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Briant had originally been an actor, working under the stage name Michael Tennant, as there was already a Michael Bryant registered with Equity. Having started using his own name as a director, Briant later added the initial "E" to avoid confusion with the aforementioned actor, after the pair apparently began receiving each other's mail. | Briant had originally been an actor, working under the stage name Michael Tennant, as there was already a Michael Bryant registered with Equity. Having started using his own name as a director, Briant later added the initial "E" to avoid confusion with the aforementioned actor, after the pair apparently began receiving each other's mail. | ||
He also provided several voices on the serials he directed. He provided the voice of the [[IMC]] console in ''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]'' ([[DWM 238]]), a [[DJ]] in ''[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]'' (DWM 192) and a [[Nerva Beacon]] console in ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' ([[DWM 297]]). | |||
== ''Doctor Who'' stories directed == | == ''Doctor Who'' stories directed == | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 24 December 2015
Michael E. Briant directed several Doctor Who stories. He was invited to a meeting to view the new Cybermen costumes for Revenge of the Cybermen, and suggested the idea of them having inbuilt guns. This was incorporated into the design.
Briant had originally been an actor, working under the stage name Michael Tennant, as there was already a Michael Bryant registered with Equity. Having started using his own name as a director, Briant later added the initial "E" to avoid confusion with the aforementioned actor, after the pair apparently began receiving each other's mail.
He also provided several voices on the serials he directed. He provided the voice of the IMC console in Colony in Space (DWM 238), a DJ in The Sea Devils (DWM 192) and a Nerva Beacon console in Revenge of the Cybermen (DWM 297).
Doctor Who stories directed
- Colony in Space (as Michael Briant)
- The Sea Devils (as Michael Briant)
- The Green Death (as Michael Briant)
- Death to the Daleks
- Revenge of the Cybermen
- The Robots of Death
