P.R.O.B.E Returns to DVD

Created in the downtime when Doctor Who was off the air, the exploits of P.R.O.B.E – the Preternatural Research Bureau – gave fans a gateway into the worlds of their favourite series in new adventures starring Caroline John reprising her role as Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Shaw, an assistant to Jon Pertwee’s third Doctor during his first season in 1970. Created and directed by Bill Baggs for BBV Productions and with scripts largely written by Mark Gatiss the straight-to-video/DVD series – which also featured guest appearances from Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy with other Who luminaries such as Louise Jameson, Sophie Aldred, Terry Molloy (Davros), Geoffrey Beevers, and Mark Gatiss’ League of Gentleman colleague Reece Sheersmith appearing in the initial releases – saw Liz Shaw and the P.R.O.B.E. team investigating supernatural and preternatural mysteries in present-day England.

P.R.O.B.E has more recently lived on in a new series of video diaries available exclusively on the BBV Productions YouTube channel starring BBC Producer Bill Baggs as Giles, the organisation’s new leader in a narrative format imposed by Covid production restrictions. The series began in 2020 and continued into 2021 with a compilation video DVD released in the same year. February 2022 sees the arrival of Volume 2 (on DVD and available to download) and the debut of Simon Fisher-Becker (who played Dorium Maldovar in several TV Doctor Who episodes from 2010-2011) as Giles’ boss Sir Andrew Williams. This is a new and more ambitious version of P.R.O.B.E featuring the live-action debut of beloved time-travelling cult Faction Paradox and with plenty more surprises in store for hard-core Doctor Who enthusiasts. With Caroline John having tragically passed away in 2012 Hazel Burrows now takes on the role of Dr Liz Shaw and P.R.O.B.E Case Files Vol 2 includes ten brand new adventures entitled A Message From Sir Andrew, Daylight Savings, Ichor, Out of the Shadows of Doubt, Fog, Lauren Anderson, Living Fiction, The Only Cure, Ex-President, and Legend. The DVD will also include exclusive bonus feature material.