# Broadchurch with David Tennant--I don't dare look

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 6, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-with-david-tennant-i-dont-dare-look/652152 "2013-03-06T04:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-with-david-tennant-i-dont-dare-look/652152/21 "2013-03-13T03:13:47Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> “Slow?” I mean, “Slaw?” “ßlau?” I mean, Jesus, I can’t even spell it without going with a phonetic alphabet or German. English is a god-awful language. We should have gone with Iroquoian when we had the chance.

It rhymes with Milngavie.

Or “cow” and “now”, in truth.

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**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-with-david-tennant-i-dont-dare-look/652152/22 "2013-03-13T09:02:23Z")

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Tennant plays a creepy, psycho stalker in _Secret Smile_, although I’m not sure which is creepier – his character in the show or some of _Doctor Who_ fangirls who gushed over how sexy his character is :eek:

**nsfw** : [Secret Smile filthy line clip - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUdPin-dhU)

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**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-with-david-tennant-i-dont-dare-look/652152/23 "2013-03-13T09:39:17Z")

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Broadchurch E1 - very watchable. Seems a conventional whodunit atm but one step at a time for ITV …

intelligence, acting and production values are way above the usual ITV drama dross.

Main diff to a good BBC series is it’s obv. only 45-46 minutes a pop …

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**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-with-david-tennant-i-dont-dare-look/652152/24 "2013-03-14T10:57:09Z")

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Tennant’s really good when he gets the right stuff to work with. As I’ve said on here before, I had the privilege of seeing him onstage in London with Jim Broadbent well before all of the Doctor Who buzz.

Broadchurch hasn’t really grabbed us so far. The sister is just. so. awful. I can’t help but think of Vicky Pollard trading her baby for a Westlife CD.

My husband thinks all the pounding and crying is overwrought, and every time a new character is introduced, he announces what he thinks they did.

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**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-with-david-tennant-i-dont-dare-look/652152/25 "2013-03-14T12:44:56Z")

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After E2 the only stand out aspect of it for me is the acting. Otherwise - so far - it looks like a conventional standard template whodunit. Hopefully some art will emerge.

Finding the cast really excellent.

At least the BBC’s Mayday was challenging.

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