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Brooklyn Academy of Music have teamed up with TodayTix for a new and exclusive partnership offering theater goers the chance to grab one of a limited number of $30 dollar tickets for each performance in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Great Cycle of Kings, King & Country. The cycle, which runs at the BAM Harvey Theater in New York from March 24th till May 1st includes Richard II with David Tennant reprising his award-winning role as the King. 
Richard II is joined by the critically acclaimed productions of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V. All four plays are directed by the RSC's Artistic Director Gregory Doran, and the company includes Anthony Sher, Jasper Britton, Oliver Ford-David, Jane Lapotaire and Julian Glover. 
BAM and TodayTix, the theater ticket app, will be allowing theater fans the opportunity for an up-close encounter with the world renowned company. A limited number of $30 on-stage cushion seats will be placed in a mobile lottery via the TodayTix app at midni…

Donna Noble has never been lucky in love.
So when, one day, her Prince does come, she is thrilled to have the wedding of all weddings to look forward to. Though the Doctor isn’t holding his breath for an invitation. And her future mother-in-law is certainly not amused.
But on the big day itself, Donna finds her castle under siege from the darkest of forces, marching at the head of a skeleton army.
When it looks like even the Doctor can’t save the day, what will Queen Donna do to save her people from Death itself?

"Donna finally gets her fairy tale wedding - I mean you know that when a story starts with Donna preparing for her fairytale wedding, it's maybe not going to go exactly the way she's planned. But to say more than that would be to give it away!" says David Tennant.
"It's all sort of a twisted fairytale", he continues, "where you don't quite know what is actually going on behind the facade. It's set in a country which may or may not…

Calibris. The spaceport planet where anything goes. Where anyone who doesn't want to be found can be lost, and where everything has its price. Where betentacled gangster Gully holds sway at the smugglers’ tavern, Vagabond’s Reach.
The alien Vacintians are trying to impose some order on the chaos. Soon the Doctor and Donna discover why. An illegal weapon is loose on the streets. A weapon that destroys lives… Slowly and agonisingly.

"A lot of this is set on a noisy planet," explains David Tennant, "so a lot of the time, it's just being told what level to shout at, really. So much of that is done afterwards, and you've no idea how much they're going to put underneath. They might stitch us up! When you're doing TV things, in like a nightclub, they always go 'Oh the music will be really loud, so make sure you're shouting all the way through.' I always do exactly what I'm told, and all the other actors just mumble, and then of course you see …

When the Doctor and Donna visit London’s Technology Museum for a glimpse into the future, things don’t go to plan.
The most brilliant IT brain in the country can’t use her computer. More worrying, the exhibits are attacking the visitors, while outside, people seem to be losing control of the technology that runs their lives.
Is it all down to simple human stupidity, or is something more sinister going on?
Beneath the streets, the Koggnossenti are waiting. For all of London to fall prey to technophobia...

"Technophobia has a clever twist I thought" says David Tennant. "Each of the stories has got a lovely central concept that's quite new, and very inventive and creative. That's always the things with these stories. They can sort of be.."
"A little bit generic?" asks Catherine Tate.
"Because the formula is 'baddie', 'Oooh, you're in danger', 'Oh it's all worked out alright!'"
"Yeah  - 'we'll throw in s…

A trailer for the Shakespeare Live! event which is to be hosted by David Tennant has been released.
The extravanganza, to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of the Bard will take place on 23rd April at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and will be broadcast live on BBC Two and screened live in cinemas across the UK and Europe.

Talking about the show David Tennant said: "Shakespeare Live! is a kind of variety bill. We've got some of the greatest classical actors around. Judi Dench will be there, Ian McKellen will be there. Live performance is what Shakespeare is all about. We have opera, we have ballet, we have hip-hop - all celebrating Shakespeare and what he's done for our cultural heritage."

Watch the trailer below:



David will be joined by Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellan, Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Wainwright, Tim Minchin, Al Murray, Meera Syal, Alison Moyet, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Paapa Essiedu, Pippa Nixon, Alexandra Gilbreath , Noma Dumezweni, The Roy…

Eight years after the Tenth Doctor and Donna finished their time travelling adventures together on screen in Doctor Who, David Tennant and Catherine Tate have teamed up once more to bring the much loved characters back to life for a brand new series of audio stories and the pair have spoken to the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine to explain why they were so keen to join forces once more.

"There is something intimate about having voices in your ears, I think, and allowing yourself to fill in the pictures. There's something quite potent about that. We are very fortunate in this country in that we have Radio 4 , which is a wonderful resource for such things, and it uses a slightly different part of your brain. Obviously it taps in to your imagination. But it can be very seductive, audio drama. I love it. I listen to it a lot, and it takes you somewhere. It fires up a particularly emotive and exciting part of your brain." says David.

It was David's idea for the Tenth…

Today's Throwback Thursday post is a couple of photos of David Tennant from Time Out back in 1996 when he told the publication ‘I was convinced from the age of three that I wanted to be Doctor Who. Then, when I discovered that Doctor Who doesn’t exist, I wanted to be the man who played him.’ The rest as they say is history.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are back as the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble for a new set of Big Finish audio adventures out in May.

To celebrate the arrival of the three new stories, Doctor Who Magazine have made David and Catherine the cover stars for issue #498 and inside they'll be talking about how thrilled they are to be recreating their much-loved roles.

The three new adventures - Technophobia, Time Reaver and Death And The Queen -  will be available on audio CD or digital download and can be pre-ordered now from Big Finish Productions.

Click here for more details

Doctor Who Magazine Issue #498 is available to buy in UK shops from today for £4.99 and a digital version is available from iTunes here.

The issue also includes interviews with John Leeson, the voice of K-9, and Sadie Miller, talking about her mother Elisabeth Sladen.

Panel Admission tickets to see David Tennant and Matt Smith chat about their time on Doctor Who are now available for Wizard World NYC - The Doctors.  Click here to snap one up!
David Tennant and Matt Smith will be making a unique dual appearance at the PlayStation Theater in Manhattan on Saturday 16th April, the only star guests at the event specially created for them to meet their American fans. This will be the only opportunity to see the pair in their hugely anticipated joint Q&A panels, the first that they have ever done together.
A variety of packages are still available, ranging from solo photo or autograph opportunities up to the spectacular Dual Platinum package, allowing two people to attend event, have guaranteed seats for the first Q&A panel and to meet the stars for photos and autographs.

John Macaluso, Wizard World CEO said,“Our fans have been clamoring to see David Tennant and Matt Smith, two of our most popular guests, together, and Wizard World is proud to hav…

David Tennant's Hamlet is available for US residents to stream as part of Thirteen's multi platform celebration to Shakespeare's legacy on the 400th anniversary of his death.

Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production of Hamlet.

Other highlights in the programming include a new documentary Shakespeare's Curse about the Bard's final resting place and another screening of The Hollow Crown.

Watch Hamlet online here.

Watch a trailer for Hamlet below:

The Royal Shakespeare Company have announced that they are releasing a DVD box set for their King And Country season comprising of Gregory Doran’s productions of Shakespeare’s great cycle of kings, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I and II and Henry V.

David Tennant plays Richard II alongside Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke in the film of the 2013 production.
In Henry IV Parts I and II, Antony Sher plays Falstaff with Jasper Britton in the role of Henry IV, whilst Alex Hassell plays Prince Hal before returning in the climax of the cycle as Henry V.

All the plays were filmed live at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and each film includes a commentary by Gregory Doran and Assistant Director Owen Horsley, giving an exclusive insight into the process of staging the plays.

The box set is released on 1 April and can be pre ordered from the RSC shop here.



David Tennant is currently appearing as Richard II in the New York run of King And Country at BAM.

About the plays:

Richard II
R…

David Tennant is a guest on tonight's episode of Front Row on BBC Radio 4 from 7.15pm BST
He is appearing as part of the show's Shakespeare's People segment which is a celebration to mark the 400th anniversary of the bard.
Shakespeare's People has asked actors, directors and writers to give their personal take on their favourite Shakespeare character and David will be talking about his choice, Hamlet.

You can listen online worldwide here.

Listen to a clip from the show below:

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David Tennant and Catherine Tate are back as the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble for a new set of Big Finish audio adventures out in May.

To celebrate the arrival of the three new stories, Doctor Who Magazine have made David and Catherine the cover stars for issue #498 and inside they'll be talking about how thrilled they are to be recreating their much-loved roles. 

The three new adventures - Technophobia, Time Reaver and Death And The Queen -  will be available on audio CD or digital download and can be pre-ordered now from Big Finish Productions.

Click here for more details

Doctor Who Magazine Issue #498 is available to buy in UK shops from Thursday 31st March, though subscribers are receiving their copies now. The issue also includes interviews with John Leeson, the voice of K-9, and Sadie Miller, talking about her mother Elisabeth Sladen. 

Cover image courtesy of Adam Till.

Doctor Who is now officially back streaming in the USA as Amazon Prime begin their exclusive streaming deal with BBC Worldwide North America today.

They will be hosting all 8 seasons plus all specials from Sunday 27th March at no extra charge to members of their Prime service. The content includes all episodes starring Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith as the Doctor, and Peter Capaldi's first year in the role. Season 9 and the 2015 Christmas special will be added later this year.

If you would like to sign up to Amazon Prime to watch Doctor Who click here.

A similar deal with Bell TV means that viewers in Canada will soon be able to stream Doctor Who exclusively through Crave TV.

David Tennant stars as the Fugitoid in another new episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Nickelodeon in the USA today.
The episode sees worlds collide as the voice cast of the 1980s Turtles, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon and Townsend Coleman joins forces as Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, respectively, in “Trans-Dimensional Turtles.”
In this new half-hour episode, the Turtles are transported to another dimension where they meet their ‘80s alternate-reality counterparts. Actor Pat Fraley also reunites with the ‘80s cast for the first time since the original series premiered to reprise his role as Krang.

In “Trans-Dimensional Turtles,” all eight Turtles must battle to eliminate both the ‘80s Krang and Kraang Sub-Prime.  After meeting their ‘80s counterparts in a 2D-animation world, the entire clan moves back into a CG-animation dimension, giving their new retro friends a taste of their realm. Additionally, in another dimensional twist, the episode will offe…

Have you ever thought that what you really need is a mini Kilgrave to accompany you everywhere you go? It seems you're in luck. Pop culture toy makers Funko have revealed via a Twitter Q&A session that they'll soon be adding Marvel's Jessica Jones figures to their ever-growing iconic 3.75" Pop! Vinyl series and David Tennant's purple-clad villain will be one of them.



Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones will also be joining the hugely popular stylised range, although Funko have not announced when they'll be available to buy. Neither have they said whether any of the other characters from the Netflix-exclusive series will similarly be immortalised in super-cute plastic. Funko have previously released Pop! Vinyl figures of Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk from Daredevil, the first of Marvel's comic book adaptations for Netflix.
Marvel's Jessica Jones, the thirteen part series about a former superhero terrorised by her former captor, stars Krysten Ritter a…

Scottish charity Erskine have tweeted a thank you for our current fundraiser which we launched last week in memory of David Tennant's father. The Very Reverend Dr. Sandy McDonald sadly passed away just over a week ago at the Erskine Care Home for ex-servicemen in Bishopton following a long battle with lung disease.

They said:
@davidtennantcom Many thanks for setting up https://t.co/tnCTpZWr7O to raise money for our #veterans. We are extremely touched by support. — Erskine (@Erskine1916) March 23, 2016Erskine was set up in 1916 to care for those wounded in battle during the First World War. A hundred years later it is still providing support for veterans and is the leading care organisation for ex-Service men and women in Scotland. 

We would like to join Erskine in thanking the very generous fans who have donated to the fundraiser so far, allowing us to raise over £2000 in just over a week. If you haven't donated yet, there is still time to do so over this weekend.

Please click here…

Gizmo Films, the producers of David Tennant's new feature Mad To Be Normal, will be attending the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival next month. 

Arguably the best known event of its kind, the annual Festival de Cannes celebrates film projects from around the world and the star-studded event is also one of the major meeting points for film industry professionals every year. The Marché du Film attracts over 10,000 participants and offers an international marketplace for over 3000 films and projects each year. This year's event runs from 11th-20th May.

Gizmo Films, who are attending between 13th-16th May, are hoping to strike distribution and finance deals for Mad To Be Normal, the biopic of maverick psychiatrist RD Laing. David Tennant stars as Laing, leading a cast which also includes Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne. Mad To Be Normal is written and directed by Gizmo Films founder Robert Mullan, produced by Phin Glynn, Charlotte Arden, Alan Latham and exe…

The audio recording of of the Royal Shakespeare Company talk on Richard II with David Tennant and Jonathan Slinger is now available online.

David and Jonathan, who each played the lead role in the play in 2013 and 2007 respectively, took to the stage of the Frobisher Auditorium at the Barbican Centre on January 16th this year for the special hour-long panel hosted by Professor Emma Smith of Hertford College Oxford. The talk was one of the events held by the RSC to complement the staging of the King & Country Cycle of Shakespeare's great tetralogy of history plays. David Tennant reprised his award-winning performance of the King for the cycle. 

You can listen to the talk here:





The King & Country Cycle has now transferred to New York and David Tennant has just made his North American theatrical debut in Richard II at the BAM Harvey Theatre in Brooklyn within the last hour.

Today's Throwback Thursday post is a collection of our screen caps from back in July 2006 when David Tennant appeared on The Ultimate West Wing Challenge on More4. The show was produced to mark the showing of the final episode of the political drama The West Wing and featured "celebrity superfans" David, Arabella Weir, Mark Oaten and Stryker McGuire being quizzed on their knowledge of the show by Rory Bremner.