Look Who's backing the new doctor
- Publication: Belfast Telegraph
- Date: 2005-05-12
- Author: Eddie McIlwaine
- Page: 11
- Language: English
SIXTH INCARNATION BAKER BACKS TENNANT FOR TV ROLE
BABY-FACED actor David Tennant will make a great 10th Dr Who, says stage and television star Colin Baker, who is about to appear in high drama at the Opera House in Belfast.
And Baker should know he was the sixth Dr Who and he still attends Dr Who conventions all over the world.
"I'll be back in Belfast next August 14 for a meeting of the Type 40 Dr Who Society which has more than 160 members," he said today.
"And before that in July I'm off on a Dr Who tour of Australia for a month with Tom Baker (the fourth time travelling medic) and Sylvester Mc- Coy (the seventh)."
Colin, who opens at the Opera House in Dracula on Monday, May 23, isn't surprised that Christopher Eccleston gave up as Dr Who after one series.
"Really one is enough for any actor," he said. "I did two, but they were over three years.
"Christopher was so believable as Who, but David will be special too as he is an absolute Doctor buff which makes him perfect for the role."
Tennant has just played Casanova in a television drama series that had a lukewarm reception. His career will now be in the ascendancy again.
"I loved my time as Dr Who with Louise Jameson as my partner Leela in the Tardis and the bonus now is the reunions in towns like Belfast," adds Baker. "I spend my day with people who think I am wonderful."
Baker will play Van Helsing, the man on a mission to kill Dracula (Richard Bremmer) in the play at the Opera House, adapted by Bryony Lavery from the original story by Bram Stoker.
"We get young student audiences everywhere we play because Dracula is on the A-level syllabus. They come to learn and find a cracking tale of undying love at the same time. The audience at the Opera House will enjoy being scared rigid."
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Caption: The new Doctor Who, David Tennant, in the recent BBC series Casanova
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