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| image              = India Fisher.jpg
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| name              = India Fisher
| birth date        = [[10 September (people)|10 September]] [[1974 (people)|1974]]
| role              = [[Charlotte Pollard]]
| role              = [[Charlotte Pollard]]  
| job title          =  
| job title          = [[Actor]]
| birth date        = [[1974 (people)|1974]]
| story              = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
| death date        =
| time              = 2001-17, 2019-present
| aka                =
| non dwu            = ''Dead Ringers'', ''Peepshow'', ''Masterchef''
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| imdb              = 1518491
| imdb              = 1518491
| official site      =
| twitter            = IndFisher
| twitter            = IndFisher
}}'''India Fisher''' is a voice actor for [[Big Finish Productions]].
}}
'''India Fisher''' (born [[10 September (people)|10 September]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1436256884269346818/photo/1 Twitter]</ref> [[1974 (people)|1974]]<ref>[https://peoplepill.com/people/india-fisher People Pill]</ref>) is a voice actor for [[Big Finish Productions]], notable for portraying the [[Sixth Doctor|Sixth]] and [[Eighth Doctor]]s' companion [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
India Fisher initially played [[Peril Bellamy]] in ''[[Winter for the Adept]]'' alongside her friend [[Liz Sutherland]]. She later returned to play [[Charlotte Pollard]], companion to the [[Eighth Doctor]] as played by [[Paul McGann]], becoming the first actor cast as a recurring companion of a current Doctor since [[Sophie Aldred]] took the role of [[Ace]] in 1987.
India Fisher initially played [[Peril Bellamy (Winter for the Adept)|Peril Bellamy]] in ''[[Winter for the Adept (audio story)|Winter for the Adept]]'' alongside her friend [[Liz Sutherland]]. She later returned to play [[Charlotte Pollard]], companion to the [[Eighth Doctor]] as played by [[Paul McGann]], becoming the first actor cast as a recurring companion of a current Doctor since [[Sophie Aldred]] took the role of [[Ace]] in 1987.


Fisher holds the longest continuous streak as a companion of the Doctor. From January 2001, starting with the release of ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'' until January 2007, she participated in every [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventure. Beginning with ''[[The Condemned (audio story)|The Condemned]]'' she reprised the role of Charlotte in an arc of stories alongside [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]]. In 2014, she was given her own spin-off — the ''[[Charlotte Pollard (audio series)|Charlotte Pollard]]'' audio series.
Fisher holds the longest continuous streak as a companion of the Doctor. From January 2001, starting with the release of ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'' until January 2007, she participated in every [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventure. Beginning with ''[[The Condemned (audio story)|The Condemned]]'', she reprised the role of Charlotte in an arc of stories alongside [[Colin Baker]] as the [[Sixth Doctor]]. In 2014, she was given her own spin-off — the ''[[Charlotte Pollard (audio series)|Charlotte Pollard]]'' audio series.


Outside of ''Doctor Who,'' Fisher has performed in other voice and television work. For Big Finish she appeared in the original comedy ''Fly Me to the Moon'' alongside [[Sylvester McCoy]], as well as the scifi play ''Earthsearch Mindwarp,'' based on a James Follett novel. She appeared in the ''Dead Ringers'' television series, and had a voice role in Scifi Channel UK's spinoff ''[[Blake's 7]]'' audio series. She is the longtime narrator of the UK series ''MasterChef.''
She was also interviewed for ''[[Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It]]''.
 
Outside of ''Doctor Who,'' Fisher has performed in other voice and television work. For Big Finish, she appeared in the original comedy ''Fly Me to the Moon'' alongside [[Sylvester McCoy]], as well as the sci-fi play ''Earthsearch Mindwarp'' based on a James Follett novel. She appeared in the ''Dead Ringers'' television series, and had a voice role in the Sci-Fi Channel UK's spinoff ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' audio series. She is the longtime narrator of the UK series ''MasterChef''.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Fisher is the daughter of former British politician {{w|Mark Fisher (politician)|Mark Fisher}}. Her stepbrother is musician {{w|Crispin Hunt}} and her stepsister is [[Francesca Hunt]], with whom she appeared in ''[[Other Lives]]''.
Fisher is the daughter of former British politician {{w|Mark Fisher (politician)|Mark Fisher}}. Her stepbrother is musician {{w|Crispin Hunt}} and her stepsister is [[Francesca Hunt]], with whom she appeared in ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]''.
 
On 4th December 2013, "a matter of days after" recording ''Charlotte Pollard'' Series 1, Fisher gave birth to her son Aneurin (Nye) Harrison.<ref>[[VOR 63|''Vortex'' Magazine Issue 63]]: Fisher Queen</ref>


On 4th December 2013, "a matter of days after" recording ''Charlotte Pollard'' Series 1, Fisher gave birth to her son Aneurin (Nye) Harrison.<ref>Vortex Magazine [http://www.bigfinish.com/vortex/v/63 Issue 63]: Fisher Queen</ref>
== Credits ==
As [[Charlotte Pollard|Charley Pollard]]


== Appearances in Big Finish audio stories ==
=== Audio ===


=== As Charley Pollard ===
==== ''Doctor Who: Main Range'' ====
* ''[[Storm Warning]]''
* ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]''
* ''[[Sword of Orion]]''
* ''[[Sword of Orion (audio story)|Sword of Orion]]''
* ''[[The Stones of Venice]]''
* ''[[The Stones of Venice (audio story)|The Stones of Venice]]''
* ''[[Minuet in Hell]]''
* ''[[Minuet in Hell (audio story)|Minuet in Hell]]''
* ''[[Invaders from Mars]]''
* ''[[Invaders from Mars (audio story)|Invaders from Mars]]''
* ''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]''
* ''[[The Chimes of Midnight (audio story)|The Chimes of Midnight]]''
* ''[[Seasons of Fear]]''
* ''[[Seasons of Fear (audio story)|Seasons of Fear]]''
* ''[[Embrace the Darkness]]''
* ''[[Embrace the Darkness (audio story)|Embrace the Darkness]]''
* ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Neverland]]'' (also as [[Sentris]])
* ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]''
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''
* ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]''
* ''[[Living Legend]]''
* ''[[Scherzo (audio story)|Scherzo]]''
* ''[[Scherzo]]''
* ''[[The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)|The Creed of the Kromon]]''
* ''[[The Creed of the Kromon]]''
* ''[[The Natural History of Fear (audio story)|The Natural History of Fear]]''
* ''[[The Natural History of Fear]]''
* ''[[The Twilight Kingdom (audio story)|The Twilight Kingdom]]''
* ''[[The Twilight Kingdom]]''
* ''[[Faith Stealer (audio story)|Faith Stealer]]''
* ''[[Faith Stealer]]''
* ''[[The Last (audio story)|The Last]]''
* ''[[The Last (audio story)|The Last]]''
* ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]''
* ''[[Caerdroia (audio story)|Caerdroia]]''
* ''[[The Next Life]]''
* ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]''
* ''[[Terror Firma]]''
* ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]''
* ''[[Scaredy Cat]]''
* ''[[Scaredy Cat (audio story)|Scaredy Cat]]''
* ''[[Other Lives]]''
* ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]''
* ''[[Time Works]]''
* ''[[Time Works (audio story)|Time Works]]''
* ''[[Something Inside]]''
* ''[[Something Inside (audio story)|Something Inside]]''
* ''[[Memory Lane]]''
* ''[[Memory Lane (audio story)|Memory Lane]]''
* ''[[Absolution (BFA audio story)|Absolution]]''
* ''[[Absolution (BFM audio story)|Absolution]]''
* ''[[The Girl Who Never Was]]''
* ''[[The Girl Who Never Was (audio story)|The Girl Who Never Was]]''
* ''[[The Condemned]]''
* ''[[The Condemned (audio story)|The Condemned]]''
* ''[[The Doomwood Curse]]''
* ''[[The Doomwood Curse (audio story)|The Doomwood Curse]]''
* ''[[Brotherhood of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Brotherhood of the Daleks (audio story)|Brotherhood of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[Return of the Krotons]]''
* ''[[The Raincloud Man (audio story)|The Raincloud Man]]''
* ''[[The Raincloud Man]]''
* ''[[Patient Zero (audio story)|Patient Zero]]''
* ''[[Patient Zero]]''
* ''[[Paper Cuts (audio story)|Paper Cuts]]''
* ''[[Paper Cuts]]''
* ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet (audio story)|Blue Forgotten Planet]]''
* ''[[Blue Forgotten Planet]]''
* ''[[The End of the Beginning (audio story)|The End of the Beginning]]''
* ''[[Solitaire]]''
 
==== Special Releases ====
* ''[[Living Legend (audio story)|Living Legend]]''
* ''[[Return of the Krotons (audio story)|Return of the Krotons]]''
* ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
* ''[[The Legacy of Time (audio anthology)|The Legacy of Time]]''
** ''[[The Avenues of Possibility (audio story)|The Avenues of Possibility]]''
 
==== ''The Sixth Doctor Adventures'' ====
* ''[[The Red House (audio story)|The Red House]]''
 
==== ''The Eighth Doctor Adventures'' ====
* ''[[The Great Cyber-War (audio story)|The Great Cyber-War]]'' - uncredited
* ''[[In the Bleak Midwinter (audio anthology)|In the Bleak Midwinter]]''
** ''[[Twenty-Four Doors in December (audio story)|Twenty-Four Doors in December]]''
** ''[[The Empty Man (audio story)|The Empty Man]]''
** ''[[Winter of the Demon (audio story)|Winter of the Demon]]''
* [[The Stuff of Legend (audio story)|The Stuff of Legend]]
 
==== ''Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress'' ====
* ''[[The Mummy Speaks! (audio story)|The Mummy Speaks!]]''
* ''[[Eclipse (audio story)|Eclipse]]''
* ''[[The Slaying of the Writhing Mass (audio story)|The Slaying of the Writhing Mass]]''
* ''[[Heart of Orion (audio story)|Heart of Orion]]''
 
==== Ravenous 3 ====
* ''[[Companion Piece (audio story)|Companion Piece]]''
 
==== ''Classic Doctors, New Monsters'' ====
* ''[[If I Should Die Before I Wake (audio story)|If I Should Die Before I Wake]]''
 
==== ''Sontarans vs Rutans'' ====
* ''[[The Battle of Giant's Causeway (audio story)|The Battle of Giant's Causeway]]''
 
==== ''Destiny of the Doctor'' ====
* ''[[Enemy Aliens (audio story)|Enemy Aliens]]''
* ''[[Enemy Aliens (audio story)|Enemy Aliens]]''
* ''[[The Light at the End (audio story)|The Light at the End]]''
 
==== ''The Companion Chronicles'' ====
* ''[[Solitaire (audio story)|Solitaire]]''
 
==== ''Short Trips'' ====
* ''[[Running Out of Time (audio story)|Running Out of Time]]''
* ''[[Letting Go (audio story)|Letting Go]]''
* ''[[All the Fun of the Fair (audio story)|All the Fun of the Fair]]''
* ''[[Quantum Heresy (audio story)|Quantum Heresy]]''
* ''[[Foreshadowing (audio story)|Foreshadowing]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (audio story)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''
* ''[[Hall of the Ten Thousand (audio story)|Hall of the Ten Thousand]]''
* ''[[These Stolen Hours (audio story)|These Stolen Hours]]''
 
==== ''Charlotte Pollard'' ====
* ''[[The Lamentation Cipher (audio story)|The Lamentation Cipher]]''
* ''[[The Lamentation Cipher (audio story)|The Lamentation Cipher]]''
* ''[[The Shadow at the Edge of the World (audio story)|The Shadow at the Edge of the World]]''
* ''[[The Shadow at the Edge of the World (audio story)|The Shadow at the Edge of the World]]''
* ''[[The Fall of the House of Pollard (audio story)|The Fall of the House of Pollard]]''
* ''[[The Fall of the House of Pollard (audio story)|The Fall of the House of Pollard]]''
* ''[[The Viyran Solution (audio story)|The Viyran Solution]]''
* ''[[The Viyran Solution (audio story)|The Viyran Solution]]''
* ''[[Embankment Station (audio story)|Embankment Station]]''
* ''[[Ruffling (audio story)|Ruffling]]''
* ''[[Seed of Chaos (audio story)|Seed of Chaos]]''
* ''[[The Destructive Quality of Life (audio story)|The Destructive Quality of Life]]''
==== ''Doom's Day'' ====
* ''[[The Crowd (audio story)|The Crowd]]''
=== Stage plays ===
* [[The Stuff of Legend (stage play)|The Stuff of Legend]]
Other roles
==== ''Doctor Who: Main Range'' ====
* ''[[Winter for the Adept (audio story)|Winter for the Adept]]'' - [[Peril Bellamy (Winter for the Adept)|Peril Bellamy]]
* ''[[Neverland (audio story)|Neverland]]'' - [[Sentris]]
* ''[[Other Lives (audio story)|Other Lives]]'' - [[Madeline de Roche]]
==== ''Classic Doctors, New Monsters'' ====
* ''[[If I Should Die Before I Wake (audio story)|If I Should Die Before I Wake]]'' - [[Gorgon (mythology)|Gorgon]] / [[the Fates]] / [[Sphinx]]
==== ''Gallifrey'' ====
* ''[[A Blind Eye (audio story)|A Blind Eye]]'' - [[Cecelia Pollard]]
==== ''Bernice Summerfield'' ====
* ''[[Paradise Frost (audio story)|Paradise Frost]]'' - [[Carol Bauer]]
* ''[[Everybody Loves Irving (audio story)|Everybody Loves Irving]]'' - Female Surlioid


=== As other characters ===
=== Audiobook readings ===
* ''[[Winter for the Adept]]'' ([[Peril Bellamy]])
==== ''BBC Past Doctor Adventures'' ====
* ''[[Gallifrey (audio series)|Gallifrey]]'': ''[[A Blind Eye]]'' ([[Cecelia Pollard]])
* ''[[The Shadow in the Glass (novel)|The Shadow in the Glass]]''
* ''[[Big Finish Bernice Summerfield series]]: ''[[Paradise Frost]]'' ([[Carol Bauer]])


== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=1518491}}
{{elx|page url=https://qvoice.co.uk/voice-artists/index.php?profile=india-fisher|website url=https://qvoice.co.uk/|website name=Qvoice}}
{{twitter|IndFisher}}
{{twitter|IndFisher}}
*[http://sueterryvoices.com/profile/india-fisher/ Agency profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221101215/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/01/01/13731.shtml BBC.co.uk website interview with India Fisher, 01 January 2004]
{{imdb name|id=1518491}}


== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Big Finish Gallifrey voice actors]]
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[[Category:Big Finish Bernice Summerfield voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Bernice Summerfield voice actors]]
[[Category:AudioGo voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who have voiced for the Doctor]]
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[[Category:Big Finish Charlotte Pollard voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Charlotte Pollard voice actors]]
[[Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers]]
[[Category:Destiny of the Doctor voice actors]]
[[Category:The Companion Chronicles voice actors]]
[[Category:Bonus Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
[[Category:Short Trips voice actors]]
[[Category:Special Releases voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish regular cast]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed companions of the Doctor]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed the Eighth Doctor]]
[[Category:The Sixth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Ravenous voice actors]]
[[Category:The Legacy of Time voice actors]]
[[Category:Eighth Doctor Adventures voice actors]]
[[Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Doom's Day voice actors]]
[[Category:Sontarans vs Rutans voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who stage play actors]]

Latest revision as of 20:39, 3 November 2024

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India Fisher (born 10 September[1] 1974[2]) is a voice actor for Big Finish Productions, notable for portraying the Sixth and Eighth Doctors' companion Charley Pollard.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

India Fisher initially played Peril Bellamy in Winter for the Adept alongside her friend Liz Sutherland. She later returned to play Charlotte Pollard, companion to the Eighth Doctor as played by Paul McGann, becoming the first actor cast as a recurring companion of a current Doctor since Sophie Aldred took the role of Ace in 1987.

Fisher holds the longest continuous streak as a companion of the Doctor. From January 2001, starting with the release of Storm Warning until January 2007, she participated in every Eighth Doctor audio adventure. Beginning with The Condemned, she reprised the role of Charlotte in an arc of stories alongside Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. In 2014, she was given her own spin-off — the Charlotte Pollard audio series.

She was also interviewed for Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It.

Outside of Doctor Who, Fisher has performed in other voice and television work. For Big Finish, she appeared in the original comedy Fly Me to the Moon alongside Sylvester McCoy, as well as the sci-fi play Earthsearch Mindwarp based on a James Follett novel. She appeared in the Dead Ringers television series, and had a voice role in the Sci-Fi Channel UK's spinoff Blake's 7 audio series. She is the longtime narrator of the UK series MasterChef.

Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fisher is the daughter of former British politician Mark Fisher. Her stepbrother is musician Crispin Hunt and her stepsister is Francesca Hunt, with whom she appeared in Other Lives.

On 4th December 2013, "a matter of days after" recording Charlotte Pollard Series 1, Fisher gave birth to her son Aneurin (Nye) Harrison.[3]

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

As Charley Pollard

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Pollard: The Further Adventuress[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ravenous 3[[edit] | [edit source]]

Classic Doctors, New Monsters[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Destiny of the Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Charlotte Pollard[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doom's Day[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stage plays[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other roles

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

Classic Doctors, New Monsters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gallifrey[[edit] | [edit source]]

Bernice Summerfield[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

BBC Past Doctor Adventures[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Twitter
  2. ↑ People Pill
  3. ↑ Vortex Magazine Issue 63: Fisher Queen
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