BBV Productions 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 . " It was a commercial enterprise founded to serve " Doctor Who " fans who were starved of content between the broadcasts of " Survival " and " 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 : Of these five types , this wiki is only interested in the first three . Because it ' s a little confusing , a list of BBV releases appears below to demonstrate which are DWU stories and which are not . Personnel . BBV developed a repertory company of actors that appeared in many of their productions , often playing different roles . Many of these actors were previously known from their work in " Doctor Who " , and included former Doctor actors Jon Pertwee , Peter Davison , Colin Baker , and Sylvester McCoy plus companion actors Caroline John , Louise Jameson , Nicola Bryant , and Sophie Aldred . Several actors appearing in these productions early in their careers went on to achieve further notability , including Nicholas Briggs , Mark Gatiss , and . A number of personnel behind - the - scenes and in front of the camera , including Briggs and Gatiss , would go on to work on licenced " Doctor Who " spinoffs at Virgin Books , BBC Books , and Big Finish Productions as well as the 2005 television revival of " Doctor Who . " Productions . Work in Video . 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 . 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 " Who " universe to appear ( although numerous " Who " actors made appearances as different characters ) . This proved problematic for the series , as Liz Shaw seemed very much changed following her leaving from UNIT ; this was due to BBV only acquiring the rights to use the character and had no rights to the Doctor , meaning that the series could make no explicit reference to any other aspect of " Who " – including the stories where Liz was present . BBV ' s next series of spin - off videos focused on UNIT and their battles with the Auton s . The first video of the series , " Auton " , was originally to feature Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart , however he had to withdraw due to ill health . The Brigadier was replaced by the original character of Lockwood , an enigmatic UNIT agent played by Michael Wade . After the success of the Auton trilogy , BBV went on to produce " 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 the " Doctor Who " parody " Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet ? " , in which Sylvester McCoy played a character called the Chiropodist ( aka Foot Doctor ) as he fought Cyberons , Auton s , and Sontaran s . In addition to references to past BBV productions , the film obliquely referenced various elements of " Doctor Who " and the unlicenced nature of BBV ' s body of work . BBV also ventured into non - fiction , producing documentaries such as " " and " " . BBV ' s final release was the 2008 drama " " , which featured Zygon s as both protagonists and antagonists . The main character Lauren Anderson had previously appeared in " Cyberon . " The film had actually been mostly shot by 2003 , but initially scrapped ; only after additional shooting years later was the film completed and released . Work in Audio . After experimenting with audio for a few years , BBV began regularly releasing audio dramas in 1998 under the umbrella title " Audio Adventures in Time and Space " . One line of adventures was " The Time Travellers " , starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred as " the Professor " and " Ace ; " the two so closely resembled their " Doctor Who " characters that , by the seventh story , the BBC had stepped in and demanded changes to not infringe copyrights – the main change was that the main characters were now called " the Dominie " and " Alice . " 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 unlicenced 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 - licenced line of " Doctor Who " audio dramas , instead moving on to audios featuring other characters from the " Who " universe such as The Rani ( licenced 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 ( fully licenced from his creators Bob Baker and Dave Martin . ) As with their videos , BBV also produced audios featuring original characters battling invasions by licenced aliens ( such as Auton s and Zygon s ) or close matches to " Doctor Who " monsters which were altered to avoid infringement ( such as the Cyberman - like " Cyberons . " ) BBV also released a series of stories by Lawrence Miles about his history - spanning cult organisation , Faction Paradox . In September 2003 BBV announced that it would be no longer producing audio stories , with the exception of " Faction Paradox , " and instead would focus on video releases . By December 2005 , past audio releases were being deleted from their catalogue . 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 , a film blog . No official store or web presence for BBV Productions remains , and no further activity under the BBV Productions banner is known . However the TARDIS Library website lists a number of BBV releases in 2012 , beginning with DVD reissues of the PROBE series in March 2012 , followed by August 2012 reissues of " Do You Have a License to Save This Planet ? " , " Cyberon " and " Bidding Adieu " . Bill Baggs has released another P . R . O . B . E . film , " When to Die " , in memory of Caroline John , featuring Hazel Burrows taking over the role of Liz Shaw . It was released on 15 April 2015 . Releases . Audio . The following list is ordered roughly by release date . See " Audio Adventures in Time & Space " for more information .