Peter Davison has given a new interview to the Herald Sun ahead of his stint hosting the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular in Adelaide later this month, revealing new details of his daughter’s relationship with Tenth Doctor actor David Tennant, details on the Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and
Speaking to Patrick McDonald, Davison revealed how his daughter, Georgia, began to date the then current Doctor, David Tennant, after co-starring together in 2008’s The Doctor’s Daughter.
“We’re starting a dynasty, I think: the Tennant/Davison dynasty! They didn’t start going out for some months after they did Doctor Who — it was a kind of slow-burn on the relationship. They became friends on Doctor Who, and I seem to remember her bringing him along to see me in a show called Spamelot in London … but they weren’t officially going out at that point. I remember her complaining that he kept dragging her off to theatre shows, and she couldn’t figure out why.”
Peter also revealed how he came to be host of the Spectacular:
“They asked me to introduce a section of the BBC Doctor Who Prom, which was at the Albert Hall, they gave me this not awfully good script — so I rewrote it, put in a couple of jokes, and it just went down very well at the concert. They came up to me afterwards, on that same evening, and said ‘We’re doing a tour of Australia — would you be interested in hosting the whole thing?’ Obviously I wanted to be involved in the 50th anniversary, because I was the Fifth Doctor, so I suppose I’ve made myself slightly more available.”
Peter seems to enjoy his role as one of the classic Doctors:
“My memory of it is just the excitement of being the Doctor — because I was the first one who had grown up watching it. It’s a bit like one of those bad holidays you look back at with such great affection, you are working against really impossible conditions — you are never given enough time. We had quite complicated stuff to do … but you do get a thrill of just trying to make the thing work as best you can. You look back at those rather primitive special effects — I’m rather envious of the effects you can do now on your home laptop… Although I still have a great affection for the old, wobbly sets, i’m not sure really — it’s quite nice to be a classic Doctor.”
But what about the celery…
“I rather like the celery stick — except I don’t like celery! That was my big problem with it. There was one scene, I think, in my very first story where I was required to look appetisingly at a vase of celery and take a bite of one of them, go ‘Mmmm’ and then stick it on my lapel. What you didn’t see was me spitting it out after the take. But as a decorative vegetable, it’s absolutely perfect.”
And Peter certainly approves of his namesake currently in the role, Peter Capaldi:
“I love Peter’s performance — I think it’s got great gravitas and a little grumpiness, I love the idea that he’s not quite sure if the human beings are worth bothering with.”
Peter Davison was speaking to Patrick McDonald of the Herald Sun, for more of his comments on the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, his time as the Doctor and the Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, the full article can be read Here.
The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular will be at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on January 24 between 2pm and 7.30pm before appearing in Perth on January 31, Sydney on February 7 and Auckland, New Zealand on February 15.
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