doctor who nuwho masterlist
ive been meaning to post this on tumblr for a while and keep forgetting but a few years ago i made a nuwho / whoniverse watchlist including the spinoff shows in release order and now seems like the time to share it! i know ive seen theres a lot of new fans watching from 2005 on (from what im seeing mostly gomens fans. hi gomens fans) and a lot of ppl coming back to the show or rewatching in lieu of the new eps with david and catherine! so heres the list!
the full list masterdoc typed out for your copy-pasting pleasure is below the text break, but heres some links for those of you who are spreadsheet/doc fans.
google sheet checklist version
(the spreadsheet includes some tws and cws, which i update as i rewatch some things. if you have any i'm missing that you think should be included, please send me an ask or leave a comment and i'll add it!)
masterlist:
blue- Doctor Who, red- Doctor Who specials, green- Torchwood, purple- Sarah Jane Adventures, orange- Class
2005
01x01- Rose (03/26/2005)
01x02- The End of the World (4/02)
01x03- The Unquiet Dead (04/09)
01x04- Aliens of London (04/16)
01x05- World War Three (04/23)
01x06- Dalek (04/30)
01x07- The Long Game (05/07)
01x08- Father’s Day (05/14)
01x09- The Empty Child (05/21)
01x10- The Doctor Dances (05/28)
01x11- Boom Town (06/04)
01x12- Bad Wolf (06/11)
01x13- The Parting of the Ways (06/18)
The Christmas Invasion (12/25)
2006
02x01- New Earth (04/15/2006)
02x02- Tooth and Claw (04/22)
02x03- School Reunion (04/29)
02x04- The Girl in the Fireplace (05/06)
02x05- Rise of the Cybermen (05/13)
02x06- Age of Steel (05/20)
02x07- The Idiot’s Lantern (05/27)
02x08- Impossible Planet (06/03)
02x09- Satan Pit (06/10)
02x10- Love & Monsters (06/17)
02x11- Fear Her (06/24)
02x12- Army of Ghosts (07/01)
02x13-Doomsday (07/08)
01x01- Everything Changes (10/22)
01x02- Day One (10/22)
01x03- Ghost Machine (10/29)
01x04- Cyberwoman (11/05)
01x05- Small Worlds (11/12)
01x06- Countrycide (11/19)
01x07- Greeks Bearing Gifts (11/26)
01x08-They Keep Killing Suzie (12/03)
01x09-Random Shoes (12/10)
01x10- Out of Time (12/17)
01x11- Combat (12/24)
The Runaway Bride (12/25)
2007
01x12- Captain Jack Harkness (01/01/2007)
01x13- End of Days (01/01)
01x01- Invasion of the Bane (01/01)
03x01-Smith and Jones (03/31)
03x02- The Shakespeare Code (04/07)
03x03- Gridlock (04/14)
03x04- Daleks in Manhattan (04/21)
03x05- Evolution of the Daleks (04/28)
03x06- The Lazarus Experiment (05/05)
03x07- 42 (05/19)
03x08- Human Nature (05/26)
03x09- The Family of Blood (06/02)
03x10- Blink (06/09)
03x11- Utopia (06/16)
03x12- The Sound of Drums (06/23)
03x13- Last of the Time Lords (06/30)
01x02- Revenge of the Slitheen Part 1 (09/24)
01x03- Revenge of the Slitheen Part 2 (10/01)
01x04- Eye of the Gorgon Part 1 (10/08)
01x05- Eye of the Gorgon Part 2 (10/15)
01x06- Warriors of Kudlak Part 1 (10/22)
01x07- Warriors of Kudlak Part 2 (10/29)
01x08- Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Part 1 (11/05)
01x09- Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? Part 2 (11/12)
01x10- The Lost Boy Part 1 (11/12)
01x11- The Lost Boy Part 2 (11/19)
Voyage of the Damned (12/25)
2008
02x01- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (01/16/2008)
02x02- Sleeper (01/23)
02x03- To the Last Man (01/30)
02x04- Meat (02/06)
02x05- Adam (02/13)
02x06- Reset (02/13)
02x07- Dead Man Walking (02/20)
02x08- A Day in the Death (02/27)
02x09- Something Borrowed (03/05)
02x10- From Out of the Rain (03/12)
02x11- Adrift (03/19)
02x12- Fragments (03/21)
02x13- Exit Wounds (04/04)
04x01- Partners in Crime (04/05)
04x02- The Fires of Pompeii (04/12)
04x03- Planet of the Ood (04/19)
04x04- The Sontaran Stratagem (04/26)
04x05- The Poison Sky (05/03)
04x06- The Doctor’s Daughter (05/10)
04x07- The Unicorn and the Wasp (05/17)
04x08- Silence in the Library (05/31)
04x09- Forest of the Dead (06/07)
04x10- Midnight (06/14)
04x11- Turn Left (06/21)
04x12- The Stolen Earth (06/28)
04x13- Journey’s End (07/05)
02x01- The Last Sontaran Part 1 (09/29)
02x02- The Last Sontaran Part 2 (09/29)
02x03- The Day of the Clown Part 1 (10/06)
02x04- The Day of the Clown Part 2 (10/13)
02x05- Secrets of the Stars Part 1 (10/20)
02x06- Secrets of the Stars Part 2 (10/27)
02x07- The Mark of the Berserker Part 1 (11/03)
02x08- The Mark of the Berserker Part 2 (11/10)
02x09- The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 (11/170
02x10- The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 (11/24)
02x11- Enemy of the Bane Part 1 (12/01)
02x12- Enemy of the Bane Part 2 (12/08)
The Next Doctor (12/25)
2009
Planet of the Dead (04/11/2009)
03x01- Day One (07/06)
03x02- Day Two (07/07)
03x03- Day Three (07/08)
03x04- Day Four (07/09)
03x05- Day Five (07/10)
03x01- Prisoner of the Judoon Part 1 (10/15)
03x02- Prisoner of the Judoon Part 2 (10/16)
03x03- The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 1 (10/22)
03x04- The Mad Woman in the Attic Part 2 (10/23)
03x05- The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 (10/29)
03x06-The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 (10/30)
03x07- The Eternity Trap Part 1 (11/05)
03x08- The Eternity Trap Part 2 (11/06)
03x09- Mona Lisa’s Revenge Part 1 (11/12)
03x10- Mona Lisa’s Revenge Part 2 (11/13)
04x16- The Waters of Mars (11/15)
03x11- The Gift Part 1 (11/19)
03x12- The Gift Part 2 (11/20)
The End of Time Part 1 (12/25)
2010
The End of Time Part 2 (01/01/2010)
05x01- The Eleventh Hour (04/03)
05x02- The Beast Below (04/10)
05x03- Victory of the Daleks (04/17)
05x04- The Time of Angels (04/24)
05x05- Flesh and Stone (05/01)
05x06- The Vampires of Venice (05/08)
05x07- Amy’s Choice (05/15)
05x08- The Hungry Earth (05/22)
05x09- Cold Blood (05/29)
05x10- Vincent and the Doctor (06/05)
05x11- The Lodger (06/12)
05x12- The Pandorica Opens (06/19)
05x13-The Big Bang (06/26)
04x01- The Nightmare Man Part 1 (10/11)
04x02- The Nightmare Man Part 2 (10/12)
04x03- The Vault of Secrets Part 1 (10/18)
04x04- The Vault of Secrets Part 2 (10/19)
04x05- Death of the Doctor Part 1 (10/25)
04x06- Death of the Doctor Part 2 (10/26)
04x07- The Empty Planet Part 1 (11/01)
04x08- The Empty Planet Part 2 (11/02)
04x09- Lost in Time Part 1 (11/08)
04x10- Lost in Time Part 2 (11/09)
04x11- Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Part 1 (11/15)
04x12- Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 (11/16)
A Christmas Carol (12/25)
2011
06x01- The Impossible Astronaut (04/23/2011)
06x02- Day of the Moon (04/30)
06x03- The Curse of the Black Spot (05/07)
06x04- The Doctor’s Wife (05/14)
06x05- The Rebel Flesh (05/21)
06x06- The Almost People (05/28)
06x07- A Good Man Goes to War (06/04)
04x01- The New World (07/08)
04x02- Rendition (07/15)
04x03- Dead of Night (07/22)
04x04- Escape to L.A. (07/29)
04x05- The Categories of Life (08/05)
04x06- The Middle Men (08/12)
04x07- Immortal Sins (08/19)
04x08- End of the Road (08/26)
06x08- Let’s Kill Hitler (08/27)
04x09- The Gathering (09/02)
06x09- Night Terrors (09/03)
04x10- The Blood Line (09/09)
06x10- The Girl Who Waited (09/10)
06x11- The God Complex (09/17)
06x12- Closing Time (09/24)
06x13- The Wedding of River Song (10/01)
05x01- Sky Part 1 (10/03)
05x02- Sky Part 2 (10/04)
05x03- The Curse of Clyde Langer Part 1 (10/10)
05x04- The Curse of Clyde Langer Part 2 (10/11)
05x05- The Man Who Never Was Part 1 (10/17)
05x06- The Man Who Never Was Part 2 (10/18)
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (12/25)
2012
07x01- Asylum of the Daleks (09/01/2012)
07x02- Dinosaurs of a Spaceship (09/08)
07x03- A Town Called Mercy (09/15)
07x04- The Power of Three (09/22)
07x05- The Angels Take Manhattan (09/29)
The Snowmen (12/25)
2013
07x06- The Bells of Saint John (03/30/2013)
07x07- The Rings of Akhaten (04/06)
07x08- Cold War (04/13)
07x09- Hide (04/20)
07x10- Journey to the Center of the TARDIS (04/27)
07x11- The Crimson Horror (05/04)
07x12- Nightmare in Silver (05/11)
07x13- The Name of the Doctor (05/18)
The Day of the Doctor (11/23)
The Time of the Doctor (12/25)
2014
08x01- Deep Breath (08/23/2014)
08x02- Into the Dalek (08/30)
08x03- Robot of Sherwood (09/06)
08x04- Listen (09/13)
08x05- Time Heist (09/20)
08x06- The Caretaker (09/27)
08x07- Kill the Moon (10/04)
08x08- Mummy on the Orient Express (10/11)
08x09- Flatline (10/18)
08x10- In the Forest of the Night (10/25)
08x11- Dark Water (11/01)
08x12- Death in Heaven (11/08)
Last Christmas (12/25)
2015
09x01- The Magician’s Apprentice (09/19/2015)
09x02- The Witch’s Familiar (09/26)
09x03- Under the Lake (10/03)
09x04- Before the Flood (10/10)
09x05- The Girl Who Died (10/17)
09x06- The Woman Who Lived (10/24)
09x07- The Zygon Invasion (10/31)
09x08- The Zygon Inversion (11/07)
09x09- Sleep No More (11/14)
09x10- Face the Raven (11/21)
09x11- Heaven Sent (11/28)
09x12- Hell Bent (12/05)
The Husbands of River Song (12/25)
2016
01x01- For Tonight We Might Die (10/22/2016)
01x02- The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo (10/22)
01x03- Nightvisiting (10/29)
01x04- Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (11/05)
01x05- Brave-ish Heart (11/12)
01x06- Detained (11/19)
01x07- The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did (11/26)
01x08- The Lost (12/03)
The Return of Doctor Mysterio (12/25)
2017
10x01- The Pilot (04/15/2017)
10x02- Smile (04/22)
10x03- Thin Ice (04/29)
10x04- Knock Knock (05/06)
10x05- Oxygen (05/13)
10x06- Extremis (05/20)
10x07- The Pyramid at the End of the World (05/27)
10x08- The Lie of the Land (06/03)
10x09- Empress of Mars (06/10)
10x10- The Eaters of Light (06/17)
10x11- World Enough and Time (06/24)
10x12- The Doctor Falls (07/01)
Twice Upon a Time (12/25)
2018
11x01- The Woman Who Fell to Earth (10/07/2018)
11x02- The Ghost Monument (10/14)
11x03- Rosa (10/21)
11x04- Arachnids in the UK (10/28)
11x05- The Tsuranga Conundrum (11/04)
11x06- Demons of the Punjab (11/11)
11x07- Kerblam! (11/18)
11x08- The Witchfinders (11/25)
11x09- It Takes You Away (12/02)
11x10- The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (12/09)
2019
Resolution (01/01/2019)
2020
12x01- Spyfall, Part 1 (01/01/2020)
12x02- Spyfall, Part 2 (01/05)
12x03- Orphan 55 (01/12)
12x04- Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror (01/19)
12x05- Fugitive of the Judoon (01/26)
12x06- Praxeus (02/02)
12x07- Can You Hear Me? (02/09)
12x08- The Haunting of Villa Diodati (02/16)
12x09- Ascension of the Cybermen (02/23)
12x10- The Timeless Children (03/01)
2021
Revolution of the Daleks (01/01/2021)
13x01- The Halloween Apocalypse (10/31)
13x02- War of the Sontarans (11/7)
13x03- Once, Upon Time (11/14)
13x04- Village of the Angels (11/21)
13x05- Survivors of the Flux (11/28)
13x06- The Vanquishers (12/5)
2022
Eve of the Daleks(01/01/2022)
Legend of the Seal Devils(4/17)
The Power of the Doctor(10/23)
2023
The Star Beast(11/25/2023)
Wild Blue Yonder(12/2/2023)
The Giggle(12/9/2023)
The Church on Ruby Road(12/25/2023)
2024
TBA
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Speed-running Doctor Who - 10th Doctor
A quick and dirty guide for those who want to get into the show, but don't want to watch everything from the beginning.
For Those Who Just Wanna Get An Idea of the Era
The Unicorn and the Wasp - S30E7
Look, if you're only going to watch one Tenth Doctor story then it needs to be one with Donna Noble in it, and this one is fairly continuity lite to start you off with.
Plot Important Episodes
Entrances, Exits, Enemies, Lore Drops, and Character Development
The Christmas Invasion - 2005 Xmas Special (Tenth Doctor's introduction and an important development in Harriet's story arc)
New Earth - S28E1 (the return of Cassandra and the introduction of New Earth and the Face of Boe)
Tooth and Claw - S28E2 (kicks off the Torchwood arc)
School Reunion - S28E3 (the return of Sarah Jane and K-9, and Mickey officially joins the Tardis)
The Girl in the Fireplace - S28E4 (introduces the clockwork monsters)
Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - S28E5&E6 (reintroduces the Cybermen, Pete Tyler, and the idea of parallel worlds)
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - S28E8&E9 (introduces the Ood)
Love & Monsters - S28E10 (character development for Jackie)
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - S28E12&E13 (the conclusion of the Torchwood arc, the parallel universe arc, introduces the Cult of Skaro, and Rose leaves the Tardis)
The Runaway Bride - 2006 Xmas Special (Meet Donna Noble)
Smith and Jones - S29E1 (Martha's introduction)
The Shakespeare Code - S29E2 (Martha's first trip in the Tardis)
Gridlock - S29E3 (the return of New Earth, the Macra, and the Face of Boe. Also the Doctor tells Martha his tragic backstory)
Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks - S29E4&E5 (second part of the Cult of Skaro trilogy)
The Lazarus Experiment - E29E6 (brings Martha's family troubles to the fore and establishes her mom as an antagonist while starting the Harold Saxon arc)
Human Nature/The Family of Blood - S29E8&E9 (character development for both Martha and the Doctor, introduces the idea of the Chameleon Arch)
Blink - S29E10 (meet the Weeping Angels)
Utopia - S29E11 (Derek Jacobi is back and so is Captain Jack)
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords - S29E12&E13 (meet Harold Saxon... aka The Simm Master. Martha leaves the Tardis at the end)
Voyage of the Damned - 2007 Xmas Special (the Doctor meets Wilf for the first time)
Partners in Crime - S30E1 (Donna is back!)
The Fires of Pompeii - S30E2 (Donna's first real trip in the Tardis and character development for the Doctor)
Planet of the Ood - S30E3 (Return of the Ood and a squeal to The Sensorites)
The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky - S30E4&E5 (the Sontarans are reintroduced and Martha comes back for a bit)
The Doctor's Daughter - S30E6 (the only appearance of the Doctor's daughter, Jenny)
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - S30E8&E9 (River Song's introduction)
Midnight - E30E10 (character development for the Doctor)
Turn Left - E30E11 (character development for Donna and the return of Rose)
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - E30E12&E13 (the last part of the Cult of Sakro arc, the reintroduction of Davros, the return of Jack, Mickey, Jackie, Pete, Sarah Jane, and Harriet, the conclusion of the Doctor/Donna arc, the introduction of the doctor's clone, and the Doctor's finale goodbye to Rose)
The Waters of Mars - 2009 Special (character development for the Doctor)
The End of Time - 2010 Holiday Special (Both The Master and the Time Lords return, The Tenth Doctor reintegrates, we say goodbye to Wilf, and Donna finally gets married)
Personal Favorite and Least Favorite Stories
Because one man's trash is another man's treasure and vice versa
Favorite: The Next Doctor - 2008 Xmas Special
Least Favorite: The Idiot's Lantern - S28E7
(disclaimer: no spin-offs or extended universe stuff was considered when making this list)
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Remembering the early days of the DW revival in North America
(You never saw this in the UK or US) (Source)
With the return of Russell T Davies upon us, there’s a lot of nostalgia for the early days of the Doctor Who revival, the years before ... well, name a controversy. Lots of hope in the fanbase that RTD will be able to bring back the feels of the early days (and not just among those who were too young to remember the heady days of 2005-2010). There’s also a lot of hand-wringing over the fact that outside the UK the series will be part of the Disney+ family. But non-UK networks have always influenced the show in a lot of ways.
Not everything was good - I have some real negatives below - but here’s a quick list of memories of the early years of the revival, which began at a time the mainstream in North America was still very much of the mind of “Doctor who?” and dismissed it as a grainy old series that usually aired after Monty Python on PBS after midnight on Saturdays.
I remember:
* When we had to wait months between UK and Canadian broadcasts. Just imagine trying to avoid spoilers today!
* When the Sci-Fi Channel in the US allegedly rejected the show for quality reasons. So many American fans didn’t get to see the first series with Eccleston for about a year (or had to order the DVDs).
* When Series 1 did air in Canada, the CBC had Christopher Eccleston record intros, commercial bumpers and “final comments” that included a mixture of trivia and promos for a “visit the set of Series 2″ contest being done with the Canadian edition of TV Guide (ironic, I know). By the time Christmas Invasion aired, Chris had left so they had Billie Piper do the intros and bumpers for it. They dropped the gimmick for Series 2. Thanks to the TV Guide tie-in, Doctor Who also got its first-ever cover on the iconic magazine, albeit only in Canada.
* When most episodes of Series 1 ended on the CBC with short documentaries and interviews with the Canadian DW fan club; one of them I believe was responsible for spreading the notion that the 1996 TV movie was titled “The Enemy Within” (which was just a suggested title apparently).
* The difficulty in getting the Series 1 DVD sets in Canadian stores due to the “Doctor who?” factor. I recall I had to special order and it cost me close to $100 in 2005 or 2006 money. And at the time only one DVD retailer (back when they could be referred to in the plural sense) would touch it. Amazon wasn’t a thing yet.
* The CBC not airing the part of “World War III” that resolved the cliffhanger of “Aliens of London”. For the CBC that was their “dancing animated Graham Norton” moment.
* How the CBC, after the initial flurry of interest, seemingly forgot about the show (a charge made by the main Canadian DW fan club a few years later), resulting in Runaway Bride airing after Series 3 began, the main CBC never airing Voyage of the Damned at all (leaving the Series 3 cliffhanger unresolved), and airing a 42-minute edit of “Journey’s End” that was totally incomprehensible (and delaying the broadcast until after the DVD release of Season 4). Torchwood likewise was bounced around. Soon after, the CBC cancelled Doctor Who and Space Channel (now CTV Sci-Fi) picked it up, eventually airing Voyage of the Damned and moving to same-day broadcast with the UK. They also picked up Torchwood. (Sarah Jane Adventures only aired on the BBC Kids cable network and either was cancelled or the network folded so we mostly saw it on DVD only; K9 never aired here at all, but again was on DVD.)
* The CBC also never showed the Children in Need minisodes, so I believe we had to wait for DVDs before seeing the prequel to Christmas Invasion and the Time Crash crossover.
* The sea-change when Series 5 arrived; Sci-Fi (Syfy) in the US and Space were now airing it the same day as the UK, though for here they added a US-style prologue to the opening credits with Amy explaining the concept of Doctor Who.
* When Sci-Fi aired Let’s Kill Hitler in the US with a special animated mini-episode during the commercial break promoting a sponsor - something that would be absolutely unheard of on the BBC! (It used to be on Youtube but I can’t find it anymore.)
* The “good old days” when most of the “good stuff” (basically anything involving video or gaming) on the BBC’s main Doctor Who website was “geolocked” and inaccessible to North American visitors. Fortunately this didn’t include the minisodes created to promote Series 2, but people had to sail the high seas (or later turn to Youtube) to obtain stuff like the mini-episode Karen Gillan made as a tie-in with an Amy Pond game and some of the scripted stuff Sarah Jane Adventures had on its site, and the Captain Jack’s Monster Files webseries starring John Barrowman.
A lot of this is in the past - as far as I know there are no longer restrictions on BBC website content (or if there is, it ends up on Youtube in about 10 minutes anyway); same-day broadcast is the norm; it’s easy to get DW-related DVDs and Blu-rays (though it remains to be seen if we ever see anything from RTD 2.0 on permanent media here in North America with Disney+ in the picture); and the idea of Syfy or CTV Sci-Fi - or certainly Disney+ - taking a 75-minute episode and trimming 30 minutes out of it for broadcast as was done to Journey’s End is impossible to imagine. Sadly though, at least for now, the enthusiasm for the show where people did care that Let’s Kill Hitler had an extra scene for the US only, or that Billie and Chris recorded exclusive materal for the CBC ... it too is in the past. I hope RTD is able to restore it and prove you can go home again.
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'To celebrate David Tennant’s triumphant return to Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary, we’ve scoured the Radio Times Archive to present some fabulous images from the numerous RT photoshoots Tennant took part in between 2005 and 2009, when he first played the Time Lord.
Many have never been published before, and some were never shown in this form with plain studio backdrops that were digitally changed for RT covers and features across those years.
Christmas 2005
By Christmas 2005, showrunner Russell T Davies was flush with success after his storming first season starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. But now he was introducing David Tennant as the 10th incarnation of the Time Lord.
Writing in the Christmas double issue of Radio Times, Davies explained, "This is the advent of a brand new Doctor. With David Tennant now at the helm of the Tardis, bringing a wholly different dynamic to the show, we decided to make the story even more epic."
For much of the storyline of The Christmas Invasion, the new Doctor was running around in pyjamas – as reflected in his first Radio Times photoshoot. But Tennant was already looking ahead, as he told RT: "Filming [for the new season] lasts 38 weeks. It’s relentless, certainly, but it’s not like a real job. Daily, it’s incredibly exciting because it’s so mind-expanding and bonkers!"
The Radio Times Covers Party
In February 2006, Russell T Davies, David Tennant and Billie Piper were honoured guests at the Radio Times Covers Party, celebrating the magazine’s cover stars of the previous year. Acting giant Helen Mirren, who has never appeared in Doctor Who, joined in the fun on the night.
Piper said of co-star Tennant, "He is just the most straight-down-the-line bloke you could wish to meet. He’s your best friend, your brother and your boyfriend kind of rolled into one."
Season 2 - 2006
For the launch of season two, David Tennant’s first full run, Radio Times set up a special photoshoot that would form a gatefold cover of friends and foes.
The photographer, Matt Holyoak, appears himself in several of these rare behind-the-scenes images taken by Ben Gold.
Asked how long he thought he might play the Doctor, Tennant told RT, "I just don’t know and, of course, it’s all anybody ever asks me.
"We’ve just about finished this series and I’m fairly certain I’ll do the next one. Although I’ve yet to record the closing seconds of episode 13 – literally anything could happen. Who knows who’s coming back?!"
Christmas 2006
Come Christmas 2006, the Tenth Doctor found himself embroiled with Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in The Runaway Bride. "There’s no let-up for him," Tennant told RT. "He’s suddenly flung into a new, bizarre set of circumstances with this woman who’s appeared in his front room, as it were. Then he’s off on this madcap romp with Donna."
Sadly, we have no RT pictures of Donna from that year, but Tate told us in 2006, "We were just delighted that no one was expecting me to turn up in the TARDIS. They said it’s the first time a secret hasn’t leaked out on Doctor Who." Of her character, she revealed, "She’s absolutely furious! She has no time for this madman. And she’s quite feisty, is Donna. That’s her keyword: feisty."
Season 3 - 2007
For his second season, David Tennant teamed up with Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones. He told RT, "It’s one of the things that’s given this show the longevity it has; that it’s essentially the same format, but putting a new relationship at the heart of it spices things up a little bit. Also, obviously, Freema’s a very different actress, so that gives it a different vibe, too."
By the end of the season, the duo would become a trio with the return of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness for the final three episodes, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords.
These two sets of RT pictures were all taken on the same day in February 2007, allowing for a change of clothing for Tennant and Agyeman.
Children in Need - 2007
For the BBC’s fundraiser Children in Need in 2007, David Tennant was unexpectedly united with Fifth Doctor Peter Davison.
This short interlude set inside the TARDIS was written by Steven Moffat, who told RT: "I bumped into David at a concert and we talked about a way of getting Peter Davison back, because we’re both big fans of Peter’s Doctor. They hadn’t had different Doctors meeting up on the new show. So if we could justify him being a bit older and pop him back in, that would be a laugh."
Moffat continued, "They loved each other! And they worked really well together because they’ve both got a lot of pace and energy as actors. There's a tremendous charm to these two men: both Doctors and both Doctor Who fans."
Tennant would later marry Davison’s daughter Georgia Moffett, bringing them even closer together.
Christmas 2007
For the 2007 Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned, David Tennant joined forces with pop icon Kylie Minogue, who was persuaded to return to acting to play Astrid Peth, a doomed waitress aboard a space liner called Titanic.
Tennant told RT, "The Doctor and Astrid very quickly become inseparable." He described co-starring with Minogue as "a very nice meeting of the planets". But would the Time Lord and Astrid kiss? "Well, if you had Kylie in the Christmas special, would you have her kiss the Doctor?"
As the special was set on space version of Titanic, the creative forces of Radio Times and Doctor Who built a set-up in homage to the James Cameron cinema blockbuster with Tennant and Minogue on the prow of the ship. For the RT cover and features, a starry background was added. These are the raw shots.
Season 4 - 2008
For David Tennant’s final season, Catherine Tate was back full-time as Donna Noble.
"Everyone assumed Donna was a one-off – myself included," she told RT. "But now she has a whole season to have a story arc. So none of the feistiness has been lost, but you also get to tap into a different side of her – a much more vulnerable side. They’ve really rounded Donna out from being a shouting fish wife to someone who’s quite vulnerable and emotional."
Tennant added, "They’re good at limiting each other’s less appealing excesses. There’s an equality. It’s not quite teacher and pupil, which in a sense the Doctor and Martha and the Doctor and Rose were."
Speaking of whom… Freema Agyeman and Billie Piper were returning as Martha and Rose later in this season – and attending the same Radio Times photoshoot.
Christmas 2008
David Tennant had recently announced his departure from Doctor Who, and this festive special was teasingly entitled The Next Doctor.
Russell T Davies told RT, "Hopefully, that creates a bit more intrigue and hints at interesting developments in the show’s future. Let’s just say that regeneration is a complicated process and never as simple as it seems."
Although the Doctor’s identity and future were in question, Tennant posed for a definitive set of photographs in a Radio Times shoot.
Planet of the Dead - 2009
David Tennant’s initial run in Doctor Who ended with a series of specials. In Planet of the Dead, for Easter 2009, he was teamed with former EastEnders and Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina.
"She’s very easy-going," Tennant told RT. "Considering she’s been to Hollywood and back, she’s untouched by pretension or actors' lunacy, which others in her position might be. She’s a delight to have around and seems to be having fun."
Tennant continued, "This Easter episode is, I suppose, the last hurrah for my Doctor. The end is nigh. You can sense the Grim Reaper knocking on the door. But how many times?"
The Sarah Jane Adventures - 2009
By May 2009, David Tennant had filmed The End of Time, his last two episodes of Doctor Who as the incumbent Doctor. But there was one further assignment. A guest appearance in The Sarah Jane Adventures for The Wedding of Sarah Jane. Which makes this his final photoshoot for Radio Times during his four-year tenure, alongside his childhood heroine Elisabeth Sladen.
Tennant told RT in 2009, "If The Sarah Jane Adventures had existed when I was eight, and [Fourth Doctor] Tom Baker had come in for an episode, I would have thought that was the coolest thing on Earth! It’s the sort of proper, sophisticated, exciting drama with which we should be inspiring young minds."'
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