Nisha Nayar

Nisha Nayar (born 7 June 1967Doctor Who Guide) played the female programmer in the Doctor Who stories Bad Wolf and The Parting of the Ways and voiced Zanzibar Hashtag in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Harvest of the Sycorax. She had earlier played an uncredited Red Kang in Paradise Towers. (DWM 326) She was the first female actor to appear in both main versions of Doctor Who. She also played the character of Guleraana Arbid in the series Before the Fall.
Nayar is perhaps better known for her role as the well-meaning but annoying social worker Elaine "the Pain" Boyak in the children's comedy drama series (2002-06), a current programme at the time of her appearance on BBC Wales Doctor Who.
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways - female programmer
=== Audio ===
==== Classic Doctors, New Monsters ====
* Harvest of the Sycorax - Zanzibar Hashtag
==== Donna Noble: Kidnapped! ====
* Spinvasion - Coleridge
==== The War Master ====
* Runtime - Kindred
* Manhunt - Waitress
==== Torchwood One ====
* New Girl - Guleraana
* Uprising - Guleraana
== Uncredited Roles ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* Paradise Towers - Red Kang
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:Doctor Who guest actors
Category:Actors who appeared in 1963 and 2005 versions of Doctor Who
Category:Torchwood One voice actors
Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters voice actors
Category:Donna Noble: Kidnapped! voice actors
Category:The War Master voice actors
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