Nigel Fairs is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
actor, writer and producer.
He trained at Bretton Hall College and has appeared in a number of theatre productions, most notably as Christopher Wren in the long-running
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stage production of
The MousetrapThe Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has had the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 23,000 performances so far. It is the longest running show of the...
. On television, he has appeared in
EastEndersEastEnders is a long-running, popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985...
and as a
DalekThe Daleks are a fictional race of extraterrestrial mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Daleks are organisms from the planet Skaro, integrated within a tank-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent on universal conquest and...
on
Blue PeterBlue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel.It is named after the blue-and-white flag hoisted by a ship in port when it is ready to sail...
. He has had 26 stage plays produced, and two musicals.
He currently works for
Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties...
, as a composer, and was the producer of their
Sapphire and Steel and
The Tomorrow People ranges.
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Nigel Fairs is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
actor, writer and producer.
He trained at Bretton Hall College and has appeared in a number of theatre productions, most notably as Christopher Wren in the long-running
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
stage production of
The MousetrapThe Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has had the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 23,000 performances so far. It is the longest running show of the...
. On television, he has appeared in
EastEndersEastEnders is a long-running, popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985...
and as a
DalekThe Daleks are a fictional race of extraterrestrial mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Daleks are organisms from the planet Skaro, integrated within a tank-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent on universal conquest and...
on
Blue PeterBlue Peter is a long-running BBC television programme for children. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC Channel.It is named after the blue-and-white flag hoisted by a ship in port when it is ready to sail...
. He has had 26 stage plays produced, and two musicals.
He currently works for
Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties...
, as a composer, and was the producer of their
Sapphire and Steel and
The Tomorrow People ranges. A common style of both ranges is an increase in emotional content, the exploration of ongoing themes and, in the case of
The Tomorrow People, long-running
story arcA story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and in some cases, films. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story...
s.
As well as writing individual stories for both these ranges, he has contributed to the company’s
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
range in February 2007 with
The Blue ToothThe Blue Tooth is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.The Companion Chronicles "talking books" are each narrated by one of the Doctor's companions and feature a second, guest-star voice along with music and sound...
, and later 'The Catalyst' and 'Empathy Games', both starring Louise Jameson. In 2007, he contributed to the short-story collection
Short Trips: SnapshotsShort Trips: Snapshots is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Joseph Lidster and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
.
Prior to his work for Big Finish, he was a regular writer and director for
BBVBBV is a video and audio production company specialising in science fiction drama, known for its links with the British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
.
Big Finish Productions
His work for
Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties...
includes:
As a director:
Dead Man Walking,
The Mystery of the Missing HourThe Mystery of the Missing Hour is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the popular British science fiction television series Sapphire & Steel.-Cast:*Steel — David Warner*Sapphire — Susannah Harker*Narrator — Colin Baker...
,
Daisy Chain,
All Fall Down,
The Lighthouse,
The SchoolThe School is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the popular British science fiction television series Sapphire & Steel.-Plot:The school has stood for exactly a century, and proud of its history...
,
The Surest PoisonThe Surest Poison is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the popular British science fiction television series Sapphire & Steel.-Plot:...
,
Water Like a StoneWater Like a Stone is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the popular British science fiction television series Sapphire & Steel.-Plot:...
and
Doctor Who: Scaredy CatScaredy Cat is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
.
As an actor:
Gallifrey: PandoraGallifrey: Pandora is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
,
Professor Bernice Summerfield: Walking to BabylonWalking to Babylon is a 1998 novel by Kate Orman in the Virgin New Adventures series featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield ....
,
Professor Bernice Summerfield: Dragons' WrathDragons' Wrath is a novel by Justin Richards from the Virgin New Adventures starring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
,
Doctor Who: The Shadow of the ScourgeThe Shadow of the Scourge is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*The Doctor — Sylvester McCoy*Ace — Sophie Aldred*Bernice Summerfield — Lisa Bowerman...
and
Doctor Who: NekromanteiaNekromanteia is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*The Doctor — Peter Davison*Peri — Nicola Bryant*Erimem — Caroline Morris*Tallis — Kate Brown...
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