Fans were also treated to a sneak peak of the 15th Doctor, Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa, who said: What the hell is going on?. David Tennant's time as the 10th Doctor is often heralded as the golden era of the Doctor Who revival, as he was paired with Russell T Davies' writing and some fan-favorite companions, such as Rose and Donna.It came as a wonderful surprise for many when Jodie Whittaker's 13th . David Tennant, previously known as the 10th Doctor, is now also known as the 14th Doctor. By Max Goldbart October 24, 2022 12:46am Doctor Who BBC Studios screen grab David Tennant returned to Doctor Who last night as the 14th Doctor after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens. All Rights Reserved. How, what, why? Tennant was awarded his first major TV role as Campbell Bain in the BBC Scotland drama series Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), after impressing director David Blair during filming of another drama Strathblair (1992). Whittaker's final story shown in Sunday was filled with characters from the Doctor's past. Jodie Whittaker, the 13th Doctor in the BBCs long-running and immensely popular Doctor Who series, regenerated on Sunday, Oct. 23, revealing David Tennant, who was the 10th Doctor, as the 14th Doctor. "We couldn't get out," he said, referring to the first seasons of Staged. [45] The pilot was not picked up and the project was shelved. Robert Oliver Monday 19 Jun 2023 7:00 pm. [88] Between March and June 2017 Tennant appeared in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre. Although the casting was not officially announced until later in April,[24] 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. He was open and up for it, and I got a good reaction. 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Ncuti Gatwa: "It's been tricky trying to keep this under wraps, because I've got a big mouth". Kevin Spaceys U.K. Criminal Trial: What Has the Actor Been Accused of and Will He Testify? VideoThe endangered languages that are fighting back, When Miss World in India threatened 'cultural apocalypse'. Doctor Who Star David Tennant On His Return To BBC Sci-Fi Show - Deadline The Pirates! Favourite Actress: Audrey Hepburn. [41] Tennant was the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on Top Gear in December 2007, where he claimed to have unsuccessfully auditioned for a role on Taggart 26 times. The trailer (below) teases a trio of 60th anniversary special episodes which will screen in November 2023. [57], In 2011, he starred in United, about the Manchester United "Busby Babes" team and the 1958 Munich air disaster, playing coach and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy. [69] It was announced on 23 January 2013 that Tennant would return to the RSC for the company's 2013 winter season, playing the title role in Richard II at Stratford-upon-Avon (from 10 October to 16 November) and transferring to the Barbican Centre in London (from 9 December to 25 January 2014). Whittaker unexpectedly regenerated into Tennant at the end of the 90-minute special The Power of the Doctor. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. David Tennant described his previous tenure as the Doctor as a "wonderful, happy, significant time in my life", Doctor Who star David Tennant on reprising his role. The clip also confirmed that Catherine Tate will be reprising her role as his former companion, Donna Noble, for three special episodes set to air in November next year. He was voted 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a 2008 Cosmopolitan survey. All Rights Reserved. Jessica Jones for Netflix", "David Tennant sets Radio 4 Just a Minute record", "Did you know David Tennant was in Just Cause 3? His roles include a reprisal of his Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, as well as Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, Edgar in King Lear, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, all of which he performs in his natural accent. The path to Ncutis 15th Doctor is laden with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, danger and fun, Davies said last year. But he knows that there are many questions that viewers will be asking. Doctor Who regenerates, with David Tennant returning after a twist in Doctor Who: David Tennant and Catherine Tate to return - BBC News The hotly-anticipated Doctor Who 60th anniversary episode, airing in 2023, will feature a new villain called Beep The Meep.The character will share the screen with David Tennant and Catherine Tate . Doctor Who was a wonderful time in my life and it runs through me like a stick of rock so to be part of that show, go on that journey and return to it when I thought it was a memory has been an absolute present.. 'Doctor Who' 60th Anniversary: David Tennant To Face New Villain Beep In addition, the BBC and Disney have announced a change to where new episodes of the long-running series will air going forward. Tennant and Tate's 2008 series of Doctor Who is the most successful that the show has had since its revival in 2005, with an average audience of more than eight million viewers per episode. Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker's regeneration reveals a new Doctor [10] His talent was noticed by actress Edith MacArthur, who told his parents that she believed he would become a successful theatre actor after she saw him perform when he was 10 years old. Doctor Who returns in 2023 on the @BBC in the UK and @DisneyPlus in the rest of the worldRead more here https://t.co/X7Z4Lfzr6J pic.twitter.com/FlGCp6GA5a, Another said: "9 year old me who sobbed for a week once David Tennant regenerated is throwing a f**king party right now. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. [129][130] They have five children,[131][132] including actor Ty Tennant, Moffett's child from a previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. June 26, 2023. [84][85] In autumn 2015, Tennant's name was announced for Scottish feature film I Feel Fine, a thriller set in Glasgow in the 1980s. The path to Ncutis 15th Doctor is laden with mystery, horror, robots, puppets, danger and fun. happy, significant time in my life," Tennant told BBC News. [18], Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for the Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). It also featured and a bunch of guest stars, including Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett and Neil Gaiman. Though just a minute long, the footage features David Tennant's Doctor, Catherine Tate's Donna Noble, Neil Patrick Harris as whoever Neil Patrick Harris is playing, and, oh yes, monsters. He's a real screamer!". David Tennant's Powerful Performance in "Good - Shore News Network Over the weekend, former Doctor Who star David Tennant commented on rumors of his return to the series. David Tennant believes his upcoming reprisal of his Doctor Who character will likely be his last opportunity, as he'll then age out of the role. And I'm very, very excited. Were giving you a year to speculate, and then all hell lets loose.. Meanwhile, Ncuti Gatwa is set to take over as the 15th Doctor, with his series set to drop at the end of the year. Sunday's feature-length episode of the show, "The Power of the Doctor," concluded with former Doctor Who star David Tennant becoming current Doctor Who star David Tennant as Jodie. Doctor Who began in 1963 and follows the adventures of a Time Lord known as The Doctor, an extraterrestrial being with a human appearance. His first Shakespearean role for the RSC was in As You Like It (1996); having auditioned for the role of Orlando, the romantic lead, he was instead cast as the jester Touchstone, which he played in his natural Scottish accent. [80] He is the narrator on Xbox One video game Kinect Sports Rivals, released in 2014. It's a show that I loved as a small child, I grew up obsessed with it. DAVID TENNANT ON SET AS THE DOCTOR WITH A NEW COAT It's started !!! Hoggart's son, Simon, praised Tennant's performance in The Guardian newspaper. The film was released in December 2009. The reports come as Russell T. Davies, the showrunner during Tennant's time as Doctor Who . Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who, The Infinite Quest, which aired on CBBC. Were giving you a year to speculate, and then all hell lets loose.. This week's television has a David Tennant for everyone. 2-min read. Ncuti Gatwa will then take control of the TARDIS as the 15th Doctor, with his first episode due to air over the festive period in 2023, the BBC said. Scroll down for a clip. Watch: A look back at David Tennant and Catherine Tate's appearances on Doctor Who. Despite much of his work being television work, Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". [86] However, as of January2016[update], the film has been postponed indefinitely. As Jodie Whittakers Thirteenth Doctor regenerated on Sunday 23. In an Adventure with Scientists! 'Doctor Who' 2023: David Tennant Returns, Everything to Know We want to hear from you! 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David Tennant has made a surprise appearance in Jodie Whittaker's final Doctor Who story. David Tennant | Doctor Who [19] In 2003 Tennant appeared in the film Bright Young Things. Tennant and Tate's involvement means they will be reunited with returning Doctor Who head writer Russell T Davies. Doctor Who fans have been thrown a surprise twist, with former Time Lord David Tennant reprising his role as the Doctor, after Jodie Whittaker's four-year stint as the first female Doctor comes to an end. [22] He began to appear on television more prominently in 2004 and 2005, when he appeared in a dramatisation of He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005), and The Quatermass Experiment (2005). The endangered languages that are fighting back. [123] However, in the wake of Brexit, which he called "depressing", he stated in 2017 that he would support an independent Scotland in the event of a second referendum. Suddenly forced to stay home during the Covid-19 pandemic, the two actors resort to rehearse a fictitious West End play during a series of video calls. "If you thought the appearance of David Tennant was a shock, we've got plenty more surprises on the way!" [10] Hamlet transferred to the Novello Theatre in London's West End in December 2008, but Tennant suffered a prolapsed disc during previews and was unable to perform from 8 December 2008 until 2 January 2009, during which time the role was played by his understudy Edward Bennett. We all fell in love with her in Heartstopper, one of those shows which changes the world and now Yasmin can change the Whoniverse.. David Tennant says there's "no plans" for more Staged after season 3 And some never quite manage to achieve their previous level of popularity. Now it's been confirmed that he's playing more than a brief cameo, and that he's taken over from Whittaker to once more play the Doctor for three episodes next year. "Now, as the characters demonstrate in some of the scenes in the new series, we can.". The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Doctors, played by Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann, all made brief appearances. Registered in England. [126], Tennant is married to English actress Georgia Moffett, making him the son-in-law of actress Sandra Dickinson and Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison. 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He rose to fame for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005-2010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. [10] After discovering that there was another David McDonald already represented by the actor's union Equity, he created his stage name by adopting the surname of Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant, whom he had seen in Smash Hits magazine while deciding on a new name. Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor from 2005-2010, will return for this trio of 2023 specials . Video, 00:01:35Doctor Who star David Tennant on reprising his role, BBC called 'dishonest' over Doctor Who filming, Ncuti Gatwa named as next Doctor Who actor, Jodie Whittaker to make last Doctor Who appearance, Ex-Doctor Who stars to join Whittaker's farewell, Jodie Whittaker to leave Doctor Who in 2022, Russian missiles hit 'crowded' centre of Ukraine city, Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss into exile, Actor Julian Sands confirmed dead after remains identified, Van life is far from glamorous on LA's streets, China crackdown pushes LGBT groups into the shadows, The endangered languages that are fighting back. The 2022 special "The Power of the Doctor" surprised fans by having Whittaker regenerate into Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor from 2005 through 2010, instead of Gatwa. David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who, has returned to the franchise in a new trailer alongside Catherine Tate, who plays the Time Lords longtime sidekick Donna Noble. Tennant was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (ne McLeod; 19402007) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald (19372016). In TV & Satellite Week (26 April 2 May issue), the host of the show, Derren 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. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. [49] On 7 March 2010, he also appeared as George in a one-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Of Mice and Men in the Classic Serial strand. [50] In October 2010 he starred as Dave, a man struggling to raise five children after the death of his partner, in the British drama Single Father. Dirty Den in EastEnders, Bobby Ewing in Dallas.
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