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Originally Posted by dellwear
They were some of my favorite ones too, why they gave the Queen Mother a brummy accent I don't know.
I know I'll be watching it if it comes back, it'll make Sunday nights less of an anti-climax  |
The 'voice' of the queen mother was actually somebody doing an impression of Beryl Reid doing an impression of somebody with a strong Brummie accent. (Reid was famous for it, apparently). I think the joke was meant to be that no-one actually knew what the queen mother sounded like as she very rarely said anything in public, and she kind-of looked like Beryl Reid anyway. Info
here.
Beryl Reid died in 1996 ... pictured here teaming up with The Doctor against the Cybermen in
Earthshock (1982).
And now I shall crawl back under my rock of geekiness.
