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111-803: A modified version of the character named Kevin Thompson/Kilgrave was portrayed by David Tennant in the Netflix television series Jessica Jones set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), for which Tennant received critical praise, and for which the character was included in Rolling Stone ' s list of the "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time" while IGN ranked him #79 of the "Top 100 Villains". Purple Man first appeared in Daredevil #4 (November 1964) and

222-674: A 90-minute BBC One drama written by Tony Marchant . Later that same year he starred in Learners , a BBC comedy drama written by and starring Jessica Hynes , in which he played a Christian driving instructor who became the object of a student's affection. Learners was broadcast on BBC One on 11 November 2007. In November 2008, Tennant played Sir Arthur Eddington in the BBC and HBO biographical film Einstein and Eddington . On 13 March 2009, Tennant presented Red Nose Day 2009 with Davina McCall . He joined Franz Ferdinand onstage to play

333-459: A Labour Party General Election broadcast. Tennant remained neutral on the issue of Scottish independence in the run-up to the 2014 referendum , stating that it was not his business as he no longer lived in Scotland. Following Brexit , which he called "depressing", he said in 2017 that he would support an independent Scotland in the event of a second referendum . Tennant is a supporter of

444-624: A Podcast With... The podcast's episodes have featured Olivia Colman , Whoopi Goldberg , Jodie Whittaker , Ian McKellen , Jon Hamm , Gordon Brown , Jennifer Garner , Catherine Tate , Krysten Ritter , James Corden , Samantha Bee , Tina Fey , and Michael Sheen . Tennant starred as a doctor suspected of murdering his family in Deadwater Fell , a Scottish true crime miniseries, which premiered in January 2020 on Channel 4 . He also received his first credit as an executive producer for

555-519: A bloody pulp with large pieces of steel. Suddenly, the Scarlet Witch appears and returns her brother to life. She begins to lash out, saying "We're freaks, Mutants... You chose this over us and you ruined us... Daddy!" She then utters "No more mutants." Everything turns to white once again. In a blinding flash, the world seemingly returns to normal. The Avengers come together to try to make sense of what happened that night, only to be confronted by

666-556: A comatose Puppet Master in the prison infirmary, and makes statements indicating that he was behind the Puppet Master's manipulation of Misty Knight 's Heroes for Hire organization, using them to establish a criminal organization by proxy while incarcerated. He is prevented from killing the Puppet Master by Heroes for Hire operatives Elektra and the Shroud , who Killgrave attacks with a mob of mind-controlled inmates driven into

777-474: A different mutant dealing with the loss of their powers. Characters who appeared include Chamber , Jubilee , and Blob . Characters who lost their powers included Dani Moonstar , Magneto, and Tag . The storyline also led to the reboot of Excalibur into New Excalibur , a shift in the creative teams of several comics, and the debut of several spin-off series, including X-Men: Deadly Genesis , X-Men: The 198 , Sentinel Squad O*N*E , Ms. Marvel , and

888-572: A dimension-hopping adversary including a dead Spider-Man in what appeared to be the world of the House of M. The "House of M" storyline ties into the following comics: The trade paperbacks collect many of the issues involved with the House of M storyline. Arranged in order, the spines of the books form the House of M logo. Each storyline/paperback contains a mostly standalone side story and can be read individually without any continuity problems. Only

999-493: A distraught Doctor Strange, who states that the "House of M" timeline really took place, and its effects are slowly being felt on a wider scale. They later get an alert from the ruins of Avengers Mansion. Investigating, they find Hawkeye's uniform pinned to a wall with his arrows, suggesting Hawkeye is alive. At the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning , most of the students lose their mutant abilities. Emma Frost scans

1110-681: A frenzy. When the heroes hold their own against the assault, Purple Man changes tactics and turns them against each other. He subsequently escapes the Raft via the Hudson River. Purple Man later begins to form a new criminal empire with the help of Avalanche , Headhunter, Shocker , a new Death-Stalker , and a new Scourge. During Daredevil's time in San Francisco after the exposure of his secret identity, he encounters Purple Man's children, who inherited their father's powers. After Matt saves

1221-511: A guest role in one episode of the comedy series This is Jinsy , and also started filming True Love , a semi-improvised BBC One drama series which was broadcast in June 2012. Later in September 2011, it was announced that Tennant would voice a character in the movie adaptation of Postman Pat with a planned 3D theatrical release for spring 2013. In October 2011, Tennant started shooting

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1332-518: A lawyer with an anxiety disorder, was not ordered to series. On 7 March 2010, Tennant appeared as George in a one-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Of Mice and Men in the Classic Serial strand. In October 2010 he starred as Dave, a man struggling to raise five children after the death of his partner, in the British drama Single Father . For this role he was nominated as Best Actor at

1443-533: A new X-Factor series. The epilogue to the House of M and Decimation story-lines, served to answer the mystery of the strange "energy-cloud" hovering in orbit around the Earth after House of M #8, was revealed in the pages of New Avengers #16–20 In this world, Magneto was attacked by Sentinels in Manhattan in 1979 (taking advantage of Marvel's sliding timescale policy, no heroes were active in

1554-571: A permanent solution must be found. Magneto blames himself for twisting his children through the strength of his own dreams and ambitions. Meanwhile, Xavier arranges a meeting of the Avengers , the X-Men , and several lone heroes at Avengers Tower to decide the fate of Wanda Maximoff. Emma Frost concludes that killing Wanda is the only way to end her destructive magic. Captain America argues that

1665-807: A previous relationship whom Tennant adopted. Forewords House of M Cable & Deadpool #15-18 Captain America (vol. 5) #10 Civil War : House of M #1–5 Decimation: House of M – The Day After #1 Excalibur (vol. 3) #11–14 Exiles (vol. 1) #69–71 Fantastic Four : House of M #1–3 House of M #1–8 Director's Cut #1 House of M Sketchbook House of M: Avengers #1-5 House of M: Masters of Evil #1–4 Incredible Hulk (vol. 3) #83–86 Hulk: Broken Worlds #1 Iron Man : House of M #1–3 Mutopia X #1–5 New Thunderbolts #11 New X-Men (vol. 2) #16–19 The Pulse #10 The Pulse: House of M Special #1 Spider-Man: House of M #1–5 The Uncanny X-Men #462–465 Wolverine (vol. 3) #33–35 Secret of

1776-542: A superhero behind and becomes a private investigator. Later, the Purple Man escapes again and tries controlling Jessica to kill the Avengers, but she manages to resist and knocks him out. Daredevil later has the Purple Man imprisoned in the Raft, a jail designed for super-powered criminals. He escapes briefly when Electro creates a riot at the Raft during the first issues of New Avengers . Purple Man attempts to use

1887-566: A three-part series which aired on BBC One in October and November 2013. Tennant starred opposite Rosamund Pike and Billy Connolly in What We Did on Our Holiday , a semi- improvised comedy film; shooting took place from 17 June to 30 July 2013 in Scotland. The film was released in September 2014. On 9 February 2015, Tennant appeared on the Radio 4 panel show Just a Minute , becoming

1998-455: Is a psychologist; Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel, America's most beloved superhero; Gambit is a criminal; and Steve Rogers is an aged veteran. As the vignettes of their lives are followed, it becomes readily apparent that none of them remembers the change. Wolverine recalls all of his lost memories and knows this new world is a lie. He finds the world has changed into one where Homo superior

2109-568: Is a supporter of the Labour Party and appeared in a party political broadcast for them in 2005 . He declared his support for then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2010 , and labelled David Cameron a "terrifying prospect". In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour election broadcast. In 2012, he introduced Labour Party leader Ed Miliband onstage at the Labour Party Conference . In 2015 , he also lent his voice to

2220-429: Is also powerless and does not know where Wanda or Quicksilver have gone. The heroes can only guess what has caused the majority of the mutant population to lose their powers. Xavier is still missing, and Cerebro and Doctor Strange are unable to detect the Scarlet Witch. Hank Pym warns that all these powers could not simply vanish, but are contained somewhere and that because every action has an equal and opposite reaction,

2331-655: Is an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. but remembers the world from before 'House of M'. Cage reveals that a little girl named Layla Miller told him almost exactly the same thing days ago. The heroes begin visiting the Avengers and X-Men in their new lives as Layla awakens their true memories. Wolverine and the Human Resistance awaken many heroes to the truth, including Cyclops, Spider-Man, Shadowcat , Doctor Strange, Iron Man, She-Hulk , Daredevil , Rogue , Mystique , Nightcrawler , Toad , and Spider-Woman . Hawkeye becomes distraught over learning of his death and briefly leaves

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2442-562: Is an occasional churchgoer. Tennant is married to English actress Georgia Tennant née  Moffett making him the son-in-law of actress Sandra Dickinson and Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison . The couple met in 2008 during the filming of the Doctor Who episode " The Doctor's Daughter ". They married in 2011, and live in the Chiswick district of London . They have five children, including Ty Tennant , Moffett's child from

2553-517: Is permitted). Because of this, the world is a racist society, with mutants controlling governments, businesses, and culture, and humans (or "sapiens") are looked down on as inferior (essentially a reversal of the status quo in the mainstream Marvel Universe, where mutants are looked down on and despised instead). Some exceptions apply to "sapiens" who live with privileges like Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel in Earth-616 continuity, but Captain Marvel in

2664-551: Is revealed to be incarcerated in the Raft Maximum Security Penitentiary, as Tigra warns her Academy students not to look at his face or read his lips. During a subsequent power outage caused by Academy member Hazmat, Killgrave, at the head of a small gang of mind-controlled inmates, again crosses paths with Luke Cage, now supervisor of a Thunderbolts team composed of Raft prisoners. Cage makes short work of Killgrave and his "recruits", revealing that

2775-641: Is the dominant species instead of Homo sapiens . Mutants rule humans—and Magneto and his "House of M" rule mutants. Wolverine seeks help from his fellow X-Men and Avengers. Unable to find Professor X, Wolverine goes looking for Spider-Man and Tony Stark . He is confronted by his "teammates" in the Red Guard, elite mutant soldiers of S.H.I.E.L.D. Wolverine escapes and finds the Human Resistance Movement led by Luke Cage . Cage has gathered other non-mutant crime-fighters to protect humans from

2886-556: Is too great. He reappears in the pages of X-Men , as the mastermind behind Nate Grey 's rise to celebrity status as a miracle worker in New York. He has been subtly manipulating both the population of Manhattan and Nate himself into accepting and embracing the young exile from the Age of Apocalypse storyline as a modern messianic figure , who would then become so psychologically empowered by hero worship that he could change reality, using

2997-693: The Doctor Who Confidential episode that accompanies Steven Moffat 's episode " Blink ", entitled "Do You Remember The First Time?", which aired on 9 June 2007. In 2007, Tennant's Tenth Doctor appeared with Peter Davison 's Fifth Doctor in a Doctor Who special for Children in Need , written by Steven Moffat and entitled " Time Crash ". Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of Doctor Who for Totally Doctor Who , The Infinite Quest , which aired on CBBC . He also starred as

3108-911: The Arkangel Shakespeare series (1998). His roles include a reprisal of his Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors , as well as Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice , Edgar in King Lear , and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet . In 1995, Tennant appeared at the Royal National Theatre , London, playing the role of Nicholas Beckett in Joe Orton 's What the Butler Saw . In television, he appeared in

3219-889: The Barbican Centre in London (from 9 December to 25 January 2014). Tennant repeated his performance as Richard II at the Barbican Theatre in 2016 before transferring to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Tennant starred in the ITV detective series Broadchurch as DI Alec Hardy between 2013 and 2017. Between January and May 2014, Tennant also filmed the US remake of Broadchurch , re-titled Gracepoint . Tennant appeared in The Escape Artist ,

3330-763: The Blob , the longest-running character to be affected. Their main adversary Magneto also lost his abilities, and two members of the Avengers, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Magneto and Xavier have since been repowered, whilst Polaris and Quicksilver have either gained new powers (sometimes much like their old powers) or regained lost powers by other means, within a span of well under two years. Other reasonably popular mutants have also been repowered by technology, such as Wind Dancer and Jubilee. Other consequences include: The Exiles begin their Worlds Tour in Exiles #69 to chase down Proteus who has been reborn in this new world. It

3441-771: The Doctor Who audio drama Exile (during which Weir played an alternative version of the Doctor ), and as panellists on the West Wing Ultimate Quiz on More4 (Weir later guest-starred on Doctor Who itself after Tennant left the series). One of his earliest big-screen roles was in Jude (1996). Tennant developed his career in the British theatre, frequently performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company . His first Shakespearean role for

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3552-646: The Glasgow Film Festival . In 2017, Tennant appeared in writer/director Daisy Aitkens ' first feature film, You, Me and Him . The film was co-produced by Tennant's wife, Georgia . Between March and June of that year Tennant appeared in Patrick Marber 's Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre . He also became the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney XD 's DuckTales reboot, replacing

3663-612: The Harold Pinter Theatre in 2024. In February 2024, Tennant hosted the 77th British Academy Film Awards . Later that year, he starred in the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper ’s Rivals as Lord Tony Baddingham. Tennant was named "Coolest Man on TV" of 2007 in a Radio Times survey. He won the National Television Awards award for Most Popular Actor in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. He

3774-616: The LGBTQ+ community, particularly those who identify as non-binary , frequently appearing in interviews wearing pride pins. He received the LGBT+ Celebrity Ally award at the 2024 British LGBT Awards for his ongoing support for the LGBTQ+ Community. While accepting the award, Tennant criticised Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch for her views on trans issues, saying that "acknowledging that everyone has

3885-577: The Novello Theatre in London 's West End in December 2008, but Tennant suffered a prolapsed disc during previews and was unable to perform from 8 December 2008 until 2 January 2009, during which time the role was played by his understudy Edward Bennett . He returned to his role in the production on 3 January 2009, and appeared until the run ended on 10 January. Tennant's performance of Hamlet

3996-745: The Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2010. Tennant has described theatre work as his "default way of being". He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), to play Hamlet with Patrick Stewart and Berowne in Love's Labours Lost in 2008. From August to November 2008 he appeared at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as Hamlet, playing that role in repertory with Berowne that October and November. Hamlet transferred to

4107-645: The Soviet Super-Soldiers ( Crimson Dynamo , Darkstar , Red Guardian , Titanium Man , Ursa Major , Vanguard ), Vashti Cleito-Son, and Warlord Krang . Set right after Civil War: House of M , this miniseries depicts how the Hood assembles a gang of the deadliest "sapiens" super-criminals: Madame Masque , Absorbing Man , Batroc the Leaper , Blizzard II, Chemistro III, Cobra , Constrictor , Crossbones , Nitro , Sandman , Titania , Wizard , and

4218-649: The Theatre Royal, Bath , and Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh . He revived this performance for the anniversary of the Royal Court Theatre in a rehearsed reading. Tennant played Richard Hoggart in a dramatisation of the 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial, The Chatterley Affair . The play was written by Andrew Davies and directed by James Hawes for the digital television channel BBC Four . In early 2007, Tennant starred in Recovery ,

4329-500: The Thunderbolts , while being manipulated himself by Baron Zemo , who uses the moonstones he recently acquired to free Killgrave from prison, leaving an illusion in his place so that the authorities would not be aware of his escape. With his pheromones distributed through New York's water system and Zemo's moonstones used to project his voice wherever necessary, the Purple Man enslaves the entire city. Under Zemo's direction, he uses

4440-602: The Wrecking Crew ( Bulldozer , Piledriver , Thunderball , and Wrecker ). In the run-up to the 2014 " Spider-Verse " storyline, the Superior Spider-Man ( Doctor Octopus 's mind in Spider-Man's body) found himself temporarily trapped in the year 2099 with his attempts to return home via a dimensional portal resulting in him witnessing various alternate worlds where other Spider-Men had been killed by

4551-753: The agitprop 7:84 Theatre Company . He also made an early television appearance in the Scottish TV sitcom Rab C Nesbitt as a transgender barmaid called Davina. In the 1990s, he appeared in several plays at the Dundee Repertory Theatre . Tennant was awarded his first major TV role as Campbell Bain in the BBC Scotland drama series Takin' Over the Asylum (1994), after impressing director David Blair during filming of another drama – Strathblair (1992). As Tennant recalled from

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4662-403: The nanites that maintain control over his Thunderbolts also shield him from Purple Man's influence. During the Fear Itself storyline, Purple Man and a majority of inmates are freed after the Raft is severely damaged by the transformation of the Juggernaut into Kuurth: Breaker of Stone and the subsequent damage caused by Kuurth's escape. Before escaping the Raft, Purple Man attempts to kill

4773-454: The 1970s). At the end of the attack, Magneto revealed an alleged international anti-mutant conspiracy involving Richard M. Nixon . As a result, Magneto was granted sovereignty of the island of Genosha as the leader of the world's mutants. Another result was that the protection of mutant life was judged to be the first worry of all laws (as a result, stem cell research on mutant embryos is illegal, but stem cell research on altered human embryos

4884-439: The 1980s although he does face Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Daredevil, Power Man, and Iron Fist in Marvel Team-Up Annual #4. He also appears in the graphic novel Emperor Doom in which Doctor Doom uses him to power the "psycho-prism", a machine that allows Doom to control the minds of everyone on Earth. During the process, Purple Man finds out that he cannot control Doctor Doom's mind even at close range, as Doom's mental fortitude

4995-439: The Doctor in another animated six-part Doctor Who series, Dreamland . Tennant guest starred as the Doctor in a two-part story in Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures , broadcast in October 2009. In October 2008, Tennant announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he

5106-500: The House of M #1 What If? House of M #1 " House of M " is a 2005 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics , consisting of an eight-issue comic book limited series with a number of crossover tie-in books written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel . Its first issue appeared in June 2005 as a follow-up to the events of the Planet X and Avengers Disassembled storylines. The Scarlet Witch , her twin brother Quicksilver , and their father (at

5217-404: The House of M and the heroes continues with great ferocity. While the chaos ensues, the Scarlet Witch disappears from the battlefield only to be discovered by Doctor Strange in a tower with her children. The two begin to talk as Doctor Strange attempts to discover the origin of the madness that is happening. Wanda reveals the answer to him in a flashback from when Quicksilver confronted Magneto about

5328-431: The House of M's abuses of power. Wolverine is shocked to see one of the members is Clint Barton ( Hawkeye ), a hero who had died in the real world. Wolverine explains why he knows this world was created by the Scarlet Witch. He theorizes Magneto used her to create a world where everyone's deepest wish was granted. Magneto got the mutant supremacy he always wanted. Spider-Man got a life of happiness and contentment. Wolverine

5439-583: The June 2005 period, with the first issue selling over 233,000 copies. The final issue, House of M #8, ranked third in sales for the November 2005 period with sales of 135,462. In addition to the main eight-issue limited series, House of M was preceded by a story in Excalibur #13–14, and had several tie-ins to ongoing series, including Uncanny X-Men , New X-Men: Academy X , The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine , and several miniseries: Fantastic Four : House of M , Iron-Man : House of M , Mutopia X: House of M , and Spider-Man: House of M . Bendis,

5550-410: The Purple Man by wearing earplugs that prevented him from hearing the villain's commands; he, Daredevil, and other heroes gagged the Purple Man before giving him to the police to prevent him from commanding others. David Tennant David John Tennant ( né   McDonald ; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in

5661-530: The RSC was in As You Like It (1996); having auditioned for the role of Orlando, the romantic lead, he was instead cast as the jester Touchstone . He subsequently specialised in comic roles, playing Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors and Captain Jack Absolute in The Rivals , although he also played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet . He also starred in the 2003 London production of Martin McDonagh 's The Pillowman . Tennant contributed to several audio dramatisations of Shakespeare for

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5772-434: The World of M) and Peter Parker ( Spider-Man ). Danvers is widely known to be a "sapiens," while Spider-Man is believed by the House of M world at large to be a mutant. Given that the House of M reality was created by the Scarlet Witch and Charles Xavier , combining their powers to give the assembled New Avengers and X-Men their hearts' desires, it appears that Magneto's heart desire was threefold. Primarily, he wanted

5883-413: The audition, "they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers". During filming of Takin' Over the Asylum he met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir . When he moved to London shortly afterwards, he lodged with Weir for five years and became godfather to her youngest child. He has subsequently appeared with Weir in many productions: as a guest in her spoof television series Posh Nosh , in

5994-470: The character's longtime voice actor Alan Young , who died in May 2016. Tennant played villain Cale Erendreich in the thriller film Bad Samaritan (2018), written by Brandon Boyce and directed by Dean Devlin . Tennant also plays Crowley in the series Good Omens , the first season of which was released on Amazon Prime Video on 31 May 2019 and on BBC Two on 15 January 2020. In February 2019, Tennant launched his own podcast, titled David Tennant Does

6105-436: The children from their father, they use a machine their father created to enhance his powers to boost their own and erase the world's knowledge of Matt's identity as Daredevil. Eventually, after tracking down Jessica Jones and taking control of Carol Danvers , Purple Man kills himself by force of will and Captain Marvel throws his body into the sun. They later discover that Danvers was being mind controlled and threw no one into

6216-410: The city's superhumans as his personal army to attack the Thunderbolts, whom he worked to turn against each other. Eventually, he is defeated by the Thunderbolts member Genis-Vell , after which Zemo teleports the Purple Man back and tortures him for his failure before sending him back to prison once more. During the Scared Straight crossover between Thunderbolts and Avengers Academy , Purple Man

6327-433: The city. Early in his criminal career, he uses his mind-control powers to force a woman to become his wife. Before recovering and leaving him, she becomes pregnant with his daughter, Kara Killgrave . Kara inherits his discoloration and powers and becomes the Alpha Flight -affiliated superhero called the Purple Girl, and later Persuasion in Alpha Flight issue #41. The character largely disappears from comic books during

6438-439: The comedy quiz show Comedy World Cup . In January 2012, Tennant was appointed to the Royal Shakespeare Company board, to be on the selection committee interviewing and choosing the new artistic director. It was announced on 23 January 2013 that Tennant would return to the RSC for the company's 2013 winter season, playing the title role in Richard II at Stratford-upon-Avon (from 10 October to 16 November) and transferring to

6549-442: The comedy series Staged (2020–2022). Tennant has worked extensively on stage, including a portrayal of the title character in a 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet that was later adapted for television . He is also a voice actor, featuring in the animated series DuckTales (2017–2021) as the voice of Scrooge McDuck . In 2015, he received the National Television Award for Special Recognition. Tennant

6660-459: The destruction of the mutants over the alteration. The Skrull queen, still disguised as Jessica Drew , considered the resulting "Decimation" to be a boon to the Skrulls' plans as they could now divert the part of their forces intended to deal with Earth's mutant population to other areas. The five-issue limited series House of M: Avengers debuted in November 2007, written by Christos Gage and drawn by Mike Perkins . The series spans from 1979 to

6771-410: The disappearance of Charles Xavier and the timing of Magneto's rise to dominance before other superheroes had appeared on the scene to challenge him). And thirdly, a massive speeding-up of the natural evolution of Homo sapiens into Homo superior ; until, by the modern era, they accounted for almost 50% of the global population, providing him with a power base sufficient to take over the governments of

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6882-453: The ending of the special episode " The Power of the Doctor " revealed that Tennant would return as the Fourteenth Doctor , a role previously thought to be played by Ncuti Gatwa , who would follow on as the Fifteenth Doctor . The three 60th anniversary special episodes aired between November and December 2023. Tennant appeared in the ITV drama Secret Smile in December 2005. He appeared onstage as Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger at

6993-422: The entire universe. The universe where House of M takes place is designated as Earth-58163 . Wanda Maximoff , also known as the Scarlet Witch, is living on the devastated island of Genosha under the care of Professor Charles Xavier and her father (at the time) Magneto . Professor X informs Magneto that his telepathic powers will no longer be enough to hold back Wanda's reality-warping abilities and that

7104-412: The entire world to acknowledge that his paranoid fantasies about baseline humans wanting to exterminate mutants were true (hence the Sentinel attack over New York in 1979, which concluded with the release of evidence that the world's human leaders were involved in a genocidal anti-mutant conspiracy). Secondly, he wanted to be acknowledged as a heroic figure and the rightful leader of all mutant-kind (hence

7215-444: The fate of Wanda. It turns out that Quicksilver himself was the one responsible for the creation of the alternate world, suggesting to Wanda to make everyone happy in an almost-perfect world. After this revelation, Emma Frost tells Doctor Strange to ask about the fate of Charles Xavier. Before she can answer, Wanda is struck in the back by an arrow. The attacker is Hawkeye, who begins to break down emotionally to Wanda about his death in

7326-418: The film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . A fan of Doctor Who since childhood, Tennant had had a small role in the BBC's animated Doctor Who webcast Scream of the Shalka and appeared in several audio plays based on the Doctor Who television series which had been produced by Big Finish Productions . Doctor Who returned to British screens in March 2005, with Christopher Eccleston playing

7437-405: The first episode of Reeves and Mortimer 's revamped Randall and Hopkirk in 2000, playing an eccentric artist. During the Christmas season of 2002, he starred in a series of television advertisements for Boots the Chemists . Tennant was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his performance in Kenneth Lonergan 's Lobby Hero . The UK première

7548-449: The floor, sobbing, and Magneto glances over at his sleeping daughter. Xavier takes the two groups to Genosha, only to discover that Wanda is missing. Suddenly, the members of the group start to disappear one by one. Spider-Man is soon the only one left and becomes engulfed by a white light. When the light departs, the world has changed: Spider-Man is a celebrity married to Gwen Stacy ; Cyclops and Emma Frost are married; Doctor Strange

7659-534: The full potential of his mutant power. The plan fails when Nate learns the truth and loses his confidence, thus reducing his power. Killgrave goes once more into hiding. As detailed in the series Alias , during Jessica Jones 's time as the superhero Jewel, Killgrave uses his mind-control powers to subdue her, forcing her to live with him while psychologically torturing her for several months. He ultimately sends her off to kill Daredevil. The incident with Purple Man leaves her so traumatized that she leaves her life as

7770-406: The group should seek alternate methods of dealing with Wanda, including suppression of her powers and her insanity. The X-Men argue that if word gets out that a mutant with the ability to change reality went insane, it would "send human-mutant relations back to the stone age." As the conversation progresses, it is revealed that Professor X asked Doctor Strange to help Wanda, but unfortunately neither

7881-433: The group. The rest travel to Genosha for a final confrontation with Magneto. Back in Genosha, Magneto receives representatives from around the world to commemorate the mutant triumph over humanity. The heroes attack Magneto and his family directly, while Cloak , Emma Frost, Doctor Strange, and Layla search for Xavier. They find a gravestone with Xavier's name, but Cloak discovers nobody buried beneath it. The battle between

7992-697: The guitar on their song " No You Girls " on a special Comic Relief edition of Top of the Pops . In summer 2009, Tennant filmed St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold . The film was released in December 2009. From October 2009, he hosted the Masterpiece Contemporary programming strand on the American Public Broadcasting Service . In December 2009, he shot an NBC pilot for Rex Is Not Your Lawyer . The legal drama, which would have starred Tennant as

8103-645: The lead writer for the House of M event, stated that the series would "shake the world and break the Internet wide open." Before the event, Bendis also mentioned in several interviews that the event would have a lasting effect on the Marvel Universe , but remained tight-lipped as to how. The crossover was followed by a one-shot called House of M: Decimation – The Day After , a series called Son of M that depicts Quicksilver dealing with his loss of powers, and Generation M , which devoted each issue to

8214-567: The live Muppets show The Muppets Take the O2 in London (in which the Tenth Doctor appeared onstage as part of a live Pigs in Space sketch). In May 2022, in relation to the show's 60th anniversary , it was announced that Tennant would once again return to the show, alongside Tate, who would reprise her role as Donna Noble. Previously thought to be returning as the Tenth Doctor, in October 2022,

8325-672: The most influential British television artists of the year, citing his roles in Blackpool , Casanova , Secret Smile , and Doctor Who . In January 2006, readers of the British gay and lesbian newspaper The Pink Paper voted him the "Sexiest Man in the Universe". In October 2006, he was named "Scotland's most stylish male" in the Scottish Style Awards. Tennant is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research . A self-proclaimed liberal and socialist , Tennant

8436-452: The nerve gas gave Killgrave the ability to command the wills of other people. Calling himself the Purple Man, Killgrave embarks on a criminal career, where he is largely a Daredevil villain, fighting him early in his career and being imprisoned in a cell designed to dampen his powers, until he escapes and moves to San Francisco , building a small criminal enterprise over two years, only for Daredevil to topple it when he and Black Widow move to

8547-487: The opportunity to mind control Luke Cage into killing the then soon-to-be-Avengers and threatens Jones, who is pregnant with Cage's child. Unknown to the Purple Man, drugs had been put into his food to negate his powers during his imprisonment, so he is unable to control Cage, who beats him to a pulp in response to his demands. Later, the Purple Man returns shortly before (and during) the House of M storyline and manipulates

8658-488: The optics of attacking the only black woman in government by calling publicly for my existence to end." Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also criticised Tennant, saying that "if you’re calling for women to shut up and wishing they didn’t exist, you are the problem." Labour candidate Dawn Butler responded to Badenoch's comments in support of Tennant, saying "not all black women think the same." Labour leader and future prime minister Keir Starmer said that he "wouldn't have engaged

8769-512: The present day and acts as a prequel to the original House of M miniseries, showing the formation of Luke Cage's Human Resistance Movement. The 2008 miniseries Civil War: House of M depicts how Magneto took over the world and made mutants the dominant race, as well as confirming that Xavier is indeed dead in this reality. It also features House of M versions of Bolivar Trask , Bucky Barnes , Burner , Dragoness , Gateway , Graydon Creed , Lifter , Mimic , Nuke , Randall Darby , Slither ,

8880-433: The question remains as to what the reaction to these events will be. A colossal red ribbon of energy begins to orbit Earth. The "House of M" storyline resulted in the reduction of the mutant population from millions to hundreds. Only two current members of the X-Men ( Polaris and Professor X) suffered this fate, as well as the former X-Man Chamber . Several minor allies and enemies were depowered including Callisto and

8991-487: The real timeline. After a heated exchange, Hawkeye is killed for the second time as one of the Scarlet Witch's antagonized sons uses his mutant powers to "erase" the Avenger. Meanwhile, in the memorial garden, Magneto confronts Emma Frost and Layla Miller, who reveal the truth to Magneto about all that has happened. He then unleashes his wrath on everyone, especially his son Quicksilver. He kills Quicksilver by pummeling him to

9102-425: The right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it" should not merit special recognition, but that "until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn't exist anymore — I don't wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up — whilst we do live in this world I am honoured to receive this [award]". In response, Badenoch called Tennant "a rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can't see

9213-717: The role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. Tennant replaced him as of the second series, making his first, brief appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the episode " The Parting of the Ways " (2005) at the end of the regeneration scene. Tennant's first full-length outing as the Doctor was a 60-minute special, " The Christmas Invasion ", was broadcast on Christmas Day 2005. He appeared in three full thirteen-episode series of Doctor Who, broadcast in 2006, 2007 and 2008, plus Christmas specials. Tennant made his directorial debut on

9324-465: The role of the Tenth Doctor alongside Catherine Tate as his former companion Donna Noble in three new stories from Big Finish . The three stories were released in May 2016. In November 2017, three new audio dramas were released by Big Finish Productions, with Tennant once again starring as the Tenth Doctor, alongside Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. Tennant also returned to the role on 13 July 2018, as part of

9435-422: The sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013). In 2022, he returned to the show as the fourteenth incarnation . His other notable screen roles include DI Alec Hardy in the crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017) and its 2014 remake , Kilgrave in the superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present) and various fictionalised versions of himself in

9546-720: The semi-improvised comedy film, Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger in Coventry . Between April and June 2012, he filmed Spies of Warsaw for BBC Four, in the lead role of Jean-François Mercier. This drama series shot in Poland is an adaptation of Alan Furst 's novel The Spies of Warsaw . In 9 June 2012, he started filming the 3-part political drama series The Politician's Husband for BBC Two , playing an ambitious cabinet minister who takes drastic action when his wife's career starts to outshine his. In 2012 Tennant also presented

9657-623: The series. In September 2020, he portrayed Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in Des , a three-part miniseries on ITV. For his performance, he won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor . From 2020 to 2022 he starred in three seasons of the TV series Staged , with Michael Sheen . In September 2022, Tennant starred as Reverend Harry Watling in BBC1's Inside Man , which

9768-473: The show's most successful debut contestant. Tennant also portrayed the villainous Kilgrave in Jessica Jones , a television series from Marvel and Netflix . All 13 episodes were released on 20 November 2015. In February 2016, Tennant began filming Mad to Be Normal (previously titled Metanoia ), a biopic of the renowned Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing . The film premiered a year later at

9879-623: The signatories of the Ulster Covenant in 1912; William was also a member of the Orange Order . Tennant's maternal grandfather, footballer Archie McLeod , met William and Agnes' daughter Nellie while playing for Derry City FC . McLeod was descended from tenant farmers from the Isle of Mull . Tennant has suffered from anxiety since childhood. At the age of three, Tennant told his parents that he wanted to become an actor because he

9990-484: The skin, allow Killgrave to control others' actions as long as he is physically present. These abilities can overwhelm most, but sufficiently strong-willed people, such as Doctor Doom and Kingpin , have been able to resist its influence, and Daredevil has been able to resist Killgrave as the powers rely on full sensory manipulation, Daredevil's blindness hindering the amount of input he receives and making it easier for him to resist what he picks up. Moon Knight defeated

10101-538: The sun; his son Benjamin , who has similar powers, rescued and revived his body. While Killgrave is killed by Fisk in his crusades on banning superheroes in attempt to expand his criminal empires during Devil's Reign , the Purple Children are on the run from Fisk to ensure he never forcefully use their mind powers, and eventually being saved by a passing by May Parker . The Purple Man's body produces chemical pheromones which, when inhaled or absorbed through

10212-513: The time) Magneto play major roles in the series. Like the Age of Apocalypse (1995–1996) storyline, House of M replaced the Earth-616 as the main reality for a brief time until Scarlet Witch reverted it to normal. The events of the storyline were later indicated to have occurred on Earth-58163. The first issue was released in June 2005, with the series concluding in November 2005. The first two issues were ranked first and second in sales in

10323-527: The voice for the droid Huyang in the live-action Star Wars series Ahsoka , having voiced the character in two episodes of season 5 of The Clone Wars in 2012. His character, also voiced by Tennant, had a cameo in an episode in season 2 of Young Jedi Adventures in 2024. He played the lead part in Max Webster’s production of Macbeth , which ran at the Donmar Warehouse in 2023 as well as

10434-402: The way [Tennant] did" and that discussions should be kept respectful. Tennant has rarely discussed his private life in interviews, citing his belief that "relationships are hard enough with the people you're having them with, let alone talking about them in public". Tennant, whose father was a Church of Scotland minister, believes religion "must have" shaped his character, and revealed that he

10545-427: The whole world with Cerebro for mutant activity. She learns the number of mutants in the world has dropped from millions to a few hundred. Spider-Man is distraught and angry with the fact that he still has memories of being married to Gwen Stacy and having a child together. Meanwhile, Wolverine awakens remembering everything about his past. The X-Men fly to Genosha looking for Magneto and his children. They find Magneto

10656-455: The world and use them to oppress baseline humans. It is unclear whether the Scarlet Witch altered the entire Marvel Universe , or merely the structure and history of Earth, a fact further complicated by the events of Secret Invasion . The Skrull Hank Pym stated there was no way the Skrull army could win against such a vast number of mutants, at least possibly implying that the Skrull army

10767-485: Was 16, he acted in an anti-smoking film made by the Glasgow Health Board which was shown on television and was also screened in schools. The following year, he played a role in an episode of Dramarama . Tennant's first professional role upon graduating from drama school was in a staging of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui co-starring Ashley Jensen , one of a few plays in which he performed as part of

10878-493: Was a fan of Doctor Who , but they encouraged him to aim for more conventional work. He later said that he was "absurdly single-minded" in pursuing an acting career. He watched almost every Doctor Who episode for years and once spoke to Fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker at a book-signing event in Glasgow. He was educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School ; he acted in various school productions. His talent

10989-581: Was another David McDonald already represented by the actor's union Equity , he created his stage name by adopting the surname of Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant , whom he had seen in Smash Hits . He later legally changed his surname to comply with rules set by the American Screen Actors Guild (which was later merged into SAG-AFTRA ). Tennant made his professional acting debut while still in secondary school. When he

11100-768: Was born David John McDonald in Bathgate on 18 April 1971, the son of Helen (née McLeod) and Alexander "Sandy" McDonald . His father was a minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston , where his father was the local minister. Two of his maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were Northern Irish Protestants from County Londonderry who were among

11211-459: Was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Joe Orlando . Zebediah Killgrave is born in Rijeka , Croatia . A physician turned international spy , he is sent to infiltrate a chemical refinery and is accidentally doused with a chemical that turns his hair and skin purple. Despite being caught and questioned, he is released after offering a weak alibi. Several more incidents like this demonstrate that

11322-686: Was critically acclaimed. In 2009, he worked on a TV film version of the RSC's 2008 Hamlet for BBC Two . On 12 April 2011, a photograph of Tennant as Hamlet featured on a stamp issued by the Royal Mail to mark the RSC's fiftieth anniversary. In 2011, he starred in United , about the Manchester United " Busby Babes " team and the 1958 Munich air disaster , playing coach and assistant manager Jimmy Murphy . In September 2011, he appeared in

11433-486: Was left intact by Wanda's reality warp. Also, Xavier's supposed death in this reality, which conflicts with his reported off-planet actions, further confuses the issue. There is a Kree ambassador called Genis-Vell that appears within this illusory reality, and the Kree are shown to be peacefully collaborating with Earth, indicating that such was the Scarlet Witch's power that she was indeed capable of rewriting all of reality,

11544-517: Was named as one of the most influential people in show business by British theatre and entertainment magazine The Stage , making him the fifth actor to achieve a ranking in the top 20 (in a list typically dominated by producers and directors). He was voted the third best dressed man in Britain in GQ reader's poll for 2013. In December 2005, The Stage placed Tennant at No. 6 in its "Top Ten" list of

11655-497: Was noticed by actress Edith MacArthur , who told his parents that she believed he would become a successful theatre actor after she saw him perform when he was 10 years old. Tennant attended Saturday classes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland before passing an official audition at the age of 16, becoming one of their youngest students and studying there between the ages of 17 and 20. After discovering that there

11766-573: Was replaced by the Eleventh Doctor , portrayed by Matt Smith . Tennant and Billie Piper returned to Doctor Who for the 50th anniversary special, " The Day of the Doctor ", broadcast on 23 November 2013, with then-stars Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman and guest star John Hurt . The same month, he also appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot directed by Peter Davison . In October 2015, Big Finish Productions announced that Tennant would appear in

11877-612: Was staged at the Donmar Warehouse , in previews on 4 April, opening 10 April and closing on 4 May 2002. This production transferred to the New Ambassadors Theatre from 26 June (opening 1 July) to 10 August 2002. Tennant appeared in Bright Young Things (2003), a dramatisation of He Knew He Was Right (2004), Blackpool (2004), Casanova (2005), and The Quatermass Experiment (2005). Later that same year, he appeared as Barty Crouch Jr. in

11988-626: Was strong enough to combat her magic. Wolverine speaks up, saying that there is no other way—Wanda must be killed. The rest of the group decides that they must talk to Wanda in person before making their decision. Back in Genosha, a distraught Quicksilver rushes to Magneto and reveals that he was just in New York City where he heard that the X-Men and Avengers are planning on killing Wanda. Magneto does not know what to do and, clearly upset, asks: "What would you have me do?" Quicksilver falls to

12099-581: Was their first stop of six. In a May 5, 2008, interview, Brian Michael Bendis indicated that the events of "House of M" play into the " Secret Invasion " storyline. The activities of the Skrulls during House of M were covered in New Avengers #45, in which it was revealed that the Skrull agents were able to retain their memories after Wanda alters reality, her powers seemingly unable to detect their true natures and desires, and had attempted to instigate

12210-653: Was voted 16th Sexiest Man in the World by a 2008 Cosmopolitan survey. In 2008, Tennant was voted " Greenest Star on the Planet " in an online vote held by Playhouse Disney as part of the Playing for the Planet Awards. Tennant was ranked the 24th most influential person in the British media on 9 July 2007, according to MediaGuardian . He appeared in the paper's annual media rankings in 2006. In December 2008, he

12321-533: Was written by Steven Moffat . The series premiered on 26 September 2022 to mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. In December 2022, Tennant starred as Alexander Litvinenko in the ITV1 dramatisation Litvinenko . The drama was based on the 10-year fight of Marina Litvinenko and the London police force as they work to prove the guilt and release the names of those responsible for the 2006 poisoning of Litvinenko . In August 2023, Tennant once again provided

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