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== History == | == History == | ||
=== Early 1990s: Home video beginnings === | === Early 1990s: Home video beginnings === | ||
[[File:Auton 2 VHS cover.png|thumb|left|The [[Auton Trilogy]] was one of BBV's biggest commercial successes with their commercially-licensed [[Doctor Who spin-offs|''Doctor Who'' spin-offs]], showcasing [[UNIT]] battling the [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestenes]] without [[the Doctor]].]]BBV's first production was the [[1992 (releases)|1992]] video release ''Summoned by Shadows'', which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and starred Colin Baker playing an unnamed character only known as the Stranger and Nicola Bryant as Miss Brown. Although these characters were evidently reminiscent of the pair of the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]], Bryant did not use her American accent for the ''Stranger'' Miss Brown, setting her performance apart from Peri, and later | [[File:Auton 2 VHS cover.png|thumb|left|The [[Auton Trilogy]] was one of BBV's biggest commercial successes with their commercially-licensed [[Doctor Who spin-offs|''Doctor Who'' spin-offs]], showcasing [[UNIT]] battling the [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestenes]] without [[the Doctor]].]]BBV's first production was the [[1992 (releases)|1992]] video release ''Summoned by Shadows'', which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and starred Colin Baker playing an unnamed character only known as the Stranger and Nicola Bryant as Miss Brown. Although these characters were evidently reminiscent of the pair of the [[Sixth Doctor]] and [[Peri Brown]], Bryant did not use her American accent for the ''Stranger'' Miss Brown, setting her performance apart from Peri, and later instalments of the series gave the Strange and Miss Brown a notably different backstory from "a Time Lord and his companion". Overall, the Stranger's adventures were chronicled on six videos and an audio adventure, many of which featured former ''Who'' cast members. The sixth video, ''Eye of the Beholder'', was later re-released as the audio story ''Eye of the Storm''. | ||
BBV's next release was the ecologically-themed thriller ''The Airzone Solution'', which was about a near-future conspiracy. The video was released in [[1993]], coinciding with the 30th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' and featured four actors previously cast as the Doctor. | BBV's next release was the ecologically-themed thriller ''The Airzone Solution'', which was about a near-future conspiracy. The video was released in [[1993]], coinciding with the 30th anniversary of ''Doctor Who'' and featured four actors previously cast as the Doctor. | ||
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[[File:Cyberon.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cyberon]]s, among BBV's most enduring "original" creations, but clearly pasticheing the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], debuted in Season 1 of the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' before making the jump to live-action a few years down the line]]After the success of the ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'', BBV attempted to secure the rights to the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and began production on ''[[Cyberwar (unproduced home video)|Cyberwar]]'', a film which would prospectively feature Cybermen hunting characters on a remote island. Some drafts of the story also featured the [[Ice Warrior]]s. Although the film had already been announced, negotiations for the rights to the Cybermen ultimately fell through. While continuing to develop video material, Baggs set [[Nigel Fairs]] to the task of developing a line of audio dramas under the BBV brand, taking the team back to their ''[[Audio Visuals]]'' roots. The first season of BBV's all-purpose audio range, the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'', was mostly given over to ''The Time Travellers'', a series of ''Doctor Who'' pastiches starring [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] — who had yet to reprise their actual DWU roles as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] with [[Big Finish Productions]]. | [[File:Cyberon.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cyberon]]s, among BBV's most enduring "original" creations, but clearly pasticheing the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]], debuted in Season 1 of the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' before making the jump to live-action a few years down the line]]After the success of the ''[[Auton Trilogy]]'', BBV attempted to secure the rights to the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and began production on ''[[Cyberwar (unproduced home video)|Cyberwar]]'', a film which would prospectively feature Cybermen hunting characters on a remote island. Some drafts of the story also featured the [[Ice Warrior]]s. Although the film had already been announced, negotiations for the rights to the Cybermen ultimately fell through. While continuing to develop video material, Baggs set [[Nigel Fairs]] to the task of developing a line of audio dramas under the BBV brand, taking the team back to their ''[[Audio Visuals]]'' roots. The first season of BBV's all-purpose audio range, the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'', was mostly given over to ''The Time Travellers'', a series of ''Doctor Who'' pastiches starring [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Sophie Aldred]] — who had yet to reprise their actual DWU roles as the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] with [[Big Finish Productions]]. | ||
However, ''Cyber-Hunt'', the seventh and final release in the season, broke the | However, ''Cyber-Hunt'', the seventh and final release in the season, broke the mould. Advertised as the start of a new series entitled ''The Wanderer'', it salvaged story elements from the cancelled ''Cyberwar'' project and starred [[Nicholas Briggs]] as the amnesiac traveller [[Fred]] (who was never referred to as "the Wanderer" in-story). Briggs had previously played the Doctor for unlicenced fan audios made by [[Audio Visuals]]; the ''Wanderer'' stories were a deliberate continuation of that series in all but name, with Fred being written as an amnesiac version of the ''Audio Visuals'' Doctor, with the BBC-copyrighted elements of the "Doctor" character stripped away via the amnesia plot device.<ref name="justyce-briggs">[http://www.justyce.org/nick-briggs-03-april-2000.html Nick Briggs interview, justyce.org, April 2000]</ref> | ||
{{quote|[[Bill Baggs|Bill]] was worried about getting sued by the BBC, so he wanted to further distance his 'Who Clone' products by casting someone who hadn't been the Doctor (officially)... Me! I was very reluctant, but Bill was relentless and persuasive. [...] He told me to write Doctor Who, but find some clever way of making it lawyer-proof!|[[Nicholas Briggs]]<ref name="justyce-briggs" />}} | {{quote|[[Bill Baggs|Bill]] was worried about getting sued by the BBC, so he wanted to further distance his 'Who Clone' products by casting someone who hadn't been the Doctor (officially)... Me! I was very reluctant, but Bill was relentless and persuasive. [...] He told me to write Doctor Who, but find some clever way of making it lawyer-proof!|[[Nicholas Briggs]]<ref name="justyce-briggs" />}} | ||
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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]]'', starting by 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 [[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]]'', starting by 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 | In [[October (releases)|October]] 2021, however, public outcry erupted over BBV's hiring and defence of an accused child predator on a [[Sherlock Holmes]] audio project.<ref>{{cite web | ||
|url = https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/qig08e/ | |url = https://www.reddit.com/r/gallifrey/comments/qig08e/ | ||
|title=Thread on the Current Situation with BBV Productions | |title=Thread on the Current Situation with BBV Productions | ||
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[[Category:Real world production companies]] | [[Category:Real world production companies]] | ||
