24 Facts About Nicholas Briggs

Nicholas Briggs was born on 29 September 1961 and is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer.

Nicholas Briggs is associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen in the 21st century series.

Nicholas Briggs studied at Rose Bruford College with Barry Killerby, who is known for portraying Mr Blobby.

When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Nicholas Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with Wartime, the first unofficial Doctor Who spin-off, and Myth Runner, a parody of Blade Runner showcasing bloopers from the Myth Makers series built around a loose storyline featuring Nicholas Briggs as a down on his luck private detective in the near future.

Nicholas Briggs 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.

Nicholas Briggs 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 Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant.

Nicholas Briggs voiced the Cyber-Controller and Professor Osborn in the 2002 webcast audio series Real Time.

Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Nicholas Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen.

Nicholas Briggs voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game".

Nicholas Briggs provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series as well as the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, and did the voice of the Ice Warrior Skaldak in the 2013 episode "Cold War".

On 9 July 2009, Nicholas Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Special Government Advisor Rick Yates.

Nicholas Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well.

Nicholas Briggs has written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish.

In 2006, Nicholas Briggs took over from Gary Russell and became co-executive producer of the company.

Nicholas Briggs voiced the Daleks in a charity theatre production of The Daleks' Master Plan and briefly appeared on stage playing a regenerated Doctor.

Nicholas Briggs recorded a short cameo, as the Daleks for the live Dr Who podcast stage show, 50 Years of Doctor Who: Preachrs Podcast Live 2.

Nicholas Briggs 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, Nicholas Briggs starred in Doctor Who Live as Winston Churchill.

In 2013, Nicholas Briggs portrayed the Dalek voice actor Peter Hawkins in the BBC docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time, which depicted the inception of Doctor Who.

Nicholas Briggs directed, created the sound design and composed the incidental music for all three series of the BBC Radio 4 science fiction comedy Nebulous, written by Graham Duff and starring Mark Gatiss.

Outside the realm of science fiction, Nicholas Briggs has appeared on stage at Nottingham's Theatre Royal since 1997, including a run as Sherlock Holmes in Holmes and the Ripper by Brian Clemens and The House of the Baskervilles, adapted by Nicholas Briggs himself.

Nicholas Briggs has been playing Sherlock Holmes in an acclaimed series of audio dramas for Big Finish Productions since 2011.

Nicholas Briggs appeared in the films Adulthood and 4.3.2.1, both written and directed by fellow Doctor Who actor Noel Clarke.

Nicholas Briggs became the presenter of Radio 7's Seventh Dimension, daily science fiction segment in 2011.