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January 2014
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Friday 31st January 2014
A TV Times writer has reported that David Tennant will narrate the Twenty Twelve follow-up W1A.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Digital Spy has an interview with Stephen Mangan about Postman Pat - The Movie.

The first photos of David Tennant filming Gracepoint have been posted online.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Broadchurch will air in Austria on the station Plus4 from 3rd March at 8.15pm and then at the same time each week.

The Australian review of Spies Of Warsaw calls it 'a cracking good yarn.'

Rain again changes Gracepoint filming schedule on third day of filming.

Voting ends for What's On Stage Awards today. Richard II is nominated for Best Regional Production Award.


Thursday 30th January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

David Tennant in Richard II is one of the Shakespeare performances admired by The New York Times.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Radio Times also reports that Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall has given the strongest indication so far that David Tennant will not be in Series Two.
He also says that he has heard that David's American accent for Gracepoint is 'fantastic.

Radio Times reports that Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall has teased about Series Two.

The Broadcast date has been set for Spies Of Warsaw on free-to-air station in Australia. It is on Sunday 2nd February with the second episode to air next week at the same time.

In The Guardian Lyn Gardner writes that she doesn't like star-casting in Shakespeare but thinks David Tennant is 'up to the role.'

An audio clip of Peter Davison talking about The Five-ish Doctors, David Tennant and appearing in Australia has been posted to Soundclip.

Inclement weather changes Gracepoint schedule on second day of filming.


Wednesday 29th January 2014
A video and 51 photos of David Tennant at the stage door on Friday evening (24th). This was the final time that David appeared at the stage door.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Doctor Who Adventures magazine 338 has 'Secrets from the set of The Day Of The Doctor.'

Broadchurch and Dorset have been voted by Radio Times readers the fourth Top TV Setting of 2013.

Yahoo reports that The Day Of The Doctor was the third most popular show on BBC iPlayer during 2013.

Link to full size version of our collage for the final week of photos of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican.

Collage of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican

CTV News also has an item about the first day of Gracepoint filming (it shows Kevin Zegers).

Fans of David Tennant shown in CHEK News report about first day of Gracepoint filming.


Tuesday 28th January 2014
A video and 48 photos of David Tennant at the stage door on Thursday evening (23rd).

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Digital Spy reports that Olivia Colman discussed both Gracepoint and Broadchurch backstage at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards yesterday.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Radio Times take a closer look at David Tennant's Tenth Doctor's choice of clothes and describe him as 'A doomy romantic.'

Times Colonist has an article about Gracepoint starting to film today.

BlogtorWho has an exclusive look at the David Tennant Tenth Doctor disc from the upcoming 11 CD Doctor Who Soundtrack Box-set.

Broadchurch will premiere on French television on Tuesday 17th February.

CBBC looks at all 12 Doctors.

A video and 31 photos of David Tennant at the stage door on Wednesday evening (22nd).

Illuminations compare the filmed and live versions (at the end of the run) of Richard II.

A CTV News clip looks at the attention the stars of Gracepoint may receive in Oak Bay.

Gracepoint starts filming today in Oak Bay, Canada.


Monday 27th January 2014
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Headline on Herald Scotland is 'Broadchurch starring David Tennant picks up best drama at The South Bank Awards'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

35 photos of David Tennant at the stage door on Tuesday evening (21st).

Broadchurch won the TV Drama Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards this afternoon! Olivia Colman accepted the award.

Evening Standard has an article about David Tennant (and other celebs) supporting @swab4margot.

In a new interview with Times Colonist Gracepoint Executive Producer John Goldwyn describes David Tennant as 'a remarkable actor.'

The South Bank Sky Arts Awards are announced today. Broadchurch is nominated for the TV Drama Award.

New Doctor Who documentary 'Who's Changing' is released today.


Sunday 26th January 2014
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A video and 48 photos of David Tennant at the stage door on Monday evening (20th).

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Watch channel has 6 hours of David Tennant episodes of Doctor Who next Sunday (2nd).

There were mishaps and emotions in the final week of performances of Richard II!

Today there is a cast screening of the filmed Richard II performance in London.


Saturday 25th January 2014
After the final performance of Richard II, Nigel Lindsay tweeted 'Ta for kind tweets. Richard II great experience. Audiences fantastic SUA & Barbican. Makes real difference to us.Thank you and Emma Hamilton tweeted 'Final performance under way. Am a weepy mess, frankly. Going to miss these dear, sterling folk something chronic.'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 85th and final performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm. More details are at this link.

Today David Tennant plays the 84th performance (a matinee) of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 2pm.

Today at 12pm at The Barbican cinema there is a showing of the filmed performance of Richard II from 13th November, followed by a Q&A with director Greg Doran. More details are here.

Deadline reports that Georgina Rylance has joined the cast of Gracepoint as hotel owner Gemma.


Friday 24th January 2014
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

BSO Spirit has an interview with Murray Gold about composing for The Day Of The Doctor and David's farewell episode.

Unfortunately Simon Thorp will not play in tonight's performance of Richard II. His parts will be played by Joshua Richards and Antony Bryne.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

iol has posted a review of the filmed version of Richard II.

Times Colonist has an article about Oak Bay getting ready for Gracepoint filming.

Gracepoint Update: New interview with Exec Producer, Test shooting starts today and another cast member announced.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 83rd performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

The UK premiere of David Tennant's second episode of Fish Hooks, Assignment: Babies, is on Disney Channel at 8.05am today.


Thursday 23rd January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Hollywood Reporter announces that Stephen Louis Grush has joined the cast of Gracepoint as Vince Novik. This is the part played by Joe Sims in Broadchurch and called Nige.

Details of the first day of Gracepoint filming in Oak Bay have been posted to Twitter. It is not known whether David Tennant will be involved.

CTV News has a video interview with Gracepoint executive producer John Goldwyn who says that all of the series will be filmed in Victoria.

Madalyn Horcher has been cast as Chloe Lasseter in Gracepoint.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 82nd performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.


Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Tonight at the National Television Awards:
Unfortunately Penguins - Spy In The Huddle did not win the Documentary Series Award as Educating Yorkshire won.
Matt Smith won the Best Drama Performance Award (for Doctor Who). Steven Moffat described David Tennant as 'incredible' as he was talking about Matt Smith taking over from David in Doctor Who when accepting the award on Matt's behalf. A video of it has been posted to YouTube.
Unfortunately David Tennant or Olivia Colman didn't win Best Detective Award for Broadchurch as Benedict Cumberbatch did. However Benedict Cumberbatch mentioned both David Tennant and Olivia Colman briefly as other nominees in his acceptance speech.
Doctor Who (and not Broadchurch) won the Drama Award. A clip of David Tennant was shown from The Day Of The Doctor.
David Tennant did not attend as he was on stage in Richard II at the time.

Amazon now shows the cover of US version of Broadchurch Series One DVD. The DVD will be released on 1st April.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie is a finalist in the British Animation Awards 2014.

Chance to own a piece of Richard II memorabilia by making a donation to The RSC.

Link to full size version of our collage for the sixth week of photos of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican.

Collage of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican

The National Television Awards are announced tonight.
David Tennant and Olivia Colman are nominated for TV Detective Award, Broadchurch and Doctor Who for Drama Award and Penguins - Spy In The Huddle for Documentary Series Award.
The awards will be televised (almost) live on ITV from 7.30pm.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 81st performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

Today there is a Richard II Sixth Form Conference in London by The RSC at The Barbican Centre.


Tuesday 21st January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Photos of a young David Tennant in a photoshoot from the year 2000 have been posted to Tumblr.

Radio Times has short profiles for David Tennant (and Olivia Colman) as contenders in this year's NTAs.

Titan Comics to publish Doctor Who comics including David Tennant's Tenth Doctor.

John Downer Productions have posted what they call 'The most emotional clip we've ever filmed from Penguins - Spy In The Huddle to YouTube.

Anthem Magazine has an interview with Kendrick Sampson where he talks about his role in Gracepoint.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 80th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.


Monday 20th January 2014
Headway Essex have just received a new stock of personally signed cards from David Tennant himself which fans can purchase in aid of the charity.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The BBC have posted a new video interview with Tom Baker about his role in The Day Of The Doctor.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

David Tennant in Richard II is one of Evening Standard's Cool Things To Do in London This Week.

Unfortunately David Tennant will not host the BBC Audio Drama Awards this year (which are held on Sundayin London) as he has in previous years. Lenny Henry will host instead.

Today The RSC tweeted 'We are hoping to release a DVD of the Richard II live broadcast in Spring 2014. We'll post on Twitter when we know more.' Previously RSC staff in Stratford-upon-Avon said it would be released in February.

Photos from one of David Tennant's first professional photoshoots have been posted to Tumblr.

The filming dates for Gracepoint have been revised. They will now start on Tuesday 28th (instead of 27th) and they end in canada on Friday 23rd May.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 79th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

This week David Tennant plays performances 79 to 85 of Richard II. Details are here.


Sunday 19th January 2014
According to a local resident, production teams start arriving in Oak Bay tomorrow for Gracepoint filming which starts next week.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

More great photos of David Tennant and the cast at the Richard II Q & A on 8th January have been posted to Tumblr.

Details about The Broadchurch Experience fan weekend.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 59 photos from the signing to Flickr.

Sunday Times reports that a David Tennant recording introduced Labour's Ed Miliband speech this week. However it is unclear if this was a new or his old recording for Labour.


Saturday 18th January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Wow! We have over 280,000 followers on Twitter!
To celebrate we posted a photo of David Tennant to Twitter which received 66 retweets and was favourited 178 times.

Victoria News posted some details about Gracepoint filming in Sidney, BC (with photos by @Isabelle130).

A lovely photo of David Tennant with HolmesWhovian last night at the stage door has been posted to Twitter.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 41 photos from the signing to Flickr.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door on Thursday evening has been posted to YouTube and 58 photos from the signing to Flickr.

Radio Times looks at the NTA nominees including the three categories David Tennant is involved in, plus Doctor Who.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 78th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

Today David Tennant plays the 77th performance (a matinee) of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 2pm. This is an audio-described performance with a Touch Tour from 12pm to 12.30pm.


Friday 17th January 2014
A resident of Oak Bay, Tyson Elder, tweeted today that a waterfront property in Sidney will serve as the police station and morgue in Gracepoint.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Zimbio have posted a new photo of David Tennant with Jacqueline Jossa (who plays Lauren Branning in EastEnders).

Radio Times reports that BBC film critic Barry Norman would like more character-driven drama on TV such as Broadchurch.

David Tennant in Richard II is mentioned in The Guardian article about live versus filmed theatre. They say that 60,000 people saw the screened performance in cinemas around the world.

Olivia Colman will be a guest on The Graham Norton Show tonight at 10.35pm on BBC One.
Belfast Telegraph picks up on Olivia saying on the programme that she would have liked to have been asked to be in the US remake of Broadchurch called Gracepoint.

A trailer for the Who's Changing documentary about Doctor Who fans has been posted to YouTube.

Yesterday a local television station broadcast a news report about Oak Bay getting reading for Gracepoint filming. The video plays worldwide.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 76th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.


Thursday 16th January 2014
Doctor Who The 2nd Series, Part 1 DVD The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A DVD titled Doctor Who The 2nd Series, Part 1 will be released in the US on Tuesday 8th April.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 45 photos from the signing to Flickr.

John Downer Productions tweeted that Earthflight, Polar Bears - Spy On The Ice and Dolphins - Spy In The Pod over the Christmas period were watched by a total audience of 20 million and that is without including the iPlayer figures!

Dorset Echo reports that there will be a convention weekend for fans of Broadchurch.

Overnight it was announced that Kendrick Sampson has joined the cast of Gracepoint as Dean Iverson.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 75th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.


Wednesday 15th January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Earthflight (narrated by David Tennant) will be released in the US on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday 8th April.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant's absence from The Stage's 100 List is noted in a reader's letter this week.

77 photos of David Tennant at the stage door on Monday evening has been posted to Flickr.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 28 photos from the signing to Flickr.

A new Doctor Who documentary called Who's Changing will be released on DVD and Video On Demand on Monday 27th January.

The 5.3 million viewers for Dolphins - Spy In The Pod episode one made it the highest rated documentary across all channels for the week.

Link to full size version of our collage for the fifth week of photos of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican.

Collage of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican

Daily Express has a photo of David Tennant in an article about Martin Shaw saying that police dramas are 'too predictable.'

Tonight David Tennant plays the 74th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

Today David Tennant plays the 73rd performance (a matinee) of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 2pm.

Today David Tennant's first episode of Fish Hooks has its UK premiere broadcast at 8.05am on Disney Channel.


Tuesday 14th January 2014
The first photo of Oak Bay starting to get ready for Gracepoint filming has been posted online.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

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

David Tennant's first episode of Fish Hooks has its UK premiere broadcast tomorrow morning.

Another new video from episode one of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod has been posted to YouTube. The clip is called Giant Fish Attacks Spy Squid.

A new video from episode one of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod has been posted to YouTube. The clip is called Turtle Love.

The Day Of The Doctor was the most watched programme on BBC iPlayer for the whole of 2013!

Digital Spy suggests David Tennant as a possibility to play Commissioner Gordon in new US Fox series Gotham.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 72nd performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.


Monday 13th January 2014
Gracepoint will end differently compared to Broadchurch according to Fox Chairman of Entertainment Kevin Reilly at the Television Critics Association Press Tour today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

In an article about Sherlock, Radio Times reports that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special is still the most tweeted about TV episode ever! (Broadchurch is high in the charts too.)

David Tennant has supported Garden Re-Leaf Day's Gardening Quiz by recording a round of questions.

The consolidated television viewing figures show that Episode 1 of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod was the 40th most watched programme of the week.

David Tennant article about NTAs in Radio Times this week.

Huffington Post looks at the Doctor Who 50th anniversary year.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 71st performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

This week David Tennant and the cast will play performances 71 to 78 of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London. The performances are on Monday to Saturday evenings and a matinee on both Wednesday and Saturday.


Sunday 12th January 2014
There is a photo of David Tennant in Sydney Morning Herald in an article about visiting Shakespeare sites in England.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 13 photos from the signing to Flickr.

'Charismatic' David Tennant is included in Daily Telegraph article about leading men on the stage.

Today is day 2 of The RSC Weekend Lab for Richard II at The Barbican Centre in London.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 11th January 2014.
As we at DavidTennantOnTwitter.com are using Blogger more now for detailed David Tennant news, we have decided to stop compiling the David Tennant Daily News Digest report each day.
The News section of DavidTennantOnTwitter.com is still the place to find all the news and internet mentions of David Tennant (which is why it is the most regularly updated David Tennant website) but the Blogger page is where we add more detail about the major items.
However, instead of the David Tennant Daily News Digest article each day, we will resurrect the David Tennant Tidbits. These cover the smaller items and will be posted every few days.


Saturday 11th January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Indie London has reviewed the second episode of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 46 photos from the signing to Flickr.

A prop from David Tennant's era of Doctor Who is on the BBC Sherlock set.

Jessica Lucas has joined the cast of Gracepoint as reporter Renee Clemons. This is the role played in Broadchurch by Vicky McClure.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 70th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

Today David Tennant plays the 69th performance (a matinee) of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 2pm. This is a captioned performance.

This weekend The RSC host their Richard II Weekend Lab at The Barbican.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 10th January 2014.


Friday 10th January 2014
The Times Colonist has an article about Gracepoint filming which starts with the question 'Is there any actor in Hollywood who will not be working on Gracepoint when Fox’s 10-part remake of the British crime series Broadchurch starts shooting here at the end of the month?' It also uses the phrase 'a cast already top-heavy with big names' and says that Gracepoint will shoot in locations from Oak Bay Village to the Saanich Peninsula 'with the region doubling chiefly as the sleepy coastal California town of the title where the murder investigation takes place.'

The Gracepoint filming start date has been delayed by a week to Monday 27th January.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The Library Editions of 2 How To Train Your Dragoon Audiobooks (read by David Tennant) are released in the US today.

The viewing figures for episode two of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod are that it fell by over a million from last week to 3.56m (15.1%).

C21 Media also reports that Broadchurch was also one of the most time-shifted imported shows on Australian free-to-air networks in 2013.

The worldwide link to watch episode two of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod.
The DVD is released in the UK on 17th February.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Both Doctor Who and Broadchurch are included in Daily Telegraph article about a quarter of all viewers watching on catch-up.

Both David Tennant and Olivia Colman for Broadchurch are included in USA Today Golden Age of TV Acting.

The Independent has a review of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod which includes 'soothing Scots coo of narrator David Tennant.'

Tonight David Tennant plays the 68th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 9th January 2014.


Thursday 9th January 2014
Photos and a recap of the Richard II Cast Talk last night at The Barbican (which included David Tennant).

iPlayer link for the second episode of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod. It is available for 7 days for the UK only.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door on Tuesday evening has been posted to YouTube and 20 photos from the signing to Flickr.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Repeats of Dixon Of Dock Green (starring David Tennant) start tomorrow on Radio Four Extra at 6.30am.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A new book titled The Who's Who Of Doctor Who is now available.

BBC Shop currently has a Doctor Who Mega Sale.

Hackney Citizen has a new review of Richard II which includes the phrases 'David Tennant is a brilliant Richard II' and 'The production follows an acclaimed run in Stratford and marks a new tie-up between the RSC and the Barbican for which this sets a very high standard.'

Five videos of David Tennant answering questions at the Richard II Cast Talk last night have been added to YouTube.

Tonight the premiere broadcast of episode two of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod is on BBC One at 8pm.
Synopsis of episode two of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 8th January 2014.


Wednesday 8th January 2014
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Due to continued illness Simon Thorp will again not be on stage in tonight's performance of Richard II. He was first off last Friday.

David Tennant's 23 Radio Times covers in one picture.

Broadchurch is one of RTE's Top TV Picks For January (in the Republic Of Ireland).

There is a Richard II Cast Talk after the performance tonight at The Barbican for anyone who is attending the performance. It is not known whether David Tennant will attend.

David Tennant plays the 66th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

Broadchurch starts being broadcast in the Republic Of Ireland tonight at 9pm.

DVD Region 4 Doctor Who: The Best Of The Doctor 2005 - 2011 The Documentaries DVD is released in Australia and New Zealand today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 7th January 2014.


Tuesday 7th January 2014
A video of David Tennant at the stage door last night has been posted to YouTube and 48 photos from the signing to Flickr.

A great close-up photo of David Tennant at the stage door on Saturday evening has been posted to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

How To Train Your Dragon Audiobook CD is released today in the US.

A clip from the second episode of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod has been posted to YouTube.
In this clip bottlenose dolphins are filmed apparently getting high on secretions from pufferfish. The pufferfish secrete a neurotoxin that in high doses can kill but in small doses seemingly has a narcotic effect.

David Tennant is on the cover of the Radio Times for the 23rd time.

David Tennant, Broadchurch, Doctor Who and Penguins - Spy In The Pod are all nominated in final round of voting for National Television Awards.
David Tennant has been nominated for the newly created TV Detective Award.
Broadchurch and Doctor Who have both been nominated for the Drama Award.
Penguins - Spy In The Huddle has been nominated for the Documentary Series Award.
Full details and the voting link are here.

Episode one of Broadchurch premieres in Norway tonight on NRK1 at 10.10pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 6th January 2014.


Monday 6th January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Three David Tennant narrated nature documentaries are now available on iTunes in the US. The series are Swarm, Polar Bears: Spy On The Ice and Penguins Spy In The Huddle.

Link to full size version of our collage for the third and fourth weeks of photos of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican.

Collage of David Tennant signing at the stage door at The Barbican

This week David Tennant and the cast will play performances 64 to 70 of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London. The performances are on Monday to Saturday evenings and a matinee on Saturday plus there is a cast talk after the performance on Wednesday.

Watch starts a new repeat of Series Four of Doctor Who.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 5th January 2014.


Sunday 5th January 2014
Gifs of David Tennant's various 2013 projects has been posted to Tumblr.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The worldwide link to watch episode one of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod has been posted to Veoh.

Today John Downer Productions tweeted that Dolphins - Spy In The Pod will be broadcast in the US on the Discovery channel. The start date is not known yet.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door on Saturday evening has been posted to YouTube and 45 photos from the signing to Flickr.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door on Friday evening has been posted to YouTube and 19 photos from the signing to Flickr.

Synchrotones names Broadchurch by Olafur Arnalds as Best TV Score Of 2013.

Broadchurch starts being broadcast tonight on SDTV in South Africa at 9pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 4th January 2014.


Saturday 4th January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Simon Thorp is again having to miss today's performances of Richard II.

On Saturday 25th January at 12pm at The Barbican there will be a cinema showing of the filmed performance of Richard II from 13th November, followed by a Q&A with director Greg Doran. Tickets at £17 are available at this link.

Understudies were used last night for a performance of Richard II for the second time in this run.

A video of David Tennant at the stage door on Thursday evening has been posted to YouTube and 51 photos from the signing to Flickr.

The programme Farewell To Matt Smith (which includes David Tennant interview clips) is now available online from BBC America (however it may be US only).

This afternoon David Tennant plays the 62nd performance (a matinee) of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 2pm and this evening he plays the 63rd performance at 7.15pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 3rd January 2014.


Friday 3rd January 2014
David Tennant and Catherine Tate The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are supporting a stem cell donor appeal.

A third clip from Dolphins - Spy In The Pod has been posted to YouTube. In this clip a group of bottlenose dolphins are filmed surfing the waves underwater.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Daily Mail has an article about Dolphins - Spy In The Pod (about the 3,000 - 5,000 dolphin superpod).

IndieLondon gave Dolphins - Spy In The Pod a 4 star review.

The overnight viewing figures for Dolphins - Spy In The Pod are it had 4.9 million viewers which was 20.4% of those viewing television at that time. It also had a peak of 5.3 million.
More details are at this link.

Stuff (in New Zealand) has a 4.5 star review of Doctor Who Series Two Blu-ray.

It was 5 years ago tonight that David Tennant returned to the stage in Hamlet after surgery on his back.
It was also 5 years ago David Tennant appeared on BBC One in the programme where Matt Smith was announced as the Eleventh Doctor.

iPlayer link for Dolphins - Spy In The Pod (UK only) which is valid for 14 days.

The Telegraph gives Dolphins - Spy In The Pod 4 stars in its review.

Daily Mail includes Broadchurch in its Must-see TV Of 2014.

Broadchurch starts being broadcast on RTL4 in The Netherlands at 9.30pm tonight.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 61st performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 2nd January 2014.


Thursday 2nd January 2014
Doctor Who: The Best Of The Doctor 2005 - 2011 The Documentaries DVD cover The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Both Doctor Who and Broadchurch are included in Metro's 5 Returning Shows Not To Be Missed.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

On Wednesday 8th January there will be a DVD Region 4 release of Doctor Who: The Best Of The Doctor 2005 - 2011 The Documentaries.

David Tennant is one of The Loop's (in Canada) Names To Watch in 2014 (for both Broadchurch and Gracepoint).

Broadchurch starts broadcasting in The Netherlands and South Africa this week.

Broadchurch is included in The Stage's Review of 2013 In Television.

The Chronicle (in Australia) includes Broadchurch in its list of 'wonderful' new TV in 2013. The article describes it as 'intense, powerful stuff' and starts with 'David Tennant showed what a compelling actor he is.'

Tonight the premiere broadcast of episode one of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod is on BBC One at 8pm.
Synopsis of episode one of Dolphins - Spy In The Pod.

Tonight David Tennant plays the 60th performance of Richard II for The RSC at The Barbican in London at 7.15pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 1st January 2014.


Wednesday 1st January 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Anglophenia has a Catching Up With Broadchurch article (which includes Gracepoint).

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Detroit News lists David Tennant in its list of The 15 Most Fascinating TV People Of 2013.

Watch will start a new repeat of Series Four of Doctor Who on 6th January.

WalesOnline reports that the finale of Broadchurch was the top television drama moment of 2013 on Twitter by attracting 260,000 tweets.

Episode 4 of series 2 of Believe It! is on BBC Radio Four today at 11.30am today but David Tennant is not listed in the cast.

Anglophenia lists Broadchurch Series Two and Gracepoint as Things to Look Forward To in 2014.

Broadchurch is listed by Sydney Morning Herald as a Returning Show To Savour In 2014 and they call it 'Perhaps the best British drama in years'.

It is 4 years ago today that the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) regenerated into the Eleventh.
After we posted that, it was retweeted over 200 times!

A Happy New Year to our 271,749 followers!
At the start of 2013 it was 121,542 followers, at the beginning of 2012 we had 68,833 and at the start of 2011 we had 26,000 followers.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 31st December 2013.



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