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Wednesday 31st October 2012
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The David Tennant Daily Photo.

In an interview on EADT The Proclaimers have some nice words to say about David Tennant, Bernard Cribbins and the Doctor Who Walk 500 Miles video.

Freeview report that in the poll where David Tennant was voted Favourite New TV Talent To Emerge In The Last 10 Years, he received 18% of the vote.

Little Chef have a contest to win tickets to the premiere of Nativity Two: Danger In The Manger on 14th November (and other prizes). They also have a Nativity 2 activity sheet here.

SoFeminine.co.uk reports that Gok Wan has described David Tennant as "a real style icon" in answer to the question 'Which male celeb do you think dresses well?'
Gok's full quote in the interview was "David Tennant is actually a real style icon. I think he embodies that whole kind of geeky British thing and it’s great. He gets it right."

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 30th October.

The Decoy Bride will start being shown by Sky movie channels again from Friday 9th November.


Tuesday 30th October 2012
IGN reports that a sequel to Fright Night is going to be filmed (but not with David Tennant).

Tonight David Tennant was mentioned on the Pride Of Britain programme on ITV in regards to Jack Draws Anything.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

DigitalSpy reports that David Tennant has been voted Favourite New TV Talent in the last 10 years according to a poll commissioned to mark Freeview's tenth birthday.

River Island have a competition to win tickets to see Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger and to go white water rafting.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 29th October.

Today there are auditions for the chance to sing at the premiere of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger in London and to sing in the movie Nativity 3 at the Arndale Centre, Manchester.


Monday 29th October 2012
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The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Broadcast.com report that the final of Comedy World Cup on Saturday "received slightly more than the 549k (2.4%) series average. The series was well down on 1m (4.4%) slot average Channel Four has generated at 8pm on Saturday evenings for the last 12 months."

An article (with a photo) about a sweet David Tennant / Tenth Doctor cupcake.

Following the auditions in Birmingham on Saturday, Space And People list more auditions for the chance to sing at the premiere of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger in London and to sing in the movie Nativity 3.
The auditions are:
Tuesday 30th October - Arndale Centre, Manchester
Thursday 1st November - Metrocentre, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Saturday 3rd November - Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, Kent

Matt Smith briefly mentioned David Tennant in an interview about Doctor Who for Den Of Geek.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 28th October.

Last night David Tennant attended Sandra Dickinson's Charity Cook Off. Duncan Bannatyne tweeted this photo of him with David. (Duncan won the contest!)

The worldwide link for the final of Comedy World Cup.


Sunday 28th October 2012
The auction for the David Tennant drawn and signed doodle for the Steps For Young People charity on eBay ended tonight with a winning bid of £311 after 45 bids.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Collinder.com have an interview with David Morrissey where he talks about being a decoy for Doctor Who when David Tennant announced that he was leaving the show.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 27th October.

Channel Four's YouTube link to video for the final of Comedy World Cup from last night (UK only).

4OnDemand link to video for the final of Comedy World Cup from last night (UK only).


Saturday 27th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant- Comedy World Cup Off The Kerb have posted a photo of David Tennant and the teams for the final of Comedy World Cup tonight.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 26th October.

The final of Comedy World Cup is broadcast on Channel Four at 8pm tonight.


Friday 26th October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Birmingham Mail report on a competition for children to sing at the premiere of Nativity 2! Danger in The Manger (plus the winner will appear in Nativity 3).

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

There will be some charity screenings of Nativity 2! Danger in The Manger on 11th November. All proceeds will go to Children In Need.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 25th October.

BBC America are now listing they will broadcast The Spies Of Warsaw in early 2013 whereas previously they specified January.


Thursday 25th October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A different link for Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell which will play worldwide.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 24th October.


Wednesday 24th October 2012
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The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 23rd October.

Last night Broadchurch producer Richard Stokes tweeted that filming on the second block of the drama had been completed.


Tuesday 23rd October 2012
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The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Express and Star have an article which states that Virgin Media have reported a 3% rise in revenues in the third quarter to £1 billion in part due to David Tennant adverts.

Seven Stories in Newcastle have a new exhibition which opens on Saturday and is voiced by David Tennant. This teaser video has been added as an example.

The link for those outside the UK to watch Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell .

The link for those outside the UK to watch episode 6 of Comedy World Cup.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 22nd October.

Tree Fu Tom has been nominated for 2 awards in the Children's BAFTAS.

Today at 3pm Nativity 2 director Debbie Isitt is doing a talk about the movie in Birmingham.


Monday 22nd October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The iPlayer link (UK only) for the David Tennant narrated documentary Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell. (The link is valid for 7 days.)

David Tennant has drawn and signed a doodle for the Steps For Young People charity which is available now on eBay. The auction ends on Sunday.

DigitalSpy have an interview with Arthur Darvill where he briefly mentions working with David Tennant on Broadchurch.

The Channel 4 YouTube page now has episode 6 of Comedy World Cup added. Also someone asked us to tell our contact at Channel 4 that episode 5 of Comedy World Cup wasn't working but it is now at this link. (Unfortunately both links will only work in the UK.)

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 21st October.

The DVD of the first series of Tree Fu Tom is released in the UK today.


Sunday 21st October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 20th October.

Link for those in the UK to watch episode six of Comedy World Cup.

The David Tennant narrated documentary Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell has its television premiere at 8pm tonight on BBC Two.


Saturday 20th October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant's portrayal of Hamlet is featured in the Open University's studies of Shakespeare's play.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Off The Kerb have produced another graphic of David Tennant with the teams from Comedy World Cup tonight at 7pm on Channel Four.

Radio Times have a preview of Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 19th October.

Episode 6 of Comedy World Cup is broadcast at 7pm on Channel Four tonight.


Friday 19th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Wellcome have an article about the David Tennant narrated documentary Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell which broadcasts on Sunday.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 18th October.


Thursday 18th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The BBC have added a video clip from Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell.

A graphic for the David Tennant narrated Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of the Cell documentary has been uploaded to Twitter. (The hour long documentary premieres on BBC2 on Sunday at 8pm.)

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The final of Comedy World Cup will premiere at 8pm on Channel Four on Saturday 27th October. This episode is scheduled for 65 minutes so is 5 minutes longer than the other episodes in the seven part series.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 17th October.

Sorted Magazine (with a photo of David Tennant on the cover) is published today but it appears to be a rehash of old interviews with nothing new (and fans have noticed a few mistakes in it too).

Doctor Who Magazine 453 is published today which includes a look at the episode Doomsday.


Wednesday 17th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Next year AudioGo and Big Finish will produce a series of releases to commemorate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. The series will feature one Doctor per month.

The DorsetEcho have a new photo and an article about David Tennant filming Broadchurch in West Bay last week.

ScienceFiction.com have details of a new Doctor Who Limited Edition Gift Set of the six years of "New Who" which covers Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith's eras.

ViewOnline have an interview with writer Chris Chibnall about his inspiration for writing Broadchurch.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 16th October.


Tuesday 16th October 2012
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FremantleMedia have announced some worldwide deals on Tree Fu Tom merchandising.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 15th October.

The Amazon website now says that the European release of The Spies Of Warsaw DVD has been delayed until 28th January 2013. (This ties up with the delayed broadcast time of around Christmas / New Year.)


Monday 15th October 2012
Broadchurch producer Richard Stokes tweeted today that they are doing night shoots on the drama again at the moment.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Channel 4's YouTube link for last Saturday's episode of Comedy World Cup. (Unfortunately it only works in the UK.)

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Guardian reports that on Saturday evening episode five of Comedy World Cup only received 500,000 viewers. That was a 2.4% share of the people who were watching television at that time.

A new photo of David Tennant filming Broadchurch has been posted onto Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 14th October.

The link for people outside the UK to watch last Saturday's episode of Comedy World Cup has been posted onto DailyMotion.


Sunday 14th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Channel 4 link to watch last night's episode of the Comedy World Cup (the link will play in the UK only).

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 13th October.

A brief extract from a Q&A with Terry Pratchett where he says that he thinks that David Tennant was the best Doctor "ever."

Today there is a panel on Twenty Twelve at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.


Saturday 13th October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

ThisIsBristol has an article about celebrity scarecrows (including quite a portly David Tennant) to raise money for a cancer charity.

A photo from OffTheKerb of David Tennant with the teams in Comedy World Cup tonight.

A close-up of the photo from filming which was posted yesterday.

Nativity 2 director Debbie Isitt will be doing another talk about the movie. This one is in Birmingham on 23rd October.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 12th October.

A scan of David Tennant's interview about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger in Sorted Magazine has been posted to Tumblr. As well as the movie David discusses religion, Doctor Who and lots of his other projects. However it does not appear to be an original interview as lots of quotes are taken from other interviews.

The premiere broadcast of episode 5 of Comedy World Cup is broadcast tonight at 7pm on Channel Four.


Friday 12th October 2012
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A photo of David Tennant filming Broadchurch today in West Bay.

David Tennant's Sorted Magazine interview (which is published in the magazine on 18th October) can be download now via an app.

The Coventry Telegraph has an article about the Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager! movie.

In an interview in the Radio Times Stephen Managan says he is s big fan of David Tennant as The Doctor.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Morrissey uses David Tennant's work ethic as a benchmark when complimenting Andrew Lincoln in an interview with DigitalSpy.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 11th October.

The new Doctor Who book is published today with contributions from fans and celebrities to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Today BAFTA Pirates day including a screening of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie in Belfast.


Thursday 11th October 2012
Guinness Book Of World Records David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

David Tennant is listed in the 2013 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records as the most prolific Doctor (with 340 appearances including audiobooks, TV shows, novels and DVDs).

A new David Tennant voiced documentary called Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell will premiere on Sunday 21st October at 8pm on BBC Two.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Digital Theatre have added a new video voiced by David Tennant about six of the shows they have available including his production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Episode six of Comedy World Cup will be broadcast at 7pm on Channel Four on Saturday 20th October. This is the same time as episode five will be broadcast.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 10th October.


Wednesday 10th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Some photos of David Tennant filming Broadchurch (and eating between takes!) have been posted onto Tumblr. The links are here, here and here.

IMDB has a quiz (with a choice of Easy, Challenging or Genius questions) about Broadchurch.

The Bridport News have an article about filming David Tennant's drama Broadchurch back again in West Bay this week.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 9th October.

Today Nativity 2 writer Debbie Isitt appearance at CRE, Manchester including showing clips of the movie.


Tuesday 9th October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Irish Independent has an interview with Joanna Page about Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger where she said about David: "He's really, really lovely. All the film was improvised, David was brilliant to work with, really exciting and interesting, and a really laid-back, funny fella. I was laughing a lot."

Yesterday David Tennant was the answer to one of the questions on the comedy pannel show Celebrity Juice.

A photo of David Tennant backstage at Comedy World Cup with The Chuckle Brothers has been posted onto Tumblr.

There is a photo of David Tennant on the front cover of the next issue of Sorted Magazine with an interview with him inside. It will be published on Thursday 18th October and is available at WH Smiths, online and at some independent newsagents.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 8th October.


Monday 8th October 2012
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The Guardian reports that The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie has helped boosts Aardmans profits this year.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Female First has an interview with Joanna Page today during which they ask her about working with David Tennant and Jessica Hynes in Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger. She replied "They are both really funny and lovely. We would be filming late into the night as we just kept on going and laughing. I love David, he’s so witty and he had me in fits of giggles. Jessica is just a brilliant actress, she’s so talented."

The Express has a speculative article (with a photo of David Tennant) about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. (Please remember that nothing has been announced so far and it is still over a year away.)

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 7th October.

There is a brief mention of David Tennant (in regards to Jonathan Miller's comments about him in 2008) in an article in The Telegraph about Matt Smith wanting to act in a Shakespeare play.

Today filming on Broadchurch returns to West Bay in Dorset.

It was four years ago tonight that David Tennant played the Press Night of Love's Labour's Lost for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon.


Sunday 7th October 2012
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Link for those outside the UK to watch episode 4 of Comedy World Cup.

The overnight figures for episode 4 of Comedy World Cup last night was it received 520K viewers which was 2.2% share of those watching television at that time.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 6th October.

The link for those in the UK to watch or download episode 4 of Comedy World Cup on Channel 4's YouTube page.

Today David records the final of Comedy World Cup at Teddington Studios from 1.30pm onwards.


Saturday 6th October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

VirginMedia have posted the full trailer for David Tennant's forthcoming movie Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The start time for filming tomorrow on the final of Comedy World Cup has changed from doors opening at 5.30pm to the earlier time of 1pm. See here for more details.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 5th October.

The Londonist has too much information about David Tennant attending Our Boys press niight on Wednesday in its review of the play!

The Sun has an article (with photos) about David Tennant (and Matt Smith) attending the Our Boys press niight on Wednesday.

Episode four of Comedy World Cup premiers tonight at 8pm on Channel Four. This link has details of the teams competing in this last heat before the semi finals start next week.


Friday 5th October 2012
Tonight Broadchurch producer Richard Stokes tweeted that they are now halfway through filming the drama as they have completed eight weeks and have eight weeks more to film. This means that filming on Broadchurch will end on Friday 30th November.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

There are two very brief clips of David Tennant being interviewed on this video about A Chorus Of Disapproval. David's appearances are at the one minute and two minute marks.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 4th October.


Thursday 4th October 2012
Links to download David Tennant's interview on the BBC America programme Doctor Who In The US have been added to Tumblr.

Some photos from Zimbio of David Tennant and Matt Smith attending the Press Night of Our Boys have been added to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

There are articles (with photos) in both the Evening Standard and on the What's On Stage website about both David Tennant and Matt Smith attending the Press Night of Our Boys.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Episode 5 of Comedy World Cup (which is the first semi-final) premieres one hour earlier than normal on Saturday 13th October at 7pm on Channel Four.

Daily Mail has an article (with photos) of David Tennant and Matt Smith together at Our Boys Press Night last night.

David Tennant has been nominated in the GQ Magazine 2013 Best Dressed Man poll. Voting is at this link.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 3rd October.

Dan Wooler has added more photos of David Tennant at Our Boys Press Night last night (including some of David with Matt Smith).


Wednesday 3rd October 2012
David Tennant and Matt Smith - Our Boys press night Tonight David Tennant attended the Press Night of Our Boys. There are photos of David arriving on Tumblr, WireImage and Getty.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Evening Standard has a item about David Tennant reading an extract from Midsummer Night’s Dream last night at Helen Scott Lidgett's memorial and how it came about.

For all non-UK fans of David Tennant, videos of Comedy World Cup and Tree Fu Tom are available on DailyMotion.com.

The team details for fourth episode of David Tennant hosted Comedy World Cup. The episode premiers on Saturday 6th at 8pm on Channel Four.

Neowin.net report that there is more controversy about the adverts David Tennant filmed for Virgin Media as the Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints over the "no buffering" advert.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 2nd October.

Last night David Tennant read an extract from Midsummer's Night Dream at Helen Scott Lidgett's memorial in London according to Sarah Brown (and others).


Tuesday 2nd October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

This afternoon David Tennant provided the voice-over introduction to Ed Milliband's speech at the Labour Party Conference. (This may have been the voice-over recording he did yesterday morning.) Journalist Asa Bennett tweeted about David's introduction "David Tennant booms 'THEY WILL REQUIRE STRONG LEADERSHIP' as Ed Miliband is shown speaking," "Tennant: British values are Labour values" and "it's not just what we do that makes us British, it's what he stand for!"

The David Tennant Daily Photo

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 1st October.

Tonight there is another press screening of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger in London.

It was four years ago tonight that David Tennant played the first performance of Love's Labour's Lost for The RSC in Stratford-Upon-Avon.


Monday 1st October 2012
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo

As we mentioned yesterday, BARB produced some incorrect figures for episode two of Comedy World Cup. Details are here but the episode received 0.6 million viewers which was 2.76% of the viewing public at that time.

According to a few tweets today, there will be another press screening of Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger tomorrow in London.

SilverfishMedia tweeted that they had done a voice-over with David Tennant this morning.

Clevedon People have an article about David Tennant filming Broadchurch in the town (which includes photos taken from Tumblr).

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 30th September.

David Tennant is the world's 39th sexiest man in 2012 according to a poll by Glamour magazine. Robert Pattinson won the poll which was voted on by 40,000 people.



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