# David Tennant engaged! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443 "2011-01-05T02:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/1 "2011-01-05T02:05:46Z")
Ack! Say it ain’t so! Horrors! Fangirls everywhere lament! Our favorite tenth doctor has apparently been snagged. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/2 "2011-01-05T02:09:44Z")
Georgia Moffett, Fifth Doctor Peter Davison’s and Trillian’s daughter, aka Jenny _The Doctor’s Daughter_. It’s all sorts of weird. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/3 "2011-01-05T02:27:49Z")
Yes, the Doctor is going to marry his Daughter, from a different time-stream. Very odd indeed! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/4 "2011-01-05T06:03:11Z")
Well…talk about keeping it in the family… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/5 "2011-01-05T06:10:54Z")
> [@Scubaqueen](#): > > Ack! Say it ain’t so! Horrors! Fangirls everywhere lament! Yeah, no kidding, I just got a twinge of :eek: reading that title - and I’m engaged myself. She’s not the first costar he’d dated either - he also dated wasshername, The Girl in the Fireplace, for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/6 "2011-01-05T06:29:11Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > She’s not the first costar he’d dated either - he also dated wasshername, The Girl in the Fireplace, for a while. Sophia Myles. The news of the engagement was posted in The Sun, so take that with a grain of salt. Of course it’s been all over the net for over a day now and there’s been no kind of denial released, so… If it is true, congrats to them! Georgia seems like a lovely woman. (And yeah, the whole ‘Doctor dating his onscreen daughter, who is actually the \*real \*daughter of another Doctor, who was Tennant’s favorite Doctor when he was a child…’ is a bit weird, heh.) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/7 "2011-01-05T07:04:58Z")
Did anyone else think this thread was going to be about one of the _Pet Shop Boys_? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/8 "2011-01-05T07:19:08Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Did anyone else think this thread was going to be about one of the _Pet Shop Boys_? Heh. Well you’re actually not \*that \*far off as David Tennant née MacDonald took that as his stage name after seeing Neil Tennant’s name on an album. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/9 "2011-01-05T08:07:21Z")
[fangirl lament]Isn’t she, like, half his age?[/fangirl lament] ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/10 "2011-01-05T08:11:16Z")
Closer to 2/3. He’s 39, she’s 26. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/11 "2011-01-05T08:14:42Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Closer to 2/3. He’s 39, she’s 26. Just barely within the half your age + 7 rule. I’m just glad it wasn’t Billie Piper, myself. Now that would cause fan rage. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/12 "2011-01-05T17:54:24Z")
Just had a thought - he’s fairly likely to wear a kilt for his wedding, isn’t he? I’m not one to squee, but… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/13 "2011-01-05T18:00:39Z")
Oh, she was cute! Good for him. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/14 "2011-01-05T21:18:08Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Just had a thought - he’s fairly likely to wear a kilt for his wedding, isn’t he? I’m not one to squee, but… [Well, then, I have good news for you.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3056851904_08ce327cba.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tineyho/3056851904/&usg=__QS2gXg9pkL5yjQGEGKfKEHGHOvo=&h=500&w=261&sz=73&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=BcK-eaVVnFeDuM:&tbnh=146&tbnw=77&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Btennant%2Bkilt%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D925%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=295&ei=6d8kTY2hLYGYnAej6sHWDQ&oei=6d8kTY2hLYGYnAej6sHWDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=59&ved=1t:429,r:26,s:0&tx=64&ty=42) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/15 "2011-01-05T22:14:56Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > [Well, then, I have good news for you.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3056851904_08ce327cba.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tineyho/3056851904/&usg=__QS2gXg9pkL5yjQGEGKfKEHGHOvo=&h=500&w=261&sz=73&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=BcK-eaVVnFeDuM:&tbnh=146&tbnw=77&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Btennant%2Bkilt%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D925%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=295&ei=6d8kTY2hLYGYnAej6sHWDQ&oei=6d8kTY2hLYGYnAej6sHWDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=59&ved=1t:429,r:26,s:0&tx=64&ty=42) Well, yeah, I know, but I’m looking forward to more pictures like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/16 "2011-01-06T00:58:34Z")
re: topic title [QUOTE=Raising Hope] Sabrina: “I finished proofing Hope’s preschool application. You’re a pretty big fan of exclamation points, huh?” Jimmy: “Yeah, I thought it made it more exciting.” Sabrina: “[yelling] Is this more exciting, or does it just seem like I’m weird?” Jimmy: “Yeah, okay, well, that’s why I wrote it in pencil.” [/QUOTE] hmmm… maybe I should make a topic about this on ATMB ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/17 "2011-01-06T04:19:48Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > [Well, then, I have good news for you.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/3056851904_08ce327cba.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/tineyho/3056851904/&usg=__QS2gXg9pkL5yjQGEGKfKEHGHOvo=&h=500&w=261&sz=73&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=BcK-eaVVnFeDuM:&tbnh=146&tbnw=77&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddavid%2Btennant%2Bkilt%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D925%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=295&ei=6d8kTY2hLYGYnAej6sHWDQ&oei=6d8kTY2hLYGYnAej6sHWDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=59&ved=1t:429,r:26,s:0&tx=64&ty=42) SQUEE! just sayin’ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-tennant-engaged/566443/18 "2011-01-06T14:14:11Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > re: topic title > > hmmm… maybe I should make a topic about this on ATMB An exclamation point has nothing to do with yelling. It is specifically used to convey excitement about a statement. In a way, it was the first emoticon.