david tennant played doctor who for 5 seasons.
how many seasons did david tennant play doctor who?
5
there have been instances of actors returning at later dates to reprise the role of their specific doctor. in 1973's "the three doctors", william hartnell and patrick troughton returned alongside jon pertwee. for 1983's "the five doctors", troughton and pertwee returned to star with peter davison, and tom baker appeared in previously unseen footage from the uncompleted "shada" episode. for this episode, richard hurndall replaced william hartnell. patrick troughton again returned in 1985's "the two doctors" with colin baker. in 2007, peter davison returned in the children in need short "time crash" alongside david tennant, and in 2013's 50th anniversary special episode, "the day of the doctor", david tennant's tenth doctor appeared alongside matt smith as the eleventh doctor and john hurt as the war doctor, as well as brief footage from all of the previous actors. in 2017, the first doctor (this time portrayed by david bradley) returned alongside peter capaldi in "the doctor falls" and "twice upon a time" (both 2017). in "the name of the doctor" (2013), the eleventh doctor meets a previously unseen incarnation of himself, subsequently revealed to be the war doctor. additionally, multiple incarnations of the doctor have met in various audio dramas and novels based on the television show.
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david tennant has also made numerous cameo appearances as the doctor outside of "doctor who", frequently in spoof appearances. singer and actress charlotte church spoofs "doctor who" alongside an actor playing the tenth doctor in her own "the charlotte church show" (2006). in an appearance on "the friday night project" in 2007, tennant plays a female companion to the tenth doctor (justin lee collins) on the pink planet, where they are confronted by the alien gay lord (alan carr). when the show became "the sunday night project", catherine tate appeared in a skit playing the tenth doctor. tennant starred opposite catherine tate in her own "the catherine tate show" special (2007) as lauren cooper's (tate) teacher mr. logan, who cooper teases for his resemblance to the doctor; eventually, he reveals himself to be the tenth doctor and shrinks cooper into a 5" rose tyler action figure. in the final episode of "extras" (december 2007), a brief scene shows the doctor and an unidentified wren companion attacked by schlong, a slug-like alien played by andy millman (ricky gervais). the tenth doctor is also featured in political satire; in a 2007 episode of "dead ringers", when faced by the question of gordon brown's succession, tony blair (impressionist jon culshaw) regenerates into david tennant after promising "new labour is all about renewal", later vowing 100 more years of power. tennant modifies his first line in "the parting of the ways" ("new teeth, that's weird"), to "new labour, that's weird" and proceeds to address the public in a tony blair impression resembling culshaw's. tennant also guest voiced his incarnation of the doctor in an episode of "family guy" (2016). he later played the role in full-costume for a sketch with the muppets in a live performance at the o2 arena in 2018.
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