Doctor Who in the house: David Tennant at Comic-Con and the rumors are flying

   

Is David Tennant coming to Comic-Con International to say goodbye ... or to announce the start of something big? The time traveler is on the clock when it comes to his signature role — the announced plan is that he will leave the character behind after a series of specials that will air on the BBC next year — but there has been speculation across the Atlantic that he is coming to San Diego to announce a Doctor Who feature film. Could it be true? It seems unlikely to me, but (ahem) time will tell.

The Doctor Who panel at Comic-Con promises to be one of the must-see moments this year, and we're pleased to report that the Sunday morning session (July 26, 10 a.m., Ballroom 20) will be moderated by Los Angeles Times television critic Robert Lloyd, whose dry wit is a perfect fit for the occasion. "Doctor Who" creative force Russell T. Davies, director Euros Lyn and executive producer Julie Gardner will all be on stage also. Do you have a question for the good Doctor or his compatriots? Post it here in the comments section; Lloyd has agreed to bring the best questions with him to the stage.

— Geoff Boucher

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Comments

[Liam]

My question is for the upcoming 'The Waters Of Mars'. Is the cloister bell there to add effect in the trailer, or is it indeed actually within the episode itself?

[Joanne Langford]

After Hamlet, 1939, St Trinians etc what other treats do you have in store for us? Besides the rumoured movie?

[Melanie T.]

David, we know that you were a big fan of Doctor Who before you were cast as the Doctor. My question is, as a fan, how did you feel about the Doctor having a romantic relationship with his companion?

[Michael Jones]

Ssince both yourself and Julie Gardner have made the movie to LA, can we expect future collaborations between you and she, given her position with BBC America?

[Sarah Maddison]

If you had a time machine, were would you like to be? and would you help anyone like the doctor does? Will you be watching at home all the doctor who's in the future and would you return?
Think you are really cool and would love to see you in a movie The Doctor and me! Good title eh!!! lol xxx love and very best wishes David and Russel xxxxxx

[Lisa]

to DT

Are you going back to theatre anytime soon? What would you rather do a new modern play or another Shakespeare? Or do you think you will be doing more tv / cinema?

A couple of years ago you stated in an interview that you would like to play Hamlet, Berowne and the Doctor. What roles would you aspire to play now?

Can you see yourself doing more sci fi in future? What would be your ideal sci fi role? Apart from Doctor Who what other sci fi do you like? (I hear he doesn't like Star Trek)

Is Michael Schumacher really The Stig?

To RTD

Are you moving to America?

What will happen to the fortysomething follow up to Queer as Folk that was mooted while ago?

[Harriet]

The return of old characters, such as Donna Noble, for the specials have been revealed due to sightings of the actors on set. However have all the return characters been revealed or are there more which you have been more careful about keeping under wraps?

[andrea maslanka]

Seeing that the 2009 specials have already been filmed and with the David's Doctor to regenerate in the last of the specials, If a Film is to be in the works in 2010 will it Star Matt Smith?

[Lilly]

Who picks your clothes when you do interviews and talk shows? Fire them.

[Joanne H]

For all panellists: Has your time on "Doctor Who" lived up to whatever expectations you had when you started work on it?

[Ebony]

For the entire team, especially RTD:

Is there any classic Doctor Who villain that perhaps didn't work out, but that you wish you would have gotten the chance to work into the new series?

[Carolina]

This is a quetion for David Tennat: 'What is your speciality dish?'

[Gabriella]

Doctor Who is a big hit in UK, also a hit in US and Australia. But in countries like Italy it has very little following, although with the new series the fans are growing in number. Is there a chance that the Doctor Who production will pay a closer attention (in terms of TV broadcast and / or DVD releases) in Italy as well as in other countries where DW fandom is just starting to form?

[Katie Lazarou]

Hey.
So, who would win. A pig with a cannon or an army of mice with toasting forks?

[Paula]

Does anyone else think this plot is similar to Pitch Black? Alien desert planet, multiple suns, group of abandoned people (on a bus here, in a spacecraft in Pitch Black) being attacked by large flying things with razor sharp teeth?

[JoAnn O'Brien]

If you could play any character in the Doctor Who Series other than "The Doctor" who would you play and why?

[David Gold]

You're obviously sworn to secrecy when you receive your latest scripts, but is there one person (outside of WHO staff) that you simply MUST share some of this stuff with, in a giddy fan-boy sort of way? Who do you talk to?

[Rich H.]

"Who" cares? Dr. Who is a no-budget campy joke. It makes classic Star Trek look like Amadeus.

[Gus Gonzales]

In keeping with what could prove to be a Who/Torchwood tradition, will the good Mr. Tennant consider serenading the attendees with a bit of song?

John Barrowman's and Naoko Mori's impromptu rendition of "The Last Night of the World" (Miss Saigon) was the highlight of last year's Torchwood panel.

All Best from Austin Texas!

[donna coulson]

omw im well shy asking a question to my favourate actor and 10th doctor anyway here goes to you david tennant what has been your favourate episode of doctor who so far? and also when the doctor says molte beine what does it mean? thanks you are the best im so gonna cry when you leave as the 10th dr you will always be my doctor yepee^^

[Dawn]

I'm the same age as Russell, a huge Doctor Who fan-girl since I was tiny, and I was just wondering...

Can you tell me why Doctor Who is so brilliant??

Even though (for me) it's the end of an era, a fabulous era, will you all still be watching the programme every Saturday now that you are no longer directly involved?

Also - any chance of David appearing in "Much Ado About Nothing" because it's a play I haven't seen yet on stage...with him as Benedict (Doctor Who and lifelong Shakespeare fan - yes it does happen)!!! Please drop hints to maybe the RSC et al. David (if you have a space in your diary!)

[Dawn]

ps - can you say to Russell something I was dying to say to him when I stood next to him at the Welsh BAFTA's in Cardiff but was too shy to speak - Russell T.Davies I BLOODY LOVE YOU! I am so going to miss YOUR Doctor Who!

[Dawn]

'm the same age as Russell, a huge Doctor Who fan-girl since I was tiny, and I was just wondering...

Can you tell me why Doctor Who is so brilliant??

Even though (for me) it's the end of an era, a fabulous era, will you all still be watching the programme every Saturday now that you are no longer directly involved?

Also - any chance of David appearing in "Much Ado About Nothing" because it's a play I haven't seen yet on stage...with him as Benedict (Doctor Who and lifelong Shakespeare fan - yes it does happen)!!! Please drop hints to maybe the RSC et al. David (if you have a space in your diary!)

[Sharon Hanson]

After having gone through so many regenerations of the Dr., and loving some and not interested in others for the past 40 years, I am hopeful the new dr. will be as good as my favorites. I never thought I'd like David Tennant but he really grew on me. I'm just waiting for some of the old questions being answered...like when did he get married and how did he end up with a grandaughter (first dr. had a young girl who called him grandfather).
How did Galifry die and why can't he go back in time and viist...even though he knows it will end. The new series have more human aspects of compassion and caring than the ones of 30 years ago. But the old dr. refused to ever kill anyone.
The new special effects are amazing. My children laugh at the old special effects from the 60's and 70's.
I'm very grateful that Sarah Jane came back -- after all, she was "abandonded" by the dr. in South Croidon (can't spell) and we never knew how she found her way home or what year it was.
This is a series the whole world can enjoy generation after generation! I first saw Dr. Who in 1975 in London on TV in "Horror of Fang Rock" with my still favorite doctor.

[Jenna]

To RTD:

Are you going to make Torchwood season 4? I have to know!!

PS Feel free to bring any characters back...