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Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the

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science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the

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s and the Cybermen in the 21st century series. He is also the executive producer of Big Finish Productions, for which he has produced, directed and written several audio plays, as well as acting in many of them.

Education

Briggs went to

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with Barry Killerby, who is better known as Mr Blobby.

Career

''Doctor Who''

Some of Briggs' earliest ''Doctor Who''-related work was as host of ''The Myth Makers'', a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by

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in which Briggs interviews many of the actors, writers and directors involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with '' Wartime'', the first unofficial ''Doctor Who'' spin-off, and ''Myth Runner'', a parody of ''

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'' showcasing bloopers from the ''Myth Makers'' series built around a loose storyline featuring Briggs as a down on his luck private detective in the near future. In the late 1980s, Briggs also provided the voice of a future incarnation of the Doctor for a series of unofficial audio dramas by Audio Visuals (a forerunner of Big Finish Productions). This version of the Doctor also appeared in "Party Animals", an instalment of the ''Doctor Who'' comic published in '' Doctor Who Magazine'' issue 173, cover date 15 May 1991. Briggs also provided the model for the face of the supposed "Ninth Doctor" for ''Doctor Who Magazine'' in the late 1990s, when the magazine's comic strip ran a storyline in which the Eighth Doctor apparently regenerated, only for it to later be revealed that the whole thing had been a massive deception (see

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and

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). He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, ''In Memory Alone'' opposite former ''Doctor Who'' stars

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and

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. (''In Memory Alone'' would be the last of the Stranger series to have any similarity to ''Doctor Who'', which had inspired it.) He also wrote and appeared in a non-''Stranger'' BBV production called '' The Airzone Solution'' (1993) and directed a documentary film, ''Stranger than Fiction'' (1994). Briggs co-wrote a ''Doctor Who'' book called ''The Dalek Survival Guide'' (, published by

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2002). He also voiced the Cyber-Controller and Professor Osborn in the 2002 webcast audio series '' Real Time''. Since ''Doctor Who'' returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the

s and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the

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in the 2005 episode "

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", and recorded a voice for the

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in the 2005 episode "

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". He also provided the voices for the

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in both the 2007 and 2008 series as well as the spin-off series ''

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'', and did the voice of the

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Skaldak in the 2013 episode " Cold War". Nicholas Briggs and Bernard Cribbins in 2013 (cropped)

On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off ''

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'' in the serial '' Children of Earth'', playing Special Government Advisor Rick Yates. Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions

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, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the '' Dalek Empire'' and ''

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'' audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from

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(who had been producer of Big Finish since 1999) and became co-executive producer of the company. In 2007, he guest starred in the '' Sapphire and Steel'' audio drama '' Water Like a Stone''. Briggs voiced the Daleks in a charity theatre production of ''

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'' and briefly appeared on stage playing a regenerated

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. Briggs also recorded a short cameo, as the Daleks for the live Dr Who podcast stage show, 50 Years of Doctor Who: Preachrs Podcast Live 2. He appeared in this alongside a mix of modern and classic Doctor Who actors including; Peter Davison, Richard Franklin, Simon Fisher Becker and Terry Molloy. In 2010 he starred in '' Doctor Who Live'' as

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. In 2012, his ''Doctor Who'' novel ''The Dalek Generation'' was published by Random House/BBC Books. In 2013 Briggs portrayed the Dalek voice actor Peter Hawkins in the BBC docudrama ''

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'', which depicted the inception of ''Doctor Who''. In November 2013 he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage '' The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot''.

Other

Briggs also directed, created the sound design and composed the incidental music for all three series of the

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science fiction comedy '' Nebulous'', written by Graham Duff and starring

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. Outside the realm of science fiction, Briggs has appeared on stage at

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's Theatre Royal since 1997, including a run as Sherlock Holmes in ''Holmes and the Ripper'' by

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and ''The House of the Baskervilles'', adapted by Briggs himself. Briggs has also been playing Sherlock Holmes in an acclaimed series of audio dramas for Big Finish Productions since 2011. Productions include dramatised adaptations of Conan Doyle stories such as ''

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'', "

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" and " The Empty House", as well as original stories such as ''The Adventure of the Perfidious Mariner'', ''The Ordeals of Sherlock Holmes'' and ''The Judgement of Sherlock Holmes''.

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co-stars as Dr. Watson. He also appeared in the films ''

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'' and '' 4.3.2.1'', both written and directed by fellow ''Doctor Who'' actor Noel Clarke. Briggs became the presenter of Radio 7's Seventh Dimension, daily science fiction segment in 2011. As of 15 April 2013, he is part of a rotating line-up of hosts of the 7th Dimension on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Briggs hosts the Big Finish podcast, a promotional podcast for Big Finish Productions and The Benji and Nick show, a podcast that where he and fellow Big Finish sound designer Benji Clifford discuss old cult television shows with regular guest appearances from Shelley Dean and Jamie Anderson.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Bibliography

* ''Doctor Who'' (in '' Doctor Who Magazine'' #218–220, 1994) * ''The Dalek Survival Guide'' (, published by

2002)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briggs, Nicholas 1961 births Alumni of Rose Bruford College English male film actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male video game actors English male voice actors English radio writers Living people Male actors from Hampshire People from Lyndhurst, Hampshire