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Actor David Tennant has returned to the lead role of Hamlet on the London stage after undergoing back surgery.
Tennant, who is quitting Doctor Who, received an ovation along with his fellow actors, the Royal Shakespeare Company said.
But they added his return would be assessed on a “day by day” basis and theatre-goers are advised to check the website for updates.
The 37-year-old’s run at the Novello Theatre is due to finish on 10 January.
Tennant’s understudy Edward Bennett, who played Hamlet during his absence, has resumed his role as Laertes.
Bennett received standing ovations when he initially assumed the lead, but mixed reviews from critics.
Tennant paid tribute at the time, saying it was a “fantastic achievement” getting to grips with the part of Hamlet at short notice.
Sell-out
Tennant had an operation for a slipped disc in December, and said his enforced absence from the play was “hugely disappointing”.
“My back problem has progressed to the point where it is currently impossible for me to carry on without surgery,” he said last month.
He played Hamlet 60 times in Stratford-upon-Avon in the summer ahead of the production’s London transfer.
Tickets for the London shows sold out within three hours when they went on sale in September.
Tennant is due to begin filming scenes for a Doctor Who special later this month.
Matt Smith has been unveiled as the next actor to take on the role, and will be seen on screens from 2010.
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Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take on the role of TV’s most famous time traveller.
He may be the youngest actor to play the Doctor, but Smith has already built up an impressive CV on stage and the small screen.
His biggest television role has been in BBC Two’s political drama Party Animals (2007) in which he played parliamentary researcher Danny Foster.
He has also acted opposite Doctor Who star Billie Piper three times.
Smith’s TV debut was in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke, which starred Piper as Sally Lockhart.
He later reprised his role as Jim Taylor - the dogsbody at the Lockhart and Selby shipping firm - in The Shadow in the North (2007).
The actor’s stage work has included stints with theatre companies such as London’s Royal Court and National Theatre.
Football fantasy
Smith was born in Northampton on 28 October, 1982. His career path could have been very different had a back injury not prevented him pursuing a career in football.
He played for the Leicester City and Nottingham Forest youth academies, but was steered towards drama when a teacher at Northampton School for Boys encouraged him to take the subject at A Level.
He left Northampton aged 18 to study drama and creative writing at University of East Anglia in Norwich.
His work with the National Youth Theatre got him both an agent and his first professional job before graduation.
Smith appeared in Fresh Kills at the Royal Court in 2004, and then joined the cast of On the Shore of the Wide World which transferred to the National Theatre. It was here that he took over the role of Lockwood in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys.
His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater in 2007. In 2008 he played opposite Lindsay Duncan in That Face to critical acclaim at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre.
He is now following in the footsteps of one of the most popular actors ever to play the Doctor.
David Tennant has said Smith’s “life is about to change in so many ways”.
One of these will be getting used to the intense media and fan interest that comes with such a role.
I personally haven’t seen him in anything yet so I don’t really have a personal opinion but I do have faith in the people who work on the show and therefore am sure that he will do a fine job 
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Just in time for the new year, I’ve made a new layout for the site featuring our three constant lead characters, The (Tenth) Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness and Sarah Jane Smith. I hope you like it and feel free to let me know what you think of it in the comments!
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Not only are all of the screencaps for each series finally uploaded, new promotional images and episode stills for this year’s Christmas special, The Next Doctor, have been added to the gallery.
Don’t look if you don’t want to be spoiled!
And in case I don’t get a chance to update again beforehand, enjoy the Christmas special, everyone!
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Russell T Davies may be leaving Doctor Who, but he’s staying on with kid-friendly spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. Why? Because it’s an “amazing” addition to one of the most vital areas of television, apparently.
Talking about the BBC’s decision to renew the Who spinoff for another year, Davies said
“In an age of shrinking budgets and an ever-changing television landscape, children’s TV is right at the front line, and personally I think it’s one of the most vital areas to protect and nourish. So this commission is wonderful… We’re all determined to repay Children’s BBC by delivering an amazing show.”
One of the things to expect from the amazing show - besides “old monsters [and] new monsters” - is something Davies calls “a series finale that’s already got me excited, before a single word is written!” That finale is likely to be written (or co-written) by Davies himself, who’s still firmly in place as the show’s executive producer:
“[Everyone on the show will] have to cope with my beady eye as well, the poor souls - I might be leaving Doctor Who, but not Sarah Jane!”
I’m glad to hear this! Though it does make me wonder about Torchwood…..
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David Tennant is expected to be fit enough to start filming scenes for a Doctor Who special next month, just weeks after surgery on his back.
The show’s executive producer, Russell T Davies, said he was “hopeful” Tennant would start filming on 19 January.
“We’ll have to be very careful,” he said. “I don’t think we’ll be swinging him on a wire on his first day back.”
The actor’s back injury has forced him out of a London stage production of Hamlet until after Christmas.
Davies, who was speaking at the press launch of BBC One’s Christmas Doctor Who special, The Next Doctor, said there would be no re-writes on the next story to cut down on Tennant’s action scenes.
“No, there’s been none of that, and I think David would have told us by now because he’s read the first script.”
He said the production was insured in case Tennant was still recuperating when filming resumed.
Neither Tennant nor David Morrissey - who plays “The Next Doctor” - attended the launch.
The Christmas story sees them team up to battle a threat from the Cybermen in London on a snowy Christmas Eve in 1851.
The episode also stars Dervla Kirwan, who plays evil workhouse matron Miss Hartigan.
Be aware that there is more information at the source however there are possible spoilers there as well!
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I just wanted to make a quick post to let you know about some site and gallery updates that will soon be coming your way.
I just finished adding caps from all of Doctor Who Series 2 to the gallery and am now starting to add caps from the third series. Once I’ve done that and added caps of Time Crash and Voyage of the Damned, the screencap section of each shows’ series will essentially be complete. However, after Christmas, along with caps of this year’s Christmas Special: The Next Doctor I will be working on adding DVD quality caps of The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1 and Doctor Who Series 4 to give you better quality caps. I will be doing the same with each series as it becomes released on DVD in the US (as I am sadly not in the UK) for as long as I run this site and the shows continue to air - which will hopefully be for a long time to come.
Before those DVD caps are added, however, I will be adding more pictures of the cast at different events, posing for different photoshoots, and more promotional shoots and episode stills of each series.
While those updates are being made to the gallery, there will also be some site updates including more in depth episode guides, icons and other graphics, and the other aspects of the guides to the shows will be added.
Stay tuned and in the meantime, enjoy the site and our extensive gallery!
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The recent fourth series of Doctor Who is the most watched programme on the BBC’s iPlayer since the online service started last year.
The popular drama series, starring David Tennant as the Time Lord, was also a big hit with more traditional TV viewers with the series averaging a sizeable 8.1m (38.7%) on BBC1. The 13-part run ended with a massive 10.4m (48.2%) on 5 July this year.
The corporation’s iPlayer was made available to the public on Christmas Day last year.
BBC2’s motoring show Top Gear has also been a big hit with online views with both the 11th and 12th series of the programme managing to gain silver and bronze medals.
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I’m so sorry that the problem with the gallery has taken almost two weeks to be fixed, however I think that I have found a temporary solution to the problem and will resume uploading screencaps from the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures as well as the missing episodes of Doctor Who in the coming days.
Thanks so much for all your patience and hopefully everything on the site will continue to run smoothly so that I can bring you more updates!
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Actor David Tennant will not be returning to play Hamlet “before Christmas” because of a back injury, the Royal Shakespeare Company says.
The 37-year-old, who is scheduled to have an operation for a slipped disc on Thursday, said his enforced absence was “hugely disappointing”.
His understudy Edward Bennett, who received standing ovations on Monday and Tuesday, will continue to stand in.
Tennant’s run as Hamlet at the Novello Theatre is due to finish on 10 January.
He played Hamlet 60 times in Stratford-upon-Avon in the summer ahead of the production’s London transfer.
“My back problem has progressed to the point where it is currently impossible for me to carry on without surgery,” Tennant said in a statement.
“I want to get back onstage as quickly as possible and I am very grateful to Ed who has courageously got to grips with the role but in a much shorter time. It’s a fantastic achievement.”
Artistic Director Michael Boyd said: “We all wish David a speedy recovery and it is an indication of the RSC’s investment in understudies that Ed Bennett can take over Shakespeare’s largest role at such short notice.”
The RSC said refunds would not be issued “because the company has a fully rehearsed understudy policy”.
“The company is able to offer exchanges, subject to availability, for other RSC London performances during this season at the Novello Theatre,” it added in a statement.
Here’s to a speedy recovery for David!
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