Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan (born 25 January 1950Doctor Who Guide) appeared in several Doctor Who television stories: as Lord Kiv in The Trial of a Time Lord (namely Mindwarp), General Staal in The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky and Commander Stark in The Pandorica Opens.
He also voiced several characters in various Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories and spin-offs.
A promotional image of him as General Staal was used to depict Commander Halke in the Doctor Who story The God Complex and Major Stenx on the cover of the New Series Adventures novel The Sontaran Games. Archive imagery of Ryan was also used to depict a Sontaran resident of the trap street in Face the Raven.
== Career ==
Outside of Doctor Who, he is best known as in (with Nigel Planer and Alexei Sayle) and Dave Hedgehog in Bottom.
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* Mindwarp - Lord Kiv
* The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky - General Staal
* The Pandorica Opens - Commander Stark
=== Direct-to-DVD ===
* Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor - Kiv
=== Audio ===
==== Ravenous ====
* How to Make a Killing in Time Travel - Macy
==== Classic Doctors, New Monsters ====
* The Sontaran Ordeal - General Stenk / Flitch
==== Sontarans vs Rutans ====
* Born to Die - Trax
==== The Paternoster Gang ====
* A Photograph to Remember - Stonn
* Truth and Bone - Stonn
==== Lady Christina ====
* Portrait of a Lady - Grunt
* Death on the Mile - Handley / Slitheen Handley
=== Audio Readings ===
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* The Taking of Chelsea 426
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:Doctor Who guest actors
Category:Actors who appeared in 1963 and 2005 versions of Doctor Who
Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers
Category:Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential
Category:Ravenous voice actors
Category:Classic Doctors, New Monsters voice actors
Category:Lady Christina voice actors
Category:The Paternoster Gang voice actors
Category:Post-2005 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Big Finish
Category:Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Reeltime Pictures
Category:Sontarans vs Rutans voice actors