{"id":39977,"date":"2023-11-17T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1926882"},"modified":"2023-11-17T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:58:39","slug":"doctor-who-unveils-children-in-need-scene-with-david-tennant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-unveils-children-in-need-scene-with-david-tennant\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who unveils Children in Need scene with David Tennant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Mawaan Rizwan featured in a special scene with the returning star. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Cormack\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 17 November 2023 at 20:24 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Children in Need returned tonight (Friday 17th November) with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/children-in-need-2023-release-date\/\">a jam-packed show<\/a> of sketches, performances and celebrity guests to raise funds for children and young people.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event was even more exciting than ever, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/children-need-2023-doctor-who-david-tennant-newsupdate\/\">special Doctor Who scene<\/a> starring David Tennant \u2013 details of which remained under wraps ahead of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>In the sketch, which also featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/mawaan-nabhaan-rizwan-juice-interview\/\">Juice<\/a> star Mawaan Rizwan, we saw Tennant\u2019s Fourteenth Doctor arriving at the earliest stages of the Daleks\u2019 development.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Bleach also reprised his role of Davros, here seen as a younger man at a time before the accident that transformed him into the figure with which fans are more familiar.<\/p>\n<p>The light-hearted scene also revealed it was the Doctor who was inadvertently responsible for not only naming the Daleks, but also inventing their \u201cExterminate!\u201d catchphrase and gifting them their famous \u2018sink plunger\u2019 arm attachment.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"The Fourteenth Doctor is Here! | BBC Children in Need 2023 | Doctor Who\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfLtAdSgWPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>The special scene was written by returning Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies who said of the sketch: \u201cDoctor Who has a fine tradition of supporting BBC Children in Need, and I hope that fans and new viewers alike will be able to watch, enjoy, and contribute to this wonderful cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Tennant said: \u201cEvery year that I was on Doctor Who we did something for BBC Children in Need, so it only feels right to be doing something this year. Children in Need is a national tradition, it\u2019s certainly a BBC tradition, and Doctor Who is part of that. I\u2019m so glad we\u2019re able to give Children in Need viewers this little extra treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the airing of the scene, fans were also treated to a sneak peek at new behind-the-scenes show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-unleashed-release-date\/\">Doctor Who: Unleashed<\/a>, with a short clip giving a look at the creation of the Children in Need scene.<\/p> <p>And that wasn\u2019t the only Doctor Who connection at this year\u2019s Children in Need, as 14-year-old Lenny Rush joined the presenting team on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Rush recently won this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/baftas-tv-awards-2023-winners-newsupdate\/\">BAFTA<\/a>\u00a0for Leading Male Performance for his role in BBC comedy-drama\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/am-i-being-unreasonable-ending-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am I Being Unreasonable?<\/a> and will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/lenny-rush-doctor-who-morris-newsupdate\/\">joining the cast of Doctor Who<\/a> as new character, Morris, in the upcoming season alongside new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-mawaan-rizwan-role-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who\u2019s Children in Need sketch confirms Mawaan Rizwan\u2019s role<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/doctor-who-daleks-colourisation-first-look-newsupdate\/\">Doctor Who reveals first look at new colourisation of The Daleks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For now, the Children in Need scene is a small snippet of what\u2019s to come in the 60th anniversary specials which will of course see Tennant reprising his role as the Doctor \u2013 albeit a different incarnation \u2013 later this month.<\/p>\n<p>This time round, he\u2019ll be starring as the Fourteenth Doctor alongside returning Catherine Tate as Donna Noble to mark 60 years of the series.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll be joined by the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-season-3-release-date\/\">Heartstopper<\/a>\u2018s Yasmin Finney and Neil Patrick Harris, who will be starring as the Celestial Toymaker.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6341180919112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Doctor Who\u2019s first 60th anniversary special The Star Beast airs at 6:30pm on Saturday 25th November on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. 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