Check out this summit with a trio of Time Lords.
It was indeed a veritableWho-palooza.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Whats the one episode ofDoctor Whoyou would recommend potential Whovians watch first?
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JODIE WHITTAKER: Dont say you, David!
DAVID TENNANT:I wasn’t going to say me!
I was going to say the first one of the new run with Chris Eccleston in it.
MATT SMITH:Yeah.
TENNANT:It explains all it’s crucial that you know.
And once youve started you could just follow in consecutive order and eventually end up with Jodie!
That sounds like good advice.
How have you been spending your lockdown?
TENNANT:I mean, in our house!
[Laughs]
Matt, have you started any hobbies or learned a foreign language or anything?
Yes, Ive learned Swahili!
No, Ive done nothing.
Do you know what Ive tried to do?
I’ve tried to embrace the stillness.
And, actually what I have done is, I’ve learned a lot of poetry.
Apart from that, Ive just got better at cooking chili and sort of boring stuff like that.
I have found myself oversharing while doing interviews.
TENNANT: What can you tell us, Clark?
Dont tempt us with that little tidbit!
Im really not going to get into it.
In Britain,Doctor Whois part of the fabric of the country.
When did you realize that it was a big deal in America as well?
I was like, Wow, so you watch it in Tucson?
They would go to comic stores and things like that.
As were you, Matt.
[Laughs]
SMITH:I suppose all those trips to New York were really exciting for us.
We did those screenings in New York in these old theaters.
Id never been to New York and it just felt like a real adventure.
Suddenly, we went, Wow, god, people like it over here.
Yeah, it was a very exciting time.
TENNANT:It was sort of after Id finished doing it.
I think it was when Matt was on it that it moved over to BBC America.
Because wed been on the Syfy Channel at first and nobody really paid any attention.
Then it moved on to BBC America which has this wonderful habit of just putting things on rotate.
So, every time I went back to America after that, I got less and less anonymous.
I started having to start wearing a hat, like I did at home.
And thats when I realized.
David and Matt, you’ve appeared onscreen together at Doctors.
What are the chances of us seeing the three of you in an episode at some point?
SMITH: I mean, youd better ask the Doctor.
WHITTAKER:Youre not invited.
[Laughs] I mean, when we all get back on set, Im inviting everyone!
It could have been awful!
But he was so welcoming and we just had a laugh.
WHITTAKER:[Laughs]
TENNANT:Its not really up to us to decide.
But we all like hanging out together, so it would be nice to do that.
Doctor Whois available to stream exclusively on HBO Max and future season/special will premiere on BBC America.
