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David Tennant
David Tennant was born in Bathgate, West Lothian as David John Macdonald (18th April 1971), Tennant was educated at Ralston Primary and Paisley Grammar School. He also attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
When he completed his studies, 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 John Truman Beckett in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw.
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 (2005).He also played Barty Crouch Jr 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. However, he is now replaced by Matt Smith in the role of the Doctor.
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David Tennant - news / articles
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Tennant's costly Doctor Who sacrifice -
11 July 2010
-Actor David Tennant's bank balance took a hit when he gave up Doctor Who for a Shakespeare role - the decision cost him £1 million, according to new figures.-
-The Brit's fortune plummeted from £2.5 million to £1.5 million in the first nine months after
David Tennant - what members say
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Good BBC drama 27 December 2005
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Brillant!! 24 October 2006
review by A customer from Sutton, Greater London
Who is back.. 8 June 2006
David Tennant - filmography
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Prefaces To Shakespeare
(2012)
Starring: David Tennant, Ethan Hawke, Derek Jacobi
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The documentary will uncover the ways in which we, his audiences, are still influenced and affected by Shakespeare, every day of our lives, even when we dont know it. Starring: David Tennant, Ethan Hawke, Derek Jacobi, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave and Jeremy Irons.
 
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Fright Night
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), the opportunistic host of his favorite TV show, to help him take down Jerry and ..read more »
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from 9,176 members
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Fright Night - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Director: Craig Gillespie
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Teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), the opportunistic host of his favorite TV show, to help him take down Jerry and ..read more »
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from 4,123 members
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Decoy Bride
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Alice Eve, David Tennant
Director: Sheree Folkson
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The world's media flock to a remote Scottish island because a Hollywood actress in getting married. In an attempt to throw the paparazzi off, they use a decoy bride to have their wedding in peace.
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from 757 members
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United
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: David Tennant, Dougray Scott, Sam Claflin
Director: James Strong
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United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest side ever to win the Football League and the 1958 Munich Air Crash that claimed eight of the their number. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the ..read more »
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from 571 members
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Single Father
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: David Tennant, Suranne Jones, Isla Blair
Director: Sam Miller
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David Tennant and Suranne Jones star in this touching and humorous drama about an ordinary man struggling to raise his family after the sudden death of his partner.
Dave's a family man; a photographer who adores his wife, Rita, and is an active dad to his three kids and his teenage stepdaughter, ..read more »
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from 786 members
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Glorious 39
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, Julie Christie
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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"Glorious 39" is set between present-day London and the idyllic British countryside in the time before the beginning of the Second World War. At a time of uncertainty and high tension, the story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional ..read more »
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from 9,412 members
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Hamlet
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Oliver Ford Davies
Director: Gregory Doran
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In this Royal Shakespeare Company production, the titular prince of Denmark, returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father has died and his uncle Claudius is the new king. To make matters worse, Claudius has married Hamlet's mother,..read more »
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from 896 members
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Doctor Who - Planet Of The Dead
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: David Tennant, Michelle Ryan, Lee Evans
Director: James Strong
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Bionic Woman and Merlin star Michelle Ryan plays the mysterious Lady Christina de Souza who joins the Doctor on a bus-trip which takes a very unexpected detour into danger. British comedy star Lee Evans also joins the cast playing a character called Malcolm whose life becomes connected to the ..read more »
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from 1,838 member
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Hamlet - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, John Woodvine
Director: Gregory Doran
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In this Royal Shakespeare Company production, the titular prince of Denmark, returns home to his family's castle of Elsinore after years of attending school in Germany to find out his father has died and his uncle Claudius is the new king. To make matters worse, Claudius has married Hamlet's mother,..read more »
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from 162 members
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Doctor Who - Dreamland
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: David Tennant, Georgia Moffet, Tim Howard
Director: Gary Russell
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Dreamland sees the iconic TARDIS touch down in the desert in the USA. Stumbling across a mysterious alien artefact in a local diner, the Doctor is led to Area 51, also known as Dreamland, the US' most secret base. He then finds himself on a momentous mission to rescue Rivesh Mantilax from the ..read more »
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from 321 members
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Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.4
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Billie Piper
Director: Graeme Harper
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Hot on the heels of the acclaimed third series, Doctor Who returns for a fourth instalment with a familiar face alongside the Doctor. Award-winning comedienne Catherine Tate returns as the Doctor's new companion, revisiting her role as Donna Noble who featured in the 2006 Christmas special The ..read more »
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from 3,069 members
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Einstein And Eddington
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: David Tennant, Jodhi May, Rebecca Hall
Director: Philip Martin
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A film which takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it.
This human story chronicles two men who, during the First World War, refused to accept narrow nationalistic boundaries and, against the ..read more »
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from 4,775 members
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Doctor Who - Series 4 Vol.3
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Alex Kingston
Director: Alice Troughton
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Hot on the heels of the acclaimed third series, Doctor Who returns for a fourth instalment with a familiar face alongside the Doctor. Award-winning comedienne Catherine Tate returns as the Doctor's new companion, revisiting her role as Donna Noble who featured in the 2006 Christmas special The ..read more »
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from 3,145 members
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Small Wonders - Vol. 1 - British Short Films
(2007)
Starring: Mark Benton, Mark Benton, David Thewlis
Director: Rodney Butcher, Misha Manson-Smith, Patrick Cade
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A collection of twelve British short films featuring a host of popular actors and actresses including David Tennant, Alison Steadman, Jenny Agutter, Celia Imrie, Mark Benton, David Thewlis and Simon Shepherd. Films include: 'At Dawning', 'D.I.Y. Hard', 'Dumping Elaine', 'Exposure', 'The Fishmonger'..read more »
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Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 4
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Colin Teague
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The third series of Doctor Who is full of new thrills, new laughs, new heartbreak and some terrifying new monsters. Includes the final three episodes of the third series: Utopia / The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Timelords.
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from 4,311 members
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Learners
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Jessica Hynes, Shaun Dingwall
Director: Francesca Joseph
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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 »
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from 893 members
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Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 1
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Charles Palmer, Richard Clarke
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Includes all the episodes from the electrifying third series of the new DOCTOR WHO, featuring David Tenant. Episodes include: 'Smith and Jones', 'The Shakespeare Code', 'Gridlock', 'Daleks In Manhattan', 'Evolution Of the Daleks', 'The Lazarus Experiment', '42', 'Human Nature', 'The Family Of Blood'..read more »
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Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 2
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Charles Palmer
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David Tennant returns to his role as The Doctor and meets his brand-new companion in the highly anticipated third series of Russell T. Davies's Doctor Who. The new series sees newcomer Freema Agyeman's first appearance as the Doctor's new companion, medical student Martha Jones. Includes the ..read more »
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from 4,374 members
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Doctor Who - The Runaway Bride
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Sarah Parish
Director: Euros Lyn
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Whilst preparing to marry her boyfriend, bride-to-be Donna suddenly vanishes, only to reappear in the Doctor's Tardis. As the Doctor races the Tardis back in an attempt to get Donna to the Church on time, it becomes evident that she is the key to an elaborate alien plan masterminded by the ..read more »
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from 4,174 members
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Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: David Tennant, Nigella Lawson, Julia Sawalha
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Explore the world of genealogy and learn how to trace your family history. Follow celebrities as they search into their past and find out interesting and surprising facts about their ancestors. Includes all ten episodes from the show's third series.
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from 208 members
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The Quatermass Experiment : BBC
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Adrian Dunbar, Jason Flemyng, Mark Gatiss
Director: Sam Miller
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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.
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from 748 members
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Secret Smile
(2005)
Starring: David Tennant, Kate Ashfield, Claire Goose
Director: Christopher Menaul
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When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) Splits up with her creepy boyfriend Brendan (David Tennant) because he attacked her she finds out that he is now going out with her sister Kerry (Claire Goose) and later proposes to her. Miranda warns her sister, as Brendan swims his way into their family ruining ..read more »
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from 31 members
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L.A. Without a Map
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Joe Dallesandro, Steve Huison
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
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Mika Kaurismaki directed this British-French-Finnish romantic comedy adapted from Richard Rayner's autobiographical novel about a series of Hollywood misadventures. Vacationing in the North of England, aspiring Los Angeles actress Barbara (Vinessa Shaw) stops briefly in a village where she meets ..read more »
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from 187 members
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Jude
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In this austere adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel JUDE THE OBSCURE, an intelligent young British man falls prey to romance, oppressive social conventions, and unspeakable tragedy in his unsanctioned relationship with his cousin. JUDE is a tragic romance, well acted by Kate Winslet (TITANIC), ..read more »
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from 3,251 members
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Takin' Over The Asylum
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, Angus Macfadyen
Director: David Blair
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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.
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from 910 members
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Earthflight - Blu-ray
Starring: David Tennant
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Narrated by David Tennant, this 6-part series explores in stunning detail, using the latest camera techniques, the lives of birds across six continents.
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from 19 members
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Doctor Who - Infinite Quest
on DVD
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Director: Gary Russell
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Animated spin-off of the new series 'Doctor Who', featuring the voices of real-life stars David Tennant and Freema Agyeman. The Doctor (Tennant) and Martha Jones (Agyeman) set off on an adventure through space to find the datachips to unlock The Infinite, a huge spaceship that can grant people ..read more »
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from 800 members
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Earthflight
on DVD
Starring: David Tennant
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Narrated by David Tennant, this 6-part series explores in stunning detail, using the latest camera techniques, the lives of birds across six continents.
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from 19 members
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David Tennant facts
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