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Alfred Emerson

**Alfred Emerson** was the result of The BEAGLE Program in 1975. He was one of three creatures, the other two being named Russel and Wallace all named after the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Russel and Wallace died and Alfred was on the verge of death but lived by taking the organs of one of the scientists posted to watch him. He later fully recovered but the program was forced to be shut down.

Though thought destroyed, he actually had been kept for over 20 years by Julius Quilter who could not kill him being his creation. He named him Alfred Emerson and he lived in his house positioned as a butler. He helped Quilter because Quilter had always helped him from birth. In 1996 he started to steal major organs from many people including a teenage girl who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. She survived the attack however and P.R.O.B.E. would investigate Julius as the attack marks were identical to the scientist from 1975.

He would later break into the ward where she was at night and kill her. An old friend and colleague of Julius, Dennis Lancaster had been snooping around his estate after he head the reports of the murder and upon entering his house, was attacked and had his heart removed by Alfred killing him instantly. He tried to hide the body by dumping it in a nearby river but soldiers managed to find it while searching for the creature. Julius would be taken into custody where he refused to tell Liz and Haggard anything about being involved with the resurgence of the creature. He had a heart attack and died while being interrogated by Liz. When soldiers searched his house they found what they thought to be the creature, but it was just a decoy created by Alfred.

Later Alfred had the body of Quilter left at his house, where he replace all his organs in an attempt to resurrect him. Brian Rutherford came by to pay his respects but was confronted by Alfred who was angry that he had decided to send his private army and investigative team on Quilter. Rutherford soon realizing that he was the creature tried to escape but was knocked unconscious by Alfred and tied up. He watched as Alfred resurrected quilter but only for a short while as unlike him, Quilter was human and his time had passed. Liz came by the house when she realized the body they thought was the creature was a decoy. When confronting Alfred Quilter died again and in anger Alfred consumed quilters body and his true form was shown. He was shot and killed by Liz and Colonel Ackroyd soon after.
Stranger Than Fiction IV

**Stranger Than Fiction IV: Thirty Years of BBV** is the fourth Stranger Than Fiction release by BBV Productions. It features behind the scenes footage from throughout BBV's history from The Stranger, P.R.O.B.E., Auton, Zygon and more.

## Trivia

Stranger Than Fiction IV was made to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of BBV and was the first release in the series since Acting Up in 1997.
Cyryl Sadusky

**Cyryl Sadusky** was the father of Damian Sadusky. He moved to England when Damian was young and met Evelyn Derige in 1990. They married the same year.

After Damian dissapeared Liz Shaw and Burke visited He talked about how Damian liked to explore and at first assumed he had just been kidnapped but when other children also went missing it had to have been more than that.

Cyryl is later seen at the funeral for both his son Damian and stepson Charlie.
Nicola Bryant

**Nicola Bryant** is an English actor known for playing the role of Peri Brown in Doctor Who. She also appeared in many BBV Productions including three of The Stranger films and The AirZone Solution. She also had a cameo in The Terror Game and appeared in the Behind the Scenes featurettes for these films.
BBV Online

**BBV Online** was a website created by BBV Productions as a way to spread the news of their films on the internet as well as post pictures, interviews, videos and more. It also included a shop where you could buy all the films and audio stories by BBV.

The site went through many changes over the years. Being very simplistic from 1998-1999, to changing to a much nicer look in 2000 and then changing again in 2004. The logo has also gone through many changes since is conception.

It was resurrected in 2021 but currently only as a shop to buy their films and audio stories, it is currently unknown wether they will start up forums and news sections again but they are currently on both Facebook and Twitter meaning forums are probably now obsolete, also on the lines of news they are now sending out Newsletters to anyone subscribed via email.
Philip Hinchcliffe: Uncut

Philip Hinchcliffe: Uncut is the third fully released interview in the BBV: Uncut series.

## Summary

Continuing our series of Uncut interviews with Doctor Who stars from in front and behind the camera is Philip Hinchcliffe: Uncut.

Bill Baggs interviewed Hinchcliffe in nineties for the documentary 30 Years of Time Travel & Beyond.

## Trivia

The interview has never been properly released, only having a handful of snippets featured in The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond.
Scarecrow City

**Scarecrow City** was an unfinished Audio Visuals film written by Nicholas Briggs in 1985.

## Summary

Arthur Mowbray, a humble librarian investigates an infection that has been plaguing the town of Mill Brook, he soon discovers that aliens have devised a plot to take control of earth by releasing an infected flea that turns people into zombies.

## Trivia

The title was changed to Gentothil after some people thought the name Scarecrow City was silly.
Sunrise: Love Again

**Sunrise: Love Again** is a romantic comedy film by BBV Productions and directed by William Baggs.

## Trivia

Sunrise was the first film BBV to not be related to Doctor Who. It was one of only two films released by BBV in the 2010s, the other being When To Die in 2015. It is currently available to watch for free on Youtube.
Eye of the Storm

**Eye of the Storm** was the second story in The Stranger Chronicles and the ninth story in the Audio Adventures in Time and Space range. It was a remake of The Stranger film Eye of the Beholder.

## Summary

Egan, Saul and Soloman find themselves back on Earth. A young girl named Meta is involved in a dangerous experiment, and Egan may come to learn something about humans before it is over.

## Trivia

Originally released on tape in 1995, this adventure is now available on CD for the very first time, and contains extra material omitted from the cassette version for reasons of space.
Faction Paradox: The Eleven Day Empire

PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC (POST-WAR EDITION)

1: FACTION PARADOX

Era: Non-specific.

Technology: Post-linear (subtle), time-active.

Even before the outbreak of the "War in Heaven", Faction Paradox was regarded as the most unpredictable (and opportunistic) of the time-active powers. Aware of the precarious nature of history - but under no obligation to protect it - while the other Great Houses were still attempting to uphold a "universal order", the Faction was following its own, far more ambiguous, protocols. Ruthless, secretive and at times difficult to understand, it's hardly surprising that the Faction should have eventually found itself under siege from its rival powers…
Unnatural Selection

Custom DVD Cover

**Unnatural Selection** was the third installment in the P.R.O.B.E. saga. It was the first and only film to not feature any actors who played The Doctor from Doctor Who.

## Summary

In 1975, the British Government quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed BEAGLE, ordering the destruction of all research materials.

Today, the horrific discovery of several oddly mutated bodies alerts Liz Shaw and P.R.O.B.E. to the fact that something is stalking the original site of project BEAGLE – something which may challenge the very nature of humanity itself!

With a crack security team at her disposal, Liz desperately attempts to track down the perverted results of the project.

But who or what is hunting whom?

## Flashback Cast

 Rachel Courage
William Baggs
Fred Baggs

## Trivia

Before Unnatural Selection or Ghosts of Winterborne were even conceived, the PROBE series was originally just going to be a trilogy of 3 films, The Zero Imperative, The Devil of Winterborne and Ishmael's Star. The third film Ishmael's Star was never made but it was to be a prequel to Zero and Devil set back when Liz was still at Cambridge before the Preternatural Research Bureau was created.

This was the first BBV Production to be picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel who would go on to show the rest of the P.R.O.B.E. films and Auton films even producing the Making of Auton 2 video. Unnatural Selection is also the only film in the P.R.O.B.E. series to have newly filmed scenes in the form of flashbacks for its DVD release.

## Special Features

* Stranger Than Fiction III Part 1 - (A Documentary on the making of BBV Films), Part 2 appears with Ghosts of Winterborne.
Wirrn: Race Memory

" .. and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts..." - Exodus 10:13

It is a time of restoration.

Ten millennia have passed since the solar flares devastated the planet Earth and now humanity has come home to reclaim and rebuild.

But scientists at Mombassa Station are about to resurrect a deadly menace that was once destroyed. A menace that will stretch from the depths of the African continent, to the ancient and decaying Nerva Beacon still orbiting high above.

Can a small group of Gene-techs hope to survive the rush of Race Memory?

And in the game of Genetic Engineering, does evolution still hold one last, secret card?
Michelle Knight (Nestene Contact)

**Michelle Knight** is a UNIT Operative who helped Dr. Elizabeth Shaw defeat the Nestene Consciousness.

## Trivia

She talks about how her father died serving in the army when she was young and him having known Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. This of course is a reference to the Doctor Who character Captain Knight from Web of Fear.
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

**The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond** was a documentary celebrating 30 years of the BBC TV series "Doctor Who", with specially filmed interviews with leading cast members, producers, directors & writers, and some behind the scenes archive footage.

## Summary

"The Doctors" is a hallmark documentary about the world famous BBC TV series "Doctor Who", packed with personal insights and views from the very people who made the program.

Arranged in order of the various actors to have played the Doctor, this documentary features a host of specially recorded interviews with the program's cast and crew. Doctors, companions, and production personnel all share their unique experiences on the program and their opinions as to what makes "Doctor Who" so special to so many.

The program also features footage of the unfinished Tom Baker Story "Shada", as well as a unique collection of unpublished photographs spanning all the Doctors from the TV series.

In addition to the main feature, this special DVD release comes packed with previously unseen material that could not be included in the original VHS release.

Based on the best-selling book by Adrian Rigelsford, this documentary offers a comprehensive, candid and at times controversial look at a series that continues to grow in popularity.

## Alternative Versions

This video has been re-released multiple times on both VHS and DVD. A limited edition "extended version" features extra behind the scenes footage taken from the Doctor Who episodes "The Smugglers" and "The Abominable Snowmen" at the end of the tape.

## BBV Uncut

BBV have recently been releasing the full unedited interviews that featured in this set on DVD called BBV Uncut.

## Special Features

* Interview with series producer Philip Hincliffe.
* Interview with Ian Hogg who played Josiah Samuel Smith in Ghost Light.
* Sylvester McCoy returns to the location of Remembrance of the Daleks.
The Choice

**The Choice** was the first of two stories under the name Adventures in a Pocket Universe which featured Romana and K9.

## Summary

After successfully opposing slavery in the pocket-universe of Ecto-Space, K9 and his Mistress are treated to a life of luxury as the revered guests of Emperor Lukor. However, a life of decadence soon pales for the travellers and after making a hurried departure they discover a society of diseased cave dwellers who are dominated by their unseen masters who they worship as gods. Experience tells the Mistress and K9 that things are not all that they seem and, in a bid to unearth the truth, they place themselves in deadly peril.

## Trivia

Lalla Ward and John Leeson signed copies of the The Choice in London on the 24th April 1999. The signing took place at Forbidden Planet, New Oxford Street.
Mr Saldaamir

**Mr Saldaamir** was originally written as an entry for *The Book of the War*.

## Summary

The invention of time travel ended the great Golden Age and plunged the elder races into the Time Wars. Mister Saldaamir, last of his kind, rooted himself to the new history and is devoted to protecting the existence of a timeline. He lives in San Francisco and worries about Last Contact.
In The Blood

Excerpt from Doctor Who Magazine

**In The Blood** was an unmade film by BBV Productions. It was in production at the same time as Auton. Not much is known about this film but it is known that it would have been the sequel to the unmade Auton film featuring Nicholas Courtney. Reeltime Pictures would have also been apart of the productions.

## Auton

Writer of The Stranger series Nicholas Briggs wanted to make a film featuring the Autons, as well as The Brigadier, and some of the other characters from Downtime. He originally went to Keith Barnfather with the idea but Keith was unavailable to do it at the time and told nic that maybe after completing Mindgame. Nic then went to William Baggs which was all for the idea, they got a story made but the only problem was Nicholas Courtney was too ill to film Auton, so they instead scrapped the script in space of a classic base under siege story which was a cheaper option.

## In The Blood

After this Nicholas Briggs decided to just use Michael Wade for the next two films seeing as the first film did so well. As for In The Blood, from what Baggs has said about it, it was an idea put up back when The Brigadier was set to return and as he was unable it was inevitably scrapped in favour of Auton 2: Sentinel.
Snowflake

* SS 7+
* SS 7 (Beta 2)
* SS 7 (Beta 1)
* SS 4-6
* SS 3
* SS 2
* SS 1

Snowflake or his full name [**Gregory Sid Tyler]** is a male contestant who competed on Supernova Specialization.

## Appearance

### SS 1

Snowflake is a 3-layered Snowflake, the front layer is cyan-blue, the middle layer is dark-light teal, and the back layer is darkish blue. Snowflake thought he was doomed when he would get voted out but, it turns out...

HE WAS NOT DOOMED for now.

In episode 2 Snowflake was UFE x2 now.

### Beta SS 3

Snowflake’s front layer color is a slightly darker cyan-blue.

### SS 3

Snowflake’s layers are now thinner, along with his outlines, and his layers are now partially separated.

### SS 4

[Snowflake’s Asset Has Remained The Same.]

### SS 5+

Snowflake’s asset is now a cyan-ish color, along with him now only being one thick layer, with his sides now actually having lighting and shading. His front now also has a shine. In episode 5 Snowflake won the prize. Snowflake thought he was gonna lose again but he did not. In episode 6 Snowflake and Leafball had no other choice but to vote for Shopping Bag.

## Character Bio

Snowflake is often seen to be the "Mr. Panic Attack" of the show. He has anxiety problems he cannot control sometimes. For example, he worries that he might end up dying during the show's run. He also frequently has meltdowns (no pun intended) about almost everything that's bad is going to happen to him. Before his interaction with Leaf Ball. When Leaf Ball tries to encourage Snowflake that him and her are going to win the 5th challenge. Snowflake throws a meltdown and tells Leaf Ball they're going to lose anyways. Because of all these traits, Snowflake is somewhat annoying and the worst one to deal with according to other's point of views. Example is how Scroll comments that he's one of the "worst ones".

Continuing on his with Leaf Ball. Snowflake and Leaf Ball seem to make an interesting duo, because they're both opposites. Since Leaf Ball is a nature-based object who is very confident and always wins challenges and Snowflake is a winter-based object who is very timid and always loses challenges until episode 5. Even if they have opposites, the two's giant contrast in appearences and coverages gives them quite an odd friendship that still works out. When the two started to bond, Snowflake started feeling more confident as he had someone to care about him and is there to support him. Not to mention how Leaf Ball QUITS because of her caring about him and always being there for him.

Overall, Snowflake is often the fearful one of the group, he gets anxiety attacks often if he thinks something is too "dangerous" for him to handle. However, those fearful traits fade away if someone is there to support him.

## Trivia

* Snowflake is the only contestant to be up for elimination every time, until episode 5.
* He can freeze things to low temperatures.
* According to Pepper, Snowflake's human design looks like this
Solomon

**Solomon** known as "**The Stranger**" was the leader of a Preceptor terrorist cell on an assassination run from another dimension. However we do not find out about this or his name until The Terror Game. In the three movies prior he is only own as The Stranger.

## Who is The Stranger?

When we first encounter The Stranger, we know virtually nothing about him. The natives of the planet he is residing on merely call him `The Man who Appeared'. He is a traveler, with a young female companion, who has decided to shun contact with other people.

As time passes, we learn a little more about him and his companion until the terrible truth is finally revealed. The Stranger, whose real name is Soloman, was the leader of a terrorist cell in an on-going inter dimensional guerrilla war between his race, the Preceptors, and the guardians of the multiverse, the Protectorate. During one assassination mission he was captured by the Protectorate and, in exchange for the freedom of his associates Egan and Saul, he underwent a reprogramming, removing all memory of who he was. The Protectorate plan being that he would reform himself.

## Appearance

He is not a true humanoid. The Preceptors are a race of beings that exist in a non-corporeal form between dimensions, in what they call the Dimensional Web. Soloman takes on his humanoid form when he is in real space. We never seen his true form.
More than a Messiah

**More than a Messiah** was the second installment in The Stranger Series.

## Summary

MAJUS XVII: a paradise world where interplanetary tourists are encouraged to live in simple, wooden cabins amongst primitive but friendly wildlife, a stone's throw from a serene ocean.

When The Stranger and Miss Brown arrive, they soon realise that Majus Seventeen is not what the brochures promise. In its dark forests, decaying bodies rise from the ground; bathing tourists are swallowed by an angry sea; and the wildlife is far from friendly...

Not far away, the long-suffering Charlotte Darton struggles with the eccentricities of her husband Bernard, haunted by a mysterious girl whose infatuation with The Stranger eventually threatens the lives of everyone on the planet...

## Trivia

More Than a Messiah was adapted from an Audio Visuals story of the same name.

## Special Features

* The Making of More than a Messiah
* Interview with Peter Davison and Mark Strickson
* Isolated Score
* Force of Nature (Audio Story)
The Left Hand of Darkness

**The Left Hand of Darkness** is the first of two 'Ace Special' adventures which bring Sophie Aldred to the fore. It is the fourth story in The Time Travelers series and Audio Adventures in Time and Space range.

## Summary

Ace finds herself separated from the Professor, marooned, blind and cared for by a mysterious stranger. How did she get there? Who is Dorsai? What secret is he hiding?

## Trivia

Bill Baggs had been planning to feature Sophie's character alone and had commissioned BBV newcomer Mark Duncan to produce two adventures in which she would become separated from the Professor. When Sylvester McCoy (who makes guest appearances in these CDs) went on holiday, there was an ideal opportunity to produce these adventures.

This story takes place directly after Prosperity Island.
I Scream

"I know you're watching me. I know you're listening."

Our planet of Galspar is renowned for the quality of its ice cream, which is shipped across the universe. Life on Galspar is perfect — just as the eye screens tell us it is.

There are those who say that if you look in the right places and ask the right questions, then this perfection is exposed as an illusion, and a terrible conspiracy is uncovered.

But there have always been some intent on disruption, who are not happy with the jobs they themselves have selected or with the wide range of freedoms granted by the Company.

Ignore these troublemakers, citizen, and you'll see that they do indeed disappear. For your own safety, and to secure your promotion prospects, please do not ask where they go.
Geoffrey Beevers

**Geoffrey Beevers** plays the role of Brian Rutherford in the first three PROBE films, he also played Mr. Whittaker at the start of The Devil of Winterborne. He was married to Caroline John from 1970 up until 2012 when she passed away. They had three children Daisy Beevers, Ben Beevers and Tom Beevers.
Eye of the Beholder

**Eye of the Beholder** was the sixth installment in The Stranger Series. It was also the last time Colin Baker would work with William Baggs.

## Summary

Creatures from a Dimensional Web who have taken human form to carry out acts of indiscriminate terrorism. Egan and Saul are committed Preceptors, but Soloman has renounced his calling.

Now, wrenched back to Earth from the Web by some unknown force, the Preceptors stumble upon Metaphysic, a heavily guarded research project where they encounter Hunter and the talented Meta.

As Hunter's experiment runs out of control, Egan finds that killing isn't easy when your emotions are being manipulated. To save the situation Soloman must revert to his Preceptor training, something he hoped he'd never do...

...in order to survive he must kill!

## Special Features

* On Set Cast Interviews
* Outtakes
Sontarans

**Sontarans** are a race of clone warriors created by Robert Holmes for Doctor Who. They appear in three stories from the Audio Adventures in Time and Space range. They also feature in Do You Have a Licence to Save This Planet?.

## Appearances

Sontarans: Silent Warrior (1999)

Sontarans: Old Soldiers (2000)

Sontarans: Conduct Unbecoming (2000)

Do You Have a Licence to Save This Planet? (2001)

Faction Paradox: The Shadow Play (2001)
Zygons: Homeland

**"Listen to me. All of you. There is no escape!"**

From suspicious activities in an English stately home to the rain forests of Colombia - the UN Military and their scientific advisor Guy Dean are on the trail of a global conspiracy - one which threatens the destruction of civilization.

The Zygons have returned to Earth and this time they will give no quarter in their search for a new homeland.
Nestene Contact

**Nestene Contact** is a fan-made novel set after the events of Ghosts of Winterborne. It features the return of the Autons and UNIT. The book was scheduled to be announced on the 20th of March 2021 but was cancelled.

## Summary

In 1996 after a crisis involving the British government P.R.O.B.E. along with many other organizations were forced to be shut down despite all the work they had done. 6 months later strange meteorites were been seen crashing in the woods near Bolton. UNIT Soldiers were sent to recover what crashed but were ambushed, there was only one survivor. When the news got back to UNIT HQ the current Brigadier James Peterson called in all the help he could gather. Dr. Elizabeth Shaw and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart were called in as they had past experience with the creatures. With the help of UNIT, an old friend and the P.R.O.B.E. team can Liz defeat the Autons again, this time without their Scientific advisor?

## Trivia

The novel has never been released publicly but a synopsis and artwork have been released as well as a list of characters.

The Author said for the novel he took inspiration from parts of each film from The Auton Trilogy.
Cyber-Hunt

**Cyber-Hunt** was the last audio story in the first season of Audio Adventures in Time and Space. It is also the first in The Wanderer series. It was later released as a novelization in 2021.

## Summary

A Cyber War rages throughout the galaxy. The Earth-aligned worlds are fighting for survival against the cold, emotionless might of the Cyber Bloc - an alliance of planets whose inhabitants have undergone cybernetic conversion in the name of racial superiority.

Award-winning journalist Olivia is reporting from the front-line, when all her assumptions about the Cyber War are shattered, not only by a terrifying encounter with the enemy, but by the arrival of a wise and mysterious traveler. The result is a deadly Cyber-Hunt, in which human and machine creature are tested to the limit and the balance of galactic power is at stake.

## Cast

Nicholas Briggs (**Fred**)

Helen Bang (**Olivia**)

Robert Boole (**CyCom**)

Andrew James Dickens (**Sergeant Grange**)

Andrew Fettes (**Captain Halloran**)

Stephen Franklin (**Stevens**)

David Sax (**Cyberon**).

## Trivia

This was the first of a short lived audio series called The Wanderer and would not be the last as many audio series produced by BBV have gone for only one or two stories.

This story was featured on the DVD for Auton.
DI Burke

**Burke** was a Detective Inspector who helped Elizabeth Shaw with the Winterborne killings. After the Winterborne case was finished he wanted to transfer to PROBE in which Liz laughed at but also did not disapprove of either. It is unknown if he ever did join the team as he is absent from Unnatural Selection and Ghosts of Winterborne, however he is mentioned by Patricia Haggard in Ghosts.
The Other Side

**The Other Side** is the fifth audio story in The Time Travelers series is the second of two 'Ace Special' adventures, the first being The Left Hand of Darkness. It is also the fifth story in the Audio Adventures in Time and Space range.

## Summary

Ace is apparently killed and her dead Nan appears, to help her cross over to 'the other side'. Faced with her own internal demons, how long can she cling to life? And what is 'the other side'?

## Cast

 John Ainsworth
Alistair Lock

## Trivia

The final track of this CD is a 10-minute edition of On CD, presented by director Bill Baggs in discussion with Sophie Aldred, editor Alistair Lock and Assistant Producer John Ainsworth.
Infidel's Comet

The nightmare of generations has finally come true: a huge comet is on collision course with Earth, a holocaust is imminent. But.

From the Comet come a million copper tentacles that snatch up gorgeous, feral news reporter Kate Spencer and intergalactic bank robbers Jimmy and Henry. Escaping from the most improbable prison-cell in the universe, these three must destroy the brain of the Comet before the day is out, or Earth and several thousand alien species will die.

But the Pure Crusader has his Army of Drones, Kate Spencer has a secret, and it might just be Jimmy and Henry's last stand, in humanoid form at least.
Silent Warrior

**Silent Warrior** was the first audio story in the Sontarans range by BBV Productions.

## Summary

Treachery is afoot on the 'Genesis', a cargo ship at the very edge of human space. When Silvia Tanner opens herself up for "a bit of honest corruption" with the Sontarans, she finds she has bitten off more than she can chew.

With a Sontaran aboard and the sudden unexpected arrival of an investigator calling himself 'Alex', the stakes are suddenly raised higher than before, and secrets will out.

What is the Sontaran plan and why do they need the ship? Who is Alex and who is he working for?

With time running short, Silvia needs to unravel the mysteries fast, and tell her enemies from her friends.
Prosperity Island

**Prosperity Island** is the third audio story in The Time Travelers series and Audio Adventures in Time and Space range.

## Summary

**"Now comes the time! Now the reckoning!"**

MILLANNO: a holiday planet of extreme wealth and extreme leisure - on one side. The other side of the planet teems with politicians, administrators, and also criminals. When the Professor and Ace decide to take a holiday, they are unwillingly pitched into a battle for supremacy on the planet.

Separated and suddenly finding themselves on the lost and lonely Isle of Prosperity, they must find each other. But standing in their way is the determination of a mysterious figure from the past to reclaim the Directorship of the planet. As the Professor and Ace explore, a picture begins to emerge of a corrupt past, of political double-dealing, betrayal and vengeance.

Who is Milo, the psychokinetic youth who inhabits the island? Who is Gabriel, who sounds like a machine, but talks like a schoolmaster? And who is the earthy Calida, and why is she out for revenge?

A dramatic meeting of old enemies can no longer be postponed, and there is no way off the island...

## Cast

 Clare Macmillan | Calida
 Alistair Lock | Bastien

## Trivia

This is the first story in the Audio Adventures in Time and Space range to be a two parter needing two disks.
Preternatural Research Bureau

The Preternatural Research Bureau was a team set up by the British government to investigate the unnatural and unexplained. Much like UNIT but without guns and with a much worse budget. Dr. Elizabeth Shaw was sent in to direct it.

## Original Team

Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (1994-?)

Patricia Haggard (1994-?)

Louise Bayliss (1994)

## When To Die

Liz Shaw (When To Die) (1994-2014)

Patricia Haggard (When To Die) (1994-2014)

## Reboot Team

Giles (2008-?)

Archie MacTavish (2010-2018)

Tasha Williams (TBA)

Maxiassa (TBA)

Agamya (TBA)
The Time Travelers

### Written by

Mark Gatiss, Tim Saward, Mark Duncan, Nigel Fairs, Mark J. Thompson & Jeremy Leadbetter

### Language

English

**The Time Travelers** is an audio series in the Audio Adventures in Time and Space range. The stories feature characters The Professor (The Dominie) and Ace (Alice). The characters are based on the Seventh Doctor and his companion Ace.
Ghosts of Winterborne

**Ghosts of Winterborne** was the fourth and final installment in the P.R.O.B.E. series. It was also the last time we would see Caroline John as the character Liz Shaw on screen.

## Summary

The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by P.R.O.B.E.

But when the body of its last victim re-appears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest.

Forced into an unholy alliance with the school's disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years.

But how do you fight a shadow from hell?

## Trivia

This was the very first Doctor Who spin-off to be given an 18 certificate rating.

This is the last time we see Dr. Elizabeth Shaw played by Caroline John on screen.

## Special Features

* Stranger Than Fiction III Part 2 - (A Documentary on the making of BBV Films), Part 1 appears with Unnatural Selection.
Jack (Nestene Contact)

**Jack** was a soldier who featured at the start of Nestene Contact. While transporting a truck with Autons and other objects he needed to relieve himself so he stopped in the forest surrounding Riverside and left the truck.

Murphy continued to call for him numerous times to hurry up as they had a schedule to keep but he took his time. When coming back to the truck he found Murphy dead in the front seat with a radio wrapped around his neck. Jack proceeded to pull out his gun and look around.

He checked the back of the truck to find a strange glowing object which made a continuous noise, he was then caught off guard and killed my an Auton that had been in the truck.
Ice Warrior: Ragnarok

Original Poster

**Ice Warrior: Ragnarok** also known as just Ragnarok was an unproduced doctor who spin-off which would have been directed by Matt Carter. It would have featured the return of the Ice Warriors. It also would have been one of the few Doctor Who Spin-offs not made by BBV Productions or Reeltime Pictures.

## Story

It would have been set in Danelaw and would have featured Vikings along with the Ice Warriors, unfortunately as the script has not surfaced online it is unknown what else would have happened in this film.

## Production & Cancellation

In 2002 sculptor Philip Robinson was asked by Matt to create an updated version of the Ice Warriors for his the spin-off. The script was to be written by Doctor Who Missing Adventures author Craig Hinton.

Even the ideas for casting had been set and an ice warrior suit had been created. unfortunately in early 2003 the location they were going to film the story was burned down. After this everything else unfortunately fell apart leaving this story unproduced.
Charlie Derige

**Charles Edward Derige** was born in West Hampshire in 1987. In 1999 him and freind Damian Sadusky broke into an abandon asylum despite Charlie being against it, Damian egged him on to come. They accidentally stumble across an ancient horror that had been hidden in the dilapidated asylum. Damian tries to escape but is killed by the creature while Charlie is paralyzed by it.

Months later Elizabeth Shaw is investigating the strange disappearances of Children in the area including Damian and Charlie. With the three schools creating a circle around the map with a single location in the center, The Thomas William Institute. Liz and Burke investigate the place to find strange markings throughout. They find the bus pass of Damian and know something bad had happened, they hear screams coming from the hospital basement and find Damian, a long with many other children hung up on the walls with there arms spread out and wires coming out of them. In the center was Charlie, merged with the creature now revealed as a Hygloreaxean.

Charlie had been kept alive by the Hygloreaxean and was used to bring other children into the hospital. Liz was able to stop the Hygloreaxean but sadly they were unable to save Charlie as he was apart of the Hygloreaxean even when being severed from it. After trying to kill Liz he was shot and killed by Burke.
Krynoids: The Root of All Evil

"All is Krynoid, all will be Krynoid..."

On an isolated Yorkshire hill farm, a strange species of plant has been discovered. Between the stalks of wheat and through the ancient hedgerows, an alien horror is silently choking the land.

Eve Black, a young biologist working for the Ministry of Agriculture, is called to the farm to investigate. Instead of finding a simple case of weed infestation, her enquiries uncover a sentient, hostile life form, one intent on destroying every living thing on Earth.

The harvest is beginning and the human race is the crop.
The Quality of Mercy

In medieval Europe, the arrival of two strangers brings mystery and conflict to a peaceful market town....

A foreign sailor is captured. He looks like a man but his clothes and language hint of something more. Or perhaps something less. And just what kind of ship sails through the sky? The answers can only be found by the Inquisition.

But the Inquisition soon discover that some questions are too dangerous and some answers too sensitive. Soon their fate, and that of their prisoner, become bound up with the town's second visitor - a disgraced former Templar Knight turned wandering mercenary, Guy de Carnac.
Breach of the Peace

**Breach of the Peace** is the fifth installment in The Stranger Series.

## Summary

They are terrorists from another dimension. They have completed their mission on Earth and now they want to leave. But they are trapped - and they are desperate.

In THE TERROR GAME, the Stranger discovered that he was Soloman, the leader of a Preceptor terrorist cell on an assassination run in this dimension. But he has decided to reject his violent past and has settled into a mundane, Earthly lifestyle. However, his fellow cell members, Egan and Saul, have assumed the identities of police officers to track Soloman down. In their ruthless determination to return to the war beyond our universe, they will let nothing stand in their way.

## Notes

An article written about the making of Breach of the Peace can be found here A Stranger In Custody.

## Special Features

* On Set Cast Interviews
* UNIT Interview
* Outtakes
* Extended Scenes
The Making of Auton

**The Making of Auton** was a look behind the scenes on the filming and creation of Auton.

## Summary

The Making of Auton features interviews with the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage of Auton.

## Cast

Nicholas Briggs

Mark Ayres

William Baggs

Michael Wade

Bryonie Pritchard

Andrew Fettes

George Telfer

Reece Shearsmith

## Trivia

The Making of Documentary featured on both VHS and DVD with the original VHS version actually having a shorter runtime, two VHS versions were released with one of them including the extended making of feature.
The Pattern

"Who do you distrust the most? Me, or the thing outside?"

Mount Chimborazo Radio Observatory in the Highlands of Ecuador is the site of some unearthly visitations, including the enigmatic Logan. But is she friend, or foe? Or neither? And what is the true nature of "the thing outside" that threatens them all?
JNT: Uncut

**JNT: Uncut** is a BBV production featuring an exclusive interview with John Nathan Turner and William Baggs. The long awaited full uncut interview with John Nathan Turner and Bill Baggs.

## Summary

Born John Turner, originally a floor-assistant working with both Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, he became the 9th producer of the long running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who.

He was also the final producer of the series' first run on television from 1980 to its cancellation in 1989.

He finished the role having become the longest-serving Doctor Who producer and cast Peter Davison. Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy as the fifth, sixth and seventh Doctors respectively.

## Trivia

The interview has never been properly released, only having a handful of snippets featured in The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond.
Warren Lewis

**Warren Lewis** is an artist who has worked with BBV since 2020. He has done the artwork for numerous BBV Productions as well as BBV Online.

## Works

Cyberon Novelization - Cover Artwork

BBV Uncut - Cover Artwork for all DVD Interviews.

Giles Case Files - Main Artist for all episodes | Cover Artwork for Volumes 1 & 2
Old Soldiers

RELEASE ORDER

Infidel's Comet

**Sontarans: Old Soldiers** was the second audio story in the Sontarans series by BBV Productions.

## Summary

For more than 80 years, the British Government has been keeping something hidden. Now it can no longer be kept secret.

With a Weapons Crisis Committee standing in Geneva, Captain Alice Wells of UNIT is given the task of investigating the mysterious deaths of allied and UN troops. When her investigation leads her to an ultra secure safe-house in England she discovers just what it was that the government thought too dangerous to be made public... a Sontaran!

Faced with a creature that believes only in the purity of war, Wells must find a way to force the Sontaran to reveal its part in one of the darkest and most terrible episodes in human conflict.

She must also avoid getting herself killed in the process...
The AirZone Solution

**The AirZone Solution** was written by written by Nicholas Briggs. It was an ecologically-themed story partly inspired by Troy Kennedy Martin's 1985 thriller Edge of Darkness. The AirZone Solution was a tremendous success and provoked the interest of the Pickwick Distribution Company, who picked up the first three Stranger videos and gave them a general release.

## Summary

An environmental catastrophe looms. Toxic Air Alerts are ever more frequent and disturbing changes in the climate seem irreversible. The government's latest solution has been to hire the services of the AirZone Corporation. But why is the situation not improving?

Cuddly TV weatherman Arnold Davies does not concern himself with such weighty issues. However, unbeknown to him, an ancient power is about to turn his cosy life upside down and pitch him into a struggle to preserve the Earth itself.

Bewildered and reluctantly teamed with environmental activist Anthony Stanwick and infamous TV reporter Al Dunbar and his mysterious mentor, Oliver Trethewey, Arnie must strive against the odds to expose a terrifying conspiracy.

Ghastly experiments, hidden agendas and questionable loyalties all come into play before Arnie can discover the truth about the AirZone Solution.

This fourth video directed by Bill Baggs is a departure from "The Stranger" series of stories. This time, Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are joined by Sylvester McCoy and Peter Davison in a dark, disturbing drama which blends the strengths of a thriller, a fantasy and a cautionary tale.

## Trivia

During production of the story, Bill was contacted by Jon Pertwee, who had heard of the project through Sylvester McCoy, demanding to know why he wasn't in the story. A part was hastily written for him and incorporated into the script.

The gun prop used by MacNamara was also used in More than a Messiah.

The AirZone Solution took 4 days to rehearse, 20 days to shoot and a month to edit. It was completed and shown in 1993 for the 30th Anniversary of Doctor Who and was released a year later. It also got a DVD Release in 2004.

## Special Features

* Commentary with Bill Baggs, Steve Johnson, Stuart Robinson and Nigel Fairs.
* Deleted Scenes
* Outtakes
* Isolated Score
Stranger Than Fiction II

**Stranger Than Fiction II: From Script to Screen** also known as Stranger Than Fiction 2 is a sequel to Stranger Than Fiction.

## Summary

In the second "Stranger Than Fiction" documentary, Mark Gatiss explores the three latest BBV productions, "The Terror Game", "Breach of the Peace" and "The Zero Imperative", from the writers perspective.

Using behind-the-scenes Hi-8 footage, outtakes and interviews with Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy and Nick Briggs, this fascinating documentary examines the script from initial beginnings, through character and narrative development to its eventual realization on the screen.
The Last 28

Image from the now dead BBV Online

**The Last 28** is a short film by BBV Productions starring Louise Jameson. It is featured as a special feature on The Terror Game.

## Summary

May is a nervous woman in her forties. She is sitting at home expecting the arrival at any moment, of a new gentleman freind on the last 28 bus.
May has never done this before, shes not sure how to dress for the occasion, uncertain of what to expect.
She Waits, and she waits...
Do You Have a Licence to Save This Planet?

**Do You Have a Licence to Save This Planet?** was a science fiction comedy film created during BBV Productions tenth anniversary. It was also BBV's last film to be released a year after a prior BBV film as Zygon would be delayed until 2007.

## Summary

What do you get if you cross a Krynoid with an Auton, a Sontaran and a sombrero-wearing Cyberon? Shot probably...

On the other hand you could have landed yourself in the middle of an attempt by the Licensed Reality Corporation™ to wipe the stain of the Foot Doctor from the bottom of Accepted Canonicity.

Packed full of strange whizzy things, blue swirly things, and more than its fair share of spoons, "Do You Have A License To Save This Planet..." brings Sylvester McCoy into battle against some of the most fearsome As Seen On BBCTV's DOCTOR WHO monsters of all time. He's back. And it's about feet...

## Trivia

The tag line "He's back. And it's about feet" is a parody of the quote "He's back, and its about time!" used in the trailers for the Doctor Who: The Movie.

The DVD release of *Do You Have a Licence To Save This Planet?* in 2012 spelled Licence as License on the cover.
Hawthorne Clinic

### Staff

William Bruffin, Colin Dove, Peter Russell, William Bruffin, Beatrice Hearst & Julie Gilchrist‏‎

### Patients

Daniel O'Kane, Claire, Patient One

**The Hawthorne Clinic** was a psychiatric hospital founded by Eustace O'Kane in the nineteen thirties. In 1945 Eustace was murdered by his son Daniel O'Kane along with his wife and daughters, with only his second son Jeremiah surviving the attack. Daniel was to young to be hanged and as such was labeled criminally insane. Jeremiah O'Kane would take over from Eustace as Director of the Clinic up until is retirement when it was given to Dr. Colin Dove. Colin would run things for only a short time as in 1994 he was accused for the murder of William Bruffin, and was himself murdered soon after.

The location used for Hawthorne Clinic is unknown but it has since been demolished and turned into housing flats.
Bill Baggs

**Bill Baggs** is the founder of BBV Productions and has produced and directed many films including The Stranger, Auton and P.R.O.B.E. series.

## Audio Visuals

In the 1980s Bill was the organizer of the Hampshire division of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. One of the projects he undertook in this role was a non-profit Doctor Who audio adventure, recorded on an old reel-to-reel tape machine. Written by Bill himself, it was called Planet of Doom. Out of the success of this first venture came the Audio Visuals, what was to become a series of twenty-eight dramas produced at first by Baggs and later by DWM editor Gary Russell.

## Creating BBV Productions

Bill gave up producing the Audio Visuals in 1987 and went on to join the BBC in London, where he became the organizer of the BBC theater club and a member of the BBC film club. It was through the former that he met with Christian Darkin who was to write the first BBV production, Summoned by Shadows.

Summoned by Shadows was an experiment. Bill felt sure that the presence of a Doctor Who star would be a draw for fans and believed that it would be of mutual benefit to the BBCFC and himself if copies of the production could be sold to the fan community. After the films release he started up his company BBV Productions.

## Controversy

In 1999 he was blacklisted by the BBC after releasing his audio series The Time Travellers.
The Stranger Chronicles

**The Stranger Chronicles** was a audio series created by BBV Productions in 1995. There are only four stories in the series and all four were released on Cassette. In 1999 they were re released in the Audio Adventures in Time and Space range on CD.

## Audio Stories

Coming of Shadows

Force of Nature

The Last Mission

Eye of the Storm (Audio version of Eye of the Beholder)
Barbara Taploe

"Winterborne Schooled, Winterborne Bred, I'll die with my sword proud and not in my bed" - Barbara Taploe 1995

**Barbara Taploe** was head of history at Winterborne School, she was the sister of Margaret Wyndham who would later take over as headmistress at Winterborne.

While taking Christian and Andrew away from Winterborne after Gavin had been arrested, it was revealed that Christian had been the one who killed Badger and Luke. She was then murdered by Christian before he knocked Andrew out and kidnapped him.

Her sister Margaret later became the headmistress of Winterborne and wanted to find out more about her death.
Arcbeatle Press

**Arcbeatle Press** is a book publishing company known for their involvement in the P.R.O.B.E. series. They have published an Anthology based on the film Cyberon as well as a novelization of said film which features characters from PROBE such as Giles, Patricia Haggard and Louise Bayliss.

They have also written 2 short stories for P.R.O.B.E. and are currently writing an Anthology for it much like they did with Cyberon. They have also written many other books non Doctor Who or PROBE related.

## Books

The Door We Forgot

She Came From Another World!

Out of the Shadows

Cyberon (Anthology)