Yvonne Antrobus

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Yvonne Antrobus born 1 November 1940 is a British novelist abridger radio dramatist and actress best known for her appearance in the 1965 movie Doctor Who and the Daleks Among Antrobus television appearances are Dixon of Dock Green 1963 Redcap 1965 Emergency Ward 10 1967 The Benny Hill Show 1967 The First Churchills 1969 ZCars 1970 Steptoe and Son 1972 The Protectors 1973 Wessex Tales 1973 Within These Walls 1974 The Old Curiosity Shop 1975 Thomas Sarah 1979 The Bill 1989 The Chief 1990 and On Dangerous Ground 1996 Antrobus other work includes appearances in Londons West End she was the winner of a London Theatre Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress and in the films Doctor Who and the Daleks 1965 The Pleasure Girls 1965 Mr Quilp 1975 and was interviewed as herself in the 1995 Dalekmovie documentary Dalekmania Antrobus was unavailable for postsynchronization after the shooting of Doctor Who and the Daleks was complete So while she is seen onscreen as Dyoni her voice is provided by another unnamed actress She has made over 100 abridgments for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson She was awarded the Abridgers Silver Award by the Audio Book Association in 2003 for Churchill by Roy Jenkins In 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her series Diary of an OnCall Girl based on the blogs and book by WPC Ellie Bloggs the anonymous blogger who is also a serving British police officer Antrobus books include True to Form and Cut In the Ground Description above from the Wikipedia article Yvonne Antrobus licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia