Roy Skelton

Roy Skelton (20 July 1931-8 June 2011 ) performed voice work for several Doctor Who television stories and appeared on-screen in five of them. He is particularly known for performing Dalek voices.

Outside of Doctor Who, Skelton is also known as the voices of the puppet characters Zippy and George on the ITV children's programme Rainbow and in a cameo on Ashes to Ashes. His predecessor in the role of Zippy was fellow Dalek voice actor Peter Hawkins. For the role of Marshal Chedaki in The Android Invasion, Skelton used a variation on his "Zippy" voice.

He was originally offered the role of Davros in Genesis of the Daleks, but turned it down. It eventually went to Michael Wisher. (INFO: Planet of the Daleks)

Skelton's granddaughter, Abra Thompson, went on to become a Big Finish voice actor after his death. (BFX: Time War: Volume Two)

Filmography

 * The Ark (Monoid voices)
 * The Tenth Planet (Cybermen voices)
 * The Tenth Planet (Snowcap voices and countdown voice, uncredited) (DWM 214)
 * The Evil of the Daleks (Dalek voices)
 * The Ice Warriors (Computer voice)
 * The Wheel in Space (Cybermen voices)
 * The Wheel in Space (Wheel voices, uncredited) (DWM 254)
 * The Krotons (Kroton voice)
 * Colony in Space (as Norton)
 * Planet of the Daleks (Dalek voices and Wester)
 * The Green Death (as James)
 * Genesis of the Daleks (Dalek voices)
 * The Android Invasion (as Marshal Chedaki)
 * The Hand of Fear (as King Rokon)
 * The Hand of Fear (Computer voice, uncredited) (DWMS Holiday 1992)
 * Destiny of the Daleks (Dalek voices)
 * Destiny of the Daleks (K9 croaking voice, uncredited) (DWM 283)
 * The Five Doctors (Dalek voice)
 * Revelation of the Daleks (Dalek voices)
 * Remembrance of the Daleks (Dalek voices)
 * The Curse of Fatal Death (Dalek voices)

Audiography

 * Test of Nerve (James Carver)