David Tennant has admitted that he is keen to brush up on “life skills” now that he has completed work on Doctor Who.

The 38-year-old actor, who recently stepped down from his role as the Time Lord, confirmed that cooking and gardening will be keeping him busy in the months ahead.

“Those basic life skills seem to have escaped me and maybe now’s the time to make them my hobby,” Tennant told the Daily Express.

“Cooking is not something that comes naturally to me, so I’m working my way through some cookbooks to teach myself. I don’t have any distinctive flair for it. So I’m trying to learn some techniques there.”

On his other aspirations, he added: “I’m trying to teach myself how not to kill plants, which I do manage to have the skill for. I’d like to be a little more nurturing with my garden.”

Tennant recently announced that he had auditioned for a “big Hollywood film”.

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DOCTOR Who is often seen as a quintessentially English character – an eccentric fearlessly fighting Daleks and Cybermen with the help of his TARDIS time machine in the shape of a 1950s London police box.

Now the TV hero is out to conquer America, where, despite enjoying a loyal following, he has yet to compete with other science fiction series like Star Trek.

David Tennant, the 10th actor to play the “Time Lord”, has made four special episodes for the BBC series that will be shown this year and next, filling the gap before his successor, Matt Smith, appears on screens.

On July 26, the first episode Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead was aired on BBC America, part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and was available in stores there two days later on DVD and Blu-ray.

“Growing up with Doctor Who, I was aware it had an international life,” Tennant said in a telephone interview.

“It has never quite conquered America in the mainstream. Even now it’s still not quite in everybody’s consciousness, although the following it has is devoted. BBC America is keen to bridge that gap.”

Tennant, popular with fans since taking over as the Time Lord in 2005, believes that Doctor Who’s international popularity may be explained by his being so British.

“That may be part of its appeal overseas, of course, in the same way of (Agatha Christie’s) Miss Marple and other British brands,” said the 38-year-old Scot. “It’s not sci-fi in the traditional American way, it’s not jocks in space.”

In Planet of the Dead, Doctor Who is trapped on a desert planet without the TARDIS. When a London bus arrives in the same world, he joins forces with the mysterious Lady Christina to get back home, with the unfortunate bus passengers.

Tennant said that, like other Doctors before him, he had been concerned at first about accepting a role which could prove hard to shake off once he stood down.

“I worried a little,” he said, referring to his decision to play the part in 2005. “It would have been peculiar not to have had that thought. (But) I was replacing Christopher Eccleston who was hugely respected as a very versatile and varied actor.”

Tennant felt he had been considered for roles partly thanks to the profile Doctor Who gave him, and doubted it would significantly limit opportunities in the future.

Towards the end of his tenure as Doctor Who, Tennant played the title role in a stage production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and he will appear in the forthcoming St Trinian’s comedy movie sequel.

Asked how he felt now his Doctor Who successor Smith had been unveiled to the media, Tennant replied: “I expected it to feel weirder than it did. It is exciting to be experiencing Doctor Who as a spectator again.

“I remember how that felt,” added the life-long fan of the character who first appeared on television in 1963. “It was thrilling and terrifying and a very exciting time.” – Reuters

Season Two of Dr Who is being screened on Astro’s BBCE (channel 713) every Sunday at 5.20pm.

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The six-part series, titled Dreamland, will premiere on the Doctor Who website and via the BBC Red Button service in the autumn, before being broadcast on BBC Two as part of CBBC. It will also be available on the BBC HD channel.

In Dreamland, Tennant’s Time Lord visits Roswell, the area in New Mexico rumoured to be the site of an alien landing. During a visit to a local diner, he stumbles across a mysterious alien artefact and ends up battling the evil Viperox and the US military.

Georgia Moffett voices the character of Cassie Rice, the Doctor’s companion. David Warner plays the leader of the ruthless Viperox.

The 45-minute long adaptation is written by Phil Ford, who has scripted episodes of Doctor Who, Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures.

Russell T Davies, Dreamland’s executive producer and the writer who brought Doctor Who back to the screen, said: “Dreamland is a remarkable project and I’m thrilled with it. Phil Ford is a wonderful writer and promises to send the Doctor into a whole new visual dimension.”

Back in the real world, Tennant will continue to play the Doctor in a series of special episodes before handing over to Matt Smith, who will take over the role in 2010.

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