Gerald Flood
Gerald Robert Flood (born 21 April 1927[1][2] in Portsmouth, Hampshire; died 12 April 1989[3][2]) played King John (or, more accurately, Kamelion disguised as King John) and voiced Kamelion in the Doctor Who television story The King's Demons. Although technical problems with the Kamelion robotic prop made it impossible for Gerald Flood to appear regularly on Doctor Who as a voice actor for Kamelion, he did reprise the role in Planet of Fire and in a cameo in The Caves of Androzani.
Career
Gerald Flood had been the star of the Pathfinders in Space serials, Sydney Newman and Malcolm Hulke's previous attempt at a family-oriented science-fiction show. He also played Sir Richard Flashman in the BBC's popular 1971 television serial Tom Brown's Schooldays.
Death
He died from a heart attack shortly before his 62nd birthday.
Behind the scenes
To avoid rehiring Flood to voice Kamelion for its planned reappearance in The Awakening part one, it was decided that the android should instead speak with the voices of the Doctor and Turlough. Although Peter Davison and Mark Strickson recorded the required voice-overs, due to the episode overrunning the scene had to be edited out.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ REF: Who-ology: The Official Miscellany
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gerard Flood. Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved on 13 December 2016.
- ↑ INTERVIEW | GERALD FLOOD (KING JOHN and the voice of KAMELION. Eye of Horus. Retrieved on 13 December 2016.
