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It also featured a final ''The Time Travellers'' audio, starring [[Sylvester McCoy]] alone; entitled ''Punchline'', it is notable as an early DWU-related work of [[Rob Shearman]], who would go on to create celebrated Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' works such as ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'' and ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'', as well as the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] [[Ninth Doctor]] TV episode ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. The season was rounded off by ''Infidel's Comet'', a story set in the DWU but principally focusing on original characters and concepts, though it featured cameos by a [[Sontaran]], a [[Zygon]] and a [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestene]], as well as ''The Pattern'', an attempt at an entirely standalone sci-fi audio drama. | It also featured a final ''The Time Travellers'' audio, starring [[Sylvester McCoy]] alone; entitled ''Punchline'', it is notable as an early DWU-related work of [[Rob Shearman]], who would go on to create celebrated Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' works such as ''[[The Holy Terror (audio story)|The Holy Terror]]'' and ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]'', as well as the [[2005 (releases)|2005]] [[Ninth Doctor]] TV episode ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. The season was rounded off by ''Infidel's Comet'', a story set in the DWU but principally focusing on original characters and concepts, though it featured cameos by a [[Sontaran]], a [[Zygon]] and a [[Nestene Consciousness|Nestene]], as well as ''The Pattern'', an attempt at an entirely standalone sci-fi audio drama. | ||
In [[2001 (releases)|2001]], following the success of the BBC's own comedy take on the DWU in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' BBV released their own spoof featurette, ''[[Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? (home video)|Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?]]''. It was a [[Doctor Who parodies|''Doctor Who'' parody]] primarily poking fun at BBV's own practices, with a turning point in the plot involving [[Cyberon]]s who wished to regain "handlebars" and thereby become true [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] so that they could sell merchandise of themselves. The story prominently featured licensed appearances by [[Auton]]s and [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] as well as a cartoon prologue featuring [[Rassilon]]. [[Sylvester McCoy]] starred as a parody of the [[Seventh Doctor]] named "[[The Foot Doctor|the Chiropodist]]", who was a | In [[2001 (releases)|2001]], following the success of the BBC's own comedy take on the DWU in ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'' BBV released their own spoof featurette, ''[[Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? (home video)|Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?]]''. It was a [[Doctor Who parodies|''Doctor Who'' parody]] primarily poking fun at BBV's own practices, with a turning point in the plot involving [[Cyberon]]s who wished to regain "handlebars" and thereby become true [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] so that they could sell merchandise of themselves. The story prominently featured licensed appearances by [[Auton]]s and [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] as well as a cartoon prologue featuring [[Rassilon]]. [[Sylvester McCoy]] starred as a parody of the [[Seventh Doctor]] named "[[The Foot Doctor|the Chiropodist]]", who was a "Chrono-Duke" instead of a [[Time Lord]] and travelled in a flying washing machine. | ||
[[File:The Shadow Play.jpg|thumb|left|As the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' wound down in the early 2000s, pride of place was increasingly given to ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''.]]Season 4 of the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' was released over a longer periods of time than its predecessors, spanning [[2001 (releases)|2001]] through [[2004 (releases)|2004]]. It opened on the launch of ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'', the vanguard of of [[Lawrence Miles]]' wider ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' franchise, newly spun-off from the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|''Eighth Doctor Adventures]]. The season continued the ''[[Zygon (series)|Zygon]]'' and ''[[Krynoid (audio series)|Krynoid]]'' series, featured a single release in the new ''[[Rutans (series)|Rutans]]'' series, and also included ''[[The Quality of Mercy (audio story)|The Quality of Mercy]]'', not branded as part of a specific series but which featured the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' character of [[Guy de Carnac]]. There were plans for [[Bring me the Head of Sabalom Glitz (audio story)|a spin-off]] based on [[Sabalom Glitz]], but it and several other projects fell through when BBV announced in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] that they would be no longer producing audio stories, with the exception of ''Faction Paradox'' and instead would focus on video releases. By [[December (releases)|December]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]], past audio releases were being deleted from their online catalogue,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090225210522/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk/news/script.cgi?&page=1 News] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> although they would later be made available once more in [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | [[File:The Shadow Play.jpg|thumb|left|As the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' wound down in the early 2000s, pride of place was increasingly given to ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''.]]Season 4 of the ''[[Audio Adventures in Time & Space]]'' was released over a longer periods of time than its predecessors, spanning [[2001 (releases)|2001]] through [[2004 (releases)|2004]]. It opened on the launch of ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'', the vanguard of of [[Lawrence Miles]]' wider ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' franchise, newly spun-off from the [[BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures|''Eighth Doctor Adventures]]. The season continued the ''[[Zygon (series)|Zygon]]'' and ''[[Krynoid (audio series)|Krynoid]]'' series, featured a single release in the new ''[[Rutans (series)|Rutans]]'' series, and also included ''[[The Quality of Mercy (audio story)|The Quality of Mercy]]'', not branded as part of a specific series but which featured the ''[[Virgin New Adventures]]'' character of [[Guy de Carnac]]. There were plans for [[Bring me the Head of Sabalom Glitz (audio story)|a spin-off]] based on [[Sabalom Glitz]], but it and several other projects fell through when BBV announced in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2003 (releases)|2003]] that they would be no longer producing audio stories, with the exception of ''Faction Paradox'' and instead would focus on video releases. By [[December (releases)|December]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]], past audio releases were being deleted from their online catalogue,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090225210522/http://www.bbvonline.co.uk/news/script.cgi?&page=1 News] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> although they would later be made available once more in [[2021 (releases)|2021]]. | ||
