David Tennant was born David John McDonald in Scotland, to a father who was a Presbyterian minister. Brought up in Bathgate, he attended Paisley Grammar school and was first noticed by Scottish television at a Saturday youth club he attended. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2005, David was cast to play the role of the Doctor in the BBC's new series of "Doctor Who" alongside Billie Piper, after Christopher Eccleston decided to leave.

Noel Clarke has 42 credits at Criticker, including: Mute, Doghouse, I Kill Giants and Kidulthood

Camille Coduri has 10 credits at Criticker, including: King Ralph, Nuns on the Run, The Business, Ordeal by Innocence and Rose

Bernard Cribbins has 30 credits at Criticker, including: Frenzy, The Railway Children, Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., Picassos äventyr and She

John Barrowman has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Arrow, De-Lovely, Torchwood, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Catherine Tate has 27 credits at Criticker, including: Doctor Who, Gulliver's Travels, Starter for Ten, Monte Carlo and Love and Other Disasters

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Tommy Knight has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Stitches, Victoria, The Hippopotamus, The Sarah Jane Adventures and The Stolen Earth

Gareth David-Lloyd has 4 credits at Criticker, including: Sherlock Holmes, Torchwood, Dark Signal, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End

Freema Agyeman has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Little Dorrit, New Amsterdam, The Carrie Diaries, Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest and Survivors

Eve Myles has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Torchwood, Hijack, A Very English Scandal, The Unquiet Dead and Journey's End

Elisabeth Sladen has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, School Reunion, Journey's End and The Stolen Earth