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The first of the Audio Adventures that didn't feature McCoy and Aldred was a two-story series called ''The Wanderer'', which featured [[Nicholas Briggs]] as an amnesiac space-traveller who one of the other characters dubs "Fred". Briggs had previously played the Doctor for unlicensed fan audios made by [[Audio Visuals]]; the ''Wanderer'' stories were a deliberate continuation of that series in all but name. | The first of the Audio Adventures that didn't feature McCoy and Aldred was a two-story series called ''The Wanderer'', which featured [[Nicholas Briggs]] as an amnesiac space-traveller who one of the other characters dubs "Fred". Briggs had previously played the Doctor for unlicensed fan audios made by [[Audio Visuals]]; the ''Wanderer'' stories were a deliberate continuation of that series in all but name. | ||
BBV moved away from audio stories about characters that could be the Doctor after the establishment of [[Big Finish Productions]]' officially-licensed line of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas, instead moving on to audios featuring other characters from the ''Who'' universe such as [[The Rani]] (licensed from her creators [[Pip and Jane Baker]]) as well as a thinly-veiled post-''[[ | BBV moved away from audio stories about characters that could be the Doctor after the establishment of [[Big Finish Productions]]' officially-licensed line of ''Doctor Who'' audio dramas, instead moving on to audios featuring other characters from the ''Who'' universe such as [[The Rani]] (licensed from her creators [[Pip and Jane Baker]]) as well as a thinly-veiled post-''[[Warriors' Gate]]'' [[Romana II]] (referred to only as "The Mistress" to avoid infringement) and [[K9 Mark II]] (fully licensed from his creators [[Bob Baker]] and [[Dave Martin]].) | ||
As with their videos, BBV also produced audios featuring original characters battling invasions by licenced monsters (such as the [[Auton]]s) or close matches to ''Doctor Who'' monsters which were sufficiently altered to avoid infringement (such as the [[Cyberman]]-like "Cyberons." | As with their videos, BBV also produced audios featuring original characters battling invasions by licenced monsters (such as the [[Auton]]s) or close matches to ''Doctor Who'' monsters which were sufficiently altered to avoid infringement (such as the [[Cyberman]]-like "Cyberons." | ||
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==Current status== | ==Current status== | ||
The official BBV Productions website, bbvonline.co.uk, became inaccessible in late 2009. In January, 2011 the domain was taken up by a new registrant and used for an unrelated site. No official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains, and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known. | The official BBV Productions website, bbvonline.co.uk, became inaccessible in late 2009. In January, 2011 the domain was taken up by a new registrant and used for an unrelated site. No official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains, and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known. | ||
==Published Works== | ==Published Works== | ||
