Bad News for Dr. Who Fans!

[jmilsom]

Actor and voiceover artist Peter Hawkins, born April 3 1924, passed away on July 8, 2006.<br /><br />Peter Hawkins was the voice of the Daleks in Dr. Who, his metallic cries of "Ex-term-in-ate" imitated by millions of youngsters in the 1960s and 70s.<br /><br />Hawkins also gave voice to some of TVs most memorable animated characters including Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men and Captain Pugwash.<br /><br />With fellow actor David Graham and a sound engineer, Hawkins developed the sinister staccato voice of the good Doctor's notorious adversary, the Daleks, coming up with the peculiar metallic tones by speaking through a ring modulator.<br /><br />Hawkins also voiced the cult show's aggressive silver humanoids, the Cybermen.<br /><br /><i>Source - Herald Sun, Wed 2 Aug 2006, p69</i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

He did them early on, anyway. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> The Cyber-actors eventually got to do their own voices, courtesy of vocoders built directly into the helmets. But the Daleks were always voiced-over by a voice artist.<br /><br />Nowdays, both Cybermen and Daleks are voiced by uber-fan Nicholas Briggs, best known for privately producing a series of unauthorized fan videos and audios featuring a variety of popular Dr Who monsters.<br /><br />Sad to hear that another Dr Who actor has passed beyond the veil, but hey, making it to 82 is not bad. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

<font color="yellow">his metallic cries of "Ex-term-in-ate" imitated by millions of youngsters in the 1960s and 70s. </font><br /><br />I liked this tribute. Our household like so many others in the early 70s, resonated with young siblings imitating Davros and the Daleks. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Very sad, as when Ed Bishop died last year. One hates to think of people, who indirectly have a great influence on your younger life, dying. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>