KingVoyeur
08-02-2006, 08:21 AM
As reported by BBCNews.com, the man who voiced the original Daleks has passed away. :(
Peter Hawkins wasn't recognised in the street very often and his name is not a household word but his voice had the power to send listeners into a reverie of childhood nostalgia.
On Watch With Mother, he provided Bill and Ben with their "flobbalob" language, and for Captain Pugwash he characterised a whole host of piratical odd-balls. Hawkins also provided the voice of Zippy in early editions of Rainbow and struck terror into the hearts of millions as the sound of the first incarnation of Dr Who's Daleks.
Peter Hawkins wasn't recognised in the street very often and his name is not a household word but his voice had the power to send listeners into a reverie of childhood nostalgia.
On Watch With Mother, he provided Bill and Ben with their "flobbalob" language, and for Captain Pugwash he characterised a whole host of piratical odd-balls. Hawkins also provided the voice of Zippy in early editions of Rainbow and struck terror into the hearts of millions as the sound of the first incarnation of Dr Who's Daleks.