Thursday, 28 August 2008
David Tennant in Hamlet
I've now been to see David Tennant in Hamlet five times and I've got to say that the production is just brilliant! Far better and more entertaining that then one I saw in Bristol earlier this year.
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
David Tennant in Hamlet tomorrow
After having the tickets for almost a year now, I can't believe that the first performance of David Tennant in Hamlet is tomorrow!
In honour of that, above is a photo from the rehearsals.
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
With David Tennant starting to appear in Hamlet soon (rehearsals started a few weeks ago) I thought it was time to start updating this again.
Tonight we went to see Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf in Ipswich which was great and I'd really recommend! I've seen it once before a few months ago but it's definitely worth a second watch.
David Tennant's voice is featured in it a few times too (in his Doctor's accent - he'd recorded it specially for this play) and at one part Toby said that he was so glad that he hadn't regenerated at the end of the last series.
I funny part happened when there was some whistling in the building. Toby thought it was the microphone so he ad-libbed that he'd reverse the polarity to get it to stop!
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
BAFTA / Jonathon Ross / Colin Murray
A day of highs and lows today!
Unfortunately (but not surprisingly considering the organisation) David Tennant wasn't nominated for a BAFTA this year. As this is the year that includes his performances both in Recovery and as John Smith, it's a real shame.
The Doctor Who Series Four promotion is really hotting up! The BBC have changed their website to read that the trailer will air on 22nd March instead of 29th March so that makes a 5th April launch date even more likely.
Today it has also been announced that David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be on The Jonathon Ross Show on 4th April (expected to film Thursday 3rd) plus DT will be on the Colin Murray show on Radio One on Monday 14th April!
Great news came via the telephone for me today as we've got tickets for the recording of The Friday Night Project next week!
Promo Calendar so far:
Wed 19/3 - RTS Awards, Grosvenor House Hotel, London (not confirmed)
Thurs 27/3 - Filming of Friday Night Project, London Studios, London
Fri 28/3 - Friday Night Project airs (Channel 4 10.00pm)
Thurs 3/4 - Filming of Jonathon Ross Show, BBC Television Centre, London
Fri 4/4 - Airing of Jonathon Ross Show, BBC 1 (Time TBA)
Sat 5/4 - Doctor Who Series 4 Launch, BBC1 (not confirmed)
Mon 14/4 - Colin Murray Show, Radio One
Sunday, 16 March 2008
Doctor Who Series 4 Promotion
"It's started" to quote The Doctor in Evolution Of The Daleks! The promotion for Series 4!
We still don't know the start date for sure but it's likely to be either Saturday 5th or 12th April (more likely the 5th). If it is going to be the 5th then we'll hear this week.
The first bit of promotion is David Tennant being the guest host on The Friday Night Project on Friday 28th March (filming takes place on Thursday 27th). At least we think he is as it was listed on a website and now loads of fans have picked up on it and applied for tickets! It's listed on D-T.com but they don't seem to receive official information any more from DT's management so there could be a load of DT fans turning up for the filming of Victoria Wood or Heather Mills or someone!
On Tuesday (18th) the announcement is being made for the finalists of the BAFTAs! We know that the BBC nominated David Tennant so I hope he makes the shortlist!
On Wednesday it's the Royal Television Society Awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel. David has been nominated for the Best Actor award for both Doctor Who and Recovery so fingers crossed!
Friday, 14 March 2008
Doctor Who Filming
The set reports thread on Outpost Gallifrey (or rather DoctorWhoForum as it's now called) was very busy the last few days as there was a night of filming! Other than the series looking really exciting, we really don't have a clue about what is really going on which makes it even more exciting!
David Tennant was spotted filming and the great Scooty took a photo of him with Billie Piper (Rose) which The Sun newspaper promptly stole!
It was interesting that David Tennant was spotted filming with his camcorder for the series 4 boxset!
David Tennant was spotted filming and the great Scooty took a photo of him with Billie Piper (Rose) which The Sun newspaper promptly stole!
It was interesting that David Tennant was spotted filming with his camcorder for the series 4 boxset!
Sunday, 3 February 2008
David Tennant photo of the day
This photo is of David Tennant when he was on The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year at the end of 2005.
Doctor Who Trailer hits the big screen
A trailer for Series Four of Doctor Who (starring David Tennant) is being played during the film Cloverfield at cinemas around the country from this week.
A dedicated fan managed to film the trailer and it's available to view on YouTube.com here.
A dedicated fan managed to film the trailer and it's available to view on YouTube.com here.
Monday, 5 November 2007
David Tennant at the HMV Signing
I think this was the best photo posted of today - he looks so alert, enthusastic and interested in who he's talking to at the time!
I was composed enough to make conversation with him and he's a lovely guy!
Sunday, 26 August 2007
David Tennant in Double Income, No Kids Yet
Radio BBC 7 are repeating the second series of Double Income, No Kids Yet (DINKY) staring David Tennant starting Wednesday 5th September which is great news as the first series was hilarious!
The first episode will be broadcast at 8.30am and then repeated the same day at 10.00pm and then again the next day at 3.00am.
The news was first posted by PolyG on Outpost Gallifrey.
The first episode will be broadcast at 8.30am and then repeated the same day at 10.00pm and then again the next day at 3.00am.
The news was first posted by PolyG on Outpost Gallifrey.
Sunday, 29 July 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
Time for a resurrection (or should that be regeneration!) of this!
From John Barrowman's appearance on the Friday Night Project.
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
I don't know where I got this photo from or which episode it's from but it obviously Doctor Who (due to the suit!).
NEWS - David Tennant and Recovery promo
Click here to read an article about Recovery from the Daily Mirror today, Being the gutter press it focuses on the nude scenes in the drama and not the other 95% of the story!
This sounds like it will be a really impressive piece of drama and it's such a shame that most of the publicity (the production company's trailer, the BBC trailer and the Daily Mirror article) all feature that aspect. I can understand that that will help to sell the show but it still seems rather shallow to me.
NEWS - David Tennant on the radio
David Tennant will be interviewed by Clive Anderson on BBC Radio Two on Sunday 25th February sometime between 11.00am and 1.00pm! Clive Anderson is standing in for Michael Parkinson and presumably this will be to promote Recovery which airs the next week.
That's the weekend I'll be in Los Angeles so thank goodness it'll be on the BBC website for the next week!
That's the weekend I'll be in Los Angeles so thank goodness it'll be on the BBC website for the next week!
Monday, 12 February 2007
A couple of new videos
FreemaAgyeman.com has a couple of new videos on the News page. The first one is part of Freema's Doctor Who Video Diary and she talks really nicely about David Tennant and what he's like on set! The second one is part of David Tennant's Video Diary for the third series and includes an interesting shot of him filming himself in a mirror showing his new blue suit!
The other video is a trailer for Recovery which is up on YouTube here. It looks like a very moving drama from that clip so Wednesday evening should be "interesting". I hope it doesn't stir up too many memories for me.
The other video is a trailer for Recovery which is up on YouTube here. It looks like a very moving drama from that clip so Wednesday evening should be "interesting". I hope it doesn't stir up too many memories for me.
Sunday, 11 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
This is from the Doctor Who episode The Rise Of The Cybermen. I like this photo for its ethereal quality.
Video interview with David Tennant about Recovery
On the BBC website there's an interesting 3 minute interview with David Tennant recorded in July 2006 on the set of Recovery. He talks about the drama, about people dealing with head injuries and about Doctor Who. Click here to view it.
David Tennant interview in Ocean County Observer
In today's Ocean County Observer there's an interview with David Tennant by Mike Hughes called "10th "Dr Who" Puts New Spin On Role".
As a stage actor, David Tennant got used to stepping into other people's roles.
As a stage actor, David Tennant got used to stepping into other people's roles.
He's played Romeo, after all. Others have been doing that for 411 years. He's done the classics for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Still, something is special about his current duty: He's the 10th Doctor Who with episodes at video stores and on BBC America.
"With every new doctor, you get to start over," Tennant says. "It's not like playing Sherlock Holmes. You make it your own."
That's been the nature of the show, almost from the beginning.
"Doctor Who" was created in 1963 as a low-budget children's show about a time-traveler, simply known as The Doctor. When the star became ill three years later, the creators decided the doc had the power of regeneration.
Previous doctors have ranged afar, Roger Fulton and John Betancourt wrote in The Sci-Fi Channel "Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction" (Warner Books, 1998).
At one extreme was William Hartnell (1963-66), who made the doctor "a rather forbidding, tetchy Edwardian eccentric." Or Colin Baker (1984-86), who made him "arrogant, brash and abrasive."
At the other was Tom Baker (1974-81). His doctor was "a wide-eyed, curly-haired, grinning ... rebel, an intellectual Bohemian in a floppy hat and flowing scarf."
Now comes Tennant leaning to the latter side. This doc seems to enjoy himself.
"He has a joie de vivre," Tennant says. "There's the feeling that he's inside a young man's soul, even though he's 925 years old."
He's cheery, even though he often must fight to save the planet, "if not the entire universe."
Part of that may reflect Tennant's own nature. He says he grew up enjoying TV.
"As a kid, it's what I did," he says. "I particularly liked the fantasy. ... That was my first storyteller."
He grew up in Paisley, a Scottish city near Glasgow. There, his father was a clergyman, "which had a certain performance aspect to it."
Tennant went to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance and later joined Royal Shakespeare. That's where he did "Romeo and Juliet," "The Comedy of Errors," "As You Like It" and more.
He couldn't keep his surname, because there was a David McDonald registered with the actors' union. So he chose a new name after reading about Neil Tennant, a singer in the Pet Shop Boys.
Gradually, he's made his new name famous. In the United States, people saw him as Barty Crouch in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and as the cop in "Viva Blackpool," a musical series on BBC America. He also shared the title role in Masterpiece Theatre's two-part mini-series "Casanova" on PBS. He played the younger Casanova and Peter O'Toole played the older version.
Now he's back on BBC, Sci Fi, and in stores.
The previous batch had Christopher Eccleston as the ninth Doctor Who, a serious action hero teaming with a stunned shop girl. She was played by Billie Piper, who stayed for Tennant's first season.
He's busy on a new season, now, with each year having 13 episodes plus a Christmas special. That's more than the old British habit of six shows a year, but far from the American habit of 22.
"I can't imagine what that would be like," Tennant says.
5 days of David Tennant this week!
I have 5 consecutive days of David Tennant Watching this week!
Wednesday
The screening of Recovery at the Princess Anne Theatre (BAFTA) in Piccadilly.
Thursday
Bright Young Things on Channel 4 at 00.30 (technically this is very early Friday morning). A precise about this 2003 film is here and it was directed by Stephen Fry.
Friday
Doctor Who Confidential at 7.00pm on BBC3 followed by the Doctor Who episodes School Reunion and Girl In The Fireplace.
Saturday
Doctor Who Episode The Idiot's Lantern on UK TV Gold at 10.00am and repeated on UKTV Gold 2 at 11.00am.
Sunday
Doctor Who Episode The Idiot's Lantern on UK TV Gold at 00.40am and repeated on UKTV Gold 2 at 1.40am.
Wednesday
The screening of Recovery at the Princess Anne Theatre (BAFTA) in Piccadilly.
Thursday
Bright Young Things on Channel 4 at 00.30 (technically this is very early Friday morning). A precise about this 2003 film is here and it was directed by Stephen Fry.
Friday
Doctor Who Confidential at 7.00pm on BBC3 followed by the Doctor Who episodes School Reunion and Girl In The Fireplace.
Saturday
Doctor Who Episode The Idiot's Lantern on UK TV Gold at 10.00am and repeated on UKTV Gold 2 at 11.00am.
Sunday
Doctor Who Episode The Idiot's Lantern on UK TV Gold at 00.40am and repeated on UKTV Gold 2 at 1.40am.
David Tennant on TV today!
If you missed seeing David Tennant in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries last night, it's repeated from 2.00pm to 3.20pm today on UK Drama and again from 3.00pm to 4.20pm on UK Drama 2.
Saturday, 10 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
From Secret Smile (when Brendon Block is being interviewed by the police).
Click the photo for a bigger image.
David Tennant in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Tonight UK Drama showed The Mrs Bradley Mysteries episode which features David Tennant. It was filmed in 1999 and is set in about the 1920s or 30s. I'd only seen one photo from the episode when he's wearing some golf clothes but thankfully that's only a small part of the episode.
This drama was especially interesting as Peter Davidson (the fifth Doctor Who) is also in it so there's a scene with 2 Doctors! Actually PD isn't in it anywhere as much as DT but he gets higher listing (probably because he was more of a name back then). The other thing I noticed is that the Script Editor was Julie Gardner (who is now Executive Producer of Doctor Who).
I really enjoyed the episode and it was nice to see David Tennant acting in something different.
This drama was especially interesting as Peter Davidson (the fifth Doctor Who) is also in it so there's a scene with 2 Doctors! Actually PD isn't in it anywhere as much as DT but he gets higher listing (probably because he was more of a name back then). The other thing I noticed is that the Script Editor was Julie Gardner (who is now Executive Producer of Doctor Who).
I really enjoyed the episode and it was nice to see David Tennant acting in something different.
The Age Of Steel
UKTV Gold repeated the Doctor Who episode The Age Of Steel this morning which was good to see again. I think I've seen it once more since it was first televised.
It's not my favourite episode of the series but it's still enjoyable. I especially like the long speech that David Tennant does when he meets the cyber-controller and lets Mickey know that they need the code to the emotional-inhibitor. I then watched it again on UKTV Gold +1! (It's on again tonight at 12.25am and repeated on UK Gold 2 at 1.25am.)
It's not my favourite episode of the series but it's still enjoyable. I especially like the long speech that David Tennant does when he meets the cyber-controller and lets Mickey know that they need the code to the emotional-inhibitor. I then watched it again on UKTV Gold +1! (It's on again tonight at 12.25am and repeated on UK Gold 2 at 1.25am.)
Friday, 9 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
From the Doctor Who episode New Earth (which BBC3 repeated tonight). This photo is when the Doctor is talking about the "lab rats" and is quite a strong photo of David Tennant.(If you listen to the commentary on the BBC site then DT points out that his hair is much shorter in this scene (and photo) as it was filmed later than the scenes around it!)
Click the photo for a larger version of the image.
2 hour Tennant-fest!
There was a great 2 hour David Tennant-fest on BBC3 tonight with Doctor Who Confidential and then two Doctor Who episodes - New Earth and Tooth and Claw!
The Doctor Who Confidential was mainly about the new doctor (David Tennant) so was very interesting with lots of the interview with DT. They also showed some of how they filmed parts of New Earth and chosing the 10th doctor's "uniform".
I'd recently seen New Earth on UK Gold but I hadn't watched Tooth and Claw since it was first screened so it was nice and fresh again to watch. The CGI werewolf in it is amazing and Pauline Collins fits the role of Queen Victoria perfectly (although the part at the end where they talk about how that may be how haemophilia got into the Royal Family doesn't work as Queen Victoria passed it onto her children and when that episode was set she'd already had all her children.
I thought the "make the Queen say that she was not amused" was rather infantile and carried on for too long but one of the best parts is when The Doctor sees the werewolf for the first time and just stands there and exclaims about how beautiful it is!
There are some lovely shots of David Tennant with great lighting but unfortunately the BBC website doesn't have them as screenshots.
The Doctor Who Confidential was mainly about the new doctor (David Tennant) so was very interesting with lots of the interview with DT. They also showed some of how they filmed parts of New Earth and chosing the 10th doctor's "uniform".
I'd recently seen New Earth on UK Gold but I hadn't watched Tooth and Claw since it was first screened so it was nice and fresh again to watch. The CGI werewolf in it is amazing and Pauline Collins fits the role of Queen Victoria perfectly (although the part at the end where they talk about how that may be how haemophilia got into the Royal Family doesn't work as Queen Victoria passed it onto her children and when that episode was set she'd already had all her children.
I thought the "make the Queen say that she was not amused" was rather infantile and carried on for too long but one of the best parts is when The Doctor sees the werewolf for the first time and just stands there and exclaims about how beautiful it is!
There are some lovely shots of David Tennant with great lighting but unfortunately the BBC website doesn't have them as screenshots.
Nice quote from John Barrowman about David Tennant
In the London Lite newspaper tonight there's "an instant interview" with John Barrowman (he plays Captain Jack Harkness in both Doctor Who and Torchwood).
One of the questions he's asked is whether he prefers David Tennant or Christopher Eccleston. His answer is "David, he's such good fun and a great guy. We live in the same building and we're friends off set. We're planning a night out soon."
One of the questions he's asked is whether he prefers David Tennant or Christopher Eccleston. His answer is "David, he's such good fun and a great guy. We live in the same building and we're friends off set. We're planning a night out soon."
Oops!
I like to think of myself as Internet-savy but I cleared my cookies yesterday and I've lost the login to my original thread! I spent about 2 hours tonight trying every password and e-mail address that I can think of with no success.
The original thread was called Tennant Watching so I'll copy all those posts across sometime soon.
The original thread was called Tennant Watching so I'll copy all those posts across sometime soon.
Thursday, 8 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
I got into this photo today as it's opposite that page where they write about David Tennant getting the part of The Doctor in Doctor Who - The Inside Story!
(As usual click the photo for a larger image.)
Doctor Who outtakes
This clip has a wonderful collection of outtakes from the Second Series, plus some funny clips like cybermen playing football!
Takin' Over The Asylum
I saw the final two episodes of Takin' Over The Asylum today.
I enjoyed the series but I thought the last episode let it down a bit.
Certainly something to keep and watch again though!
I enjoyed the series but I thought the last episode let it down a bit.
Certainly something to keep and watch again though!
I work in a Doctor Who location!!!
I'm just amazed that I discovered today that I work in a Doctor Who location!
Apparently there is a BBC book (featuring the 8th Doctor) called The Adventuress of Henrietta Street and that's the road I work in! (It's not a long road either. it's just by Covent Garden)! There are some reviews of the book here and apparently it's set in the 18th century (I work in a listed building so it's been around for a long while). Obviously I'll have to buy the book now.
Talking about buying Doctor Who books, my copy of Doctor Who - The Inside Story by Gary Russell was delivered today. It looks like it's going to be a good read! There's 256 pages of behind the scenes stuff on the first two series. Being female(!) I looked at all the photos first but I've also read the foreward by David Tennant (I admit I had to look up the word "ephemeral"!) and the afterward by Russell T Davies.
Now I can't wait to get into the book itself!
Apparently there is a BBC book (featuring the 8th Doctor) called The Adventuress of Henrietta Street and that's the road I work in! (It's not a long road either. it's just by Covent Garden)! There are some reviews of the book here and apparently it's set in the 18th century (I work in a listed building so it's been around for a long while). Obviously I'll have to buy the book now.
Talking about buying Doctor Who books, my copy of Doctor Who - The Inside Story by Gary Russell was delivered today. It looks like it's going to be a good read! There's 256 pages of behind the scenes stuff on the first two series. Being female(!) I looked at all the photos first but I've also read the foreward by David Tennant (I admit I had to look up the word "ephemeral"!) and the afterward by Russell T Davies.
Now I can't wait to get into the book itself!
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
Not the best shot of him...but I like it!
The photo is from the Doctor Who episode Fear Her which I've been watching segments from over the last couple of nights.
(Click on the photo for a larger version.)
The Hello magazine poll
It's been neck and neck plus up and down all day on the Hello magazine poll!
Yesterday Diavid Tennant started about 200 behind Hugh Laurie (HL) but by around midnight last night he was about 60 in front. It appears that HL always does better overnight but last night he only gained about 100 and David Tennant and caught that up and was back in the lead again by the afternoon.
The pattern so far has been that David Tennant's fans come out to vote in force in the evening and he gains ground but somehow tonight HL has steamed ahead (he's about 100 in front as I write this). Something suspicious happened a couple of hours ago though as for a few minutes none of the voting buttons loaded on the site and that was when HL steamed away.
It's only a bit of fun but I'd really like David Tennant to win (especially against HL as he looks frightful in House!).
Only 3 weeks to go!!! Please vote if you can.... http://www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mostattractiveman/month/index.html is the link.
Yesterday Diavid Tennant started about 200 behind Hugh Laurie (HL) but by around midnight last night he was about 60 in front. It appears that HL always does better overnight but last night he only gained about 100 and David Tennant and caught that up and was back in the lead again by the afternoon.
The pattern so far has been that David Tennant's fans come out to vote in force in the evening and he gains ground but somehow tonight HL has steamed ahead (he's about 100 in front as I write this). Something suspicious happened a couple of hours ago though as for a few minutes none of the voting buttons loaded on the site and that was when HL steamed away.
It's only a bit of fun but I'd really like David Tennant to win (especially against HL as he looks frightful in House!).
Only 3 weeks to go!!! Please vote if you can.... http://www.hellomagazine.com/vote/mostattractiveman/month/index.html is the link.
Rumours about Doctor Who
A couple of rumours about Doctor Who are circulating on the Internet today!
The (possibly) big one is that there's supposed to be a big BBC meeting in Cardiff today about Doctor Who. Hopefully the 4th series will be commissioned. Hopefully even more the 5th series will be commissioned too and David Tennant will sign-up to act in both series!
The other rumour is that the actress Jessica Simpson is supposed to be in talks about possibly appearing in an episode of Doctor Who. Apparently it's hoped that it'll help the Beeb sell the series to America.
The (possibly) big one is that there's supposed to be a big BBC meeting in Cardiff today about Doctor Who. Hopefully the 4th series will be commissioned. Hopefully even more the 5th series will be commissioned too and David Tennant will sign-up to act in both series!
The other rumour is that the actress Jessica Simpson is supposed to be in talks about possibly appearing in an episode of Doctor Who. Apparently it's hoped that it'll help the Beeb sell the series to America.
More Doctor Who on TV on Saturday!
I'd already spotted that UKTV Gold are showing The Age Of Steel on Saturday evening at 12.25am (technically Sunday morning) but now it seems that they are also showing it at 10.00am on Saturday moning too! That means that with repeats on UKTV Gold2 there could be a bumper 4 hours of the one episode on Saturday!
And don't forget that David Tennant is in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries at 7.00pm on Saturday too on UKTV Drama!
And don't forget that David Tennant is in The Mrs Bradley Mysteries at 7.00pm on Saturday too on UKTV Drama!
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
This is from Secret Smile (more about that drama soon).
And if you want to see a whole thread of "inspiring" photos, just look at this thread! (The photos start on page 4.)
NEWS - David Tennant in the TV Times
There's an interview with David Tennant in next weeks issue of the TV Times (out today). The TVTimes website says "And talking of monsters, we've also got a special preview of Doctor Who's upcoming third season, as star David Tennant guides us through the weird and wacky people and places the Time Lord and his new assistant Martha Jones will be visiting in the new run."
I've seen a scan of the first page of the interview and the first paragraph includes the phrase "he's denied reports he's quit the show". However the final part of the interview actually only goes as far as to quote him as saying "You shouldn't believe everything you read in the papers".
I like the title of the article - Who's a Busy Boy!
Doctor Who Confidential
This is the write-up about Friday's (repeated) episode from the BBC website:
Fri 9 Feb, 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm 30mins
The New Doctor
Learn all about David Tennant's regeneration as the new doctor at the end of series one and follow him exclusively behind the scenes as he chooses his outfit in The Christmas Invasion. Join The Doctor and Rose on their first together adventure together on New Earth and share in the waterlogged wonder of the unforgettable lift shaft sequence, where David and Billie receive a good old soaking!
From windy hill tops to soaking sets, Confidential's cameras are with the cast and crew at every turn, joining the Doctor and Rose in a whole new world of trouble. The Doctor looks set to take Rose further into the future than ever before. [S]
I vaguely remembering watching it when it was first broadcast so this should be fun!
Monday, 5 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
I first saw this photo as someone's background on their MySpace page.....I just wish that I could find that page again!
This photo looks better the larger it is so click on the picture for a bigger version.
DVD Arrived!
My copy of The Quartermass Experiment DVD arrived today!
I bought it on E-Bay and it seems that it has some extras (a documentary about the making of the production, audio commentary by the cast and a photo gallery) which looks interesting! I tend to eke out my DT watching (partly due to lack of time but partly because I dread the day when I have nothing new to watch!) so I've just read the liner notes and I'll settle down to watch the DVD sometime soon.
There's a nice photo of David Tennant in the booklet (pictured left) and it says that he started the rehearsals slightly late as he still had the flu. There's a sweet quote from him about being nervous about the show (in case you didn't know it went out live on national TV) "I particularly have got a lot of jargon, a lot of scientific, technical, medical stuff and that can be difficult to get your tongue around at the best of times. I'm worried that I'll get my "post-catabolic residues" mixed up. But maybe nobody will notice if I do it with enough conviction!"
The liner notes also says that it was these rehearsals that he discovered that he'd been cast as Doctor Who.
Apparently during the live performance itself, David almost lost his footing while racing from one set to another. "David's feet just went from under him but he picked himself up and carried on running"!
Sunday, 4 February 2007
David Tennant photo of the day
This is from Rise Of The Cybermen and is the classic photo from that episode (at least for me!).Click on the photo for a larger version.
David Tennant in Taking Over The Asylum episode 3
Today I managed to watch episode 3 of Taking Over The Asylum. It's the one where Spike Millighan makes a brief appearance near the end.
I read somewhere that when they were trying to cast someone in the role of Cambell Bain they were looking for someone who looked 19 (David Tennant was 23 at the time) and could play someone who was hyper as the character is a manic depressive. I think he's really good in it as he chases around all over the place and I like the way they don't pull any punches about calling themselves loonies....they even have a "spot the looney" contest!
Now I just have to see if I can connect everything back together again so that I can watch Sky and my videos again!
There's even more Tennant watching next weekend as we have shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday now that UK Gold are saying that they're showing a repeat of The Age Of Steel very early Sunday morning!
I read somewhere that when they were trying to cast someone in the role of Cambell Bain they were looking for someone who looked 19 (David Tennant was 23 at the time) and could play someone who was hyper as the character is a manic depressive. I think he's really good in it as he chases around all over the place and I like the way they don't pull any punches about calling themselves loonies....they even have a "spot the looney" contest!
Now I just have to see if I can connect everything back together again so that I can watch Sky and my videos again!
There's even more Tennant watching next weekend as we have shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday now that UK Gold are saying that they're showing a repeat of The Age Of Steel very early Sunday morning!
David Tennant currently in #1 place on the Hello magazine poll
At the start of the weekend, he was in 3rd place so it's a real achievement that he's curremtly in #1 position!
I've been working from home all weekend so a vote every 15 minutes has been a welcome break from my work. (It's also quite a good discipline breaking my day into 15 minute chunks to see what work I've achieved since the last one!) Plus I've been popping into Outpost Gallifrey now and then as they've been posting some great photos as an incentive!
Unfortunately it's still early days as the polls don't close until 28th February but the proof is above.
Rise Of The Cybermen
Okay, so UK Gold showed Rise Of The Cybermen and not The Age Of Steel as they advertised! This was the first of the two parter but, with their track history, goodness knows when we'll get TAOS....they'll probably show Fear Her again first!
I had a bit of trouble taping it (I really shouldn't have unplugged everything at the back of the TV!) but I managed to get it recorded when it was shown an hour later on UK Gold2. I will buy the Series Two DVD box set at some point, if for no other reason than the Tennant Diaries!
I had a bit of trouble taping it (I really shouldn't have unplugged everything at the back of the TV!) but I managed to get it recorded when it was shown an hour later on UK Gold2. I will buy the Series Two DVD box set at some point, if for no other reason than the Tennant Diaries!
Saturday, 3 February 2007
Taking Over The Asylum Eps 2
I bought a copy of Taking Over The Asylum on E-Bay about a month ago. I'm quite self-controlled and limit myself (most days!) to one bit of DT watching each day to eke it out a bit. Anyway recently I saw the first episode (David Tennant has a STRONG scottish accent in it and looks quite young - it was filmed in 1994) and then put it in my laptop to watch the second episode but the CD wouldn't play! As I was on a plane at the time, I watched the first track of the second CD instead which was episode 4 of the 6 part series.
We worked out it was because I was trying to watch it on a computer so I (finally!) today invested in a DVD player (as I'm the only person I know who doesn't have one!). It took some setting up as I have an old telly and I have the choice of either the DVD player or Sky and video and I have to unplug loads of cables to get from one option to the other.
Anyway, I watched the second episode and it had a nice lot of DT scenes in it, especially the one at the end when he takes over the microphone to stay in the asylum....the acting in that part is very impressive!
It's been busy on the Hello magazine voting site today. David Tennant had dropped into 3rd place behind Hayden Christiensen but it seems that loads of people have been voting today so as I write this David is now 5,021 to HC's 4,565! Hugh Laurie is (somehow!) in front with 5,459. I've been voting religiously every 15 minutes as I've been working at home (and I know it's Saturday!) and it gives me a brief break 4 times an hour.
And we still have The Age Of Steel to watch tonight on UK Gold!
We worked out it was because I was trying to watch it on a computer so I (finally!) today invested in a DVD player (as I'm the only person I know who doesn't have one!). It took some setting up as I have an old telly and I have the choice of either the DVD player or Sky and video and I have to unplug loads of cables to get from one option to the other.
Anyway, I watched the second episode and it had a nice lot of DT scenes in it, especially the one at the end when he takes over the microphone to stay in the asylum....the acting in that part is very impressive!
It's been busy on the Hello magazine voting site today. David Tennant had dropped into 3rd place behind Hayden Christiensen but it seems that loads of people have been voting today so as I write this David is now 5,021 to HC's 4,565! Hugh Laurie is (somehow!) in front with 5,459. I've been voting religiously every 15 minutes as I've been working at home (and I know it's Saturday!) and it gives me a brief break 4 times an hour.
And we still have The Age Of Steel to watch tonight on UK Gold!
David Tennant on TV loads next weekend!
Of course we still have the Doctor Who episode Age Of Steel on UK Gold tonight at 12.25am (repeated at 1.25am on UK Gold2), but next weekend there's 4 TV shows that he'll be in!
Friday 9th 7.00pm - Doctor Who Confidential (about David Tennant as the new Doctor)
Friday 9th 7.30pm - Doctor Who episode New Earth ("you like it!")
Friday 9th 8.15pm - Doctor Who episode Tooth And Claw (one of the best scenes in that is his fascination at seeing the werewolf for the first time)
So that's a 3 hour Tennant-fest!
Then on Saturday on UK Drama there is the David Tennant episode of The Mrs Bradley Mysteries. This is set in around the 1920s, complete with the unflattering clothes they wore back then! I was lucky enough to catch an advert for the series last night on TV which shows DT!
Friday 9th 7.00pm - Doctor Who Confidential (about David Tennant as the new Doctor)
Friday 9th 7.30pm - Doctor Who episode New Earth ("you like it!")
Friday 9th 8.15pm - Doctor Who episode Tooth And Claw (one of the best scenes in that is his fascination at seeing the werewolf for the first time)
So that's a 3 hour Tennant-fest!
Then on Saturday on UK Drama there is the David Tennant episode of The Mrs Bradley Mysteries. This is set in around the 1920s, complete with the unflattering clothes they wore back then! I was lucky enough to catch an advert for the series last night on TV which shows DT!
Friday, 2 February 2007
The Christmas Invasion on BBC3
The Christmas Invasion (from Christmas 2005) was shown on BBC3 tonight which was fun to watch again!
Usually if I'm watching it on video, I'll just fast forward to the "Did you miss me?" line but tonight I watched it all.
I was disappointed about the Doctor Who Confidential which preceeded it as it was about the finale of Series One so didn't show any DT.
Usually if I'm watching it on video, I'll just fast forward to the "Did you miss me?" line but tonight I watched it all.
I was disappointed about the Doctor Who Confidential which preceeded it as it was about the finale of Series One so didn't show any DT.
Vote for David Tennant on Hello magazine website
There's currently (until the end of February) a vote for the Best Looking Guy on the Hello magazine website.
David Tennant won the weekly vote a couple of weeks ago and now it's the vote for the best looking guy featured in the magazine during January. The voting is "temperamental" as sometimes the votes appear to go down but you can only vote once each 15 minutes.
For some reason he's only in third place at the moment!
Link
David Tennant won the weekly vote a couple of weeks ago and now it's the vote for the best looking guy featured in the magazine during January. The voting is "temperamental" as sometimes the votes appear to go down but you can only vote once each 15 minutes.
For some reason he's only in third place at the moment!
Link
Thursday, 1 February 2007
NEWS - Filming today in a quarry in South Wales
The title says it all really!
Apparently they are filming (starting today and continuing next week) in a quary in South Wales. Also rumoured (reasonably reliably) is that John Barrowman (Captain Jack) starts filming tomorrow.
Source: Torchwood.tv
Apparently they are filming (starting today and continuing next week) in a quary in South Wales. Also rumoured (reasonably reliably) is that John Barrowman (Captain Jack) starts filming tomorrow.
Source: Torchwood.tv
A good day for Tennant Watching!
Today was a very good day for me for Tennant Watching!
First I read on the wonderful David-Tennant.com website that there will be a special screening of Recovery by BAFTA on 14th February and I managed to get a reserved seat on the guest list! It's a drama that David Tennant filmed last year about a couple who have to come to terms with the husband drastically changing after a serious head injury.
The other bit of good news today is that BBC Three are repeating (at least part of) the second series of Doctor Who starting tomorrow! Of course I saw them all when they were on the first time but unfortunately I didn't record them. I caught a couple when UK Gold repeated them on a Saturday morning but they showed them out of order as we had Army Of Ghosts, then New Earth and then Doomesday!
Tomorrow there is an episode of Doct Who Confidential (the Rose special) at 7.00pm and then The Christmas Invasion at 7.30pm.
I've also discovered that UK Gold are showing an episode at 12.25am on Saturday night / Sunday morning. For some reason (not that I'm complaining!) they're showing The Rise Of The Cybermen which doesn't fit in with the order of the others they've shown on that channel!
First I read on the wonderful David-Tennant.com website that there will be a special screening of Recovery by BAFTA on 14th February and I managed to get a reserved seat on the guest list! It's a drama that David Tennant filmed last year about a couple who have to come to terms with the husband drastically changing after a serious head injury.
The other bit of good news today is that BBC Three are repeating (at least part of) the second series of Doctor Who starting tomorrow! Of course I saw them all when they were on the first time but unfortunately I didn't record them. I caught a couple when UK Gold repeated them on a Saturday morning but they showed them out of order as we had Army Of Ghosts, then New Earth and then Doomesday!
Tomorrow there is an episode of Doct Who Confidential (the Rose special) at 7.00pm and then The Christmas Invasion at 7.30pm.
I've also discovered that UK Gold are showing an episode at 12.25am on Saturday night / Sunday morning. For some reason (not that I'm complaining!) they're showing The Rise Of The Cybermen which doesn't fit in with the order of the others they've shown on that channel!
A bit of history
I'm one of the original children who was brought up on Doctor Who, scared out of my wits and loved it! I think my favourite monsters were the shop manniquins who came alive as they were something I could identify with more than a dalek! The first Doctor I really remember is Jon Pertwee (I'm showing my age!).
Anyway when BBC1 announced that they were going to bring it back in Spring 2005 I settled down to watch it and was amazed that not only was it better than the original, it was 10 times better! I know that back in the 60s and 70s they were limited with budget and special effects but I thought that the storylines were just SO clever in the new series.
Fast forward to late 2006 and something happened and I got into Doctor Who in a BIG way in general (and into David Tennant into particular!). The first non-Doctor Who thing I saw him in around that time was the Virgin Radio Christmas Pantomine which was hilarious! I was then lucky enough to go to the taping of The Friday Night Project (more about that later).
Anyway, this is my Blog of Tennant Watching with some news items, some things that I'm watching and hopefully some little gems too!
Enjoy....
Anyway when BBC1 announced that they were going to bring it back in Spring 2005 I settled down to watch it and was amazed that not only was it better than the original, it was 10 times better! I know that back in the 60s and 70s they were limited with budget and special effects but I thought that the storylines were just SO clever in the new series.
Fast forward to late 2006 and something happened and I got into Doctor Who in a BIG way in general (and into David Tennant into particular!). The first non-Doctor Who thing I saw him in around that time was the Virgin Radio Christmas Pantomine which was hilarious! I was then lucky enough to go to the taping of The Friday Night Project (more about that later).
Anyway, this is my Blog of Tennant Watching with some news items, some things that I'm watching and hopefully some little gems too!
Enjoy....
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