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January 17 2008

"He's very clever, Joss Whedon". David Tennant reveals his love for all things Firefly and Serenity in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.

Simon | Firefly&Serenity | 19:44 CET | 36 comments total | tags: doctor who, david tennant, joss whedon, firefly, serenity

Dear god. David Tennant likes Joss Whedon. I'm in fangirl heaven.

daedreams | January 17, 19:54 CET

It's always cool to know people I'm a fan of are also fans of other things that I'm a huge fan of. It's like entertainment justification or something. :)

ceo | January 17, 20:14 CET

Could you imagine what the two of them would produce if they worked together...
David Tennant as the Big Bad in "Serenity II?"

Nebula1400 | January 17, 20:15 CET

Personally I could see him as a Little Bad like Badger.

"It's very wet, the sea."

Craig Oxbrow | January 17, 20:22 CET

I've just seen the Christmas Special, Tennant is terrific, as usual.
Good to know he has great tastes too.

Nico-Angel | January 17, 20:42 CET

I'd heard about this a while back, but didn't have a link on hand to post anything here. Thanks, Simon! Just goes to show that David Tennant is indeed a geek of the highest caliber.

Lady Brick | January 17, 20:46 CET

Dear God in heaven - when fandoms collide like this, I think more kindly about humans in general.

mockingbird | January 17, 20:59 CET

So cool! I just saw the Christmas special as well, and was reminded how much I love the show. I agree with ceo about "entertainment justification" -- like hearing that Joss is a fan of House and Stephen Sondheim. It feels great when people that I admire share some of my tastes :)

miri47 | January 17, 21:04 CET

That's so great to know. I love Tennant's Doctor. Mention of Buffy, too!

[ edited by weelittlepuppetman on 2008-01-17 18:30 ]

weelittlepuppetman | January 17, 21:30 CET

I'm fabulously tickled!

Pentacular | January 17, 21:56 CET

Joss directing DW and Torchwood (or better yet, writing for an episode)... *drool*

deepgirl187 | January 17, 22:19 CET

And just when I thought I could not possibly have a bigger crush on David Tennant . . .

BrowncoatG | January 17, 22:54 CET

Fangirl squee!

Aurra | January 17, 22:55 CET

Oh my... Two big fandoms colliding, millions of possibilities! This makes 2008 a good year :)

grimma | January 17, 23:22 CET

*flails about in happiness*

This is just one of the best things I've ever heard. Ever. It's nice to see one brilliant artist respecting another!

ctofine | January 18, 00:19 CET

Speaking of Doctor Who, anyone seen the first episode, season two of the Spinoff Torchwood? Very suprising James Marsters, almost Spike like (what with his British accent and all)

Well, almost Spike like O.o

Krusher | January 18, 00:56 CET

Krusher - we had a whole thread about it here.

zeitgeist | January 18, 01:52 CET

I'd love Joss to direct a Who episode, but only if he can write it. The Christmas Special had the biggest Deus ex machina ever. The Doctor saves the day by doing something that was never mentioned, never suggested, never hinted at and just completely made no sense whatsoever.

zz9 | January 18, 02:02 CET

I read about this a few days ago. I didn't think it was possible for DT to be more perfect, but it seems I am overruled.

And I concur, I'd love to see Joss direct an ep of DW. That, that would be just amazing.

BTW, zz9, I thought the christmas special was nothing compared to the s3 finale.

[Edited for capitalization - okelay, please read the site rules. Thanks.]

[ edited by SoddingNancyTribe on 2008-01-18 07:11 ]

okelay | January 18, 02:07 CET

*imagines the rampant squeeing that would arise from a DT/JW project*

Good to know the man has impeccable taste.

Trek_Girl42 | January 18, 02:11 CET

I love Who and Torchwood and they carry the Joss spirit very well. He'd be a perfect fit for writing or directing their shows.

archon | January 18, 02:42 CET

Very cool news. I was raving about David Tennant's acting about 20 years ago (well according to my grandmother anyway, I can't remember - I was tiny and it was at Sunday School), so it's been great to see how well his career has gone. That he likes Firefly, Serenity and Buffy is so awesome – how about him as a young Giles in flashbacks in Ripper? Really hope someone's told him about his appearance in the Buffy comic.

cypher | January 18, 03:13 CET

You're not a Buddy by any chance cypher ?

(cos I was born and raised not far from Paisley and my Mum and Dad have been to a service given by David Tennant/MacDonald's father, apparently he was minister or something at the church they got married in for a while. Me and fame ? We're like that *does finger thing* ;)

Saje | January 18, 03:58 CET

Really hope someone's told him about his appearance in the Buffy comic.

Huh now?

electricspacegirl | January 18, 04:12 CET

Of course DT thinks Joss is great (he is), RTD takes all his best stuff from him... ehem, I mean the shows have some similarities.

Leaf | January 18, 04:18 CET

"He's very clever, Joss Whedon".

Preaching to the choir, Davey, preaching to the choir...

missb | January 18, 05:41 CET

Huh now?

There's a cameo of the Doctor on the second-to-last page of issue 6. I squeed every much when I saw it.

swanjun | January 18, 06:27 CET

There's a cameo of the Doctor on the second-to-last page of issue 6. I squeed every much when I saw it.

I must have totally missed that.

electricspacegirl | January 18, 07:37 CET

One word: Brilliant.

geekerjoy34 | January 18, 08:07 CET

And Tony Head's been a fan of the Doctor since it started.

Small worlds, indeed.

Ooh! There's a title for a crossover fic! "Small Worlds, Indeed." Shadow hurries off, rubbing her hands together, a mad glint in her eye as she imagines The Doctor meeting The Slayer.

ShadowQuest | January 18, 09:09 CET

Ooooooo, indeed I am, Saje and this next bit might get a little scary.

David Tennant's father, Sandy McDonald, was the minister at my local church, St. Mark's, in Ralston (east edge of Paisley) when I was young. So as a child I went to lots of services given by him (and even as an atheist now, I'd still say he was an excellent minister) and he actually married my parents at St. Mark’s.

Am I guessing wrongly or did our parents get married in the same church? If so, whedonesque is a small place . . .

cypher | January 18, 20:06 CET

HEART

ShamelessSingingRennie | January 18, 20:13 CET

Whedonesque - bringing people together (tm).

zeitgeist | January 18, 20:32 CET

You guys should definitely trademark that zeitgeist then just sit back and watch the money pile up. 1 money is still a pile, right ? ;)

Am I guessing wrongly or did our parents get married in the same church?

Ah, now you're asking cypher, i'd have to check with the mater, it ended in 'ston' so it might well be but Neilston is ringing vague bells (and would probably make more sense, my Mum's from Barrhead) - either way, small world indeed ;).

(i'm from Johnstone for my sins BTW - hey, no-one's perfect ;) - and got dragged along to Elderslie Kirk as a boy. And even though I too "saw the dark" or whatever happens when you decide you don't believe, i've still a lot of time for CoS ministers - in my experience they're generally pretty down-to-Earth and human)

Saje | January 18, 20:45 CET

Whedonesque - bringing people together (tm).

On this point BTW, have you looked in the James Marsters/Dragonball thread recently zeitgeist ? I think your one-man mission to bring capitalisation to the masses may have hit a speed-bump ;).

Saje | January 18, 21:00 CET

I was going to say 'Except about capitalization', but that lacked the same ring :)

zeitgeist | January 18, 21:10 CET

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