List of Nicholas Briggs credits
Nicholas Briggs is an English actor, writer, director, producer, sound designer and composer.[1] He is best known for his involvement with the television series Doctor Who and its licensed spin-offs; he has voiced the Daleks and Cybermen on television since 2005, and has served as executive producer of Big Finish Productions since 2006, for which he has written, directed and produced licensed Doctor Who audio dramas.
Briggs first came to prominence through his involvement in the fan-produced audio drama series Audio Visuals (1985–1991) and various direct-to-video Doctor Who spin-offs such as Wartime (1987) and the Auton trilogy (1997–1999). He was one of the founding creative figures of Big Finish, and voiced the Daleks in their licensed Doctor Who audio dramas. He also appeared on screen in the BBC Doctor Who productions Torchwood (2009), An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013).
Briggs directed the BBC Radio 4 comedy Nebulous (2005–2008) and an audio drama adaptation of The Prisoner (2016–2017). He appeared in Noel Clarke's films Adulthood (2008) and 4.3.2.1. (2010). Since 2010, he has frequently portrayed Sherlock Holmes in stage and audio productions.
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Actor | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Wartime | Assistant | No | Yes | Soldier (uncredited) | Direct-to-video short film | |
| 1991 | The Corridor Sketch | No | No | Yes | Reporter | Short film | [2] |
| 1993 | The Stranger: In Memory Alone | No | Yes | Yes | Minor | Direct-to-video | |
| The Airzone Solution | No | Yes | Yes | Sam Flint | |||
| 1994 | The Stranger: The Terror Game | No | Yes | Yes | Raven | Composer; Direct-to-video | |
| The Stranger: Breach of the Peace | No | Yes | Yes | Evans | Direct-to-video | ||
| 1995 | The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder | No | Yes | Yes | Soldier | ||
| 1997 | Auton | Yes | Yes | No | [3] | ||
| 1998 | Auton 2: Sentinel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mike | ||
| 1999 | Auton 3: Awakening | No | No | Yes | Credited as Arthur Wallis; Direct-to-video | ||
| 2008 | Adulthood | No | No | Yes | Max | [4] | |
| 2010 | 4.3.2.1. | No | No | Yes | Barry | ||
| 2011 | Cleaning Up | No | No | Yes | Ted | Short film | |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | No | No | Yes | Daleks | [5] |
Documentary appearances
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Actor | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–2002 | Myth Makers | Yes | Direct-to-video | |||
| 1998 | Lust in Space | No | No | Yes | Direct-to-video |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The League of Gentlemen | Garden Centre Worker | Episode: "The Medusa Touch" | [6] |
| 2004 | Coupling | Dalek | Episode: "Nightlines" | [7] |
| 2005–present | Doctor Who | Various roles, notably the Daleks, Cybermen, Judoon and Ice Warriors | Voice role | [8] |
| 2009 | Doctor Who Prom | Dalek | Concert broadcast; voice role | |
| Lewis | Solicitor | Episode: "Counter Culture Blues" | ||
| Torchwood | Rick Yates | Episode: "Children of Earth: Day Four" | [9] | |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures | Captain Tybo | Episode: "Prisoner of the Judoon"; voice role | [10] | |
| 2010 | BBC Proms | Dalek | Concert broadcast; voice role | |
| 2013 | ||||
| An Adventure in Space and Time | Peter Hawkins | [11] | ||
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Dalek Operator | [12] | ||
| 2015 | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Dalek | Voice role | |
| 2016 | Prisoner Zero | 1 episode; voice role | ||
| 2023 | Destination: Skaro | Nyder | Voice role | [13] |
| The Daleks in Colour | Additional Dalek voices | |||
| 2024 | BBC Proms | Dalek, The Vlinx | Concert broadcast; voice role | |
| 2025 | Obsolete | Dalek voices |
Appearances as self
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Weakest Link | Doctor Who Special |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Holmes and the Ripper | Sherlock Holmes | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | [14] |
| 2010 | Doctor Who Live | Winston Churchill | [15] | |
| 2012 | Only Human | |||
| 2024 | Stingray: Deadly Concerto Live Concert Performance |
Audio drama
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Actor | Character | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2012 | Bernice Summerfield | Yes | Various roles, notably the Daleks | ||||
| 1999–2020 | Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Directed 41 stories | ||
| 2001–2007 | Dalek Empire | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2001–2022 | Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2002–2004 | Judge Dredd | Yes | Various roles | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Strontium Dog | Yes | |||||
| 2002–2006 | Sarah Jane Smith | Yes | |||||
| 2002–2025 | Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures | Yes | |||||
| 2005–2008 | Nebulous | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| 2005–2009 | Cyberman | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various roles, notably the Cybermen | ||
| 2005–2018 | New Series Adventures | N/a | Yes | Yes | Narrator | ||
| 2005–2023 | Gallifrey | Yes | |||||
| 2006 | Sapphire and Steel | No | No | Yes | Arthur | 1 episode | |
| 2006–2011 | Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various roles, notably the Daleks | ||
| 2006–2007 | I, Davros | No | No | Yes | Baran, Daleks | ||
| 2007–2022 | Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles | Yes | |||||
| 2008 | Doctor Who: The Stageplays | Yes | |||||
| Stargate Atlantis | Yes | Doctor David Glennie | |||||
| 2008–2022 | Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures | No | No | Yes | |||
| 2009–2024 | Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks | Yes | |||||
| 2009–2025 | Doctor Who: The Lost Stories | Yes | |||||
| 2010 | Doctor Who: The Four Doctors | Yes | No | Yes | Daleks | Co-directed with Ken Bentley | |
| 2010–2025 | Sherlock Holmes | Yes | |||||
| 2011 | Doctor Who: The Five Companions | Yes | Daleks | ||||
| 2012 | The Confessions of Dorian Gray | Yes | Sherlock Holmes | 1 episode | |||
| 2012–2025 | Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures | Yes | |||||
| 2013 | Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor | No | No | Yes | |||
| Doctor Who: The Light at the End | Yes | Yes | Yes | The Vess | [16] | ||
| 2014 | Charlotte Pollard | Yes | |||||
| Night Terrace | Yes | ||||||
| Good Omens | Yes | Anforth, Metatron | 3 episodes | [6] | |||
| 2012–2015 | Doctor Who: Dark Eyes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2015 | The Worlds of Big Finish | Yes | Sherlock Holmes | ||||
| Doctor Who: The Novel Adaptations | Yes | ||||||
| 2015–2018 | UNIT: The New Series | Yes | Various roles | ||||
| 2016 | Doctor Who: The Churchill Years | Yes | |||||
| Doctor Who: Friend from the Future | No | No | Yes | Dalek | |||
| Doctor Who: Classic Doctor Novel Readings | Yes | Cyberman | |||||
| Doctor Who: Short Trips Rarities | Yes | ||||||
| 2016–2017 | The Prisoner | Yes | Various roles | 3 episodes | |||
| 2016–2021 | Doctor Who: The Early Adventures | Yes | |||||
| 2016–2024 | Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters | Yes | |||||
| 2017 | Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Chronicles | No | No | Yes | Narrator | ||
| 2017–2021 | Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| 2017–2025 | The War Master | Yes | |||||
| 2018 | Class: The Audio Adventures | Yes | |||||
| 2018–2021 | Doctor Who: New Series Target Novelisation Audiobooks | Yes | Narrator | Audiobook series | |||
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time | Yes | 2 episodes | ||||
| Doctor Who: The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller | Yes | Daleks | 1 episode | ||||
| 2020 | The New Counter-Measures | Yes | |||||
| Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious | No | No | Yes | ||||
| 2020–2025 | Susan's War | Yes | |||||
| 2021 | Master! | Yes | Daleks | ||||
| Jenny - The Doctor's Daughter | Yes | ||||||
| Doctor Who: Stranded | No | No | Yes | ||||
| 2021–2022 | Stingray | Yes | |||||
| Doctor Who: The Audio Novels | Yes | Daleks, Cybermen | |||||
| 2021–2023 | Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various roles | ||
| The Diary of River Song | No | No | Yes | Various roles | |||
| 2021–2024 | Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles | Yes | |||||
| 2022 | Doctor Who: Peladon | Yes | |||||
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Once and Future | Yes | Daleks | ||||
| 2023 | Doom's Day: Dying Hours | Yes | |||||
| 2024 | Thunderbirds | Yes | |||||
| Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time Redux | Yes | ||||||
| 2024–2025 | Stingray: Deadly Uprising - Marine Minutes | Yes | |||||
| 2024–2025 | Doctor Who: Classic Series Audio Originals | Yes | |||||
| The Paternoster Gang | No | No | Yes | ||||
| 2025 | V UK | Yes | |||||
| Doctor Who: The Fugitive Doctor | Yes | ||||||
| Dark Gallifrey | Yes | ||||||
| Comedy Playhouse | Yes | Lord Buckingham |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death | Judge Death | ||
| 2010 | Doctor Who: The Adventure Games | Daleks, Cybermen, Oswald Fox | Daleks in "City of the Daleks"
Cybermen in "Blood of the Cybermen" Oswald Fox in "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada" |
|
| 2014 | The Doctor and the Dalek | Various roles, including the Daleks | ||
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Daleks, Cybermen | Uncredited | |
| 2019 | Doctor Who: The Edge of Time | |||
| Doctor Who Infinity | Charlie | Episode: "The Horror of Flat Holm" | ||
| 2021 | Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality | Daleks | Credited as Nick Briggs | |
| 2022 | Eve Online | Daleks | Voice role |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Doctor Who: Real Time | Cyber-Controller, Professor Osborn | Webcast audio series | [17] |
| 2006 | Tardisodes | Dalek | Episode: "Doomsday"; voice role | |
| 2018, 2020 | Gerry Anderson's Firestorm | R.E.M.U.S. | Voice role | |
| 2020 | Daleks! | Daleks | Voice; main role | [18] |
References
Citations
- ↑ Jones, Tony (2013). "Interview: Nick Briggs, Executive Producer of BIG FINISH". Starburst. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "The Corridor Sketch". Letterboxd. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ O'Brien, Steve; Longridge, Chris (17 January 2018). "13 semi-official Doctor Who spin-offs you've almost certainly never heard of". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 7 February 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Gullidge, Bedwyr; Hewitt, Susan (1 November 2016). "Exclusive Interview: Part 2 – Nicholas Briggs – In Sound and Space". Blogtor Who. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ Valdron 2022, p. 59.
- 1 2 "Nicholas Briggs". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Coupling: Series 4, Episode 2 - Nightlines". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ Ainsworth 2017, pp. 177–178.
- ↑ Ainsworth 2017, p. 178.
- ↑ "CBBC - The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 3, Prisoner of the Judoon, Part 2". BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Vincent, Alice (21 February 2013). "Doctor Who's Nicholas Briggs to play original Daleks actor in 50th anniversary drama". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot". BBC. 23 November 2013.
- ↑ Briggs, Nicholas; Clifford, Benji (26 November 2023). "Eleven Chimes". The Big Finish Podcast (Podcast). Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ↑ "Stage: Classic Thriller Season". Derby Evening Telegraph. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ↑ Dillon-Trenchard, Pete (11 October 2010). "Doctor Who Live review - Pete heads off to the opening night of the big new Doctor Who arena tour. But is Doctor Who Live worth your cash?". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ↑ "Doctor Who: The Light at the End full-cast audio drama from Big Finish". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ "Doctor Who: Real Time". Big Finish Productions. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ↑ Fullerton, Huw (9 September 2020). "Doctor Who: Animated Daleks spin-off series to launch online this autumn". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
Sources
- Ainsworth, John, ed. (2015). "The Twin Dilemma, Attack of the Cybermen and Vengeance on Varos". Doctor Who: The Complete History. No. 40. Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks. ISSN 2057-6048.
- Ainsworth, John, ed. (2016). "Rose, The End of the World and The Unquiet Dead". Doctor Who: The Complete History. Vol. 48. Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks. ISSN 2057-6048.
- Ainsworth, John, ed. (2017). "The Wedding of River Song, The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe and Asylum of the Daleks". Doctor Who: The Complete History. Vol. 70. Panini Comics, Hachette Partworks. ISSN 2057-6048.
- Valdron, D. G. (15 March 2022). The Last Pirate's History of Doctor Who: exploring the hidden corners and overlooked worlds of the Whoniverse. Fossil Cove Press. ISBN 978-1-990860-31-7.