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Sunday 31st August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Postman Pat: The Movie will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on Monday 29th September.
The movie will also be released on DVD in the US on Tuesday 23rd September.

David Tennant in two new videos discussing his character in Gracepoint have been posted to YouTube.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Jacki Weaver tells Stuff why Broadchurch is being remade as Gracepoint for the US.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 30th August (4 items).


Saturday 30th August 2014
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (read by David Tennant) is now available on Audible in the US.

David Tennant was shown VERY briefly in episode 2 of Doctor Who Extra (Into The Dalek) on BBC iPlayer and the Red Button.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 29th August (4 items).


Friday 29th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Metro has an article about five memorable teachers from Doctor Who including David Tennant (twice).

A second video of some of the cast (not David Tennant) of Broadchurch Series Two doing the Ice Bucket Challenge has been posted to YouTube with the promise of more videos later.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 28th August (6 items).


Thursday 28th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

There are quotes from an older interview with David Tennant in Edmonton Journal in an article about Gracepoint and US remakes.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Another new (old) photo of David Tennant has been posted to Twitter. This one is from he interviewed Russell T Davies on BBC Radio Two.

The French language version of the Broadchurch novel is now available to pre-order. It will be published on Friday 24th October.

Another new (old) photo of David Tennant by Ellis Parrinder has been posted to Twitter This photo is described as 'doing yoga poses!'

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 27th August (5 items).


Wednesday 27th August 2014
A video of some of the cast (not David Tennant) of Broadchurch Series Two doing the Ice Bucket Challenge has been posted to YouTube with the promise of more videos later.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant will voice a character called Robbie in an animated movie titled Reds and Grays.

Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor #2 is published today by Titan Comics.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 26th August (3 items).


Tuesday 26th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The two programmes Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion and Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord are now available in the UK on iTunes.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 25th August (5 items).


Monday 25th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

East Anglian Daily Times has a sweet article (with a photo) about David Tennant and Richard Wilson meeting up in Frinton last Friday.

Today Joe Sims tweeted that some of the cast / crew of Broadchurch Series Two will do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday.
He then tweeted to us 'The #Broadchurch team sheet is being drawn up. Stay tuned for Weds and I'll post the video.'

Broadchurch is now featured on Japan's WOWOW website.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 24th August (3 items).


Sunday 24th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Today BBC America has its Doctor Who Make Your Own Sunday which includes some David Tennant's episodes.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 23rd August (6 items).


Saturday 23rd August 2014
David Tennant's Doctor (among all the other Doctors) was briefly discussed by Strax in the exclusive cinema intro to Doctor Who tonight.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

David Tennant was shown briefly in Doctor Who Extra (a clip from Fires Of Pompeii) on BBC iPlayer.

Time examines other roles actors who have played The Doctor have performed.

Metro looks at '6 weird things the Doctor does after regenerating.'

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 22nd August (10 items).


Friday 22nd August 2014
The Independent gives high praise to David Tennant in an article about the Scottish referendum which starts:
'Hats off to David Tennant. There are numerous reasons to pay tribute to the excellent actor, and in no particular order, a former Doctor Who and one of the finest Hamlets of his generation. But this time he has been impressive, breathtaking even, off stage rather than on.'

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Hypable has a quiz about the Doctor Who Specials.

Cineworld has nationwide screenings of What We Did On Our Holiday on Monday 22nd September.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Sun Plus members have a free screening of What We Did On Our Holiday on Monday 1st September.

Bristol Post interview with Joe Sims reveals that even the actors in Broadchurch Series Two don't know how it ends!
The article also says that they are scheduled to finish filming in mid-October.

Daily Telegraph describes David Tennant's Tenth Doctor as having 'style, sex appeal, and a sensitive side.'

CableTV includes David Tennant's stubble as a reason it describes Gracepoint as 'a reboot worth watching!'

David Tennant has narrated a new Comic Relief video.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 21st August (7 items).


Thursday 21st August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

There is a free screening of the first two episodes of Gracepoint (followed by a Q and A with some of the cast and producers) in Los Angeles on Tuesday 30th September.

MTV has a preview of some of the pages of the second Tenth Doctor comic from Titan.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Doctor Who Magazine #477 is published today and includes a look at David Tennant's episode Midnight.

The first Canadian trailer for Gracepoint (with new clips of David Tennant) has been posted to Vimeo.

German language version of Broadchurch novel (with the title Der Mörder unter uns) is released in Kindle, paperback and audio book (read by Peter Lontzek) today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 20th August (6 items).


Wednesday 20th August 2014
A scan of David Tennant as Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who Magazine The Year Of the Doctor Special has been added to Tumblr.

It is Day 4 tomorrow of the David Tennant / Doctor Who marathon on BBC America.

BBC America has announced their schedule for the Doctor Who Make Your Own Sunday this coming Sunday (24th) and it includes some David Tennant episodes.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Digital Spy looks at the debut Doctor Who adventures of the 11 Doctors.

David Tennant has won a Best Ever Doctor Who poll by WalesOnline.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 19th August (6 items).


Tuesday 19th August 2014
It is Day 3 tomorrow of the David Tennant / Doctor Who marathon on BBC America.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Update on Broadchurch filming Monday 4th to Friday 15th August (two weeks).

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Some gifs of David Tennant from Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion have been posted to Tumblr.

As expected (although not announced in advance) David Tennant was briefly interviewed by Peter Davison in Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord on BBC America last night. The interview was recorded at the same time as his interview in Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 18th August (14 items).


Monday 18th August 2014
The David Tennant / Doctor Who marathon continues tomorrow on BBC America.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Today Hypable has a quiz about Doctor Who Series Four.

What We Did On Our Holiday to be used to boost Scottish tourism (includes a new photo of David Tennant).

BBC America has a Doctor Who / David Tennant marathon starting today with 60 programmes featuring David Tennant!

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 17th August (14 items).


Sunday 17th August 2014
The Doctor Who / David Tennant marathon (60 programs) on BBC America starts tomorrow at 8am.

Unfortunately neither of David Tennant's projects won Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form at Hugo Awards as Game Of Thrones won.

David Tennant is attending the Hugo Awards tonight with Peter Davison.
Two photos of him with fans before the ceremony have been posted to Twitter here and here.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Today Hypable has a quiz about Doctor Who Series Three.

ShowBuzzDaily has a detailed look at Gracepoint and analyses the chances of its success. It describes it as 'a well-produced remake of the UK series'

Olafur Arnalds tweeted that the first score meeting for Broadchurch Series Two took place in London yesterday.

Gracepoint is currently winning TV.com poll for New Fall Shows Fans Are Most Excited For.

John Barrowman challenges David Tennant to ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

David Tennant is currently winning a fun WalesOnline poll for Best Doctor. You have to move the TARDIS to vote.

Femail First article about What we Did On Our Holiday has the title 'David Tennant Was Keen To Work With Billy Connolly.
The article includes a quote from David:
"I think the way this film portrays raising children and just family life in general, is quite believable. And, of course, there was also the chance to work with Billy. Growing up in Scotland he loomed large. I grew up with his live shows and learned a few naughty words from him."

David Tennant spoke to Sunday Times about Scottish independence referendum.

The Hugo Awards are announced tonight. Two David Tennant projects are nominated. The Day Of The Doctor and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot have both been nominated for the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Award.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 16th August (8 items).


Saturday 16th August 2014
A lovely photo of David Tennant with a fan today has been posted to Twitter.

As part of their Doctor Who Week Hypable has a quiz about Doctor Who Series Two.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

BBC America has added a preview clip of The Real History Of Science Fiction which plays worldwide and briefly shows David Tennant.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Final episode of The Real History Of Science Fiction will be broadcast on BBC America tonight at 10pm. The episode is called Time.

David Tennant is a contributor to a new compilation show called Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion on BBC America at 9pm tonight.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 15th August (8 items).


Friday 15th August 2014
New Gracepoint trailer 'Murder Brought Them Together' (which plays worldwide) with photos of David Tennant.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The Broadchurch novel is now available in iBooks for people in the US and Canada.

David Tennant is listed as one of the Five Best Time Lords chosen by The Independent (it is near the bottom of the article).

Radio Times has an article titled 'David Tennant on being named our TV Champion: "I was thrilled - but don't tell Benedict!"'

Archived David Tennant plays and how you can see them.

The Broadchurch novel for anyone outside of the UK (with free delivery worldwide) is available from Book Depository.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 14th August (9 items).


Thursday 14th August 2014
Several photos from yesterday's Broadchurch Series Two filming have been added to Facebook.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A video trailer (which plays worldwide) for BBC America's Doctor Who Takeover Week next week has been added to YouTube.

Gracepoint is listed by IndieWire as its 'Best New Bet' for Thursday evenings in the Fall. The article also says they think that David Tennant is great in it.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Brief (previously seen) clips of What We Did On Our Holiday were shown on This Morning on ITV today as Rosamund Pike was interviewed about her upcoming movies.

Spoiler TV has a (spoiler free) review of the first two episodes of Gracepoint which includes the phrase 'David Tennant is outstanding and his American accent is exceptional, he is supported as well by a talented cast I cannot fault any of the performances they were all excellent and fitted their parts nicely.'

Broadchurch novel is published in the UK today in paperback, audio and kindle formats.

A Doctor Who Magazine Special titled The Year Of The Doctor is published today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 13th August (8 items).


Wednesday 13th August 2014
A lovely photo of David Tennant with a fan today was posted to Twitter.

The Permanent Rain Press has posted a video interview with Chloe Babcook (who plays David Tennant's daughter in Gracepoint) to YouTube.

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion trailer (with a clip of David Tennant) now plays worldwide.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant is a contributor to a new compilation show called Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion on BBC America which premieres on Saturday.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Penguins: Spy In The Huddle to be broadcast on PBS in the US in September with David Tennant narration.

Chance to choose your favourite Doctor Who episode to be shown on BBC America on Sunday 24th August.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 12th August (11 items).


Tuesday 12th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Radio Times has an article titled 'Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall: I cried at David Tennant and Olivia Colman's performances.
The creator of the hit ITV drama reveals he sobbed when he saw his script being played out by some talented actors.
'

The Year Of The Doctor A Doctor Who Magazine Special titled The Year Of The Doctor will be published on Thursday. It looks back at the 50th Anniversary year of Doctor Who and David Tennant is on the cover.

Dorset Echo has an article about Broadchurch Series Two filming in West Bay (with a new photo of David Tennant).

The David Tennant / RSC Richard II has dropped 6 places to #35 on the Official Special Interest Video Top 40 this week. (It has been placed at 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 17, 14, 14, 19, 17, 17, 22, 29 and 35.)

There is a double page photo of David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch in Radio Times today about the 2014 Television Champion poll.

WessexFM has some photos of David Tennant filming Broadchurch Series Two in West Bay last night.

Peter Capaldi tells Daily Telegraph (in Australia) that David Tennant (and Matt Smith) have been "incredibly friendly and supportive" to him.

There is a brief interview about Broadchurch Series Two with Chris Chibnall in the issue of Radio Times which is published today.
As expected, Chris gives away absolutely nothing!
When we tweeted that he tweeted back 'Phew!'

ITV3 shows episode two of David Tennant in Secret Smile at 10.05pm tonight.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 11th August (7 items).


Monday 11th August 2014
Radio Times says that Chris Chibnall added a one line clue about Broadchurch Series Two to the Broadchurch novel (which is published on Thursday).

ETCanada reports that Global has confirmed that Gracepoint will premiere in Canada on Thursday 2nd October at 9pm (which is the same as in the US).

Peter Capaldi mentions David Tennant and his version of The Doctor in an interview in Radio Times.

BBC America has a Doctor Who / David Tennant marathon next week with 60 programmes featuring David!

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Tonight ITV3 shows a rare repeat of episode one of David Tennant in Secret Smile at 10pm.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 10th August.


Sunday 10th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Four new photos from What We Did On Our Holiday have been posted online.

Daily Mail reports that Ronan Keating attended the Australian premiere of Postman Pat: The Movie in Sydney yesterday.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Saturday 9th August.


Saturday 9th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

There will be public screenings of an episode of Gracepoint in Los Angeles and New York at the Paleyfest Fall TV Previews in September.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Friday 8th August.


Friday 8th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant / RSC Richard II has dropped 5 places to #29 on the Official Special Interest Video Top 40 this week. (It has been placed at 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 17, 14, 14, 19, 17, 17, 22 and 29.)

The Guardian reports that Steven Moffat describes David Tennant's Doctor as a "magnificent, brilliant, flirty, sexy, Doctor" when interviewed during new the Doctor Who series launch yesterday.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Thursday 7th August.


Thursday 7th August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Express and Star reports that David Tennant is one celebrity who has sent a message of support to 7 year old Josh Johns who is battling cancer.

There is a rare opportunity to watch David Tennant in Secret Smile on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th August as ITV3 repeat the two part 2005 drama.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Wednesday 6th August.


Wednesday 6th August 2014
David Tennant was shown in a few clips tonight on BBC One in a compilation programme called Who Do They Think They Are? 10 Years, 100 Shows. The clips were previously seen ones from his episode.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant has won the Radio Times 2014 Television Champion poll.
In the final he beat Benedict Cumberbatch by 0.2 million votes.

What We Did On Our Holiday has been given a 12A rating by the British Board of Film Classification.

What We Did On Our Holiday will be shown at Film-Messe Köln in Germany today.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Tuesday 5th August.


Tuesday 5th August 2014
The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A new Gracepoint teaser video clip (featuring David Tennant and Anna Gunn) has been posted to Vimeo.

Doctor Who: Series Four, Part One DVD is released today in the US.

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

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Monday 4th August.


Monday 4th August 2014
KentOnline reports that a couple received a signed photo from David Tennant congratulating them on their (Doctor Who themed!) wedding day.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

Radio Times have added the poster for What We Did On Our Holiday.

What We Did On Our Holiday poster

BBC First have added a clip of the first episode of The Politician's Husband to YouTube.
The video will only play in Australia.

Doctor Who DVD complete Series Two, Three, Four and the Specials are re-released as four box sets in the UK today.

The Politician’s Husband starts tonight on BBC First channel in Australia.

David Tennant Daily News Digest for Sunday 3rd August.


Sunday 3rd August 2014
Update on Broadchurch filming Monday 21st July to Friday 1st August (two weeks).

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

A photo of David Tennant with a fan last night at National Theatre in London was posted to Twitter.
David saw A Small Family Business starring Nigel Lindsay (Bolingbroke in Richard II).


Saturday 2nd August 2014
David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

The David Tennant / RSC Richard II has dropped 5 places to #22 on the Official Special Interest Video Top 40 this week. (It has been placed at 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 17, 14, 14, 19, 17, 17 and 22.)

Spies Of Warsaw is now on the Australian BBC iPlayer.


Friday 1st August 2014
The story about how David Tennant reached the final of Radio Times TV Champion poll.

DoctorWhoSite reports that Doctor Who DVD complete Series Two, Three, Four and the Specials will be re-released as four box sets in the UK on Monday.

David Tennant Treat 4 Today.

A photo of David Tennant, Olivia Colman and two fans during Broadchurch Series Two filming today has been posted to Twitter.

Times Colonist has an interview with Kevin Rankin about Gracepoint.

The David Tennant Daily Photo.

Hachette Audio have posted an audio clip of the prologue of the Broadchurch book which is released on 14th August.

David Tennant won his semi-final of Radio Times TV Champion with 51.36% of the vote (beating Tom Hiddleston) today.
Within an hour of that round finishing, the final started. In this round David is against Benedict Cumberbatch. The final ends on Wednesday at 2pm.

Doctor Who News has reported the sad news that Philipp Brammer (1969-2014), the voice of the Tenth Doctor to German viewers, has died.

BBC America has announced the broadcast date of the final episode of The Real History Of Science Fiction. It will be on Saturday 16th August and the episode is called Time.

Arthur Darvill has been speaking about filming Broadchurch Series Two.



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