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| products      =  ''[[Doctor Who Game Maker (video game)|Doctor Who Game Maker]]'', ''[[Don't Blink (video game)|Don't Blink]]''
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| non dwu        = {{wi|Wallace and Gromit}}, {{wi|Shaun the Sheep}}, {{wi|Creature Comforts}}, {{wi|Chicken Run}}
| non dwu        = ''[[Wallace & Gromit (franchise)|Wallace & Gromit]]'', ''[[Shaun the Sheep (franchise)|Shaun the Sheep]]'', {{wi|Creature Comforts}}, {{wi|Chicken Run}}
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'''Aardman Animations''' were the studio who produced the games ''[[Doctor Who Game Maker (video game)|Doctor Who Game Maker]]'' and ''[[Don't Blink (video game)|Don't Blink]]''.
'''Aardman Animations''' were the studio who produced the games ''[[Doctor Who Game Maker (video game)|Doctor Who Game Maker]]'' and ''[[Don't Blink (video game)|Don't Blink]]''.


They are well known for their claymation productions, most famously {{wi|Wallace and Gromit}}, {{wi|Shaun the Sheep}}, and {{wi|Creature Comforts}}.
They are well known for their claymation productions, most famously ''[[Wallace & Gromit (franchise)|Wallace & Gromit]]'', ''[[Shaun the Sheep (franchise)|Shaun the Sheep]]'', and {{wi|Creature Comforts}}.
 
[[File:Shaun the Sheep Dalek.jpg|thumb|left|A sheep in a [[Dalek]] costume]]
One episode of ''Shaun the Sheep'', entitled ''Party Animals'', had one of the [[sheep]] dress up as a [[Dalek]] for the Farmer's [[birthday]] party. The Farmer is briefly scared by his entrance, and the Dalek-sheep has trouble getting up the stairs.
 
== Connections ==
For the ''Wallace & Gromit'' franchise, [[Peter Sallis]] provided the voice of Wallace until his retirement in 2010. [[Bob Baker]] wrote the short films {{wi|The Wrong Trousers}}, {{wi|A Close Shave}}, and {{wi|A Matter of Loaf and Death}}, as well as the 2005 theatrical film {{wi|Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit}}, and all six episodes of {{wi|Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention}}.
 
[[Peter Hawkins]] provided the canine vocals for the otherwise mute Gromit in ''A Grand Day Out'' and ''A Close Shave''. The latter film also featured the voice of [[Anne Reid]]. The feature-length ''Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' featured the voices of [[Peter Kay]], [[Nicholas Smith]], [[Dicken Ashworth]], and [[Edward Kelsey]].
 
For Aardman's other theatrical films, [[Julia Sawalha]] and [[Phil Daniels]] appeared in 2000's {{wi|Chicken Run}}.
 
[[Bill Nighy]], [[Ian McKellen]], [[David Suchet]], and [[Miriam Margolyes]] appeared in 2006's computer-animated {{wi|Flushed Away}}. Nighy later appeared again in 2011's, also computer-animated {{wi|Arthur Christmas}}, alongside [[Jim Broadbent]].
 
The 2012 film {{wi|The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!}} featured [[David Tennant]], [[Lenny Henry]], [[Russell Tovey]], [[Brian Blessed]], and [[David Schneider]].
 
The 2018 film {{wi|Early Man (film)|Early Man}} featured [[Eddie Redmayne]], [[Maisie Williams]], [[Miriam Margolyes]], [[Kayvan Novak]], [[Rob Brydon]], [[Mark Williams]], and [[Simon Greenall]].
 
The 2023 film {{wi|Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget|Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget}} featured [[Bella Ramsey]], [[Imelda Staunton]], [[David Bradley]], and [[Peter Serafinowicz]].


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Aardman Animations were the studio who produced the games Doctor Who Game Maker and Don't Blink.

They are well known for their claymation productions, most famously Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Creature Comforts.

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