Peter Tuddenham's contribution to Blake's 7 very much helped make the series special.

@stephencranford1102

7 жыл бұрын

Stansman63 Very much so. Thank you

@Clavinovaman

6 жыл бұрын

Peter and Dudley Simpson were the unsung heroes.

@mikebasil4832

5 жыл бұрын

Peter Tuddenham had quite a versatile voice which he also contributed to some vocal guest roles for Doctor Who, as well as visually portraying the Time Lord Voix in Devious. R.I.P., Peter. 🌌

@carmichaelmoritz8662

4 жыл бұрын

i always wondered who it was that did the voice of orac, zen and slave .

@ThePhilGrimm

3 жыл бұрын

@@carmichaelmoritz8662 You could just watch the credits.

Can't help feeling that if voice-interactive services today sounded like Zen, things would make a lot more sense

Awesome. What a pro. He made three distinctly different machines into real characters. To achieve that with just one would have been an achievement.

I love the way he flips straight from Zen to Slave without skipping a beat; what a pro' he was.

Always loved Zen's voice. Wish I had a computer that would talk like that.

@JJfromPhilly67

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@ewaf88

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and all we've got is Alexa

@nicholasmaude6906

Жыл бұрын

I loved Zen too also I think that Zen was one of the most underrated characters on the show.

Imagine my joy in stumbling across this video. I was an avid Blakes 7 watcher back in the day. We all used to talk about it at school the next day. I am now 57 and this just brings me nostalgic joy. Thanks to the late peter for bringing these sci-fi machines to life. I am seriously thinking of using ZEN on my answer phone

Extremely talented - I know someone who had seen Blake's 7, but genuinely thought Orac, Zen, & Slave were all voiced by different actors.

@richardbunt2278

Жыл бұрын

He is the master petter master of voice and talent

@richardbunt2278

10 ай бұрын

A 1 point along time when the series had started.they did use the existing 1.?

This is such a special video, thank you for sharing this with Earth. I think his Zen voice is my favorite. 🤖

love Zen's voice

I once asked Peter to do an Orac impression at a B7 con in Egham way back in 1988 and in perfect Orac voice he said. 'I would if I could but I can't!'. Terrific chap and its his skill as an actor that he managed to turn Zen and Orac in to really popular and memorable characters.

Goddamn fantastic. His voice is unforgettable for me. ❤️👍 Zen, Orac and Slave where epic 😁

Just rediscovered this today and still fantastically funny. Who needs Siri/Alexa/Google Whatsisname anyway when you could have any Orac, Slave or Zen?

This is fantastic. Zen will always be the best. It’s amazing to be able to watch the late Peter in action he seems so happy performing his art. I really love this.

@blethigg9320

6 жыл бұрын

Personally I prefer Orac because he's such a punchable little s*d. Anyone who's used a PC for any length of time has felt it go 'Orac' on them at least once. "No, I do not wish to change the sound output device, thank you! The current option is perfectly sufficient, and I am quite occupied with far more important tasks!"

@1groundfog

3 жыл бұрын

@@blethigg9320 I would take the peace of mind of Zen any day...although Orac does seem to more accurately reflect the feel of now...but I would hope for Zen....

This made me realise that I miss Zen.

@AsDeadAsDillinger

3 жыл бұрын

Confirmed.

Still makes me grin like a schoolboy! The treat to be allowed to watch Blakes 7. And then years later to have this gem of a clip. Thank you. (ORAC - booooo. Slave - booooo. Zen - 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗. Liberator would've crashed and burned way sooner with me asking Zen endless needless questions just to listen to the answers.)

Orac you are awesome and always will be loved how you made Paul Darrow(RIP) step up ; )

Amazing...Met peter a couple of times...what a true Gent....RIP

Fantastic gentleman with the voice difftent I never no he did so many voices Amazing

Brilliant! Great respect to Peter Tuddenham!🌅🥇

I had no idea they were all the same person. Great ones, especially Zen.

hes a legend ! made all three such characters and made a huge contribution to blakes seven ! r.i.p . the batman.

quite possibly one of the best things I have ever seen ☺

Loved Zen's voice and Orac, at work in 1986 we made a copy of Orac for an exhibition display, not as good as original!!, well done Peter!

A very welcome flashback. Going to see if I can cut it up and use as introducing to my message bank

FASCINATING ,fascinating ,A thousand years here would be too short ...

Glad you found this and uploaded it - gosh we all look young in the background!

What a little gem this is! I laughed so hard!

Very obvious why this video has no dislikes

@DaviesMartinezBeats

2 жыл бұрын

FYI ~ This video now stands at 1000+ Likes and 1 Dislike...

@chrisparkes2179

Жыл бұрын

@@DaviesMartinezBeats That dislike is off Servalan. Ignore her, she's just envious.

@DaviesMartinezBeats

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisparkes2179 - I concur with your comment concerning The Space Bitch...

@georgegray2712

Жыл бұрын

Orac hacked KZread and deleted the dislikes

awesome & touching at the same time...love seeing his range here, I often forget he did Slave too. Thx for posting :)

What an awesome guy, i wish i had met him.

Particularly love Orac's voice

Excellent! I wish I had that series of messages!!

What a talented man!

Fantastic!!!!! Confirmed

What a gem this is! Thank you for making this available.

id buy these soundbites and use them on my mobile !

Wish my Google assistant sounded like Zen.

Absolutely superb!

Absolutely brilliant!!!

Servalan did not like this video. I need to record this as my voicemail greeting. Brilliant

Pure brilliance!

How marvellous

Excellent, he was very much part of the team

How cool would it be to have Zen answer your phone!

i got goosebumps...brilliant upload. legend

What I wouldn't give for such an answering message! Zen and Orac were great voice concepts/characterisations and while Tuddenham did an equally good technical job with Slave, I never liked the concept.

@jojoUK120

6 жыл бұрын

Numinous20111 I reckoned that’s the whole point of slave, to be horrified.

Legend

Even as an answerphone message, Zen is still the most impressive computer in sci fi.

LOL,that's brill, would love an orac on my answerphone,

That was awesome !!! 😃

They should have had Peter do K9’s voice during the 17th season or Dr Who

Truly awsome

three holes in one in a row... a TRUE legend...

Very well done.

Goosebumps.

True awesomeness, brings back memories of tacky sets which were usually set in Quarries....

@digitalbroadcaster

8 жыл бұрын

+Jerry Hendy Quarries guaranteed no public spectators to interrupt the filming I suppose.

@nicholasmaude6906

7 жыл бұрын

Obviously those Blake's 7 episodes were filmed there in between Doctor Who episodes ;-).

@Robert_Horton

6 жыл бұрын

If you watch kzread.info/dash/bejne/foWij8uRmMjWqaw.html you'll see that they were making them simultaneously.

this is amazing!

I remember Eddie Izard doing a sketch where Star Trek et-al would be boring with a British accent - I counter that Zen and Orac blows Hollywood out of the park EVERY TIME (even Slave but sorry - to a lesser degree)

@rickyj5547

2 жыл бұрын

Blakes 7 is better than star trek. With people that you care about. And watch out find out how they get on in the episode

@roguerover7598

Жыл бұрын

@@rickyj5547 Star Trek was over-powered, with the backing of a galactic nation and had a hundred something + crew. Blake 7 was less than ten on board a ship that was up against a federation of tyranny. There's hardly any comparison.

Brilliant absolutely brilliant

Just Brilliant

Brilliant. I would have been there all day thinking up filthy messages for Orac to say... maybe you were, maybe you did? 😂 Seriously, every time I cut a sheet of perspex I hear Orac screaming insults at me!

@stephencranford1102

4 жыл бұрын

We did record a whole load of dialogue with Peter for a Blake's 7 film we made.... it was glorious and the recordings are so special to us all.

@nigelcarren

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephencranford1102 Superb. I will look for your film. Thank you and best wishes from another film- maker, (and all the mice).

Superb!

Awesome.

Astonishing. :-)

I wish SOMEONE would start broadcasting Blakes 7 again.

@threepot900

Жыл бұрын

If you can get it “Brit Box” streaming service are showing it. I just wish someone would add UFO and Space 1999 to the streaming world!

I love to take the audio from this and when people call and they get put through to the answering machine service they get the voice of Zen.

@amojak

2 жыл бұрын

quite easy to do with audacity :)

Bless him....that was great. 😉

Brilliant. Thankyou for posting. ☺

I'd love my Echo to have Zen's voice...

Awesome! Slave is my fave

Awesome... each one so different.

I'd love to do something like this! I've recorded my own message/answering tapes in the past as various SF characters, but never got around to trying it professionally. Life and stuff kept getting in the way of a pro career at doing anything of this nature. What you might call a 'duty of care'!

Loved Orac and Zen, Slave sounded too apologetic for my liking, but if you are a slave, fair enough.

@1groundfog

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed...for the latter why would one install such a voice for an onboard computer...

Zen voice was amazing

Brilliant!!

Excellent.

Love this!

Thanks for this - great memories / top characters

classic!

Magical man

great-super vocal talent-thanks !!!

So, so, so much love for this!

Brilliant and fun. thankyou

Wonderful

Imagine having Orac, Zen or Slave as an answer phone

Awesome!

Thank you.

What a genius!

Just brilliant!

Excellent

Amazing! 🤩

I'd love to have Zen as my answerphone.

Zen is great. Classic, classic sci-fi. I wonder if they intentionally made Orac's background noise sound like a drunk mosquito?

One take. Legend

Haaa how good he's a bloody legend 👍🏻

Wonderful :)

Zen is almost Vulcan, in that [he] tells you what to do without having an attitude, including slave attitude.

this may be my new favourite video on KZread. anyone know if these are still available?

Damn that was awesome!

When someone asked me a question back then, I used to begin my reply by saying 'IN-FOR-MATION' in the tone of Zen. Nowhere near as good as the originator of course.