#55 Nicholas Briggs INTERVIEW

This week on The Says WHO Podcast, we had the absolute joy of chatting to Doctor Who legend, Nicholas Briggs.Nick takes us through his career and his personal history with the show, including his early work on The Audio Visuals and BBV fanfilms, to being a founding father (and later creative director) of Big Finish Productions, and, of course, lending his voice to the Daleks and Cybermen for the modern series.A massive thank you to Nick for joining us this week and sharing all of those lovely stories. Make sure to join us next week where we'll be ranking every (and we do mean EVERY) TARDIS team!💬 What is your favourite Nicholas Briggs project? Let us know in the comments!🔔 Don’t forget to follow the podcast so you never miss an episode.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 The Start2:02 First Memories of Doctor Who4:57 Being a Creative Child12:31 Being Inspired by Doctor Who16:47 The Audio Visuals21:06 BBV Fanfilms30:12 Giving Yourself Permission to Write33:25 Origins of Big Finish44:35 'The Sirens of Time'50:31 Big Finish Main Range56:23 Dalek Empire1:00:58 Spirituality and the Supernatural1:05:04 Voicing the Daleks1:06:19 Hating Auditions1:12:20 Evolution of Big Finish1:16:42 Fighting to Survive1:18:27 'The Light at the End'1:26:03 Nick's Lovely Beard1:31:49 Working with John Hurt1:42:40 Crying at 'The Daleks' Master Plan'1:44:13 'Fixing' The Sixth Doctor1:48:31 Tom Baker1:53:29 Bad Reviews1:55:19 Classic Doctors, Modern Stories1:57:08 Older Companions2:00:38 Sylvester McCoy Pitches a Story2:01:24 Writing for Every Doctor2:02:53 The Eleventh Doctor Adventures2:06:16 Working with Miles Taylor & Jasmine Bayes2:08:51 Jon Pertwee Tells Nick to Shut Up2:13:03 How Nick Has Evolved as a Creative2:14:56 Favourite Dalek Stories2:17:34 Favourite Dalek Lines2:19:23 Most Challenging Scenes2:22:34 Getting Told Off by Hettie MacDonald2:24:45 Adapting Audio Stories for Screen2:25:34 Voicing More Villains2:27:39 Finding New Talent2:32:30 The EndCONTACT: lintr.ee/thesayswhopodTheme music by Sam Dinley