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{{quote|''I believe the traditional answer is "[[Doctor Who/20th AS the Five Doctors/Recap|Splendid chaps, all of them.]]"''|'''David Tennant''' when asked which Doctor was his favourite, Comic-Con 2009.}}
A Lothian-born bloke, David Tennant was born David MacDonald, but had to adopt a screen name for [[One Steve Limit|guild reasons]] (the "Tennant" coming from the last name of Neil Tennant of [[Pet Shop Boys]]). Best known for being [[Doctor Who|The Tenth Doctor]], as well as the lead role in a ''[[Casanova (TV series)|Casanova]]'' miniseries. In ''[[Harry Potter (
In 2008, he played the eponymous character in the Great Performances production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' from the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside [[Patrick Stewart]]. The film adaptation can be viewed on [[PBS]]' [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/ website.] In 2011, he played Benedick [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine|opposite]] [[Catherine Tate]] in a production of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''.
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He is a public supporter of the Labour Party, delivering a very scathing criticism of [[David Cameron]] in early 2010 as well as providing the voiceover for Labour's 2010 Election Broadcast, although he avoided political commentary during his tenure as the Doctor because he felt it was improper. In 2011, he played showy vampire slayer Peter Vincent in the ''[[Fright Night]]'' remake.
He likes [[Kate Bush]], [[Coldplay]], ''Come Dine With Me'', ''[[
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=== Tropes commonly associated with David Tennant, or even applicable to him in [[Real Life]]: ===
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** It's come about halfway true. The fans possibly did have something to do with The Doctor actually carrying the Olympic torch, but it was [[Matt Smith|the current one]] and he only ran for one leg of it in Cardiff instead of actually lighting the flame in London, but the possibility is still out there.
* [[Geek Physique]]: During ''Who'', both [[Catherine Tate|Donna Noble]] and [[Peter Davison|the Fifth Doctor]] called him skinny boy at some point (well, Five called him "skinny idiot", but it still applies). He ''is'' [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9m7cav6Nc1qczkl8o1_500.jpg pretty slim.]
* [[Hot Dad]]: As of late March 2011. Played one in ''[[
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Has been compaired to [[Top Gear|Richard Hammond]].
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Doctor Who|THE LAWS OF TIME ARE]] ''[[A God Am I|HIS!]]'' '''[[Freak-Out|AND THEY WILL OBEY HIM!!!]]'''
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: David TEN-nant was [[The Nth Doctor|Doctor TEN]], and apparently nicknamed David [[Biggus Dickus|Ten-Inch]] by Billie Piper.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Would you believe he's 40?
* [[One of Us]]: Being a [[Promoted Fanboy]] of ''Who'', this is to be expected. Also visible in his video diary footage are ''[[Star Wars]]'' figures and ''[[
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Let's count the ways.
** Grew up a huge fan of the Doctor, and got into acting specifically to play him.
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