This is a list of performances by Scottish actor David Tennant.
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1988 | Dramarama | Neil McDonald | Episode: "The Secret of Croftmore" | [1] |
1989 | The Play on One | Third squaddie | Episode: "Biting the Hands" | [31] |
1992 | Strathblair | Archie the Hiker | Episode: "Family Affairs" | [32] |
Bunch of Five | Policeman | Episode: "Miles Better" | [33] | |
1993 | The Brown Man | Ventriloquist | TV film | |
Rab C. Nesbitt | Davina | Episode: "Touch" | [1] | |
1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Campbell Bain | All 6 episodes | [34] |
1995 | The Tales of Para Handy | John MacBryde | Episode: "Para Handy's Piper" | [35] |
The Bill | Steve Clemens | Episode: "Deadline" | [36] | |
1996 | A Mug's Game | Gavin | Episode: #1.2 | [37] |
1997 | Holding the Baby | Nurse | [38] | |
Conjuring Shakespeare | Angelo | Episode: "Like a Virgin" | [39] | |
1998 | Duck Patrol | Simon "Darwin" Brown | All 8 episodes | [1] |
1999 | The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Max Valentine | Episode: "Death at the Opera" | [40] |
Love in the 21st Century | John | Episode: "Reproduction" | [41] | |
2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Gordon Stylus | Episode: "Drop Dead" | [1] |
2001 | People Like Us | Rob Harker | Episode: "The Actor" | |
High Stakes | Gaz Whitney | Episode: "The Magic Word" | ||
Only Human | Tyler | TV pilot | ||
2002 | Foyle's War | Theo Howard | Episode: "A Lesson in Murder" | [42] |
2003 | Trust | Gavin MacEwan | Episode: #1.6 | |
Posh Nosh | Jose-Luis | 2 episodes | [4] | |
Spine Chillers | Dr. Krull | Episode: "Bradford in My Dreams" | ||
Terri McIntyre | Greig Millar | 6 episodes | ||
Scream of the Shalka | Warehouseman | Episode: #1.5 | [1] | |
2004 | The Deputy | Christopher Williams | TV film | |
He Knew He Was Right | Mr. Gibson | All 4 episodes | [43] [44] | |
Blackpool | DI Peter Carlisle | All 6 episodes | [4] | |
2005 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | All 3 episodes | [45] |
The Quatermass Experiment | Dr. Gordon Briscoe | TV film | [1] | |
Secret Smile | Brendan Block | Both 2 episodes | [46] | |
2005–2010, 2013 | Doctor Who | Tenth Doctor | 49 episodes Series 1, 2, 3, 4, 2008–2010 specials, 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" | [47] [48] |
2006 | The Romantics | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Episode: "Liberty" | |
The Chatterley Affair | Richard Hoggart | TV film | [49] | |
2007 | Recovery | Alan Hamilton | [50] | |
The Catherine Tate Show | Mr. Logan / The Doctor | Sketch for Red Nose Day 2007 | [51] | |
Dead Ringers | Regenerated Tony Blair | Episode: #7.6 | ||
The Infinite Quest | Tenth Doctor | TV film | [52] | |
Learners | Chris | [53] | ||
Extras | David Tennant | Episode: "The Extra Special Series Finale" | [54] | |
2008 | Music of the Spheres | Tenth Doctor | TV film | [55] |
Einstein and Eddington | Sir Arthur Eddington | [56] | ||
2009 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Tenth Doctor | Story: "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" | [57] |
Dreamland | 6 episodes | [58] | ||
The Catherine Tate Show | Ghost of Christmas Present | Episode: "Nan's Christmas Carol" | [59] | |
Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | TV film | [60] | |
2010 | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Rex Alexander | NBC pilot (unaired) | [61] |
Single Father | Dave Tiler | All 4 episodes | [62] [63] | |
2011 | United | Jimmy Murphy | TV film | [64] |
This is Jinsy | Mr. Slightlyman | Episode: "Wedding Lottery" | [65] | |
2012 | Playhouse Presents | Will | Episode: "The Minor Character" | [66] |
True Love | Nick | Episode: "Nick" | [67] | |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang (voice) | 3 episodes | [68] | |
Tree Fu Tom | Twigs (voice) | 27 episodes | [69] | |
2012–2018 | DreamWorks Dragons | Spitelout (voice) | 14 episodes | [70] [71] |
2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Jean-François Mercier | All 4 episodes | [72] |
Fish Hooks | Oscar's Brain (voice) | 2 episodes | [73] | |
The Politician's Husband | Aiden Hoynes | All 3 episodes | [74] | |
The Escape Artist | Will Burton | [75] | ||
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | David Tennant | TV film | [76] | |
The Great Scott | Walter Scott | All 3 episodes | [77] | |
2013–2017 | Broadchurch | DI Alec Hardy | All 24 episodes | [78] |
2014 | Gracepoint | Emmett Carver | All 10 episodes | [78] [79] |
2015 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Dread (voice) | 2 episodes | [80] |
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse | Igor the Door (voice) | Episode: "Mickey's Monster Musical" | [81] | |
2015–2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Fugitoid (voice) | 15 episodes | [82] [83] |
2015–2019 | Jessica Jones | Kevin Thompson / Kilgrave | Main cast (season 1); Guest appearance (season 2); Voice cameo (season 3); 13 episodes | [84] |
2016 | Family Guy | Tenth Doctor (voice) | Episode: "Inside Family Guy" | [85] |
2017 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Tycho Reeves (voice) | Episode: "Hyperspeed" | [86] |
The Highway Rat | The Highway Rat (voice) | TV film | [87] | |
2017–2021 | DuckTales | Scrooge McDuck (voice) | All 60 episodes | [88] |
2018 | Hang Ups | Martin Lamb | Episode: #1.2 | [89] |
Camping | Walt Jodell | All 8 episodes | [90] | |
2018–2021 | Final Space | Lord Commander (voice) | 21 episodes | [91] |
2018–2020, 2023 | There She Goes | Simon Yates | All 11 episodes | [92] |
2019 | gen:LOCK | Dr. Weller (voice) | All 8 episodes | [93] |
Criminal: UK | Dr. Edgar Fallon | Episode: "Edgar" | [94] | |
2019–2025 | Good Omens | Crowley | Main role; 13 episodes | [95] |
2020 | Deadwater Fell | Tom Kendrick | All 4 episodes; also executive producer | [96] |
Des | Dennis Nilsen | All 3 episodes | [97] | |
2020–2022 | Staged | David Tennant | All 20 episodes; also executive producer | [98] |
2021 | Eden | E92 (voice) | All 4 episodes | [99] |
Around the World in 80 Days | Phileas Fogg | Main role; 8 episodes | [100] [101] | |
2022 | The Legend of Vox Machina | General Krieg (voice) | 2 episodes | [102] |
Meet the Richardsons | David Tennant | Episode: #3.1 | [103] | |
The Sandman | Don (voice) | Episode: "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" | [104] | |
Inside Man | Reverend Harry Watling | All 4 episodes | [105] | |
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special | Roach Chef (voice) | Segment: "Clacky's Café" | ||
Litvinenko | Alexander Litvinenko | 4 episode ITV drama series | [106] | |
2023 | Clone High | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Saved by the Knoll" | [107] |
Spy in the Ocean | Narrator | [108] [109] | ||
The Simpsons | Pa MacWeldon (voice) | Episode: "Ae Bonny Romance" | [110] | |
2022–2023 | Doctor Who | Fourteenth Doctor | Lead role, 4 episodes; 60th anniversary specials; cameo in The Power of the Doctor | [111] |
2023–present | Ahsoka | Huyang (voice) | 8 episodes | [112] |
2024 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Franklin (voice) | Episode: "Dog Day Mid-Afternoon" | [113] |
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Huyang (voice) | Segment: "Nubs' Big Mistake" | ||
2024–present | Ark: The Animated Series | Sir Edmund Rockwell (voice) | [114] | |
2024 | Rivals | Lord Tony Baddingham | All 8 episodes | [115] |
TBA | Hide† | Pre-production | [116] | |
Genius Game† | Host | Upcoming eight-part game show | [117] | |
Broken News † | Upcoming real-life TV drama about the News International phone hacking scandal | [118] | ||
Standing By † | Upcoming eight-part TV series | [119] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Doctor Who: A New Dimension | Narrator (voice) | Doctor Who Confidential pilot | |
2007 | The Human Footprint | [120] | ||
2008 | Everest ER | |||
2009 | Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions | |||
Troubled Young Minds | [121] | |||
2010 | Caught in the Web – A Newsround Special | [122] | ||
Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man | [123] | |||
Diet or My Husband Dies | [124] | |||
Stealing Shakespeare | ||||
Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice | BBC Wildlife Specials | [125] | ||
2011 | The Father of Australia | [126] | ||
Starlight: For the Children | [127] | |||
The TA & The Taliban | [128] | |||
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line | [129] | |||
Shrek: Once Upon a Time | [130] | |||
Earthflight | [131] | |||
2011-2012 | Twenty Twelve | [132] | ||
2012 | Wild About Pandas | [133] | ||
Our Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of the Cell | [134] | |||
2013 | Penguins – Spy in the Huddle | [135] | ||
2014 | Dolphins - Spy in the Pod | BBC Wildlife Specials | [136] | |
2014–2017 | W1A | Sequel to Twenty Twelve | [137] | |
2015 | Pets – Wild at Heart | BBC Wildlife Specials | [138] | |
Growing Up Wild | [139] | |||
Knights of Classic Drama | ||||
Dames of Classic Drama | ||||
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | British version only | |||
2017 | Gudrun The Viking Princess | [140] | ||
2020 | Spy in the Wild | |||
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | Anti-smoking film | Jim | Glasgow Health Board PSA | [141] |
1993 | Spaces | Vinny | [142] | |
1997 | Bite | Alastair Galbraith | [143] | |
2001 | Sweetnight Goodheart | Peter | [37] [144] | |
2002 | Nine 1/2 Minutes | Charlie | Short film | [3] |
Boots UK advert | Husband | [1] | ||
2004 | Traffic Warden | Traffic warden | [3] | |
Old Street | Mr. Watson | Short film | ||
2005 | Born Again | Tenth Doctor | Children In Need 2005 Doctor Who special | [145] |
2007 | Time Crash | Children in Need 2007 Doctor Who special | [146] | |
2015 | 96 Ways to Say I Love You | Mark | [147] | |
2020 | Heart to Heart | Heart | ||
Screening | Timothy | |||
Fare Well | Voice-over | |||
2023 | Destination: Skaro | Fourteenth Doctor | Children In Need 2023 Doctor Who special | |
Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | Fourteenth Doctor / Narrator |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | The Fifty Friends of Simon Goberschmitt | Raymond | BBC Radio 4 | |
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Policeman | |||
1994 | Knocking on Heaven's Door | Lindsay Lerner | ||
1996 | Paint Her Well | The Son | ||
1998 | Hemlock and After | Eric Craddock | ||
The Airmen Who Would Not Die | Captain Raymond "Hinch" Hinchliffe | |||
The Golden Triangle: The Order of Release | John Everett Millais | |||
1999 | Fire in the Heart | Reader | ||
2000 | Henry VI, Part 1 | Henry VI | Arkangel Shakespeare | |
Henry VI, Part 2 | ||||
Henry VI, Part 3 | ||||
The Sea | Willy Carson | BBC Radio 3 | ||
2001 | Much Ado about Nothing | Benedick | BBC Radio 4 | |
Sunday Worship | Himself | |||
The Long Firm | Narrator | Whole Story Audiobooks | ||
He Kills Coppers | ||||
True Crime | ||||
Doctor Who: Colditz | Feldwebel Kurtz | Big Finish | ||
Dr Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag | Jackson | BBC Radio 4 | ||
2002 | Dr Finlay: Further Adventures of a Black Bag | McKellor | ||
Double Income, No Kids Yet | Daniel | [33] | ||
Facade | William Walton | BBC Radio 4 drama based on Façade | [181] | |
The Museum | Brian | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Island | Calum | |||
2003 | Doctor Who: Sympathy for the Devil | Colonel Brimmecombe-Wood | Big Finish | |
Doctor Who: Exile | Time Lord No. 2 / Pub landlord | |||
Caesar! – Peeling Figs for Julius | Caligula | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka | Caretaker | BBCi | ||
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Dangerous Beans | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Pompeii | Narrator | |||
The Rotters' Club | Bill Trotter | |||
Mansfield Park | Tom Bertram | |||
Strangers and Brothers | Donald Howerd | |||
The Merlin Conspiracy | Narrator | Co-narrated with Emilia Fox | [182] | |
The Mill on the Floss | Phillip Wakeman / Gypsy | BBC Radio 4 | [183] | |
A Quick Change | Colin | [183] | ||
2004 | Dalek Empire III | Galanar | Big Finish | |
Doctor Who: Medicinal Purposes | Daft Jamie | |||
Quite Ugly One Morning | Narrator | Time Warner | ||
Starter for Ten | Hodder & Stoughton | |||
Whiteout | Macmillan Digital Audio | |||
The Merchant of Venice | Launcelot Gobbo | Arkangel Shakespeare | ||
Stargazing: Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper | Narrator | BBC Radio 4 | [184] | |
Richard III | The Archbishop / Ghost of Henry VI | Arkangel Shakespeare | ||
How to Train Your Dragon | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | ||
How to Be a Pirate | ||||
2005 | UNIT: The Wasting | Colonel Brimmecombe-Wood | Big Finish | |
Dixon of Dock Green | PC Andy Crawford | BBC Radio 4 | ||
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright | Luther Arkwright | Big Finish | ||
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle | Narrator | Macmillan Digital Audio | ||
Macbeth | Porter | Arkangel Shakespeare | ||
King Lear | Edgar | |||
The Comedy of Errors | Antipholus of Syracuse | |||
Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | |||
2006 | The Virgin Radio Christmas Panto | Buttons | Virgin Radio | |
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose | Narrator | BBC Audio | ||
Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket | ||||
Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned | ||||
How to Speak Dragonese | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |||
2007 | The Wooden Overcoat | Peter | BBC Radio 4 | |
How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | ||
2008 | Doctor Who: Pest Control | BBC Audio | ||
Nebulous | Doctor Beep | BBC Radio 4 | ||
2009 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Troll | Narrator | BBC Audio | |
How to Twist a Dragon's Tale | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |||
2010 | Of Mice and Men | George Milton | BBC Radio 4 | [185] [186] |
Murder in Samarkand | Craig Murray | |||
How to Ride a Dragon's Storm | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | ||
Doctor Who: The Last Voyage | BBC Audio | |||
Doctor Who: Dead Air | ||||
Bear Snores On | Simon & Schuster Children's Books | [187] | ||
Dogfish | ||||
How Roald Dahl Shaped Pop | BBC Radio 2 | [188] | ||
Book at Bedtime – A Night with a Vampire | BBC Radio 4 | [189] | ||
MacB | [183] | |||
Hairy Maclary Story Collection | Collection of eight stories | [190] | ||
2011 | My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece | Orion Books | [191] | |
Kafka: The Musical | Franz Kafka | BBC Radio 3 | [192] | |
The Gobetweenies | Joe | BBC Radio 4 | [193] | |
Tales of Hans Christian Andersen | Narrator | BBC Learning | [194] | |
The Purple Land | Richard Lamb | BBC Radio 4 | [195] [196] | |
Life and Fate | Nikolai Krymov | [197] | ||
How to Break a Dragon's Heart | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | ||
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons | ||||
Supermarket Zoo | Simon & Schuster | |||
Book at Bedtime – A Night with a Vampire 2 | BBC Radio 4 | [198] | ||
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | [199] | |||
The Pied Piper of Hamelin | BBC Radio 4 | [200] [201] [202] [203] | ||
Stevenson in Love | Robert Stevenson | |||
2012 | Love Virtually | Leo | ||
Book at Bedtime – Stonemouth | Reader | |||
2012-22 | Believe It! | Young Richard Wilson / David Tennant | ||
2012 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Huyang | ||
2012 | Romeo and Juliet | Prince Escalus | BBC Radio 3 | [204] [205] |
Twelfth Night | Malvolio | |||
Silver: The Return to Treasure Island | Narrator | Whole Story Audiobooks | [206] | |
How to Steal a Dragon's Sword | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | |||
On Her Majesty's Secret Service | BBC Audio | [207] | ||
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | |||
Waiting for the Boatman | Mario Minniti | BBC Radio 4 | ||
Jack and the Flum Flum Tree | Narrator | Macmillan Digital Audio | ||
The Rhyming Rabbit | ||||
2013 | Every Seventh Wave | Leo | BBC Radio 4 | [208] |
The Great Scott: The Fair Maid of Perth | Walter Scott | [209] | ||
The Great Scott: Rob Roy | [210] | |||
The Great Scott: Waverley | [210] | |||
2014 | The Great Scott: Redgauntlet | [211] | ||
The Great Scott: Ivanhoe | [211] | |||
The Great Scott: The Bride of Lammermoor | [211] | |||
How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | ||
2015 | Carmilla | Dr. Martin Hesselius | Amazon Audible | [212] |
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | ||
The Great Scott: The Heart of Midlothian | Walter Scott | BBC Radio 4 | [213] | |
The Great Scott: The Antiquary | [213] | |||
The Great Scott: The Talisman | [213] | |||
Peter and the wolf and jazz! | Narrator | with The Amazing Keystone Big Band | [214] | |
2016 | Doctor Who: Technophobia | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | [215] |
Doctor Who: Time Reaver | [215] | |||
Doctor Who: Death and the Queen | [215] | |||
How to Fight a Dragon's Fury | Narrator | Part of the How to Train Your Dragon series | [216] | |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang series | |||
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time | ||||
Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | BBC Radio 4. Directed by Richard Wilson. (60th Anniversary production.) | [217] | |
The Beach of Falesa | Wiltshire | BBC Radio 4 | [218] | |
The Ebb Tide | Narrator | [219] | ||
The Mark of the Gold Light | Noriam | – | [220] | |
2017 | The Wizards of Once | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | [221] |
Doctor Who: Infamy of the Zaross | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | [222] | |
Doctor Who: Sword of the Chevalier | [222] | |||
Doctor Who: Cold Vengeance | [222] | |||
2018 | Wild Honey | Platanov | BBC Radio 4 | [223] |
The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | [224] | |
Jenny: The Doctor's Daughter: Zero Space | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: Jenny: The Doctors Daughter | ||
2019 | Doctor Who: No Place | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | [225] | |
Doctor Who: One Mile Down | [225] | |||
Doctor Who: The Creeping Death | [225] | |||
Warhammer Adventures: Attack of the Necron | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 1 | [226] [227] | |
Warhammer Adventures: Claws of the Genestealer | Warped Galaxies, Book 2 | |||
Warhammer Adventures: Secrets of the Tau | Warped Galaxies, Book 3 | |||
2020 | Donna Noble: Kidnapped: The Chiswick Cuckoos | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: Donna Noble: Kidnapped | |
Doctor Who: Out of Time | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |||
Doctor Who: Expiry Dating | ||||
Doctor Who: Precious Annihilation | ||||
Doctor Who: Ghosts | ||||
The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | [228] | |
Warhammer Adventures: War of the Orks | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 4 | ||
2021 | The Diary of River Song: A Brave New World | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Diary of River Song | |
Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 1 | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |||
Doctor Who: The Gates of Hell | ||||
Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 2 | ||||
Doctor Who: Dalek Universe 3 | ||||
Doctor Who: Echos of Extinction | Time Lord Victorious | |||
The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever | Narrator | The Wizards of Once series by Cressida Cowell | [229] | |
Warhammer Adventures: Plague of the Nurglings | Narrator | Warped Galaxies, Book 5 | ||
Warhammer Adventures: Tomb of the Necron | Warped Galaxies, Book 6 | |||
2022 | Doctor Who: Wink | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: The Tenth Doctor Adventures | |
Doctor Who: Splinters | ||||
Doctor Who: The Stuntman | ||||
Doctor Who: Quantum of Axos | ||||
The War Master: The Last Line | Big Finish: The War Master | |||
Macbeth | Macbeth | BBC Radio 4 | [230] | |
Acting for Others Presents... | Himself | Acting for Others | ||
2023 | Luther Arkwright: Heart of Empire | Luther Arkwright | Big Finish: Luther Arkwright | |
Doctor Who: The Martian Invasion of Planetoid 50 | Tenth Doctor | Big Finish: Once and Future | [231] | |
A Stroke of the Pen | Narrator | Terry Pratchett: The Lost Stories | [232] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Kinect Sports Rivals | Narrator | [233] | |
2015 | Lego Dimensions | Tenth Doctor | archive audio | [234] |
Just Cause 3 | "General's News Network" Broadcaster | Voice, credited as "propaganda minister" | [235] [236] | |
2017 | Call of Duty: WWII | Drostan Hynd | Voice and likeness | [237] |
2021 | Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins | The Tenth Doctor | [238] | |
Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality | Voice and likeness | [239] | ||
Ark: Survival Evolved | Sir Edmund Rockwell | Voice | [240] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | The Doctors Say Thank You | Himself | ||
2020 | The Secret of Novice Hame | Tenth Doctor |
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