McNeice gave his distinctive voice and accent to voice-acting roles like the Vogon character Kwaltz, director of the Vogon Constructor Fleet, in the 2005 film adaptation of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". In 2007, he made his "Doctor Who" debut when he guest-starred as villain Zeus in the Big Finish BBC Digital Radio 7 drama "Immortal Beloved". He had a cameo role as Joachim von Kortzfleisch, a German general who refused to put his troops under the command of officers plotting to depose Hitler's government, in "Valkyrie".