“My voice transmits to the lights on the Dalek domes, so you can see which one is talking. “When it’s time for the take, I rush behind the scenery, sit down at a monitor, put on my headphones and set to work.

“Then, on set, during filming, I rehearse with the other actors, usually walking along behind the actors who play the Dalek bodies – my mates Barnaby Edwards and Nicholas Pegg, chiefly,” he explains. Hearing the Daleks during the read-through often makes cast members “squeal with delight”. The actor turns up to read-throughs of each episode with his “box of tricks” and a speaker. “The trick is to approach it like any other acting job” They needed someone who would be a ‘total solution’.Įver since, Briggs has been busy ensuring a whole new generation cower behind their sofas when Saturday rolls around. “By 2005, the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop - who had previously been responsible for all the weird sounds in Doctor Who, including the Daleks - had been disbanded. “Russell T Davies had heard those productions, liked my Dalek voice and also knew that I had the technical know-how to do it. When the flagship Doctor Who TV series was resurrected and rebooted by Russell T Davies in 2005, Briggs didn’t even have to audition. He ended up doing Dalek voices for the BBC’s audio adventures of Doctor Who, starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.ĭoctor Who series 10: everything you need to know (without spoilers) It was as a writer and presenter in the ’80s and ’90s that Briggs first became professionally involved with the Doctor Who universe – initially with the documentary series Myth Makers, and then with the creation of dramatic spin-offs. “I was so excited I had to go and lie down, because I was feeling literally sick with anticipation.” Peter Capaldi’s Doctor and his new assistant, played by Pearl Mackie, will meet the Daleks again in Series 10 (Photo: BBC)

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