"latter were released on the BBC website and advertised as additional episodes of the series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Two scenes were filmed for the ""Complete Fifth Series"" box set, revealing what happened between pairs of regular episodes. The first scene is set between ""The Eleventh Hour"" and ""The Beast Below"", and the second is set between ""Flesh and Stone"" and ""The Vampires of Venice"". The series introduced the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith. This followed the departure of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, who left the show to help ease the transition from Davies to Moffat. Smith's agent called him,"
"of the revived ""Doctor Who"", ""Rose"", aired on 26 March 2005 and received 10.8 million viewers and favourable critical reception. Four days after the transmission of ""Rose"", Tranter approved a Christmas special and a second series. The press release was overshadowed by a leaked announcement that Christopher Eccleston would leave the role after one series; in response, David Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement. Tennant had been offered the role when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of ""Doctor Who"" with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he"
"attributed the statement to Eccleston, and released it in violation of an earlier agreement not to reveal his departure publicly. The statement had been made after journalists made queries to the press office. On 16 April 2005, the BBC confirmed that David Tennant would be the Tenth Doctor. The regeneration from Eccleston to Tennant took place in ""The Parting of the Ways"", the season finale. Tennant and Piper next starred in a for Children in Need. Tennant's first full story as the Doctor was the 2005 Christmas special, ""The Christmas Invasion"", and Piper joined him for the whole of Series"
"on his final adventure in ""The End of Time"". Executive producer Russell T Davies revived ""Doctor Who"" after a 16-year absence with the premiere of ""Rose"" in 2005. Following the BBC's announcement of a second series being commissioned, the story broke that Christopher Eccleston, who played the titular Ninth Doctor, would not be returning for the second series. On 16 April 2005, the BBC announced that David Tennant had been selected for the role of the Tenth Doctor. His first appearance in the series was for 20 seconds following the Ninth Doctor's regeneration at the end of ""The Parting of"
"death, featuring in two episodes of the spin-off programme ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"". David Tennant announced at the National Television Awards on 29 October 2008 that he would be stepping down from portraying the Doctor because he felt that the four years he spent portraying the character was enough. At the time, BBC News published that Paterson Joseph, who appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" episodes ""Bad Wolf"" and ""The Parting of the Ways"", was the bookmakers' favourite to succeed Tennant, followed by David Morrissey, who would be appearing in the 2008 Christmas special, ""The Next Doctor"". Other candidates included Sean"
"David Tennant David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles as the Tenth Doctor in the British television series ""Doctor Who"", Alec Hardy in ""Broadchurch"", Giacomo Casanova in the TV serial ""Casanova"", Kilgrave in ""Jessica Jones"", and Barty Crouch, Jr. in the film ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"". In addition to his appearances on screen, he has worked as a voice actor and in theatre, including Prince Hamlet in a critically acclaimed 2008 stage production of ""Hamlet"" and as the voice of Scrooge"
"series of ""Doctor Who"" in late July 2005. His first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, ""The Christmas Invasion"", first broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. Tennant had been formally offered the role of the Doctor during rehearsals for ""The Quatermass Experiment"". Although the casting was not officially announced until later in April, both castmates and crew became aware of the speculation surrounding Tennant; in the live broadcast Jason Flemyng (Quatermass) changed his first line to Tennant's Dr Briscoe from ""Good to have you back, Gordon"" to ""Good to have you back, ""Doctor"""" as a deliberate reference. Tennant"
"was the final full series to star David Tennant as the Doctor, and the last with lead writer and showrunner Russell T Davies, but they would both stay until 2010, following the 2008–2010 specials. The series incorporates a loose story arc consisting of recurring mentions of the disappearance of bees from planet Earth and the loss of various planets and moons. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fourth series marked David Tennant's third and final full series as the Doctor, although he continued in the role for the 2008–2010 specials. In the Christmas special, Australian actress and singer Kylie Minogue starred as one-time companion"
"Doctor Who (series 3) The third series of British science fiction programme ""Doctor Who"" was preceded by the 2006 Christmas special ""The Runaway Bride"". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast, starting with ""Smith and Jones"" on 31 March 2007. In addition, a 13-part animated serial (equivalent to one regular episode) was produced and broadcast as part of ""Totally Doctor Who"". The series stars David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the"
"Kirsty—but Smith portrays Danny as a caring and sensitive but ""wry, sarcastic, [and] witty"" romantic; and intellectually, Danny is portrayed as attentive and possessing a strong work ethic. Smith was revealed as the Eleventh Doctor in the British science-fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" in January 2009 to replace David Tennant, who announced his departure in October 2008. Smith was a relatively unknown actor compared to the actors then speculated about possibly taking on the role, who included Paterson Joseph, David Morrissey, Sean Pertwee, James Nesbitt, Russell Tovey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Robert Carlyle, and Billie Piper. Smith was first named"
"The Next Doctor ""The Next Doctor"" is the first of the 2008–2010 specials of the British science fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"" that was broadcast on 25 December 2008, as the fourth ""Doctor Who"" Christmas special of the revived series. During its original airing, the episode had an audience of 13.1 million viewers and was the second-most-watched programme of Christmas Day 2008. David Tennant stars as the Tenth Doctor with companions Jackson Lake (David Morrissey) and Rosita Farisi (Velile Tshabalala). The episode is set in 1851 London during Christmas. In the episode, the Doctor meets Jackson Lake, a human with"
"Doctor Who (series 2) The second series of British science fiction programme ""Doctor Who"" began on 25 December 2005 with the Christmas special ""The Christmas Invasion"". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast, starting with ""New Earth"" on 15 April 2006. In addition, two short special episodes were produced; and an interactive episode, as well as 13 ""TARDISODEs"". This is the first series to feature David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on"
"""the only one in the whole of Britain who could do it was you"". David Tennant had been offered the role of the Doctor when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of ""Casanova"" with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he accepted the role and first appeared in the series finale ""The Parting of the Ways"". Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement on 16 April 2005. Other recurring characters for the series included Camille Coduri as Rose's mother Jackie Tyler, and Noel Clarke as Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith."
"(2003), and later that same year appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"". ""Doctor Who"" returned to British screens in 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing the role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. Tennant replaced him as of the second series, making his first, brief appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the episode ""The Parting of the Ways"" (2005) at the end of the regeneration scene, and also appeared in a special shown as part of the 2005 Children in Need appeal, broadcast on 18 November 2005. He began filming the new"
"as composed by Murray Gold, were released on 5 November 2007 by Silva Screen Records. Doctor Who (series 3) The third series of British science fiction programme ""Doctor Who"" was preceded by the 2006 Christmas special ""The Runaway Bride"". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast, starting with ""Smith and Jones"" on 31 March 2007. In addition, a 13-part animated serial (equivalent to one regular episode) was produced and broadcast as part of ""Totally Doctor Who"". The series stars David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time"
"fourth series, the BBC announced that the show would not return as a weekly series in 2009, due to a number of factors. Instead, four specials would be broadcast in 2009, with a full series returning in 2010. It was later announced that when the full series returned in 2010, Tennant would no longer be the Doctor. Playing the role would be the 26-year-old actor Matt Smith. The return of ""Doctor Who"" has led to the BBC launching a number of spin-offs and related programmes. The first of these was the behind-the-scenes series ""Doctor Who Confidential"" which began airing on"
"In the story, the Doctor (Rowan Atkinson) encounters both the Master (Jonathan Pryce) and the Daleks. During the special the Doctor is forced to regenerate several times, with his subsequent incarnations played by, in order, Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley. The script was written by Steven Moffat, later to be head writer and executive producer to the revived series. Since the return of ""Doctor Who"" in 2005, the franchise has produced two original ""mini-episodes"" to support Children in Need. The first, aired in November 2005, was an which introduced David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor."
"Tenth Doctor The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"", who is played by David Tennant in three series as well as nine specials. As with previous incarnations of the Doctor, the character has also appeared in other ""Doctor Who"" spin-offs. In the programme's narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of life, the Doctor can regenerate his body; in doing so, his physical appearance and personality change, and"
"best companion. Users of Plusnet also voted David Tennant as the best Doctor in 2013. Users of DoctorWhoTV also voted Tennant as 'Ultimate Doctor' in 2013. Voters on ""Digital Spy"" also rated Tennant as the greatest Doctor in 2013 with 50.05% of the votes, and again in 2015. A poll in November 2013 revealed that Tennant was considered the greatest Doctor with 33% of the vote, a clear 10% lead over 2nd place, Tom Baker. Readers of ""The Telegraph"" voted Tennant as the greatest actor to play the Doctor in 2014. Jenna Coleman, who played Clara Oswald and appeared with"
"tea"" (in the manner of an acrostic). A novelisation of this story written by Jenny T. Colgan including the storyline from was released in paperback and digital formats 5 April 2018 as part of the ""Target Collection"". The Christmas Invasion ""The Christmas Invasion"" is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2005. This episode features the first full-episode appearance of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and is also the first specially produced ""Doctor Who"" Christmas special in the programme's history. In the episode,"
"gave future Doctor David Tennant his first acting role in a ""Doctor Who"" story. For more information, see the ""Doctor Who"" spin-offs article. Although it was for all intents and purposes cancelled (series co-star Sophie Aldred said in the documentary ""More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS"" that she was told it was cancelled), the BBC maintained the series was merely ""on hiatus"" and insisted the show would return. Nathan-Turner would produce just one more ""Doctor Who"" project, the 30th anniversary special ""Dimensions in Time"", in 1993, a replacement for an aborted 30th anniversary project called ""The Dark Dimension"". Although"
"on the BAFTA winning ""Doctor Who"" has been particularly well received. He directed Christopher Eccleston in ""The Empty Child"" and ""The Doctor Dances"" which won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2006. As a result, Hawes was hired to helm episodes of the second season, directing the Christmas special and introducing David Tennant as the new Doctor. ""School Reunion"" was also nominated for the 2007 ceremony. Hawes was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Drama Director for his work on ""The Christmas Invasion"". In early 2006, Hawes directed an Andrew Davies-scripted 90-minute television drama based"
"usually for narrative, rather than casting, reasons. The current incarnation of the Doctor is played by Jodie Whittaker, following the regeneration of the Twelfth Doctor (portrayed by Peter Capaldi) during the 2017 Christmas special ""Twice Upon a Time"". The concept of regeneration was created in 1966 by the writers of ""Doctor Who"" as a method of replacing the leading actor. The role of the Doctor had been played by William Hartnell since the programme began in 1963 but, by 1966, it was increasingly apparent that Hartnell's health was deteriorating and he was becoming more difficult to work with. Producer John"
"not in service. Ofcom consequently released a statement saying that the calls were free because the number did not exist. The episode's airing—in particular, its shock regeneration—contributed to a public surge of interest, described by ""Daily Mail"" journalist Paul Revoir as """"Doctor Who"" fever"". The regeneration prompted a large amount of speculation to Tennant's replacement: actor Robert Carlyle was the bookmaker's favourite to replace Tennant; and actors James McAvoy, Jason Statham, Alan Davies, and James Nesbitt were less popular predictions. In his article about the public reaction to the cliffhanger, Revoir offered five popular theories: a botched regeneration that resulted"
"commissioning editor Justin Richards told ""Doctor Who Magazine"" that there would be no Ninth Doctor novels in 2006, and the decision as to whether to continue to publish stories with the Ninth Doctor as a separate range has not yet been taken. Abridged audiobooks were released of all of the Tenth Doctor titles (except the Quick Read series). The first three are narrated by David Tennant (who plays the Tenth Doctor), and were released on 3 July 2006. The Nightmare of Black Island (read by Anthony Head), The Art of Destruction (read by Don Warrington), and The Price of Paradise"
"already appeared in the series 4 episode ""The Fires of Pompeii"" as Caecilius, the father of the family that the Doctor saves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He had also appeared in """" as the civil servant John Frobisher. On 22 January 2016, the BBC announced that Moffat would be stepping down as show runner and be replaced by Chris Chibnall as lead writer and executive producer. In addition, Series 10 of ""Doctor Who"" would debut in Spring 2017, with a Christmas special airing in 2016. On 30 January 2017, Peter Capaldi announced he would be stepping down as"
"as the Eleventh Doctor and Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. Smith first appeared as the Doctor at the end of Davies and David Tennant's final episode, the second part of ""The End of Time"", in a short post-regeneration scene that Davies left for Moffat to write himself. Moffat wrote the scene in ""about ten minutes"" as ""a bit of fun banter"" for the new Doctor. Production on Moffat's final episode as writer, head writer and executive producer was near-complete in July 2017, with the final scene involving the new actor playing the Thirteenth Doctor to be left for Moffat's"
"be replaced in the role by Chris Chibnall in 2018. In May 2016, Steven Moffat stated in the 500th issue of ""Doctor Who Magazine"" that he would be writing the first and last three episodes of the series. Furthermore, he stated that the series would consist mostly of single-part stories so that the new companion, Bill Potts, could have more stories to explore her character, though two-parters would still be present in the series. Moffat also wrote the 2017 Christmas special, after the tenth series has concluded. Lawrence Gough directed the first two episodes of the tenth series, while Frank"
"over to her aide and whispers: ""Don't you think she looks tired?"" That evening, the Doctor selects a new outfit from the TARDIS wardrobe and joins Rose, Jackie, and Mickey for Christmas dinner. They watch Harriet Jones on the television fending off rumours about her health and a pending vote of no confidence. The Doctor and Rose then prepare to set off again in the TARDIS. This special was the first full episode starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor; he was only shown briefly at the end of ""The Parting of the Ways"" for the regeneration sequence. A ,"
"/><section end=series3 /> Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures The Tenth Doctor Adventures, announced in October 2015, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series ""Doctor Who"". It sees the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. The first trilogy of stories was released in May 2016. In November 2017 a second volume was released, featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. A third volume is due to be released in 2019 with Tate reprising her role as Donna. <section begin=series1 /><section end=series1 /> <section begin=series2 /><section end=series2"
"Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures The Tenth Doctor Adventures, announced in October 2015, is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the television series ""Doctor Who"". It sees the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. The first trilogy of stories was released in May 2016. In November 2017 a second volume was released, featuring the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. A third volume is due to be released in 2019 with Tate reprising her role as Donna. <section begin=series1 /><section end=series1 /> <section begin=series2 /><section end=series2 /> <section begin=series3"
"BBC One featured David Tennant as the Doctor using the TARDIS as a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Though unrelated to the episode, it was used to introduce both parts of the story, with Tennant himself providing a voiceover introduction for Part Two. After Part Two was broadcast, the ident continued for the remainder of the day but no longer featured Tennant, since he was no longer the Doctor. Concurrently with the recording of the story, a music video was produced, featuring the cast, extras, crew and CGI Adipose, all lip-synching and dancing to the Proclaimers' 1988 song, ""I'm Gonna Be"
"During an episode on 5 November 2010, contestants Johnny and Dee were faced with the options Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. They were then asked ""Who played Dr Who for the longest period?"". The contestants did not know the answer so decided to split their remaining £650,000 between McCoy and McGann. The answer was then revealed to be Tennant and they lost all their remaining money. Tennant played Doctor Who from 2005-10. However, viewers began to query the accuracy of this question, saying it was open to interpretation as McCoy played the Doctor from 1987–89, but"