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USA (Indiana)\INFP\Pisces\Ravenclaw. Huge history and culture junkie, with an appreciation for other things such as; literature, fashion, art, cinema, nature, and music. This blog is entirely dedicated to David Tennant and Doctor Who. My personal/general blog is: starry-eyed-romance.
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mizgnomer

David Tennant’s Contributions to Doctor Who Episodes “I Don’t Want To Go” Edition

From Doctor Who Confidential:

David Tennant: The final line, saying “I don’t want to go,” of course it’s a very emotive final line. Euros Lyn: We did four takes on David’s final line, “I don’t want to go,” and with each take we pushed the emotion and the grief further. David: We tried being very unemotional about it, we tried a little smur of an emotional moment, and we also did one with a full-on kind of breaking down version Euros:  My feeling on the day was that we really wanted to pull at the audience’s heart strings at that point, and I wanted David to be overcome with grief, but actually that wasn’t right. [David, Euros, and Julie Gardner watching the footage] David: I worry four’s not quite in character.  I just worry if you see him breaking down, it stops you breaking down as well.  There’s always a danger of that, isn’t there? Julie: Yes David: If that’s the final image and you’re left with him in total distress, it’s pretty grim.  That’s not really who he is, is it? Julie: I think it’s three. David: I think three’s more… I find three more moving, actually. Euros: Because he’s fighting.   Julie: He’s holding it Euros: Facing his death with bravery, yeah.  There’s a stoicism to take three. David: Which is more like him Julie: There’s a heroic stoicism  [end of them watching the footage on filming day] Euros: In the end we’ve got take three in there, which is the take where he’s a bit more controlled.  He’s a bit more like the Doctor, in fact.  He’s brave. David: We didn’t want him to lose all that bravery in that final moment.  There’s something stoical and long-suffering and… strong about the Doctor that – I don’t think he can get too self-pitying even in a moment like that.

Orig.Poster’s note: This post is part of a series on some of the contributions that David made to episodes of Doctor Who, because he sometimes gets questions about ad-libs or input he may have had to episodes, but he tends to not take credit for his various additions/suggestions - so I figured I’d list some for him.  I can certainly understand why Euros and Julie originally wanted to use Take #4 - it was a gut-wrenchingly, heart-breakingly beautiful performance from David. It does seem a shame to not use it - but I also think that David was absolutely right to argue that Take #3 was more in-character for his Doctor, and a better way to deliver his final line. 

Full set of David’s Contributions Posts (tag): Bigger on the Inside Edition Walking on Theatre Chairs Edition Scanning a Planet Edition Shakespeare Code Bedroom Edition Interrupting Jackie Edition Sarah Jane Smith Edition Stone Arm Edition Hand in a Jar Edition Killing the Vespiform Edition 

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If you don’t love David Tennant’s love and appreciation for his wife Georgia, then kindly get out. Just kidding. But seriously though this was so sweet of him to mention this during his acceptance speech for winning best actor for Broadchurch during the TV Choice Awards. Plus David Tennant still acting like a guy who still has the biggest crush ever on his wife even after ten years is just absolutely adorkable and sweet.

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“One of the things we’ve noticed about Scrooge McDuck is that he is a billionaire tycoon whose name’s on a lot of brands and he employs a lot of family members, and that sounded familiar to us.” - Stephen Colbert having David Tennant read quotes in Scrooge McDuck’s accent. (x)

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