Dalek voice

English Dalek Voice.ogg Recording of a Dalek voice Etymology After the Daleks on the British science-fiction programme Doctor Who, where they spoke with an electronically modulated voice. Noun A harsh, throaty, staccato, monotone voice. en 1982 Jakov Lind Travels to the Enu: Story of a Shipwreck 60 Burk replied in his husky Dalek voice without looking at the King but also without any trepidation: 'I was christened Herbert Burk.' en 1984 Eileen Dewhurst The House that Jack Built 40 And it was something just to have it to look forward to, to think about instead of thinking about the Dalek voice. I have your notebook. en 1985 Punch 288: 11 eyes and a Dalek voice, and its dreadful polished face keeps swivelling towards me; it is an iron Archie Andrews, but I do not have to make it speak. en 1988 New Scientist 118: 79 "Now press button A," a Dalek voice tells someone who is trying to set the video recorder to tape a TV programme for later viewing. 1994, Buddhist Society (London, England), The Middle Way, volumes 69-70, page 120 Sometimes one seems to hear it being read out by a dalek-voice en 1997 Bruno MacDonald Pink Floyd: through the eyes of...the band, its fans, friends, and foes 310 You know, this Dalek voice says, "The-bonnet's-open, you-are-low-on-fuel, the-engine-tem-perature-is-high, we're-not-going-to-make-it-on-this-one-Nick, we'll-be-walking-after-this-corner." en 1998 Fred Inglis Raymond Williams 260 Many questions were literary concoctions, edited from conversation into rather stiff print (One review referred to our 'Dalek voice'.) en 2004 Graham Lord Niv: the authorized biography of David Niven 240 Hawkins was to have a device implanted in his throat to help him speak in a 'strange Dalek voice ', as his wife put it, but the operation gave him another seven years of life. en 2005 P. D. Shelley Sugar and Spice 171 Is your name Oscar Lois Anderson?' Her Dalek voice echoed eerily through the black emptiness of the warehouse. en 2005 Tim Heald Death and the D'Urbervilles 244 'This is she,' said the Dalek voice. 'Good evening,' said Tudor, 'it's Tudor Cornwall, University of Wessex.' en 2008 Rick Snoman Dance Music Manual: Tools, Toys and Techniques 121 The Dalek voice isn't just for Dr Who fans as it can be used in place of a vocoder to produce more metallic style voices that are suitable for use in any dance genre. Related terms en Dalek See also Dalek#Voices Dalek en Doctor Who Talking