Tennantively is back! Just in time for the special date. Without further ado…

Happy Birthday David! We love you & hope you have a WONDERFUL day!

Honestly, there’s no birthday graphic because for David’s birthday Tenn got a new layout! Courtesy of Cristy at Daxter Studios! There’s also a new layout at Tennant Photos made by moi! Hope you enjoy these fresh new looks!

I’ve also fixed a bunch of photos on the pages like the biography, past layouts & I’ve gone through affiliates and cleaned dead links/non linked back ones.

Derren Brown also blogged about David & his birthday!

Last, but not least I’ve added a bunch of photos! 1 photo to session 18, 2 photos to session 40, 1 photo from Of Mice and Men, 1 photo from Single Father, 13 photos from Radio Times Cover Party 2009, 6 photos from Radio Times Cover Party 2010 & an exclusive 5 photos of David in Holding the Baby from 1997!

David Tennant is to play Craig Murray, the colourful former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, in a new BBC Radio 4 play.

The acclaimed Doctor Who star will depict the “flawed hero” Murray – who left his wife of 20 years for a Uzbek girl half his age while in post – in a radio play by the respected political director David Hare.

The role will be one of Tennant’s first parts since stepping down as the Doctor at the end of last year.

Murray was withdrawn from Uzbekistan in 2004 after the Foreign Office became frustrated with his vociferous criticism of human rights abuses in the former Soviet country.

He also accused Britain of using intelligence extracted under torture by the Uzbek regime.

Since then he has become one of the most outspoken opponents of British foreign policy, standing against his former boss Jack Straw in the 2005 general election.

But his reputation has been tainted by reports that he reguarly attended nightclubs while stationed in Tashkent, and by his affair with a young lapdancer Nadira Alieva who he married last year.

Hare’s script is an adaptation of Murray’s own book Murder in Samarkand, but the BBC insisted that the play not be uncritical. Hare has travelled to Tashkent to speak to people who knew Murray in person as part of his research.

Jeremy Howe, Radio 4′s commissioning editor, told The Guardian: “It’s a great story about a flawed hero in which you admire and despair of Craig Murray in equal measures, and that’s what gives the piece its energy.”

Murray told the newspaper: “Obviously I’m delighted David Tennant was me, it’s a tremendous honour in many ways. I’ve been a huge Doctor Who fan all my life.”

The play will be broadcast on Feb 20.

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NBC has delayed a verdict on Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, the much-buzzed-about drama pilot starring Doctor Who’s David Tennant. Peacock execs were eyeing Rex to possibly fill one of its post-Jay Leno Show holes at 10 pm this spring. But a source close to the show tells me, “The sets are coming down this week.”

An NBC rep declined to comment, but a Peacock source insists Rex remains under consideration for fall. “The sets are on fold-and-hold,” maintains the insider. “They will still be available if the show is picked up for the fall.”

The project, which co-stars Jerry O’Connell, Abigail Spencer, Jane Curtin, and Jeffrey Tambor, had been in development at NBC-Universal for nearly two years. A pilot was commissioned last October and completed in December.

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*holds self back*

Doctor Who star David Tennant triumphed again at the National Television Awards last night – winning Outstanding Drama Performance.

And Ant and Dec also had a great night, taking two of the top awards at the bash in London’s O2 Arena.

It’s the fourth time in a row that Scot Tennant had won the top acting gong.

But it will be the last time he can win the award as the Time Lord, after quitting the show last year.

Doctor Who has traditionally triumphed at the NTAs since its return to the screen. Tennant announced his departure from the BBC series at the 2008 ceremony.

The show also beat The Bill, Casualty and Shameless to be crowned Most Popular Drama.

Tennant won the Most Popular Actor gong in 2006 and 2007, and his Doctor Who predecessor Christopher Eccleston won in 2005.

In 2008, the award was changed to Outstanding Drama Performance, and Tennant was once again the winner.

Ant and Dec were named Most Popular Entertainment Presenters and their ITV show Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway was named Most Popular Entertainment Programme.

It beat Big Brother, The Paul O’Grady Show and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, which Ant and Dec also present. The X Factor won Most Popular Talent Show, stealing the crown from its rival Strictly Come Dancing, which won last year.

Creator Simon Cowell said: “It is a good feeling. I was annoyed and p****d off we didn’t win last time.”

Loose Women celebrated a surprise win in the Most Popular Factual Programme category, beating previous winner Top Gear, The Apprentice and cult favourite Come Dine With Me.

Host Coleen Nolan said: “We really didn’t think we could win this. God, I feel sick.

“I’d like to thank all our husbands and partners who put up with us slagging them off every day.”

Competition James Corden and Ruth Jones’s comedy series Gavin and Stacey, which has ended after three series, picked up Most Popular Comedy Programme, beating off Harry Hill’s TV Burp, The Inbetweeners and previous winner Benidorm.

EastEnders actress Lacey Turner won the gong for Outstanding Serial Drama Performance. She plays Stacey Slater, who has battled mental health issues.

Stephen Fry In America won Most Popular Star Travel Documentary, while Coronation Street’s Craig Gazey was Most Popular Newcomer.

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It appears to be a case of if you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

Catherine Tate and David Tennant are both appearing as guest stars – in each other’s Christmas TV shows.

Tate reprises her role as Donna Noble in Doctor Who, joining Tennant as he takes his last turn in the show for a two-part special.

Returning the favour: David Tennant also stars in the Catherine Tate Christmas special this year, starring as Russell Brand in Nan’s Christmas Carol

Tennant has returned the favour and fans can see him play Russell Brand in her Christmas special – Nan’s Christmas Carol – which goes out on Christmas day.

Tate is no stranger to Doctor Who, having appeared in the 2006 Christmas Special and reprising her role as the Doctor’s companion in the fourth series last year.

June Whitfield also guest stars in this year’s festive editions of the programme and plants a cheeky hand on the Doctor’s bottom during one scene.

She plays pensioner Minnie Hooper who takes a particular shine to the Doctor.

The special episodes, which are the last written by Russell T. Davies, also include former characters Noble’s grandfather Wilf Mott, played by Bernard Cribbins.

One will be broadcast on Christmas Day and the second on New Year’s Day.

Actor David Tennant, who has been the wildly successful tenth Doctor, said filming the last episodes was ‘very emotional’ and that there had been ‘crying on and off screen’.

Also making a return will be the craziest ever Doctor Who villain, who returns for a maniacal showdown with his foe. The Master, played by John Simm, was last seen in the Christmas 2006 episode when he was shot by his human wife and refused to regenerate.

With both the Master and the Doctor determined to cheat death, the battle ranges from the wastelands of London to the mysterious Immortality Gate.

Speaking about the Master returning, Tennant said: ‘There’s a bit of hide-and-seek going on between the Doctor and The Master.

‘Unlike the last time you saw the Master when he was the Prime Minister Harold Saxon, he’s in a slightly more feral state this time.’
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The special episodes, which are the last written by Russell T. Davies, also include former characters Noble’s grandfather Wilf Mott, played by Bernard Cribbins.

One will be broadcast on Christmas Day and the second on New Year’s Day.

Actor David Tennant, who has been the wildly successful tenth Doctor, said filming the last episodes was ‘very emotional’ and that there had been ‘crying on and off screen’.

The rest of the article contains a lot more pictures, but I didn’t post any for spoilers.