Doctor Who spin-offs

Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Audio

A number of audio productions based upon Doctor Who have been produced over the years. The first, in 1976, was a children's audio adventure entitled Doctor Who and the Pescatons by Victor Pemberton.

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1976 - Victor Pemberton

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In 1985, during a period when the series was on a sabbatical at the BBC, BBC Radio hired Colin Baker and his TV companion Nicola Bryant to reprise their TV roles for a new production called Slipback.

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1985 - BBC Radio - Colin Baker - Nicola Bryant - Slipback

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In in the 1990s, the BBC began issuing the soundtracks of 1960s-era serials on cassette and compact disc. There were also two further radio dramas: The Paradise of Death (1993) and The Ghosts of N-Space (1996), both featuring Jon Pertwee.

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1990s - 1960s - The Paradise of Death - 1993 - The Ghosts of N-Space - 1996 - Jon Pertwee

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Beginning in 1999, Big Finish Productions, under licence from the BBC, began a range of audio plays on compact disc, with one released every month. Big Finish have also produced a limited-run series of audio plays based around one of the Doctor's former television companions, Sarah Jane Smith, as well as a limited Doctor Who Unbound series that explores possibilities contrary to the established mythos (for instance, "What if the Doctor had never left Gallifrey?"). From 6 August 2005, four of the Eighth Doctor audio dramas are being broadcast on the digital radio station BBC 7 ? these are Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice and Invaders from Mars.

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1999 - Big Finish Productions - Range of audio plays - Sarah Jane Smith - 6 August - 2005 - Eighth Doctor - Digital radio - BBC 7 - Storm Warning - Sword of Orion - The Stones of Venice - Invaders from Mars

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There are also several other Doctor Who-related mini-series including Dalek Empire, Dalek Empire II: Dalek War, and Dalek Empire III, Gallifrey, UNIT, Kaldor City and Faction Paradox Protocols.

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Dalek Empire - Gallifrey - UNIT - Kaldor City - Faction Paradox

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