# Doctor Who: I'm drawing a blank

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113 "2014-12-24T20:15:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/1 "2014-12-24T20:15:14Z")

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There was a character in the Fourth Doctor series – I think – who had a very distinctive laugh. Little, brown, ugly guy. I believe the actor was Indian, and I think he was disabled.

I _should_ know the character’s name at least. I _did_ know it. But my mind is going. There’s no doubting it.

A little help?

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/2 "2014-12-24T20:25:09Z")

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Davros?

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/3 "2014-12-24T20:28:17Z")

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Sil?

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/4 "2014-12-24T20:30:38Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> Sil?

Yeah, I think he means Sil, who was famous for his laugh - but he was a Sixth Doctor villain. He was played by a Jordanian-British actor [Nabil Shaban - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Shaban)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/5 "2014-12-24T20:34:11Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> Sil?

> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> Yeah, I think he means Sil, who was famous for his laugh - but he was a Sixth Doctor villain. He was played by a Jordanian-British actor [Nabil Shaban - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Shaban)

That’s it!

:smack:

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/6 "2014-12-24T20:41:14Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> That’s it!
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> :smack:
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> Thank you.

No problem.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-im-drawing-a-blank/708113/7 "2014-12-24T20:42:38Z")

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[Y’all might enjoy this if you haven’t seen it yet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUuVKBRNLHA); it’s Mr. Shaban talking about the suit he had to wear and about how he came up with the laugh.