Physician Who Star David Tennant On His Return To BBC Sci-Fi Present – Deadline

David Tennant returned to Physician Who final night time because the 14th Physician after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens star stated he was “apprehensive it might be tough to get within the groove once more.”

Alongside Catherine Tate, who performed Donna Noble throughout Tennant’s earlier stint because the tenth Physician between 2005 and 2010, Tennant appeared final night time in Jodie Whittaker’s closing episode. Followers have been additionally handled to a sneak peak of the fifteenth Physician, Intercourse Training star Ncuti Gatwa, who stated: “What the hell is occurring?”.

Chatting with the BBC’s Right this moment this morning, Tennant stated he was “apprehensive it might be tough to get within the groove once more nevertheless it has been simple.”

“We’ve managed to maintain the essence of the present and the world now has a really thrilling second to sit up for,” he added. “Physician Who was an exquisite time in my life and it runs via me like a stick of rock so to be a part of that present, go on that journey and return to it once I thought it was a reminiscence has been an absolute current.”

Whereas returning showrunner Russell T Davies is maintaining issues underneath wraps, Tennant and Tate are confirmed to look in three particular episodes of Physician Who subsequent 12 months, as Gatwa’s rein because the Physician will get underway. One other new castmember will probably be Netflix’s Heartstopper star Yasmin Finney, as Davies pivots the long-running sequence to focus on a brand new, various era.

Gatwa would be the first Individual of Coloration to play the position, Finney the primary common trans character and Whittaker was the primary girl. The latter has led one thing of a revival, producing excessive scores for the 60-year-old BBC sci-fi epic.

Davies stated final night time: “When you thought the looks of David Tennant was a shock, we’ve obtained a lot extra surprises on the best way. The trail to Ncuti’s Fifteenth Physician is laden with thriller, horror, robots, puppets, hazard and enjoyable. And the way is it related to the return of the great Donna Noble? How, what, why? We’re providing you with a 12 months to invest, after which all hell lets unfastened.”