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BBV's first production was the [[1991]] video release of [[Summoned by Shadows]] which was co-produced by the [[BBC Film Club]] and stared Colin Baker playing an unnamed character only known as the stranger and Nicola Bryant as Miss Brown. The stranger's adventures were chronicled on six videos and an audio adventure many of which featured former cast members of Doctor Who. 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]].

In [[1994]] BBV released the first video in the [[P.R.O.B.E.]] series, [[The Zero Imperative]] which saw a departure for BBV as [[Liz Shaw]] was the only character from the Doctor Who universe to appear although numerous actors who had appeared in Doctor Who made appearances as different characters. This proved problematic for the series as Liz Shaw seemed a different character of that of the one appearing in the doctor who universe, which was due to BBV only acquiring the rights to use the character and therefore had no rights to Doctor Who meaning that the series could make no explicit reference to any other aspect of Doctor Who even the stories that Liz was present in.  

BBV's next series of spin off videos focused on the organization [[UNIT]] and their battles with the [[Auton]]s the first video of the series [[Auton (video)|Auton]] was originally going to feature [[Nicholas Courtney]] who would have reprised his Doctor Who role as UNIT commander [[Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] but had to withdraw from the project due to ill health making this the first BBV production not to feature any cast from the doctor who series. The Brigadier's character was replaced by an original character of [[Lockwood]], an enigmatic UNIT agent played by [[Michael Wade]].

After the success of the Auton trilogy of videos, BBV went on to produce [[Cyberon (video)|Cyberon]] which featured an alien race of cyborgs reminiscent of the [[Cybermen]] called the [[Cyberon]]. The Cyberon would later go on to appear in an audio story, [[Cybergeddon]].

In [[2001]] BBV released a Spoof video featuring Sylvester McCoy titled [[Do You Have a License to Save this Planet?]] in which McCoy played a character called the Chiropodist which means the foot doctor. The video not only made references to past BBV productions but to Doctor who as well.

BBV's latest video production is called [[Zygon: When being you just isn't enough]] though previously titled ''Zygon: When Being Me Is Not Enough'' In which Mike Kirkwood dreams of being a monster, he is in fact a Zygon, believeing himself to be human. This story also features Jo Castleton's character of Doctor Lauren Anderson from Cyberon.