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David Tennant

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 27 December 2009

Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor David Tennant.

He has been voted the best Dr Who ever and has redefined the Time Lord for a generation of parents and children.

As a child he was a huge fan of the programme; he reckons he only ever missed one episode, wore a long stripy scarf and queued up to meet Tom Baker and get his autograph. As a role, he says, it appealed not just to his adult self but to the eight-year-old boy who was just below the surface

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs].

The Proclaimers Over and Done With
This is the Story, Chrysalis
Elvis Costello Oliver’s Army
Elvis Costello & the Attractions: Armed Forces, Imp Fiend
The Housemartins Me and the Farmer
Now that’s What I Call Quite Good, Go Discs
Deacon Blue Dignity
Raintown, CBS
Eddie Izzard The Starship Enterprise
Unrepeatable Live, Laughing Stock
Kaiser Chiefs Ruby
Yours Truly, Angry Mob, B Unique
Tim Minchin White Wine in the Sun
Ready for this live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, www. timminchin.com
Billy Bragg Greetings to the New Brunette
Must I Paint You a Picture?, Cooking Vinyl

David Tennant

Record: White Wine in The Sun by Tim Minchin
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
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