David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who

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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Re:Typecast?!??!?!?

[BarryNorton]

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!)

Just for reference:

[Rob T Firefly]

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.