RICHARD JAMES
Richard has appeared in several Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish Productions - a literal dream come true for any Doctor Who fan! He has acted alongside many famous names from the 'classic' series, including Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton (above), Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury and Tom Baker and Louise Jameson.
In May 2024, it was announced that Richard had co-written a story for the Third Doctor Who as played by Tim Treloar. 'Doctor Who and the Brain Drain' features Jon Culshaw as The Brigadier and Daisy Ashford as Liz Shaw. This brand new adventure takes place immediately after the Third Doctor's very first TV adventure and is available to buy via the Big Finish Website.
'My wife had been editing one of Richard’s books and said to me, he writes beautifully. He also knows his old Doctor Who and has a very clear sense of the Third Doctor era, so I asked him for ideas for Third Doctor stories. He sent this one pitch and it had something about it that I really liked. It felt like Doctor Who, but also like an old-fashioned Sunday afternoon teatime adventure'
Nicholas Briggs, Big Finish
Richard's first experience of working for Big Finish was as Officer Enab in The Isos Network opposite Frazer Hines as the Second Doctor and Jamie McCrimmon. He went on to play Rembrandt in the Fifth Doctor adventure The Waters Of Amsterdam, Riley in the Eleventh Doctor story The House Of Masks, Sergeant Ballard in The Incherton Incident with Stephen Noonan as the First Doctor and Governor Rogan in Revolution In Space opposite Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor. His latest adventures in Time and Space feature Tom Baker as the Doctor...
And another thing...
Richard has worked with another Doctor Who, before he was offered the part of the nation's favourite Time Lord.
Just before the series' 2005 TV comeback, Richard played the part of a quack physician in Granada TV's Casanova, starring David Tennant.
The series also starred the legendary Peter O'Toole and was filmed in exotic locations including Croatia and Venice.
Richard shot his scenes in Manchester.
~REVIEWS~
'STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE'
'WATERS OF AMSTERDAM', DOC OHO REVIEWS
'RICHARD JAMES IMPRESSES'
'REVOLUTION IN SPACE', CULTBOX
'SOMETIMES SPOOKY, SOMETIMES SILLY BUT ALWAYS FUN'
'DOCTOR WHO AND THE BRAIN DRAIN', WHOREVIEW
'WHISTLES BY IN A FLURRY OF PLEASURE'
'DOCTOR WHO AND THE BRAIN DRAIN', DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE
