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I told you, I told you, I told you. It's too soon! Liz! It's not even November yet! *sigh*
LINK: http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17554373&method=full&siteid=93463&headline=doctor-wooed---name_page.html
13 August 2006
EXCLUSIVE: DOCTOR WOOED!
TV EXCLUSIVE 1 Hollywood & ITV fight BBC for Timelord
By Alice Walker
DOCTOR Who star David Tennant has been offered millions to quit the hit BBC show, The People can reveal.
Beeb bosses now face a massive bidding war with ITV and Hollywood to keep their man.
Tennant, 35, is paid about £500,000 to play the Timelord in 13 episodes and a Christmas special. But he could net a fortune in films or a "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV.
A show insider said: "David has yet to sign for another series of Doctor Who.
"There's a lot of talk about him going as we're all aware of deals on the table from ITV and Hollywood.
"A lot of film producers think he'd be great on the big screen. And ITV would love him for their dramas - and because it would mean them pinching him from the Beeb."
Scots-born Tennant shot to fame in BBC's Casanova and Harry Potter before becoming an instant hit as the Doctor.
He has signed for a second series until next summer but has not committed to the likely 35-week filming schedule which would run into 2008.
His exit would be a massive blow to the show which pulls in 7.5million viewers on a Saturday night.
Co-star Billie Piper quit as Rose Tyler in the last series and award-winning writer Russell T Davies wants to take a back seat to develop his own drama projects.
LINK: http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17554373&method=full&siteid=93463&headline=doctor-wooed---name_page.html
13 August 2006
EXCLUSIVE: DOCTOR WOOED!
TV EXCLUSIVE 1 Hollywood & ITV fight BBC for Timelord
By Alice Walker
DOCTOR Who star David Tennant has been offered millions to quit the hit BBC show, The People can reveal.
Beeb bosses now face a massive bidding war with ITV and Hollywood to keep their man.
Tennant, 35, is paid about £500,000 to play the Timelord in 13 episodes and a Christmas special. But he could net a fortune in films or a "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV.
A show insider said: "David has yet to sign for another series of Doctor Who.
"There's a lot of talk about him going as we're all aware of deals on the table from ITV and Hollywood.
"A lot of film producers think he'd be great on the big screen. And ITV would love him for their dramas - and because it would mean them pinching him from the Beeb."
Scots-born Tennant shot to fame in BBC's Casanova and Harry Potter before becoming an instant hit as the Doctor.
He has signed for a second series until next summer but has not committed to the likely 35-week filming schedule which would run into 2008.
His exit would be a massive blow to the show which pulls in 7.5million viewers on a Saturday night.
Co-star Billie Piper quit as Rose Tyler in the last series and award-winning writer Russell T Davies wants to take a back seat to develop his own drama projects.
