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Emma Emma | 10:40 UK time, Friday, 21 April 2006

In a 90-minute drama for the ´óÏó´«Ã½, likely to be screened in the Autumn, new Doctor Who David Tennant will play Alan, a building site manager learning to cope with brain injury after a car crash.

Written by Tony Marchant, the drama will examine issues of identity and the care afforded to people who suffer brain injuries.

To find out more, read this article from the Media Guardian.

This dramatisation of the issues facing those who have acquired such injuries comes 13 years after the ´óÏó´«Ã½ took a very different approach. The comedy series If You See God, Tell Him, broadcast in 1993, enters the life of Godfrey Spry, who - having been struck on the head by a plummeting wheelbarrow full of rubble - is largely immobile and has an attention span of only 30 seconds. As a result, he obsesses over TV commercials because they represent one of the few things that he can follow from beginning to end, and starts to believe everything the advertisers claim. Read more on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Comedy Guide.

Comments

  • 1.
  • At 12:08 PM on 21 Apr 2006, Quisling wrote:

Clever comment alert: If David tennant takes the same approach to the acting as Richard Briars did, we can expect him to be Doctor Who Where What and Why in the next series. Arf. Not funny, I know. I'm self aware.

  • 2.
  • At 11:53 AM on 25 Apr 2006, Johnny wrote:

Blimey! I remember that See God Tell Him programme. I thought it was really funny at the time. Does that make me really un-PC and horrible? Wasn't it written by the same fella who wrote One Foot in the Grave?

  • 3.
  • At 11:57 AM on 25 Apr 2006, Anorak wrote:

Being a bit of an anorak, as the name implies, I'd just like to mention David Tennant's disability connections, as he appeared in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ series set in a psychiatric ward, 'Taking Over The Asylum', a few years back.

That's not very interesting, is it?

  • 4.
  • At 11:58 AM on 25 Apr 2006, Betty wrote:

I absolutely lurrrrve David Tennant - he's SO sexy!

  • 5.
  • At 08:59 PM on 06 Jun 2006, Lucy wrote:

I love David Tennant! he is so sexy and by far the best doctor who!

  • 6.
  • At 05:12 PM on 12 Jun 2006, Jade Lamerton wrote:

I think David Tennent is the best doctor who, he is funnier, and more up to date than the others, and he is definatly betta lookin! i hav only eva seenh him play evil gut twice, secret smile and harry potter 4 (keep playin docter who)

i think the new dr who is absolutley fabulous but im quite upset that rose is leaving but hope she comes back x

  • 8.
  • At 07:43 PM on 09 Jul 2006, Anna Wiggins wrote:

David is sexy

  • 9.
  • At 01:13 PM on 03 Aug 2006, paris wrote:

omg david ur sooo cute u should stay on doctor who for along time i only watch it cuz ur on it, im gonna miss rose cuz u n her looked like a gd 2gether!!!!!!

  • 10.
  • At 04:27 PM on 04 Aug 2006, vicki wrote:

David tennant is ssoooooooo sexy. i lllllllluuuuuuuurrrrrrvvvvvvv him. hes so sweet. i think he's the out of all the doctors in doctor who.(hope you stay on dw 4ev@)

omg! i cant wait! david is soooo sexy! bye

  • 12.
  • At 06:53 PM on 02 Sep 2006, roxanne uquhart wrote:

i fink david tennent is gorgeous i lov him so much i woz cryin when billie left

  • 13.
  • At 06:47 PM on 12 Sep 2006, david's No. 1 fan 4eva 'n' ever wrote:

OMG David Tennant has got 2 b the fittest man ever!!!!

  • 14.
  • At 05:02 PM on 14 Sep 2006, peri mcdonald wrote:

i love doctor who (david tennat is da best)

  • 15.
  • At 10:31 AM on 14 Oct 2006, LOVE-MAN wrote:

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

  • 16.
  • At 08:46 PM on 17 Dec 2006, david tennant major fan wrote:

you rele are my dream man david, i hope i can find someone like u wen im older your gorgous and soo sweet lov u xxx

  • 17.
  • At 03:41 AM on 23 Dec 2006, David is sexy wrote:

omg i luv him sooo much his smile the sexiest thing and so is his face and his whole body

  • 18.
  • At 05:53 PM on 03 Jan 2007, Melanie wrote:

I agree with you all who said David Tennant is sexy! Yes ^ And have u cn the whole body? :)

  • 19.
  • At 10:48 AM on 14 Jan 2007, sally wrote:

oh give me a bit of that hunk

  • 20.
  • At 08:45 PM on 25 Apr 2007, annonymus wrote:

Hi,
I think that you are an amazing actor and I wish I could meet you one day.
I was crying when Rose left. (maybe you can tell her)
But I think Martha Jones is a good actor too!
I love you!
I catch up with every episode you do and once again I wish I could meet you one day or at least get something signed from you!

I LOVE YOU LOTS
XxXxXxX

Please email me back!

  • 21.
  • At 05:29 PM on 02 May 2007, Anonymous wrote:

i luv david tennent hes so sweet and sexy!!!!!!!

  • 22.
  • At 04:28 PM on 03 May 2007, Emma wrote:

omg he is without a doubt the sexiest man alive, I wouldn't mind taking a trip in the T.A.R.D.I.S with him xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • 23.
  • At 09:43 PM on 05 May 2007, krystina wrote:

iiii.think.david..is.a.verry.talented.actor....he.can.express.his.self.very.well....+.he.is.verry.good.looking...
well.he.is.the.hotest.man..eva
hes.so.dreamy!
god.i.wish.i.could.speak..to.him.in.person...i.would..do.eney.thing.just.to.talk.to.him.
:(....:D

  • 24.
  • At 06:39 PM on 12 May 2007, grace wrote:

omg david tennant is so fit! weneva i watch doctor who i focus on him, if i eva met him i'd faint lol

hi i like your akting

  • 26.
  • At 08:17 PM on 30 Jun 2007, Emma-leigh wrote:

hii me and my matesa think u are fit and please can u come to are schol in the lake district windermere st anna's scholi lovvvvvve all ur epesodes i whatch the one on the 30th of june i loved u when u were a little man on the last series i would like to meet u one time love u loads emma-leigh xxxx p.s don't come till september thee 9th couse thats my birtday

  • 27.
  • At 02:28 PM on 10 Aug 2007, Jake Brimmicombe wrote:

Hi my name is jake, i am a huge fan of yours. i have got all your DVD'S and all the fortnightly mags. i pester my mum every time something comes out in the shop.
i would like to say that i am disabled, i have down's syndrome and some learning difficulties that's why my mum is writing this for me. i would also like to tell you that i have done a project and it is all about dr who, i think that you are great and when i see you on the telly you make me laugh,if you get this message then if you have time would you please send me an email that would make my day.

  • 28.
  • At 06:55 PM on 14 Aug 2007, KATY PLACE wrote:

hi every1

i think david tennant is the best thing that ever happened and i totally love him u r so gorgeus!!!!! i really really really really really want to meet u or get something sighned from you so if u read this plz plz email me!!!

love you so mutch

your biggest fan katy :):)XxxxxxX

  • 29.
  • At 07:52 PM on 30 Aug 2007, Em wrote:

Omg I absolutely love David Tennant he is da fittest fing eva!!

  • 30.
  • At 06:40 PM on 17 Sep 2007, laura wrote:

I just luuuuuuuuuuuuuv David Tennent!!! He is so fit and has a geat body,i don't want him to EVER leave the show.
I wish he was my boyfriend!!!
( ;

  • 31.
  • At 12:50 PM on 01 Nov 2007, mo wrote:

As im only a couple of years older than david tennent i would be quite happy to have him as my toy boy ??????

  • 32.
  • At 03:26 AM on 10 Feb 2008, Timerlordlover wrote:

Everyone back off, he's mine. No one can have him, except me! oh i gotta go, so ones waiting for me, by the name of DT. * winks* seeya!

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