Forum:What "voice actor" means on this wiki

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Editors have used "voice actor" in two different and inconsistent ways on this Wiki.


 * The actor who dubs in the voice of a character played by another actor or by a prop. Example: John Leeson voicing K-9 or Nicholas Briggs voicing the Daleks.


 * The actor who played a role in an audio play previously played by another actor on television, etc. Example: davidbailey (his preferred spelling, BTW) as the Celestial Toymaker, a role originated by Michael Gough or most of the cast of the webcast version of "Shada".

Which one, guys? --204.167.92.26talk to me 00:27, May 1, 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't think that the second meaning you list is entirely accurate. In fact, we use "voice actor" to refer to any performer in an audio drama, not just those taking over roles originated by another performer on television. For example, see pages like Maggie Stables and India Fisher, not to mention all the contents of Category:Big Finish voice actors and Category:Doctor Who voice actors.


 * And I don't think that those two meanings are inconsistent. They're both an actor who plays a role using solely his or her voice. It also applies to actors who voice animated characters, or even actors whose voices are dubbed over another performer's on-screen work (though I can't think of any examples of that in Doctor Who off the top of my head). It's a fairly broad term, but I don't think there's a problem with that. —Josiah Rowe talk to me 02:44, May 1, 2012 (UTC)