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David Tennant at Heroes Dutch Comic Con - June 21st, 2025

...for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

Photo credit: [ keelys ]

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David Tennant characters and their sunglasses

Sort-of a Part Two to [ this post ]

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The year is 2056. The 30th doctor is David Tennant. He took over from David Tennant. His companion is played by David Tennant. The villain is David Tennant as David Tennant. The showrunner is David Tennant. You hear a knock on the door. It's David Tennant. He gives you a pocket watch. You open it and remember who you are. You were David Tennant all along.

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Behind the Scenes of The 60th Anniversary Specials - Part Seven

Excerpt from Emily Cook's interview with David and Catherine for Doctor Who Magazine #593:

“As I said earlier,” says Catherine, “I’m not on social media so I have no idea what the reaction was [to the announcement of David & Catherine returning to Doctor who]. As long as they remember us, that’s where my bar is.” “It’s just nice not to have to lie to friends anymore,” says David. “It’s nice to be a bit more open about what one’s doing, without giving too many details away.” “It was a big secret,” stresses Catherine. “It was very under the radar.” Was there anyone they entrusted the secret to? “There are a couple of people in my life who sort of figured it out and I didn’t disabuse them,” says David. “Then there were a couple of people I told just before the announcement. Like my kids.” What was their reaction? “The really sweet reaction was Ty, who’s 20 and of course was a kid when I was on Doctor Who the first time round. He was absolutely delighted. I don’t think I’ve pleased Ty that much probably ever. So that was very pleasing. Because he’s the generation that experienced it as a kid and is now old enough to enjoy the revisitation of that.” “I told my daughter quite early on,” says Catherine. “Is she good at keeping big secrets, though?” asks David. “Very very very. And then I realised as I said it… I thought, ‘Oh, I’m not sure I should have given that information to a teenager. To be like, ‘Don’t tell anyone for a year.’ But she didn’t.” “You don’t want to burden someone with a secret like that, in a way,” considers David. “Because it is a bit toxic when it’s so closely guarded. There were a couple of people who’d obviously got wind of it somehow, who asked me straight out and I just lied to their face. And then last Sunday, whenever the announcement was, I had to do lots of messaging around going, ‘I did lie to your face, I hope you’ll understand, I’m sure you know how it works.’ So there was a bit of that.”

The 60th Anniversary Specials each have their own tag, but the #whoBts60th tag is for general photos and behind the scenes information that span multiple episodes.  The full episode list is [ here ]

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A David-Ruffling-His-Hair collection (Part Seventeen)

See also:  hair ruffles tag

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How to tell if your co-stars enjoy working with you...

David Tennant and his co-leading actors:

Catherine Tate - Doctor Who & Much Ado About Nothing

Cush Jumbo - Deadwater Fell & Macbeth

Michael Sheen - Good Omens & Staged

Jessica Hynes - Learners & There She Goes

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David Tennant and Jodie Whittaker being adorable together (along with Scott Mills and Lulu) on the Breakfast Show for BBC Radio 2

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David Tennant’s D.T. mug 

Excerpt from Benjamin Cook’s interview with David Tennant in DWM 369

BC: I can’t help but notice that you’re drinking out of a mug with your face on it. That’s a bit narcissistic of you.

DT: Steve from make-up made me this mug, cos I kept losing mine.  I had a mug from Blackpool that had “DT” on it, and I’d kept it all that time, but it got lost somewhere on set. I was a bit upset, so Steve made this one for me. It has my photo on it so that nobody can nick it… unless they’re a total fool.

BC: Fair enough.

Added bonus: this appears to be the photo on the mug (from Steve’s web site):

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Impatience is based on the assumption that ‘later’ is what’s left over after you squander the ‘now.'- Craig D. Lounsbrough

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David Tennant from Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

For Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

From the excellent Rex collection at the [ David Tennant Asylum ]

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David Tennant at Fan Expo Boston, August 2022

...for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

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Tenth/Fourteenth Doctor & Donna vs. Beatrice & Benedick - Parallels

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Closing Week for Macbeth at the Harold Pinter Theatre - celebrating the kids' final performances

Three young boys (Casper Knopf, Theo Wake, and Raffi Phillips) shared the role of Macduff's son/Fleance/Young Siward - and they were all excellent. On each of the boys' final performances, the cast celebrated them during the curtain call.

Video Sources: [ Casper Knopf's Instagram ] - from 11 December 2024 [ Theo Wake's Instagram ] - from 13 December 2024 Tony Daddingham's video of the [ final curtain call with Raffi ]

...and also do yourself a favor and watch [ TennantSideburns' footage ] of Casper's final curtain call - because it's adorable.

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David and Georgia Tennant at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

...in support of David's long-time friend and make-up/hair stylist, Stevie Smith, for Hugo and Green with their TerrariROOM

Click for high-res

Bonus:

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Keeping the Tenth Doctor’s Hair in Top Form (Part Two of Two)

…with heartfelt thanks to Steve Smith for making sure the Tenth Doctor’s hair always looked so stunning!

Part one available [ here ]

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David Tennant - photographed by Manuel Vasquez for the The Guardian's 2025 Saturday Magazine BAFTA TV awards issue.

...for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

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It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.― Paulo Coelho