'Dr. Who' Star David Tennant Gets Engaged To Georgia Moffett

A time traveling story worth of 'Dr. Who' is happening in real life.

The Daily Mail is reporting that David Tennant, the 10th Doctor in the long-running British sci-fi series, is marrying Georgia Moffett, who is the daughter of Peter Davison, the 5th incarnation of the Doctor. Not only that, she played Tennant's daughter in a 2008 episode of the show.

Tennant began playing the doctor in 2005 and stepped down from the role in 2010, to be replaced by Matt Smith.

An actor of giant repute in the UK, Tennant also played Barty Crouch, Jr. in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'

Davison, another acting giant in the UK, played the Doctor from 1981-1984. Moffett appeared in the BBC Three show 'Spooks: Code 9' in 2008.

Comments

[mojo filter]

12:07 PM on 01/05/2011

Doctor Who has a daughter? I really have to get caught up on watching the show.

[Joseph Allan Andersen]

12:05 PM on 01/05/2011

@sigh-ence While they called her his daughter in the story, she was more of a gender swapped clone, being produced as an adult via a piece of technology.

[mojo filter]

12:08 PM on 01/05/2011

Guess I should have read the other posts BEFORE posting. Thanks for the info.

[Dana Seilhan]

06:28 PM on 01/22/2011

See, that right there is why we should never clone humans--because too many people believe ridiculous things about them. Technically, if something like this were to occur, the resulting offspring WOULD be the original person's child. Only difference is the reproduction occurred asexually rather than sexually.

If you want to get technical, truth be told, when you've got a pair of identical twins, one is the offspring of the other. But because of the way they come into the world, culturally we do not see them like that.

"Gender swapped" isn't the right word anyway. They took some cells from the Doctor, split them down the middle including divvying up the chromosomes, then put two halves together that had X chromosomes in them. Presto, it's a girl.

[/huge nerd moment]

[sigh-ence]

11:05 AM on 01/05/2011

Awww they'll make such a cute couple.
Little creepy that she played his daughter lol
But oh well.

Om nom Tennant om nom

[Quasi Libertarian]

11:03 AM on 01/05/2011

Now, for all you Doctor Who fans, you may get a kick out of this clip.....England does an annual special calle "Children in Need"..A way to help out disadvantaged kids...Anyway, a few years ago, the special filmed a "mini" Doctor Who Episode in which the "Doctor" played by David Tennant meets "Himself" A.K.A The Doctor played by Peter Davidson.......Which will also now be his Father-in-Law in real life.
 
This was a Cute little video and I hope you enjoy it:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szuP0oBZX4g&feature=related

[Darwinita]

10:02 AM on 01/05/2011

Phooey.

[LaraD]

03:49 AM on 01/05/2011

An extremely talented and professional actor. Congrats to both of them.

[bibimimi]

02:23 AM on 01/05/2011

It hadda happen someday, but it doesn't mean i hafta be cool with it.

[Barbara Lilly]

12:57 AM on 01/05/2011

Very happy for him and Ms. Moffet. I grew up watching Dr. Who on PBS and have not gotten to keep up with Tennant's Doctor as much as I would like. Looking at these comments I think I will have to rent and maybe buy the boxed set when it's available!

[tesuji68]

09:09 AM on 01/05/2011

its available, even on netflix. David Tennant is by FAR the best Doctor ever. Yes Tom Baker fans, he's better than Tom Baker.

[Tess Hannah]

09:36 AM on 01/05/2011

Totally agree with you. I can't make myself watch the David Tennant's last Dr Who episode. I'm still hoping David will be back.

[PunKinPai]

03:53 PM on 01/05/2011

Not better, just different. Baker's tour of duty was at a completely different time, with different sensibilities and endearingly tacky sets and effects. Actually, I preferred Christopher Eccleston to Tennant, although I know I'm in the minority here.

[whochick]

12:21 AM on 01/05/2011

So happy for them! David is awesome in everything I've seen him in, especially Doctor Who.

[Craig 212]

11:33 PM on 01/04/2011

Congrats to them both.

Moffet was terrific in that one episode. I remember it very well. And I still haven't seen season 5 of DW because I've been putting off watching Tennant's final episode. I don't want his reign to end. :(

Also, any new information on whether or not he will be in The Hobbit?

[sigh-ence]

11:06 AM on 01/05/2011

He might be in The Hobbit?! I haven't heard this rumor! Tell Tell!!

[Craig 212]

06:45 PM on 01/06/2011

Well, there was a rumor long ago that he was in the running to play Bilbo, but that turned out to be completely untrue. He hadn't been asked about it or anything.

Now Martin Freeman is locked in to play Bilbo, but back in October there were reports that Tennant was in talks for another unnamed role in the movie.

[QueenBoudica]

10:28 PM on 01/04/2011

David Tennant is one of the great actior's of our time; his portrayal of Hamlet available on PBS site is awesome. He is also hands down the best incarnation of the Time Lord.
I wish him and Ms. Moffett much love and happiness,

[Craig 212]

11:26 PM on 01/04/2011

I haven't seen his Hamlet. I'll have to check it out.

[Darwinita]

10:01 AM on 01/05/2011

It's extremely good.

[icstars]

10:25 PM on 01/04/2011

Damn.

Ah well, be happy, and no disrespect but you're still on my "list." : )

[quixoto]

08:14 PM on 01/04/2011

Wait... so he's marrying the daughter of a former doctor who also happened to play his clone in one episode. That's kinda weird.

[Json]

07:57 PM on 01/04/2011

Does anyone else think the Daleks sound like auto-tuned Bea Arthur?

[Amishguy]

07:40 PM on 01/04/2011

She's cute but she's no Rose Tyler....

[tesuji68]

09:11 AM on 01/05/2011

Rose was good, so was Feema, but Amy Pond is shockingly awesome.

[Cassandra45]

12:54 PM on 01/05/2011

I never understood the fuss over Rose, but Amy is wonderful. My all-time fave was Leela (and K9). And yes, I think David was every bit as good as Tom, and I LOVED Tom.