Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan (born 25 January 1950 ) appeared in several Doctor Who television stories: as Lord Kiv in Mindwarp, General Staal in The Sontaran Stratagem and 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.

Television

 * 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

Ravenous

 * How to Make a Killing in Time Travel - Macy

Classic Doctors, New Monsters

 * The Sontaran Ordeal - General Stenk / Flitch

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

BBC New Series Adventures

 * The Taking of Chelsea 426