David Tennant has revealed how his Doctor Who return came about for the 60th Anniversary.
Tennant, who originally played the Tenth Doctor from 2005 - 2010, as well as a one-off appearance in 2013, has spoken to BBC News about his latest comeback and how decisions were made that he and Catherine Tate would reappear in 2023.
"It all slightly happened a little bit by accident," Tennant explains in his BBC News interview. "And, strange as it may sound, COVID played a huge role. That's where this all started."
Back in 2020, during the many lockdowns in the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Doctor Who fans, cast and writers came together to rewatch a variety of episodes from the series simultaneously and live-tweet each adventure. This included Tennant himself along with his co-star Catherine Tate and writer Russell T Davies for their respective episodes.
"At a certain time and day everyone would press play on a certain episode and some of the people who had been involved in those episodes were tweeting along," he explained.
Tennant went onto reveal a private text chat which happened after one of the tweet-alongs where Catherine Tate had said, 'wouldn't it be fun to do it again?' He added: "Russell said, 'We could do a one off, maybe they'd let us'. We said, 'yeah that would be a laugh,' and then it all went quiet!"
However, fast-forward to 2021 and Russell T Davies was officially announced to be returning as the showrunner of Doctor Who. This meant their idea from the previous year was immediately revisited.
"Suddenly, Russell let us know that he was taking over the show again and he would be back fully in charge and would we come and play a little bit for him?" Tennant says. "So I don't know if we gave him the idea to take Doctor Who back but certainly we thought if he's doing it, we can't let these young people have all the fun!"
You can watch David Tennant and Catherine Tate as part of the 60th Anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, due to air sometime in 2023, under the new Russell T Davies era.
Tennant, who originally played the Tenth Doctor from 2005 - 2010, as well as a one-off appearance in 2013, has spoken to BBC News about his latest comeback and how decisions were made that he and Catherine Tate would reappear in 2023.
"It all slightly happened a little bit by accident," Tennant explains in his BBC News interview. "And, strange as it may sound, COVID played a huge role. That's where this all started."
Back in 2020, during the many lockdowns in the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Doctor Who fans, cast and writers came together to rewatch a variety of episodes from the series simultaneously and live-tweet each adventure. This included Tennant himself along with his co-star Catherine Tate and writer Russell T Davies for their respective episodes.
"At a certain time and day everyone would press play on a certain episode and some of the people who had been involved in those episodes were tweeting along," he explained.
Tennant went onto reveal a private text chat which happened after one of the tweet-alongs where Catherine Tate had said, 'wouldn't it be fun to do it again?' He added: "Russell said, 'We could do a one off, maybe they'd let us'. We said, 'yeah that would be a laugh,' and then it all went quiet!"
However, fast-forward to 2021 and Russell T Davies was officially announced to be returning as the showrunner of Doctor Who. This meant their idea from the previous year was immediately revisited.
"Suddenly, Russell let us know that he was taking over the show again and he would be back fully in charge and would we come and play a little bit for him?" Tennant says. "So I don't know if we gave him the idea to take Doctor Who back but certainly we thought if he's doing it, we can't let these young people have all the fun!"
You can watch David Tennant and Catherine Tate as part of the 60th Anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, due to air sometime in 2023, under the new Russell T Davies era.
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