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Official account for "A Tennantcy To Act", a Substack (& companion podcast) where I use my decade's worth of research into David Tennant's early works to explore all things weird, rare and obscure about his career! Find me at: atennantcytoact.substack.com
Artist Mike Nash is making the final touches to a very special piece of artwork for us...
Buried with Michael Sheen is a two-part TV documentary from environmental journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, alongside actor and activist Michael Sheen, who have dug into the questions: how many toxic chemicals have been dumped in Wales and how much of that remains in our ecosystem and bodies.
The Michael Sheen Chronicles: Television – 'Buried with Michael Sheen'
From podcast to broadcast, Michael Sheen explores toxic chemical contamination in South Wales in this multi-part BBC documentary
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8/22 - We Are Astronomers Pretty cool educational short film that we watched inside a planetarium. Projecting it inside a dome gave it some neat depth, some parts looked kinda 3D, felt like I was gonna get crushed by some of the bits in the opening lol. David Tennant has a lovely voice
New interview Steven Wilson did for Mojo where he mentioned David. "David Tennant, for me, is the bird’s-eye view, looking down from above at this place that's always been there."
Director Craig Gillespie’s ‘Fright Night’ remake starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Dave Franco, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lisa Loeb, and Toni Collette took a bite out of moviegoers on this day in 2011 🏘️ 🧛🏻♂️ 🪄 #OTD
5 years ago, “The Loud House Movie” was released on Netflix. Directed by Dave Needham Written by Kevin Sullivan Chris Viscardi Featuring (Guest Voices) David Tennant Michelle Gomez Katy Townsend Billy Boyd Jan Johns Peter Ettinger
In 2019, a chance conversation led me to a David Tennant stage appearance I’d never heard of: a last-minute performance in a 1990 production of 'Rapunzel' at a theatre in Fife. The full story is now on A Tennantcy To Act:
One Minute, One Line, One Night
How a chance conversation helped me uncover a 1990 performance David Tennant was never meant to do
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In 2019, a chance conversation led me to a David Tennant stage appearance I’d never heard of: a last-minute performance in a 1990 production of 'Rapunzel' at a theatre in Fife. The full story is now on A Tennantcy To Act:
One Minute, One Line, One Night
How a chance conversation helped me uncover a 1990 performance David Tennant was never meant to do
atennantcytoact.substack.com
🌟 The Tenth Doctor and Rani Chandra, a brand-new TARDIS team, materialising next year! 🌟 Click https://bgfn.sh/10rani to read more about the forthcoming audio drama trilogy starring David Tennant and Anjli Mohindra. 🌟
Sad to see this era coming to a close, but it's good to know the building won't be torn down or left to lie fallow.
The Herald@heraldscotland.bsky.social · 2w agoAn article in Paisley Grammar's school magazine about pupil David Tennant (né McDonald). The Scottish school is relocating: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
Anjli Mohindra joins David Tennant in a new audio adventure, according to Doctor Who Magazine. cultbox.co.uk/news/anjli-m...
Anjli Mohindra joins David Tennant in a new audio adventure
Anjli Mohindra is set to join Doctor Who actor David Tennant in a new audio adventure.
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Starting 16 Sep 2026 (with new episodes airing weekly), David Tennant will narrate 'Ages Of Ice', a three-part PBS documentary series about the rapidly changing ecosystems of Earth's polar regions. Here's a preview: youtu.be/A3EYA5O4Fp4
Ages of Ice | Preview
YouTube video by PBS
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Probably the greatest picture of David Tennant ever and it was all for an cancelled American pilot @mvbrat10.bsky.social @nerdobaggins.bsky.social @ryanjrobotham.bsky.social @bvlikeslinguica.bsky.social @gonzaegonza91.bsky.social @scalawagjack.bsky.social @thanosprime.bsky.social
Watched Des: "British 3-part television drama miniseries, based on the 1983 arrest of Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, after the discovery of human remains causing the blockage of a drain near his home." The cast, in true British fashion, is excellent, and David Tennant is brilliant as Des.
DES - Official Trailer [HD] | A Sundance Now Exclusive | Premieres October 15th
YouTube video by Sundance Now
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David Tennant’s 2025 improv “debut” at the Comedy Store in London wasn’t actually his first. Seven years earlier, he took the stage with The Groundlings in Los Angeles. So how did that appearance disappear from the story? I’ve dug into what we know about that night.
The "First" First Time: The Groundlings Beat Them To It
A Thursday night in 2018 complicates the tidy story of David Tennant's so-called 2025 improv debut
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Finally circling back to focus on David Tennant's narration work. This time it's a 2007 Channel 4 documentary called 'The Human Footprint', all about what an average British lifetime adds up to. Swimming pools of beer, 74,802 cups of tea in Trafalgar Square, the works. And David, of course!
David Tennant as a Narrator: DT Goes A Bit Green - 'The Human Footprint' (2007)
One corner of David’s career I haven’t spent nearly enough time exploring here at A Tennantcy To Act is his work as a narrator.
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So I started writing about an obscure thing David Tennant did, thinking, "Hey this'll be an easier thing to write about than most of the things I'm juggling, I can get this published a lot faster than normal..." BUT NO... The heavens just opened up on this and now I'm laughing at myself!
I've been doing research into 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' for my next post. The amount of info I have for this play's overwhelming & there's much I want to share, but as I've been writing and collating and comparing and all the other -ings there are, I realized something:
So...I had (non-refundable hotel and) tix to see David during his appearance at the Lexington Comic & Toy Con (LCTC). He just cancelled. I'd thought about doing some fun stuff for DT fans I met there. If that's you and you're now bereft, hit me up in DMs!
Check out my friend @smallmegapixel.bsky.social 's post on the original Yellow Submarine....
Amy McGrath@smallmegapixel.bsky.social · 2mo agoI’m opening up this archived #Beatles post as a companion piece to @atennantcytoact.bsky.social Substack article on David Tennant’s almost-but-didn’t-happen voice cast of the Chief Blue Meanie for the CGI reboot of Yellow Submarine. Enjoy!
Casanova was the 2005 BBC comedy drama serial starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole in the title role. An elderly Casanova recounts his exploits as a young man to maid Edith (Rose Byrne). #Casanova #throwback #flashback
Did you know David Tennant almost played a Beatles villain? In 2009, Disney and Robert Zemeckis planned a 3D motion-capture remake of the Beatle's 1968 animated film 'Yellow Submarine'. David was in talks for the Chief Blue Meanie, but the film collapsed before it was ever confirmed.
David Tennant’s Almost-Chief Blue Meanie in 'Yellow Submarine'
How the scrapped Robert Zemeckis film once had David in the running for a Beatles villain
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The BBC released some great deleted scenes from a number of Series 2 adventures, spotlighting the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), and more. / #DoctorWho
The BBC released some great deleted scenes from a number of Series 2 adventures, spotlighting the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), and more. / #DoctorWho
The BBC released some great deleted scenes from Series 2, spotlighting the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant), Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), and more.
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One of the more obscure corners of David Tennant's career is a 1997 performance of a large part of Act II, Scene IV from 'Measure for Measure', in which he played Angelo. We know next to nothing about it--but soon I'll be chatting with its director. I can't wait to share what I discover with y'all!
So excited! Just got a stash of six new posters to grow my collection of David Tennant theatre memorabilia. They are: What The Butler Saw Don Juan In Soho Vassa LA Without A Map Hamlet Love's Labour's Lost
Oh, I was so happy to see this! David Tennant picked 'Twelve Angry Men' as one of his Criterion Closet selections. But did you know he played Juror #8 (Henry Fonda's role) on stage during drama school? I spent months researching and reconstructing those productions. Read my 3-pt series here:
Early Theatre Deep Dive Pt 1: David Tennant in 'Twelve Angry Men' (1990)
...and his performances at the Third Eye Centre (now the CCA)
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Criterion Channel@criterionchannl.bsky.social · 2mo agoCheck out some of David's great closet picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨ TIME BANDITS THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST DAVID LEAN DIRECTS NOËL COWARD HIS GIRL FRIDAY