Some Misguided Brits Complain About Too Much David Tennant On The Telly

As if there's such a thing, huh? I know!

This is the second time it's popped into my inbox this week so I'm going to address it. Apparently, there are some critics of the BBC (and there are always critics of the BBC, many of them I call people who work at ITV and Channel 4) who are getting their pants in a twist (See what I did there? Pants instead of panties, because this is Britain? Get it?) because your favorite Doctor of all time kept showing up on the TV over the end-of-year holiday period.

(I hear he even got circumcised on BBC Four to celebrate Hanukkah. No, really, it's ... not true.)

Digital Spy:

A Conservative MP has accused BBC executives of promoting David Tennant at the expense of other actors.

Tory politician Nigel Evans made his comments after research showed that Tennant will have made 75 appearances in three weeks on BBC television and radio stations by the end of the festive period.

It is understood that 28 of the Doctor Who star's appearances are in new programmes, while 47 are repeats.

Evans, who sits on the Culture Media and Sport select committee, told The Daily Telegraph: "Relying on such an overkill of one particular person is freezing out a lot of opportunity for a lot of up and coming people.

What a tool! So lemme get this straight, is the BBC now just a viewer funded operation that's duty is to get everyone on TV before they pass? Or is Nigel Evans (representing the Ribble Valley, btw, and I'm sure all of you are really proud of this, huh?) disappointed he didn't get to audition to be the Doctor in series five?

Because from the image above, MP Evans seems to be keenly interested in show business, dontcha think?

Maybe one of the two showgirls on his arms were interested in handling the storytime segment on CBeeBies.

Or, playing Hamlet? I think the showgirl on the right would be quite the fit Hamlet, don't you?

Speaking of Hamlet, watch a couple clips from the BBC production of Tennant's Hamlet at this link and this link. It will air on PBS here in the States later this year.

And, here's David reading to the kids.

Comments

[MediumRob]

1.

Nice try but the correct Brit equivalent would be 'Don't get your knickers in a twist'. Happy New Year!

[Joe B.]

2.

You know Rob, I did consider the use of knickers but it seemed too, uh, American.

And I don't like the word knickers, don't know why, just don't like it.

Happy New Year.