List of DWU concepts not owned by the BBC

The following is a non-exhaustive list of recurring characters, species and concepts which have appeared in Doctor Who, or any of its licensed spin-offs, where the owner of the element is not the BBC.
When a freelance writer writes new Doctor Who stories, they have the option of retaining control of any new characters. Thus, the writer, not the BBC, holds legal rights to the character or concept.
This can result in officially licensed, non-BBC-affiliated stories, like the Dalek comic stories in TV Century 21, the television series K9, or the Faction Paradox series.
Alternatively, licensed publishers sometimes retained the rights to characters and concepts introduced in their Doctor Who stories, as opposed to either the BBC or the individual writers. According to John Dorney, for as long as Virgin Books were in business publishing Doctor Who books, they retained the rights to characters and monsters introduced in Virgin New Adventures and Virgin Missing Adventures novels, although those rights appeared to have reverted to the original writers after the company's demise.John Dorney in 2021
This rule is, however, not absolute. For example, Neil Gaiman claimed that he did not independently control the rights to the Corsair and would need the BBC's permition to write further stories with the character.I’d need the BBC’s permission.
== Debuting in Doctor Who television stories ==
Name 	First seen in 	Creator 	Rights held by by 	Some notable licensed appearances
The DaleksOwnership split with the BBC; i.e. basic concept is creator-owned, but iconic design is not., the Thals 	The Daleks 	Terry Nation, Raymond Cusick 	Terry Nation Estate 	The Daleks, Dalek annuals
The Mechonoids 	The Chase 	Terry Nation 	Terry Nation Estate 	The Daleks
Astra 	The Rescue 	David Whitaker 	David Whitaker Estate 	Space Border Battle, etc.
The CybermenDowntime – The Lost Years of Doctor Who 	The Tenth Planet 	Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis 	Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis Estates 	Iceberg, Killing Ground
The Great Intelligence & Yeti, Edward TraversCounter-Measures vs the Great Intelligence - Big Finish 	The Abominable Snowmen 	Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Downtime, Lethbridge-Stewart
Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-StewartCopyright Dispute over Lethbridge-Stewart"Acknowledgements" in Origin Stories. 	The Web of Fear 	Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Downtime, Lethbridge-Stewart
Anne Travers 	The Web of Fear 	Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Lethbridge-Stewart, The Lucy Wilson Mysteries
Fiona Lethbridge-Stewart 	The Dæmons 	Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Lethbridge-Stewart, My Daddy Fights Monsters
Dominators, Quarks 	The Dominators 	Mervyn Haisman & Henry Lincoln 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Lethbridge-Stewart
Doris Lethbridge-Stewart 	Battlefield 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Lethbridge-Stewart
Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart 	Twice Upon a Time 	Steven Moffat 	Haisman Estate/Hannah Hatt 	Lethbridge-Stewart
Ice Warriors A Cold Day in Hell IDW comics interview 	The Ice Warriors 	Brian Hayles 	Brian Hayles Estate 	Bernice Summerfield
John Benton 	The Invasion 	Derrick Sherwin 	Derrick Sherwin 	Wartime, Lethbridge-Stewart
UNITForeword to the Past 	The Invasion 	Derrick Sherwin 	Derrick Sherwin 	Downtime, Old Soldiers, Lethbridge-Stewart
The War Chief 	The War Games 	Terrance Dicks 	Terrance Dicks Estate 	Timewyrm: Exodus, The Legions of Death
The Rutans 	Horror of Fang Rock 	Terrance Dicks 	Terrance Dicks Estate 	In 2 Minds, Beast of Fang Rock
The Death Zone 	The Five Doctors 	Terrance Dicks 	Elsa Dicks 	Tempered
Autons/Nestenes Dicks, Terrance, 2011, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, (copyright page), BBC Books 	Spearhead from Space 	Robert Holmes 	Robert Holmes Estate 	Auton Trilogy, Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
The SontaransAt one time creator-owned, but rights have since been bought back by the BBC in full.Blue Box podcast Episode 247 (51 minute mark)	The Time Warrior 	Robert Holmes 	Robert Holmes Estate 	Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, Old Soldiers, Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
Sutekh & Osirans 	Pyramids of Mars 	Robert Holmes 	Robert Holmes Estate 	The True History of Faction Paradox
Rassilon 	The Deadly Assassin 	Robert Holmes 	Robert Holmes Estate 	Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
Pelagos 	Meglos 	John Flanagan, Andrew McCullochCopyright page of The Bloodletters.	Andrew McCulloch 	The Bloodletters
Olive Hawthorne 	The Daemons 	Barry Letts & Robert Sloman 	Barry Letts & Robert Sloman Estates 	Scorpio's Sting, White Witch of Devil's End
The Dæmons 	The Daemons 	Barry Letts & Robert Sloman 	Barry Letts & Robert Sloman Estates 	Dæmos Rising, Child of Time
The Zygons 	Terror of the Zygons 	Robert Banks Stewart 	Robert Banks Stewart Estate 	Zygon, When Being You Just Isn't Enough
Krynoid 	The Seeds of Doom 	Robert Banks Stewart 	Robert Banks Stewart Estate 	Krynoid
Voc robots 	The Robots of Death 	Chris Boucher 	Chris Boucher 	Kaldor City
 The Fendahl 	Image of the Fendahl 	Chris Boucher 	Chris Boucher 	Kaldor City, Deus Le Volt
K9 	The Invisible Enemy 	Bob Baker & Dave Martin 	Bob Baker 	K9, Adventures in a Pocket Universe
Minyos 	Underworld 	Bob Baker & Dave Martin 	Bob Baker 	Omega
Omega 	The Three Doctors 	Bob BakerType 40 Interview with Bob Baker 	Bob Baker 	Omega
Gell guard 	The Three Doctors 	Bob BakerType 40 Interview with Bob Baker 	Bob Baker 	N/A
Axos 	The Claws of Axos 	Bob BakerType 40 Interview with Bob Baker 	Bob Baker 	N/A
Drax 	The Armageddon Factor 	Bob BakerType 40 Interview with Bob Baker 	Bob Baker 	N/A
Mandrel 	Nightmare of Eden 	Bob BakerType 40 Interview with Bob Baker 	Bob Baker 	N/A
Eldrad, Kastrian, Owen Watson 	The Hand of Fear 	Bob BakerType 40 Interview with Bob Baker 	Bob Baker 	N/A
Gustave Lytton 	Resurrection of the Daleks 	Eric Saward 	Eric Saward 	Lytton
The Rani 	The Mark of the Rani 	Pip & Jane Baker 	Pip & Jane Baker 	The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind
Paradise Towers, Kangs, Kroagnon, etc. 	Paradise Towers 	Stephen WyattBuild High for Happiness. 	Stephen WyattBuild High for Happiness.	Paradise Towers
Captain Cook 	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Stephen WyattBuild High for Happiness. 	Stephen WyattBuild High for Happiness.	Reclaiming Kroagnon
Mags 	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Stephen WyattBuild High for Happiness. 	Stephen WyattBuild High for Happiness.	Reclaiming Kroagnon
Ian Gilmore 	Remembrance of the Daleks 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Who Killed Kennedy, Counter-Measures, Lethbridge-Stewart
Intrusion Counter-Measures Group 	Remembrance of the Daleks 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Counter-Measures
Ancelyn 	Battlefield 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Ben Aaronovitch 	One Fateful Knight, Excalibur of Mars
Winifred Bambera 	Battlefield 	Ben Aaronovitch 	Ben Aaronovitch 	The Dying Days, Animal, Excalibur of Mars
== Debuting in other BBC-licensed media ==
Name 	First seen in 	Creator 	Rights held by by 	Some notable licensed appearances
Bernice Summerfield 	PROSE: Prelude Love and War 	Paul Cornell 	Paul Cornell, Big Finish ProductionsCopyright blurb of Dead Romance. 	Bernice Summerfield
The Yssgaroth2021, Out of the Shadows, (copyright page), Arcbeatle PressREF: Bernice Summerfield: The Inside StoryPenswick owns the name of "the Yssgaroth" and the conception of them as an impersonal force of evil, but the rights to the original Great Vampires as seen in State of Decay continue to lie with the BBC. 	PROSE: The Pit 	Neil Penswick 	Neil Penswick 	Faction Paradox, P.R.O.B.E.
The Forge 	AUDIO: Project: Twilight 	Cavan Scott 	Cavan Scott 	COMIC: The Forge, PROSE: Preternatural Nights
P.R.O.B.E. 	HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative 	Bill Baggs 	BBV Productions 	Post-2015 P.R.O.B.E.
Giles 	HOMEVID: When to Die 	Bill Baggs 	BBV Productions 	Post-2015 P.R.O.B.E.
Venusians 	PROSE: Venusian Lullaby 	Paul Leonard 	Paul Leonard 	The Rise & Fall of Señor 105
Ed Hill 	PROSE: Revolution Man 	Paul Leonard 	Paul Leonard 	Lethbridge-Stewart
Minister of Chance 	WC: 	Dan Freeman 	Dan Freeman 	The Minister of Chance
Great Houses 	PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible 	Marc Platt 	Obverse BooksConflicting statements exist as to whether ownership currently resides with Obverse Books or the original rights holdersPhilip Marsh TweetDale Smith on Spinning Jenny	Faction Paradox
Faction Paradox, Grandfather Paradox, the War in Heaven, 103-forms 	PROSE: Alien Bodies 	Lawrence Miles 	Lawrence MilesStatus of FP rights 	Faction Paradox
Compassion, The Remote 	PROSE: Interference 	Lawrence Miles 	Lawrence MilesStatus of FP rights 	Faction Paradox
The I 	PROSE: Seeing I 	Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman 	Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman 	I Scream
Control 	PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune 	Martin Day & Keith Topping 	Keith ToppingCredits of WC: Varunastra. 	Varunastra, Goo!
Iris Wildthyme 	PROSE: Old Flames 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Iris Wildthyme, The New Adventures of Iris Wildthyme
Jeremy 	The Scarlet Empress 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Iris Wildthyme, The Story of Fester Cat
Beatrice Mapp 	The Boy That Time Forgot 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Iris Wildthyme
Mida Slike 	PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Iris Wildthyme
Reginald Tyler, Cleavis, the Smudgelings 	PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Fellowship of Ink
Barbra 	Sick Building 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Iris Wildthyme
Toaster 	Sick Building 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	The Mars Trilogy
Coloth 	PROSE: War Crimes 	Simon Bucher-Jones 	Simon Bucher-Jones 	Cobweb and Ivory, A Farewell to Arms
The Needle 	The Infinity Doctors 	Lance Parkin 	Lance Parkin 	Miranda
Miranda Dawkins 	PROSE: Father Time 	Lance Parkin 	Lance Parkin 	Miranda, White Canvas
Honoré Lechasseur, Emily Blandish, Mestizer 	The Cabinet of Light 	Daniel O'Mahony 	Telos Publishing 	Time Hunter
Erimem 	AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion 	Iain McLaughlin 	Iain McLaughlin 	Erimem, Return of the Queen
Guy de Carnac 	PROSE: Sanctuary 	David A. McIntee 	David A. McIntee 	The Quality of Mercy
KoscheiMcIntee owns the specific reimagining of the character as a morally-ambiguous time-traveller. However, the sorcerer Koschei the Deathless is a public-domain folkloric figure, including such trappings as having oncebeen chained at the bottom of a tower. The Iris Wildthyme short story PROSE: The Scarlet Shadow name-drops "Koschei" with no stated license from McIntee, presumably merely making use of the public-domain figure.2020, Down the Middle, (copyright page), Arcbeatle Press	PROSE: The Dark Path 	David A. McIntee 	David A. McIntee 	Rebel Rebel
The Veltrochni 	PROSE: The Dark Path 	David A. McIntee 	David A. McIntee 	The V Cwejes
Grigoriy Bugayev 	PROSE: Emotional Chemistry 	Simon A. Forward 	Simon A. Forward 	Lethbridge-Stewart
Chris Cwej 	PROSE: Original Sin 	Andy Lane 	Andy Lane 	Decalog 4: Re:Generations, The Book of the War, Cwej: The Series
Roz Forrester 	PROSE: Original Sin 	Andy Lane 	Andy Lane 	Decalog 4: Re:Generations
The Sleeze Brothers 	COMIC: Follow That TARDIS! 	John Carnell 	Marvel Comics 	The Sleeze Brothers
King Charles XIV's timeline 	PROSE: The Roundheads 	Mark Gatiss 	Mark Gatiss 	Republica
Dorian Gray 	AUDIO: Shades of Gray 	Scott Handcock 	Big Finish Productions 	The Confessions of Dorian Gray
Vienna Salvatori 	AUDIO: The Shadow Heart 	Jonathan Morris 	Big Finish Productions 	Vienna
Vorshagg 	PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows 	Jonathan Morris 	Jonathan Morris 	What Lurks in the Shadows
The Vault 	PROSE: The Scales of Injustice 	Gary Russell 	Gary Russell 	AUDIO: Tales from the Vault, Lethbridge-Stewart, P.R.O.B.E.
Bev Tarrant 	AUDIO: The Genocide Machine 	Mike Tucker 	Mike Tucker 	Bernice Summerfield
Kamreth 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
Ydar 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
Trellwand 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
The Colonel 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
Thenibar 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
Ek Wan 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
Isari 	FASA's The Doctor Who Role Playing Game 	John Andrew Keith and William H. Keith, Jr. 	William H. Keith, Jr. 	The Bloodletters
Steggosians 	PROSE: The Eyeless 	Lance Parkin 	Lance Parkin 	The Bloodletters
Arcopolis 	PROSE: The Eyeless 	Lance Parkin 	Lance Parkin 	The Bloodletters
Miss Garglespike 	Welcome, traveller, to Sardicktown flyer in PROSE: Honeymoon Horrors 	David Llewellyn 	David Llewellyn 	The Bloodletters
Zadok the Gory 	Welcome, traveller, to Sardicktown flyer in PROSE: Honeymoon Horrors 	David Llewellyn 	David Llewellyn 	The Bloodletters
Caxtarids 	PROSE: Infinite Requiem (mentioned), Return of the Living Dead (seen)	Daniel Blythe, Kate OrmanCopyright page of Wringing Off.	Daniel Blythe, Kate OrmanCopyright page of Wringing Off. 	Wringing Off, The Bloodletters
Calcula 	AUDIO: Innocence 	Gary Hopkins 	Gary Hopkins & Big Finish Productions 	The Last of the Dals
Nasgard 	 	Gary Hopkins 	Gary Hopkins & Big Finish Productions 	The Last of the Dals
== Debuting in non-BBC-licensed media ==
Name 	First seen in 	Creator 	Rights held by by 	Some notable licensed appearances
Dalek Emperor 	COMIC: Invasion of the Daleks 	Terry Nation & David Whitaker 	Nation & Whitaker Estates 	The Dalek Chronicles, Dalek annuals, The Evil of the Daleks, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
Nikita Bandranaik 	COMIC: Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... 	Century 21 Productions 	Century 21 Productions 	See list
Unity City 	COMIC: Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts... 	Century 21 Productions 	Century 21 Productions 	See list
Asteroid 	PROSE: Stingray Attacked! 	Century 21 Productions 	Century 21 Productions 	The Batmen
Dunwell Atomic Research Station 	PROSE: Fireball Surrenders! 	Century 21 Productions 	Century 21 Productions 	Mr. Steelman
Invisible ray torch 	COMIC: The Menace of the Monstrons 	Century 21 Productions 	Century 21 Productions 	The Vanishing Ray
Doomed Fireflash Airliner 	PROSE: Superjet Shot Down 	Century 21 Productions 	Century 21 Productions 	Curse of the Crustavons
Christine Summerfield 	PROSE: Dead Romance 	Lawrence Miles 	Lawrence Miles 	Faction Paradox, The Five Christina
Lolita 	PROSE: Toy Story 	Lawrence Miles 	Lawrence Miles 	Faction Paradox'
The Dominie & Alice 	AUDIO: Republica 	Mark Gatiss 	BBV Productions 	The Time Travellers, The Choice
Kate Stewart 	HOMEVID: Downtime 	Marc Platt 	Haisman EstateHaisman Estate licensing 	Dæmos Rising, The Power of Three, The Day of the Doctor, Death in Heaven, UNIT: The New Series
The Chiropodist 	NOTCOVERED: Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet? 	Paul Ebbs and Gareth Preston 	Bill Baggs 	The Bloodletters
Gideon Beech 	PROSE: Peculiar Lives 	Philip Purser-HallardPhilip Purser-Hallard's twitter	Philip Purser-HallardPhilip Purser-Hallard's twitter	The Vanishing Man
Adrienne KramerOriginally appeared in the unlicensed production Time Rift before being introduced into the official DWU by Vampire Science; logically remains creator-owned.	NOTCOVERED: Time Rift 	Jonathan Blum 	Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum 	Vampire Science, Lethbridge-Stewart
Panda 	PROSE: Wildthyme at Large 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	See list
The Novelisors 	AUDIO: Ringpullworld 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Imaginary Boys
Vince Cosmos 	PROSE: Enter Wildthyme 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective
Dodie Golightly 	PROSE: The Ninnies on Putney Common 	Paul Magrs 	Paul Magrs 	Hunky Dory
The Emperor 	COMIC: Miranda 	Lance Parkin 	Lance Parkin 	The Gallifrey Chronicles, The Story so Far...
Ganda Mnemma 	PROSE: Against Nature 	Lawrence BurtonLawrence Burton: Golden Age 	Lawrence BurtonLawrence Burton: Golden Age 	Golden Age
Original Mammoths 	PROSE: Cobwebs and Ivory 	Nate Bumber 	Nate Bumber 	White Canvas
Amazolian system 	PROSE: Cobwebs and Ivory 	Nate Bumber 	Nate Bumber 	A Farewell to Arms, The Blue Scream of Death
Auteur 	PROSE: A Bloody (And Public) Domaine 	Jayce Black 	Jayce Black 	Going Once, Going Twice, White Canvas, Auteur's Abecedarium
Lucy Wilson, Hobo Kostinen 	PROSE: Lucy Wilson 	Shaun Collins 	Candy Jar Books 	The Lucy Wilson Mysteries
Aurichall 	The Blue Scream of Death 	Tyche McPhee Letts 	Tyche McPhee Letts 	Cyber-Hunt, Cybergeddon
Greater Key 	A Farewell to Arms 	Nate Bumber 	Nate Bumber 	PROSE: Out of the Box
Señor 105, Rodrigo 	Iris Wildthyme y Señor Cientocinco contra Los Monstruos del Fiesta	Cody Schell 	Cody Schell 	The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105
Sheila 	Elementary, My Dear Sheila 	Cody Schell 	Cody Schell 	The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105
Theo Possible 	Party Kill Accelerator! 	Blair Bidmead 	Blair Bidmead 	The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105, The Train in Vain and the Junkmail Messiah, Wringing Off
Litany Chromehurst 	Happily Ever After Is a High-Risk Strategy 	Blair Bidmead 	Blair Bidmead 	The Periodic Adventures of Señor 105
Adrian Wall 	Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday Manuscript 	Justin Richards 	Justin Richards 	Bernice Summerfield
Joseph 	Oh No It Isn't! 	Paul Cornell 	Paul Cornell 	Bernice Summerfield
Joseph 	Steal from the World 	Kate Orman 	Kate Orman 	Bernice Summerfield
Hass 	...Be Forgot 	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright 	Cavan Scott and Mark Wright 	Bernice Summerfield
Doggles 	Inappropriate Laughter 	Simon Guerrier 	Simon Guerrier 	Bernice Summerfield
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