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• David's real name is David John McDonald. David changed his name to Tennant after the Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant because there was another actor with his name.
• His grandfather, Archie McLeod was a professional footballer for the Scottish juniors before moving to Northern Ireland. - BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?
• Has a sister named Karen and a brother named Blair.
• The first single David bought was 'Like a virgin' by Madonna.
• Loves The West Wing.
• Claims that Madonna was his sexual awakening, when he was 13/14.
• Nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres.
• When David was at Paisley Grammar School, he wrote an essay on how his greatest desire was to play Doctor Who on TV.
• Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
• Has one older brother Blair and one older sister Karen.
• David is always reluctant to talk about his private life especially his love life in interviews.
• David dated Sophia Myles. They acted together in 'Foyle's War - Lesson in murder' and in the Doctor Who episode 'The Girl in the Fireplace'.
• Was announced as the tenth Doctor in 2005.
• Doctor Who is writen by Russell T Davies - famous for writing Casanova, which David played the part of Casanova for the BBC remake.
• Friends with Arabella Weir (The Fast show) David used to lodge with her and is godfather to her youngest child. They recorded Excile (Doctor Who's unbound audio plays). Arabella plays the female version of the Doctor.
• David started filming as the Doctor in July 2005.
• Heralded as the sexiest Doctor.
• Voted 20th in the sexiest men poll by the girls and came first with the guys.
• Dislikes moths as they freak him out.
• Billie Piper's nickname for him is David Ten-inch.
• Never appeared in Taggart, the only famous scottish actor not to. He auditioned 6 times. Got a part once but the Taggart casting did not ring his agent back and his agent rang them to find out what happened and the part went to a James Tennant because they had wrongly rang David's agent saying he had got the part. (Mentioned at 'Chain Reactions' Radio 4 recording)
• David is a patron of Headway a brain injury association. David visited them for research for his part in 'Recovery'.
• David likes to listen to the Kaiser Chiefs, The Fratellis, U2, The Proclaimers and Madonna.
• David has worked with Sarah Parish on Blackpool, The Runaway Bride and Recovery.
• David drives an old Skoda.
• David hates astrology. He finds it irritating that Catherine Tate and Freema Agyeman believe in horoscopesl! (Mentioned at 'Chain Reactions' Radio 4 recording)
• Hates interactive news feeds. (Mentioned at 'Chain Reactions' Radio 4 recording)
• Loves the original Star Wars films, dislikes the prequels Star Wars films. (Mentioned at 'Chain Reactions' Radio 4 recording)
• David met George Lucas in a posh restaurant. (Mentioned at 'Chain Reactions' Radio 4 recording)
• David voices the 'Argos' catalogue July/August 2007 advert.
• David's favourite film of all time is 'Twelve Angry Men'. (Mentioned in Academy Magazine)
• When asked what legendary actor he would have liked to have worked with David said Audrey Hepburn. (Mentioned in Academy Magazine)
• David's favourite Doctor Who monster is the Zygons and his favourite Doctor Who story is Genesis of the Daleks. (Children In Need concert)
• David directed the Doctor Who Confidential 'Do You Remember The First Time?' which was for the episode 'Blink'.
• David is not allowed to attend any Doctor Who fan conventions while he is playing the Doctor. (Mentioned in Daily Mirror)
• David's height is 6ft 1 (1.85m).
• David's mother Helen McDonald died in July 2007.
• David appears in a boots advert made in 2002.
• Likes film director Alfred Hitchcock, known for his films such as 'Psycho', The Birds' and 'Rear Window'.
• David was the second Doctor Who actor to turn on the Blackpool Illuminations on 31st August 2007.
• David has acted along side Christopher Eccleston in the 1996 film 'Jude'. There characters meet in a bar. David plays a drunk undergraduate. Of course they both went on to play the Doctor.
• Named best Actor for Doctor Who at the TV Choice and TV Quick Awards 2007.
• David interviewed Richard Wilson for the Radio 4 'Chain Reaction' show. They have acted together in the TV series 'Duck Patrol' and they have both been in Doctor Who.
• David won best actor at the National Television Awards on October 31st 2007.
• David has a minus 5 prescription for glasses. He claims he "can't see a thing without my glasses". (Radio Times) (David wears contacts when not wearing glasses)
• It took David 3 times to pass his driving test and claims that parallel parking is his weakest area. (Inside Soap)
• Billie Piper claims that David has Kylie's mobile number on his phone. (icWales)
• David is a patron of Scotland-based Association for International Cancer Research (AICR).
• On Top Gear, David was timed at 1.48.8 doing the lap in the reasonably priced car. Billie Piper was faster at 1.48.3.
• David wears boxers and briefs (DWM, 391)
• David reads 'The Guardian' newspaper (Derren Brown: Trick or Treat).
• David would like to visit Australia (Derren Brown: Trick or Treat).
• David's father appeared in the Doctor Who episode - The Unicorn and the Wasp (4.07).
• David said if he could be a famous fictional detective he would be Columbo as he loves him so much (The Big Questions, episode 7).
• David now drives a Toyota Prius (Virgin Radio).
• David is a member of the Derry City Exiles supporters club. He was invited for honoury membership and he excepted (Derry City FC).
• David voices the Learn Direct adverts (May/June/July 2008).
• David and David Morrissey have acted together in Blackpool and in The Doctor Who Christmas special 'The Next Doctor'.
• David had to cancel appearing in some of the London Hamlet shows in December 2008 due to back problems, which resulted in having to have surgery to fix the problem. The surgery went well.

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- David is back on stage as Hamlet from 4th January until the 10th January.
- The Easter 2009 Doctor Who special is named 'Planet of the Dead'. Discuss in the fan forum here. Review and discuss 'The Next Doctor' in the fan forum here.
- David starts filming the next Doctor Who Easter special in January 2009.
- David is recovering well from his back surgery.
- Ed Bennett takes over from David Tennant in Hamlet at the London Norvello shows.
- Vote for David in the Theatregoers award here.
- The Next Doctor BBC trailer is now available for download.

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