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| image        = Jon Culshaw.jpg
| name          = Jon Culshaw
| birth date    = [[2 June (people)|2 June]] [[1968 (people)|1968]]
| role          = {{il|[[George W. Bush]]|[[Earl Rivers]]|[[Fourth Doctor]]}}
| role          = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]], [[Kamelion]], [[Kiy Uvanov|Vash Sorkov]]
| job title    =
| job title    = [[Actor]], [[Impressionist]]
| birth date    = [[2 June (people)|2 June]] [[1968]]
| story        = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
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| time          = 2002, 2005, 2015-present
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| story        = {{il|''[[Death Comes to Time]]''|''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''}}
| imdb          = 0191708
| non dwu      = {{il|{{wi|Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers}}|{{wi|The Impressionable Jon Culshaw}}|{{wi|The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson}}|{{wi|Headcases}}}}
| twitter      = jonculshaw
| imdb          = nm0191708
| official site =
| twitter      =  
| clip          = Dead Ringer for the Doctor -- Jon Culshaw -- official Doctor Who 50th Celebration
| clip          = Dead Ringer for the Doctor -- Jon Culshaw -- official Doctor Who 50th Celebration
| clip2        = Doctor Who Impressions with Jon Culshaw Doctor Who Magazine
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'''Jon Culshaw''' did voice work in ''[[Death Comes to Time]]'' and ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''. Culshaw is a member of the {{w|Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers}} comedy troupe.
'''Jon Culshaw''' (born [[2 June (people)|2 June]] [[1968 (people)|1968]]<ref>[https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/jon-culshaw.html Famous Birthdays]</ref>) is an impressionist who has played multiple roles for [[Big Finish Productions]].


Culshaw is renowned for his ability to impersonate the voice of [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], a role in which he has made numerous sketch appearances as well as prank telephone calls for ''Dead Ringers.'' Among the recipients of Culshaw's prank calls from "the Doctor" were ''[[Doctor Who]]'' actors [[Sylvester McCoy]] and Tom Baker himself. In full makeup as Tom Baker, Culshaw interviewed the real Tom Baker, who had no problem with this imitation at all.
Most notably, Culshaw has voiced [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|the Brigadier]] and [[Kamelion]], both originally played by actors who had by then passed away. In various productions, he played Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart alongside [[Tim Treloar]] as the [[Third Doctor]], [[Katy Manning]] as [[Jo Grant]], and [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]]. Before doing so for Big Finish, Culshaw had impersonated [[Nicholas Courtney]]'s Brigadier in multiple [[Target novelisation]] audiobooks.


He performed the role of Tom Baker's voicemail in ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'', in which Baker himself did not appear except in archival footage from ''[[The Five Doctors]]''.
He is a member of the ''[[Dead Ringers]]'' comedy troupe, which feature a number of ''Doctor Who'' parody sketches.


Culshaw is renowned for his ability to impersonate the voice of [[Tom Baker]] as the [[Fourth Doctor]], a role in which he has made numerous sketch appearances as well as prank telephone calls for ''Dead Ringers.'' Among the recipients of Culshaw's prank calls from "the Doctor" were ''[[Doctor Who]]'' actors [[Sylvester McCoy]], [[Colin Baker]], [[Peter Davison]], and Tom Baker himself. In full makeup as Tom Baker, Culshaw interviewed the real Tom Baker, who had no problem with this imitation at all.
He performed the role of Tom Baker's voicemail in ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.
He was an audience member for ''[[The Science of Doctor Who (2013 documentary)|The Science of Doctor Who]]'' and also contributed to the charity reference book ''[[Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who]]''.
== Acting Credits ==
As [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]]
=== Webcasts ===
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown! ====
* ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]''
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Grey Man of the Mountain (audio story)|The Grey Man of the Mountain]]''
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[The Legacy of Time (audio anthology)|The Legacy of Time]]''
** ''[[The Sacrifice of Jo Grant (audio story)|The Sacrifice of Jo Grant]]''
==== The Fifth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Auton Infinity (audio story)|The Auton Infinity]]''
==== Stranded ====
* ''[[UNIT Dating (audio story)|UNIT Dating]]''
==== The Ninth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Way of the Burryman (audio story)|Way of the Burryman]]'' / ''[[The Forth Generation (audio story)|The Forth Generation]]''
==== The Second Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Beyond War Games (audio anthology)|Beyond War Games]]''
** ''[[The Final Beginning (audio story)|The Final Beginning]]''
** ''[[Wrath of the Ice Warriors (audio story)|Wrath of the Ice Warriors]]''
==== The Third Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[Primord (audio story)|Primord]]''
* ''[[The Scream of Ghosts (audio story)|The Scream of Ghosts]]''
* ''[[Poison of the Daleks (audio story)|Poison of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Unzal Incursion (audio story)|The Unzal Incursion]]''
* ''[[The Devil's Hoofprints (audio story)|The Devil's Hoofprints]]''
* ''[[The Annihilators (audio story)|The Annihilators]]''
* ''[[Kaleidoscope (audio story)|Kaleidoscope]]''
* ''[[Intelligence for War (audio story)|Intelligence for War]]''
==== Sontarans vs Rutans ====
* ''[[The Children of the Future (audio story)|The Children of the Future]]''
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[AWOL (audio story)|AWOL]]''
==== The Diary of River Song ====
* ''[[The Blood Woods (audio story)|The Blood Woods]]''
* ''[[Rivers of Light (audio story)|Rivers of Light]]''
As [[Kiy Uvanov|Vash Sorkov]]
=== Audio ===
==== The Robots ====
* ''[[The Mystery of Sector 13 (audio story)|The Mystery of Sector 13]]''
* ''[[A Matter of Conscience (audio story)|A Matter of Conscience]]''
* ''[[Off Grid (audio story)|Off Grid]]''
* ''[[The Janus Deception (audio story)|The Janus Deception]]''
* ''[[Machines Like Us (audio story)|Machines Like Us]]'' - credited as The Source
* ''[[Kaldor Nights (audio story)|Kaldor Nights]]''
* ''[[Force of Nature (audio story)|Force of Nature]]''
* ''[[The Final Hour (audio story)|The Final Hour]]''
As [[Kamelion]]
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[Devil in the Mist (audio story)|Devil in the Mist]]''
* ''[[Black Thursday (audio story)|Black Thursday]]'' / ''[[Power Game (audio story)|Power Game]]''
* ''[[The Kamelion Empire (audio story)|The Kamelion Empire]]''
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Masterful (audio anthology)|Masterful]]''
** ''[[Masterful (audio story)|Masterful]]''
==== The Fifth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Auton Infinity (audio story)|The Auton Infinity]]''
Other Roles
=== Webcasts ===
=== Webcasts ===
* ''[[Death Comes to Time]]''
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'' - [[Golcrum]] / [[Hawk (Death Comes to Time)|Senator Hawk]] / [[George W. Bush|The President]]
 
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown! ====
* ''[[Doctors Assemble! (webcast)|Doctors Assemble!]]'' - [[Third Doctor]] / [[Fourth Doctor]] / [[Fifth Doctor]]
* ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]'' - Third Doctor / [[Terrance Dicks (Bafflement and Devotion)|Terrance Dicks]]
* ''[[The Genuine Article (webcast)|The Genuine Article]]'' - [[Abzorbaloff (The Genuine Article)|Abzorbaloff]]
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]'' - [[Earl Rivers]] / Fourth Doctor
* ''[[You Are the Doctor (audio story)|You Are the Doctor]]'' - [[Keith (You Are the Doctor)|Keith]] / [[Guard (You Are the Doctor)|Guard]]
* ''[[The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel (audio story)|The Grand Betelgeuse Hotel]]'' - [[Chafal]]
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Masterful (audio anthology)|Masterful]]''
** ''[[Terror of the Master (audio story)|Terror of the Master]]'' - Narrator
 
==== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The False Guardian (audio story)|The False Guardian]]'' / ''[[Time's Assassin (audio story)|Time's Assassin]]'' - [[Zephon (The False Guardian)|Zephon]]
* ''[[The Day of the Comet (audio story)|The Day of the Comet]]'' - [[Sullerman]] / [[Massey]]
 
==== Philip Hinchcliffe Presents ====
* ''[[The Genesis Chamber (audio story)|The Genesis Chamber]]'' - [[DeRosa Janz]]
 
==== The Fifth Doctor Adventures ====
* ''[[The Auton Infinity (audio story)|The Auton Infinity]]'' - {{Ainley|c}}
 
==== The Sixth Doctor adventures ====
 
* ''[[The Trials of a Time Lord (audio story)|The Trials of a Time Lord]]'' - [[Tremas Master|The Tremas Master]] (Uncredited)
 
==== The Eighth Doctor: The Time War ====
* ''[[Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)|Planet of the Ogrons]]'' - [[Doctor Ogron]]
 
==== The Tenth Doctor Chronicles ====
* ''[[Backtrack (audio story)|Backtrack]]'' - [[Nathan Hobb]]
 
==== Sontarans vs Rutans ====
* ''[[The Children of the Future (audio story)|The Children of the Future]]'' - [[Rutan|Rutan Brigadier]] (uncredited)
 
==== Short Trips ====
* ''[[The Threshold (audio story)|The Threshold]]'' - [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] / {{Delgado|c}} / [[Lodges]]
* ''[[AWOL (audio story)|AWOL]]'' - [[Third Doctor]] / [[James Munro|Captain Munro]]
 
==== Time Lord Victorious ====
* ''[[Master Thief (audio story)|Master Thief]]''
* ''[[Lesser Evils (audio story)|Lesser Evils]]''
 
==== The Diary of River Song ====
* ''[[Rivers of Light (audio story)|Rivers of Light]]'' - {{Delgado|c}}
 
==== The Robots ====
* ''[[The Sentient (audio story)|The Sentient]]'' - [[SV90]] / [[V76]]
* ''[[A Matter of Conscience (audio story)|A Matter of Conscience]]'' - [[SV77]] / [[V300]]
* ''[[Kaldor Nights (audio story)|Kaldor Nights]]'' - [[V46]]
* ''[[The Final Hour (audio story)|The Final Hour]]'' - SV77
 
==== Torchwood One ====
* ''[[My Guest Tonight (audio story)|My Guest Tonight]]'' - [[Nigel Best]]
 
=== Satirical portrayals ===
* ''[[Now and Then: The Locations of Pyramids of Mars (documentary)|Now and Then: The Locations of Pyramids of Mars]]'' - Voice of Fourth Doctor
* ''[[The Introduction (TV story)|The Story of Doctor Who: The Introduction]]'' - Fourth Doctor
* ''[[Dead Ringers]]'' - Fourth Doctor / [[Tenth Doctor]] / [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]]
* ''[[Children in Need 2003 (TV story)|Children in Need 2003]]'' - Fourth Doctor
* ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'' - [[Tom Baker]]
* ''The Great Curator'' - [[The Curator]] / Third Doctor
 
=== Audiobook readings ===
==== Target Novelisations ====
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Ark in Space (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Ark in Space]]''
* ''[[Death to the Daleks (novelisation)|Death to the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Five Doctors (novelisation)|The Five Doctors]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Mutants (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Mutants]]''
* ''[[Warriors' Gate (audio story)|Warriors' Gate]]''
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon]]''
* ''[[Meglos (novelisation)|Meglos]]''
* ''[[The Romans (novelisation)|The Romans]]''
* ''[[The Time Monster (novelisation)|The Time Monster]]''
 
==== BBC Novelisations ====
* ''[[The Pirate Planet (novelisation)|The Pirate Planet]]''
 
==== The Audio Novels ====
* ''[[Scourge of the Cybermen (audio story)|Scourge of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[The Box of Terrors (audio story)|The Box of Terrors]]''
 
==== Doctor Who Audio Annuals ====
* ''[[Terror on Tiro (short story)|Terror on Tiro]]''
* ''[[The House That Jack Built (short story)|The House That Jack Built]]''
* ''[[The Nemertines (short story)|The Nemernites]]''
* ''[[Justice of the Glacians (short story)|Justice of the Glacians]]''
* ''[[War in the Abyss (short story)|War in the Abyss]]''
* ''[[The Traitor (comic story)|The Traitor]]''


=== Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories ===
==== Dalek Audio Annuals ====
* ''[[The Kingmaker (audio story)|The Kingmaker]]''
* ''[[Blockade (short story)|Blockade]]''
* ''[[The Seeds of Destruction (short story)|The Seeds of Destruction]]''
 
== Writing credits ==
=== Webcasts ===
==== Doctor Who: Lockdown! ====
* ''[[U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)|U.N.I.T. On Call]]'' (with [[Emily Cook]])


=== Other appearances ===
* ''[[Pyramids of Mars]] - [[Now and Then]]'' - Voice of Fourth Doctor
* [[The Story of Doctor Who]] - Fourth Doctor
* Dead Ringers - Fourth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Captain Jack
* [[Children in Need]] Doctor Who/Dead Ringers Weakest Link Sketch - Fourth Doctor
* ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''
== External links ==
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0191708}}
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{{twitter|jonculshaw}}
== Footnotes ==
{{NameSort}}
{{NameSort}}
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Fourth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot cast]]
[[Category:The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot cast]]
[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:Actors who have voiced for the Doctor]]
[[Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers]]
[[Category:BBCi actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who television parody writers]]
[[Category:Doctor Who directors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential]]
[[Category:Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential]]
[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:Philip Hinchcliffe Presents voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who voice actors]]
[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Doctor]]
[[Category:The Doctor Chronicles voice actors]]
[[Category:The Eighth Doctor: Time War voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Fourth Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed Kamelion]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]]
[[Category:The Third Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:The Legacy of Time voice actors]]
[[Category:Behind the Sofa contributors]]
[[Category:The Robots voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Third Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Fifth Doctor]]
[[Category:Short Trips voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Time Lord Victorious voice actors]]
[[Category:Stranded voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed people from the real world]]
[[Category:The Diary of River Song voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Tremas Master]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Master (Terror of the Autons)]]
[[Category:Ninth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:BFTW voice actors]]
[[Category:The Audio Novels voice actors]]
[[Category:The Second Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:The Fifth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed companions of the Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed multiple incarnations of the Doctor]]
[[Category:Sontarans vs Rutans voice actors]]
[[Category:The Lost Stories voice actors]]
[[Category:The Sixth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who: Lockdown! writers]]
[[Category:Dead Ringers voice actors]]
[[Category:Dead Ringers cast]]

Latest revision as of 07:43, 8 December 2024

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Jon Culshaw (born 2 June 1968[1]) is an impressionist who has played multiple roles for Big Finish Productions.

Most notably, Culshaw has voiced the Brigadier and Kamelion, both originally played by actors who had by then passed away. In various productions, he played Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart alongside Tim Treloar as the Third Doctor, Katy Manning as Jo Grant, and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart. Before doing so for Big Finish, Culshaw had impersonated Nicholas Courtney's Brigadier in multiple Target novelisation audiobooks.

He is a member of the Dead Ringers comedy troupe, which feature a number of Doctor Who parody sketches.

Culshaw is renowned for his ability to impersonate the voice of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, a role in which he has made numerous sketch appearances as well as prank telephone calls for Dead Ringers. Among the recipients of Culshaw's prank calls from "the Doctor" were Doctor Who actors Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, and Tom Baker himself. In full makeup as Tom Baker, Culshaw interviewed the real Tom Baker, who had no problem with this imitation at all.

He performed the role of Tom Baker's voicemail in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

He was an audience member for The Science of Doctor Who and also contributed to the charity reference book Behind the Sofa: Celebrity Memories of Doctor Who.

Acting Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown![[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stranded[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Ninth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Second Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Third Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sontarans vs Rutans[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Vash Sorkov

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Robots[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Kamelion

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Roles

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown![[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

Philip Hinchcliffe Presents[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fifth Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Sixth Doctor adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Eighth Doctor: The Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Tenth Doctor Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sontarans vs Rutans[[edit] | [edit source]]

Short Trips[[edit] | [edit source]]

Time Lord Victorious[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Diary of River Song[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Robots[[edit] | [edit source]]

Torchwood One[[edit] | [edit source]]

Satirical portrayals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobook readings[[edit] | [edit source]]

Target Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBC Novelisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Audio Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Audio Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dalek Audio Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Writing credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Lockdown![[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Famous Birthdays
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