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Thursday 31st January 2013
A photo of David Tennant is on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (50th Anniversary Edition) which can be purchased from this link for a kindle. David is also on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (The 10th Doctor edition) which can be purchased from this link also for a kindle.

Writer of The Escape Artist, Daniel Wolstencroft, described the first day of filming as "exciting" in a tweet.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A MP3 of David Tennant singing on Daybreak today.

The Project Motor Mouth fan convention on 19th January raised over £30,000.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Some new photos (to the internet!) of David Tennant have been posted onto Tumblr. (There is no indication of the original source.)

A clip of David Tennant in Uganda is briefly shown in the latest Red Nose Day video which will premiere on BBC One tonight.

Posted at 1pm: The US press is now also picking up the news about David Tennant starring in The Escape Artist. Deadline.com is one example. Their headline is "David Tennant To Play Legal Eagle In New BBC Drama The Escape Artist."

Olafur Arnalds has tweeted a video of him working on the score for Broadchurch.

Within an hour of the official BBC press release, there was already lots of press online already about David Tennant in The Escape Artist. UnrealityTV is an example.

The official press release about David Tennant in The Escape Artist.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 30th January.

There is a report that there was a short clip of David Tennant singing on Daybreak on ITV today.

The first look at David Tennant's costume for The Escape Artist....or at least his tie!

The book Every Seventh Wave is published today. David Tennant stars in the radio drama based on the book on 14th February.

At midnight the BBC tweeted confirmation that David Tennant will star in The Escape Artist. They also stated that Ashley Jensen, Toby Kebbell and Sophie Okonedo will appear in the drama. Filming starts today on the three part drama.


Wednesday 30th January 2013
Unfortunately Twenty Twelve did not win the Best Comedy Programme Award at the 2013 Broadcast Awards tonight. Cardinal Burns won instead.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Tony Gardner tweeted today that he starts work on The Escape Artist tomorrow. None of the cast has been announced so far but the writer David Wolstencroft tweeted that an announcement will be made soon.

This afternoon David Tennant and Olvia Colman had some interviews for Broadchurch. This link has photos and more details.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The DVD of Penguins Spy In The Huddle will be released on Monday 8th April in the UK. This is the link to pre-order.

The company who produced Earthflight, John Downer Productions, today tweeted that their new programme Penguins Spy In The Huddle will be narrated by David Tennant. It is a three part series which starts on BBC One at 9pm on Monday 11th February.

Yesterday we posted that the BBC Shop had a special deal on Twenty Twelve DVDs but Series One is actually cheaper at Amazon.

Dorset Tourism tweeted a new photo of David Tennant and Olivia Colman on the beach from Broadchurch.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 29th January.

There will be a screening of Broadchurch on Wednesday 6th February at the Bridport Art Centre in Bridport (where a lot of the drama was filmed) followed by a Q&A with writer Chris Chibnall, director James Strong and producer Richard Stokes. Entry is free but seats must be reserved and donations towards Cancer Research and Bridport Arts Centre can be made after the screening.

The 2013 Broadcast Awards are announced today. Twenty Twelve is short-listed in the Best Comedy Programme category.


Tuesday 29th January 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Various Twenty Twelve DVDs are on special offer until Thursday at BBCShop. For example Series One is only �4.99.

If you are worried about getting tickets to see David Tennant in Richard II, then don't panic, just read this page for reassurance as it explains that there will be about 85,908 tickets available in total!

The David Tennant weekly news update from the Scottish Actors blog.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 28th January.

Mark Shenton's blog today on The Stage website is about The RSC returning to The Barbican Centre and about David Tennant in Richard II.

More photos of David Tennant at the Audio Drama Awards on Sunday have been posted onto a Facebook page.


Monday 28th January 2013
Slightly late in posting this but for the weekend of 18th to 20th January Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger was unplaced in the UK box office table but took �2,562 from 30 cinemas. This means that it has taken �9,124,266 in total over its 9 week release.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A report and photos from Helen Cox who attended the Audio Drama Awards.

The Evening Standard also has a report about the Audio Drama Awards with a photo of David Tennant.

The Telegraph has an article about David Tennant at Audio Drama Awards last night (with a photo from last year).

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 27th January.

Daily Mail has an article about former Doctors David Tennant and Sylvester McCoy at the BBC Audio Awards which includes 3 pictures of David.


Sunday 27th January 2013
David Tennant at BBC Audio Drama Awards Full list of winners of BBC Audio Drama Awards (Photo of David Tennant on that page is from last year's awards.)

Photo of David Tennant with some fans tonight.

Photo of David Tennant and Lenny Henry at the BBC Audio Drama Awards.

Believe It! starring David Tennant and Richard Wilson has won the award for best scripted comedy at the BBC Audio Drama Awards tonight.

Kafka: The Musical has been awarded the Tinniswood Award at the BBC Audio Drama Awards tonight.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Royal Shakespeare Company have noticed a surge in membership since David Tennant was announced to play Richard II.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 26th January.

David Tennant hosts BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013 ceremony today. Plus two David Tennant radio dramas (Believe It! and Kafka The Musical) have been short-listed for awards.


Saturday 26th January 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

TVWise reports that Stephen Wight has been cast in The Escape Artist. None of the cast has been officially announced yet by the BBC.

A photo of David Tennant recording a voiceover has been posted onto Twitter today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 25th January.


Friday 25th January 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Virgin have added a new advert to YouTube.com. As well as David Tennant, this advert includes Usain Bolt and Richard Branson.


David Tennant - Spies Of Warsaw DVD The Spies Of Warsaw DVD in the US has a different cover to the UK version. This is the link to pre-order for its release on 16th April.

The Royal Shakespeare Company have posted their Winter 2013 brochure online. It says that the ticket prices for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon are:
Preview performances £12 to £30
Performances (except Saturday evenings) £14 to £40
Saturday evening performances £14 to £50.

Dates for some special events around Richard II are:
Wednesday 16th October 5.15pm to 6pm - The Director's Talk
Monday 4th November - Post-show talkback with cast members (there is no guarantee that David Tennant will attend)
Thursday 7th November 10.30am to 11.30am - Pre-matinee Education session with some Richard II cast members (may not be David Tennant)

According to various tweets, today is the read-through for The Escape Artist.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 24th January.

The movie The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists has its UK television premiere on Sky today.

It's a year today that David Tennant will play his final performance of Richard II!

Episode three of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on TVP1 in Poland tonight.


Thursday 24th January 2013
Spies Of Warsaw will be released in the US on Blu-Ray (with bonus UltraViolet copy) and DVD on Tuesday 16th April.

The Royal Shakespeare Company website has been updated to show that there will be 40 performances of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon, plus an understudy run on Tuesday 29th October. Included in the 40, David Tennant will play 8 matinees, 2 audio described performances and one captioned performance.

Spies Of Warsaw will air on BBC America in the US on Wednesdays 3rd and 10th April at 9pm (Eastern).

BBC Worldwide have launched a Doctor Who 50th Anniversary website with a David Tennant section. Please note it is a commercial-based website.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary 10th Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figures went on sale at 6pm today with the signed version selling out within half an hour. Big Chief have posted some photos of the figure.

After the announcement yesterday that David Tennant will play Richard II, The Guardian has an article which looks at other actors who have played the role over the years with video clips.

The Love Virtually account tweeted today about the recording of Every Seventh Wave and wrote that when David Tennant and Emilia Fox recorded the radio play they 'played' the script together rather than just read it. The account also said that the recording took about 5 hours.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 23rd January.

TVWise have more casting news for The Escape Artist - Toby Kebbell (Black Mirror) and Sophie Okonedo (Sinbad) are the two we did not already know about. However the BBC have not officially announced any cast members yet.

The purchasing link for the 50th Anniversary Tenth Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figure goes live at 6pm tonight. Big Chef Studio will post the product gallery later today.

It is 259 days (37 weeks) until David Tennant plays his first performance of Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company.


Wednesday 23rd January 2013
David Tennant - Richard II
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

There is an advert for the Royal Shakespeare Company on page 5 of the Evening Standard today which includes the photo of David Tennant which they released today.

An interview with Gregory Doran in The Independent includes the phrase "David breathes verse, he makes it sound as if it is completely effortless."

Nigel Lindsay has tweeted that he was also at the Old Bailey with David Tennant this afternoon so it seems that he will be in The Escape Artist too.

David Tennant was seen at the Old Bailey this afternoon presumably doing some preparation work for The Escape Artist.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Gregory Doran was interviewed via telephone on the BBC local radio station Coventry and Warwickshire this afternoon about David Tennant playing Richard II later this year. Greg also talks about his plans for The RSC over the next five years. Greg thinks that Richard II will be more of a challenge to David than Hamlet was in some ways!

The Polish website Gala.pl has a new photo of David Tennant from Spies Of Warsaw with a poignant quote from him about Polish history.

The Royal Shakespeare Company website now has a section about Richard II including a David Tennant photo gallery.

Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph has written an article titled "Exciting news that David Tennant is returning to the RSC."

The January RSC Newsletter has a photo of David Tennant on the cover.

Both The Telegraph and The Stage has the news about David Tennant playing Richard II.

Tickets for David Tennant in Richard II at The Barbican Centre in London go on sale on Thursday 7th March for Barbican Red and RSC members, on Wednesday 13th March for Barbican Orange members and on Monday 18th March for the general public.

Evening Standard has article about David Tennant reuniting with Gregory Doran for Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

BBC News has an item about David Tennant playing Richard II and all of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Winter season.

We are starting our famous play countdown again as it is 260 days until David Tennant plays his first pertformance of Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company!

Official Royal Shakespeare Company announcement about Richard II. It will also star Oliver Ford Davies who played in both Hamlet and Love's Labour's Lost with David in 2008. The Press Night will be on Thursday 17th October.

Onsale dates for tickets to see David Tennant in Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Video interview of Gregory Doran talking about David Tennant, Richard II and the Royal Shakespeare Company Winter season.

Video interview of David Tennant talking about Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company.


The front page of the Royal Shakespeare Company website currently has a silent video of David Tennant / Richard II.

The Guardian is the first newspaper with the news about David Tennant in Richard II.

Richard II will open in Stratford-Upon-Avon on Thursday 10th October until Saturday 16th November and transfer to The Barbican Centre in London from 9th December until Saturday 25th January 2014. Gregory Doran will direct.

As expected, today at the Royal Shakespeare Company press conference it was announced that David Tennant will star in Richard II. This link has full news about the announcement today and remember to bookmark the Richard II section of DavidTennantOnTwitter.com which already has more details about the production. This section will be added to during the rehearsals and performances of the play to make it the most comprehensive source on the internet for information about the production.

MSN has an interview with Olivia Colman about Broadchurch. She describes David Tennant as "the nicest man in the world!"

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 22nd January.

A Polish website has posted a new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw. This is the Englsih translation.

At 10am today in London, the Royal Shakespeare Company are holding a press conference to announce their Winter programme of plays. It is expected it will be announced that David Tennant will star in Richard II.


Tuesday 22nd January 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

David Tennant posed for photos for some people in the bar of the Cottesloe Theatre in the National Theatre tonight. David was at the theatre to watch Billie Piper in The Effect. Photos of him were tweeted here and here.

Weekly round-up of David Tennant news from the Scottish Actors blog.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Colin Baker tweeted today that he is not involved in any Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode other than the one for audio.

The Mirror has the story about all 11 actors who have played The Doctor appearing in a Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode. The Mirror seems to base their article on the one in the Birmingham Mail yesterday. This has NOT been confirmed.

The List reports that Takin' Over The Asylum will be performed on stage in Glasgow and Edinburgh later this year. David Tennant is mentioned several times in the article.

One of David Tennant's adverts for Virgin is listed in Which? Top Five Banned Tech Ads according to MacWorld.

The viewing figures for the second episode of Spies Of Warsaw in Poland.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 21st January.


Monday 21st January 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Birmingham Mail CLAIMS that the eleven actors who have played The Doctor will feature in a 50th anniversary Doctor Who episode. Please note this is NOT confirmed and the Birmingham Mail does not quote its source.

FilmNewEurope reports that the first episode of Spies Of Warsaw was the top rated programme in Poland with 3.6 million viewers.

Janet Fielding has tweeted a photo of herself with the five Doctors who were at Project Motor Mouth on Saturday.

Olafur Arnalds has tweeted that they have now mixed the sound for episode four of Broadchurch.

Some great photos of David Tennant at Project Motor Mouth on Saturday have been posted to Facebook including one of him with a Weeping Angel and another of him with some props from the episode The Idiot's Lantern.

We now have over 125,000 followers on Twitter!

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 20th January.

Big Chief Studios have posted they have increased production on the 50th Anniversary Tenth Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figure to 1,000 pieces. The 50th Anniversary Signature Edition is still limited to only 250 pieces.

Spies Of Warsaw DVD is released in the UK today.


Sunday 20th January 2013
Big Chief Studios report over 3,700 people have registered an interest in the 50th Anniversary Tenth Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figure which is limited to only 750 pieces worldwide and the 50th Anniversary Signature Edition which is limited to only 250 pieces.

David Tennant can currently be seen in adverts on PBS in the US for Shakespeare Uncovered. His episode about Hamlet airs on Friday 8th February. A screenshot is here.

Tonight Janet Fielding tweeted that £7,700 was raised in total by the auction yesterday at Project Motor Mouth.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A funny video of video of David Tennant auctioning a TARDIS at Project Motor Mouth yesterday.

One of our followers told us that David Tennant's voice can be heard giving the options if you ring Virgin Mobile. However be warned that you have to ring the correct one of their contact numbers.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant was voted Favorite Doctor by visitors to the GeekSmash.com website. David received 29% of the poll. However less than 100 people voted.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 19th January.

Irish Independent describes Spies Of Warsaw as "frequently clunky" but David Tennant as "persuasive."

In a review of Spies Of Warsaw the Daily Mail makes it clear that it prefers the book to the televised version.

Big Chief Studios are issuing a 50th Anniversary Tenth Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figure which is limited to only 750 pieces worldwide and the 50th Anniversary Signature Edition is limited to only 250 pieces worldwide. Register for Priority Pre-order Notification at this link before 24th January.


Saturday 19th January 2013
David Tennant - Project Motor Mouth David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Photo of Robert Brendan with 4 actors who have played The Doctor from Project Motor Mouth today.

Photo of David Tennant signing at Project Motor Mouth today.

Close-up photo of David Tennant at Project Motor Mouth today.

The main news about David Tennant from the talk at the Project Motor Mouth Fan Convention today was that he will not be in the second series of Tree Fu Tom due to his schedule.

Synopsis of the talk at the Project Motor Mouth Fan Convention today.

First photo of four actors who have played The Doctor at Project Motor Mouth Fan Convention today.

First photo of David Tennant at Project Motor Mouth Fan Convention today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 18th January.

ThisIsKent has an article about the Project Motor Mouth fan convention David Tennant is attending today.

Two of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who (Blink and Midnight) are featured in the Cine Lumiere Doctor Who Night in London tonight.

David Tennant attends the Project Motor Mouth Charity Convention today.


Friday 18th January 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

All the public tickets for the Broadchurch BAFTA preview screening on 19th February are now sold out, although there are some available for BAFTA members. Also producer Richard Stokes has tweeted that he will also attend that evening.

Fans are reporting that there are currently large cardboard cut outs of David Tennant in Virgin Media stores.

The Pirates! movie has been nominated for a nominated for a MPSE Golden Reel Award.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Virgin have added the second of David Tennant's 2013 Virgin Media collection videos online. In this one there are three 'David Tennants' fighting plus the real David Tennant talking to the camera.


DigitalSpy reports that David Tennant's interview on Top Gear was cited as a "TV-like" YouTube video in a landmark legal appeal by the BBC.

At 2pm producer Richard Stokes tweeted that they were starting the final mix review of Broadchurch.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 17th January.

The overnight UK viewing figures for Spies Of Warsaw.

Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on TVP1 in Poland tonight.


Thursday 17th January 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The review by Herald.ie of Spies Of Warsaw concluded with "This was a terrific piece of grown-up drama, gripping, atmospheric, intelligently written and strikingly acted."

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A different worldwide download link for Spies of Warsaw episode 2 (as the previous link reached its bandwidth limit) but please remember that the DVD is released in the UK on Monday.

Spies Of Warsaw received 7.3 out of 10 votes (overnight) on IMDB by those people who voted. Interestingly male voters gave it higher vote than females.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 16th January.

There are now 11 other guests beside David Tennant appearing at the Project Motor Mouth Charity Convention on Saturday.

BlogtorWho has posted his list of 11 Heart-Melting Doctor Who Moments which includes 5 from David Tennant's era.

The worldwide link to download episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw has been posted to Tumblr. Please remember that the DVD is released in the UK on Monday.


Wednesday 16th January 2013
iPlayer link to download episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw. The link is valid for 7 days and is UK only.

Unfortunately Nativity 2 Danger in the Manger! dropped from 12th to 29th place in the UK Box Office this weekend. It took £11,885 and was shown in 85 cinemas. The movie has taken £9,119,219 in total in the UK in the eight weeks since it was released. David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

CultBoxTV have a photo of David Tennant from Spies of Warsaw as their caption contest.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant to host BBC Audio Radio Drama Awards on Sunday 27th January.

David Tennant helps a terminally ill child's dream come true.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 15th January.

Spies Of Warsaw is one of Metro's Top TV Picks today.

TVWise reports that Tony Gardner has also been cast in The Escape Artist.

Radio Times have added a review of episode 2 of Spies Of Warsaw.

BAFTA are holding a preview screening of Broadchurch on Tuesday 19th February. It will be followed by a Q&A. Writer Chris Chibnall and director of some of the episodes James Strong are confirmed. Some of the cast will attend but it has not been announced which ones yet. (David Tennant is expecting to be filming The Escape Artist at that time).
Tickets (from this link) are free to BAFTA members and £7.50 to everyone else. It is a General Admission event at the Princess Anne Theatre in Piccadilly, London and starts at 6.45pm.

Episode two of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on BBC Four at 9pm today. A synopsis of the episode is here.


Tuesday 15th January 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

We have requested official confirmation but earlier today the Society Of Authors tweeted to us that David Tennant may (and we stress may) attend the BBC Audio Drama Awards on Sunday 27th January in the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House in Central London.

Unfortunately The Guardian gives David Tennant in Spies Of Warsaw quite a bad review.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Love Virtually account tweeted that today David Tennant and Emilia Fox are recording Every Seventh Wave which is the sequel to Love Virtually. Every Seventh Wave will be broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Valentine's day - Thursday 14th February.
The book Every Seventh Wave can be purchased in either paperback or ebook from Quercus Books.

Broadchurch score composer Olafur Arnalds has tweeted that he is visiting London today in regards to the Broadchurch soundtrack.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 14th January.

There will be an auction for a David Tennant signed Dreamland script on Saturday at the Project Motormouth event. Those not attending are able to bid too.

Although not officially announced yet, David Tennant's co-star in The Escape Artist will be Ashley Jensen. Filming is scheduled for February and March for this BBC One production.

The complete Series of Twenty Twelve is released in the US and Canada today.

The satellite station Watch start a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who from today.


Monday 14th January 2013
BBC America in the US are going to screen 11 one hour specials looking at each Doctor. The first episode is called Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor and it premieres on Sunday 27th January.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The UK box office figures for the weekend before last (4th to 6th January) report that Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger! dropped 3 places to #12. It took £149,703 over 308 screens that weekend and has taken £9,084,150 in total in the six weeks since it was released.

Polish Star of Spies Of Warsaw, Marcin Dorocinski, says some lovely things about working with David Tennant.

The Polish website TheNews.pl has an article titled "Spies of Warsaw drama a hit with critics" with several press reviews.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 13th January.

Den Of Geek reports that, due to the success of Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger!, a Nativity 3 movie is planned. Director Debbie Isitt says she hopes that David Tennant will be in it. The movie will film late in 2013 to be released in late 2014.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The weekly round-up of David Tennant news from Scottish Actors blog.


Sunday 13th January 2013
The ITV showreel of upcoming programmes has been posted to BlogtorWho.


The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Apparently the ITV showreel of upcoming programmes which includes Broadchurch was shown at about 6.30pm tonight on ITV1.

The Sunday Times has a bizarre review of both David Tennant as an actor and of Spies Of Warsaw.

This morning Broadchurch producer Richard Stokes tweeted that Broadchurch will be one of the dramas included in an ITV showreel of upcoming programmes which will be initially aired before Mr Selfridge on ITV1 at 9pm tonight.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 12th January.

"Charismatic" David Tennant is singled out for praise on a respected Polish website.

The Observer review of Spies Of Warsaw describes the drama as a "cut above the rest in its demands on the attention."

The Independent review of Spies Of Warsaw believes they do not know how to use David Tennant ("a star") correctly in the role.

David Tennant Quiz #129 (hosted by @DTQuiz) at 6pm is Complete This Line From Series 3 Of Doctor Who.


Saturday 12th January 2013
An article in the latest issue of Doctor Who magazine mentions David Tennant in Spies of Warsaw and The Escape Artist as well as other projects.

A Polish website has a (translated) review of Spies Of Warsaw where the writer hated the dubbing but described David Tennant as "handsome and charismatic" which he felt was lost in the dubbing. However he also writes that he believes that episode two next week of Spies Of Warsaw in Poland may be available on digital in a choice of both Polish and English.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Some of the satellite channels such as Virgin Media and Sky 2 are already showing David Tennant's 'Undelete' video for Virgin Media.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant's interview on The Jonathan Ross Show premieres in Australia tonight on ABC1 at 9.50pm.

The first episode of Spies Of Warsaw last night on Polish television received over 3.5 million viewers which was a 21% share of those watching television at that time.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 11th January.

Herald Scotland's review of Spies Of Warsaw stares that they like the atmosphere but thinks David Tennant is too thin for the role and the uniform.

David Tennant's first 2013 advert for Virgin Media premieres tonight during Take Me Out on ITV which starts at 8.30pm.


Friday 11th January 2013
A report about Spies Of Warsaw on Polish television tonight.

The worldwide link to watch a video of all of David Tennant's interactive section of the Virgin Media website has been posted to Tumblr.

David Tennant's body double on the set of the Virgin Media adverts, Richard Ashton, has tweeted a photo of himself and David Tennant.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The STV website has an article with the title "David Tennant expected to thrill Scottish fans in Broadchurch."

The review of Spies Of Warsaw by The Stage includes the comment "the series is worth persevering with, not least for Tennant’s commanding performance."

CampaignLive have the first of David Tennant's 2013 video adverts (Undelete) for Virgin.


Marketing website The Drum has the news that David Tennant, Usain Bolt and Sir Richard Branson return for a multi-million pound Virgin Media advertising campaign.

The Virgin Media website has a new David Tennant video with at least four different endings! Keep on the page to see the first ending and then replay the video to watch them all.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 10th January.

Herald.ie have posted their review of Spies Of Warsaw which includes the description "It's is an engrossing slow-burner that build the tension gradually."

Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw premieres in Poland at 8.20pm tonight on the channel TVP1. It will be dubbed into Polish and is the first of four parts.

David Tennant's first 2013 advert for Virgin should be revealed today.


Thursday 10th January 2013
Late this afternoon Soundhouse Studios tweeted that David Tennant had completed recording the new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang audiobook Chitty Chitty Bang Bang And The Race Against Time.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie (known as The Pirates! Band Of Misfits in the US) has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Award in this year's Oscars.

The first episode of Spies Of Warsaw on BBC Four last night received 578K viewers which was 2.4% of those viewing TV at the time according to the overnight figures.

The Radio Times have reported that Big Finish will be releasing a 100-minute-long audio story The Light At The End to celebrate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. Former Doctors Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann are already confirmed and Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith are "behind the project" which will be released in November.

Den Of Geek review of Spies Of Warsaw.

Digital Theatre have launched a new iPad app where you can watch David Tennant and Catherine Tate's production of Much Ado About Nothing.

The Telegraph review of Spies Of Warsaw is written by someone who ends their piece by saying he is looking forward to episode 2 and gives it four stars.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 9th January.

The Independent's review of Spies Of Warsaw.

The Arts Desk review of Spies Of Warsaw.

Worldwide link to download episode one of Spies Of Warsaw.


Wednesday 9th January 2013
The BBC website has a preview clip of the second episode of Spies Of Warsaw.

InsideMediaTrack's review of Spies Of Warsaw includes the phrase "Performances in the two-parter are outstanding with David Tennant effortlessly fitting into the world of espionage."

CultBox has a more positive review of Spies Of Warsaw as they give it four stars.

Review of Spies Of Warsaw by The Guardian who described it as "not so thrilling."

BBC iPlayer link to watch or download Spies Of Warsaw (UK only).

Even celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has tweeted about Spies Of Warsaw premiering tonight. (His production company was involved in the drama.)

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Spies Of Warsaw cover The BBC Shop has the coverwork for the Spies Of Warsaw DVD which is released on 21st January.

A Polish website has posted a new photo of David Tennant from Spies Of Warsaw.

The Guardian has an article titled "Spies of Warsaw: why we love the murky world of spy drama" which is prompted by Spies Of Warsaw but does not contain much about the drama itself.

There is no guarantee this will work but non-UK people MAY be able to watch David Tennant in Spies Of Warsaw at 9pm tonight on BBC Four live at this link. The channel starts broadcast at 7pm this evening.

MSN TV uses the headline "David Tennant's Spies of Warsaw will thrill his fans" for its preview.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 8th January.

What's On TV also chooses Spies Of Warsaw as its Today's Top TV programme. It concludes its mini review with "Tennant is at his best in this stylish two-parter."

Spies Of Warsaw is also one of Metro's Top TV Picks For Today.

There are some nice quotes about David Tennant in Doctor Who by Tuppence Middleton in Metro. The quotes include "David was perfect for it. He did a great job. He brought it back to a modern audience. He’s so relatable, he made it what it is now."

The Telegraph has a few new interview quotes from David Tennant from the set of Spies Of Warsaw.

Spies Of Warsaw is Radio Times top TV Pick Of The Day.

Synopsis of episode one of Spies Of Warsaw and the cast list.

Episode one of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on BBC Four tonight at 9pm.


Tuesday 8th January 2013
The Guardian selects Spies of Warsaw as a TV highlight for Wednesday 9th January.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

As we indicated at New Year, David Tennant is involved in some more advertising for Virgin Media. Their teaser trailer has been added to YouTube.com.



David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Believe It! has been shortlisted for the Best Scripted Comedy Award in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013. (That page includes a new photo of David Tennant from when he hosted the 2012 Award ceremony.) In the 2012 awards David Tennant won the Best Actor Award for his role in Kafka The Musical which was first broadcast in April 2011 and somehow that drama is on the shortlist for the Tinniswood Radio Drama Award 2012 for Best Radio Drama Script.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 7th January.

David Tennant starts off the year by recording audiobooks.


Monday 7th January 2013
Tonight Ian Fleming’s niece, Lucy Fleming, tweeted "A wonderful studio day with @David_Tennant reading Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time completely brilliantly. "

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A new Spies Of Warsaw from Polish television station TVP has been posted onto YouTube.com with some new scenes. The Spies Of Warsaw parts starts at 50secs and David Tennant (dubbed by Andrzej Chyra) is heard at 1.32.

TVWise has the news we tweeted last month that David Tennant will be in The Escape Artist. Although the article says that the BBC has not confirmed it, we have heard the news from two individual sources now.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

According to Cressida Cowell she believes that David Tennant recorded the audiobook of How To Steal A Dragon's Sword last week.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 6th January.


Sunday 6th January 2013
The Observer preview of Spies of Warsaw calls the drama "outstanding." It also says "Whether playing Hamlet, Doctor Who or a French military attache, David Tennant inhabits a role so engagingly you simply have to watch."

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Spies Of Warsaw is one of DigitalSpy's This Week's Must-See TV.

The news about David Tennant becoming a father again is even being mentioned in news reports on some local radio stations around the UK today!

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

YouTube link to watch David Tennant's interview on The Jonathan Ross Show last night. (All parts of the show are there too.) If this video is removed, please email us for a copy.

BleedingCool still maintain that David Tennant WILL be involved in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. However their article does include photos from his interview on The Jonathan Ross Show and part of the transcript of his interview.

The overnight figures show that David Tennant's interview on The Jonathan Ross Show last night received 2.88m viewers which was13% of those viewing TV at that time.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 5th January.

The Daily Record has printed an interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw. Although it is only a rehash of the questions in the BBC media pack, it is written in a style so that it appears to be an actual interview.

David Tennant in the Press today.

BBC Radio Three is repeating Twelfth Night from its 2012 Shakespeare Season today at 8.30pm.

David Tennant Quiz #128 (hosted by @DTQuiz) at tonight at 6pm and is Complete This Line From Series 2 Of Doctor Who.


Saturday 5th January 2013
David Tennant on The Jonathan Ross Show - 5/1/13 The Independent mentions both Spies Of Warsaw and The Politician's Husband in it's highlights of Spring article.

The ITVPlayer link to download David Tennant on The Jonathan Ross Show tonight. The link is valid for 28 days and for the UK only.

The worldwide link to download David Tennant's interview on The Jonathan Ross Show tonight has been posted to Tumblr.

Community Voices has posted the official BBC America announcement about the channel acquiring Broadchurch.

BlogtorWho has posted a video of David Tennant talking about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary tonight on The Jonathan Ross Show.

The Hollywood Reporter tonight broke the news that it was announced at the Television Critics Association Press Tour today in Pasadena that BBC Ameria have acquired the rights to broadcast the eight part ITV drama Broadchurch.

During and after David Tennant was on The Jonathan Ross Show tonight, David's name was trending worldwide on Twitter!

On The Jonathan Ross Show tonight David Tennant again denied knowing anything about any Doctor Who 50th anniversary plans.

Tonight on The Jonathan Ross Show he congratulated David Tennant on the news that his wife Georgia Moffett is expecting another baby.

Darts player Phil Taylor has tweeted a photo of himself with David Tennant from The Jonathan Ross Show last night.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

There is no guarantee this will work but non-UK people MAY be able to watch David Tennant's interview tonight on Jonathan Ross Show live at this link.

A photo of David Tennant backstage at The Jonathan Ross Show last night has been posted onto Tumblr.

Paul Whitelaw has posted a review of Spies Of Warsaw which he wrote for The Scotsman. It contains minor SPOILERS and the phrase "David Tennant removes his shirt quite frequently."

Rex Features have loads of pictures of David Tennant from yesterday's taping of The Jonathan Ross Show.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 4th January.

Tonight David Tennant's interview will be shown on The Jonathan Ross Show on ITV at 9.45pm. Some of our followers who attended after we tweeted the ticket link, have told us that David is asked about Spies Of Warsaw (a clip is shown), Broadchurch and the Doctor Who 50th anniversary. David again says that he has not been asked for the anniversary.


Friday 4th January 2013
Late tonight Olafur Arnalds tweeted about recording music for Broadchurch "Veery long day. 13 hours, 50 TV music cues, 4 tired string players (heroes). He also posted a photo of the quartet.

Spies of Warsaw is The Independent's TV Pick of the Week.

Both Broadchurch and The Politician's Husband are in Herald Scotland's list of 2013: What To Watch On TV.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The TVP1 Facebook page has a new trailer for Spies Of Warsaw. It is dubbed into Polish but it shows some new scenes.

A new interview with David Tennant about Spies Of Warsaw (and a new photo) has been added to Tumblr.

BBC Radio Four will dramatise the sequel to Love Virtually called Every Seventh Wave. David Tennant performed in the original in March 2012 and will reprise his role of Leo Leike in the sequel.

Starting on Tuesday 15th January the satellite station Watch are starting a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 3rd January.

Broadchurch costume designer Ray Holman has tweeted a photo indicating that they are doing a photo shoot for the drama today on a beach although he has since tweeted to us that it does not include the principal actors.

The Cultural and Arts section of The Telegraph again lists Spies Of Warsaw as a January highlight.

PBS have posted a trailer for the David Tennant / Hamlet episode of Shakespeare Uncovered which premieres on their station on 9th February.

Today David Tennant records The Jonathan Ross Show in London.


Thursday 3rd January 2013
Olafur Arnalds tweeted a photo showing some of the music for the string recordings for Broadchurch.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Radio Times report that, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who this year, a new series of Doctor Who short stories will be released. The eleven "eshorts" will each be written by a different author and each will feature one of the Doctor's regenerations (including David Tennant's Tenth Doctor). The author of the first book will be revealed on the Doctor Who Facebook page on Monday 7th January and their story will be published on Wednesday 23rd January.

InsideMediaTrack also lists Broadchurch to start airing in February.

David Tennant has been voted third by GQ magazine readers in their 2013 Best Dressed Man Poll. GQ say that their parent company Conde Nast Digital received their largest ever response to this poll as more than 275,000 votes were cast.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 2nd January.

Spies Of Warsaw is listed second in The Telegraph's 2013: 100 Cultural Things You Should Know.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

It was 4 years ago tonight that David Tennant returned to the stage to play Hamlet after his back operation.


Wednesday 2nd January 2013
A Polish website has posted a new photo of David Tennant and Janet Montgomery from Spies Of Warsaw.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Custard TV lists Broadchurch, The Politician's Husband and The Escape Artist in its article What's In The Works In 2013.

EmpireOnline have voted Doctor Who as the 16th Best TV Show Of All Time and a David Tennant era episode (Blink) as their favourite episode.

Digital Spy reports that unfortunately Nativity 2 Danger In The Manger dropped five places to number 9 in the UK Box Office this weekend. It took £386,248 this weekend.

The Radio Times has a short review of Spies Of Warsaw.

As well as Spies Of Warsaw being repeated on BBC HD on Saturday evenings at 11pm, it will also be repeated on BBC Four the following Monday evening at 11.45pm each week.

CultBox give Spies Of Warsaw 4 stars in its review of episode one.

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 1st January.


Tuesday 1st January 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A Billie Piper website has added several photos of her and David Tennant at the Midnight fan Convention last month.

Huffington Posts lists Spies Of Warsaw as one of its 13 Things To Look Forward To In 2013.

A review of David Tennant's career during 2012 (including photos).

The David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 31st December.

BBC America in the US resumes its 24 hours of David Tennant / Doctor Who from 8am today.

The television station Watch has a David Tennant / Doctor Who afternoon today.

It was three years ago today that David Tennant regenerated from being the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who.

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