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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 will be replaced in 2010 by Matt Smith in the role of the Doctor.
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Glorious 39
(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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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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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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Doctor Who - The Next Doctor - 2008 Chri...
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyerman
Director: Andy Goddard
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It's Christmas Eve in 1851 and Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London, in this special Christmas edition of Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama. Starring David Tennant, David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwan. When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of ..read more »
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Quatermass Experiment, The : 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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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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Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 3
(3 discs)
on DVD
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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Hamlet
Starring: David Tennant
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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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Takin' Over The Asylum
(2 discs)
on DVD
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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Small Wonders - Vol. 1 - British Short Films
Starring: Mark Benton, David Thewlis, Celia Imrie
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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Sweetnightgoodheart
to Watch Now
(2001)
Starring: David Tennant, Kate Ashfield, Diana Hardcastle
Director: Dan Zeff
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Run time: 9 minutes
Peter cooks dinner in his modern flat. As he frantically prepares the meal, he runs through how he is going to break up with his girlfriend, Juliet. Juliet arrives home amazed at the jobs around the house that Peter has undertaken that day and the meal that he is cooking for her.
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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...
Good BBC drama 27 December 2005
