Gosh. It seems that nothing can excite fans of David Tennant in a sedentary position more than him in a white suit, pulling faces for charity. Within a matter of minutes of Comic Relief last Friday (although, in some cases, the number of minutes was as high as 8,000), Mesdames Rullsenberg and Jaradel as well as Sister Chastity were seeking to wow the world and dominate Sitting Tennant with pictures of one of its hosts - clue, not Davina McCall.
In fact, we have so many Comic Relief pics, I've had to ration our submitters to one each per Sitting Tennant, so we might have to have a mid-week Sitting Tennant next week. Would that be popular? Let me know.
Anyway, with topicality bonuses, that gives us the following picture leaderboard:
- Rullsenberg: 12.5
- Jaradel: 8.5
- Sister Chastity: 4.5
- Rosby: 2.5
Alas, it seems not even David Tennant's 'o' face is enough to wake Rosby from her coma. Oh well.
Back at the cut and thrust of the captioning competition, Marie got bonus points for wittiest (and maybe very slightly scary) caption for picture 1 while Electric Dragon came through against stiff competition for picture 2. Toby nearly lost marks for a groan-inducing pun, but I felt merciful and stayed his execution at the last minute.
That means we've had a couple of position reversals, with Electric Dragon charging (ho ho. Oh crap. A pun. What have I become?) past Rev "still huddled round a candle at his new house" Views and Ms Rullsenberg leaving Persephone behind in the underworld without so much as a glance behind her to see if she's okay.
- Marie: 39.5
- Toby: 36
- Jane Henry: 32.5
- Rullsenberg: 26
- Persephone: 24.5
- Jaradel: 19
- Electric Dragon: 11
- Rev/Views 10
- Scott: 3
- Aaron: 2
As always, captions and new submissions for the gallery, please. Remember, you can submit as many (witty) captions as you like for each and every picture, with topical captions (and pictures of David Tennant in current productions) getting extra marks. The wittiest caption for each picture will get double points. And there's a bonus point for using Gary Numan lyrics appropriately.
Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below and if it's judged suitable, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. You can also enter the witting and amusing captions league table by commenting on existing photos in the gallery.
Related entries
- March 25, 2009: Mid-week Sitting Tennant (from Rullsenberg and Sister Chastity): Comic Relief again
Today's Very Special Sitting Tennants are from Comic Relief - March 21, 2009: Sitting Tennant: The anthem
The Sitting Tennant gallery to the sound of James' 'Sit Down'
March 20, 2009 | Reply
The photos should be captioned "David Tennant has piles"
March 20, 2009 | Reply
pic 1 - David gritted his teeth at the thought of the Mel as companion era in Doctor Who. (Little did he realise how the reminder would at least let him have a submission for the 'least favourite companion' meme at MediumRob's place)
pic 2 - the Doctor remembered where he'd put his sonic scrwedriver. This may reqire surgery...
pic 3 - Maybe if I stare out the screen at her, Rosby will appear. Then again, she is busy applying to University and finishing her A levels... maybe I should go for an older woman?
PS midweek Tennant?! yes please!!!
March 20, 2009 | Reply
These pictures remind me of the time a friend's son emerged from the toilet after a long interval and said, "Dad, sometimes they come out sideways." I will try to think of some less scatalogical captions because I can see myself throwing away my lead on this one...
BTW, what evidence do we have that David is sitting down in picture 3?
Also, it will not surprise you to hear that I am very much in favour of midweek Tennant.
March 20, 2009 | Reply
"BTW, what evidence do we have that David is sitting down in picture 3?Also, it will not surprise you to hear that I am very much in favour of midweek Tennant."
It's a closeup of him sitting next to Davina at the beginning of Celebrity Mastermind. I can't give you more evidence than that.
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Photo #1 - ♪Those who feel the breath of sadness, sit down next to me.♫
Photo #2 - ♪Those who find they're touched by madness, sit down next to me.♫
Photo #3 - ♪Those find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me.♫
In fact, I think Sit Down by James (give it a listen if you don't know it) is the Sitting Tennant anthem, don't you? Had I the knowledge and technology, I'd be setting up a musical slideshow using the Sitting Tennant Gallery and Sit Down this minute. G'wan, someone, do it! (But mention me in the credits.)
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Oh god Persephone that's brilliant. I vote Sit Down as the ST anthem too. And now I haven't got a single witty thing to say as Persephone has rendered me speechless..
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Photo 1: "See my teeth? Nice, white, relatively straight... Who says British dentition is awful?"
Photo 2: "Billie said what about my kit?"
Photo 3: David attempts to hypnotize the viewing audience into donating more money to Comic Relief through the sheer power of his sexiness.
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Oh, and midweek Sitting Tennant? Yes please!
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Midweek Sitting Tennant - oh Rob - yes please!!!
March 20, 2009 | Reply
"Photo 3: David attempts to hypnotize the viewing audience into donating more money to Comic Relief through the sheer power of his sexiness."
It worked on me...
March 20, 2009 | Reply
"Oh god Persephone that's brilliant. I vote Sit Down as the ST anthem too. And now I haven't got a single witty thing to say as Persephone has rendered me speechless.."
Persephone often renders me speechless with her wit as well! Bravo for suggesting ST as the anthem -- there really should be a way of making the song play whenever you open a Sitting Tennant post... (though it may be distracting! in which case it will suit the distracting effects of the DT pics anyway! And now I am rambling! It has been a weird day and I have had no lunch....)
BTW Sit Down is a great track - though I still prefer the original release version which had some lines/verses in a slightly different order...
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Picture One:
Against better judgement, David Tennant decided to do his impression of Hop Sing on 'Bonanza' on a national broadcast. He knew it was in poor taste, but it was for Red Nose Day so it was for a good cause.
Picture Two:
Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh......
I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay, I -#
Yes, I know I'm not dressed for the part! This is theatre; use your imagination!
Picture Three:
David Tennant previews his upcoming one-man show, in which he plays Soupy Sales: "Kids, go into your parents' bedroom and find their wallets. Now, take out all the pictures of presidents and send them to me...."
March 20, 2009 | Reply
My personal challenge was avoiding scatalogical humor. I may post again, because the temptation is too great!
March 20, 2009 | Reply
1) A E. I think that's an I - Damn I knew I shouldn't have left my specs in the Tardis.
2) I know Davina's keen, but I didn't know she was THAT keen...
3)Right. Eyeing up the opposition, I think I might just have the edge...
March 20, 2009 | Reply
"What I want to know is, is chair electric?"
Persephone, how do you do the little music notes?
March 20, 2009 | Reply
Picture Number One:
What's with floating that number two in front of me? It's hard enough trying to hold it in without you giving me suggestions!
Picture Two:
A "cheek sneak" while sitting on vinyl when wearing a microphone. Yeahhhhh.... nobody's going to notice.....
Picture Three:
Bring on the Hypno-Toad!
March 20, 2009 | Reply
David gives a whole new meaning to "comic relief".
March 21, 2009 | Reply
"Persephone, how do you do the little music notes?" Alt+13 and Alt+14.
March 21, 2009 | Reply
"Alt+13 and Alt+14." Not on my keyboard, it seems :-(
March 21, 2009 | Reply
On a Mac:
1) Copy and paste Persephone's musical notes - like so: ♪ ♫
2) Get your Mac's character palette up from the "Special Characters" menu in the Edit menu if you're using Safari or Firefox and then do a search for 'note' using the little search box in the bottom right or look for it in Miscellaneous Symbols. Like so
March 21, 2009 | Reply
3. The director accidentally cuts back to David Tennant in the middle of sucking a jawbreaker.
March 21, 2009 | Reply
Picture 2: Word of the Sitting Tennant anthem reaches David Tennant, and he can't resist singing along.
March 22, 2009 | Reply
Pic 3 - David knew he shouldn't have started on a gobstopper just before going on live TV...
March 22, 2009 | Reply
Pic 1: God my contact lenses really do need replacing. Perhaps I should have gone to SpecSavers? Maybe I should offer to do their next ad voice-over and get some deal...
March 22, 2009 | Reply
Pic 2: David knew that Russell T. Davies had promised him a dramatic end, but he hadn't realised it would be quite that painful.
March 22, 2009 | Reply
1. EEEEEEE
2. OOOOOOO
3. MMMMMMM...
David was beginning to regret having agreed to the guest role on 'Sesame Street'.
March 22, 2009 | Reply
A few song lyric captions:
Picture One:
"My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades"
Picture Two:
"O sole mio!"
Picture Three:
"Whatever it is, I'm against it"
March 22, 2009 | Reply
It's been reported that the Doctor's old Companions come back for the final special. However, the BBC just couldn't afford the actors, so instead the TARDIS lands on a planet where everybody automatically looks like the Doctor - including his Companions.
David Tennant will be playing:
1) Billie Piper's Rose, now with work done on the eyes as well as the teeth
2) Catherine Tate's Donna, seen here still working out the proper delivery of "Oi!"
3) Sweet FA's Martha, but no matter how long he holds his breath, the melanin level just doesn't change.....
March 23, 2009 | Reply
David needed his full gamut of pundit faces, now that the competition was really hotting up for this week's 'Sitting Tennant'.
March 23, 2009 | Reply
Me again. Perhaps I should just change my name to 'Anonymous'? Might not do much for my career, though.
March 23, 2009 | Reply
"Me again. Perhaps I should just change my name to 'Anonymous'? Might not do much for my career, though."
You never know. It worked a treat for Joe Klein.