INTERVIEW: The New Doctor Prepares For An Invasion
The BBC News website interviews David Tennant, preparing to defend the Earth from alien invasion in a special Christmas edition of sci-fi series Doctor Who. In his first full episode as the Doctor, Tennant barely has time to change out of his pyjamas before he is hunted by robot Santas, a lethal spinning Christmas tree and bloodthirsty Sycorax aliens. It brings to an end a busy year for Tennant, who won acclaim in dramas Blackpool and The Quatermass Experiment, took the lead in Casanova and ITV thriller Secret Smile and joined blockbuster movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tennant's breakthrough came after he graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Small parts in acclaimed productions such as the 1996 movie Jude led to larger roles in films including Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things. He also appeared on stage in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet, The Rivals and The Comedy of Errors, and was nominated for a best actor L