David Tennant received a Doctor Who comic signed by the original creators to mark the story’s 60th anniversary

met David Tennant Doctor who Comic artists Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons on the set of The Star Beast 60th Anniversary Special. The first of three Russell T. Davies anniversary specials, directed by Tennant and Catherine Tate, adapted from Mills and Gibbons’ 1979 story. Doctor Who weekly comic book of the same name. In The Star Beast, the Fourteenth Doctor (Tennant) and Donna Noble (Tate) become embroiled in an intergalactic chase when an escaped alien crash-lands in London.

If Doctor who In the special The Star Beast, starring Meep (Miriam Margolyes) and the Wrarth Warriors, original creators Mills and Gibbons were invited to see their creations come to life on set.

As revealed in the behind the scenes show. Doctor Who: Unleashed (Through @darkwillowz), Mills and Gibbons were joined by host Steffan Powell and Tennant so the actor could receive a signed copy from them and express his love for the comics. Watch a clip of the exchange below or watch the video above:

Tenant: I get this every week. And I remember this comic strip.

Gibbons: Did you steal it or pay for it?

Tenant: I paid! Well, my parents did. I mean, I was only nine years old. But the thing is… When I first received the script and saw what it was based on on the first page… it all came to me so vividly. I remember these comics very well.

Mills: Brilliant.

Powell: Do you remember reading that story?

Tenant: I remember all of you! The Iron Legion and the City of the Damned. And this one of course, yes. Very clear.

Gibbons: He passed the test and remembers all the names, Pat. He is a real fanatic.

Tenant: This is true!

Doctor Who has a long history of extensive media storylines influencing major television series

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Mills and Gibbons join several extended media authors whose work has been highlighted Doctor who TV series. Returning to showrunner Davies’ first contribution to Doctor who It wasn’t the 2005 TV series, but the 1996 novel. Damaged goodswhile fellow showrunner Steven Moffat wrote the short story “Continuity Error” for the 1996 anthology. Decalogue 3: Consequences. Other authors who contributed first Doctor whoExtended media before joining the main series includes Mark Gatiss, Paul Cornell and Robert Shearman.

Just as Mills and Gibbons’ creations were being brought to the screen, Cornell and Shearman saw their original stories adapted for the series’ revival. Although both writers contributed to the first season, Shearman adapted his 2003 radio play Jubilee for the Sixth Doctor for the screen in Dalek, where the Doctor’s encounter with a single surviving Dalek was adapted to a post-war setting. Meanwhile, Cornell’s story about the Seventh Doctor, who became human and hid on Earth just before World War I, is part of the novel. human nature The author would reimagine him in the third season’s two-part story, “Human Nature/The Family of Blood.”

“The Star Beast” was a beautiful celebration that a wider audience could enjoy Doctor whoThe most famous extended media stories. It was nice to see Davies credit Gibbons and Mills for their contributions and give them a chance to see their monsters come to life during filming. Although Tennant was deeply involved Doctor who Even between his tenure as the Tenth and Fourteenth Doctors, it’s refreshing to see the actor, as a longtime fan, also get the chance to have his own moments with them.

Source: Doctor Who: Unleashed, @darkwillowz/Twitter