Doctor Who fans are overjoyed that David Tennant is returning to the long-running series, but no one is more delighted than his wife and children.
David, 52, keeps his personal life relatively discreet, but he is quietly married to Who co-star Georgia Tennant, with whom he occasionally shares their ordinary follies, such as disastrous shopping excursions.
The 38-year-old producer first met David on set in 2008, while she was playing the Doctor’s daughter, Jenny, on Doctor Who.
They had five children together: Olive, Wilfred, Doris, and Birdie, as well as Georgia’s eldest kid Ty, whom the Good Omens actor adopted.
David and Georgia take their children’s privacy very seriously, yet to mark the occasion, the thrilled mother published a family photo.
The Ahsoka actor smiled from ear to ear as he cradled his youngest and hugged his family, despite the fact that their faces were hidden.
Georgia also posted a promotional photo of herself and David from Doctor Who, as well as a flashback photo of herself as the Doctor’s daughter.
In the post, she expressed her ‘deep’ connection to the programme, which dates back to her childhood since she is fifth doctor Peter Davidson’s daughter.
‘Ugh gosh where do I start?! Doctor Who has always been there, embedded deep in the fabric of my existence and it seems it always will be,’ Georgia wrote in her caption.
She continued: ‘During childhood it entertained me with weekends spent in convention halls with my dad. As I grew up it gave me a career and then in an unlikely timey wimey series of events gave me a family and now my children will tell a similar (but even less likely) story.
‘It’s a joy to be part of the Who family in every sense of that. Thank you for it all. Happy Birthday old boy x ‘
‘Where am I?’ teased Ty who was not in the group picture but has followed in his parents’ footsteps becoming an actor.
Eagle-eyed fans spotted that one of their children, believed to be Wilfred, was rocking a top which said: ‘Lets get one thing straight, I’m not.’
Georgia stated last year that their 10-year-old now uses they/them pronouns, with both parents being prominent supporters of the trans and non-binary communities.
David routinely supports the LGBTQ+ community in a variety of ways, including wearing a trans Tardis badge to the Rolling Stone UK Awards on Thursday, November 23.
Doctor Who is frequently seen as a safe haven for LGBTQ fans, and in a sassy remark, returning showrunner Russell T Davies stated that this was something he intended to foster.
He told anyone who didn’t want diversity in the cult sci-fi show: ‘Shame on you and good luck to you in your lonely lives.’
The 10th Doctor agreed to appear in three special episodes to commemorate the British icon’s 60th anniversary before Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa takes over.
Ncuti will be the first person of colour in the job, following Jodie Whittacker’s historic female doctor.
‘It’s something I and a lot of other writers are keen to do – to be progressive, to reflect more of society,’ Russell added.
Doctor Who will return on Saturday 25th November on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
