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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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]

😂

[@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!

[@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. ua-cam.com/video/dO3eZhSDQUA/v-deo.html

[@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,

[@WTFisTingispingis]

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

[@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.

[@YodaOnDMT]

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

[@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?

[@honeycombcomplex3716]

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

[@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"

[@milleniam]

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

[@geekygal644]

this is my new dream job :)

[@xShiyara]

i want this Dalek Voice Changer too!!

[@hylian2027]

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

[@ryanpatterson1403]

*chuckling through the entire vid*

[@Cybermat47]

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

[@SlyphStorm]

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

[@TheSirenNymph]

He records on the set? Wow!

[@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.

[@fairyphantom]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@jinx7501]

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

[@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?

[@dubbingsync]

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

[@sunnivamhagatun]

I love David's laugh! ^^

[@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!

[@adamwalkervfx]

Very friendly man.

[@LWYRUP05]

Adam Walker 😂

[@harvestercommander3250]

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

[@craigwilliams6734]

Absolutely BRILLIANT

[@gasjebasje99]

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

[@Bdan-ez6jv]

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

[@kjamison5951]

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

[@velnoa]

*EVERYONE TOGETHER NOW*

[@SodaSnapz]

I want a voice modulator like that

[@aziraZizzy]

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

[@durango-CODEBUILDER]

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

[@christinanicole9039]

The voices of the daleks are soooooo cool!

[@martinwood744]

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

[@dragosta11]

best job ever

[@johnlafleur3593]

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

[@thedoctorwho73]

Amazing

[@WelshRaptor367]

Brilliant!

[@Feuergraf]

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

[@bassinblue]

I absolutely loved this!

[@CJ87962]

BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!

[@unclebigkid1020]

Dalek Kahn Reins supreme.

[@timeenoughatlast3368]

Mickey just dead face in the backgorund...

[@lostillusions7215]

AMAZING I AM FREAKING OUT ON THE INSIDE 😄😱❤

[@kiwi_sodas]

I. NEED. THIS.

[@guestivity2063]

1:52 Rose pops out.

[@DailyCuppaa]

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

[@andeoo]

Eggs, Stir, Mix & Bake

[@katelynlamprey7222]

He’s literally so funny too oh my gosh

[@borbleborb4586]

So basically, dalek go wehehehe

[@MsErethar]

Genius!

[@clemencina]

2:21
I love him.

[@Katniss556]

I love David's accent!

[@roboman34]

I CAN be a Dalek voice !

[@CommodoreJames]

GIMME THE MIC
- Ghost

[@galaxymaster]

this guy is pure awesomeness

[@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.

[@krule274]

I can't even.

[@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..

[@TheWanderer1000000]

I NEED SCISSORS *61!*

[@millenniummouse]

Hehehehe! I love the giggle.

[@KlausBentes]

Como não lembrar do Guilherme Briggs?!

[@marianal.25]

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

[@Blue-gp3vn]

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

[@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)

[@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!

[@jemDarpole]

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

[@JenniferPoole.33272]

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

[@sleepywolf_recroom7340]

Wow

[@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.

[@ejoarkhamgamer567]

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

[@TheSingingBrothers56]

Dalek Kahn sounded like Gollum in a ring modulator.

[@depatre_]

0:57 lol

[@nosoupforyou425]

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

[@paulyflyer8154]

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

[@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.

[@Enderman121_]

Me: eats apple
0:08

[@brisklloydavator]

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

[@stephennoonan8417]

2:21

[@johno4521]

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

[@dalegoking]

*caan

[@lolguyhereproword6363]

03:15

[@darkria4]

David's accent.. jfc.

[@warwatch]

Doctaw

[@YodaOnDMT]

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

[@stephennoonan8417]

2:16