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No, it's "BBC and Big Finish productions" as in "productions of the BBC and Big Finish".
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== Officially licensed from individual copyright holders == | == Officially licensed from individual copyright holders == | ||
Beginning in 1987 with the release of ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'' by [[Reeltime Pictures]], a number of professionally produced spin-off films and audio dramas have been produced. As noted above, these differ from BBC and Big Finish | Beginning in 1987 with the release of ''[[Wartime (home video)|Wartime]]'' by [[Reeltime Pictures]], a number of professionally produced spin-off films and audio dramas have been produced. As noted above, these differ from BBC and Big Finish productions in that they usually only feature characters or monsters not owned by the BBC, but rather licensed from their creators. Some spin-offs are original works using original character strongly suggested by characters in ''Doctor Who'' (such as The Stranger). In many cases, original cast members from ''Doctor Who'' reprised their TV roles for these films and several involved behind-the-scenes veterans of the series (for example, [[Christopher Barry]], who co-directed the very first [[Dalek]]s story in 1963-64, directed ''[[Downtime (home video)|Downtime]]''). | ||
A number of writers and actors involved in these productions later went on to work with BBC licensed ''Doctor Who'' spinoffs such as the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas, and even on the revived ''Doctor Who'' series itself when it returned to TV in 2005 (most notably [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Mark Gatiss]]). By way of comparison, these spin-off productions, often classified as fan films, are in spirit similar to the professionally made fan films based upon the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise that began to emerge in the early 2000s when the rights holders for ''Star Trek'' relaxed their restrictions. However, unlike the ''Star Trek ''fan films, all of the productions listed below were fully licensed. | A number of writers and actors involved in these productions later went on to work with BBC licensed ''Doctor Who'' spinoffs such as the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio dramas, and even on the revived ''Doctor Who'' series itself when it returned to TV in 2005 (most notably [[Nicholas Briggs]] and [[Mark Gatiss]]). By way of comparison, these spin-off productions, often classified as fan films, are in spirit similar to the professionally made fan films based upon the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise that began to emerge in the early 2000s when the rights holders for ''Star Trek'' relaxed their restrictions. However, unlike the ''Star Trek ''fan films, all of the productions listed below were fully licensed. | ||
