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Behind the Scenes of Blink - Part Five

Excerpt from The Times interview with David Tennant - Titled Who's Hot - by Caitlin Moran (March 30, 2007)

A fan since childhood, he has been voted "The Best Doctor Ever" in acknowledgement that his performances, above all others, have best embodied the show's values: anarchy, vigour, moral rigour, silliness and a reverential awe at how big, scary, complex, beautiful and full of bipedal aliens made of foam rubber the Universe is. Meeting him in the tearooms of the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone, it's clear why Davies cast him in the role.  He has a quick wit, excess energy and self-deprecates at every opportunity ("Look at my mobile! It's really boring! It's about as intergalactic as a brick!). He is also, let's be frank, the first hot Doctor. He is the primary timephwoard. He was voted "Hottest Man in the Universe" by The Pink Paper, and New Woman magazine place him at No. 13 in its poll of 10,000 women's crushes - just below Brad Pitt. Tennant, however, disputes this assignation. "Tom Baker!" he says, with a Bakerish roar. "Come on! He was a huge hit with the ladies." He was more of a specialist taste, I offer, primly.  Something that WHSmith would keep behind the counter and you'd have to ask for. "I'm sure Peter Davison was in polls at the time," he continues, gallantly.  Perhaps aware that he is seconds away from attempting to mount a defense of the sexual allure of Sylvester McCoy, Tennant changes the conversation with a confidence that just, to be honest, proves how hot he is. "This is a terrible anecdote, so I must tell it," he says, settling into a chair with a coffee.  "Last year Billie [Piper] and I kept getting invited to guest at award ceremonies but we could never go - we were either filming in Cardiff or we would be presenting Best Wig or something, and what's the point of that?  But when the Brit Awards rolled around, we let it be known through our 'people' that we'd love to present a Brit for Best Drunkard or something.  But, pleasingly for the laws of hubris, they said 'No, we'll be fine, thank you'.  They turned down the Doctor and Rose! Famous across the Universe!"  Tennant does a self-deprecating boggle. Talking to him is a mildly surreal experience. On the one hand, it's the Doctor! You're talking to the Doctor!  On the other hand, he is as obsessive and passionate about the show as any fan. This is a man who can talk about the gravitic anomalyser without a protective layer of irony.

Link to [ part one ] of the Blink Behind-the-scenes posts, or click the whoBtsBlink link, or the full episode list [ here ]

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