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The series started out starring [[Caroline John]], playing an older version of television's [[Third Doctor]] [[companion]] [[Liz Shaw|Doctor Liz Shaw]], and featuring her adventures working at the [[Preternatural Research Bureau]], investigating unusual phenomena whilst struggling with the indifference and derision of the government and the police. | The series started out starring [[Caroline John]], playing an older version of television's [[Third Doctor]] [[companion]] [[Liz Shaw|Doctor Liz Shaw]], and featuring her adventures working at the [[Preternatural Research Bureau]], investigating unusual phenomena whilst struggling with the indifference and derision of the government and the police. | ||
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]]{{'}}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> | ||
