DR BOO-HOO; TV star Tennant tells how he cried when Time Lord died.Byline: Mark Jefferies Mark Jefferies was a bushranger, serial killer and cannibal in the early 19th century in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Crimes Jefferies was known to have murdered and eaten at least four adults during his escape from Macquarie Harbour by land. DAVID Tennant cried when he read the scripts describing how his version of Doctor Who will "die". He is the 10th incarnation of the Time Lord and will quit the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. sci-fi series at the end of the year, regenerating into new Doctor Matt Smith. Tennant, 37, said: "It feels OK at the moment because there are still six weeks of filming left to go. "But we're on these final scripts now - which are huge and epic and sad and brilliant - and it's so exciting, with incredible guests I can't tell you about and all sorts of things going on." Asked about reading the scripts for his final scenes, he added: "I might have had a little cry. They were brilliant scripts and very moving. It was quite a big deal really. "I turned the phone off and made sure I could read it straight through without too much interruption." Scot Tennant admitted he could be blubbing again when he films his final scenes as the Doctor. Catsuit cat·suit n. A tight-fitting one-piece garment for women usually made of leather or a synthetic fabric such as spandex and covering the torso, legs, and sometimes the arms. catsuit, cattail cat Asked if he would struggle to keep his composure, he said: "I don't know. It'll be interesting. The last day, of course, isn't the last scenes as filming is now always out of schedule. "So I don't know if I'll be sadder on the last day or filming the final scenes. "It's weird because it's been four years. It's been all-consuming and life-changing. It's been a big thing." Tennant is back on screen as the Doctor on Saturday in a new episode called Planet Of The Dead, the first of four before he departs. He said: "It starts with Michelle Ryan in a catsuit stealing something important, then she tries to escape on a London red bus. "But London transport being what it is, it slips through a wormhole wormhole - back door in time and space and ends up on the other side of the universe. "It's quite a romp, I think. It's got some dark moments. There's a tiny little hint at the very end that it's all about to get a lot darker. "This is the last time the Doctor gets to have fun, in a way." Tennant is also in talks to make a film version of Hamlet for the BBC. CAPTION(S): TIME, PLEASE: David David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. arriving at Radio 1 in London yesterday and, far right, with Michelle Ryan |
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