David Tennant: project news and updates

Comic Relief
David Tennant appeared alongside Jonathan Ross and Jack Whitehall during the last leg of the Comic Relief broadcast on Friday 15th March. Plus he kissed John Bishop!
Loads of people tweeted afterwards that, due to David's appeal for Comic Relief, they had donated for the first ever time.
More information here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter
You can still donate - it's not too late!

Broadchurch
All reviews, viewing figures, interviews, etc are here (updated daily).
ITV Player link to watch first two episodes of Broadchurch (UK only) is here.
Here are the worldwide links to watch and to download episode two of Broadchurch.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

The Escape Artist
David Tennant is currently filming The Escape Artist which will air as a three part drama on BBC One later in the year. He has been spotted this week in Paisley, and Edinburgh.
More information (and photos) here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

Richard II
Public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Monday 18 March) at 10am to see David Tennant in Richard II, and there are currently 25 performances which show only a few seats including some with only restricted views. It seems that the Barbican website has more tickets available than the RSC website including some in the front row (e.g. 21st December)!
More information here.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

The Dragons: Riders of Berk
From David Tennant on Twitter (Monday 11 March):

Today Cressida Cowell tweeted that the How To Train Your Dragon television series has just started showing on the Cartoon Network in the UK. The programme is called The Dragons: Riders Of Berks and David Tennant voices Spitelout in episode twelve of the series which, by our calculations, will premiere on Saturday 11th May at 10.30am with a repeat at 6.30pm and on the following Monday also at 6.30pm.

Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

Lords of Time photos
Two new (funny) photos of David Tennant from the Lords Of Time fan convention have been posted to Tumblr. The ShowMasters website has 264 photos of David with fans.
Another fun photo of David Tennant from the Lords Of Time fan convention has been shared via Twitter
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

Diary dates
Sun 17 Mar - At 11pm on BBC Two The Best Bits Of Comic Relief will be shown which may include David Tennant.
Mon 18 Mar - Booking opens for General Public for Richard II in both Stratford-Upon-Avon and London.
Mon 18 Mar - Episode three of Broadchurch premieres on ITV at 9pm.
Tues 19 Mar - RTS Awards ceremony. David Tennant voiced Earthflight and Twenty Twelve have both been nominated.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter 


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David Tennant: Lords of Time convention, and project updates

• Lords of Time convention

Today (Sunday) David Tennant was the headline guest at Showmasters' Lords of Time convention. Comments and photos are trickling in via Twitter which will be included in a full update next week. 
In the meantime, check out this page on DavidTennantOnTwitter for updates as they happen. 

• The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists (DVD release)

Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman and David Tennant talk The Pirates!: video

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists hits DVD and Blu-ray next week, and we’ve got an exclusive early look at a bonus featurette (which you can watch below).

Hugh Grant discusses the unusual task of getting into character when you’re playing a plasticine pirate, and also shares his bemusement at the quality of his co-stars.
Co-stars Martin Freeman and David Tennant also contribute to the featurette on voice acting.

Aardman/Sony Pictures animation The Pirates! sees Grant’s Pirate Captain attempting to bag the elusive ‘Pirate of the Year’ award for seven-seas adventuring. Charles Darwin (Tennant) may be key to landing the prize, but The Pirate with a Scarf (Freeman) isn’t convinced.
Check out the featurette below:



The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists is available on (deep breath) Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download from 10 September 2012. 

Source (and review): Total Film

• Much Ado About Nothing (digital download)

Introducing a new online theatre platform
Gone are the days when theatre was accessible to limited audiences – today’s trend is for shows to be screened, live streamed or put online. Pushing the digital revolution further is a new partnership between Digital Theatre and Routledge Publishing.

Digital Theatre works with Britain's leading companies to capture live performance on screen. Using multiple camera angles and high-definition technology, they bring acclaimed stage productions to an online audience.

Shows featured on www.digitaltheatre.com include Much Ado About Nothing, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and All My Sons, with David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker. Each video is available to download or rent online, for a one-off payment or as part of a subscription.
Routledge bring an extensive publishing programme of theatre-related books and journals to the partnership, to offer a web audience an impressively comprehensive collection of material and resources on Routledgeperformancearchive.com.

The fully searchable and cross-referenced website includes more than 40 hours of video and will continue to grow, with additional content added every three months.

Read more at Evening Standard 

• Comedy World Cup

David Tennant has started filming episodes of Comedy World Cup. Details, reviews, and the future filming schedule can be found at DavidTennantOnTwitter (blog) 

• Diary dates

Mon 10 Sep - The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists released on DVD in the UK and Europe.
Mon 10 Sep - Peter Lord, producer of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists movie will make an appearance at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London to talk about the movie and its DVD release.
Sat 15 Sep - Episode 1 of Comedy World Cup is broadcast on Channel Four at 8.20pm.
Sun 16 Sep - At 1.30pm David records episode three of Comedy World Cup at Teddington Studios and at 5pm he records episode four.
Source: DavidTennantOnTwitter

• David Tennant donates autographed Doctor Who boxset to the Alzheimer's Society

David Tennant and Chris Martin have donated signed memorabilia in an exclusive “as seen on tv” star collection to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society.
More details at Alzheimers.org 
David's donation can be seen - and bid for - here 


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David Tennant: convention appearances, project updates, DVD releases

David Tennant has been announced as a guest at two major conventions in the UK -

• Showmasters Lords of Time

Showmasters announced this afternoon that David is their first confirmed guest for the event, scheduled for Friday 7th - Sunday 9th September 2012, Hilton Birmingham Metropole.
More information can be found on the Showmasters Forum
Source: @David_Tennant (on Twitter) with further details at their blog

• Starfury Midnight

It was confirmed on Friday that David Tennant will attend the Midnight Fan Convention at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham on Sunday 16th December.
Billie Piper is also attending that day and she and David will be doing a photo shoot (both separately and together) and will sign autographs, plus they will do a guest talk together and the closing ceremony.
Entry tickets for the convention are £90 for Regular Tickets and £160 for Gold. Tickets can be purchased from this link.

Additional prices are £30 for a photo with David, £20 for a photo with Billie and £50 for a photo with both David and Billie. Extra autographs (outside of any included in the price of admission) will be £20 for David and £15 for Billie.
More information about David Tennant at the Midnight Convention can be found at David Tennant on Twitter.
Starfury Conventions' official site is here




The Politician’s Husband 
Recent news about casting, filming, etc, has been reported by C21 Media and Cultbox


DVD and other releases:

• Mon 25 June - The DVD of True Love was released in the UK and Europe. More info at David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Tues 26 June - The Decoy Bride was released in Region One (the US and Canada) on both DVD and Blu-ray. More info at David Tennant on Twitter (blog)

• Thurs 28 June - The Shakespeare Sonnets app for iPads was released on Thursday. David Tennant reads 4 sonnets and this link has direct links to them all. The Bookseller has more information about the app here

Source: David Tennant on Twitter 




Diary date: 
Tues 3 July - Bonhams auction of some of the costumes from David Tennant's era of Doctor Who. More info at Doctor Who News






Source for all David Tennant news (updated daily): David Tennant on Twitter