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David Tennant answers readers' questions - Radio Times, April 2006 |
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What's life like as a Time Lord? Nick Griffiths gets David Tennant to satisfy readers' curiosity.
What did David Tennant the
viewer think of David Tennant
the actor's portrayal of the
Doctor at Christmas?
Paula Mills, Windsor, Berkshire
I'm sure he thought he could be
better. It was funny, I was watching it
through the prism of my own
family - Mum and Dad, my sister,
her kids - which made the whole
experience even more surreal.
Is typecasting a worry for you,
or do you look on this role as
the defining one of your career?
Robert Davis, Hull
Yes, it was a concern and something
I had to think through, but the only
other option is you don't do the job.
I couldn't imagine being the guy who
said no. I'm willing to risk it.
Is it true that Fourth Doctor
Tom Baker is a hero of yours
and was the reason you
became an actor?
Erica Egerton, Wirral, Merseyside
I guess he was. He phoned me up
the other day. Well, he didn't.
I got a text message from him
[via Baker's computerised
BT voice], which I did get
ridiculously overexcited at.
It was only to tell me
my broadband had
been switched on.
Have you bought
the David Tennant
Tenth Doctor
action figures?
Anthony Gamon, 17, Manchester
I was given them. I didn't buy
them. One in a suit and
one in a long overcoat. It's
very freaky, but very pleasing,
to have a plastic figure of yourself.
Which monster
would you like
to bring back?
Richard Thomas,
Kilmarnock,
East Ayrshire
We've got the
Cybermen, which is
pretty exciting. I still
think the Zygons were a bit of a design classic. If we
got [prosthetics expert] Neill Gorton
onto them now we could do
something pretty exciting.
How long do you think you'll
play the Doctor?
Jonathan Robbins, Isle of Wight
I just don't know, and of course, it's
all anybody ever asks me. We've just about finished
this series and I'm fairly certain I'll do
the next one.
Do you now get lots of small
children running after you
calling you the Doctor?
Kali, Telford, Shropshire
The people who run after you are
their parents. There was a
terrible incident getting on a
plane . I
was filing down the aisle
and this man started
going, "Oh! Oh! Hoi!" and
stopped the whole line of
us. He started jumping up
and down, and said, "Come on!
You've got to!" I said, "Got to what,
sorry?" He said, "You've got to say
hello to him!"
So I looked round;
there's this little kid on his Game Boy.
This man's shaking him, the kid
couldn't care less, I'm mortified, the
rest of the plane wants me to push off
up the aisle and he says, "Johnny!
Johnny! Come on! Look!" I said, "I
don't think he really cares, do you?"
He went, "Just leave it. Leave it!" and
started conducting me up the aisle
like it had all been my fault!
The kids are the easy ones; it's the
parents who are sometimes harder.
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Watch David Tennant's video diary - or take a look at our full Doctor Who guide.
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