On August 31st 2007, he turned on the illumination lights for Blackpool.

While attending Paisley Grammar School, he wrote an essay on how his greatest desire was to play Doctor Who on TV.

Chose his acting surname from Neil Tennant, singer with Pet Shop Boys. This came after reading an interview with Tennant in Smash Hits shortly after learning that he would have to change his professional name in order to join the actors' union, Equity, as there was already a registered member with his real name, David McDonald.

Is only the 2nd actor to play The Doctor in the whole run of the show, both old and new, to have been born in Scotland.

Says his favorite Doctor from the original Doctor Who was Peter Davison, who reprised his role as the Fifth Doctor alongside Tennant in the Children In Need special episode, "Time Crash".

Is the second Scots actor to be cast as the Doctor. The first was Sylvester McCoy who was cast as the seventh Doctor in the original series. McCoy's time in the TARDIS was from 1987-1989.

Acted with the 7:84 Theatre Company, a genre-bending, ground-breaking, political Scottish Theatre Group.

Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

His heroes are John Cleese and Derek Jacobi.

Cast as "Tenth Doctor" for BBC "Doctor Who" (2005) series to star alongside Billie Piper (April 2005).

David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starring roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in "As You Like It", Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet", Antipholus of Syracuse in "The Comedy of Errors" and Captain Jack Absolute in "The Rivals".

Won Best Male Performance, Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for his theatre role in "Look Back in Anger" as Jimmy Porter. [2005]

Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association for his role in "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom.

Best friends with Louise Delamere ("No Angels" (2004)). They went to Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together and shared a flat.

He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2002 for his performance in "Lobby Hero" performed at the Donmar Warehouse and the New Ambassador's Theatres.

Decided to be an actor at the age of three.

Is a big fan of film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Attended Paisley Grammar.

Nominated for Best Classical Actor Under 30, Ian Charleson Award for his theatre role in "Comedy of Errors" as Antipholus of Syracuse. [2000]