David Tennant As The Doctor

He’s a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. He’s 903 years old. If there’s danger, he’s the man who’s going to save your life and everyone on your planet. Got a problem with that?

I certainly don’t have a problem with that!!

Where do I start when it comes to The Tenth Doctor? Isn’t he just lovely? Sigh. Well, for once I am right and a lot of people, kids and adults alike around the world, would wholeheartedly agree!

Doctor Who is watched by thousands and they can’t all be wrong can they? I think that the show made a tremendous leap to popularity with the entrance of David Tennant. I can’t lie and say that I ever watched the series leading up to David’s entrance because I didn’t.

I had been told by friends that it was a definite ‘must see’ show and that I was missing out if I wasn’t watching it. I’m glad that David showed a bit more commitment in the role than Christopher Eccleston.

Eccleston had ideas above his station I would say. I would even go as far as to say that David made the role his own and he has big shoes to fill. I hope you are listening, Matt Smith!

I am a bit worried that Matt is going to be so much younger than David. Someone said younger and cheaper and I don’t think I disagree!

I think the effects on the show are great and the monsters engaging.

The Judoon were really clever and inventive. They were a large army, searching the galaxy, looking for an alien outlaw. Enter The Doctor!

I even found the Sontarans quite funny. I remember laughing when they removed their helmets to reveal that their heads were the same shape! They had teamed up with an evil student genius and convinced him that they would unite in the power over the planet. He was instrumental in their attempt to poison us all with the use of satellite navigation units that were installed in cars all across the planet. Until The Doctor arrived to save the day.

Natch!

The Ood were really well done too and I thought them quite a heart warming race, born into slavery to wait hand and foot on humans which think of them as nothing more than a fashion item to serve them without question.

Enter the Doctor who can hear their ‘inner song’ and set them free. Even I got a bit of bile on that one though.

And who can forget the scenes at Bad Wolf Bay with Rose Tyler? Not a dry eye anywhere.

It was a lovely scene and you’d have to go a long way to top that one. I think every woman in the country wanted to be Rose at that moment.

Some of us care about the storylines, some of us don’t. Some of us would download every episode of anything that David Tennant has ever appeared in. I might just be that person but you would have to bribe me with something pretty damn good for me to admit it.

Some of us aren’t listening to the dialogue at all and just tune in to look at the delectable David. Some of us know the dialogue off by heart. But hey don’t worry, I’m not that person, that’s just a little too weird!

Some people have completely bought into the whole Doctor Who experience and what’s on the screen. The enemies, the costumes, the sets, the effects and the music. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. It is all just a bit of escapism. We could all do with a bit of that don’t you think?

Now, for the music. Well, I like the music. A man I met recently said that he didn’t like the music as it was very militaristic. I don’t agree with that completely. Is that a bad thing? I am listening to it as I write this and I don’t feel the same way about it at all.

I think that the music is very fitting for the show as many of the episodes include secret government agencies, ministry of defence and the like and spin off organisations like Torchwood run by the lovely Captain Jack Harkness (or is it The Face of Boe?). Gone are the days when we had to hide behind the sofa!

People queued round the block at New Year for the Doctor Who Proms (if anyone cared at all they would have got me a ticket but hey, talk to the hand, too late! Everybody’s name (and that means you too) has been taken down and put in my blacklist book. The subject will not be dropped any time soon).

Russell T Davis took a very big risk bringing back such an iconic show and I think he has done a tremendous job. It was a big gamble and I feel it has paid off with dividends! The writing has been fantastic and the show has gone from strength to strength with popularity increasing exponentially.

Looking back at the old version broadcast from ‘63 to ‘96 was, in a word, special. And just to clarify, not in a good way, ok? The effects were embarrassing to say the least.

David Tennant was first thrust into the limelight after starring in Casanova but he had been in many other things before that including a fim called LA Without A Map. He was in Blackpool, The Chatterley Affair, Learners, Taking Over The Asylum, Recovery and a very scary piece called Secret Smile.

I must confess I went off him for a couple of days after watching Secret Smile because he was really scary in that. Shudder! He’s been in many other things but I won’t bore you. He has recently done voiceover work for Tesco adverts and a documentary or two and he has turned his hand to presenting. Although I think he has set his heart on in America. We have not seen the last of him by a long way (thank goodness).

There is nothing more to be said about David Tennant other than HCSOMKAT (He Can Sit On My Knee Anytime). Seriously David, anytime, just say the word!