Doctor Who star David Tennant is to regenerate as a children’s storyteller this Christmas, it has been announced.

The actor, who will also be seen this Christmas in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet, is to swap the Tardis for the bedtime story chair on CBeebies.

Tennant, soon to be seen bowing out of his role as a Time Lord, will read five stories during the festive season.

On Christmas Eve he will be seen reading The Christmas Bear by Henrietta and Paul Stickland.

Tennant’s acclaimed portrayal of Hamlet, which was lauded on stage, will be screened on BBC2.

Viewers will see him bow out as BBC1′s Doctor Who this Christmas when he appears in a two-part story The End Of Time alongside veteran actor Bernard Cribbins

The special Christmas episodes will see the Doctor reunited with Donna Noble, played by comic actress Catherine Tate before he regenerates.

Tennant, who announced he was quitting Doctor Who a year ago, is being replaced by Matt Smith, 27.

Smith will become the eleventh actor to appear as the Doctor on television when the new series of the popular show is aired on BBC next year.

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