On Monday 19th September, David Tennant can be seen in Sky Atlantic's new comedy; This is Jinsy.
Packed with surreal sketches and infectiously catchy songs, each episode follows the adventures of the island's pompous arbiter Maven (Justin Chubb) and his beleaguered assistant Sporall (Chris Bran) as they enforce the wishes of The Great He, and generally find trouble at every turn.
Featuring a who's who of comic guest stars including Peter Serafinowicz, Simon Callow, David Tennannt, Harry Hill and Catherine Tate, the eight-part series is set to bring bags of off-kilter charm to British screens.
In the first episode, it is wedding lottery time again on Jinsy and residents are making frantic last-minute preparations before being randomly assigned new partners for the next three cycles. Over-seeing the proceedings is local celebrity Mr Slightlyman (David Tennant), an outrageously camp wedding planner with a penchant for plastic surgery.
Fans can catch a glimpse of Tennant camping it up on the hilarious clip below:
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+ This is Jinsy begins on Sky Atlantic on Monday 19 September at 10:10pm.
[Source: Sky]
DWO have teamed up with Empire Big Screen to offer our visitors a chance to win tickets to David Tennant's new movie premiere!
The most exciting movie event the UK has seen, Empire Big Screen is coming to the O2 on August 12th–14th.
Featuring world first film previews, premieres, live entertainment, masterclasses with industry legends and much much more, this live movie extravaganza is perfect for young and old alike!
And to celebrate the most anticipated film event of the summer, Doctor Who Online is offering 2 lucky winners the chance to each take a friend to the premiere of David Tenannt's new blockbuster film Fright Night on Sunday 14th August!
All you have to do to enter is be a follower of the Doctor Who Online Twitter account, and send us a tweet making sure you include the hashtag #DWOBigScreenComp to be in with a chance of winning!
DWO will announce the winner on Saturday 6th August 2011 at 6:00pm.
+ For more information on Empire Big Screen go to www.empirebigscreen.com.
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[Sourcea: DWO; Empire Big Screen]
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the charter of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Mail is issuing a set of 6 stamps and a miniature sheet, one of which features David Tennant.
Working with the Company Royal Mail selected six iconic Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Shakespeare’s plays to illustrate the issue.
1st class - Hamlet - The stamp shows former Doctor Who David Tennant as Hamlet in 2008.
66p - The Tempest - Antony Sher plays Prospero in the 2009 production.
68p - Henry VI - Chuk Iwuji plays Henry VI in the 2006 production.
76p - King Lear - A classic shot of Paul Schofield as Lear from 1962.
£1.00 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Sara Kestelman plays the fairy queen Titania from 1970.
£1.10 - Romeo and Juliet - Ian McKellen and Francesca Annis play the doomed lovers from 1976.
+ The stamps will be released on 12th April 2011.
[Sources: Royal Mail; Norvic Philatelics]
David Tennant hosted this year's Radio Times Covers party at Claridges, and found a moment to cross his own time stream and get snapped with new who star Karen Gillan.
The party was held to celebrate the Radio Times covers of 2010 where both Karen and David were presented with covers that they featured on.
Other guests at the party were Terry Wogan, Aidan Grimshaw, Jean Marsh, Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville and David Morrissey.
[Source: Radio Times]
David Tennant and Catherine Tate, appearing on BBC Breakfast this morning, have confirmed that they will be working together again in Much Ado About Nothing, at London's Wyndhams Theatre.
The Shakespeare play is said to be directed by Mark Rylance, and performances will commence from 16th May through to September 2011.
Tennant will play the part of Benedick, a role the actor has previously stated he would love to play, and Tate will play Beatrice.
[Sources: BBC Breakfast, What's On Stage]
Various tabloids and online media are now reporting the news that former Doctor Who star, David Tennant, is engaged to Actress, Georgia Moffett.
Moffett, who has also appeared in the show as The Doctor's daughter, Jenny, has been dating Tennant for over two years.
Although an official confirmation of the news has yet to be made, a source speaking to UK tabloid, The Sun, stated that the couple are 'besotted with each other and cannot wait to tie the knot'. The couple are expecting to marry in early 2012.
DWO would like to extend its congratulations to David and Georgia.
Georgia Moffett is a guest in the DWO Forums, and is answering questions from her fans as part of our Ask & Answer section.
[Source: The Sun]
If you’re looking for a great way to make sure that you haven’t missed a moment of the Doctor’s adventures, and want to go back and relive your favourite episodes over and over again, all without having to stray too far from Doctor Who Online, then you’re in luck.
LOVEFiLM have joined up with Doctor Who to provide dozens of old episodes which LOVEFiLM will kindly deliver straight to your door, visit the site now.
They have cut out the need for purchasing DVDs – or even the time usually associated with the old methods of renting – and brought the Doctor right to your doorstep, and all without the help of a TARDIS!
LOVEFiLM have a selection of DVD deals which are much cheaper and more convenient than having to go to a rental shop and will give you easy access to the most recent episodes – watch them at your leisure and then just pop them in the postbox and LOVEFiLM will send you the next episodes straight away! You can enjoy all of this alongside the rest of the LOVEFiLM catalogue, which is growing by the day, so there are plenty of other science fiction adventures you can catch up on too.
For us, the move comes at just the right time, as it’s been almost 6 months since the Doctor has been on our screens, and what better way to whet your appetite for the inevitably brilliant Christmas special than with a marathon session with all of Matt Smith’s run, perhaps you could even directly compare him to David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston’s efforts since the 2005 relaunch – only if you suspect that he stands up to them though.
But one of the extraordinary aspects of the past few series’ has been the depth of story that has rewarded repeat viewing, and Steven Moffat has well and truly picked up where Russell T. Davies left off, so you’ve got no excuse not to enjoy the Doctor at the click of a mouse button.
[Sources: Doctor Who Online; LOVEFILM]
Actor Sylvester McCoy has said he would be keen to return to Doctor Who for its 50th anniversary.
McCoy, who played the seventh Doctor from 1987 to 1989, said fans wanted a multi-Doctor story to mark the programme's golden jubilee in 2013.
He also suggested that earlier Doctors - played by actors who have since died - could be brought back using computer technology.
"They've got such imaginations, they could do anything," he said.
"Would I do it? Yes, I'd be delighted to," said the actor when asked if he would consider reprising his most famous role.
"I am a part of it, it hasn't ever gone away and I celebrate the 21st Century Doctors," he continued - a reference to his successors Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith.
The first Doctor Who show to feature more than one actor playing the titular Time Lord was The Three Doctors in 1972.
That saw William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee - the first three actors to play the Doctor on television - appearing on screen together.
"I know that the producers balk at it. All those egos in the same room would be very difficult to deal with," McCoy continued.
"But the fans are hoping that for the 50th anniversary, which is coming up, they might do something like that. It would be fascinating with all the technology if they could bring back Jon Pertwee and William Hartnell. That would be amazing - and I bet they could do it if they wanted to."
The 67-year-old Scot also joked that technology could be used to "make us thin again".
McCoy is currently appearing in London in the first stage adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's comic novel Decline and Fall.
He has also been cast as a wizard in The Hobbit films, expected to begin shooting in New Zealand in 2011.
[Source: BBC News]
