They asked me a few days later whether or not I would like to test for Pilot, and I did. That was a wonderful experience, being in the studio taping my test onto a little tape recorder, and then the rest is history. Not many actors have the opportunity of not only playing one role in a TV series but playing two.

What sort of guidance did you get on how to play Pilot?

Initially they said play him like a stressed accountant. I thought, "OK, I'll give it my best shot."

The interesting aspect of the two roles is that vocally they are at each end of the spectrum. There were people in the production crew who had no idea I was voicing Pilot, until the credits rolled at the end.

Sometimes on Friday evening, once the show had been taped and put together a month or two months down the track, we would have a screening. There would be people coming up to me and mentioning the fact that they had no idea that I was voicing Pilot, and I saw that as a compliment. [In] all of my work as a voiceover artist, I've always maintained that it's really great when people don't know who you are.