David Tennant has been announced as the latest celebrity to star on CBeebies Bedtime Story.
The Doctor Who star, 52, who played both the tenth and fourteenth incarnation of the time traveling character, will land his Tardis at the children’s TV channel on Friday 24 November.
Ahead of the first 60th anniversary special episode of Doctor Who, he will be reading The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers to families across the UK.
The Way Back Home is a tale all about friendship, adventure and helping others.
When a boy discovers an airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into space!
Exciting: David Tennant, 52, has been announced as the latest celebrity to star on CBeebies Bedtime Story
Story: The Doctor Who star, who played both the tenth and fourteenth incarnation of the time traveling character, will land his Tardis at the children’s TV channel on Friday 24 November
Fortunately there’s friendship to be found, and what better way of finding your way back home, than by making a friend?
The Doctor joins the stellar slate of famous faces to have read a CBeebies Bedtime Story including Tom Hardy, Harry Styles, Guz Khan, Jodie Whittaker, Kate Winslet and Rose Ayling-Ellis.
David discussed his ‘joyous’ return as the Doctor for the show’s 60th Anniversary earlier this week.
During an interview with Radio Times, the actor also revealed how the BBC show led to his marriage with Georgia Moffett.
Georgia was a guest actress, who appeared in a 2008 episode with him, which means his father-in-law is former fifth Doctor Peter Davison.
Speaking about returning to the show alongside Catherine Tate and ruining his legacy after quitting the show in 2010, he said: ‘I hadn’t thought about it like that.
‘Thank God I made it to this point! It never really occurred to me to worry about that. Perhaps it should have done… but with Catherine [Tate] being part of it, and with Russell [T Davies] writing the scripts, I never actually worried about anything other than my own ability to run as fast as I used to.’
He continued: ‘The first conversation we had about it was very casual. Russell and Catherine were talking about the notion of: “What if we got the band back together for one last special? But David would never do it.” And I said, “What do you mean I’d never do it? I’d do it in a shot.” And then suddenly, we were back for three in a row.
Exciting: David will make his ‘joyous’ return as the Doctor for the show’s 60th Anniversary (Pictured with Catherine Tate)
Night time: Ahead of the first special episode, he will be reading The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers to families across the UK on CBeebies
‘I mean, why not? It was such a joyous time, and these are people I love as humans, and certainly love as people to work with. And Doctor Who is something that will always be hugely important to me.’
The duo are set to reprise their roles as the titular Time Lord and his companion Donna Noble for a trio of specials later this month, 15 years after they last travelled in the TARDIS together.
David and Catherine will front the trio of specials before Ncuti Gatwa takes over the role of The Doctor on Christmas Day, in an episode titled The Church On Ruby Road
Russell also confirmed that Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan has joined the cast for a festive special next year, and is currently filming her scenes.
CBeebies Bedtime Story is on each weekday at 6.50pm on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer.
The first Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special – The Star Beast – will air on Saturday November 25th on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and Disney+ internationally.
