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Bill Baggs ultimately returned to DWU work with a new ''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 (releases)|2018]], BBV released ''Sunrise: Love Again'', an independent feature film directed by Bill Baggs and cowritten between Baggs and Kristina Wilde. It featured significant shared cast with ''When to Die'', but otherwise had no stylistic, let alone narrative, relationship to the DWU.<ref>[https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/BBV-Sunrise-Love-Again-a-Romantic-Comedy-FILM-DOWNLOAD-p420510851 ''Sunrise: Love Again'' on the BBV Productions website]</ref> | Bill Baggs ultimately returned to DWU work with a new ''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 (releases)|2018]], BBV released ''Sunrise: Love Again'', an independent feature film directed by Bill Baggs and cowritten between Baggs and Kristina Wilde. It featured significant shared cast with ''When to Die'', but otherwise had no stylistic, let alone narrative, relationship to the DWU.<ref>[https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/BBV-Sunrise-Love-Again-a-Romantic-Comedy-FILM-DOWNLOAD-p420510851 ''Sunrise: Love Again'' on the BBV Productions website]</ref> | ||
=== 2021-2022: | === 2021-2022: Renaissance === | ||
[[File:P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2 - Cover.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bill Baggs]] himself starred as [[Giles]] in the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files]]''.]]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]]. 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]]''. | [[File:P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2 - Cover.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bill Baggs]] himself starred as [[Giles]] in the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files]]''.]]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]]. 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]]''. | ||
This preceded the revival of the BBV website at new domain BBVProductions.co.uk in the first half of 2021, which made all of the company's back catalogue (both DWU and otherwise) available as paid downloads as well as permitting the order or preorder of home media releases. A new season of ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' was begun, including original ''P.R.O.B.E.'' stories featuring the "new team", as well as the reissuing of the hitherto-unrelated-to-BBV audio series ''The Minister of Chance'' as part of the label. Through partnerships with [[Thebes Publishing]] and [[Arcbeatle Press]], ''[[Erimem (series)|Erimem]]'', ''[[Cyberon (anthology)|Cyberon]]'' and ''[[Cwej: The Series]]'' ebooks were also sold through the BBV website, even as they remained available through their primary publishers. | This preceded the revival of the BBV website at new domain BBVProductions.co.uk in the first half of 2021, which made all of the company's back catalogue (both DWU and otherwise) available as paid downloads as well as permitting the order or preorder of home media releases. A new season of ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' was begun, including original ''P.R.O.B.E.'' stories featuring the "new team", as well as the reissuing of the hitherto-unrelated-to-BBV audio series ''The Minister of Chance'' as part of the label. Through partnerships with [[Thebes Publishing]] and [[Arcbeatle Press]], ''[[Erimem (series)|Erimem]]'', ''[[Cyberon (anthology)|Cyberon]]'' and ''[[Cwej: The Series]]'' ebooks were also sold through the BBV website, even as they remained available through their primary publishers. | ||
In [[June (releases)|June]], BBV announced that they had reacquired the ''Faction Paradox'' audio and video license, releasing new standalone ''Faction Paradox'' audio stories, scriptbooks of ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'', and ebook and audiobook versions of [[Lance Parkin]]'s rejected ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' entry ''[[Mr Saldaamir (short story)|Mr Saldaamir]]''. Notably, some of BBV's early decisions | In [[June (releases)|June]], BBV announced that they had reacquired the ''Faction Paradox'' audio and video license, releasing new standalone ''Faction Paradox'' audio stories, scriptbooks of ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'', and ebook and audiobook versions of [[Lance Parkin]]'s rejected ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'' entry ''[[Mr Saldaamir (short story)|Mr Saldaamir]]''. Notably, some of BBV's early decisions were met with backlash from Faction Paradox's own creator, [[Lawrence Miles]].<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url=https://twitter.com/The_Beasthouse/status/1401654193312706562 | |url=https://twitter.com/The_Beasthouse/status/1401654193312706562 | ||
|title=I strongly recommend that you don't buy any Faction Paradox material from BBV. | |title=I strongly recommend that you don't buy any Faction Paradox material from BBV. | ||
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|archiveurl=https://archive.today/gvr1M | |archiveurl=https://archive.today/gvr1M | ||
|archivedate=6 June 2021 | |archivedate=6 June 2021 | ||
}}</ref> Around the same time, an agreement was | }}</ref> Around the same time, an agreement was made with [[Hannah Hatt]] of the Haisman estate for the license to [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]]. BBV launched a series of audiobooks, ''[[The Brigadier Adventures]]'', which also tied in with the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url=https://scifibulletin.com/2021/06/29/baggs-brings-the-brigadier-to-bbv/ | |url=https://scifibulletin.com/2021/06/29/baggs-brings-the-brigadier-to-bbv/ | ||
|title="Baggs bring the Brigadier to BBV" | |title="Baggs bring the Brigadier to BBV" | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
In [[September (releases)|September]],<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1434063684960198656 BBV Productions on Twitter]</ref> | In [[September (releases)|September]],<ref>[https://twitter.com/bbv_productions/status/1434063684960198656 BBV Productions on Twitter]</ref> BBV launched a line of print and ebook ''[[Novelisations in Time & Space]]'', adapting some of their ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' in prose form. The initial slate included ''[[Republica (novelisation)|Republica]]'' as well as two further Cyberon stories, ''[[Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)|Cyber-Hunt]]'' and ''[[Cybergeddon (novelisation)|Cybergeddon]]''. In all cases, licensed elements from the ''Doctor Who'' universe were added to the original "pastiche" narrative, as had been done more prominently in Arcbeatle's earlier licensed ''Cyberon'' anthology. | ||
In [[October (releases)|October]] 2021, however, public outcry erupted over BBV's hiring and defense of an accused child predator on a [[Sherlock Holmes]] audio project.<ref>{{cite web | In [[October (releases)|October]] 2021, however, public outcry erupted over BBV's hiring and defense of an accused child predator on a [[Sherlock Holmes]] audio project.<ref>{{cite web | ||
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|website name=r/Gallifrey | |website name=r/Gallifrey | ||
|date of source=29 October 2021 | |date of source=29 October 2021 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> At the same time, further allegations emerged regarding Baggs's lack of support, monetary or otherwise, for writing and production crew.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url=https://twitter.com/NoNotTheMemes/status/1453905041006362624 | |||
|title= Tweet by Jacob Keith | |||
|author=[[Jacob Keith]] | |||
|website name=Jacob Keith on Twitter | |||
|date of source=28 October 2021 | |||
|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/1d2vo | |||
|archivedate=5 March 2022 | |||
}}</ref> Many creatives ended their association with the company, in the process cancelling planned future releases including ''[[Minalopa (novel)|Minalopa]]''<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://twitter.com/MarvelousMop/status/1453976026678169600 | |url=https://twitter.com/MarvelousMop/status/1453976026678169600 | ||
|title= Yeah so, needless to say, I'm not going to be associating with BBV anymore. Not after all this. | |title= Yeah so, needless to say, I'm not going to be associating with BBV anymore. Not after all this. | ||
|website name=Callum Phillpott on Twitter | |website name=Callum Phillpott on Twitter | ||
|date of source=29 October 2021 | |date of source=29 October 2021 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> and a ''[[Doctor Omega (series)|Doctor Omega]]'' audio series.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url= https://twitter.com/ColeHrusovsky/status/1461343363668533249 | |url= https://twitter.com/ColeHrusovsky/status/1461343363668533249 | ||
|title= I was actually developing a Doctor Omega audio series with BBV before... you know... | |title= I was actually developing a Doctor Omega audio series with BBV before... you know... | ||
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|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/fKExR | |archiveurl=https://archive.ph/fKExR | ||
|archivedate= 3 March 2022 | |archivedate= 3 March 2022 | ||
}}</ref> Former contributors to BBV's ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'': ''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Rebirth]]'' range | }}</ref> Former contributors to BBV's ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'': ''[[Rebirth (audio series)|Rebirth]]'' range stated in early [[March (releases)|March]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] that Baggs "no longer has his hands on" ''Faction Paradox''.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url=https://twitter.com/NoNotTheMemes/status/1499205683736055813 | |url=https://twitter.com/NoNotTheMemes/status/1499205683736055813 | ||
|title= Tweet by Jacob Keith | |title= Tweet by Jacob Keith | ||
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|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/Qox39 | |archiveurl=https://archive.ph/Qox39 | ||
|archivedate=3 March 2022 | |archivedate=3 March 2022 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
BBV continued releasing new material in the ''[[P.R.O.B.E. (series)|P.R.O.B.E.]]'' range. After collecting most of the existing ''Case Files'' into ''[[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 1]]'', they released a [[P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2|''Volume 2'']] in [[February (releases)|February]] 2022. The same year also saw the debut of a new ''P.R.O.B.E.'' audiobook subseries, ''[[New Companions (series)|New Companions]]'', launching with ''[[Maxie (audio story)|Maxie]]'', written and read by [[Bill Baggs]] himself. | |||
==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
