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   Saturday, November 17, 2007

   "YOU WERE MY DOCTOR"

Obviously, it's a big nostalgia kick for we fans to see Peter Davison step back into the role of Doctor Who after more than 20 years but, upon watching the sketch filmed for the BBC's annual charity telethon Children in Need, it's clear that new Doctor David Tennant is just as giddy as the rest of us:

Doctor Who: Time Crash

It's a terrible risk for any actor to step back into a role from long ago, especially one so identifiable (who can forget cringing through Sean Connery's ill-advised return as James Bond in Never Say Never Again?). Davison, however, manages to recapture his mix of older-brother grumpiness and breathless urgency from the early '80s and Tennant, for his part, doesn't have to work too hard to convey a sense of delight at seeing him again.

And I love how the ending suddenly stops being about the characters or the silly universe-in-peril 'plot' and becomes a dialogue between them as actors. Davison did inspire Tennant, just as he was a role model for little 13-year-old me (not to mention the trainers). The All Creatures Great and Small star had the unenviable task of following on from the bizarre and iconic Tom Baker (much like Roger Moore having to succeed Connery) but he made the part his own and is now being honoured for it while raising money for sick kids. Absolutely lovely to see.

Labels: back in the day, Doctor Who, England, TV