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David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tipping-the-tardis dept.

Stephen Williams writes "Doctor Who fan site Output Gallifrey is reporting that David Tennant has been cast as the tenth incarnation of the Time Lord. Tennant, who has recently appeared in BBC dramas Blackpool and Casanova, has been linked with the role of the Doctor since the announcement of Christopher Eccleston's departure."

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  1. BBC by BarryNorton · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh well, if a fan site say it they're the authority... never mind checking the BBC!

  2. Re:Typecast?!??!?!? by BarryNorton · · Score: 4, Informative
    Eccleston [...] said he feared being typecast.
    The BBC already had to back down over that 'quote' - they'd agreed not to make his departure public, then made something up when asked!

    (I know, I submitted a well-referenced story on this to Slashdot only to have it rejected and see one without the references posted days later!)

  3. Re:Classically trained. by EpsCylonB · · Score: 2, Informative

    If like me you don't get BBC3, thanks to google image search you can see what he looks like here.

    And here he is with a pretty lady.

  4. Being a Dr Who veteran... by Skiron · · Score: 2, Informative

    ... and seen them all on TV from 1963ish onwards from behind the sofa, I don't care as LONG AS SWEET LITTLE BILLIE PIPER stays.

    She is real cute, and the best Dr Who assistant ever.

    From keeping a young boy 'shit scared behind the sofa' to keeping an older man watching, Whoo Whoooooo Whooo Whoooo (hum that last part) cares. Keep Billie!

    1. Re:Being a Dr Who veteran... by Loren_Burlingame · · Score: 2, Informative

      you are crazy, Romanadvoratrelundar (Mary Tamm) was the best assistant ever.

    2. Re:Being a Dr Who veteran... by rjw57 · · Score: 2, Informative

      The Llana Ward version was better

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    3. Re:Being a Dr Who veteran... by FortranDragon · · Score: 2, Informative

      Is that a regeneration of Lalla Ward? ;-)

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  5. I can only say... by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... she is chavtastic...

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  6. Stick Around! by stellabambino · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hopefully, we'll get more than one season with Tennant's Doctor, since we're now on number ten - leaving us with what, three more before he's out of Regenerations? IF the actor's keep leaving, we'll be done with Doctor Who by 2010.

  7. Re:Derren Brown by Cerv · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you actually read that Imdb page you linked to, Richard E Grant was the Doctor, Tennant played the Caretaker.

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  8. Re:Depressing by Skuld-Chan · · Score: 2, Informative

    Peter Davidson was 31 when he took on the role of Dr. Who #5 in 1981.

  9. Re:Depressing by DJTodd242 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'll take your geek card now please. His name is Peter Davison!

  10. Re: regenerations used up by creedon · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think the Doctor has already exceeded his original number of regenerations.

    See http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/episodeguide/b rainmorbius/ . In the Time Lord Mind Game the Doctor and Morbius battle and Morbius asks the Doctor how long he has lived. We see the faces of the incarnations of the Doctor we know and then other faces we don't know, totaling 12. This implies that Tom Baker's Doctor is the 12th regeneration.

    Then see http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/episodeguide/l ogopolis/. I think the Watcher reset the clock on the Doctor's regenerations. Either from the point when the Doctor left Gallifrey or to one.

  11. Just for reference: by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Informative

    David Tennant turns 34 on Monday. When they each began playing the Doctor: Chris Eccleston was 40, Paul McGann was 37, Sylvester McCoy was 44, Colin Baker was 41, Peter Davison was 30, Tom Baker was 40, Jon Pertwee was 51, Patrick Troughton was 46, and William Hartnell was 55.

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