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

David Tennant returned to Physician Who final evening because the 14th Physician after a 12-year hiatus and the Good Omens star stated he was “fearful it will 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 evening in Jodie Whittaker’s last episode. Followers have been additionally handled to a sneak peak of the fifteenth Physician, Intercourse Schooling star Ncuti Gatwa, who stated: “What the hell is happening?”. Scroll down for a clip.

Talking to the BBC’s As we speak this morning, Tennant stated he was “fearful it will be tough to get within the groove once more but it surely has been easy.”

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

Whereas returning showrunner Russell T Davies is retaining issues underneath wraps, Tennant and Tate are confirmed to seem 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 collection to focus on a brand new, various technology.

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

Davies stated final evening: “When you thought the looks of David Tennant was a shock, we’ve received 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 linked to the return of the great Donna Noble? How, what, why? We’re supplying you with a 12 months to invest, after which all hell lets free.”