According to reports on the fan web site, David Tennant has not been a well little bunny ... he has injured his back, and it is not just a common backache - he has need surgery to help elevate and correct the problem ( the diagnosis was a prolapsed disk )... not good !. It looks likely he will be unable to return to work before the New Year . It could not have happened at a worse time either for him - he was just starting a run of performances over the Christmas / New Year period as Hamlet in London. He had managed to complete a few, but had to pull out just before one of the important ones - the press preview. The understudy for the role had to step in, and was a great success by all accounts ... which is great but it sort of steals David's thunder at bit, doesn't it ?
I really feel for David .... all that hard work @ Stratford the last few months, performing to great acclaim , putting his heart and soul into the role, and then this happens .... . Perhaps that is the part of the problem - he has worked TOO hard and over-exerted himself ... all that leaping and bounding about he does as The Doctor, and on stage as Hamlet and other roles .... all that couldn't have helped ... he seems to be a very physical performer ( not that I am complaining .... ;-) ) ... he does work very hard. Apparently, this is one of the few times he has ever had to pull out of a performance due to ill health in his career .... I just think it is just a little bit sad for him.
Anyway, he is on the mend after the surgery ... and will soon be back bounding around our screens and stages as usual ( sooner than you think on TV at least - the Doctor Who Christmas Special is being shown Xmas Day ... ! ) ... good news !. All I can say is - GET WELL SOON DAVID ! ( and enjoy the rest while you can .... good luck, have a great Christmas and hope to see you good as new in the New Year .... )
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