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Eleventh Doctor The Eleventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". He is played by Matt Smith, in three series as well as seven specials, over an almost four-year-long period. As with previous incarnations of the Doctor, the character has also appeared in other "Doctor Who" multimedia. Within the show's narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, who travels in time and space in his ship, the TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor can regenerate his body,
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would be stepping down from the role after three full series. He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he was replaced by the eleventh doctor, portrayed by Matt Smith. The "Daily Mirror" reported that Tennant was forbidden from attending "Doctor Who" fan conventions while playing the role, to avoid the chance that he could accidentally let slip any plot points during filming of the series. However, Tennant claimed this was false and that he had never been banned or discouraged from attending conventions. Tennant and Billie Piper
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David Tennant's era and forward to Matt Smith, "The Herald"s Edd McCracken comments that casting Tennant had been a risk after "the show's reputation and ratings" had been "restored under Eccleston". However he notes that due to the brevity of the Ninth Doctor's era Tennant subsequently had time to make his character more established. Richard Henley Davis of "The Economic Voice" also notes that Tennant "had big boots to fill after Christopher Eccleston's Doctor Who, which many believe to be the greatest incarnation of the lunatic time lord." In a 2005 interview Tennant himself stated "there's an awful lot to
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in 2006–2008, 2010–2015 and 2017–2018, and Christmas Day specials every year since 2005. No full series was broadcast in 2009, although four additional specials starring David Tennant were made. Davies left the show in 2010 after the end of series 4 and the David Tennant specials were completed. Steven Moffat, a writer under Davies was announced as Davies' successor along with Matt Smith as the new doctor. In January 2016, Moffat announced that he would step down after the 2017 finale, to be replaced by Chris Chibnall in 2018. The tenth series debuted in April 2017, with a Christmas special
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returned to "Doctor Who" for the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor" broadcast on 23 November 2013, with then-stars Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman and guest star John Hurt. The same month, he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" directed by Peter Davison. In October 2015, Big Finish Productions announced that Tennant would return to the role of the Tenth Doctor alongside Catherine Tate as his former companion Donna Noble in three new stories from Big Finish. The stories feature current and previous Doctor Who actors, including Strax actor Dan Starkey,
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot is a 2013 comedy spoof and homage to the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". It debuted on the BBC Red Button service after the broadcast of "The Day of the Doctor", the official 50th anniversary special. The programme was written and directed by Peter Davison, who stars alongside fellow former Doctor actors Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, and Paul McGann. It features appearances from more recent stars of the show David Tennant, Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, and John Barrowman, as well as "Doctor Who" executive producer Steven Moffat, his predecessor Russell
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one about the 51st anniversary isn’t going to be interesting. It’s got to be about something else." The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot is a 2013 comedy spoof and homage to the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". It debuted on the BBC Red Button service after the broadcast of "The Day of the Doctor", the official 50th anniversary special. The programme was written and directed by Peter Davison, who stars alongside fellow former Doctor actors Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, and Paul McGann. It features appearances from more recent stars of the show David Tennant, Matt Smith,
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The End of Time (Doctor Who) The End of Time is a two-part story made up of the fourth and fifth of five special episodes of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" broadcast between December 2008 and January 2010. "The End of Time" was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 December 2009 and 1 January 2010, and is the fifth "Doctor Who" Christmas special. This is the last story for lead actor David Tennant, who handed over the role of alien time traveller the Doctor to Matt Smith. It is also the last
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Doctor Who Roleplaying Game The Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, formerly Doctor Who: Adventures in Time And Space is a role-playing game published by UK-based Cubicle 7 Entertainment. It is based on the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", and allows roleplayers to adopt the role of characters from that fictional universe. Unlike most RPGs, the rules featured in new editions of the game remain largely unchanged. The updates consist of layout, images, and characters with rules provided. The first edition matched the style of the David Tennant era, the second edition the Matt Smith, the third styled for the
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his "time was over all too swiftly". A 2012 poll conducted by the United States media news magazine "Entertainment Weekly" resulted in Eccleston being voted the fourth most popular Doctor, behind David Tennant, Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor) and Tom Baker. Ninth Doctor The Ninth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston during the first series of the show's revival in 2005. Within the programme's narrative, the Doctor is a time travelling, humanoid alien from a race known as the Time Lords. At
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Jackie. On 19 September 2013, scenes were filmed in the evening at Puzzlewood with fake snow being scattered over certain areas. On 5 October 2013, Doctor Who producer Marcus Wilson revealed via Twitter that filming was complete. In addition to the 50th anniversary episode featuring Matt Smith and David Tennant, a further special was produced to celebrate "Doctor Who's" half-century. "An Adventure in Space and Time", written by Mark Gatiss, was a feature-length docudrama detailing the conception and initial production of "Doctor Who". It featured David Bradley as William Hartnell and Reece Shearsmith as Patrick Troughton; Matt Smith has a
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Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison watches "The Snowmen" with his children. They remark on the upcoming 50th anniversary special and speculate as to whether Davison will be invited to return or if it will simply feature the most recent two Doctors, David Tennant and Matt Smith. Davison has a dream where he is invited back and given special treatment, ending with a vision of Janet Fielding telling him that none of the old Doctors will be asked to return. Over the next couple of months, he, Sixth Doctor actor Colin Baker and Seventh Doctor actor Sylvester McCoy desperately await a
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attributed the statement to Eccleston, and released it in violation of an earlier agreement not to reveal his departure publicly. The statement had been made after journalists made queries to the press office. On 16 April 2005, the BBC confirmed that David Tennant would be the Tenth Doctor. The regeneration from Eccleston to Tennant took place in "The Parting of the Ways", the season finale. Tennant and Piper next starred in a for Children in Need. Tennant's first full story as the Doctor was the 2005 Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion", and Piper joined him for the whole of Series
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death, featuring in two episodes of the spin-off programme "The Sarah Jane Adventures". David Tennant announced at the National Television Awards on 29 October 2008 that he would be stepping down from portraying the Doctor because he felt that the four years he spent portraying the character was enough. At the time, BBC News published that Paterson Joseph, who appeared in the "Doctor Who" episodes "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways", was the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Tennant, followed by David Morrissey, who would be appearing in the 2008 Christmas special, "The Next Doctor". Other candidates included Sean
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The Next Doctor "The Next Doctor" is the first of the 2008–2010 specials of the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who" that was broadcast on 25 December 2008, as the fourth "Doctor Who" Christmas special of the revived series. During its original airing, the episode had an audience of 13.1 million viewers and was the second-most-watched programme of Christmas Day 2008. David Tennant stars as the Tenth Doctor with companions Jackson Lake (David Morrissey) and Rosita Farisi (Velile Tshabalala). The episode is set in 1851 London during Christmas. In the episode, the Doctor meets Jackson Lake, a human with
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almost as if he was waiting for his cues rather than reacting instantaneously to their content" but found him more impressive as the play went on. In December 2008, he appeared alongside his "Blackpool" co-star David Tennant in "The Next Doctor", the 2008 Christmas special of "Doctor Who", playing Jackson Lake, a man who believes he is the Doctor after his mind is affected by alien technology. Morrissey had been asked to appear in the series before but had to turn down the offers due to other commitments. He approached the character like any other dramatic part, and was influenced
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receives a Doctor Who-shaped chocolate prize. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. Issued as part of the Doctor Who Easter promotion in 2008, this set includes three different playabale games, including a dalek adaption of Tic Tac Toe, a game involving press-out characters from the series and a cybermen adaption of Solitaire. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. The game involves players maneuvering around the gameboard, attempting to evade capture from a motorised Dalek that can detect players' playing pieces in front of it. The winner is the first to reach the end of the gameboard. Featuring David Tennant as
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Tennant married actress Georgia Moffett on 30 December 2011, having met her when they co-starred in the "Doctor Who" episode "The Doctor's Daughter". They have four children, including Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. Moffett is the daughter of Peter Davison, who played the Fifth Doctor. Tennant does not discuss his personal life or relationships in interviews, stating in 2009 that "relationships are hard enough with the people you're having them with, let alone talking about them in public". He believes that religion "must have" shaped his character, and he is an occasional churchgoer. David Tennant David
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Medicinal Purposes Medicinal Purposes is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". Edinburgh, 1827. Body snatchers William Burke and William Hare are on the loose while the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn take an interest in the work of Dr Robert Knox. Knox meets the Doctor and Evelyn again in "Assassin in the Limelight". This is one of the last stories, and the last "Doctor Who" story, that David Tennant would record for Big Finish before being cast as the Tenth Doctor. After leaving the TV series, Tennant was cast as
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studio, and when he discovered what was being recorded next door convinced the director to give him a small role. This personal enthusiasm for the series had also been expressed by his participation in several audio plays based on the "Doctor Who" television series which had been produced by Big Finish Productions, although he did not play the Doctor in any of these productions. His first such role was in the Seventh Doctor audio "Colditz", where he played a Nazi lieutenant guard at Colditz Castle. In 2004 Tennant played a lead role in the Big Finish audio play series "Dalek
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The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith is a two-part story of "The Sarah Jane Adventures". It was first broadcast on BBC One on 29 and 30 October 2009. It is the third serial of the third series. It guest stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, marking the first appearance of parent programme "Doctor Who"'s main character in a spin-off show. Filmed after "The End of Time", the episode includes the final scenes David Tennant recorded during his tenure as the Doctor. The episode starts with Sarah Jane sneaking out of her home for
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best companion. Users of Plusnet also voted David Tennant as the best Doctor in 2013. Users of DoctorWhoTV also voted Tennant as 'Ultimate Doctor' in 2013. Voters on "Digital Spy" also rated Tennant as the greatest Doctor in 2013 with 50.05% of the votes, and again in 2015. A poll in November 2013 revealed that Tennant was considered the greatest Doctor with 33% of the vote, a clear 10% lead over 2nd place, Tom Baker. Readers of "The Telegraph" voted Tennant as the greatest actor to play the Doctor in 2014. Jenna Coleman, who played Clara Oswald and appeared with
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of the revived "Doctor Who", "Rose", aired on 26 March 2005 and received 10.8 million viewers and favourable critical reception. Four days after the transmission of "Rose", Tranter approved a Christmas special and a second series. The press release was overshadowed by a leaked announcement that Christopher Eccleston would leave the role after one series; in response, David Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement. Tennant had been offered the role when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of "Doctor Who" with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he
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He later performed alongside Davison's daughter, Georgia Moffett (as "Jenny") in the 2008 episode "The Doctor's Daughter". Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of "Doctor Who" for "Totally Doctor Who", "The Infinite Quest", which aired on CBBC. He also starred as the Doctor in another animated six-part "Doctor Who" series, "Dreamland". Tennant guest starred as the Doctor in a two-part story in "Doctor Who" spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures", broadcast in October 2009. He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he
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David Tennant David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles as the Tenth Doctor in the British television series "Doctor Who", Alec Hardy in "Broadchurch", Giacomo Casanova in the TV serial "Casanova", Kilgrave in "Jessica Jones", and Barty Crouch, Jr. in the film "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". In addition to his appearances on screen, he has worked as a voice actor and in theatre, including Prince Hamlet in a critically acclaimed 2008 stage production of "Hamlet" and as the voice of Scrooge
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to go" after being told that he will die on Trenzalore. 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
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Tennant in "The Day of the Doctor", said that he was her favourite Doctor, along with Tom Baker. Writer Terry Pratchett considered Tennant's portrayal to be the greatest Doctor. In 2016, "Digital Spy" readers voted the Tenth Doctor the best TV character of the 21st century. Tenth Doctor The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", who is played by David Tennant in three series as well as nine specials. As with previous incarnations of the Doctor, the character has also appeared in other "Doctor Who" spin-offs. In
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the charity's 2005 appeal. This starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, and filled in a gap between the episodes "The Parting of the Ways" and "The Christmas Invasion". A third Children in Need special, but one that was part of the series' continuity, was produced for the charity's 2007 appeal. "Time Crash" starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, and filled in a gap between the episodes "Last of the Time Lords" and "Voyage of the Damned". This takes part directly after Martha leaves the TARDIS,
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operation on Dalek Sec. If any of the players fail during play, one of several famous Dalek phrases, such as "Exterminate!", will be heard. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. The game involves players representing one of four Doctor Who characters (The Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones, Captain Jack Harkness or K-9), while completing three laps around the gameboard without being caught by a Dalek. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. Exclusive to supermarket chain Marks & Spencer, the game involves players exploring different parts of the Doctor Who universe, while collecting tokens and completing laps. The winner of each round
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example is in "The Tomb of the Cybermen" when the Doctor is identified as "English" and, dissembling, plays along. Though David Tennant speaks with a natural Scottish accent, he played the Tenth Doctor with an Estuary accent (apart from when, in the Highlands-set episode "Tooth and Claw" the character is pretending to be a local). According to producer Russell T Davies, this was intended as a consequence of spending so much time with Rose. "The Christmas Invasion" would have alluded to this, but the line was cut. Davies also said that after Eccleston's accent, he did not want Tennant "touring
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orchestra performing many of the music themes from Doctor Who, including the Dalek music and Rose's theme. The clip was leaked online shortly after the event and the concert and clip were shown earlier before the episode officially aired on Christmas Day on a "Doctor Who Confidential" special at 1:00 p.m. Sarah Parish has co-starred with David Tennant in two other BBC One dramas: "Blackpool" (2004) and "Recovery" (2007). Catherine Tate co-starred with Tennant in a sketch for Comic Relief (2007) which made several "Doctor Who" references. Catherine Tate returned in series 4, reprising her role as Donna Noble as
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kisses Rose Tyler to get the time vortex energy that was killing her back into the TARDIS, subsequently "killing" him and causing his next regeneration. In the New Series Adventures novel "Only Human" by Gareth Roberts, Rose asks the Doctor how he would know that marrying for love is overrated, to which he cryptically answers, "Who says I don't? You ask the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu." In a December 2005 interview on BBC Four, actor David Tennant, who had just taken the role of the Tenth Doctor, described the relationship between the Doctor and Rose as "basically a love story
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Who"). Beginning with the next story, "Castrovalva", until the series's cancellation in 1989, the character was credited simply as "The Doctor". The 1996 television film did not have an on-screen credit for the Eighth Doctor, but listed the Seventh as the "Old Doctor". The 2005 relaunch returned the credit to "Doctor Who", and then again to "The Doctor" in "The Christmas Invasion" (at the request of David Tennant). Also, Episode 4 was the first to credit two actors as "Doctor Who" or "The Doctor" when a regeneration scene was involved. It also happened at the end of Episode 4 of
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AbbyShot Clothiers and a white/red version worn by Tennant when he co-hosted Comic Relief), and has been cited by costume designer Louise Page as the costume she is most proud of from her time on "Doctor Who". The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) regenerates into the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) at the climax of the 2005 series finale, "The Parting of the Ways"; he re-introduces himself to his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) in an called "Born Again". In the Christmas special, he is in a comatose state for most of the episode, following his regeneration. After eventually waking up, he
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BBC One featured David Tennant as the Doctor using the TARDIS as a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Though unrelated to the episode, it was used to introduce both parts of the story, with Tennant himself providing a voiceover introduction for Part Two. After Part Two was broadcast, the ident continued for the remainder of the day but no longer featured Tennant, since he was no longer the Doctor. Concurrently with the recording of the story, a music video was produced, featuring the cast, extras, crew and CGI Adipose, all lip-synching and dancing to the Proclaimers' 1988 song, "I'm Gonna Be
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crew in very hard clay. Then, every week, the cast or crew member who made the handprint, sets a question referring to the next episode of "Doctor Who". The winner was announced by the presenters of CBBC and won all the handprints made. One segment in the 2007 series of "Totally Doctor Who" featured the first twelve parts of an animated "Doctor Who" story titled "The Infinite Quest". The cartoon stars David Tennant and Freema Agyeman, voicing the Doctor and Martha respectively. Anthony Head voices a character named "Baltazar - Scourge of the Galaxy", and Toby Longworth also provides voices.
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1993 charity special "Dimensions in Time". Beginning in 1999, he recorded a series of "Doctor Who" radio dramas for Big Finish Productions. In 2007, Davison, at the age of 56, appeared alongside Tenth Doctor David Tennant in a "Doctor Who" special for Children in Need, written by Steven Moffat and titled "Time Crash". This was the first official time that a Doctor from the new series met a Doctor from the original 26-year run. Images of the Fifth Doctor are shown, alongside other incarnations, in the episodes "The Next Doctor" (2008) and "The Eleventh Hour" (2010). He also appears in
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rescues them in the Heart of Gold. All alternative Arthurs are killed. In the end, Arthur Dent traveling in hyperspace on an interstellar passsager ship, looked to the seat next to him to find Fenchurch siting there talking to him as Arthur himself vanishes out of existence. In the 2005 Christmas special of "Doctor Who", "The Christmas Invasion", the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, after having just finished saving the world still dressed in night clothes and a dressing-gown, compares himself to Arthur Dent whom he describes as a "nice man" which quite possibly suggests that the Doctor has
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"the only one in the whole of Britain who could do it was you". David Tennant had been offered the role of the Doctor when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of "Casanova" with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he accepted the role and first appeared in the series finale "The Parting of the Ways". Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement on 16 April 2005. Other recurring characters for the series included Camille Coduri as Rose's mother Jackie Tyler, and Noel Clarke as Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith.
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as The Doctor. The game involves players asking each other questions related to the TV series, including questions based on both series. The game continues until one player answers ten questions correctly, earning themselves a Who-shaped chocolate. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. The game involves players attempting to capture The Doctor's enemies by collecting tokens from various areas of the board. However, the board can rotate at any time during gameplay, making collecting the tokens much harder. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. Doctor Who provides its own personal twist on 'Operation', with players attempting to carry out an
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series of "Doctor Who" in late July 2005. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for "The Quatermass Experiment". Although the casting was not officially announced until later in April, both castmates and crew became aware of the speculation surrounding Tennant; in the live broadcast Jason Flemyng (Quatermass) changed his first line to Tennant's Dr Briscoe from "Good to have you back, Gordon" to "Good to have you back, "Doctor"" as a deliberate reference. Tennant
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has expressed enthusiasm about fulfilling his childhood dream. He remarked in a radio interview: "Who wouldn't want to be the Doctor? I've even got my own TARDIS!" In 2006, readers of "Doctor Who Magazine" voted Tennant "Best Doctor" over perennial favourite Tom Baker. In 2007, Tennant's Doctor was voted the "coolest character on UK television" in a "Radio Times" survey. . Writer Russell T Davies made the decision not to use Tennant's own Scottish accent for the character as he did not want the Doctor's accent "touring the regions", using Estuary English instead. Tennant has gone on record as saying
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The Doctor. The game involves players answering a series of questions based around the TV series, with the TARDIS revealing the answers. The winner is the first player to reach the end of the gameboard with at least eight correct answers. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. Exclusive to high street chain Woolworths, the game involves an adapted version of children's classic "Beet The Bleep". Players may be required to change the Dalek cardboard cut-out or movable wire during gameplay, all while keeping their nerve. Featuring David Tennant as The Doctor. The game involves players watching clips, bloopers and deleted
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that the Proms need no more gimmicks – such as David Tennant hosting a Doctor Who prom for children last year" (although Tennant did not host the Prom). Doctor Who Prom (2008) Prom 13: "Doctor Who" Prom was a concert showcasing incidental music from the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", along with classical music, performed on 27 July 2008 in the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC's annual Proms series of concerts. The "Doctor Who" Prom was the thirteenth concert in the 2008 Proms season, and was intended to introduce young children to the
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(1994). During filming, he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir. When he moved to London shortly afterwards, he lodged with Weir for five years and became godfather to her youngest child. He has subsequently appeared with Weir in many productions: as a guest in her spoof television series "Posh Nosh", in the "Doctor Who" audio drama "Exile" (during which Weir played an alternate version of the Doctor), and as panellists on the "West Wing Ultimate Quiz" on More4 (Weir later guest-starred on "Doctor Who" itself after Tennant left the series). One of his earliest big-screen roles was in "Jude"
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"Taggart" 26 times. Tennant is the voice behind the 2007 advertising campaign for catalogue retailer Argos, and appeared in adverts for The Proclaimers' 2007 album and learndirect in June 2008 (using his natural Scottish accent in both). Tennant also lent his voice to adverts for Tesco Mobile, Nintendo Wii, and American Express. Tennant appeared in Derren Brown's "Trick or Treat". In "TV & Satellite Week" (26 April – 2 May issue), Brown is quoted as saying: "One of the appeals of "Doctor Who" for David is time travel, so I wanted to give him that experience. He was open and
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Jenny is shot and apparently killed. The Doctor cradles her dying form in his arms, and is visibly distraught when she does not revive or regenerate from the wound. In the episode's closing scenes after the Doctor leaves, Jenny revives, takes a small spaceship, and takes off into the unknown to become an explorer like her father. In the accompanying "Doctor Who Confidential" episode, David Tennant (who portrays the Doctor) refers to her as "another member of that race, or something closely akin to it." In the episode itself the Doctor says to Jenny, "You're an echo, that's all. A
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Empire III" as Galanar, a young man who is given an assignment to discover the secrets of the Daleks. In 2005, he starred in "" for Big Finish, recreating his role of Brimmicombe-Wood from a "Doctor Who Unbound" play, "Sympathy for the Devil". In both audio productions, he worked alongside Nicholas Courtney, who reprised the character of Sir Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart. He also played an unnamed Time Lord in another Doctor Who Unbound play "Exile". "UNIT: The Wasting", was recorded between Tennant getting the role of the Doctor and it being announced. He played the title role in Big Finish's
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Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), former travelling companions of the time-travelling Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), prepare to counter the Daleks' universe-destroying Reality Bomb with devastating weapons of their own. Meanwhile, Dalek Caan of the Cult of Skaro (voice of Nicholas Briggs) intends to betray his race by hastening a prophecy involving the Doctor's current companion Donna, where the Daleks will become extinct. "Journey's End" received mixed reviews, not matching the acclaim of "The Stolen Earth". The episode continues from the end of "The Stolen Earth"; the Doctor (David Tennant) is regenerating inside the TARDIS. Part-way
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she played Bertha in "Exiles" at the National Theatre. In 2007, she appeared in the BBC drama "True Dare Kiss" and on stage in Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" at the Donmar Warehouse. Kirwan appeared as the villain "Miss Hartigan" in "The Next Doctor", the 2008 Christmas special of "Doctor Who", alongside David Tennant and David Morrissey. In 2009, Kirwan was in the BBC drama "Moving On", where she played Laura in the episode "Dress To Impress". She also guest starred in "", playing the role of Beatrice McArdle. Kirwan appeared in the Irish film "Ondine" alongside Colin Farrell and Stephen Rea
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up for it, and I got a good reaction. He's a real screamer!" The episode aired on Channel 4 on 16 May 2008, and showed Tennant apparently predicting future events correctly by using automatic writing. Tennant also returned for the final episode of the series with the rest of the participants from the other episodes in the series to take part in one final experiment. Tennant appeared in the 2008 episode "Holofile 703: Us and Phlegm" of the radio series "Nebulous" (a parody of "Doctor Who") in the role of Doctor Beep, using his Lothian accent. Also in 2008, he
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former Davros actor Terry Molloy, and many veterans of Big Finish, including Niky Wardley, who portrayed Eighth Doctor companion Tamsin. The three stories were released in May 2016. In November 2017, three new audio dramas were released by Big Finish Productions with Tennant once again starring as the Tenth Doctor, alongside Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. While playing the Doctor, Tennant was also in the early December 2005 ITV drama "Secret Smile". His performance as Jimmy Porter in "Look Back in Anger" at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, was recorded by the National Video Archive of Performance
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Ward played the Fourth Doctor's companion, Romana. Additionally, Tenth Doctor David Tennant has repeatedly said that he wanted to play the Doctor since he was a little boy, and had appeared in numerous Big Finish audio plays both before and after his casting as the Doctor. Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi is a fan and has been since he was a teenager. Since the show's debut, various musical groups and artists have been inspired to write music either about or relating to "Doctor Who". The first known example was the song "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With a Dalek", the first
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in HD it has not yet been released on Blu-ray. Dreamland (Doctor Who) Dreamland is the third animated "Doctor Who" serial (based on the British science fiction television live action series) to air on television, and the second to air after the revival of the live-action series in 2005. It stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and aired in six parts (one 12-minute episode, followed by five 6-minute episodes) broadcast daily from 21 November 2009 on the BBC's Red Button service, the official "Doctor Who" website and the BBC iPlayer. It was broadcast in its entirety on BBC Two
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Dreamland (Doctor Who) Dreamland is the third animated "Doctor Who" serial (based on the British science fiction television live action series) to air on television, and the second to air after the revival of the live-action series in 2005. It stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and aired in six parts (one 12-minute episode, followed by five 6-minute episodes) broadcast daily from 21 November 2009 on the BBC's Red Button service, the official "Doctor Who" website and the BBC iPlayer. It was broadcast in its entirety on BBC Two and BBC HD on 5 December 2009. There have been
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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
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During an episode on 5 November 2010, contestants Johnny and Dee were faced with the options Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. They were then asked "Who played Dr Who for the longest period?". The contestants did not know the answer so decided to split their remaining £650,000 between McCoy and McGann. The answer was then revealed to be Tennant and they lost all their remaining money. Tennant played Doctor Who from 2005-10. However, viewers began to query the accuracy of this question, saying it was open to interpretation as McCoy played the Doctor from 1987–89, but
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Tennant. The character when interacted with makes a number of references to "Doctor Who". In December 2005, "The Stage" placed Tennant at No. 6 in its "Top Ten" list of the most influential British television artists of the year, citing his roles in "Blackpool", "Casanova", "Secret Smile", and "Doctor Who". In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper "The Pink Paper" voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". A poll of over 10,000 women for the March 2006 issue of "New Woman" magazine ranked him 20th in their list of the "Top 100 Men". In October
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School Reunion (Doctor Who) "School Reunion" is the third episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It first aired on BBC One on 29 April 2006. The episode's narrative takes place in England some time after the events of the 2005 episode "The Christmas Invasion", and involves the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) reuniting with his former travelling companion Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), whom the Fourth Doctor left behind in the 1976 serial "The Hand of Fear". In the episode, the alien race the Krillitanes, disguising themselves as school faculty, use the minds
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just after Tennant had taken the role. David Tennant has commented that he would vary the combination of the buttons he fastened on his jacket in different episodes. Tennant thought the look was very geek chic. The Doctor dons a pair of dark tortoise-shell rectangular frame glasses, an affectation (along with his signature footwear) borrowed from the Fifth Doctor. He also occasionally sports a pair of Red-Cyan 3D glasses, both as a joke and for practical reasons. The Tenth Doctor's costume became so popular that it has spawned numerous recreations (including a BBC-licensed replica of the Tenth Doctor's overcoat by
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out that the Queen is laughing at her. Looking up at the Royal Box, she asks "Are you disrespecting me?" and mimicks the Queen's accent, asking, "Is one bovvered?". She receives a phone call, answers timidly "Hello, yes, thank you." and hangs up. When asked who it was, she announces "I've just been made a dame." On 16 March 2007, Tate appeared twice on Comic Relief as Lauren. Guests in the sketches included David Tennant. Tennant plays her new English teacher, Mr. Logan, who after being goaded by Lauren for his Scottish accent and resemblance to The Doctor, is finally
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and is married to David Tennant who played the tenth Doctor. She portrayed Tanya Webster in the audio drama "Red Dawn" with Davison reprising his role as the Fifth Doctor, and she narrated the Tenth Doctor audio-book "Snowglobe 7". Lisa Bowerman (Saruba Velak) played the Cheetah Person Karra in the 1989 "Doctor Who" serial "Survival" (the last serial of the classic series to be broadcast). Since 1998, she has also played Bernice Summerfield in the ongoing Big Finish audio drama series and in occasional "Doctor Who" audio stories. Veteran actor David Warner has also appeared in numerous Big Finish audio
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Doctor", saw the departure of Smith from the series and the introduction of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. "The Day of the Doctor" features the return of the Zygons for the first time since "Terror of the Zygons" in 1975. "The Time of the Doctor" draws together a number of plot threads that have run through the series since the Eleventh Doctor's first episode in 2010. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> In "The Day of the Doctor", Smith and Coleman star alongside David Tennant and Billie Piper; Tennant reprised his role as the Tenth Doctor, while Piper, although credited as playing Rose Tyler,
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wanted very much to work with them. She accepted the role immediately after reading the script. The role of DI Alec Hardy was the third role cast. The producers "very early on" settled on David Tennant as their preferred choice. Tennant had worked with Chibnall and Strong on "Doctor Who", and was highly regarded by production executives. Once more, there was consensus among the producers to offer the part without the need for an audition. Tennant was given the scripts for the first two episodes. He agreed to take the role for several reasons, even though he knew an incomplete
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during a 1989–90 season Brandywell-meeting once appeared on the "What happened next?" round of the BBC's "A Question of Sport". Furthermore, in the BBC documentary series "Who Do You Think You Are?" shown the night before Derry's clash with Paris St. Germain in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup's First Round, it was highlighted that Archie McLeod, the grandfather of David Tennant, the tenth "Doctor Who", was a Derry City player. Derry had supplied a lucrative signing-on fee and had enticed him over from the highlands of Scotland. Likewise, features about the club were run by "Football Focus" prior to and after
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Time Crash "Time Crash" is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was broadcast on 16 November 2007, as part of the BBC One telethon for the children's charity Children in Need. Written by Steven Moffat, it starred David Tennant and Peter Davison as the Doctor. The episode, set during the last scene of the previous episode "Last of the Time Lords", depicts a humorous encounter between the Doctor's fifth and tenth incarnations, played by Davison and Tennant respectively. "Time Crash" was praised by critics who reviewed the episode, and was a ratings success; it
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his biology and becoming a human to avoid detection. As a human, he takes the name "John Smith". David Tennant is credited as "The Doctor/Smith" for the episode, although the two-parter's concluding episode, "The Family of Blood" (2007), credits him simply as "The Doctor". The recasting of actors playing the part of the Doctor is explained within the programme by the Time Lords' ability to regenerate after suffering illness, mortal injury or old age. The process repairs all damage and rejuvenates the Doctor's body, but as a side effect it changes the Doctor's physical appearance and personality. This ability was
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Tenth Doctor The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", who is played by David Tennant in three series as well as nine specials. As with previous incarnations of the Doctor, the character has also appeared in other "Doctor Who" spin-offs. In the programme's narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor can regenerate his body; in doing so, his physical appearance and personality change, and
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as "one of the most melancholy of all the Doctors." Other actors who played the Doctor included Geoffrey Bayldon, David Collings, Derek Jacobi, and David Warner. "Sympathy for the Devil" features UNIT during the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. "Sympathy for the Devil" also saw the return of The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) as well as feature actors Mark Gatiss and David Tennant. <section begin=series /><section end=series /> "Den of Geek"s Andrew Blair selected "Doctor Who Unbound" as one of the ten "Doctor Who" stories that would make great musicals. "The Mary Sue"s Alan Kistler said "fans enjoyed
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appears in both the deleted scene and in the novel "Human Nature". Along with "The Family of Blood", "Human Nature" was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. David Tennant won the Constellation Award for Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode for the two-part story. The episode also received a favourable review from "The Stage" with reviewer Mark Wright commenting that the episode "is unlike any "Doctor Who" story you'll ever see", and that there was "nothing duff" about the episode. Wright singles out the performances of Agyeman and Tennant for
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Who". "Doctor Who" lead actor David Tennant admitted in a 2005 interview with "Doctor Who Magazine" that he had visited the Outpost Gallifrey forum shortly after his casting had been announced, to gauge fan reaction. "Well, when it was announced, I admit, I did go on Outpost Gallifrey to have a quick look, because I just couldn't help myself, and everyone was encouraging me to go on and see what the fans were saying about me," he told the magazine. Gareth Roberts, one of the writers of "Doctor Who", complimented the persistence of fans on the website's forum who were
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Who DVD Files" magazine released 15 July 2009 and in the Region 1-exclusive "Doctor Who: Series 3, Part 1" DVD set released 10 June 2014. Along with the other Christmas specials between "The Christmas Invasion" and "Last Christmas", "The Runaway Bride" was released in a boxset titled "Doctor Who – The 10 Christmas Specials" on 19 October 2015. The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who) "The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long-running British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. It was produced as the "Doctor Who" Christmas special for 2006, broadcast on
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on his final adventure in "The End of Time". Executive producer Russell T Davies revived "Doctor Who" after a 16-year absence with the premiere of "Rose" in 2005. Following the BBC's announcement of a second series being commissioned, the story broke that Christopher Eccleston, who played the titular Ninth Doctor, would not be returning for the second series. On 16 April 2005, the BBC announced that David Tennant had been selected for the role of the Tenth Doctor. His first appearance in the series was for 20 seconds following the Ninth Doctor's regeneration at the end of "The Parting of
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/><section end=series3 /> Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures The Tenth Doctor Adventures, announced in October 2015, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series "Doctor Who". It sees the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. The first trilogy of stories was released in May 2016. In November 2017 a second volume was released, featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. A third volume is due to be released in 2019 with Tate reprising her role as Donna. <section begin=series1 /><section end=series1 /> <section begin=series2 /><section end=series2
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures The Tenth Doctor Adventures, announced in October 2015, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series "Doctor Who". It sees the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. The first trilogy of stories was released in May 2016. In November 2017 a second volume was released, featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. A third volume is due to be released in 2019 with Tate reprising her role as Donna. <section begin=series1 /><section end=series1 /> <section begin=series2 /><section end=series2 /> <section begin=series3
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Sting of the Zygons Sting of the Zygons is a BBC Books original novel written by Stephen Cole and based on the long-running science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. It was published on 19 April 2007, after the television debut of companion Martha Jones, alongside "Wooden Heart" and "The Last Dodo". The Zygons, who have previously appeared both on television ("Terror of the Zygons" and "The Day of the Doctor") and print ("The Bodysnatchers"), make a return appearance. David Tennant has stated in an interview that the Zygons were his favourite monsters
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(2003), and later that same year appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". "Doctor Who" returned to British screens in 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. Tennant replaced him as of the second series, making his first, brief appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" (2005) at the end of the regeneration scene, and also appeared in a special shown as part of the 2005 Children in Need appeal, broadcast on 18 November 2005. He began filming the new
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during the chaos caused by Captain John Hart (James Marsters) and Jack's younger brother Gray (Lachlan Nieboer). When Gray kills Gwen's teammates Toshiko (Naoko Mori) and Owen, Gwen is desolate. The character makes a crossover appearance in "Doctor Who" alongside Jack and Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) in its 2008 series' two-part finale, in which Torchwood help contact series protagonist the Doctor (David Tennant) during an invasion of the psychopathic mutant Daleks, and later must defend their headquarters from the attacking aliens. The Doctor suggests a connection to Gwyneth, a separate character portrayed by Eve Myles in the 2005 "Doctor Who" episode
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was the most-viewed show of the night, and briefly the most-viewed episode of "Doctor Who" since 2005, with 11 million viewers. The episode takes place within the final scene of "Last of the Time Lords". After the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) parts ways with Martha (Freema Agyeman), he tries taking off, only for the TARDIS to spin wildly and sound an alarm. Checking out the systems, the Doctor passes his fifth incarnation (Peter Davison) doing the same thing. The Tenth Doctor recognises his past self and is overjoyed to see him, gently poking fun at his particular eccentricities, such as
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David Knijnenburg David Albertus Trelawney Knijnenburg (; born 3 April 1967) is an Australian stage, television and film actor, best known for playing Alfred Hitchcock in his stage production "Hitchcock & Herrmann" and in assorted roles in Twelfth Night Theatre's numerous stage adaptations of classic BBC television series such as "Dad's Army" and "'Allo 'Allo!". He is notable for his height – he is two metres (six-foot seven inches) tall. He was one of dozens of names mentioned during the media speculation over the casting of the eleventh Doctor Who after David Tennant announced his resignation. Born into a theatrical
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a lone Doctor composing his musical "Ode to the Universe" before being interrupted by the small alien Graske (Jimmy Vee). In lieu of a 2009 series, Tennant appears as the Tenth Doctor, without a regular companion, in several special episodes over the course of 2008 and 2009, the last of which aired on New Year's Day, 2010. In the Christmas special "The Next Doctor", the Doctor mistakenly believes he has met a later incarnation of himself in an amnesiac Londoner (David Morrissey), with whom he saves Victorian-era London. "Planet of the Dead" (Easter 2009) features jewel thief Lady Christina de
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campaign for Virgin Media. One advert was voluntarily withdrawn after a complaint lodged by BBC Worldwide, which believed that the advert broke the corporation's guidelines by featuring references to "Doctor Who" that appeared to be a commercial endorsement of the service. Tennant starred opposite Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly in a BBC/Origin Pictures film, "What We Did on Our Holiday", a semi-improvised comedy from the writers of the popular BBC sit-com "Outnumbered"; shooting took place from 17 June to 30 July 2013 in Scotland. The film was released in September 2014. He is the narrator on Xbox One video game
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were among the signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912. William was a member of the Orange Order. Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod, met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC. McLeod was descended from tenant farmers from the Isle of Mull. At the age of three, Tennant told his parents that he wanted to become an actor because he was a fan of "Doctor Who", but they tried to encourage him to aim for more conventional work. He watched almost every "Doctor Who" episode for years, and he spoke to Tom Baker at a
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Fifth Doctor in "Castrovalva" (1982), the character was credited as "The Doctor", which he had been referred to in-universe since the tenure of William Hartnell. This credit remained from season 19 to season 26. In the television movie, the trend is continued, with Paul McGann's debuting Eighth Doctor credited as "The Doctor" and Sylvester McCoy's out-going Seventh Doctor as "The Old Doctor". The 2005 resurrection of the programme credited Christopher Eccleston – playing the Ninth Doctor – as "Doctor Who" again in series 1. "The Parting of the Ways", featuring the Ninth Doctor's regeneration into the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
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Blink (Doctor Who) "Blink" is the tenth episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was first broadcast on 9 June 2007 on BBC One. The episode was directed by Hettie MacDonald and is the only episode in the 2007 series written by Steven Moffat. The episode is based on a previous short story written by Moffat for the 2006 "Doctor Who Annual", entitled "'What I Did on My Christmas Holidays' By Sally Sparrow". In the episode, the Tenth Doctor—a time travelling alien played by David Tennant—and his companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman)
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Dead Air (Doctor Who) Dead Air is an exclusive-to-audio "Doctor Who" story, produced as part of BBC Books' New Series Adventures line, and the seventh entry in the series to be produced. Written by author James Goss and read by David Tennant, it features the Tenth Doctor travelling alone. It is the Tenth Doctor's final story and was released on 4 March 2010. A pirate radio station in the 1960s is threatened by an alien called the Hush, who kills everything that makes noise. The Doctor and the radio DJs try to trap the Hush before it devours the whole
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and in the 1997 video game "Destiny of the Doctors" (audio only). He continues to reprise the role in a series of audio plays by Big Finish Productions. He returned once again in "Time Crash", a special episode written by Steven Moffat for Children in Need; in the episode, which aired on 16 November 2007, the Fifth Doctor met the Tenth Doctor, played by Davison's future son-in-law David Tennant. Tennant later presented a documentary, "Come in Number Five", which examined Davison's Doctor Who years in some detail, and which was included as a special feature on the 2011 DVD re-release
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official "Doctor Who" website to accompany episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 of "Doctor Who" and similar to the commentaries on "Doctor Who" DVD releases. In each episode of "Doctor Who: The Commentaries", members of the cast and crew discuss the latest new episode of "Doctor Who" whilst watching it. For example, Producer Phil Collinson and David Tennant and Catherine Tate, who play respectively the Doctor and Donna Noble in "Doctor Who", feature in the first show discussing "Partners in Crime". The full 45 minute audio commentaries for episodes from Series 4 were available as the "Doctor Who: The
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traits and abilities similar to those of the Doctor's own race, the Time Lords. River Song first appears in the "Doctor Who" 2008 series two-parter "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" (written by Steven Moffat) during the Russell T Davies era of "Doctor Who". Here, she encounters the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) in the 52nd century and, though he has never met her, claims to be someone he will come to trust completely. River, who is a professor of archaeology and carries a TARDIS-colour/pattern diary of her adventures, is able to convince the Doctor of his future trust in
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kill the Gappa, but failed. The Doctor detonated the engine of a ship that had crashed in the ice thousands of years ago, killing the Gappa but destroying the Snowglobe and melting the ice. The audiobook was read by Georgia Moffett, who is the daughter of Fifth Doctor actor, Peter Davison, wife of David Tennant who played the Tenth Doctor and who also played his daughter Jenny in "The Doctor's Daughter". Snowglobe 7 Snowglobe 7 is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker and based on the long-running science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth
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another Doctor. Unlike the multiple Doctors of stories such as "The Three Doctors", "The Five Doctors" and "The Two Doctors", where his previous incarnations were played by actors or depicted in old footage, this Doctor is identical in appearance to the Tenth Doctor. In the accompanying "Doctor Who Confidential" for this episode, Davies explains "This is so busy and so "mental" and so epic and universal in scale that of course you need two Doctors to solve it." Phil Collinson, Graeme Harper, and David Tennant discuss the use of the double, a musician named Colum Regan who is a very
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Jack and Martha both depart the TARDIS, and the Doctor is shocked to see what appears to be the RMS "Titanic" crash into it. Set moments prior, another "Children in Need" mini-episode, "Time Crash", features a brief encounter between Tennant's Tenth Doctor and the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), containing meta-humour surrounding the fact David Tennant had watched and loved Davison's doctor as a child. In parallel with the third series, Tennant lends his voice to the animated serial "The Infinite Quest." The 2007 Christmas special sees the Doctor and a waitress, Astrid (Kylie Minogue), save the Earth from the impending
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Pest Control (Doctor Who) Pest Control is an exclusive to audio "Doctor Who" story, produced as part of BBC Books' New Series Adventures line, and the first entry in the series to be produced. Written by author Peter Anghelides and read by series star David Tennant, it is also the first non-televised "Doctor Who" adventure to feature the companion Donna Noble (the first standard printed books featuring her were released in autumn 2008). "Pest Control" was released on CD on 8 May 2008 and is also available for download. The story is accompanied by an original soundtrack and sound effects
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for the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre Collection. He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. In January 2006, he took a one-day break from shooting "Doctor Who" to play Richard Hoggart in a dramatisation of the 1960 "Lady Chatterley's Lover" obscenity trial, "The Chatterley Affair". The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by "Doctor Who"s James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four. Hoggart's son, Simon, praised Tennant's performance in "The Guardian" newspaper. On 25 February 2007, Tennant starred in "Recovery", a 90-minute BBC One drama written by
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Turn Left (Doctor Who) "Turn Left" is the eleventh episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was written by showrunner Russell T Davies and broadcast on BBC One on 21 June 2008. David Tennant only makes a small contribution to this "Doctor-lite" episode as the Tenth Doctor. The story instead focuses on the Doctor's companion, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and her encounters with former companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper). The episode's narrative focuses on an alternative history where the Doctor dies during the events of the 2006 Christmas special "The Runaway Bride". The
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combating alien threats. He spends over a century waiting to reunite with the Doctor, over which time he becomes Torchwood's leader. Eventually, he reunites with the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) for several appearances in "Doctor Who". Aspects of the character's backstory—both prior to meeting the Doctor, and during his many decades living on Earth—are gradually revealed over "Torchwood" (and to a lesser extent, "Doctor Who") through the use of flashback scenes and expository dialogue. Jack is the first openly non-heterosexual character in the history of televised "Doctor Who". The popularity of the character amongst multiple audiences directly influenced the development
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created by Simon Hunt. The Doctor and Donna land on the distant planet of Rescension and find themselves caught in a war between humans and the centaur-like Aquabi. When a far greater threat emerges, the Doctor must convince the two sides to work together before they are all wiped out. Pest Control (Doctor Who) Pest Control is an exclusive to audio "Doctor Who" story, produced as part of BBC Books' New Series Adventures line, and the first entry in the series to be produced. Written by author Peter Anghelides and read by series star David Tennant, it is also the
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him. She tells her Karl managed to kill the creature. The Tenth Doctor encounters a creature acting very much like a troll under the bridge. "Doctor Who Magazine" reviewer Vanessa Bishop criticised the resemblance to a "classic Tom Baker story", but praised David Tennant's reading of the story. The Day of the Troll The Day of the Troll is an exclusive to audio "Doctor Who" story, produced as part of BBC Books' New Series Adventures line, and the fifth entry in the series to be produced. Written by author Simon Messingham and read by series star David Tennant, it features
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planet. It was voted the "Best Audiobook of the Year 2010" by The Audiobook Store. Dead Air (Doctor Who) Dead Air is an exclusive-to-audio "Doctor Who" story, produced as part of BBC Books' New Series Adventures line, and the seventh entry in the series to be produced. Written by author James Goss and read by David Tennant, it features the Tenth Doctor travelling alone. It is the Tenth Doctor's final story and was released on 4 March 2010. A pirate radio station in the 1960s is threatened by an alien called the Hush, who kills everything that makes noise. The
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Gridlock (Doctor Who) "Gridlock" is the third episode of the third series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast on BBC One on 14 April 2007. It was written by Russell T Davies and directed by Richard Clark. The episode is set five billion years in the future on the planet New Earth, a planet humanity settled on following the destruction of the Earth in the 2005 episode "The End of the World". In the episode, alien time traveller The Doctor (David Tennant) and his new travelling companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) discover the
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The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who) "The Runaway Bride" is a special episode of the long-running British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. It was produced as the "Doctor Who" Christmas special for 2006, broadcast on 25 December, and aired between the second and third series of the relaunched show. In the episode, set in London, the alien Racnoss Empress (Sarah Parish) and the human resources head Lance (Don Gilet) attempt to use Lance's fiancée, the secretary Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), as a "key" to awaken the Racnoss children hibernating at the centre of
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