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'''Colin Newman''' was an [[animatronics]] expert who took part in the creation of the [[Dalek]]s and the [[TARDIS control console|TARDIS console]] for the [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|first series]] of [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/behind-baas-2802082|title=Behind Baas|author=North Wales Daily Post|date of source=12 December 2008|website name=Daily Post|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref>
'''Colin Newman''' was an [[animatronics]] expert who took part in the creation of the [[Dalek]]s and the [[TARDIS control console|TARDIS console]] for the [[series 1 (Doctor Who 2005)|first series]] of [[BBC Wales]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/behind-baas-2802082|title=Behind Baas|author=North Wales Daily Post|date of source=12 December 2008|website name=Daily Post|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref>


He continued to work on the series until at least ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''.<ref>[[CON]]: ''[[Kylie Special (CON episode)|Kylie Special]]''</ref> In some episodes, his work included [[animatronics operator|remotely operating]] Dalek domes and [[Dalek eyestalk|eyepieces]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode_id=S3_04&action=photostory&itemnum=26|title=The Daleks are put into position|date of source=5 September 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[[TDW 18]]</ref>
He continued to work on the series until at least ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''.<ref>[[CON]]: ''[[Kylie Special (CON episode)|Kylie Special]]''</ref> In some episodes, his work included [[animatronics operator|remotely operating]] Dalek domes and [[Dalek eyestalk|eyepieces]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/episodes/?episode_id=S3_04&action=photostory&itemnum=26|title=The Daleks are put into position|date of source=5 September 2008|website name=BBC - Doctor Who|accessdate=4 November 2018}}</ref><ref>[[TDW 18]]</ref>
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Colin Newman was an animatronics expert who took part in the creation of the Daleks and the TARDIS console for the first series of BBC Wales Doctor Who.[1]

He continued to work on the series until at least Voyage of the Damned.[2] In some episodes, his work included remotely operating Dalek domes and eyepieces.[3][4]

He appeared in episode 18 of Totally Doctor Who, as the Dalek radio controls operator for Evolution of the Daleks. Newman was later interviewed in Kylie Special, an episode of Doctor Who Confidential.

Newman was also in charge of animatronics for Doctor Who at the Proms 2008, and Dalek animatronics for Doctor Who at the Proms 2010. He remotely operated a Dalek at the Doctor Who: A Celebration concert in 2006.

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  1. North Wales Daily Post (12 December 2008). Behind Baas. Daily Post. Retrieved on 4 November 2018.
  2. CON: Kylie Special
  3. The Daleks are put into position. BBC - Doctor Who (5 September 2008). Retrieved on 4 November 2018.
  4. TDW 18