Peter Hawkins, the man who helped create the terrifying voice of the Daleks, has died.

A popular actor, Peter worked mainly in children's television, providing voices for the original Bill and Ben (and developing their curious Oddle-Poddle language), Captain Pugwash and even Zippy (eventually replaced by fellow Dalek man Roy Skelton).

In the 1980s, he narrated the cartoon adventures of Jimbo and the Jet Set and The Family-Ness.

For most fans of Doctor Who he was, with David Graham, the voice of the original Daleks, working on every Dalek serial of the 1960s as well as the two big-screen Dalek movies.

Peter died on 8 July. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary and his son, Silas.