Born: David John McDonald on 18 April 1971, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

David Tennant is a Scottish actor best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. He adopted the professional name 'Tennant' (inspired by Neil Tennant, the lead singer of the Pet Shop Boys) because there was another David McDonald already on the books of the Equity union.

I was sent good luck cards from Tom Baker and Peter Davison. They were the Doctors I grew up watching, while eating toast and drinking Tizer at home, so I was very honoured.

Already a well-known theatre actor, Tennant achieved wider fame for his TV roles in Casanova (2005) and Doctor Who (2005 onwards), as well as his film role as Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).