Philip Olivier

Philip Olivier (born 4 June ) is an English actor who portrays Seventh Doctor companion Hex in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories.

When creating the character of Hex, Gary Russell had already decided that Hex should have a Northern accent to provide counterpoint to Sophie Aldred's Southern one. He then noticed Olivier's performance in the soap opera.

"Late [2003] I watched the final few episodes of Brookside (hey, it was TV history!) and saw Philip and thought 'Yup, that's the kind of person I'm looking for'. Then I thought well, if he's the right kind of person, why not go straight there and see if he was interested. Luckily for me and, I believe, BF's listeners, he was."

- Gary Russell

Credits

 * The Harvest
 * Dreamtime
 * LIVE 34
 * Night Thoughts
 * The Veiled Leopard
 * The Settling
 * No Man's Land
 * Nocturne
 * The Dark Husband
 * Forty-Five
 * False Gods
 * Order of Simplicity
 * Casualties of War
 * The Word Lord
 * The Magic Mousetrap
 * Enemy of the Daleks
 * The Angel of Scutari
 * Project: Destiny
 * A Death in the Family
 * Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge
 * Protect and Survive
 * Black and White
 * Gods and Monsters
 * Afterlife
 * Revenge of the Swarm
 * Mask of Tragedy
 * Signs and Wonders
 * Shadow Planet / World Apart
 * Muse of Fire