Don’t Count David Tennant Out
According to Outpost Gallifrey, don’t put too much into all those rumors about David Tennant leaving Doctor Who at the end of this season.
Last week, co-star Catherine Tate told famed British broadcaster Jonathan Ross (In Search Of Steve Ditko) she thought that 2008 might be Tennant’s last. Last night, Tennant told the BBC’s Richard Bacon "It’s a decision I’ve not been forced to make, so I’m just going to play my cards close to my chest as long as I can. Despite what Catherine might have you believe, I haven’t made any decision about the next series yet."
Tennant confirmed he will be staring in four extra-long dramas in the year following the next season, allowing him to fulfill his stage commitments. After that, it’s anybody’s guess.
In an unrelated matter, the London Daily Mail is reporting Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders may be taking on the role of Doctor Who for a special episode. If she does, she’ll be joining AbFab co-star Joanna Lumley as the only female doctors; Ms. Lumley joined Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant and Jim Broadbent at the Doctor in Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, which some consider to be outside regular continuity.
Arabella Weir also appeared as a female Doctor in the Big Finish Unbound audio play "Exile". Ironically a young David Tennant appears in the same program as Time Lord #2. But that is definitely considered an alternate out-of-continuity Doctor.
Tennant did a number of Big Finish Doctor Who productions. He also had the lead in the three-disc adaptation of Bryan Talbot's Adventures Of Luther Arkwright (http://www.bigfinish.com/the-adventures-of-luther…).
Hey, I remember talking about that somewhere…