The Man Behind The Dalek Voices: Nicholas Briggs - Doctor Who Confidential

A behind the scenes look at how Nicholas Briggs (current voice of the Daleks) does his multiple Dalek voices and how much he enjoys doing them. Taken from the Confidential episode Friends and Foe, covering The Stolen Earth in series 4.

[@FrogSpatula42]

That script read-through must have taken 1000 years to finish if Nick gets a standing ovation with every Dalek that speaks

[@Doomsday-yo7lh]

Get this guy to work at a drive-thru! "STATE YOUR ORDER, OR YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!"

[@naome563]

Omg yuss pls

[@tmk6022]

+findingbuglantis I'll have a dalek supreme, please.

[@o0long2be30]

+IbossU with cheese, of course.

[@tmk6022]

Izar :D

[@richarddcalow9936]

TmK

[@contrastej]

Imagine that...doing something fun, everyone admires you, and on top of that, you get paid for it!!!

[@ohmybreadsticks]

Best job in the world!!

[@alexanderskrabacz3277]

imagine

[@kaiserblaine7316]

i guess Im asking the wrong place but does someone know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid lost the account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.

[@liamjamison5458]

@Kaiser Blaine Instablaster :)

[@blastfromthepast8344]

Who admires him?

[@TheaterRaven]

2:16--"Everyone together now!" Now I want to see an episode where the Daleks are rehearsing for when the Doctor shows up.

[@JEEEVANJOHN]

Rehearsal of the Daleks.

[@backpackdude1]

😂

[@aidanstead6069]

Fun fact: This guy also voices the Cybermen.

[@rikuvakevainen6157]

Don't tell me that when Daleks faced the Cybermen the first time, this guy was talking with himself?

[@jessica_7474]

@@rikuvakevainen6157 yes

[@mrj8149]

Plus a lot of other Doctor Who monsters.

[@jellybabiesarecool4657]

Fun fact: This guy also voices the 9th Doctor. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moCWlo2eiKmEi6M

[@abaronkakaku6980]

I want that microphone.

[@dalekbieber]

XPsunnygirl me three

[@joe_ita]

me tom baker

[@JackieFuckingChan]

I would love to hear a girl talk dirty into it.

[@dalekbieber]

don't put bad comments

[@TheWoozyCraft]

it's a normal microphone linked to a ring modulator device, it's one of the effects made by a voice effect machine,

[@mephostopheles3752]

Dalek Supreme sounds like a meal at Taco Bell......

[@hylian2027]

HAHAHA that is funny

[@KimballTho]

+SeaBiscuit There is a meme where there is a Dalek, a Dalek Supreme, and a Dalek Supreme with Cheese.

[@franklydondor3448]

+KimballTho haha

[@franklydondor3448]

+KimballTho don't forget Dalek supreme with extra cheese

[@Mekratrig]

A Dalek Royale with cheese?

[@kiwi_sodas]

I love it when you hear out-of-character things in a Dalek voice. Example: “WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEA?!”

[@QuarterAlive]

EVERYONE TOGETHER NOW!

[@WTFisTingispingis]

I would never not use that modulator if I had that thing.

[@YodaOnDMT]

Yet somehow, seeing this has not made Dalek Caan less scary.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

It sounds weird as hell without the dramatic Murray Gold music. Damn, Nicholas Briggs has the best job in the world.

[@MeBeMat]

0:59 -- Oh my god, Eve's reaction.

[@thefluffyoctopus5543]

I wanna know how bad everyone fucking laughed when he had to go "eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs-eggs"

[@geekygal644]

this is my new dream job :)

[@SlyphStorm]

EVERYONE TOGETHER NOW! I died, that was the best thing ever.

[@milleniam]

Ahhh yes. The Daleks. The best sounding villains ever. They're also cute. But don't forget. THEY'RE DEADLY.

[@xShiyara]

i want this Dalek Voice Changer too!!

[@Cybermat47]

Having Sarah Jane laughing at your jokes... Nick is living the Doctor Who fan’s dream :D

[@honeycombcomplex3716]

It is almost like the sound when you speak through a fan.

[@TheSirenNymph]

He records on the set? Wow!

[@2030games]

1:12 so much water everywhere lol

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

That's actors for you.

[@MS-Patriot2]

Classic BBC excess and waste.

[@gremlinwc8996]

Is it from mars?

[@hylian2027]

I laughed so hard when nicholas said everyone together in a dalek voice

[@ryanpatterson1403]

*chuckling through the entire vid*

[@kjamison5951]

How lovely to see Elisabeth Sladen again (RIP). My favourite companion of them all. Yes, I had a huge crush on her when I was 11.

[@powerslave6944]

I love the Dalek that keep saying Exterminate! Exterminate! and you must obey! He's funny when he say that always never fail to make me laugh when I hear his lines

[@fairyphantom]

I just think Nicholas Briggs is fantastic, I really love Daleks' voice, is amazing!

[@jinx7501]

Ah yes, one of the scariest voices in the history of voices.

[@hollywoodghostbusters9869]

I went to a Doctor Who art event two weeks ago and the place had a screen-used Dalek and they have a voice changer to go with it. It's amazing.

[@FaumauNZ]

this was perfect! I managed to crack how to the vocal processing of the Daleks but thanks to this video I actually know what to do with my voice

[@adamwalkervfx]

Very friendly man.

[@LWYRUP05]

Adam Walker 😂

[@sunnivamhagatun]

I love David's laugh! ^^

[@YodaOnDMT]

Yet somehow, seeing this has not made Dalek Caan less scary.

[@martinwood744]

Lucky John Leeson wasn't doing "K9 live" crawling on all fours under the table amongst everybody's legs!

[@paulyflyer8154]

Tom Baker, Chris Ecclestone and David Tennant ....the only Doctors that were any good imo.

[@MegaGermanShepherds]

This is neat that the first thing I got introduced to Doctor Who when I was not really interested way back then like 7 years ago was “EXTERMINATE!”. Thank you Nicholas Briggs! Love your voices for the daleks, it makes me so chilled to the spine and interested in every moment you speak!

[@velnoa]

*EVERYONE TOGETHER NOW*

[@Bdan-ez6jv]

I wish I could be with that group of people. rip ianto

[@dubbingsync]

That would have been one hell of a table read to be a fly on the wall for.

[@SodaSnapz]

I want a voice modulator like that

[@timeenoughatlast3368]

Mickey just dead face in the backgorund...

[@harvestercommander3250]

Just heard that: EXTERMINATE! Sound gives chills. Boy Daleks are awesome.

[@kjamison5951]

"Put. It. In. The. Curry!" Spike Milligan Dalek sketch

[@johnlafleur3593]

This is cool, I've got an electro harmonix frequency analyzer that does this. I use it for guitar and on some vocals

[@CJ87962]

BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!

[@jemDarpole]

welcome to my Dalek poetry reading this one is called daffodils exterminate dafadils

[@scopex2749]

Except .......they should give ME the job as i can do the Dalek voices WITHOUT a ring modulator! 👍🏻😊 Also Wookeys, Gollum you name it so if you need voice talents.......CALL ME!

[@guestivity2063]

1:52 Rose pops out.

[@DailyCuppaa]

guestivity the average nerf person I don't think that is rose -.-

[@gasjebasje99]

The way everyone laughs at the reading made my day and it's 8 in the morning

[@craigwilliams6734]

Absolutely BRILLIANT

[@ejoarkhamgamer567]

I wonder if he has ever considered purchasing the voice changer and using it in public

[@aziraZizzy]

So this is the wonderful guy who makes the dalek voices XD

[@Thenextworldwar]

That moment when you completely forgot that David Tennant is actually Scottish and that he's faking his accent when playing the Doctor.

[@enderdrone6432]

Thenextworldwar Wait, he’s Scottish?

[@Thenextworldwar]

Precisely.

[@khtkarvakorva]

i just had to pause at 00:29 just to look at david. don't judge me, it's the insticts of a whovian..

[@unclebigkid1020]

Dalek Kahn Reins supreme.

[@thedoctorwho73]

Amazing

[@roboman34]

I CAN be a Dalek voice !

[@stephennoonan8417]

2:21

[@stephennoonan8417]

2:16

[@nosoupforyou425]

If only we could erase that last 2 and go back when it was just an entertaining sci-fi story.............

[@dragosta11]

best job ever

[@christinanicole9039]

The voices of the daleks are soooooo cool!

[@johno4521]

Less is more though; they should be careful about overdoing it...

[@dalegoking]

*caan

[@WelshRaptor367]

Brilliant!

[@Blue-gp3vn]

Check out the auto-generated subtitles. They are funny.

[@durango-CODEBUILDER]

I thought, its gunna be cool when I hear him talk with the voice, but thatll be it... I beamed with joy.

[@mbunnyj7051]

You know, when he said "Everyone together now," my musical-theater-nerd-brain immediately went to "evERYBODy!" From Hamilton's "You'll be Back." I now can't decide if the images floating around in my head combining the two are incredible or nightmare inducing.

[@KlausBentes]

Como não lembrar do Guilherme Briggs?!

[@marianal.25]

Eu não duvidaria se eles fossem parentes, são vozes muito incríveis!

[@Katniss556]

I love David's accent!

[@Enderman121_]

Me: eats apple 0:08

[@borbleborb4586]

So basically, dalek go wehehehe

[@CommodoreJames]

GIMME THE MIC - Ghost

[@lostillusions7215]

AMAZING I AM FREAKING OUT ON THE INSIDE 😄😱❤

[@TheWanderer1000000]

I NEED SCISSORS *61!*

[@andeoo]

Eggs, Stir, Mix & Bake

[@andyjay9346]

Would be nice if the clip contained some credit to the ORIGINAL Dalek voices created by renowned British voice actors Peter Hawkins (aka Captain Pugwash and Bill & Ben the Flowerpot Men) and David Graham (aka Dr. Beaker from Supercar and Parker from The Thunderbirds)

[@depatre_]

0:57 lol

[@kiwi_sodas]

I. NEED. THIS.

[@bassinblue]

I absolutely loved this!

[@sleepywolf_recroom7340]

Wow

[@darkria4]

David's accent.. jfc.

[@millenniummouse]

Hehehehe! I love the giggle.

[@krule274]

I can't even.

[@lolguyhereproword6363]

03:15

[@clemencina]

2:21 I love him.

[@MsErethar]

Genius!

[@katelynlamprey7222]

He’s literally so funny too oh my gosh

[@TheSingingBrothers56]

Dalek Kahn sounded like Gollum in a ring modulator.

[@Feuergraf]

You are awesome Nicholas! I love hearing the Dalek voice!

[@warwatch]

Doctaw

[@wintercimerrio9984]

I build simple analog electronic devices sometimes as a hobbyist. I'm not exactly an expert, but I can build oscilators and amplifiers with a schematic. Next job is to build something that produces EM radiation. I remember back in the 2015 and 2012 I built a square wave generator - and a mono audio amplifier coming from the same power source. I ran an audio signal from a CD player ... Or was it an MP3 player? Thru the amplifier, and the oscillator pulsed the output. So in other words, the music would play - only it would pulse. A groovy voice changer. Although it didn't accept input from a mic, not enough power. Now if I had a blue LED... I could make a partial shell.

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

Nicolas Briggs: you're a freaking GENIUS at voicing the Daleks!!

[@galaxymaster]

this guy is pure awesomeness

[@brisklloydavator]

If I had that microphone and my voice was a little deeper I could be a Dalek.