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| 1 | Her fourth child a daughter named Doris was born in 2015. |
| 2 | Is the only actor to play two canonical incarnations of The Doctor. |
| 3 | (February 2015 - August 2015) New York, shooting 'aka Jessica Jones'. |
| 4 | Amazed the audience at his first appearance on the BBC radio quiz show "Just a Minute" (25 Feb 2015) by speaking extemporaneously for a full minute on the topic "Exit, Pursued by a Bear.". |
| 5 | Won Best Actor Award for his role in 'Richard II' at British Stage Awards 2015. |
| 6 | In 2007, Tennant became only the second actor to play the Doctor in the Doctor Who TV series to be interviewed as a guest on the UK's most celebrated talk show, Parkinson (1971). The first had been Jon Pertwee, who had been interviewed in 1980, six years after he had left the part. |
| 7 | Is a huge fan of The West Wing (1999). |
| 8 | His favorite band is The Proclaimers. |
| 9 | Is a huge fan of Madonna and says "Like a Virgin" was the first single he ever bought. |
| 10 | August 2013 - January 2014. Playing Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Production of the play in London and Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 11 | May - October 2014. Filming Broadchurch series 2 in Dorset, Devon and Somerset. David started work on Broadchurch three days after flying home from Canada. |
| 12 | January - May 2014. Filming Gracepoint in Victoria, Canada. David flew to Canada the day after the final performance of Richard II. |
| 13 | June - August 2013. Filming the movie What We Did On Our Holiday in Scotland. |
| 14 | April - May 2013. Filming the Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) in Wales. His son was born the day after his final day on set. Tennant then took three weeks off, though he recorded several voice overs and TV commercials, and took a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon to have meetings for Richard II during this time. |
| 15 | January - March 2013. London, Scotland and Hertfordshire, filming The Escape Artist (2013). |
| 16 | August - December 2012. Dorset and Somerset, filming Broadchurch. |
| 17 | June-July 2012. London, filming )The Politician's Husband_. |
| 18 | London and Watford, Hertfordshire, filming The Politician's Husband (2013) (between mid-June and the end of July). Tennant started work on the series two days after he returned from Poland. [June 2012] |
| 19 | Playing "Hamlet" in RSC Stratford-upon-Avon, alongside Patrick Stewart. [August 2008] |
| 20 | London, filming the BBC1 drama series The Escape Artist (2013). During this month Tennant also recorded numerous audio books and radio plays. [January 2013] |
| 21 | In Uganda filming for Comic Relief. [November 2010] |
| 22 | Newcastle: shooting the BBC2 film, United (2011). [November 2010] |
| 23 | Filming the 2007 Christmas episode of Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007), with Kylie Minogue in Cardiff. [July 2007] |
| 24 | As of April 16, 2005, officially announced as the tenth actor to play the classic television character "Doctor Who," taking over from Christopher Eccleston for the second series of the BBC's Sci-Fi show revival. [April 2005] |
| 25 | Coventry, Wales and Warwickshire: filming Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012) (filming took place during October and November). [October 2011] |
| 26 | Guest starring in the comedy stage show 'Celebrity Autobiography' at the Leicester Square Theatre in London. Tennant made his first performance two days after he returned to England from New Mexico, where he'd been shooting the film Fright Night. [October 2010] |
| 27 | Scotland, filming The Escape Artist [March 2013] |
| 28 | Hertfordshire and London, filming The Escape Artist. [February 2013] |
| 29 | London: recording the comedy panel game show ''Comedy World Cup'' (as presenter). Tennant filmed Broadchurch Mon-Fri in Bristol and returned to London on the weekends to record Comedy World Cup. [November 2012] |
| 30 | Filming Single Father (2010) in Edinburgh. [May 2010] |
| 31 | Los Angeles: Auditioning for acting work and doing publicity for Spies of Warsaw. [December 2012] |
| 32 | Bristol: Filming the TV series, Broadchurch (2013) (from early August to December). [August 2012] |
| 33 | Filming for the film, The Decoy Bride (2011), in Scotland and Isle of Man. [June 2010] |
| 34 | London: Recording the audiobook 'How to Steal a Dragon's Heart.' [January 2013] |
| 35 | Wales, filming the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. [April 2013] |
| 36 | London, shooting a TV commercial for Virgin. [December 2012] |
| 37 | Los Angeles, attending the TCAs. Tennant was in LA for three days only as he was in the middle of shooting different projects. [August 2012] |
| 38 | Poland: shooting Spies of Warsaw (2013) (between early April and mid-June). [April 2012] |
| 39 | Cardiff, Wales: Filming Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special [April 2013] |
| 40 | In London rehearsing for the play 'Much Ado About Nothing.' Rehearsals started on 4 April in Shepherd's Bush. [April 2011] |
| 41 | Recording the radio play Kafka, the Musical in London. [January 2011] |
| 42 | In Carlisle and Newcastle filming United (2011). [December 2010] |
| 43 | Filming for Fright Night (2011), in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [September 2010] |
| 44 | London: Filming the TV series, The Politician's Husband (2013). (In June and July). [June 2012] |
| 45 | Margate, Kent: filming True Love (2012). Tennant started work on "True Love" two days after his play, "Much Ado About Nothing", ended. [September 2011] |
| 46 | Filming mini-series drama, Single Father (2010), for BBC Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. [April 2010] |
| 47 | Announced he is leaving Doctor Who (2005) after he films four "Bank Holiday" specials and a Christmas special for 2009. Has already finished work on the 2008 Doctor Who (2005) Christmas special. [October 2008] |
| 48 | Legally changed his name to David Tennant, due to rules of the Screen Actors' Guild of America (one's stage name must be the same as one's legal name). |
| 49 | The appearance of Lex Luthor's assistant Spalding in Paul Cornell's run on ''Action Comics'' is based on him. Cornell has written many expanded universe stories featuring Tennant's Tenth Doctor. |
| 50 | His most treasured childhood possession was a scarf that an aunt knitted him that was modeled after the iconic multi-colored one worn by Tom Baker on ''Doctor Who''. |
| 51 | Used to get in trouble at school because all of the essays he wrote were about Doctor Who (1963) in some way. |
| 52 | Is the second in a string of Scotish born actors to play the Doctor along side Sylvester McCoy, the 7th Doctor, and Peter Capaldi the 12th Doctor. |
| 53 | Did not enjoy doing the automatic dialogue replacement in post-production for Doctor Who (2005) episodes. |
| 54 | His wife became pregnant for the third time seven months after their wedding, and gave birth on 3rd May 2013. |
| 55 | Auditioned for the lead role in the American NBC TV series Hannibal. Tennant was unsuccessful, but show-runner Bryan Fuller said in a magazine interview that Tennant's audition was so impressive, he wanted to write him a guest spot as a deranged serial killer. |
| 56 | His all-time favourite Doctor Who character is the Zygons, who first appeared in Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons: Part One (1975), a Fourth Doctor adventure. |
| 57 | Son-in-law of Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson. |
| 58 | Stepson-in-law of Elizabeth Heery. |
| 59 | Is a big fan of the TV series, Firefly (2002). |
| 60 | He started acting with the hope that he would one day get to play the title role on "Doctor Who". |
| 61 | He adopted his wife's son, Tyler, in 2011. |
| 62 | Married Georgia Moffett on the 30th December 2011. |
| 63 | He is the second of three non-English actors to portray the "Doctor Who" character. Along with Sylvester McCoy, and Peter Capaldi, all three are Scottish. |
| 64 | His fiancée, actress Georgia Moffett, gave birth to his first child, a daughter named Olive, on 29 March 2011. |
| 65 | Tennant revealed on The Paul O'Grady Show (2004) that he had auditioned for the role of "the Blue Meanie" in the remake of Yellow Submarine (1968). |
| 66 | Married to Georgia Moffett since 30th December 2011. They met on the set of Doctor Who (2005) in November 2007, but did not become a couple until some time later. She is the daughter of former "Doctor Who" actor Peter Davison. In January 2011, UK tabloids reported that they had moved in together and become engaged. Moffett gave birth to the couple's first child two months later, and they married nine months after that. Tennant has never spoken about or confirmed their relationship to the media, though Moffett occasionally posts about him on her social media pages. |
| 67 | From taking the role of The Doctor in 2005 to when he gave the role up in 2010, he became the second longest actor to play the title role on television and the third longest overall. |
| 68 | Winner 2009 Theatregoers' Choice Award Best Regional Production was RSC Production of Hamlet with David Tennant and 2009 Theatregoers' Choice Award for Theatre Event of the Year was David Tennant's return to the stage in the RSC Production of Hamlet. |
| 69 | Nominated for the 2009 Broadcasting Guild Awards-Best Actor for his portrayal of "Sir Arthur Eddington" in Einstein and Eddington (2008) and "The Doctor" in Doctor Who (2005). |
| 70 | Nominated for the 2008 Royal Television Society Award-Best Actor for Recovery and Doctor Who. |
| 71 | Won 2009 Critics Choice Award for Best Shakespearean Performance for his Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| 72 | Nominated 2009 Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Actor for his Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| 73 | Missed out for a nomination for the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for his "Hamlet" because he did not perform enough shows in London after the show transfered from Stratford-Upon-Avon, due to a back injury and surgery during the London run. |
| 74 | So many people wanted to see him in the 2009 RSC Production of Hamlet; the London run at the Novello Theater sold out in three hours. |
| 75 | Along with Matt Smith, Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Tommy Knight, Alexander Armstrong, Lachele Carl, and Nicholas Courtney, he is one of only eight actors to play the same character in both Doctor Who (2005) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007). |
| 76 | Favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. |
| 77 | Favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn. |
| 78 | Has a brother, Blair, and a sister, Karen. |
| 79 | His father is Sandy McDonald, a retired minister; mother Helen died of cancer in July 2007. |
| 80 | Considers Paisley as his hometown. |
| 81 | Says that his favorite Doctor from the original Doctor Who (1963) was Tom Baker. |
| 82 | His heroes are John Cleese and Derek Jacobi. |
| 83 | On August 31, 2007, he turned on the illumination lights for Blackpool. |
| 84 | Is the second Scots actor to be cast as "The Doctor" (and got a chance to use his actual accent, once, when the Doctor poses as a Scottish physician in episode Doctor Who: Tooth and Claw (2006)). The first was Sylvester McCoy, who was cast as the seventh Doctor in the original series. McCoy's time in the TARDIS was from 1987 to 1989. |
| 85 | Is a big fan of film director Alfred Hitchcock. |
| 86 | Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association, for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom. |
| 87 | Won Best Male Performance, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland, for his role in "Look Back in Anger" as Jimmy Porter. [2005] |
| 88 | Nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theater role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000] |
| 89 | Chose his acting surname from Neil Tennant, singer with Pet Shop Boys. This came after reading an interview with Tennant in "Smash Hits" shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald. |
| 90 | Best friends with Louise Delamere (No Angels (2004)). They went to Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together and shared a flat. |
| 91 | While attending Paisley Grammar School, he wrote an essay on how his greatest desire was to play Doctor Who on TV. |
| 92 | Cast as "Tenth Doctor" for BBC Doctor Who (2005) series to star alongside Billie Piper (April 2005). |
| 93 | Decided to be an actor at the age of three. |
| 94 | Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company, a genre-bending, ground-breaking, political Scottish Theatre Group. |
| 95 | Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. |
| 96 | Attended Paisley Grammar. |
| 97 | He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres. |
| 98 | David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It," Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet," Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors," and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals.". |