Chris
From Sodor Island Forums
Registering with SiF in August 2003, Chris was one of several members to discover the message board following a post by Fat Hatt at TV Tome (or what has now become TV.com). He is also one of several members to possess the popular nickname Chris, which can sometimes lead to confusion (but not very often delay) on the forum!
During 2004, Chris entered the world of SiF Media as a voice actor, his first role being The Fat Controller in the RH&CS Redub of Troublesome Trucks. He has been given a variety of roles in many other productions since, but The Fat Controller is by far his most popular and personal favourite character to play.
Joining the ERS Evaluation team in 2005, Chris filled the position left by Peter Sam. This was also the year he began to frequent MSN Messenger more regularly and he now chats quite often with a number of other forum members – among them are Skarloey, Stepneydude, JimBobDunnie, Road Roller, Christopher and Jake.
2005 also saw Chris establish Flying Kipper Studios, choosing to start out with a couple of fairly unsuccessful audio dramas, but ending the year with a Christmas redub of Its Only Snow. The following year was when the studio struck gold as it were, with a popular three-part redub of the feature length special Calling All Engines. This was followed up in August by The Adventures of Fergus, a combination of the two Series 7 episodes that starred Fergus.
Chris likes to think of himself as a bit of an animation buff, being a big fan of the anime and stop-motion genres in particular. It’s this love of animation that’s led to Flying Kipper Studios putting out three reasonably well-received redubs of Postman Pat episodes to date. He hopes to work on a parody project involving clips from the Trumpton series in the near future.
Trivia
- Sometimes known as: FlyingKipper
- Date of Birth: 10 September, 1988
- Place of Birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK
- Favourite TTTE Characters: Edward, Henry, Oliver, Murdoch, Arthur, and Fergus
- Favourite Railway Series Volume: Enterprising Engines or Main Line Engines
- Favourite TV Series: Series 2
- Favourite Episode: The Flying Kipper (Series 1)
- Least Favourite Episode: Thomas Gets It Right (Series 8)
- Least Favourite Character: James (well, the one we see from Series 8 onwards!)
- Favourite Bands: Europe, Def Leppard, KISS, Starship, Bon Jovi, Queen, Manic Street Preachers, Oasis, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Madonna, Michael Jackson
- Other Favourite TV Shows: Dad’s Army, The Goodies, Star Trek Enterprise, Pokemon and too many animated shows to list!
