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[[File:BBV logo.jpg|thumb|right|BBV logo, 1996 ([[DOC]]: ''[[Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary]]'')]] | [[File:BBV logo.jpg|thumb|right|BBV logo, 1996 ([[DOC]]: ''[[Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary]]'')]] | ||
'''BBV Productions''' (also known as '''Bill & Ben Video''') was a [[British]] video production company founded by [[Bill Baggs]] in [[1991]]. The company was named for Baggs himself and his wife Helen, whose nickname is "Ben."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090216172424/http://bbvonline.co.uk/about_us.html "About BBV"] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> It was a commercial enterprise founded to serve ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]. Towards this end it heavily used ''Doctor Who'' actors and, when possible, characters. | '''BBV Productions''' (also known as '''Bill & Ben Video''') was a [[British]] video production company founded by [[Bill Baggs]] in [[1991]]. The company was named for Baggs himself and his wife Helen, whose nickname is "Ben."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090216172424/http://bbvonline.co.uk/about_us.html "About BBV"] - bbvonline.co.uk (archived)</ref> It was a commercial enterprise founded to serve ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''. Towards this end it heavily used ''Doctor Who'' actors and, when possible, characters. BBV therefore quickly gained the reputation for putting out content that was "almost official" or "nearly ''Doctor Who''". In truth, though, its output was a bit more varied than that. Most of it could safely be put into one of five categories: | ||
*documentaries | *documentaries | ||
*fiction using characters owned by individual ''Doctor Who'' writers | *fiction using characters owned by individual ''Doctor Who'' writers | ||
*fiction using characters owned by the BBC whom the BBC gave BBV permission to use | |||
*what [[Nicholas Briggs]] has called "Who clones", or things that were very close to ''Doctor Who'', but the names were changed to keep the BBC at bay | *what [[Nicholas Briggs]] has called "Who clones", or things that were very close to ''Doctor Who'', but the names were changed to keep the BBC at bay | ||
*some wholly original material using nothing that connected to the DWU, aside possibly from ''Doctor Who'' actors | *some wholly original material using nothing that connected to the DWU, aside possibly from ''Doctor Who'' actors | ||
Of these | Of these five types, this wiki is only interested in the first three. Because it's a little confusing, [[#Releases|a list of BBV releases]] appears below to demonstrate which are DWU stories and which are not. | ||
== Personnel == | == Personnel == | ||
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BBV's first production was the [[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. 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 first production was the [[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. 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. | ||
