Tardis fails to thrill new Tennant

David Tennant in the new series of Dr Who
Metro12 April 2012
The Weekender

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He gets to travel through time and space and kiss Billie Piper - but David Tennant has hinted that playing Doctor Who was not quite what he thought it would be.

The Scottish actor, 34, has been a Doctor Who 'junkie' since childhood and said the show inspired him to be an actor.

But asked whether the reality of playing the Doctor matched what he had imagined, he said: 'What I realised when I came to do this was that any sort of fantastic notions one might have had were just that - fantastic notions.

'Actors often say that the best bit about getting a job is the phone call that says you've got it, because at that moment it is all potential, and it could be anything. It's all possibilities, and as soon as you start making decisions it starts becoming reality, which is never as much fun.'

He also told SFX magazine that the Doctor's relationship with Rose, played by Piper, would hot up in the second series, which starts a week on Saturday.

  • Winston Churchill is the person people would most like to meet if they could travel back in time, a poll for Doctor Who Adventures magazine revealed. Elvis Presley was second.

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