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Extinction (Doctor Who Audio)
''Cyberman'' is a series of Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Eight audio plays were produced in 2 series of 4 CDs. The series takes place during a fictional time in the Doctor Who universe known as the Orion Wars. During the Orion Wars, humanity is at war with androids who no longer wish to be under human control. The center of the action is Project Scorpius, a "military project gone dark, off the books." The series is produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Managing Director Jason Haigh-Ellery. Cast Series 1 (2005) * Samantha – Hannah Smith * Paul Hunt / Comms / Security – Barnaby Edwards * Hendry/Helliton/Glaust/Karen's Father/Protester/Guard – Ian Brooker * Duncan Levinson / Captain / Pilot / Public Address / Soldier – Toby Longworth * SSC Control/Operations Officer/Helm – Samantha Sanns * Comp – Samantha Sanns * Admiral Karen Brett – Sarah Mowat * Captain Liam Barnaby / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Dark Shadows'', '' Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', '' Stargate'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'' and ''Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but by then had become officially independent from the show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story ''The Sirens of Time''. ''Docto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Briggs
Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He 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. 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 Rose Bruford College 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 Reeltime Pictures 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Swallow
James Swallow is a British author. A BAFTA nominee and a ''New York Times'', ''Sunday Times'' and Amazon #1 best-seller, he is the author of several original books and tie-in novels, as well as short fiction, numerous audio dramas and video games. His writing includes the Marc Dane series of action thrillers, the Sundowners series of Western fiction steampunk novels, and fiction from the worlds of ''Star Trek'', ''Warhammer 40,000'', ''Doctor Who'', '' 24'', ''Stargate'', '' 2000 AD'' and many more. He lives and works in London. Novels & novellas The Marc Dane series *''Nomad'' (2016), audiobook (2016) *''Exile'' (2017), audiobook (2017) *''Ghost'' (2018), audiobook (2018) *''Rough Air'' (Novelette) (2019) *''Shadow'' (2019), audiobook (2019) *''Rogue'' (2020), audiobook (2020) *''Outlaw'' (2021), audiobook (2022) Stand-Alone novels *''Airside'' (2022) The Sundowners series *''Ghost Town'' (2001) *''Underworld'' (2001) *''Iron Dragon'' (2001) *''Showdown'' (2001) Warham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Haigh-Ellery
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the characters Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from '' 2000 AD'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Dark Shadows'', ''Dracula'', ''Terrahawks'', ''Sapphire & Steel'', ''Sherlock Holmes'', ''Stargate'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Timeslip'' and ''Torchwood''. History Founded in 1996, Big Finish in late 1998 began releasing audio plays adapted from the New Adventures, a series of novels from Virgin Books which had originally been licensed ''Doctor Who'' stories, but by then had become officially independent from the show and were based around the character of Bernice "Benny" Summerfield. In 1999, Big Finish obtained a non-exclusive licence to produce official ''Doctor Who'' plays, beginning with the multi-Doctor story ''The Sirens of Time''. ''Doctor W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. The TARDIS exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. With various companions, the Doctor combats foes, works to save civilisations, and helps people in need. Beginning with William Hartnell, thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; in 2017, Jodie Whittaker became the first woman to officially play the role on television. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the series with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Each acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Managing Director
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution. CEOs find roles in a range of organizations, including public and private corporations, non-profit organizations and even some government organizations (notably state-owned enterprises). The CEO of a corporation or company typically reports to the board of directors and is charged with maximizing the value of the business, which may include maximizing the share price, market share, revenues or another element. In the non-profit and government sector, CEOs typically aim at achieving outcomes related to the organization's mission, usually provided by legislation. CEOs are also frequently assigned the role of main manager of the organization and the highest-ranking offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby Edwards
Barnaby Edwards (born 20 August 1969) is a British actor, writer, director and artist. He is known as a performer for the British science-fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', in the role of a Dalek operator. He has also written, directed, produced or performed in over 80 Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories. Alongside frequent radio and voice over work, Edwards has narrated over 40 unabridged audiobooks for Audible.com and others. Early life Edwards graduated from the University of Exeter in 1991 with a degree in Fine Art and French. He subsequently went on to train at the Guildford School of Acting, where he won the Postgraduate Award for Acting in 1992. Career Edwards has worked in the theatre, television, radio and audio plays, as a director and writer. Edwards is also an artist and his pictures hang in galleries and private collections across Europe as well as being exhibited widely within the UK. Following a successful show at the Blue Lias gallery in Lyme Regis, Barn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Brooker (actor)
Ian Brooker is a character actor, with experience of theatre, television and film. However, it is in the medium of radio and audio drama that he is best known. Ian Anthony Brooker is the ninth generation of a theatrical family that first went on stage in the mid eighteenth century. Relatives have included leading theatrical and literary figures such as Dame Madge Kendal (Mrs Kendal in ''The Elephant Man'') (1848–1935), dramatists such as Thomas William Robertson (1829–1871) – author of the play ''Caste'', the screenwriter Philip MacDonald (1900–80) – author of the Boris Karloff film ''The Body Snatcher'', and several Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films; Harry Duff (1895–1984) – the boy actor who played both Michael and John Darling in the original production and revival of the play ''Peter Pan''; the French actress, Rachel Berendt who studied with Sarah Bernhardt and who married the film, stage and television actor Pierre Fresnay; and Carol Robertson – producer of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Longworth
Toby Longworth is a British actor who has appeared on film, radio and television. He is originally from Somerset, where he attended King Edward's School, Bath. He has worked most often as a voice actor, however, notably in several science-fiction projects, audiobooks and video games. Biography Between 1984 and 1989 Longworth was part of a double-act, The Rubber Bishops with Bill Bailey, a former school friend from Bath. Toby left in 1989 to join the RSC. He was later a regular performer on the radio comedy ''Week Ending''. Television Longworth has appeared in many TV series including ''The Legacy of Reginald Perrin'', '' Nathan Barley'', ''Nighty Night'', '' The IT Crowd'' and '' Extras''. Most recently he has appeared in ''The Stand Up Sketch Show'' (2019) and ''Breeders'' (2020). In 2022 he appeared in the first episode of Series 4 of ''Ghosts''. Longworth provided the voices of Lott Dod and Gragra in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. He can also be he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyberman
The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme '' Doctor Who''. The Cybermen are a species of space-faring cyborgs who often forcefully and painfully convert human beings (or other similar species) into more Cybermen in order to populate their ranks while also removing their emotions and personalities. They were conceived by writer Kit Pedler (who was also the unofficial scientific advisor to the series) and story editor Gerry Davis, and first appeared in the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Tenth Planet''. The Cybermen have seen many redesigns and costume changes over ''Doctor Who''s long run, as well as a number of varying origin stories. In their first appearance, ''The Tenth Planet'' (1966), they are humans from Earth's nearly identical "twin planet" of Mondas who upgraded themselves into cyborgs in a bid for self-preservation. Forty years later, the two-part story, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Hadoke
Toby is a popular, usually male, name in many English speaking countries. The name is from the Middle English vernacular form of Tobias. Tobias itself is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew טוביה ''Toviah'', which translates to ''Good is Yahweh''. Yahweh is the name of the Jewish God. Toby is also an alternate form of Tobias. It is also used as a contraction of Tobin, an Irish surname now also used as a forename. People named or nicknamed Toby * Toby Alderweireld (born 1989), Belgian professional football player * Toby Bailey (born 1975), American sports agent former professional basketball player * Toby Balding (1936–2014), British racehorse trainer * Toby Barker (born 1981), American politician * Toby Barrett (born 1945), Canadian politician * Toby Brighty (born 1995), English Graphic Designer * Toby Colbeck (1884-1918), English cricketer * Toby Cosgrove (born 1940), American surgeon * Toby Creswell (born 1955), Australian music journalist and writer * Toby Fox (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Robinson
Jess Robinson (born 1982/1983) is an English comedy actress, singer, impressionist, voice artist and comedian. Early life Robinson was born in Edgware, London, in a non-religious Jewish family, the daughter of a piano teacher and artist, and granddaughter of the jazz pianist, Jules Ruben. She grew up in Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Her mother is a teacher and her father was an artist. She attended the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. Career While still at school, Robinson first appeared on stage in the title role of Little Voice in ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'', by Jim Cartwright, at the Courtyard Theatre. Her role included imitating the voices of Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf and Julie Andrews. Geraldine McNulty appeared as her mother, Marie Hoff. She then went on to perform in the last two series of '' Dead Ringers'' on BBC2. She occasionally appeared as an impressionist but mostly played characters in various sketches to support the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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