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Doctor Who's David Tennant: A lion in winter
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On Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 9PM ET/PT, BBC America will broadcast “Doctor Who: The Next Doctor”, signifying the winding down of actor David Tennant's tenure as the time traveling doctor.
Outside his role as Doctor Who, David Tennant, the tenth face of the metamorphic "Time Lord", is probably known best to the American media viewing public for his turn as the unhinged villain "Barty Crouch Junior", in 2005's “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. Tennant was spectacularly charismatic in his tour of three seasons as "the Doctor" from 2006 to 2008.
“Doctor Who: The Next Doctor” is the series Christmas special that aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom in December of 2008. The special encompasses the Doctor piloting his police call box/time machine (Tardis) to a snow laden Victorian London on Christmas Eve of 1851. Upon arriving, the character encounters another man (David Morrissey) who claims to be an incarnation of the Doctor, battling the threat of Doctor Who's recurring cyborg nemesis, the sinister Cybermen. David Morrissey received critical accolades for his role in the British mini-series “State of Play” in 2003.
BBC America will air another “Doctor Who” special on July 26, 2009 at 8PM ET/PT, entitled “Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead”. There are 3 more “Doctor Who” specials scheduled to be produced and broadcasted starring David Tennant, before he turns over the role to the eleventh Doctor, actor Matt Smith, in the Spring of 2010.
“Doctor Who” is the longest running science fiction series in television history. The show originally ran from 1963 through 1989, and then lay dormant until it's resoundingly successful resurrection in 2005, with head writer and executive producer Russel T. Davies at the helm for four seasons. Davies will turn the reigns over to Steven Moffat for a new season in 2010, after the shows hiatus in 2009.
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