Ian Briggs

{{Short description|British television writer, author and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Ian Briggs''' (born 31 October 1958<ref>[https://www.jordans.co.uk/reports/Process?formAction=DirectorCompany&dirNo=D02012445 Jordan Watch] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203070810/https://www.jordans.co.uk/reports/Process?formAction=DirectorCompany&dirNo=D02012445 |date=December 3, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dellam.com/cgi-bin/main.pl |title=Dellam Corporate Information Ltd |publisher=Dellam |date= |accessdate=2016-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928145826/http://www.dellam.com/cgi-bin/main.pl |archive-date=2018-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is a British television writer, author and manager, whose work includes scripts for the BBC drama series ''Doctor Who'' and '' Casualty''.

==Writing== Briggs wrote two serials for ''Doctor Who'', ''Dragonfire''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dragonfire/detail.shtml |title=Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Dragonfire - Details |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2016-09-29}}</ref> and ''The Curse of Fenric'', for the programme's 24th and 26th seasons respectively. Both stories featured Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, while ''Dragonfire'' introduced Sophie Aldred as Ace. Briggs subsequently novelised both serials for the Target Books range. As part of Doctor Who's 60th anniversary in 2023, ''The Curse of Fenric'' was re-released with additional material by Pete McTighe in the ''Tales of the TARDIS'' series.

In 1990, Briggs contributed the episodes "Street Life" to the fifth series of ''Casualty'' and "Old Wounds" to the sixth series of ''The Bill''.

He has also contributed a short story, ''The Celestial Harmony Engine'' to the ''Doctor Who'' anthology ''Short Trips: Defining Patterns'', published by ''Big Finish'' in March, 2008.

==Other work== Briggs has worked in theatre management and arts marketing in recent years.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ian Briggs |url=http://www.ianbriggs.com/ |title=Scriptwriter |publisher=Ian Briggs |date= |accessdate=2016-09-29 |archive-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120020428/http://www.ianbriggs.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0109037|name=Ian Briggs}} * {{Isfdb name|id=3707|name=Ian Briggs}} *[https://archive.today/20121223015707/http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/authors/brig/briggs.htm Biography of Ian Briggs at On Target]

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