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David Tennant

David Tennant was born in Bathgate(18th april 1971), West Lothian and grew up in Ralston, Renfrewshire. Tennant was educated at Ralston Primary and Paisley Grammar School. He also attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Moving to London in the early 1990s. Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He also played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. It was announced on 30 August 2007 that he is returning to play Hamlet. In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre, London, playing the role of Nicholas Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. The plot required Tennant to appear near-naked on stage, wearing nothing but a police hat.
Tennant appeared in several high-profile dramas for the BBC, including Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005) and The Quatermass Experiment (2005).He has also take part in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. David Tennant's name was put forward as a possible candidate for the role of the Ninth Doctor for the new series that began in March 2005 although the role eventually went to Christopher Eccleston. He made his first brief appearance in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" (2005) after the regeneration scene.
His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a sixty-minute special, "The Christmas Invasion", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005.Tennant continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008, and will continue in specials that will make up the 2009 series.


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David Tennant - what members say


  • Casanova - BBC
  • Casanova - BBC review by A customer from Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Rated - 5 stars Fantastic 19 May 2005
    ... a servant girl. The youthful Casanova is very cheekily and perfectly played by David Tennant. This is a bodice-bursting story of Casanova's escapades across Europe, with...  
  • Blackpool - BBC
  • Blackpool - BBC review by Tracey from Norfolk, England
    Rated - 4 stars Good BBC drama 27 December 2005
    ...Excellent if you are a fan of the wonderful(in my opinion)David Tennant and if you like popular music. ...  
  • Doctor Who - The New Series - Series 2 - Vol. 1
  • Doctor Who - The New Series - Series 2 - Vol. 1 review by Mary Jones from Sheffield, England
    Rated - 5 stars Brillant!! 24 October 2006
    ...I love the new series, David Tennant is superb as the Doctor. Billie Piper is perfect as Rose. Great stories, brillant acting that will have you on the edge of your seats. ...  

David Tennant - filmography


  • Learners on DVD (2007)
    Starring: David Tennant,  Jessica Hynes,  Shaun Dingwall
    Director: Francesca Joseph
    Certificate: 12
    Bev (Jessica Hynes) is a downtrodden wife who's failed her driving test eight times. Desperate to pass, she feels frustrated by her husband Ian's (Shaun Dingwall) approach in teaching her to drive. Inspired by glamorous driving school owner Fiona (Sarah Hadland), Bev is determined to succeed along ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 276 members
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  • Quatermass Experiment, The : BBC on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Adrian Dunbar,  Jason Flemyng,  Mark Gatiss
    Director: Sam Miller
    Certificate: 12
    The British Experimental Rocket Group launches a manned space ship and Professor Bernard Quatermass and his collegues track the rocket's journey. All contact is lost and the rocket crash lands leaving the only survivor with a debilitating illness.
    Rate this: 3.0 61% from 189 members
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  • Takin' Over The Asylum (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Katy Murphy,  Angus Macfadyen
    Director: David Blair
    Certificate: 15
    Six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesperson Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring DJ. At St. Jude's Hospital, he meets a range of people with varying mental illnesses.
    Rate this: 4.0 82% from 313 members
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David Tennant - downloads


  • 9 1/2 Minutes for Download
    Starring: David Tennant,  Zoe Telford
    Director: Misha Manson-Smith,  Josh Appignanesi
    Certificate: TBC
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    Two Londoners meet on a blind date. Too busy to bother getting to know each other, they fantasize a whole relationship – meeting, sex, cohabitation and the break up – in only nine-and-a-half minutes
    Rate this: 3.0 62% from 125 members
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David Tennant facts

5 most recent films


Einstein And Eddington - 3.5 stars
Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.3 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.4 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - The Next Doctor - 2008 Christmas Special - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 4 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.4 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol.3 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.2 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.3 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3 - 1.0 stars
Free Jimmy - 2.0 stars
Small Wonders - Vol. 1 - British Short Films - 3.0 stars
Einstein And Eddington - 3.5 stars
The Last September - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Freema Agyeman - 8 times - show films
Billie Piper - 6 times - show films
Catherine Tate - 5 times - show films
Elisabeth Sladen - 2 times - show films
Sarah Parish - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


Graeme Harper - 4 times - show films
Euros Lyn - 4 times - show films
James Strong - 3 times - show films
Charles Palmer - 3 times - show films
Alice Troughton - 2 times - show films