David Tennant has spoken out about his long-awaited comeback to Doctor Who.
The 52-year-old Broadchurch actor will reprise his role as the Time Lord for the final time in the BBC sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary specials, which he describes as a “victory lap.”
David, who played the Doctor from 2005 to 2010, will be joined by Catherine Tate’s Donna Noble, as well as Neil Patrick Harris and Yasmin Finney.
While narrative specifics for the specials, directed by It’s A Sin’s Russell T Davies, are being kept under wraps, the Inside Man star spoke about the experience of filming the three episodes on Tuesday’s This Morning.
‘Hopefully it was a surprise when I walked there – when Jodie Whittaker regenerated into me,’ he joked with presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.
‘But Catherine Tate’s back, so it’s a bit like 15 years never happened to be honest.’
Asked by Dermot, 50, whether Russell had got in touch to talk about his comeback plans, David replied: ‘It sort of gradually kind of evolved as an idea and we really thought maybe he could let us do a one-off for old time’s sake. And then suddenly it became a bit more than that. We did three.’
The actor joked that returning seemed ‘weirdly familiar.’
‘You think, can I still run as fast? But it was like I hadn’t been away. It was joyous,’ he added.
The three special episodes will premiere in November, before Ncuti Gatwa, star of Sex Education, takes over for the 14th series of the BBC show.
David also discussed working with his 21-year-old adoptive son, Ty, who co-stars with him in the upcoming series of Good Omens and has appeared in House of the Dragon.
Talking of his talent, David laughed: ‘He’s very good. What a relief. Imagine if he was rubbish? How would we tell him?’
‘He’s really good. He’s very talented and good-looking. So it’s lovely and it’s great to get to work together.’
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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