012]]. In doing so, he noted that the BBC were requiring him to change the names of all the characters involved, noting "the BBC copyright situation is rather tougher now than it was when I did ''The Killing Stone''". In an interview published in ''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]'', Baggs stated that he thought Franklin had cleared the publishing with the BBC, but that he mainly thought the publication was "fair" due to it featuring "his interpretations". Despite Bagg's claims, writer Dylan Rees still concludes that the publishing was and is "strictly speaking, illegal." Thus the original ''Killing Stone'' released by BBV is not currently considered a "licensed" work, and thus is no longer covered by this wiki.</ref> | | style="background-color:#e25822; padding:10px;" |No<ref group="aud">[[Richard Franklin]], author of ''The Killing Stone'', guested on episode 297 of the podcast ''Radio Free Skaro''. While there, he revealed he was releasing the ''full'' version of ''The Killing Stone'' — which included 100% of the original script, plus more — later in [[2012]]. In doing so, he noted that the BBC were requiring him to change the names of all the characters involved, noting "the BBC copyright situation is rather tougher now than it was when I did ''The Killing Stone''". In an interview published in ''[[Downtime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who]]'', Baggs stated that he thought Franklin had cleared the publishing with the BBC, but that he mainly thought the publication was "fair" due to it featuring "his interpretations". Despite Bagg's claims, writer Dylan Rees still concludes that the publishing was and is "strictly speaking, illegal." Thus the original ''Killing Stone'' released by BBV is not currently considered a "licensed" work, and thus is no longer covered by this wiki.</ref> | ||
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=== Audio === | |||
The following list is ordered roughly by release date. See ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' for more information. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="border:1px black outset; width:90%; margin:auto;" | |||
|- style="border-bottom:3px solid black" | |||
! style="background-color:#ececec;border-bottom:1px solid black" width="33%" |Story title | |||
! style="background-color:#b1b0c7;border-bottom:1px solid black" width="33%" |Writer | |||
! style="background-color:#5a5480; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid black" width="33%" |Series | |||
|- style="padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid black" | |||
| style="padding:10px;" |''[[Case File - Stacey Facade (webcast)|Case File - Stacey Facade]]'' | |||
| style="background-color:#b1b0c7; color:#fff; padding:10px;" |[[James Hornby]] | |||
| style="background-color:#5a5480; color:black; padding:10px;" |''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' | |||
|- style="padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid black" | |||
| style="padding:10px;" |''[[Case File - Manchester (webcast)|Case File - Manchester]]'' | |||
| style="background-color:#b1b0c7; color:#fff; padding:10px;" |[[James Hornby]] | |||
| style="background-color:#5a5480; color:black; padding:10px;" |''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' | |||
|- style="padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid black" | |||
| style="padding:10px;" |''[[Case File - Peckham Poltergeist (webcast)|Case File - Peckham Poltergeist]]'' | |||
| style="background-color:#b1b0c7; color:#fff; padding:10px;" |[[James Hornby]] | |||
| style="background-color:#5a5480; color:black; padding:10px;" |''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' | |||
|- style="padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid black" | |||
| style="padding:10px;" |''[[Case File - Shadow People (webcast)|Case File - Shadow People]]'' | |||
| style="background-color:#b1b0c7; color:#fff; padding:10px;" |[[James Hornby]] | |||
| style="background-color:#5a5480; color:black; padding:10px;" |''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' | |||
|} | |||
{{reflist|2|group=aud}} | {{reflist|2|group=aud}} | ||
