Hamlet broadcast figures in the US

According to posts on GallifreyBase, David Tennant's Hamlet was watched by 825,000 on Wednesday evening in the US.

Generally it was very well received by both fans and critics.

PBS broadcast of David Tennant's Hamlet

Last night PBS in America broadcast the filmed version of the David Tennant / RSC / Illuminations Hamlet.

Judging by the number of Tweets posted, it was very popular!

There's a collection of the Hamlet Twitter comments (as chosen by production company Illuminations) at this link.

As promised earlier this week, PBS have the David Tennant Hamlet available online here (US only). They say that the video will be online for 7 years!

David Tennant's new drama Single Father will be 4 episodes

In an interview last month with the BBC Writersroom, Ben Stephenson, the Controller of Drama Commissioning for the BBC announced that David Tennant's new drama Single Father will be 4 one hour long episodes.

Click here to read the whole interview but the relevant part is on page six of the website and is reproduced below too.

Single Father is expected to air in the Autumn and more information can be found online here.

New David Tennant / Hamlet clip

MovieWeb have a different clip of David Tennant in Hamlet online here.

Hamlet airs on PBS tomorrow in the US and is available on DVD and Blu-Ray on 4th May over there.

2 David Tennant related nominations in BAFTA Craft Awards

The nominations were announce today for the BAFTA Craft Awards.

Both David Tennant's filmed version of Hamlet was nominated for the Photography and Lighting Award and Doctor Who (The Mill) for the Visual Effects Award.

The award ceremony is on Sunday 23rd May.

New David Tennant / Doctor Who DVD released today

A new Doctor Who DVD called The Lost Interviews (which includes David Tennant) is released today.

See here for more details.

David Tennant signs letter against the Conservatives

Along with a lot of other actors, David Tennant has signed a letter opposing The Conservative Party's plans for BBC which was published in The Observer today.

Click here for the Press Association article about it and here to read the letter.

Gordon Brown would like David Tennant to play him in a film

In an interview in The Guardian today, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says that he would like David Tennant to play him in any film about his life.

Since I posted that on Twitter about 4 hours ago the responses posted in reply include:

RacheeRoo

Isn't he a bit too thin and good looking?

Jediyauk

At least he agrees he'd be flattering himself ... just a wee bit Gordon.

i4dezign73

I hope to god he never says yes!!

buttaflygurlnz

I would think Martin Clunes would be a better fit

Kazters

Gordon thinks alot of himself dosent he LOL!

justsal

Well there's quite a few hours in the makeup chair for David then.

More optimistic news about David Tennant's pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

There's more optimistic news about David Tennant's pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer today as Deadline.com say that NBC reworked the pilot and it tested well.

They also say that the project has received an order for two back-up scripts.

The decision about whether or not a series will be commissioned will be announced on 17th May.

Andrew Collins reviews David Tennant's Hamlet

This morning on the Zoe Ball Show on Radio 2 Andrew Collins reviewed the David Tennant / RSC filmed production of Hamlet as it is being released on Blu-Ray.

Click here to listen to his review but he basically liked the production a lot!

Interview about playing Hamlet with David Tennant

Click here to read a Keith Osborn interview about his forthcoming book about playing and rehearsing Hamlet with David Tennant.

David Tennant voices his fourth video for The Labour Party

David Tennant has recorded his fourth voice-over for a video in this election campaign for The Labour Party.

The video mainly features Peter Davison but David Tennant's voice-over starts at 2 minutes and 9 seconds.

The Guardian has an article about this video online here.

The video was shown on national television earlier this evening too.

Newspaper asks if David Tennant will be seen nude in Single Father

The Metro newspaper today ran an interview with actor Stephen McCole and one of the questions they asked was "Haven’t you just done a nude scene with David Tennant?"

Stephen's reply was "There was a nude scene in the script but when we shot it we were both in mid-dress, getting changed after football, so there was no nudity in the end. I love getting my kit off on camera though. It’s very liberating to get your todger out on film."

More Hamlet press for US premiere

TVSquad have a review and video clips of Hamlet leading up to its US premiere on PBS on 28th April.

Most of the interviews have been with Patrick Stewart but this article reviews the play and includes videos that feature Hamlet (David Tennant).

David Tennant mentioned on BBC Election page

The BBC Election page has an article about political celebrities in 2005 and 2010 which features David Tennant.

In 2005 David was one of the actors included in one of their campaign videos and so far for this election he has provided the voice-over for three political videos for the Labour Party.

The photo in the BBC article (reproduced to the right) of David with Sarah Brown was taken in January when she presented him with the Best Actor Award at the National Television Award ceremony.

More Rex Is Not Your Lawyer screenings

According to primepretty there was a second focus group screening in Las Vegas and another in Orlando for David Tennant's pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer yesterday.

This follows the screening on Sunday and the one that they originally did back in January.

The decision whether or not it will be commissioned will be announced on 17th May.

Another Rex Is Not Your Lawyer focus group screening

According to ci1000 in Las Vegas there was another focus group screening for David Tennant's pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer yesterday.

These screenings are arranged by television companies to gauge how an average audience views their new pilots.

NBC are expected to announce whether or not they will be commissioning Rex Is Not Your Lawyer for a full series on 17th May.

David Tennant mentioned on Have I Got News For You

This week's episode of the comedy quiz Have I Got News For You mentions David Tennant in one of their questions about celebrity endorsements of the political parties for the General Election.

The gist of the joke is that the Labour Party has the iconic David Tennant but the Conservatives have 74 year old Michael Caine and the Liberal Democrats can only offer Heather Mills.

The programme shows a version of the photo on the right plus makes a few Doctor Who related jokes.

The programme was recorded on Wednesday evening and was shown on Thursday and Saturday evenings and will be repeated again tonight on BBC2 at 10pm.

David Tennant filming Single Father at Firhill Stadium yesterday

Yesterday David Tennant filmed part of Single Father at Firhill Stadium in Glasgow. This is the home ground of Partick Thistle Football Club.

They filmed from about 8am until 6pm (with lunch at around 1.30pm).

Nicole Wheatley tweeted about the day's filming including:

"Just stood behind David Tennant in the breakfast que. AAAAAARG!"

"Glasses. man bag. tweed jacket. GORGEOUS!"

"Best day ever. Will explain all later. Have so far been right at the front in a shot and got a hi from Tennant:)"

"Suranne Jones looked gorgeous today. The kids were all cute too. The youngest was an adorable little girl. I heard DT talking to her inbetween takes and I honestly thought my heart was going to explode. He was cute. She was cute. LOTS OF CUTENESS!"

"A lot of fun. It was so awesome seeing how it's all done, seeing the cast etc. pretty much a fangirls dream!"

"No stubble,clean shaven! Filming he had the brown leather jacket,black jeans and black boots:) So yeh,he looked really good!"

"Such a good day but there's only so much standing about in the cold a girl can take!"

Tommy Taylor posted a photo of David Tennant onto the Partick Thistle Football Club website here.

Pest Control audiobook read by David Tennant in The Telegraph

The Telegraph is giving away copies of the Doctor Who audiobook Pest Control read by David Tennant on Sunday 25th & Monday 26th April according to writer Peter Anghelides.

Peter's comment about hearing that David would be reading the audiobook was "I love David Tennant's work on the book adaptations, so I'm simply thrilled that he's reading this special audio. He phoned to discuss the characterisations, and my younger son picked up. How great is that? A phone call from the Doctor!"

The story was the first to feature Donna (Catherine Tate) as the Doctor's companion and below is an extract from the script:

"There was another squealing sound from high above. Donna wondered what it was. The Doctor already seemed to know, and dragged her protesting over the sodden ground and towards the truck. 'Take cover!' he yelled. 'The bombardment has started!'

'Incoming!’ bellowed Harrison from the middle distance.

A dull crump sounded from beyond the truck, and a fountain of black earth spurted up into the air and scattered over them. There was a fizzing sound of energy.

The remaining soldiers leapt out of the transport vehicle, fresh weapons in their hands. Harrison had appeared by Donna's side. He was looking to her for orders, she realised.

She wasn't in uniform, she wasn't able to command him, and all because of a simple misunderstanding.

Harrison's eyes glazed over. He toppled face forward and sprawled in the mud. Only then did Donna know what the fizzing sound was. Weapons were firing. Harrison had been shot dead in front of her.

The dun-coloured shapes of more soldiers scurried past, taking positions. It took Donna a moment to work out what they were doing: they were aiming their rifles upward.

She followed the direction of their weapons. She stared in disbelief.

Donna could make out thin legs on fat, swollen bodies dropping from the invisible sky. The air was alive with gunfire as the creatures fell through the fog and clattered to the ground.

'Oh my God,' she breathed. 'Doctor, they're dropping ponies on us!'

'Not exactly,' he said, pulling her behind the truck. Donna slithered in the mud, and landed on her bum. She could feel the water soak right through.

The Doctor was still talking: 'Look again. Horses don't have parachutes.'"

David Tennant, Patrick Stewart and Hamlet

Patrick Stewart makes some nice comments about David Tennant in relation to Hamlet and the theatre in this article in the Sioux City Journal.

Also PBS have added a Patrick Stewart interview video (including clips featuring David Tennant) as part of their promo for the PBS airing of Hamlet on 28th April in the US.

Third Labour Party video for David Tennant

David Tennant is the voice-over for Eddie Izzard's Labour Party video.

Click here to view it.

David's voice-over is at the end of the video.

David Tennant and Doctor Who nominated in Constellation Awards

David Tennant has been nominated for the Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode in the Constellation Awards which are the Canadian Awards for Sci-Fi in both television and movies.

Doctor Who has also been nominated in the Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2009 category.

See here for more details.

The winners will be announced on 17th July at their annual award ceremony.

The Press Association reports David Tennant's political comment

The Press Association are using a quote from David Tennant that the election is "a two-horse race."

See here for the article.

Gordon Brown rates David Tennant as the best Doctor

The Telegraph reports today that in an interview in the Radio Times Prime Minister PM Gordon Brown says that he thinks David Tennant was the best Doctor.

See here for the full article.

Doctor Who nominated in welsh BAFTAs

Doctor Who has been nominated in the Best Drama category in the Welsh Baftas (plus Best Make-up and Best Design).

See here for more details.

The awards will be presented on 23rd May in Cardiff.

David Tennant and the Labour Party

Several newspapers have mentions of David Tennant today in regards to his voice-over at the end of the Labour Party video as posted here yesterday.

The newspapers include The Guardian who write "And it ends with a Scotsman (David Tennant) exhorting us to stay the course."

This Blog in The Guardian about the election has several Doctor Who references and includes the phrase "When we put it out on Twitter last night numerous replies came back pointing out it starred Sean Pertwee, son of a Doctor, and featured a voiceover at the end from David Tennant, an actual Doctor."

The Telegraph's article includes a photo of David Tennant and has the headline "General Election 2010: David Tennant and Sean Pertwee star in Labour advert" and the sub-header "In the first party election broadcast of the 2010 campaign, Labour recruited film star Sean Pertwee and ex-Doctor Who David Tennant to urge voters to trust Gordon Brown's resolve and experience to keep Britain on the road to recovery."

Also ePolitix.com states "And it has been revealed that former Doctor Who David Tennant will star in Labour's first election broadcast, which was filmed in Yorkshire" although it seems likely that it was Sean Pertwee's part which was filmed in Yorkshire.

David Tennant doing the voice-over for the new Labour Party video

Click here to see the new Labour Party video featuring David Tennant's voice at the end.

Doctor Who wins at the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

The David Tennant episode of Doctor Who called The End Of Time won in the Best Television Presentation category of the 8th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.

See here for more information.

David Tennant mentioned in The Times

There's a brief mention of David Tennant in The Times today in interview with Stephen McCole who is filming Single Father with him in Glasgow.

David Tennant mentioned / shown on 2 TV programmes tonight

Tonight David Tennant was mentioned or shown on two BBC television programmes.

In Outnumbered a child asked their Grandmother who she would eat first if trapped on a boat with Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsey and David Tennant.

Also apparently a photo of David Tennant was shown on Russell Howard's Good News.

David Tennant versus Matt Smith

At least one newspaper has started a tacky "Who is the better Doctor - David Tennant or Matt Smith" poll.

As that is the sort of thing that would horrify David Tennant, here at DavidTennantOnTwitter.com we will not be linking to that type of poll or article out of respect for both actors.

Both David Tennant and Matt Smith have said nothing but complimentary things about each other in interviews.

3 of David Tennant's epsiodes of Doctor Who niminated for Hugo Awards

Three of the Doctor Who Specials that David Tennant starred in have been nominated for Hugo Awards in the Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form category.

The Hugo Awards are well respected awards in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They were first awarded in 1953 and have been awarded every year since 1955. Doctor Who and Stephen Moffat especially have won Hugo's in present years although having three nominations in the same category may dilute the vote.

The winners are decided by supporting and attending members of Aussiecon 4 (a big science fiction convention) and voting ends on 31st July. The Hugo Awards Ceremony will take place on Sunday 5th September in Melbourne during Aussiecon 4.

The Doctor Who episodes nominated are The Next Doctor, Planet Of The Dead and Waters Of Mars.

See here for the full list of nominations.

David Tennant filming Single Father

An article called "David Tennant stops the traffic" was printed in the Glasgow newspaper The Evening Times yesterday.

The article was as follows:
"Part of Glasgow city centre was brought to a standstill yesterday as filming continued for a new drama starring former Doctor Who David Tennant.

A section of West George Street was closed for nearly 11 hours to shoot scenes for the new BBC drama Single Father.

In it, Tennant, 38, plays a photographer left to bring up four children on his own when his wife dies.

Filming is expected to continue until June."

On Monday Laura Hardie tweeted about filming that scene:

"I'm here, sitting on a double decker bus right now. There is so many trucks haha and i'm in a stunt scene!!"

"And thats a rap. Long day on set, none stop working. I now know what it takes. I'm so honoured and thankful.. i really do love this."

"We filmed a crash scene, never actually realised how much it takes just for that. I've learned so much! All the cast and crew work so hard."

"Had to shoot again. Now thats a rap haha. Such an amazing day!"

"I have been filming for about 10 hours none stop. In the cold and wet. I have had such a blast though. Thank you. LOVE MY LIFE."

"David Tennant wasn't in this scene but he was around."

"It's a new television programme called "Single Father" with David Tennant starring in it. Seems pretty great tbh."

2 updates on David Tennant's Hamlet

2 updates today about the RSC / David Tennant Hamlet:

Click here to read a review of the Blu-Ray version of Hamlet.

Click here to see the PBS Hamlet trailer. It airs in the US first on Wednesday 28th April.

David Tennant approached for London theatre role

The Independent today says that David Tennant was approached to play International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander in a theatrical dramatisation of the aftermath of the Haiti quake.

However it continues "Mr Tennant was unavailable for the role at a London theatre, the Times newspaper reported."

David Tennant mention in The Daily Star today

Today The Daily Star have the headline "Matt Smith is getting David Tennant's Fan Mail in an article which includes a photo of David.

This is just one article of many in the run up to the start of Series Five of Doctor Who tomorrow evening. Most articles mention David Tennant having played the Tenth Doctor.