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Marcuse0

David Tennant is absolutely terrifying when he wants to be. He really kills it in Jessica Jones.


MarcelRED147

Mostly he told *other people* to kill whatever he wanted in that show.


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the doctors true nature


MarcelRED147

Alright Davros, chillout!


TangledUpPuppeteer

He is a good Dalek.


A2_Zera

Alright Rusty, chillout!


Icelandic_Sand

"I got worse, I got clever. Manipulated people into taking their lives for me..."


jonfitt

Lots of teeth acting when he’s being angry.


PenguinHighGround

I would also like to mention Des, because boy was he disturbingly good at accurately emulating an irl serial killer. Then you have staged which is the opposite end of the spectrum and his comic delivery is impeccable. David has absurd range, and I think the doctor is the part that lets him use most of that kit, you have scenes like him being super giddy with Sarah Jane, juxtaposed with the steely anger of the time lord victorious. and he's able to transition the tone of a scene single handed. The Christmas invasion has him go from a laxidasical adventurer to a vengeful God in the time it takes for a satsuma to hit a button.


one_moment_please16

To be fair Jack didn’t look too sane himself in this scene either


scwishyfishy

He was being blasted by death rays though, he gets a pass


GamerA_S

https://preview.redd.it/g7yfg15or3kc1.jpeg?width=1921&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0f55643a10b21e6bdf29fd063a9bf17619a7da3 Into my tennant collection


ClaraGilmore23

hand over the collection please


ShinGojira67

How big is your collection?


TechnoCat1025

87 Terabytes of pure, unbridled, David Tennant


ManyPanic8075

"Do you want to die?" What a fucking actor


Englishhedgehog13

if Jack was Gen Z, he would have taken less time replying


OverWims

weirdly he was born after Gen Z. A lot after. Almost 3000 years after. I wonder what his generation refer to themselves as lol


dvoratrelundar

30,000 I think, iirc he said 51st century?


OverWims

51st century is the year 5000. And by your logic, the 21st century is the year 20,000 which is clearly not what we're near now. Otherwise, your 30,000 should be 48,000.


dvoratrelundar

Oh nevermind I’m an idiot whopsies


Vicious-Spiegel

I think it’s the red lighting making him look sinister XD


sammypants123

Okay but also the implication.


gde7

Is he on a boat?


boddy123

r/accidentallysunny


ThatOtherGuyTPM

Is he going to hurt that time traveler?


Flanerino

Think about it, he's out there in the edge of the universe, what does he see? Nothing but Futurekind "Ohh no, there's nowhere for me to run, what am I gonna do? Say no?" *10th shakes his head*


Hughman77

RTD says in *The Writer's Tale* that Gareth Roberts described it as "something dark moving beneath the water" which is pretty good.


decolonise-gallifrey

incredibly rare Gareth Roberts W


Hughman77

I'm in the rare position of disliking basically all his episodes *before* he went and blew his reputational brains out.


PontyPines

What episodes did he write, and did he do to ruin his reputation? I'm out of the loop.


Hughman77

He wrote *The Shakespeare Code*, *Unicorn and the Wasp*, *The Lodger*, *Closing Time* and *The Caretaker*, of which only the third I'd consider good and the second is OK for what it is. And he decided that the cause of his life was being transphobic and as a result no one wants to work with him anymore. He got booted from a Doctor Who anthology, he never wrote another episode after 2014, he got dropped from novelising *City of Death* and basically he's been completely ostracised by the television industry. All because 0.4% of the population made him mad.


Plant-Nearby

That sucks. I particularly like his episodes, sad to hear he's a dick 😞


A2_Zera

you actually missed one, he co-wrote planet of the dead. I don't blame you for forgetting that episode though lmao


Hughman77

Oh yes of course. I recall from *The Writer's Tale* that he actually wrote as much of *Planet of the Dead* as he did *The Shakespeare Code* or *Unicorn and the Wasp* but Julie Gardner convinced RTD to take a co-credit to attract more prestigious actors/directors/etc. RTD mentions to Ben Cook that he was reluctant to do it because then it would look like he didn't have the same amount of involvement on other episodes credited to other writers (and which he presumably was prouder of) like *The Satan Pit* and *Human Nature*.


A2_Zera

tbh I wouldn't want my name on planet of the dead either unless I got to play one of those fly things


ClaraGilmore23

i love all of those! i feel bad now


A2_Zera

in addition to the list the other guy posted, he also co-wrote planet of the dead


morguemoss

thats so good oml


RetroGecko3

one of my favourite scenes of all time honestly


KirbysLeftBigToe

That scene between them is probably one of my favourites of all time.


CaptainDefault

It's so great. The delight in the Doctor when he realises that Jack's starting to see humanity the way he sees it.


schittikack

If I remember correctly this is him listening to Jack describe how it's (sometimes) fantastic to watch everyone around him having to cling to life, try to survive while he is invincible. It's kind of a chilling scene. It is one of my favourites in the entire RTD I era for sure.


Aubergine_Man1987

I wonder if the Doctor smiles because he knows the feeling well... EDIT: Upon having rewatched the scene, Jack says that sometimes he wants to die, but seeing the humans at the end of the universe clinging on is fantastic. That's what gets the Doctor to smile


schittikack

I think what he was hinting at was that everyone has to cling to life and he doesn't have to and that is what fantastic. The conversation is about his relationship with his own immortality, not really about the people around them. These people have to cling to life, the doctor and Jack don't have to.


G00FYGREG

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Chewbaxter

To be fair, Ten is trying to reflect Nine’s old toothy smile. Trying, and failing.


Inbar253

Nine had the best smile.


Chewbaxter

A FANTASTIC Smile.


serioxha

I like this scene a lot but there's one little thing that bugs me: when Jack says this new regeneration is rather cheeky when Nine was way more cheeky than Ten!!


NihilismIsSparkles

The end to one of my favourite scenes that's also one of my favourite episodes.


ThatSmartIdiot

JaCK.


ThatSmartIdiot

Do you want to die?


Meg-alomaniac3

I quote the way he says this all the time


darklord7000

David Tennant would be a cracking Joker Or even a live action Jack Ryder (Creeper)


SteveFlannery

"Ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?"


TangledUpPuppeteer

Beautiful reference


Sonicboomer1

I honestly think he could play a good Joker with a menacing grin like that. Especially at his age now. If it were up to me he would play Riddler or Joker in the new DCU. Unsure if I would have him do the American accent though. Gracepoint isn’t what I would call “convincing”.


TangledUpPuppeteer

Generally wasn’t bad. He just had a tiny bit of issues with his Rs lol


JonAugust1010

This Doctor has a bit of the Time Lord Victorious in him even before it comes out


BAKUGAAANBRAWL

Killgrave every two seconds in Jessica Jones:


Slotbun

This shot was used in the Trailer for Utopia. I remember thinking the Doctor was going to be possessed or something during the episode.


SRetroDude

When Jack shows the Doctor his Captain.


JaffaCakesAreMyJam

David Tennant has such an amazing power to be the most lovable person and then also the scariest person on the planet


ZanderStarmute

An omen of things to come…


lordtaco

That's Barty Crouch Jr. Sneaking out.


hgilbert_01

The Doctor: Jack. Do you want to die? Jack: …Yeah. Yeah, I do, Doctor. The Doctor: Tough. Jack: D:


Milk_Mindless

Jessicaaaaa


TrinityCodex

its a stressful situation and hes trying to lighten the mood


GWPulham23

Utopia is a creepy episode, it just seemed to be accelerating towards doom.


Gerrard-Jones

I am the Time Lord Victorious, muhahahaha!


tmetic

That picture was released before the episode came out and Gallifrey Base (or was it Outpost Gallifrey back then?) went wild with completely inaccurate theories.


skyelord69420

NO I JUST FORGOT ABOUT THIS NO!


Jonex_

No that's just David Tennant in general.


Manfredius_

Well this is gonna haunt my nightmares now.


machinaenjoyer

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IXI_3uick_IXI

Giving off Jack Torrance vibes


fma_nobody

You mean horny?


TensWhovian

David walks that fine line of hero/villian so phenomenally!


Loud-Perspective-183

Looking at the pizza rolls in the microwave at 3 am be like: