Meaning of Dalek voice | Babel Free

Definitions

A harsh, throaty, staccato, monotone voice.

Examples

“Burk replied in his husky Dalek voice without looking at the King but also without any trepidation: 'I was christened Herbert Burk.'”

“And it was something just to have it to look forward to, to think about instead of thinking about the Dalek voice. I have your notebook.”

“[…]eyes and a Dalek voice, and its dreadful polished face keeps swivelling towards me; it is an iron Archie Andrews, but I do not have to make it speak.”

“"Now press button A," a Dalek voice tells someone who is trying to set the video recorder to tape a TV programme for later viewing.”

“Sometimes one seems to hear it being read out by a dalek-voice”

“You know, this Dalek voice says, "The-bonnet's-open, you-are-low-on-fuel, the-engine-tem-perature-is-high, we're-not-going-to-make-it-on-this-one-Nick, we'll-be-walking-after-this-corner."”

“Many questions were literary concoctions, edited from conversation into rather stiff print (One review referred to our 'Dalek voice'.)”

“Hawkins was to have a device implanted in his throat to help him speak in a 'strange Dalek voice ', as his wife put it, but the operation gave him another seven years of life.”

“Is your name Oscar Lois Anderson?' Her Dalek voice echoed eerily through the black emptiness of the warehouse.”

“'This is she,' said the Dalek voice. 'Good evening,' said Tudor, 'it's Tudor Cornwall, University of Wessex.'”

“The Dalek voice isn't just for Dr Who fans as it can be used in place of a vocoder to produce more metallic style voices that are suitable for use in any dance genre.”

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