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Actors come and go in the part of the Doctor, it's a revolving door by nature. But it struck me just now how long Nicholas Briggs has been doing the role as his nemeses, the Daleks.

Or rather, I'm wondering exactly how long he has been turning the knobs on the old ring modulator? IMDb gives his earliest Dalek credit as 2000's Doctor who: The apocalypse element, but surely they aren't listing all of his audio plays?

Big finish got the rights to produce Doctor who audios in 1999, were there any Dalek bits by him there — giving him an early silver jubilee this year — or perhaps earlier in unlicensed fan works?

I hope somebody better versed in the extended universe can help answer this. Either way, the fact that Briggs has played the same part in Who productions longer than the entirety of the revived series has been on the air is... monumental.

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[–] rubikcuber 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The first Audio Visual stories that feature the Daleks voiced by Briggs were 1985! The Time Ravagers I think. The original version of The Mutant Phase (later redone as a 5th Doctor story for BF) was probably 1986.

[–] halm@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago

Nineteen eighty-five! 🤯 Has he been the/a voice of the Daleks for 39 years?!

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

For those who don't know the brand, these little Moog modulators like he's holding in his hands can go between 1500€ and 3000€. Their full size synthesisers are 5 figures.