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David Tennant and Catherine Tate are coming back to Doctor Who in a three-part audio series

Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor Adventures will be out May 2016

Tuesday 27 October 2015 10:31 GMT

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While Christopher Eccleston may have brought Doctor Who back onto our TV screens, it was David Tenant who managed to bring a generation of new fans on board.

The Tenth Doctor, often cited as the most popular and best Doctor, last appeared on television in the one-off special, The Day of the Doctor, aired in 2013.

Finally, Tenant will be returning to the franchise once more, along with co-star Catherine Tate - who played Donna Noble in the series - for a three-part audio drama series.

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William Hartnell (1963-1966): He left Doctor Who due to his ailing health. After his time on the show he starred in several other things, including police drama series Softly, Softly: Taskforce and No Hiding Place.

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Patrick Troughton (1966-1969): After stepping off the Tardis, Troughton had numerous film and television roles, including The Omen, Coronation Street and The Sweeney. He even appeared in the first ever episode of Inspector Morse.

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Jon Pertwee (1970-1974): After bowing out of Doctor Who, Pertwee went on to play the scarecrow Worzel Gummidge in the children's programme of the same name. To a generation of children he was known as the Doctor, and to another he was known as the friendly scarecrow, achieving success even after Doctor Who.

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Tom Baker (1974-1981): While his career never really took off or matched the popularity of Doctor Who, he had parts in television shows such as Monarch of the Glen in the noughties and the Dungeons and Dragons film flop starring Jeremy Irons. He recently made an appearance in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special

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Peter Davison (1981-1984): He has remained a permanent fixture on British television and starring in everything from Miss Marple, Heartbeat, Jonathan Creek, Midsomer Murders and At Home with the Braithwaites. More recently he has been a guest star on sitcom Miranda and is currently in Law and Order UK

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Colin Baker (1984-1986): The actor has continued to have a strong career. Although his work does not reach the heights of his Doctor Who stardom, Baker has had roles in both television and most notably on stage. Last year he took part in reality television show in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

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Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996): He went on to play parts on stage, including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Fool to Ian McKellan's King Lear. Most recently played a wizard called Radagast the Brown in Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy.

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Paul McGann (1996 & 2013): The 'Withnail and I' actor played the Doctor twice. Since 1996 he has had a successful career on British television.

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Christopher Eccleston (2005): The actor who helped bring back Doctor Who in 2005 left after one series in the role. After exiting the show, he had success on the big screen in Hollywood films including G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Dark is Rising and Thor: The Dark World.

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David Tennant (2005-2010): He has had a tough time leaving behind his Time Lord past. His biggest success to date was as the hard-bitten cop Alec Hardy in ITV's crime drama Broadchurch. However, he has had numerous roles on stage.

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Matt Smith (2010-2013): He has now left the role of the Doctor but he has not been resting on his laurels. He is starring Ryan Gosling's directorial debut 'How To Catch a Monster' and is currently playing Patrick Bateman in American Psycho the musical in the West End.

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According to Big Finish, the series, titled Doctor Who – The Tenth Doctor Adventures, will open with Technophobia, written by Matt Fitton. The story is set in a London slightly in the future, where mankind is gradually losing its ability to use everyday technology.

The second, Time Reaver, by Jenny T Colgan, sees the Doctor and Donna end up on “an entirely mechanical planet” called Calibris, where a deadly black market has opened.

The last story, Death and the Queen, by James Goss, sees Donna fall in love with a man on the planet Goritiana, a place the Doctor has never heard of before.

Along with the news of new audio-dramas, Big Finish also released this short clip of the pair talking about the show and what makes Tenant such a great Doctor.

This won’t be the first time the pair have done Doctor Who audio dramas: both previously featured on the BBC’s book novels about the Tenth Doctors travels.

You can preorder the series now, which will be released May 2016.

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