Ian Briggs


Ian Briggs 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 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.
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 , published by Big Finish in March, 2008.

Other Work

Briggs has worked in theatre management and arts marketing in recent years.