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Saturday 30th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Today The RSC's new exhibition of Simon Annand's The Half (with new photographs of the actors as they prepare for Richard II) opens.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 29th November 2013.


Friday 29th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Academy section of the BBC website has an article about the process of creating 3D in The Day Of The Doctor.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Sydney Morning Herald has a review of The Day Of The Doctor.

Royal Television Society website has photos and a short recap of the Broadchurch panel last night.

The Stage reviews The Day Of The Doctor and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

Today Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Artwork signed by David Tennant is available from BBC Shop.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 28th November 2013.


Thursday 28th November 2013
Doctor Who News reports that the success of Doctor Who at the weekend was debated in the House Of Lords!

Tonight at the Broadchurch panel Chris Chibnall confirmed that Gracepoint would be 10 episodes in length. He said that he is writing the first episode and that the other episodes are great.
It was also revealed (which was news to Olivia Colman!) that in the first draft Olivia Colman's character was gay until they realised she should be married to Joe.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Although we do not condone filming in cinema the 3D opening clip of The Day Of The Doctor (including David Tennant's segment has been posted to YouTube.

A video of Broadchurch distilled into 3 minutes (with spoilers and lots of David Tennant) has been posted to YouTube.

Clive James in The Telegraph thinks the Doctor Who week on the BBC was 'just for the fans.

Hollywood.com has the 5 Best David Tennant Moments in The Day Of The Doctor.

Yahoo! repots that David Tennant was the internet's favourite Doctor during The Day Of The Doctor with 46,202 mentions!

Broadchurch has been nominated for Best Drama Series or Serial Award in the Broadcast Awards shortlist.
Also both Doctor Who and Broadchurch have been nominated for the International Programme Sales Award in the shortlist.

Tonight there is a Royal Television Society panel titled Broadchurch - Anatomy of a Hit at 6.45pm in London featuring Chris Chibnall, Jane Featherstone, James Strong and Olivia Colman.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 27th November 2013.


Wednesday 27th November 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Repeats of Twenty Twelve is one of the programmes to air on new London Live TV station which starts broadcasting in 2014.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Guardian reports that The Day Of The Doctor has taken $10 million at the box office worldwide in three days.

The RSC have announced that several of the Richard II cast (not David) will appear in Henry IV Part I and II next year.

There was a brief mention of David Tennant today on Loose Women when Ben Miller was a guest (it was about them both appearing in What We Did On Our Holiday).

The Guardian reports on a new Doctor Who game called Legacy with David Tennant's Doctor in app store screenshots.

The worldwide link to watch Tales From The TARDIS has been posted to Break.com.

There is a photo of the model of the Tenth Doctor on the cover of the Forbidden Planet winter catalogue which has been posted to Twitter.

It is not confirmed but according to someone on Twitter David Tennant visited the Ola During Children's Hospital today in Sierra Leone for Comic Relief.

Doctor Who News reports that The Day Of The Doctor took a stunning $4.8 million at the US box office on Monday (equivalent to £3 million) making it the number two movie of the day.
To put the achievment into perspective it is roughly as much as The Wizard of Oz in 3D made during its entire run earlier this year and more than indie favourite Much Ado About Nothing.

Starting today for 4 days is the Tales At Twilight charity event in aid of National Brain Appeal for which David Tennant recorded a Christmas story.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 26th November 2013.


Tuesday 26th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Independent has an interview with Chris Chibnall in which he describes Broadchurch Series 2 as 'It'll be a different journey to the first series.'

The video of David Tennant presenting an award to Richard Wilson on 17th November at BAFTA Scotland has been posted to YouTube. David's part starts at 15 minutes.

A promo photo of David Tennant from What We Did On Our Holiday has been posted to Twitter.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A video about the VFX techniques in The Day Of The Doctor has been posted to Vimeo.

Page 53 of Evening Standard tonight has a photo of David Tennant, Matt Smith and John Hurt on the Readers Letters page.

Doctor Who News also reports that The Day Of The Doctor broke BBC America records too!

BBC Shop has a limited number of Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Artwork signed by David Tennant available to purchase.

The Day Of The Doctor in cinemas in Australia and New Zealand was placed third and second respectively for the weekend.

The broadcast of The Day Of The Doctor in Canada was Space's largest ever audience.

Doctor Who News reports that The Day Of The Doctor had an Appreciation Index of 88. Unfortunately the After Show Party on BBC Three only managed 69.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 25th November 2013.


Monday 25th November 2013
MP3s of Jo Whiley's interview with David Tennant on BBC Radio Two.
David Tennant revealed that he guessed Peter Capaldi would be the next Doctor!
David also said that he does not know yet if he will be in Broadchurch Series Two.
David also talks about Richard II, The Day Of The Doctor, Gracepoint and Nativity 2.

Gallifrey Times reports that The Day Of The Doctor took �1.7 million in the UK on Saturday which made it the third most popular movie for weekend.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Radio Times reports that 'Doctor Who takes over Twitter smashing Broadchurch's previous social media record.'

Los Angeles Times review of The Day Of The Doctor concludes with 'a show you can not only love but that loves you back.'

The Guardian TV Blog has a lovely item about The Day Of The Doctor with the sub-title 'It was the episode that we all knew couldn't possibly live up to expectations. And it didn't � it exceeded them.'

Despite it being broadcast in the early hours of Sunday morning, Doctor Who News reports on the great viewing figures for The Day Of The Doctor in Australia (37.1%!).

A review of The Escape Artist by euVue Magazine describes it as 'Sheer brilliance from the pen of David Wolstencroft.'

The Guardian has an article about the great viewing figures of The Day Of The Doctor.

David Tennant is the 'hunky bloke' at the back of Woman Magazine this week with an article about 'what makes him tick.'

Sydney Morning Herald review of The Day Of The Doctor describes it as 'an instant classic among many on its shelves.'

The Day of the Doctor's UK rating is up to 11.8 million viewers after one day of adding timeshifting viewers (that is people who watched it after broadcast).

Wow! We now have a quarter of a million followers on Twitter!
We also have received over 10,000 new followers since just before The Day Of The Doctor aired!

Metro has an article titled 'Steven Moffat clears up the whole Doctor regeneration problem� sort of!'

A new video by BBC America of David Tennant and Matt Smith talking about their admiration for John Hurt has been posted to YouTube.

A great review of The Day Of The Doctor from New Zealand Herald which describes it as 'cracking one-liners, bonkers science and surprising emotional depth.'

Fortitude Magazine gives The Day Of The Doctor 5 stars and calls it '76 minutes of absolute perfection.'

Daily Mail has a negative review of The Day Of The Doctor.

John Barrowman has posted a short but very enthusiastic video review of The Day Of The Doctor to WhoSay.

At 8pm on BBC Radio Two tonight is Jo Whiley Spends An Evening In With David Tennant. This is a two hour programme.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 24th November 2013.


Sunday 24th November 2013
An extended Doctor Who video from BBC America with Steven Moffat, Matt Smith and David Tennant talking about playing The Doctor has been posted to YouTube.

TQS Magazine has a review of The Escape Artist which describes it as 'one of the best mini-series to be released this year.'

A new video by BBC America of David Tennant and Matt Smith talking about popularity, being on stamps, honour etc has been posted to YouTube.

The David Tennant signed giant Pudsey bear for Children In Need sold on eBay for �1,000 after 46 bids.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Radio Times reports that The Day Of The Doctor has been won a Guinness World Record for the biggest ever television drama simulcast with 94 countries.

A four star review of The Day Of The Doctor from Digital Spy includes 'David Tennant perfectly recreates his Doctor.'

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The overnight ratings for Doctor Who last night were that it was watched by an average of 10.18 million people which was 37.4% of those people watching television at that time.
It means that it comfortably beat The X Factor on ITV in that time slot which only received 7.67 million viewers (28.6%).
However Strictly Come Dancing had 10.56 million viewers (43.7%) earlier in the evening which made it the most watched programme of the day. It peaked with 11.74 million. Doctor Who had a peak of 10.6 million viewers.

Last night's Doctor Who Twitter statistics have been posted to Twitter.
It shows that almost half a million tweets using the hashtag #DoctorWho were posted around the time of broadcast.
During that period we at @David_Tennant had over 2,600 tweeted to the account!

It is not confirmed but Belfast Telegraph quotes Anna Gunn as saying Gracepoint will film in 'We start shooting in Vancouver and somewhere near Santa Cruz in January.'

Huffington Post review of The Day Of The Doctor describes it as a 'moving, Mischievous Special' and concludes with 'All in all, not bad for a children's programme.'

Entertainmentwise review of The Day Of The Doctor has the verdict 'What a way to celebrate 50 years of such an amazing show!'

5 star review of Doctor Who from The Mirror who thinks it lived up to the hype.

Independent article about people watching Doctor Who all around the world last night.

Today is day 3 of Doctor Who Celebration at Excel. It is sold out. Several Doctors and companions are attending (but David Tennant has not been announced).

Guardian reviewer was slightly confused by Doctor Who.

The Telegraph has a 5 star review of Doctor Who with the phrase 'fascinating to see how Matt Smith and David Tennant interacted.'

BBC One have a look at The Day Of The Doctor at 6.45am and 8.45am today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 23rd November 2013.


Saturday 23rd November 2013

David Tennant on the set of The Day Of The Doctor

A video of Matt Smith and David Tennant performing lines from Hollywood movies has been posted to YouTube.

The BBC have uploaded The Five(ish) Doctors which includes a cameo appearance by David Tennant.


A short deleted scene from The Day Of The Doctor has been uploaded to YouTube.

The Day Of The Doctor is now on the iPlayer (UK only).

The BBC Doctor Who website has some new The Day Of The Doctor behind the scenes photos.

Behind the Lens - The Day of the Doctor (from the BBC red button) has been posted to YouTube.


A screenshot of all The Doctors from The Day Of The Doctor has been posted to Twitter.

The Doctors

Wow! We passed 240,000 followers today! (Just before The Day Of The Doctor was broadcast.)

A lovely photo of David Tennant with Matt, Jenna, John Hurt and Steven Moffat from a TV magazine has been posted to Twitter.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Graham Norton Show last night had its biggest audience of the year so far - 4.38 million / 28.6%.

The Telegraph reports The Day Of The Doctor will be screened in 93 countries tonight!

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Day Of The Doctor will not be available on iPlayer immediately after transmission this evening but they hope to upload it by midnight.

BAFTA has posted a new photo of David Tennant at Sunday's BAFTA Scotland Awards to Twitter.

The fifth and final sneak preview of The Day Of The Doctor has been unlocked on SaveTheDay.com. The clip includes David Tennant.

Doctor Who Behind The Lens (including David Tennant) will be on the BBC Red Button (UK only) at 9.05pm tonight.

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot will be on iPlayer at 10.05pm tonight (UK only).

John Wyver from Illuminations has posted his first thoughts on the visual language of The RSC Richard II clip.

The Telegraph has a fun quiz 'Which Doctor Are You?'

The Hollywood Reporter has interviews with Toby Whithouse and Chris Chibnall about writing for Doctor Who.

A book The Doctor & I by WhovianNet is published today (with loads of David Tennant content).

Belfast Telegraph reports that David Tennant supports the fight against Cystic Fibrosis (with a photo).

iPlayer link (UK only) to watch David Tennant on The Graham Norton Show. The link is valid for 7 days.

The premiere US broadcast of David Tennant and Matt Smith on The Graham Norton Show is on BBC America at 10pm tonight (and repeated at 2am).

ABC in Australia has a pop-up Doctor Who radio channel which starts straight after The Day Of The Doctor.

The Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode The Day Of The Doctor premieres on BBC One at 7.50pm and around the world at the same time. David Tennant reprises his role as the Tenth Doctor in this 75 minute episode.

BBC America has a Doctor Who pre-show on TV and YouTube starting at 2.30pm ET.

This afternoon and evening there is a free big Doctor Who Party in London.

12 Again has a Doctor Who special on CBBC at 2.30pm today when fans and cast share their memories of the Doctor.

Today The Graham Norton Show on BBC Radio Two is a special Doctor Who episode at 10am.

Today is day two of Doctor Who Celebration. It is sold out and several Doctors and companions are attending (but not David Tennant).

Blue Peter on CBBC has another special Doctor Who episode at 9.30am today.

Doctor Who - die kompletten Specials is released on Blu-ray today in Germany.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 22nd November 2013.


Friday 22nd November 2013
The BBC have posted a different clip from The Graham Norton Show of David Tennant and Matt Smith talking about their hair to YouTube.

BBC America have posted a clip from The Graham Norton Show of David Tennant and Matt Smith talking to Whovians to YouTube.

The Telegraph concludes its Best 50 Doctor Who Stories with 10 - 1 (which includes David Tennant episodes).

CNBC has an article titled 'Doctor Who is a spry moneymaker for the BBC which includes the phrase 'There are not many shows you can literally play around the world, that can unite the world. This is one of them.'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

CBBC explains how Google's Doctor Who doodle was made.

The David Tennant narrated versions of both Polar Bear and Penguins series will be available to download in the US from Sunday 24th November. Both series were previously dubbed for American audiences.

And David Tennant has been voted Favourite Doctor by IGN viewers now too! David Tennant scored 54% of the vote with nearly 10,000 of the 18,443 votes cast.

BAFTA has 50 facts about Doctor Who.

Radio Times has facts and figures about the 11 actors who have played The Doctor.

The Mirror article (with photos) quotes Emma Thompson revealing on The Graham Norton Show that she would have loved to play a female Doctor Who.

The BBC website has a short video interview with Steven Moffat who says that in The Day Of The Doctor the 'scenes of Dalek action that I think are pretty much unparalleled.'

Now The Mirror readers also vote David Tennant their favourite Doctor with over double the amount of votes that the Doctor in second place did!

The BBC website has a clip (where they are talking about Doctor Who) and new photos of David Tennant on An Evening In With Jo Whiley.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The final Richard II production diary (taking a look at the broadcast to schools last week) has been posted to YouTube.
A screenshot of David from the clip has been posted to Twitter.

The penultimate 7 second clip has been unlocked on SaveTheDay.com.

The Guardian calculates the most popular Doctor (David Tennant) based on IMDB reviews.

Digital Spy has an article about David Tennant and Matt Smith on The Graham Norton Show.

The RSC has a chance to own drawings and fabric from Richard II costumes.

Radio Times has photos of David Tennant and Matt Smith from The Graham Norton Show tonight.

The BBC has an article titled 'How did Doctor Who reflect the real world?' It includes a David Tennant episode.

Today the three day Doctor Who Celebration at Excel opens. It is sold out. Several Doctors and companions are attending (but David Tennant has not been announced).

At breakfast time this morning Billie Piper is on BBC Radio Two and Matt Smith is on both Radio One and BBC Breakfast. All three appearances are to talk about about Doctor Who.

Google has a Doctor Who Google Doodle game.
Digital Spy has an article about it and a video of the doodle has been posted to YouTube.

Photos of David Tennant and Matt Smith filming The Graham Norton Show last night have been posted to APImages.

Tonight David Tennant and Matt Smith appear on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One at 10.35pm.

The Culture Show's episode Me, You and Doctor Who premieres on BBC Two at 9pm tonight.

Watch starts a new repeat of Series Two of Doctor Who today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 21st November 2013.


Thursday 21st November 2013
Radio Times has more details about the Peter Davison mini episode including past Doctors (no confirmation whether David Tennant is included).

New BBC America Doctor Who Insider video with David Tennant, Matt Smith and Steven Moffat being interviewed has been posted to YouTube.

BlogtorWho has posted the montage of Doctor Who Blue Peter clips from over the years (including David Tennant).

The Telegraph have posted their Doctor Who's 50 Best Stories: 20 - 11 (including some from David Tennant's era).

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The third sneak peak from The Day Of The Doctor has been posted to the SaveTheDay.com website. This clip includes David Tennant with a minor spoiler.
A screencap of the clip has been posted to Twitter.

John Downer Productions tweeted a photo of David Tennant in the studio today for a new 'Spy' documentary on dolphins.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The BBC have added a video about The Day Of The Doctor which shows David Tennant, Matt Smith, John Hurt, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and Steven Moffat.

The BBC has an interview with Peter Davison where he mentions the 'Tennant dynasty' of possible future Doctors.

Tonight David Tennant and Matt Smith record The Graham Norton Show in London.

Today Blue Peter on CBBC has a special Doctor Who episode at 5.30pm.

At 10pm tonight BBC Radio Two will broadcast The Blaggers Guide To Doctor Who followed by a 90 minute documentary programme about Doctor Who called Who Is The Doctor at 10.30pm.

BBC Radio Wales hosts a Doctor Who Day today.

The Ian Fleming Classic Bond Collection: Part Two is released in the UK today. David Tennant reads On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 20th November 2013.


Wednesday 20th November 2013
A new mini-episode of Doctor Who (with no known actors or characters) called The Final Day has was posted by The BBC but was removed so it is now available on Veoh.

Jo Whiley: An Evening With David Tennant has been moved forward to Monday 25th November (instead of Tuesday).

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The BBC have added a new video interview with Ingrid Oliver and Jemma Redgrave about filming The Day Of The Doctor.

A clip from The Culture Show: Me, You and Doctor Who (which airs on Friday) has been posted to YouTube.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The second of five sneak previews of The Day Of The Doctor has been unlocked on SaveTheDay.com.

The BBC have posted a new video interview with Joanna Page including footage from behind the scenes and the readthrough for The Day Of The Doctor.

Entertainment Weekly has posted a 5 minute video of Act IV Scene 1 of Richard II.

A mysterious tweet by @dayoftheFishDr seems to show David Tennant counting down 3 days until The Day Of The Fish Doctor.

Tonight at 7pm John Hurt and Jenna Colman will be guests on The One Show on BBC One about The Day Of The Doctor.

Watch starts a new repeat of Series Two of Doctor Who from Friday.

Den of Geek has an interview with Marcus Garvey who says some lovely things to say about working with David Tennant on Broadchurch.

Digital Spy have a new 4 minute video interview with David Tennant and Matt Smith about The Day Of The Doctor.
Screencaps of David from the interview have been posted to Twitter here, here and here.

Today BBC America in the US continues its Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Marathon all day until 2am tomorrow.

Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager DVD is released in Australia today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 19th November 2013.


Tuesday 19th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

BBC America will have a Doctor Who pre-show on TV and YouTube on Saturday.

Screencaps of David Tennant in Tales Of The TARDIS (which premiered on BBC America last night) have been posted to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Broadchurch has been nominated for TV Drama Award at the South Bank Awards.
Also nominated are The Fall and Top Of The Lake.
The winner will be announced on Monday 27th January at the Dorchester Hotel in London.

Doctor Who News reports that ABC in Australia has announced a pop-up Doctor Who radio channel for 24th November. It starts straight after The Day Of The Doctor.

BBC Doctor Who website has an interactive online tour of the TARDIS with clips, galleries etc.

What's On TV has an interview with David Tennant about The Day Of The Doctor.

Starting at 10pm tonighr BBC America has a David Tennant / Tenth Doctor Doctor Who marathon until 2am on Thursday morning!

As well as Radio Times and TV Times there are also photos of David Tennant on the cover of TV Guide and on TV and Satellite, plus he's featured in What's On TV, TV Choice and in TV Easy.

The BBC have added a fun David Tennant video looking at Doctor Who 'props.'
A photo of David from the clip has been posted to Twitter.


David Tennant on cover of Radio Times BlogtorWho has posted another a new clip from The Day Of The Doctor from Jenna Colman's interview on Good Morning today. The clip is from the start of the episode but does not show David Tennant. It contains no spoilers.

At 8pm on Tuesday 26th November on BBC Radio Two there will be a programme called Jo Whiley Spends An Evening In With David Tennant. This is a two hour programme.

David Tennant has signed a giant Pudsey Bear for Children In Need which is on eBay. It is currently £660 after 38 bids. The auction ends on Friday 22nd.

ITV Central have posted their piece about Richard II being shown in over 460 schools which includes a clip of the play.
A screencap of David from the clip has been posted to Twitter.

A podcast by Clapham Picture House (it starts at 1 minute) says that Richard II was their fourth highest film for the week.

BBC America have posted a new David Tennant interview clip (with a minor SPOILER) about what he would steal from the Eleventh Doctor to YouTube.

Worldwide link to watch Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide.

BlogtorWho has posted some new photos of David Tennant from The Day Of The Doctor from Radio Times.

Today David Tennant makes his record-breaking 21st appearance on the cover of Radio Times with a Doctor Who cover!

Today Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager DVD is released in the US.

Doctor Who: Essential Guide To 50 Years Of Doctor Who hardback book is released in US today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 18th November 2013.


Monday 18th November 2013

David Tennant on Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide

iPlayer link to watch Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide (UK only) for 7 days.

Several short new interview clips of David Tennant were shown during Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide tonight.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Cheltenham Festivals has posted the video of the Steven Moffat / Doctor Who panel in October.

The Telegraph says that the characters Ellie Miller and Susan Wright will retain their Broadchurch names but David Tennant's character in Gracepoint will be called Emmett Carver.
It also says that Gracepoint will be set in California (but there is no news yet about where it will be filmed).

Deadline reports that James Strong will direct multiple episodes of the Fox version, including the opening hour, on which he will serve as executive producer.

There will be a David Tennant interview among various 50th Anniversary Doctor Who items in tomorrow's Radio Times issue.

TVLine reports that Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn will star with David Tennant in the US remake of Broadchurch, Gracepoint.
The article also says that Jacki Weaver (an Oscar nominee for 2012's Silver Linings Playbook) will play Susan Wright (the role Pauline Quirke played in Broadchurch).

Cotswold News has a comparison between the stage and filmed versions of Richard II (which contains SPOILERS).

After fans have tweeted thousands of messages with the hashtag, #SaveTheDay the BBC have uploaded an 11 second clip from The Day Of The Doctor (most was previously seen in trailer from New Zealand)!

The BBC have posted a trailer for Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide, the two hour programme which premieres on BBC Three tonight at 8pm.

Doctor Who News reports that there is a photo of David Tennant (and all the Doctors) on the cover of the latest issue of Big Issue with lots of Doctor Who articles inside.

BlogtorWho has the details of The Day Of The Doctor DVD / Bluray extras.

The Telegraph has a photo of four Doctors (not David Tennant) and a Dalek at Buckingham Palace today.

A video advert for The Graham Norton Show by BBC America with David Tennant and Matt Smith has been posted to YouTube.

Digital Spy chooses The Girl In The Fireplace as its Greatest Ever Doctor Who Story.

A photo of David Tennant will be on the cover of one version of TV Times Magazine tomorrow as this issue will have a selection of Doctor Who covers.

4-Traders reports that SBS in Australia will air The Escape Artist in 2014.

A photo of David Tennant with young actor Danny Kerr at last night's BAFTA Scotland has been posted to Twitter.

A video of the BBC Breakfast item by Lizo Mzimba with David Tennant and Matt Smith from the set of The Day Of The Doctor has been posted to YouTube.


A photo of David Tennant and Richard Wilson backstage at BAFTA Scotland last night has been posted to Twitter.

Doctor Who is one of Digital Spy's This Weeks Must See TV Shows.

At 8pm tonight on BBC Three there will be the premiere broadcast of a programme called Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. It is hosted by Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman but looks at all eleven Doctors.

Today the Countess of Wessex hosts a special Doctor Who reception in Buckingham Palace. It is not known if David Tennant will attend.

BBC Breakfast will show an item by Lizo Mzimba with David Tennant and Matt Smith from the set of The Day Of The Doctor.

Nativity! and Nativity 2 - Danger In The Manger combined DVD is also released today in the UK.

Today DVD of Nativity 2 Danger in The Manger! is released in the UK.

DVD of The Escape Artist is released today in the UK.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 17th November 2013.


Sunday 17th November 2013

David Tennant at BAFTA Scotland

A scan of David Tennant / Matt Smith Doctor Who Magazine interview has been posted to Tumblr.

Tonight David Tennant presented Richard Wilson with an Outstanding Contribution to Television and Film at BAFTA Scotland in Glasgow.
Link to video of David's speech.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A New Zealand trailer for The Day Of The Doctor has been posted to YouTube with new clips in it.

Tomorrow morning BBC Breakfast will show an item by Lizo Mzimba with David Tennant and Matt Smith from the set of The Day Of The Doctor
Lizo tweeted this photo of him with David and Matt.

BBC America have posted a new Doctor Who interview clip (including David Tennant) to YouTube.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A two minute clip of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yeaterday's evening performance has been posted to Twitter.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yeaterday's matinee has been posted to Twitter.

The most bizarre headline of the day is 'David Tennant - he’s as ordinary as a coffee van!' from Dewsbury Reporter.

Herald Scotland lists David Tennant and Tom Baker as examples of hightlights of the 50 years of Doctor Who.

Last night Nigel Lindsay tweeted 'Bye bye Stratford. It's been an education and a treat' and Emma Hamilton tweeted 'Thank you for an incredible send-off; over 1000 theatregoers on their feet! Overwhelmed. Onwards to @BarbicanCentre!'

The Independent has a Jemma Redgrace interview about The Day Of The Doctor which confirms a minor SPOILER about the TARDIS.

Daily Mail has an interview with John Hurt about The Day Of The Doctor which he descibes as ''one of my toughest roles. '

BBC Three has the third part of their Doctor Who: Greatest Monsters and Villains Weekend from 7pm tonight.

The Night Of The Doctor is available from today on the Red Button.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 16th November 2013.


Saturday 16th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

David Tennant and the cast received a standing ovation from the whole theatre after the final Stratford-upon-Avon performance of Richard II tonight.
Once the performance David Tennant again gave an appeal for donations to aid for the Philippines.
During the applause someone threw flowers onto the stage which David Tennant presented to Jane Lapotaire to great applause.
It is now 23 days until Richard II opens at The Barbican in London.

More new photos from The Day Of The Doctor have been posted to FarFarAwaySite.

A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door after the matinee today has been posted to YouTube.

After the matinee performance of Richard II today David Tennant gave a quick speech about collecting for aid for the Philippines with cast members standing at the doors with buckets.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

According to RSC staff today the DVD of Richard II will be released in February.

Radio Times chooses their Best David Tennant and Billie Piper Moments in Doctor Who.

The Times Literary Supplement has an interesting, detailed review of Richard II.

A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yeaterday's evening performance has been posted to Twitter.

BBC reports that over 20,000 Radio Times readers have voted David Tennant as their Favourite Doctor in a poll. He won with 56% of the votes cast.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 40th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm. This is their final performance at this theatre.

Today David Tennant plays the 39th performance (a matinee) of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 1.30pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 15th November 2013.


Friday 15th November 2013
David Tennant was shown briefly at the end of The Day Of The Doctor Children In Need preview clip which has been posted to YouTube.


It was 5 years ago today that David Tennant played the final performance of Love's Labour's Lost and the final performance of Hamlet in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

BlogtorWho has posted the tracklist of 50th Anniversary Collection 4CD set (which includes tracks from David Tennant's era. It is released on 12th December.

Link to audio of Greg Doran's Directors Talk about Richard II from a few weeks ago.

The RSC have posted two photos of David Tennant and Greg Doran from the schools Richard II Q&A here and here.

A photo of David Tennant and Matt Smith from Doctor Who Magazine has been posted to Twitter.

More details have been released about BBC Three's Doctor Who After Show Party.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yeaterday's matinee has been posted to Twitter.
David Tennant did not sign at the stage door last night. There was an event happening in the theatre post-show.

The Guardian comments on streaming live theatre.

A photo from the set of The Day Of The Doctor shows name labeled chairs of the main cast.

The Night Of The Doctor has been posted to YouTube.

BBC Radio Wales will host a Doctor Who Day on Thursday 21st November.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 38th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

A clip from The Day Of The Doctor will be screened during Children In Need on BBC One starting at 7pm tonight.

Tonight BBC Three has a Doctor Who: Greatest Monsters and Villains Weekend starting at 7pm.

This morning 34,000 students in hundreds of schools around the country will watch the Richard II broadcast (filmed on Wednesday) followed by a live Q&A with David Tennant and Greg Doran.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 14th November 2013.


Thursday 14th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Guardian praises David Tennant as 'our favourite Doctor' in a great article about his career.

Illuminations have added a new blog post about last night's live screening of Richard II.

A video of David Tennant signing after this afternoons's matinee performance of Richard II has been posted to YouTube.

After the matinee today of Richard II David Tennant gave an appeal for the people in the Phillippines so some cast members held buckets for donations as people left the theatre.
The same happened after the evening performance.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Variety reports that the live broadcast in cinemas of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Richard II was seen by more than 60,000 people on Wednesday night in 364 cinemas across the UK and generated more than £1 million in box office receipts, including the more than 20,000 people who booked tickets for upcoming screenings.

The Night Of The Doctor, the prequel to The Day Of The Doctor, has been added to the BBC iPlayer.

The Mirror has an article about David Tennant's return to Doctor Who.

The RSC have added a link to a survey for those who watched a screening of Richard II last night.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to Twitter.

A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door after last night's performance has been posted to YouTube.

The Science Of Doctor Who (with Professor Brian Cox) premieres on BBC Two at 9pm tonight.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 37th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

David Tennant plays the 36th performance (a matinee) of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 1.30pm today.

Doctor Who Magazine 467 is published today including David Tennant and Matt Smith interviewed together.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 13th November 2013.


Wednesday 13th November 2013
After the live performance tonight Richard II actor Sam Marks tweeted 'The live broadcast of #RichardII @TheRSC tonight was fantastic and very exciting! Thanks for all your well-wishing tweets!' and Jake Sann tweeted 'LIVE screening done! A great success & achievement, well done to all involved and thank you to all who watched and supported!'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Unfortunately Broadchurch did not win the Writers' Guild Award tonight as Silk won the TV Drama Award.

#RSCRichardII was trending in the UK tonight.

The RSC have posted more backstage calls to Soundcloud including Richard II half hour call, Part 1 beginners' call and David Tennant call for Deposition scene.

David Tennant is interviewed in a new video by Digital Spy called Doctor Who: 50 Years Of A TV Icon which has been posted to YouTube.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The RSC has added Production Diary Video #12 to YouTube. This one is about the cinema broadcast.

BBC America has added a new David Tennant interview video called The Evolution Of The Doctor.
Screencaps of the video have been added here and here.

David Tennant's stage call to the wig room this afternoon has been posted to SoundCloud. (Please note that David has hair extensions, not a wig.)

The RSC have posted some behind the scenes photos.

Last night The Escape Artist was the sixth most watched programme over all channels throughout the whole evening. It was the highest non-news, non-soap programme.

Female First gives The Escape Artist DVD A 4 star review.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to Twitter.

Last night episode three of The Escape Artist received an extra half a million viewers than episode two with 4.6 million. This was 20.4% of those people watching television at that time and won the 9pm slot. It had almost double the second highest (Missing 2.74m)

Link for non-UK people to watch episode three of The Escape Artist.

The latest update from Illuminations about the problems they had at the Richard II camera rehearsal yesterday said that one cast member almost missed the performance!

The Telegraph review of The Escape Artist describes David Tennant's performance as 'excellent' although they didn't like the overall plot much.

The Telegraph's Doctor Who's 50 best stories 30 - 21 (includes one of David Tennant's).

New Zealand Herald reports that TV One in New Zealand will broadcast Broadchurch in 2014.

TheFarFarAwaySite has posted some promo photos of The Day Of The Doctor.

A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube.

The review of The Escape Artist by Huffington Post includes 'Every twist was tied off neatly with a gigantic bow, safe in the hands of David Tennant - after all, as we've seen in countless TV dramas now, no one does the silent, despairing hug of a child quite like Tennant. Don't leave us for Hollywood, will you?'

Metro has the title 'The Escape Artist fans in tears as they hail ‘perfect ending’ to finale.'

UnrealityTV's review of The Escape Artist has the title 'David Tennant shines in a gripping and clever final episode.'

Tonight David Tennant plays the 35th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7pm. This performance will be shown in cinemas worldwide.

The Writer's Guild awards announced tonight. Broadchurch has been nominated for the TV Drama Series category.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 12th November 2013.


Tuesday 12th November 2013
iPlayer link to download episode 3 of The Escape Artist for 7 days (UK only).

After broadcast The Escape Artist and later David Tennant too were trending in the UK on Twitter!

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door this afternoon after the camera rehearsal has been posted to Twitter.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Best Daily describes the final episode of The Escape Artist as 'Well thought-out, original, compelling drama.'

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

AcornMedia have a chance to win a copy of the Broadchurch Blu-ray signed by David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Chris Chibnall. To enter people need to buy a copy of the DVD.

The Graham Norton show are offering fans a chance to be in their audience next week. Details have been posted to Twitter.

The Night Of The Doctor mini episode will be on the red button from 16th November. However Radio Times reports that only one of The Doctors will appear in the episode.

As mentioned in the cast Q&A last week, there will be a rehearsed reading by some of the Richard II cast at The Barbican Centre of Thomas Of Woodcock at 2pm on Friday 20th December.

The Escape Artist is a TV Top Pick for Coventry Telegraph which they describe as 'an enormously satisfying conclusion.'

The Telegraph also interviewed David Tennant and Matt Smith on the set of The Day Of The Doctor.

The Sun's Weekend magazine from last weekend has an item about The Escape Artist and says that it hopes to see more of that type of drama on television.

A RSC press release says that at least 34,000 UK students will see the broadcast of Richard II on Friday followed by the David Tennant / Greg Doran Q&A.
It also says that 60,000 people will watch it tomorrow evening in cinemas in Britain.

BlogtorWho has posted the radio advert for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special The Day of the Doctor.

Den Of Geek has a new interview with David Tennant and Matt Smith from the set of The Day Of The Doctor.

David Tennant, Matt Smith and John Hurt on the cover of Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who Magazine have posted details of their 50th Anniversary edition of Doctor Who Magazine (issue #467) which is published on 14 November.
The magazine will have an interview with David Tennant and Matt Smith interviewed together.
There will also be a photo of David Tennant, Matt Smith and John Hurt on the cover of the magazine.

Radio Three's Suzy Klein will be the host for Richard II in cinemas tomorrow.

Two sets of screencaps from deleted scenes from the Broadchurch Blu-ray have been posted to Tumblr here and here.

Metro again chooses The Escape Artist as one of its TV Picks.

Next week's issue of Radio Times will have twelve different Doctor Who covers to celebrate the 50th Anniversary!

The Escape Artist is one of Radio Times TV Picks Of The Day.

The third and final episode of The Escape Artist premieres on BBC One tonight at 9pm.
A synopsis of the episode (with no spoilers) is here.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 34th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

Today there is a second filmed camera tech performance at 1.30pm of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon in preparation for the live filming tomorrow.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 11th November 2013.

David Tennant and Matt Smith


Monday 11th November 2013
On Wednesday 20th November BBC America in the US will have a Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Marathon from 2am until 11pm!

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Canada.com has an interview with Nigel Lindsay about Richard II, Shrek and Doctor Who appearing on the same stage and about working with David Tennant.

A new photo of David Tennant and Matt Smith has been posted to Twitter.

BlogtorWho reports that a photo of David Tennant will be on the cover of a new book called The Who's Who Of Doctor Who. It is published in January.

BlogtorWho has posted another Doctor Who BBC ident (with Matt Smith).

Channel Four have added a video of their interview with David Tennant.
Screencaps from the interview have been added to Twitter here, here and here.

DoctorWhoTV has some new photos from The Day Of The Doctor including one of David Tennant and Matt Smith.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Channel Four News article with extracts from their David Tennant interview to be broadcast tonight.
The page has a video clip where David talks about Doctor Who.

Channel Four News has posted an 18 second clip from their interview with David Tennant to YouTube.
A screencap from the clip has been posted to Twitter.

An exclusive Doctor Who scene will be shown on Children In Need on Friday evening on BBC One. It will include David Tennant and is expected to be from the Day Of The Doctor.

David Tennant's interview on Channel Four News (which he filmed last Wednesday) will be broadcast tonight sometime between 7pm and 7.55pm.

Blink is Digital Spy's second favourite Doctor Who episode.

WalesOnline has a fun Doctor Who Quiz about whether Matt Smith or David Tennant said certain lines.

It is not confirmed but Daily Star says that the voices of all 11 Doctors will be heard in The Day Of The Doctor.

CultBoxTV has an interview with Matt Smith where he talks about working with David Tennant.

Illuminations has set up a new page to chronicle the events leading up to Wednesday's live broadcast of Richard II.

Den Of Geek interview with Matt and Jenna about The Day Of The Doctor includes questions about David Tennant at the read-through.

Austria and New Zealand have been added so now Richard II will be shown in cinemas in 11 countries according to The RSC Onscreen website.

University of Reading student newspaper describes The Escape Artist as 'one of the most chilling things that I’ve ever seen.'

The Hollywood Reporter visited the set of The Day Of The Doctor.
The interviewer asked 'What did David do to snap back into the role of the Doctor?' David replied 'I had to go and get a couple of DVDs. It just sort of came back. It's something about its energy. It's not naturalistic like most other things are. It's the tone that's unlike anything else. That's what people find when they guest on it. It's been a lovely thing to revisit.'
In the interview Matt said that the two Doctors 'have a pretty even split of screen time.'

This week David Tennant and the cast play performances 34 to 40 of Richard II in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The performance on Wednesday is filmed.
Unusually for a Monday, there is no performance today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 10th November 2013.


Sunday 10th November 2013
The first Doctor Who 50th Anniversary BBC ident (with Matt Smith and no David Tennant) has been posted to YouTube.

Photos of David Tennant at the stage door from Wednesday 6th to Saturday 9th November.

Galleon News has a 7/10 star review of The Escape Artist with the phrase 'David Tennant has been fairly ubiquitous of late.'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yesterday;s matinee has been posted to Twitter.
He did not sign after the evening performance.

Female First has an interview with Debbie Isitt about Nativity 2! Danger In The Manger including her being asked about David Tennant filming his scenes.

Most newspapers today have items about the Doctor Who trailers e.g. Daily Mail.

Today The Doctors Revisited: The Tenth Doctor has its UK premiere on Watch at 2pm followed by a showing of The Stolen Earth and Journey's End.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 9th November 2013.


Saturday 9th November 2013
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Screencaps from The Day Of The Doctor extended trailer have been posted to Twitter here, here and here.

The Day Of The Doctor extended trailer has been posted to The BBC website.


A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door after the matinee this afternoon has been posted to YouTube.

BlogtorWho has posted more behind the scenes photos of filming of The Day Of The Doctor from The Telegraph magazine.

A photo of David Tennant with Matt Smitt and John Hurt from The Telegraph magazine has been posted to Twitter.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The BBC has announced that before The Day Of The Doctor there will be a mini-episode called The Night Of The Doctor.

The Wrap has the Doctor Who Anniversary schedule for BBC America in the US.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to Twitter.

The trailer for The Day Of The Doctor will have its television premiere on BBC One just before Atlantis (8pm) tonight.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 33rd performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

This afternoon David Tennant plays the 32nd performance (a matinee) of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 8th November 2013.


Friday 8th November 2013
Screencaps from The Day Of The Doctor have been posted to Twitter here and here.

Tonight the BBC Latin Facebook page posted the trailer for The Day Of The Doctor 24 hours ahead of its official debuet on BBC One tomorrow. It was then posted to YouTube and finally on the BBC website.


The RSC has announced that a new exhibition of Simon Annand's The Half (with new photographs of the actors as they prepare for Richard II) will start from 30th November.

The Independent has a review of The Escape Artist which includes the phrase 'The Escape Artist is the perfect BBC1 drama.'

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

This afternoon the BBC announced that a second trailer of The Day Of The Doctor will be released on Sunday (and will be posted online immediately after transmission).

The BBC has now posted the first clip from The Day Of The Doctor. It's the same one as earlier and they have titled it 'But That’s Not Possible!'

A screencap from the RSC Production Diary video has been posted to Twitter.

The RSC have posted their Production Diary video #11 to YouTube.
In this video David Tennant talks about his excitement in the lead-up to his first ever live theatre performance to audiences in cinemas across the world.


Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to Twitter.

Video of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yesterday's matinee has been posted to YouTube.

Radio Times has confirmed that The Day Of The Doctor will premiere on BBC One (and worldwide) from 7.50pm GMT until 9.05pm on Saturday 23rd November.
At 9.05pm BBC Three will be holding a Doctor Who after-episode-party which they are calling #DoctorWhoLive.

The first clip from The Day Of The Doctor was posted online. Details are at this link.

Radio Times has quite a negative review of the third episode of The Escape artist but it does end with 'Still, the ending has some clever little moments, and David Tennant, as Burton, has been brilliant throughout. '

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 7th November 2013.


Thursday 7th November 2013
Wow - we have over 230,000 followers on Twitter!

BlogtorWho reports that there will be some Doctor Who action on the BBC Red Button from Nov 16!

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

CultBoxTV reports that two retrospective Doctor Who CD boxsets, featuring music from the show including David Tennant's era, will be released.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Michael J Fox tweeted that Broadchurch was one of his favourite shows.

The Hinckley Times 4 star review of Richard II includes the phrase '"Tennant and Lindsay are impressive protagonists. '

Huffington Post has a new clip from The Doctors Revisited - The Tenth Doctor about what made David Tennant such a good Doctor.

Donmar Warehouse has posted a photo to Twitter of David Tennant from April 2002 when he played Jeff in British premiere of Lobby Hero.

New Statesman review of The Escape Artist isn't very positive but it does include the comment 'Tennant’s skill works on dialogue like a pair of bellows on a reluctant fire.'

The video interview of Joanna Page includes her describing filming 'romantic scenes' with David Tennant on the BBC website.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to Tumblr.

The Independemt has an item about the stream of Richard II which is free to schools across the country next Friday.

OneStopArts has a 5 star review of Richard II.

Matt Smith says some lovely things about David Tennant in his interview on The BBC website about The Day Of The Doctor.

The BBC have added a video of the David Tennant interview about The Day Of The Doctor (with different questions).


The Guardian has a photo of David Tennant on the front page today about his online chat.

The Spectator has an article titled 'I'm in love with Shakespeare — and with David Tennant's Richard II.'

The Mirror has an interview with Joanna Page (taken from the BBC interviews) about filming a scene with David Tennant in The Day Of The Doctor.

At midnight The BBC released interviews with several cast members (including David Tennant) about The Day Of The Doctor.
David Tennant's interview has been reproduced here.

BlogtorWho has 4 new images from The Day Of The Doctor which the BBC released at midnight.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 30th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

Today David Tennant plays the 29th performance (a matinee) of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 1.30pm.

There is an educational pre-performance and post-show talk before matinee of Richard II today (not involving David Tennant).

Doctor Who Destiny of the Doctor Complete Series audiobook is released today. It includes the Tenth Doctor story read by Catherine Tate.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 6th November 2013.

David Tennant in The Day Of The Doctor


Wednesday 6th November 2013
Tonight the BBC tweeted that the trailer for The Day Of The Doctor will premiere on BBC One on Saturday (9th) just before Atlantis (8pm).

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Worldwide link to watch episode two of The Escape Artist.

The Guardian Stage online chat lasted about forty minutes and then David Tennant had to dash off for a Channel Four interview.
A recap of The Guardian Stage online chat.

The main thing that David Tennant said at the online chat at The Guardian Stage website was that he confirmed that his legal name (not just his stage name) is Tennant (and has been for a few years).

David Tennant

The RSC has suggested that anyone in the US who wishes to see Richard II in their city can create their own screening request at their local cinema by using Tugg.

Cult Box TV continue their Doctor Who 50th Anniversary retrospective with a look at what they think is David Tennant's best story - Human Nature and Family Of Blood.

TBIVision has The Escape Artist as its Show Of The Week and says that there are talks to broadcast it in Germany. Also there is a 2 x 90 minute version available for some markets as opposed to the 3 one hour episodes in the UK.

Digital Spy reports that episode two of The Escape Artist was the most-watched show outside of soaps and news programmes last night with 4.11 million which is 8.2% of those people watching television at that time. However that is down 1 million viewers on the number who watched the first episode.

Den Of Geek's slightly negative review of The Escape Artist says that she's concerned David Tennant may become 'TV’s tragic-dad-for-hire' after this, Broadchurch and Single Father as she thinks he is much better than that.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 28th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm. This will be audio described.

David Tennant will do a live webchat on The Guardian Stage website at 2pm today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 5th November 2013.


Tuesday 5th November 2013
Metro has an article about the reaction of fans on Twitter about The Escape Artist and concern about the fate of David Tennant's character.

The BBC have posted a new clip from episode three of The Escape Artist.

iPlayer link for episode 2 of The Escape Artist (UK only). the link is valid for 7 days.

CultBoxTV's review of episode two of The Escape Artist includes 'Tennant shines in an incredibly touching scene.'

Telegraph gives episode two of The Escape Artist 3 stars and says 'the terrific cast rose to the challenge.'

UnrealityTV's review of episode two of The Escape Artist (which details the whole episode) concludes with 'Overall though The Escape Artist continues to go from strength to strength and I’m just hoping that we get a satisfactory conclusion next week.'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Today TVRatingsUK tweeted that The Day Of The Doctor will be broadcast directly up against The X Factor at 8pm on Saturday 23rd November according to preliminary schedules which were released today.

Digital Spy has announced that David Tennant and Matt Smith will be on The Graham Norton Show on Friday 22nd November.
The programme is recorded the previous evening and SRO has a waiting list for tickets.

The 'too-exciting-to-breathe drama The Escape Artist' is an Evening Standard TV Pick tonight. (You need to scroll down the page slightly.)

Radio Times reports that today Olivia Colman again said that she will be in Series Two of Broadchurch.

A new clip from tonight's episode of The Escape Artist has been posted to YouTube.


David Tennant will do a live webchat on The Guardian Stage website at 2pm tomorrrow. That link has the options to post questions for him to answer.

Article about the Cast Talk about Richard II yesterday evening.

Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger! is available to download in the UK from today on iTunes.

DoctorWhoSite reports that a David Tennant / Tenth Doctor ceramic mug is now available.

Royal Television Society has a panel titled Broadchurch - Anatomy of a Hit on Thursday 28th November in London.
It will feature Chris Chibnall, Jane Featherstone, James Strong and Olivia Colman and tickets are £12.50 for non-members.

Herts and Essex Observer has an article about Gus Barry who plays David Tennant's son in The Escape Artist.

Liverpool Daily Post also chooses The Escape Artist as its Top TV Pick (with SPOILERS).

RTE in Ireland chooses The Escape Artist as one of its Top TV Picks for today.

BlogtorWho has details about the radio documentary Who Is The Doctor? which premieres on Thursday 21st November at 10pm on BBC Radio Two.

Today is the deadline for schools to register for the broadcast of Richard II filmed performance and Q&A with Gregory Doran and David Tennant on 15th November.

Nigel Lindsay tweeted 'I ended Richard II last night with the immortal line: "Though I did wish him bed" instead of "dead". Cuddlier Bolingbroke, methinks!
Also last night one of David Tennant's chains fell off in the dungeon scene! The Escape Artist indeed!

The Escape Artist is one of Radio Times Top TV Picks For Today too.

Metro includes 'thought-provoking' The Escape Artist in its Top TV Picks For Today.

A photo of David Tennant with two Virgin Media ticket winners after last night's performance of Richard II has been posted to Twitter.

Daily Star has a short item about The Escape Artist where 'David Tennant promises more twists.'

The second episode of The Escape Artist premieres on BBC One at 9pm tonight.
A synopsis of this episode (with no spoilers) is available here.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 27th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

Doctor Who blue-ray box set for series 1 - 7 is released in the US today. Amazon link.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 4th November 2013.


Monday 4th November 2013
BlogtorWho has a gallery of new high-res promo pics of David Tennant from the finale episode of The Escape Artist.

Peter Davison mentions meeting David Tennant for the first time in a speech about 50 years of Doctor Who at the TV choice Awards.

An iPad edition of the Richard II programme is now available on iTunes.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A photo from the first Richard II camera rehearsal today at 1.30pm in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was posted to Twitter.

The reviewer of The Stage is unsure whether they liked The Escape Artist or not.

BBC Press have posted the synopsis of The Day Of The Doctor (with minor SPOILERS).

BT website has an interview with Peter Davison where he has some lovely things to say about David Tennant in Doctor Who.

A review of Richard II in the student publication The Boar uses the phrase 'Tennant of course excels in the role of the King.'

Today Illuminations told us that today's filmed camera rehearsal will be wiped later and that there will be another one on 12th November before the live broadcast on 13th.

The excitement that David Tennant is returning to Doctor Who won a poll by Cult Box TV for what most fans are looking forward to in the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 26th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm. This is followed by a Cast Talk. (It is not known if David will attend).

This afternoon at 1.30pm there will be a full performance of Richard II which will be filmed to rehearse for the live broadcast on 13th November.

Today Doctor Who: The Complete Box Set - Series 1-7 is released on Blu-ray in the UK.

Broadchurch is released on BluRay in the UK today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 3rd November 2013.


Sunday 3rd November 2013
In Illuminations update at 8.20pm it mentions that there will be interval interviews during the live broadcast on 13th November.

BlogtorWho has posted a few details about The Night Of The Doctor mini episode.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Virgin Media website plays a video of David Tennant helping people choose a package.

Scotsman review of The Escape Artist (and a review of David Tennant's talents!)

Photos of David Tennant at the stage door Monday 28th October to Saturday 2nd November.

Doctor Who won the Best British TV Show Award today at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door after last night's performance has been posted to YouTube.

Today and tomorrow Illuminations will be updating their blog about the filmed rehearsal of Richard II. Today's updates (about setting up the theatre) are at this link.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the stage door last night has been posted to Twitter.

Probably the best two photos of David Tennant signing at the stage door after yesterday's matinee have been posted to Twitter here and here.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 2nd November 2013.


Saturday 2nd November 2013
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A video of David Tennant signing at the stage door after the matinee this afternoon has been posted to YouTube.

The Tenth Doctor episode Midnight features at number 4 in BlogtorWho's personal countdown of his Top 50 Doctor Who stories.

Radio Times has a 'Who is the best Doctor of all time?' poll which David Tennant is currently easily winning.

The Independent lists The Escape Artist as one of the best of catch-up TV this week.

The Telegraph continue their Doctor Who Top 50 with episodes 40-31 including David Tennant episodes.

David Tennant did not sign at the stage door last night so there is no 'probably the best photo' today. Apparently there was an event going on after the show in the theatre.

Today Nigel Lindsay tweeted that, after David Tennant had talked yesterday on the Today programme about receiving a ring on Press Night from the widow of Ian Richardson which he wore as RSC Richard II 40 years ago, that last night Richardson's ring clattered 20 foot from David's finger to the stage from the bridge in Act 1. Nigel added 'Ian Richardson is buried in the stalls. Hmmm...' He added that David said it was an accident and that Oliver Rix safely retrieved it.

Radio Times has a review of the second episode of The Escape Artist.

David Tennant's new advert for Virgin Media premieres on Channel Four sometime between 8pm and 9pm tonight.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 25th performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

David Tennant plays the 24th performance (a matinee) of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 1.30pm today.

Today at 10.30am some of the creative and cast will be at the Unwrapped session for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon. (David Tennant is unlikely to be involved.) It is for people aged 12 upwards and costs £5. There are currently tickets still available.

The Dylan Thomas Festival in Wales has a Doctor Who Day today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 1st November 2013.


Friday 1st November 2013
Doctor Who News reports that the Australian premiere of The Doctors Revisited - The Tenth Doctor is on Sunday 24th November during a massive Doctor Who weekend on Australian television.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The RSC have posted another production diary to YouTube. This one is about designer Stephen Brimson Lewis and the set of Richard II.


Another new Virgin Media video with David Tennant has been posted to YouTube. This one is about 'scary movies!' A screencap of this is here.


Video of David Tennant's Virgin Media advert (with cats) has been posted to Beam TV and a screencap is here.

The Dum reports that David Tennant has returned to Virgin Media adverts.
The first one airs tomorrow.

Probably the best photo of David Tennant signing at the Stage Door last night has been posted to Twitter.

The Mirror has an article titled 'David Tennant wore silk thermal underwear to ward off frostbite' during the filming (January to March) of The Escape Artist.

This morning on the BBC Radio Four programme Today there was an interview with David Tennant about him wearing Ian Richardson's ring in Richard II.
Click here for a MP3 of the item and photos.

John Wyver of Illuminations reports that on Monday there is the first camera rehearsal for RichardII in his latest blog update.

EZYDVD lists Nativity 2 Danger In The Manager DVD available to pre-order in Australia. It will be released there on 20th November.

It is NOT confirmed but Daily Mail CLAIMS there is talk of a second series of The Escape Artist (scroll down for the item).

The US publication Wall Street Journal has a review of Richard II in which they write 'Tennant's subtle, convincing performance.'

Tonight David Tennant plays the 23rd performance of Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon at 7.30pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 31st October.



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