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'''Barnaby Edwards''' (born 20 August 1969) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] actor, writer, director and artist. He is known as a performer for the British science-fiction television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', includingin the role of a [[Dalek]] operator. He has also written, directed, produced or performed in over 80 [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] Doctor Who audio stories. Alongside frequent radio and voice over work, Edwards has narrated over 40 unabridged audiobooks for [[Audible_(service)|Audible.com]] and others.
 
==Early life==
Edwards graduated from the [[University of Exeter]] in 1991 with a degree in Fine Art and French. He subsequently went on to train at the [[Guildford School of Acting]], where he won the Postgraduate Award for Acting in 1992.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
 
==Career==
Since then Edwards has worked in the theatre, television, radio and audio plays, as a director and writer.
AsEdwards wellhas asworked hisin theatricalthe worktheatre, television, radio and audio plays, as a director and writer. Edwards is also an accomplished artist and his pictures hang in galleries and private collections across Europe as well as being exhibited widely within the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Following a successful show at the Blue Lias gallery in [[Lyme Regis]], Barnaby was asked to form one third of the Three West Country Artists exhibition in 1998. The Kingfisher Gallery in [[Devon|Devon]] held a major exhibition of his work encompassing nearly thirty new paintings, and in 2006 he exhibited a selection of pieces at the FSA Summer Exhibition.▼
 
BarnabyEdwards regularly lectures on art history and art techniques, both in Britain and farther afield. He has given talks on subjects as diverse as European Narrative Painting, Pastel Techniques, Victorian Sea Paintings, Life Drawing, and Greek and Roman Myths in Western Art. He also gives practical tuition both to individuals and to groups, including art workshops on landscape, figure and still life.▼
▲As well as his theatrical work, Edwards is an accomplished artist and his pictures hang in galleries and private collections across Europe as well as being exhibited widely within the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Following a successful show at the Blue Lias gallery in [[Lyme Regis]], Barnaby was asked to form one third of the Three West Country Artists exhibition in 1998. The Kingfisher Gallery in [[Devon|Devon]] held a major exhibition of his work encompassing nearly thirty new paintings, and in 2006 he exhibited a selection of pieces at the FSA Summer Exhibition.
 
In 2010, BarnabyEdwards set up Textbook Stuff, specialising in audio-booksaudiobooks of classic short stories and poems. Readers include [[Miriam Margolyes]], [[Andrew Sachs]], [[Peter Guinness (actor)|Peter Guinness]], [[John Sessions]], [[Nicholas Pegg]] and [[David Soul]]. The company distributes via [[iTunes]], [[Lulu (company)Amazon.com|LuluAmazon]] and [[Bigother Finishonline Productions|Big Finish]]distributors.▼
▲Barnaby regularly lectures on art history and art techniques, both in Britain and farther afield. He has given talks on subjects as diverse as European Narrative Painting, Pastel Techniques, Victorian Sea Paintings, Life Drawing, and Greek and Roman Myths in Western Art. He also gives practical tuition both to individuals and to groups, including art workshops on landscape, figure and still life.
 
In November 2013 he appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.<ref>"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lv3mj The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013</ref>
▲In 2010, Barnaby set up Textbook Stuff, specialising in audio-books of classic short stories and poems. Readers include [[Miriam Margolyes]], [[Peter Guinness (actor)|Peter Guinness]], [[John Sessions]], [[Nicholas Pegg]] and [[David Soul]]. The company distributes via [[iTunes]], [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]] and [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]].
 
Beginning in 2016, Edwards has narrated the audiobook editions of ''The Bernicia Chronicles'', a series of historical novels by author [[Matthew Harffy]].
 
==Acting==
 
''===Film:''===
*''[[Children of Men]]'' -– Ministry Ofof Arts official
*''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' – John Rugby
*''[[The Plotters]]'' – Robert Keyes
*''Shadows of a Stranger'' – Marley's Ghost
 
''===Television:''===
*''[[Doctor Who]]'' (BBC) -– principal [[Dalek]] operator (2005 onwards)
*''[[Children Inin Need]]'' (BBC) -– [[Dalek]] operator
*''[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|Children's BAFTAs]]'' (BBC) -– [[Dalek]] operator
*''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' (BBC) -– as himself
*''[[Totally Doctor Who]]'' (BBC) -– as himself
*''[[The Giblet Boys]]'' (cITV) -– Jeweller
*''[[The Why Files]]'' (LIVE TV) -– Hoax Interviewees
*''[[EastEnders]]'' (BBC) -– Queen Vic darts captain
*''[[Thirty Years Inin Thethe TARDIS]]'' (BBC) -– [[Dalek]] operator
*''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'' – Himself
 
''===Theatre:''===
*''[[The Merry Wives of Windsor]]'' – John Rugby (at Shakespeare's Globe and in LA & New York)
*''[[Season's Greetings (play)|Season's Greetings]]'' -– actor and artistic director
*''[[Hamlet]]'' - actor▼
*''[[Twelfth NightHamlet]]'' -– actor
*''[[MacbethTwelfth Night]]'' -– actor
*''[[Macbeth]]'' – actor
*''The Amazing Tale Ofof [[Good King Wenceslas]] and Sleigh Rider'' -– actor
*''Rope'' -– actor
 
''===Radio:''===
*''DostoevskyDick Barton'' -– actor
*''CulturalThe BaggageFather of English Football'' -– actor
▲*''[[Hamlet]]Dostoevsky'' -– actor
*''Cultural Baggage'' – actor
 
''===Doctor Who audio plays (Fifth Doctor):''===
*''[[Loups-Garoux]]'' -– Victor
*''[[The Eternal Summer]]'' -– Vicar
 
''===Doctor Who audio plays (Sixth Doctor):''===
*''[[The Marian Conspiracy]]'' -– Francois de Noailles
*''[[The Spectre of Lanyon Moor]]'' -– Philip Ludgate
*''[[Assassin in the Limelight]]'' -– The Traveller
 
''===Doctor Who audio plays (Seventh Doctor):''===
*''[[Bang-Bang-a-Boom!]]'' -– Robot Waiter
 
''===Doctor Who audio plays (Eighth Doctor):''===
*''[[Storm Warning (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|Storm Warning]]'' -– Rathbone
*''[[Sword of Orion]]'' -– Digley
*''[[The Stones of Venice (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|The Stones of Venice]]'' -– Pietro
*''[[Minuet in Hell]]'' -– Scott
*''[[Shada (Doctor Who)|Shada]]'' -– Professor Caldera
*''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'' -– Bendy Roger
*''[[Human Resources (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|Human Resources]]'' -– Clive
*''[[Max Warp]]'' -– Announcer
*''[[Brave New Town]]'' -– The Voice
*''[[Grand Theft Cosmos]]'' -– The Guardian
*''[[Sisters of the Flame]]'' -– Galactinet
*''[[Hothouse (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|Hothouse]]'' -– Newsreader
*''[[The Eight Truths]]'' -– Newsreader
*''[[Worldwide Web (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|Worldwide Web]]'' -– Newsreader
 
''===Other audio plays:''===
*''[[Beyond the Sun (Bernicenovel)#Audio Summerfield)adaptation|Bernice Summerfield: Beyond Thethe Sun]]'' -– Leon
*''[[Walking to Babylon#Audio adaptation|Bernice Summerfield: Walking To Babylon]]'' -– John Lafayette
*''[[Birthright (DoctorRobinson Whonovel)#Audio adaptation|Bernice Summerfield: Birthright]]'' -– John Lafayette
*''[[Scorpius (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman: Scorpius]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Fear (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman: Fear]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Conversion (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman: Conversion]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Telos (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman: Telos]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Outsiders (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman 2: Outsiders]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Terror (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman 2: Terror]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Machines (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman 2: Machines]]'' -– Paul Hunt
*''[[Extinction (Doctor Who audio)|Cyberman 2: Extinction]]'' -– Paul Hunt
 
==Directing==
 
''===Television/Filmfilm/Video''video===
*''[[Bacardi]]: The Making Ofof Aa Commercial''
*''The Dolphin Myth''
*''In-store Credit''
 
''===Theatre:''===
*''[[Cinderella]]''
*''[[Puss Inin Boots]]''
*''[[Snow White|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''
*''[[Aladdin]]''
*''[[The Winslow Boy]]''
*''Office Suite''
*''[[Absent Friends (play)|Absent Friends]]''
*''English Sketches''
*''Kicking Bardom''
"Mad Men r Crazy"
 
''=== Audiobooks (Horrordrama):'' ===
 
*''[[The Signalman|Charles Dickens: The Signalman & Other Ghostly Tales]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tsch001/]▼
* ''The Waringham Chronicles.'' <ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.audible.com/series/The-Waringham-Chronicles-Audiobooks/B082VHJ94S|title=Audible - The Waringham Chronicles|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref>
 
===Textbook Stuff audiobooks (horror)===
▲*''[[The SignalmanSignal-Man|Charles Dickens: The Signalman & Other Ghostly Tales]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tsch001/]
*''[[Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories|Bram Stoker: Dracula's Guest & Other Dark Tales]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tsch002/]
*''[[The pitPit and the pendulumPendulum|Edgar Allan Poe: The PItPit and the Pendulum & Other Macabre Tales]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tsch003/]
*''[[M. R. James|M. R. James: Casting the Runes & Other Uncanny Tales]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tsch004/]
*''[[Sheridan Le Fanu|Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tsch005/]
 
===Textbook Stuff audiobooks (poetry)===
''Audiobooks (Poetry):''
*''[[Edward Thomas (poet)|Edward Thomas: Selected Poems]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tscp001/]
*''[[Christina Rossetti|Christina Rossetti: Selected Poems]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tscp002/]
*''[[Andrew Marvell|Andrew Marvell: Selected Poems]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tscp003/]
*''[[Robert Browning|Robert Browning: Selected Poems]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tscp004/]
*''[[The Brontës|The Brontës: Selected Poems]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tscp005/]
 
===Textbook Stuff audiobooks (non-fiction)===
*''[[Karl Marx|Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels: The Communist Manifesto]]'' [http://www.textbookstuff.com/tscnf001/]
 
''===Radio plays:''===
*''[[The Phantom of the Opera (Big Finish)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (broadcast on BBC7)
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Fifth Doctor):''===
*''[[Exotron & Urban Myths|Exotron]]''
*''[[Son of the Dragon (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|Son of the Dragon]]''
*''[[The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans|The Mind's Eye]]''
*''[[The Bride of Peladon]]''
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*''[[The Eternal Summer]]''
*''[[Plague of the Daleks]]''
*''[[Cobwebs (audio drama)|Cobwebs]]''
*''[[The Whispering Forest]]''
*''[[Cradle of the Snake]]''
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Sixth Doctor):''===
*''[[Doctor Who and the Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin in the Limelight]]''
*''[[The Doomwood Curse]]''
*''[[Paradise 5]]''
*''[[The Wreck of the Titan (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|The Wreck of the Titan]]''
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Seventh Doctor):''===
*''[[Frozen Time]]''
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Eighth Doctor):''===
*''[[The Chimes of Midnight]]'' (broadcast on BBC7)
*''[[Absolution (audio drama)|Absolution]]''
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==Writing==
 
''===Television/Filmfilm/Video''video===
*''[[Bacardi]]: The Making Ofof Aa Commercial''
*''The Dolphin Myth''
*''In-store Credit''
 
''===Theatre:''===
*''English Sketches''
*''Kicking Bardom''
 
''===Radio plays:''===
*''[[The Phantom of the Opera (Big Finish)|The Phantom Ofof Thethe Opera]]'' (broadcast on BBC7)
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Fifth Doctor):''===
*''[[The Bride of Peladon|The Bride Of Peladon]]''
*''[[The Emerald Tiger]]''
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Sixth Doctor):''===
*''[[The Wreck of the Titan (Doctoraudio Who audiodrama)|The Wreck of the Titan]]''
 
===''Doctor Who'' audio plays (Eighth Doctor):''===
*''[[The Beast of Orlok|]]''
*''[[The BeastBook Ofof OrlokKells]]''
 
*''[[The Book Of Kells]]''
== Personal life ==
Edwards' long-term partner is actor [[Nicholas Pegg]]. Guesting at the 2017 [[Pride Cymru]] event ''Who's Queer Now'', a symposium celebrating the impact and influences of ''Doctor Who'' on LGBT people, the couple revealed that they were celebrating their 25th anniversary.<ref name="philip-reeve.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.philip-reeve.com/station-zero-arch-android/ |title=Philip Reeve |website=www.philip-reeve.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511152159/http://www.philip-reeve.com/station-zero-arch-android/ |archive-date=2018-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pridecymru.co.uk/whos-queer-now/|title = StackPath}}</ref>
 
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.textbookstuff.com/ Textbook Stuff]
*[httphttps://www.barnaby-edwardsbarnabyedwards.comco.uk/ Barnaby Edwards Official Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090609112730/http://www.phantomaudio.co.uk/ The Phantom Of The Opera audio play Official Site]
*{{IMDBIMDb name|id=1141268}}
*[http://goodiespodcast.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=616750/ Audio interview with Barnaby Edwards -– Goodies Podcast 17]
 
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