Editing Dalek (section)

====Voices====
The [[staccato]] delivery, harsh tone and rising inflection of the Dalek voice were initially developed by two voice actors, [[Peter Hawkins]] and [[David Graham (actor)|David Graham]], who varied the pitch and speed of the lines according to the emotion needed. Their voices were further processed electronically by [[Brian Hodgson]] at the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]. The sound-processing devices used have varied over the decades. In 1963 Hodgson and his colleagues used equalisation to boost the mid-range of the actor's voice, then subjected it to [[ring modulation]] with a 30&nbsp;Hz [[sine wave]]. The distinctive harsh, grating vocal timbre this produced has remained the pattern for all Dalek voices since (with the exception of those in the 1985 serial ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', for which the director, [[Graeme Harper]], deliberately used less distortion).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/07/08/12725.shtml |title=BBC – Doctor Who – Dalek Empire III [interview with Nicholas Briggs] |date=8 July 2004 |access-date=9 March 2010 |work=BBC News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110052452/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/07/08/12725.shtml |archive-date=10 January 2009 }}</ref>

Besides Hawkins and Graham, other voice actors for the Daleks have included [[Roy Skelton]], who first voiced the Daleks in the 1967 story ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'' and provided voices for five additional Dalek serials including ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'',<ref name="Planet">''[[Planet of the Daleks]].'' Writer [[Terry Nation]], Director [[David Maloney]], Producer [[Barry Letts]]. ''Doctor Who''. BBC1, London. 7 April–12 May 1973.</ref> and for the one-off anniversary special "[[The Five Doctors]]". [[Michael Wisher]], the actor who originated the role of Dalek creator Davros in ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'', provided Dalek voices for that same story, as well as for ''[[Frontier in Space]]'', ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'', and ''[[Death to the Daleks]]''. Other Dalek voice actors include [[Royce Mills]] (three stories),<ref name="Revelation" /><ref name="Remembrance" /><ref name="Resurrection" /> [[Brian Miller (actor)|Brian Miller]] (two stories),<ref name="Remembrance" /><ref name="Resurrection" /> and [[Oliver Gilbert (actor)|Oliver Gilbert]] and [[Peter Messaline]] (one story).<ref name="Day">''[[Day of the Daleks]].'' Writer [[Louis Marks]], Director [[Paul Bernard (director)|Paul Bernard]], Producer Barry Letts. ''Doctor Who''. BBC1, London. 1–22 January 1972.</ref> [[John Leeson]], who performed the voice of [[K9 (Doctor Who)|K9]] in several ''Doctor Who'' stories, and Davros actors [[Terry Molloy]] and [[David Gooderson]] also contributed supporting voices for various Dalek serials.<ref name="Remembrance" /><ref name="Destiny" />

Since 2005 the Dalek voice in the television series has been provided by [[Nicholas Briggs]], speaking into a microphone connected to a voice modulator.<ref name="Briggs" /><ref name="dalek confidential">{{cite episode
 | title = Dalek
 | series = Doctor Who Confidential
 | credits = Seaborne, Gilliane (director)
 | network = [[BBC Three]]
 | airdate = 30 April 2005
}}</ref> Briggs had previously provided Dalek and other alien voices for [[Big Finish Productions]] [[audio plays]], and continues to do so. In a 2006 BBC Radio interview, Briggs said that when the BBC asked him to do the voice for the new television series, they instructed him to bring his own analogue ring modulator that he had used in the audio plays. The BBC's sound department had changed to a digital platform and could not adequately create the distinctive Dalek sound with their modern equipment. Briggs went as far as to bring the voice modulator to the actors' readings of the scripts.<ref name="Briggs" /><ref name="dalek confidential" />