Peter Tuddenham Blake's 7 voicing Answerphone messages

Recorded in 1995, my dear friend Peter Tuddenham records three answerphone messages in the style of "Orac", "Zen" and "Slave" from the TV series "Blake's 7"

[@Stansman63]

Peter Tuddenham's contribution to Blake's 7 very much helped make the series special.

[@stephencranford1102]

Stansman63 Very much so. Thank you

[@Clavinovaman]

Peter and Dudley Simpson were the unsung heroes.

[@mikebasil4832]

Peter Tuddenham had quite a versatile voice which he also contributed to some vocal guest roles for Doctor Who, as well as visually portraying the Time Lord Voix in Devious. R.I.P., Peter. 🌌

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

i always wondered who it was that did the voice of orac, zen and slave .

[@ThePhilGrimm]

@@carmichaelmoritz8662 You could just watch the credits.

[@cloverfield911]

love Zen's voice

[@todaystheday1]

id buy these soundbites and use them on my mobile !

[@robleary3353]

I want Orac on my mobile voicemail!. 🤣

[@ThomasPurcell]

Almost as good as Iron Man's Jarvis.

[@thedanielstraight]

This is such a special video, thank you for sharing this with Earth. I think his Zen voice is my favorite. 🤖

[@ChrisJames282]

Can't help feeling that if voice-interactive services today sounded like Zen, things would make a lot more sense

[@sixstanger00]

Extremely talented - I know someone who had seen Blake's 7, but genuinely thought Orac, Zen, & Slave were all voiced by different actors.

[@richardbunt2278]

He is the master petter master of voice and talent

[@richardbunt2278]

A 1 point along time when the series had started.they did use the existing 1.?

[@1701Starfish]

Awesome. What a pro. He made three distinctly different machines into real characters. To achieve that with just one would have been an achievement.

[@kermit30au]

Always loved Zen's voice. Wish I had a computer that would talk like that.

[@JJfromPhilly67]

Amen!

[@ewaf88]

Yes and all we've got is Alexa

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I loved Zen too also I think that Zen was one of the most underrated characters on the show.

[@Robert_Horton]

I love the way he flips straight from Zen to Slave without skipping a beat; what a pro' he was.

[@101ckes]

Imagine my joy in stumbling across this video. I was an avid Blakes 7 watcher back in the day. We all used to talk about it at school the next day. I am now 57 and this just brings me nostalgic joy. Thanks to the late peter for bringing these sci-fi machines to life. I am seriously thinking of using ZEN on my answer phone

[@TheFinalMinutes]

Just rediscovered this today and still fantastically funny. Who needs Siri/Alexa/Google Whatsisname anyway when you could have any Orac, Slave or Zen?

[@leokimvideo]

Very obvious why this video has no dislikes

[@DaviesMartinezBeats]

FYI ~ This video now stands at 1000+ Likes and 1 Dislike...

[@chrisparkes2179]

@@DaviesMartinezBeats That dislike is off Servalan. Ignore her, she's just envious.

[@DaviesMartinezBeats]

@@chrisparkes2179 - I concur with your comment concerning The Space Bitch...

[@georgegray2712]

Orac hacked KZbin and deleted the dislikes

[@Chris4ord]

This is fantastic. Zen will always be the best. It’s amazing to be able to watch the late Peter in action he seems so happy performing his art. I really love this.

[@blethigg9320]

Personally I prefer Orac because he's such a punchable little s*d. Anyone who's used a PC for any length of time has felt it go 'Orac' on them at least once. "No, I do not wish to change the sound output device, thank you! The current option is perfectly sufficient, and I am quite occupied with far more important tasks!"

[@1groundfog]

@@blethigg9320 I would take the peace of mind of Zen any day...although Orac does seem to more accurately reflect the feel of now...but I would hope for Zen....

[@chriskirk4637]

Glad you found this and uploaded it - gosh we all look young in the background!

[@Maulinator69]

quite possibly one of the best things I have ever seen ☺

[@misterangel8486]

Goddamn fantastic. His voice is unforgettable for me. ❤️👍 Zen, Orac and Slave where epic 😁

[@travelphotos7662]

This made me realise that I miss Zen.

[@AsDeadAsDillinger]

Confirmed.

[@shadouk6737]

I once asked Peter to do an Orac impression at a B7 con in Egham way back in 1988 and in perfect Orac voice he said. 'I would if I could but I can't!'. Terrific chap and its his skill as an actor that he managed to turn Zen and Orac in to really popular and memorable characters.

[@Villafarrell]

awesome & touching at the same time...love seeing his range here, I often forget he did Slave too. Thx for posting :)

[@CaminoAir]

What I wouldn't give for such an answering message! Zen and Orac were great voice concepts/characterisations and while Tuddenham did an equally good technical job with Slave, I never liked the concept.

[@jojoUK120]

Numinous20111 I reckoned that’s the whole point of slave, to be horrified.

[@mtjoy747]

Loved Orac and Zen, Slave sounded too apologetic for my liking, but if you are a slave, fair enough.

[@1groundfog]

Agreed...for the latter why would one install such a voice for an onboard computer...

[@andyhearn8448]

Loved Zen's voice and Orac, at work in 1986 we made a copy of Orac for an exhibition display, not as good as original!!, well done Peter!

[@HodgdonH110]

I remember Eddie Izard doing a sketch where Star Trek et-al would be boring with a British accent - I counter that Zen and Orac blows Hollywood out of the park EVERY TIME (even Slave but sorry - to a lesser degree)

[@rickyj5547]

Blakes 7 is better than star trek. With people that you care about. And watch out find out how they get on in the episode

[@roguerover7598]

@@rickyj5547 Star Trek was over-powered, with the backing of a galactic nation and had a hundred something + crew. Blake 7 was less than ten on board a ship that was up against a federation of tyranny. There's hardly any comparison.

[@TheFinalMinutes]

What a little gem this is! I laughed so hard!

[@DodgeyBoy-qq8kf]

Brilliant! Great respect to Peter Tuddenham!🌅🥇

[@SIKELL1]

Amazing...Met peter a couple of times...what a true Gent....RIP

[@MrJacMac1968]

They should have had Peter do K9’s voice during the 17th season or Dr Who

[@nxnw2058]

Still makes me grin like a schoolboy! The treat to be allowed to watch Blakes 7. And then years later to have this gem of a clip. Thank you. (ORAC - booooo. Slave - booooo. Zen - 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗. Liberator would've crashed and burned way sooner with me asking Zen endless needless questions just to listen to the answers.)

[@steven54511]

Excellent! I wish I had that series of messages!!

[@kermit30au]

Wish my Google assistant sounded like Zen.

[@986najes8]

A very welcome flashback. Going to see if I can cut it up and use as introducing to my message bank

[@nigelcarren]

Brilliant. I would have been there all day thinking up filthy messages for Orac to say... maybe you were, maybe you did? 😂 Seriously, every time I cut a sheet of perspex I hear Orac screaming insults at me!

[@stephencranford1102]

We did record a whole load of dialogue with Peter for a Blake's 7 film we made.... it was glorious and the recordings are so special to us all.

[@nigelcarren]

@@stephencranford1102 Superb. I will look for your film. Thank you and best wishes from another film- maker, (and all the mice).

[@TKnightcrawler]

I had no idea they were all the same person. Great ones, especially Zen.

[@MarkHerndon]

Orac you are awesome and always will be loved how you made Paul Darrow(RIP) step up ; )

[@cryptogee172]

Particularly love Orac's voice

[@PirateB99999]

Fantastic!!!!! Confirmed

[@citrail-worshipgod4340]

LOL,that's brill, would love an orac on my answerphone,

[@jeffries1232]

FASCINATING ,fascinating ,A thousand years here would be too short ...

[@raynar01]

Servalan did not like this video. I need to record this as my voicemail greeting. Brilliant

[@josefschiltz2192]

I'd love to do something like this! I've recorded my own message/answering tapes in the past as various SF characters, but never got around to trying it professionally. Life and stuff kept getting in the way of a pro career at doing anything of this nature. What you might call a 'duty of care'!

[@Sabre_Wulf1]

i got goosebumps...brilliant upload. legend

[@vincentspencer6046]

Fantastic gentleman with the voice difftent I never no he did so many voices Amazing

[@KBBurnfield]

Absolutely brilliant!!!

[@chrisparkes2179]

Even as an answerphone message, Zen is still the most impressive computer in sci fi.

[@thromboid]

What a gem this is! Thank you for making this available.

[@Dkentflyer]

What an awesome guy, i wish i had met him.

[@brucewayne7838]

hes a legend ! made all three such characters and made a huge contribution to blakes seven ! r.i.p . the batman.

[@smooth111012]

Wow how did they do the Zen effect over his voice I wonder Yes orac be great as Siri etc

[@Chris4ord]

Ive always wanted that ambient sound effect 😍

[@richardtherrien4696]

Legend

[@CallardAndBowser]

That was awesome !!! 😃

[@zeon5323]

How cool would it be to have Zen answer your phone!

[@paulmckeown5672]

this is amazing!

[@andrewmoes1022]

I want to use these. That is all I have to say.

[@Ozymandias1]

Not so hard, copy and paste the link in a KZbin to MP3 converter ( for example this one: www.onlinevideoconverter.com/mp3-converter ) and then cut down the audio file with an audio editor such as Adobe Audition or Audacity ( the latter is open source and thus free ).

[@RachelShortyRRees]

Pure brilliance!

[@a2pha]

Superb !! Full marks. Servalan doesn't like this video, however.

[@HunterZolomon]

Zen is great. Classic, classic sci-fi. I wonder if they intentionally made Orac's background noise sound like a drunk mosquito?

[@raymondbennett948]

Truly awsome

[@cologne2792]

Absolutely superb!

[@jetset2070]

I'd love my Echo to have Zen's voice...

[@ChefEarthenware]

What a talented man!

[@WhiteHorses]

True awesomeness, brings back memories of tacky sets which were usually set in Quarries....

[@digitalbroadcaster]

+Jerry Hendy Quarries guaranteed no public spectators to interrupt the filming I suppose.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

Obviously those Blake's 7 episodes were filmed there in between Doctor Who episodes ;-).

[@Robert_Horton]

If you watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/goLRXpyOncqjr6s you'll see that they were making them simultaneously.

[@freesaxon6835]

Excellent, he was very much part of the team

[@jassonsw]

Superb!

[@richardmattocks]

Awesome.

[@chriswinwood6501]

How marvellous

[@nickcarr3856]

classic!

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

this may be my new favourite video on KZbin. anyone know if these are still available?

[@mtjoy747]

Zen is almost Vulcan, in that [he] tells you what to do without having an attitude, including slave attitude.

[@joeviscuso317]

Very well done.

[@cheesecakegb8168]

Astonishing. :-)

[@grimupnorth]

When someone asked me a question back then, I used to begin my reply by saying 'IN-FOR-MATION' in the tone of Zen. Nowhere near as good as the originator of course.

[@codyhowes9145]

'chelle, hold these . Don't drop one in Bow World. That ain't it, city Centreville. Ra ra Robin hood, flour power fails..

[@bertram-raven]

Excellent impression of Dobby at the end there. (Yes, I am joking!)

[@nicholasmaude6906]

It just occurred to me that Zen and ORAC getting into an argument would be funny.

[@RichArd-vc5jp]

Awesome! Slave is my fave

[@DoctorVell]

I'd love to have the Orac one for my voicemail. However, most would never understand it.

[@mtjoy747]

God I wish I had a job in Blakes' 7 doing that LOL - does he still get money for the original samples?

[@zastorlexa9800]

Brilliant. Thankyou for posting. ☺

[@kevinlambert2756]

Bless him....that was great. 😉

[@zombiebiker5581]

Hello Stephen ,My Partner and I have just come across this ,by chance is there any way to upload the voice messages ? i would love to have these as our answerphone on our mobiles? Or email me etc. If not we understand ,but i hope you can. Anyway thank you for this video J & S

[@stephencranford1102]

Hello. I'm glad you like it. There are ways to download thusboff KZbin, or to use an audio capture program on a laptop which should get it for you.

[@zombiebiker5581]

@@stephencranford1102 thanks,I work it out somehow 👍

[@zombiebiker5581]

Hello Stephen ,hope you’re well? Well I did mean to get back to you,well I downloaded and split these into 3 respective clips 1) Zen 2) Orac 3) Slave Now to upload to my mobile phone or computer. Thanks for this.

[@michaelmarzano2759]

❤️

[@nick000002]

Amazing where can you download these?? 😂

[@octaviusfooks7194]

Who would you have as an answer phone? Orac, Zen or Slave?

[@koningbolo4700]

three holes in one in a row... a TRUE legend...

[@octaviusfooks7194]

Imagine having Orac, Zen or Slave as an answer phone

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I'd love to have Zen as my answerphone.

[@delavalmilker]

Oh! far out man! As a long-time Blakes 7 fan, this is truly mind-blowing!

[@stephencranford1102]

@@delavalmilker isn't he fabulous!

[@cpuuk]

Awesome... each one so different.

[@RikAlessi]

Just Brilliant

[@ReginavariedintrC]

Brilliant and fun. thankyou

[@rickyj5547]

It's on forces tv week days.

[@calvaryapologetics]

Wonderful

[@codyhowes9145]

Steph died, huh? Looking?

[@jmorton201]

Brilliant absolutely brilliant

[@Will_CH1]

I want an Orac greeting on my phone

[@yogikamalnayan7143]

Can you download to use ?

[@darrenc2721]

wow saved for posterity.

[@velcroman11]

I wish SOMEONE would start broadcasting Blakes 7 again.

[@threepot900]

If you can get it “Brit Box” streaming service are showing it. I just wish someone would add UFO and Space 1999 to the streaming world!