Peter Hawkins is dead, April 3, 1924 - July 8, 2006
Daleks much loved?
I think two minutes silence is called for. And black armbands.
Or black sink-plunger-bands in the Daleks' case.
Gifted artist who gave voice to much-loved characters such as Bill and Ben, the Woodentops, Captain Pugwash, and the evil Daleks.
With a fellow actor, David Graham, Hawkins developed the sinister staccato voice of Doctor Who’s notorious adversary, the Daleks. Programme producers had planned for the Daleks to have human voices, but the sound engineer Brian Hodgson, together with Graham and Hawkins, came up with the peculiar metallic tones by speaking through a ring modulator. Hawkins voiced the Daleks from 1963-67 and in 1966 extended his contribution to the programme by providing the voices of the aggressive silver humanoids, the Cybermen.
Or black sink-plunger-bands in the Daleks' case.
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