Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England) is a British actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen.
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My favourite Dalek voice is Peter Hawkins, who was the main guy on those first Dalek stories. Working alongside him was David Graham. Both of them have great vocal pedigrees. Peter was 'the' voice of the 60s; he was Captain Pugwash, he was Tony the Tiger and on just about every public information film or TV commercial, it seemed. David Graham was, of course, the voice of Brains and Parker - m'lady - in Thunderbirds (1965). Peter had that wonderful, insistent quality to his voice. David brought a kind of disturbing edge to it. Then the lovely Roy Skelton came along with his uniquely gravelly voice. Those are the three who have influenced me the most. I feel I've kind of absorbed their work by endlessly watching it and listening to it, then I've taken it in my own direction; but much of what I do owes an awful lot to those chaps.
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My favourite Doctor was and is Patrick Troughton. He epitomises for me what I think the strength of the show is. He looks a bit scary, but is massively kind and reassuring. That's what the programme is. He was such a great actor and so funny too, but with the weight to be able to do the dramatic stuff.
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I loved the Daleks. They did scare me when I was a tiddler... But I was mostly fascinated by them. I think the Cybermen did scare me more, largely because they were very quiet in those days. They said very little and you couldn't hear them coming.
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Doctor Who (2005) is deceptively difficult to write. I think people think it's easy. It's not. It's very difficult to get right.
He is the only actor to play both the "Doctor Who" character the Doctor and supply the voices of his greatest enemy, the Daleks. He played the former in numerous Audio Visuals audio dramas as well as the Big Finish audio drama Exile. He also played a man named Gideon Crane who mistakenly believed himself to be the Doctor in the Big Finish audio drama Minuet in Hell. He regularly supplies the voices of the Daleks in numerous audio dramas and episodes of Doctor Who (2005).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Firestorm
TV Movie post-production
Remus
Prisoner Zero
2016
TV Series
Doctor Who
2005-2016
TV Series
Dalek
Daleks
Cybermen
...
Lego Dimensions
2015
Video Game
Daleks
Cybermen (voice, uncredited)
The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz
2015
TV Movie
Dalek (voice, uncredited)
All American Doctor Who
2013
TV Series
Dalek Fred
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
TV Movie
Dalek Operator
An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
TV Movie
Peter Hawkins
BBC Proms
2013
TV Series
Daleks
Power of the Daleks
2012
Short
Daleks (voice)
Cleaning Up
2011
Short
Ted
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games - Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
2010
Video Game
Oswald Fox (voice)
BBC Proms
2010
TV Series
Dalek Dialogue
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games - Blood of the Cybermen
2010
Video Game
Cybermen (voice)
4.3.2.1.
2010
Barry
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games - City of the Daleks
2010
Video Game
Daleks (voice)
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2009
TV Series
Captain Tybo
Torchwood
2009
TV Series
Rick Yates
Inspector Lewis
2009
TV Series
Solicitor
Doctor Who at the Proms
2009
TV Movie
Dalek (voice)
Adulthood
2008
Max
Tardisodes
2006
TV Series
Dalek
Coupling
2004
TV Series
Dalek
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death
2003
Video Game
Judge Death (voice)
The League of Gentlemen
2002
TV Series
Garden Centre Worker
Doctor Who: Real Time
2002
TV Mini-Series
Cybercontroller / Professor Osborn
Auton 2: Sentinel
1998
Video
Mike
Eye of the Beholder
1995
Video
Soldier
Myth Makers Vol. 32: Peter Purves
1995
Video
Breach of the Peace
1994
Video
Evans
The Stranger: The Terror Game
1994
Video
Raven
The Airzone Solution
1993
Video
Sam Flint
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
1993
Video
Minor
The Corridor Sketch
1991
Video short
Reporter
Wartime
1987
Video short
Soldier
Myth Makers Vol. 7: Myth Runner
1987
Video
Briggs / Myth Runner / Himself
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Auton 3
1999
Video as Arthur Wallis
Auton 2: Sentinel
1998
Video written by
Auton
1997
Video written by
Eye of the Beholder
1995
Video written by
Breach of the Peace
1994
Video written by
Stranger Than Fiction
1994
Video documentary
The Stranger: The Terror Game
1994
Video written by
The Airzone Solution
1993
Video written by
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
1993
Video written by
Myth Makers Vol. 7: Myth Runner
1987
Video as Arthur Wallis
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Auton 2: Sentinel
1998
Video
Auton
1997
Video
Stranger Than Fiction
1994
Video documentary as Arthur Wallis
Myth Makers Vol. 7: Myth Runner
1987
Video
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mindgame Trilogy
1999
Video
The Doctors, 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Video documentary
The Stranger: The Terror Game
1994
Video
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Who's Round
2013
TV Series executive producer
Dead and Buried
2010
Video executive producer
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wartime
1987
Video short assistant director
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Who's Round
2013
TV Series
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mindgame Trilogy
1999
Video sound effects
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Thriller Theater!
2011
the producers wish to thank
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Myth Makers: Jacqueline Pearce
2000
Video documentary
Himself / Interviewer
K9 Unleashed
2000
Video documentary
Himself / Host
Myth Makers: William Hartnell
1999
Video documentary
Host
Myth Makers: Roger Delgado - A Tribute
1997
Video documentary short
Himself - Presenter
Stranger Than Fiction 2
1995
Video documentary
Stranger Than Fiction
1994
Video documentary
Myth Makers Vol. 30: Caroline John
1994
Video documentary
Interviewer
Return to Devil's End
1993
Video documentary
Presenter
Myth Makers Vol. 8: Tom Baker
1989
Video documentary
Interviewer
Myth Makers: Colin Baker
1989
Video documentary
Interviewer
Myth Makers Vol. 16: Richard Franklin
1989
Video documentary
Myth Makers Vol. 12: Ian Marter
1986
Video documentary short
Presenter
Myth Makers 9: Sarah Sutton
1986
Video documentary short
Himself - Interviewer
Myth Makers Vol. 7: Wendy Padbury
1986
Video documentary
The Interviewer
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
2016
Himself
Doctor Who: The Fan Show
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself
Doctor Who Extra
2014-2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Infinite
2013
TV Series
Himself
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
TV Movie
Dalek (voice)
My Life
2013
TV Series documentary
Daleks
The Village That Came to Life
2012
Video documentary short
Himself - Presenter
The U.N.I.T Dating Conundrum
2011
Video documentary short
Himself
Doctor Who Confidential
2005-2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Breakfast
2005-2010
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Actor
BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands
2010
TV Series
Himself
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Daleks Beyond the Screen
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Torchwood Declassified
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who
2007
Video documentary short
Himself
Totally Doctor Who
2006-2007
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Weakest Link
2007
TV Series
Himself
The Dalek Tapes
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Richard & Judy
2005
TV Series
Himself
Patrick Troughton in America
2003
Video documentary
Presenter
Patrick Troughton Mythmakers
2002
Video documentary
Host
Myth Makers Vol. 9: Julie Caitlin Brown
2002
Video documentary
Himself - Interviewer
Longleat 83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2001
Video documentary
Himself
Myth Makers Vol. 50: Elisabeth Sladen
2000
Video documentary
Interviewer
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
TV Movie
Various roles
Doctor Who: The Companions
2013
TV Movie documentary
Cybermen (uncredited)
Doctor Who in America
2012
Dalek (uncredited)
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
TV Movie documentary
Dalek (uncredited)
SJA: Alien Files
2010
TV Series
Captain Tybo
Doctor Who
2009
TV Series
Judoon
Doctor Who Confidential
2009
TV Series documentary
Dalek
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
TV Movie documentary
Daleks / Dalek Emperor (uncredited)
Timeshift
2006
TV Series documentary
Dalek
Cybermen
Children in Need
2005
TV Series
Daleks
Known for movies
Doctor Who (2005-2016) as Dalek / Daleks / Cybermen / Cyber-Voice / Judoon / Zygons / Cyber Voices / Nestene / Skaldak / Zygon
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) as Peter Hawkins
$900,000
