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Eric Loren on playing Dalek Sec Hybrid - Radio Times, April 2007 |
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Nick Griffiths finds out about the challenges involved in bringing the mutant Dalek to life.
"American-born, British-based
actor Eric Loren has worn
prosthetics before, as a cyclops
in Clive Barker's 1990 film
Nightbreed, but becoming Dalek
Sec Hybrid was a different story.
"I'd never done such extended
days in a row, 12 hours a day," he
admits. "It was pretty intense."
[The] headpiece is full of motors,
so it's fairly heavy, and latex covers
the eyes. "I had this
battery-operated sound in my ears
- 'Zzzp… zp… zzzzp' - so not only
could I not see, it was also hard
trying to hear what David [Tennant]
was saying. But we worked things
out in rehearsals - he was fantastic."
With time, he got used to it:
"I really had to go inside myself and
stay calm. Any time I wasn't on set,
I'd sit down and try to keep to
myself, because I had to use all my
attention just trying to act and
ignoring the fact I was inside
this enclosed case."
It did nothing for his
looks. "Ha-ha-ha. No!
But I have to say, it looks
absolutely amazing."
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View our gallery following the making of Dalek Sec Hybrid - or take a look at our full Doctor Who guide.
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