David Tennant: project news and updates

photo courtesy of Radio Times

• Richard II

Barbican dates announced for Richard II
The Royal Shakespeare Company website has announced the exact dates and times for the 46 performances that David Tennant will play Richard II at the Barbican Centre in London. Tickets for the Barbican start to go on sale on 7th March.
Read more at David Tennant on Twitter (blog)
Source: David Tennant on Twitter  

• Broadchurch

Worldwide link to watch the Broadchurch trailer:

Original source: YouTube
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Radio Times has a new gallery of photos from Broadchurch, including several of David Tennant, here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Broadchurch DVD is now available to pre-order from Amazon. It will be a 3-DVD set which will be released in the UK on Monday 27th May.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Celebritain has an interview with David Tennant about Broadchurch here.

• The Politician's Husband

The first (short!) clip of David Tennant from The Politician's Husband is included in the BBC drama showreel which was posted online on Tuesday.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The DVD of The Politician's Husband is now available to pre-order on Amazon.co.uk. It will be released on Monday 29th April.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Every Seventh Wave

David Tennant and Emilia Fox performed in Every Seventh Wave which was broadcast on 14th February on BBC Radio Four at 2.15pm. The 45 minute drama was recorded on Tuesday 15th January. It is is the sequel to Love Virtually.
More information (including an MP3 of the drama) here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Doctor Who

The Doctor Who News website has confirmed that David Tennant will be interviewed during the BBC America programme Doctor Who Revisited: The Second Doctor which airs in the US on Sunday 24th February at 8pm.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

A new official Doctor Who figurines website has been opened, which includes a magazine. There is a David Tennant's Tenth Doctor figurine.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

There will be a free screening of the Human Nature episode of Doctor Who in Chicago on Saturday 23rd February. Tickets can be booked at this link.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Diary dates

Sun 17 Feb - MPSE Golden Reel Awards are announced: The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is nominated for Best Sound Editing Award.
Mon 18 Feb - Tree Fu Magic is released on region-free DVD.
Mon 18 Feb - Episode two of Penguins - Spy In The Huddle premieres on BBC One at 9pm.
Tue 19 Feb - BAFTA preview screening of Broadchurch followed by a Q&A.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: project news and upates

• Richard II

"One less performance of Richard II for David Tennant?" 

From David Tennant on Twitter:

Eagle-eyed Paksena on the GallifreyBase forum has spotted that the Richard II performance on Wednesday 13th November is no longer showing on the Royal Shakespeare Company website.

It has been removed in two places on the website including the ticket purchase link but there is nothing to say why or even whether there will be no performance on that day.

When the dates were first announced Monday 11th November was not listed so it now means that during the final week in Stratford-Upon-Avon there will be performances on Tuesday 12th, matinee and evening on Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and then matinee and evening on Saturday 15th. The production then moves to the Barbican Centre in London from 9th December.

One suggestion (and we stress that this is only a suggestion) is that POSSIBLY David Tennant could be involved in some promotion for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary on those two days. Nothing has been announced about David doing anything for the 50th on 23rd November but even so various media may wish to interview him.

Another alternative could be that on Monday 11th and / or Wednesday 13th November they will be playing a private or corporate performance which will not go on sale to the public.

This means that David Tennant is now playing 39 performances of Richard II. Tickets to Full RSC Members go on sale tomorrow online at 10am.

Source (including image): David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Penguins - Spy In The Huddle

Penguins - Spy In The Huddle broadcasts today!  
David Tennant narrates the three part nature documentary Penguins - Spy In The Huddle which will be broadcast on consecutive Mondays from 11th February at 9pm on BBC One. The programme uses state of the art camera techniques to film penguins in their natural enviroment in Antarctica and Peru.
More info here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• The Escape Artist

It seems that David Tennant has been reported a couple of times this week filming the BBC drama The Escape Artist in Surrey this week which may explain why there have been less sightings than if the production was filming in London.
Both of these reports only come from one person so are unsubstantiated but on Wednesday he was reported filming in Guildford and yesterday in a horse yard near Cranleigh in Surrey.
These dates have been added to the Known Filming Dates and Locations section of  The Escape Artist page on DavidTennantOnTwitter.com (which also includes David's prep word and costume fittings).
Source: David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Broadchurch

New clips of David Tennant in Broadchurch are shown in the new ITV trailer called Where Life Lives, It also includes the first chance to hear David Tennant using his own accent as this character. 
ITV have published their press pack for Broadchurch. It includes an interview with David Tennant. 
A little tidbit about Broadchurch is that David Tennant uses his own Scottish accent in the drama. In the ITV press kit he says that he presumes his character comes from Glasgow. 
David Tennant's interview from the Broadchurch ITV press pack has been reproduced on the blog.
Source (including image): David Tennant on Twitter (blog) 

• Every Seventh Wave

BBC Radio Four's website now has a page for Every Seventh Wave which airs next Thursday.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Shakespeare Uncovered

WETA has a preview video of Shakespeare Uncovered which plays worldwide.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

• The Politician's Husband

Amazon lists the DVD of The Politician's Husband with a release date of 29th April. However there is no pre-order link or cover photo yet. The BBC have not announced yet when the three part series will be broadcast.  
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Fright Night

Some new (old, as they are from from April 2011!) photos of David Tennant from his Fright Night / Disney shoot have been posted to GettyImages.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

• Doctor Who

This week's issue of Radio Times will have a free Doctor Who postcards offer. There will be two sets and one of them will include a photo of David Tennant.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Watch are to repeat Series Four of Doctor Who (starring David Tennant)

Series Four of Doctor Who will start being repeated on the satellite station Watch from Friday 15th February.

Starting on Tuesday 15th January Watch started a new run of repeats of David Tennant's episodes of Doctor Who following a repeat of Christopher Eccleston's series at the beginning of 2013.

Although there were 13 episodes in Series Two, Watch only showed 10 of the episodes on weekdays between Tuesday 15th and Monday 28th January. Due to the nature of the episodes Watch do not show Tooth & Claw, The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit during the day but instead reserve them for late night slots.

Watch started repeating series three on Tuesday 29th January and that series ends on Thursday 14th February.

Each episode is broadcast at 8am and again at 5pm plus it is repeated an hour later on Watch + 1.
Source (including image): David Tennant on Twitter (blog) 

• Diary dates

Mon 11 Feb - Booking opens for RSC Full Members (web) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Mon 11 Feb - Episode one of Penguins - Spy In The Huddle premieres on BBC One at 9pm.
Wed 13 Feb - Booking opens for RSC Full Members (phone) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Thurs 14 Feb - Every Seventh Wave premieres on BBC Radio Four.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter




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David Tennant: project news and updates

 

Penguins - Spy In The Huddle
David Tennant narrates the three part nature documentary Penguins - Spy In The Huddle which will be broadcast on consecutive Mondays from 11th February at 9pm on BBC One. The programme uses state of the art camera techniques to film penguins in their natural environment in Antarctica and Peru.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Escape Artist
The BBC have confirmed that David Tennant will star in The Escape Artist, a series of three one hour programmes which will air during 2013 on BBC One. Written by Spooks writer David Wolstencroft, it is about a junior barrister who gets a notorious prime suspect acquitted in a murder trial with chilling results. Ashley Jensen, Toby Kebbell & Sophie Okonedo will also star in the drama.
Filming started on Thursday 31st January and is expected to last until March.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Also reported by Radio Times

Red Nose Day 2013 trailer
See the trailer here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Every Seventh Wave
The BBC Media Centre website now has a page about Every Seventh Wave which premieres on BBC Radio Four at 2.15pm on Thursday 14th February.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter


Richard II
The Royal Shakespeare Company have announced that they will soon release an iPad app which will feature their Winter Season 2013 including Richard II (starring David Tennant).
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter  

Doctor Who
David Tennant was interviewed throughout the BBC America programme Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor which premiered on Sunday 27th January. The video is now available to view worldwide on YouTube (see here).
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

A photo of David Tennant is on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (50th Anniversary Edition) which can be purchased from this link for a kindle. David is also on the cover of The Doctor Who Quiz Book (The 10th Doctor edition) which can be purchased from this link also for a kindle.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Diary Dates
Wed 6 Feb - Winner of the Best Preschool Animated Series in the Kidscreen 2013 Awards will be announced in New York. Tree Fu Tom is nominated.
Thurs 7 Feb - Booking opens for Shakespeare's Circle Members (membership is £100+) for Richard II in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Fri 8 Feb - David Tennant's episode of Shakespeare Uncovered will have its first US broadcast on PBS at 9pm.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

David Tennant: project news and updates

photo courtesy of Rex Features / Daily Mail

Richard II
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that David Tennant will star in their production of Richard II which will play in Stratford-Upon-Avon from 10th October and transfer to The Barbican in London on 9th December.
Video interview of David Tennant talking about Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company:

The front page of the Royal Shakespeare Company website currently has a silent video of David Tennant / Richard II.

Read more here


Spies of Warsaw
The Spies Of Warsaw DVD was released in the UK on Monday (21 Jan).
Spies Of Warsaw will air on BBC America in the US on Wednesdays 3rd and 10th April at 9pm (Eastern). Spies Of Warsaw will be released in the US on Blu-Ray (with bonus UltraViolet copy) and DVD on Tuesday 16th April.
The Spies Of Warsaw DVD in the US has a different cover to the UK version. This is the link to pre-order for its release on 16th April.
More info here



Every Seventh Wave
On Tuesday 15 January, David Tennant and Emilia Fox recorded Every Seventh Wave which is the sequel to Love Virtually.
It will premiere on BBC radio Four on Valentine's Day (Thursday 14th February).
Read more here 



BBC Radio Drama Awards
On Sunday (27 January) David Tennant hosted the BBC Audio Drama Awards ceremony in Central London.
Two of David's projects (Believe It! and Kafka The Musical) won awards at the ceremony.
A report and photos have been posted by an attendee here
Read more here


Virgin Media
David Tennant can currently be seen on television and online in a number of adverts for the Virgin Media Collection.
He appears alongside Sir Richard Branson, Usain Bolt and some look-alikes. There are also some clips online on the Virgin Media website.
Read more here


Doctor Who
BBC Worldwide have launched a Doctor Who 50th Anniversary website with a David Tennant section. Please note it is a commercial-based website.
The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary 10th Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figures went on sale at 6pm on Thursday (24 Jan), with the signed version selling out within half an hour. Big Chief have posted some photos of the figure.



The Escape Artist
TVWise reports that Stephen Wight has been cast in The Escape Artist. None of the cast has been officially announced yet by the BBC.
TVWise have more casting news for The Escape Artist - Toby Kebbell (Black Mirror) and Sophie Okonedo (Sinbad) are the two we did not already know about. However the BBC have not officially announced any cast members yet.
David Tennant was seen at the Old Bailey on Wednesday (23 Jan) presumably doing some preparation work for The Escape Artist.
Nigel Lindsay tweeted that he was also at the Old Bailey with David Tennant, so it seems that he will be in The Escape Artist too.
More info here




Project Motormouth 
Alongside Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Paul McGann, David Tennant attended the Project Motor Mouth fan convention in Slough on 19th January.
Janet Fielding has tweeted a photo of herself with the five Doctors who were at Project Motor Mouth.
Read more here


Diary dates
Wed 30 Jan - 2013 Broadcast Awards are announced. Twenty Twelve is short-listed in the Best Comedy Programme category.
Fri 1 Feb - Episode four of Spies Of Warsaw premieres on TVP1 in Poland.


Source of all news and updates: David Tennant on Twitter

David Tennant: project updates and news

Project Motor Mouth
Alongside Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Paul McGann, David Tennant attended the Project Motor Mouth fan convention in Slough on 19th January.
A funny video of David Tennant auctioning a TARDIS at Project Motor Mouth on Saturday.
Read all about the convention here
Janet Fielding tweeted that £7,700 was raised in total by the auction on Saturday at Project Motor Mouth.
Source (including photo above): David Tennant on Twitter

Every Seventh Wave
On Tuesday 15th January, David Tennant and Emilia Fox recorded Every Seventh Wave which is the sequel to Love Virtually.
It will premiere on BBC radio Four on Valentine's Day (Thursday 14th February).
Read more here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

BBC Audio Drama Awards
On Sunday 27th January, David Tennant will host the BBC Audio Drama Awards ceremony in Central London.
More information here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Shakespeare Uncovered
David Tennant can currently be seen in adverts on PBS in the US for Shakespeare Uncovered. His episode about Hamlet airs on Friday 8th February. A screenshot is here.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

50th Anniversary Tenth Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figure
Big Chief Studios are issuing a 50th Anniversary Tenth Doctor 1:6 Scale Collector Figure which is limited to only 750 pieces worldwide and the 50th Anniversary Signature Edition is limited to only 250 pieces worldwide. Register for Priority Pre-order Notification at this link before 24th January.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Diary Dates
Mon 21 Jan - Spies Of Warsaw DVD is released in the UK and Europe.
Sun 27 Jan - David Tennant hosts BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013 ceremony. Two David Tennant radio dramas have been short-listed.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter


BAFTA screening: Broadchurch
BAFTA are holding a preview screening of Broadchurch on Tuesday 19th February. It will be followed by a Q&A. Writer Chris Chibnall and director of some of the episodes James Strong are confirmed. Some of the cast will attend but it has not been announced which ones yet. (David Tennant is expecting to be filming The Escape Artist at that time).
All the public tickets for the Broadchurch BAFTA preview screening on 19th February are now sold out, although there are some available for BAFTA members. Also producer Richard Stokes has tweeted that he will also attend that evening.

The ITV showreel of upcoming programmes has been posted to BlogtorWho, and includes Broadchurch.

Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Virgin adverts
Virgin have added the second of David Tennant's 2013 Virgin Media collection videos online. In this one there are three 'David Tennants' fighting plus the real David Tennant talking to the camera.
Fans are reporting that there are currently large cardboard cut outs of David Tennant in Virgin Media stores.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

Doctor Who
BlogtorWho has posted his list of 11 Heart-Melting Doctor Who Moments which includes 5 from David Tennant's era.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter

The Escape Artist
Although not officially announced yet, David Tennant's co-star in The Escape Artist will be Ashley Jensen. Filming is scheduled for February and March for this BBC One production.
TV Wise reports that Tony Gardner has also been cast in The Escape Artist.
Source: David Tennant on Twitter 

David Tennant helps a terminally ill child’s dream come true
Read all about it here
Source: David Tennant on Twitter