Christmas Gift Ideas For David Tennant Fans

With just ten shopping days left till Christmas you might find yourself struggling for a gift for the David Tennant fan in your life - or maybe even a sneaky little under-the-tree treat for yourself. Here's a few suggestions for a last minute shopping spree.


Doctor Who - The Day Of The Doctor

The high point of the year for many of David's fans was his return to Doctor Who in The Day Of The Doctor. The 50th Anniversary episode is available to buy now
UK

DVD

Blu-ray

USA

DVD

Blu-ray

Australia

DVD

Blu-ray

Or why not choose one of David's other brilliant TV dramas from 2013:

Broadchurch

Spies of Warsaw

The Politician's Husband

The Escape Artist

Nativity 2: Danger In The Manger!

Get the whole family in a Christmassy mood with the heartwarming festive comedy movie from 2011, Naivity 2: Danger In The Manger. David stars as a harassed teacher trying to manage a bus load of excited kids and a deranged classroom assistant on a disastrous journey through Wales.

UK

Buy Nativity 2 on DVD here.

Buy Nativity 2 on Blu-Ray here. 

USA

Buy Nativity 2 on DVD here

Buy Nativity 2 on Blu-Ray here

Australia

Buy Nativity 2 on DVD here

Tenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control

One for the very special person in your life - the fantastic universal remote control made by the Wand Company using scans from David Tennant's own screen-used sonic screwdriver

Order here

Headway Essex

Headway Essex have a range of David-related products in their gift shop including pillowcases, tote bags and the David Doodle t-shirt. You can also plan ahead for 2014 birthdays by buying a card personally signed by David.
Click here to enter the shop


How To Train Your Dragon

David has voiced the range of How To Train Your Dragons audiobooks. The highly entertaining readings bring Cressida Cowell's stories to sparkling life and would be a welcome gift for younger relatives
Click here to view the range

Tree Fu Tom

For younger fans there's Tree Fu Tom, the CBeebies animated series in which David plays mischievous acorn sprite Twigs
Click here to order

The Royal Shakespeare Company

David made a stunning return to the stage this year in the RSC's Richard II. A range of related merchandise is available, including posters and a CD of music and speeches from the production
Click here for the RSC shop

Doctor Who Earrings

A range of officially licensed Doctor Who earrings has just been launched

Click here to order from Amazon for just £19.99 - worldwide delivery is available.

Doctor Who Titans 10th Figure

The last date for online delivery from Forbidden Planet has past but these quirky Tenth Doctor figures are available in store at £7.99 each. Standard suited and tuxedo editions are available.

David Tennant's Patron Message For Headway Essex

David Tennant has issued his annual Patron's Message for Headway Essex:

"What a significant year 2012 was for Great Britain, with the Olympic torch relay, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Olympic Games and so many great sporting achievements.
Who could forget the outstanding success of the Paralympics and the significant impact it had on British Society.
As we all saw, the Paralympic Games were about ability, not disability, and about what people can do, not what they can't do. This philosophy is at the heart of the services provided by Headway Essex to people with acquired brain injury.
Unfortunately with brain injury the obstacles that people face are not always visually obvious. Many people have to cope with 'hidden disabilities' where physically they may be able to walk, run or swim but cognitively they may be struggling to make sense of things and cope with normal day to day life.
Many never find their way back to the person they were before and they need to figure out who they are now and set new goals for their lives.
Headway Essex are there to support survivors of brain injury and their families and carers at any point along their journey and make a positive difference to their life.
At Headway Essex there are many heroes, who inspire individuals and their families coping with the day to day realities of living with a brain injury. For them, even a simple task could be the equivalent to the effort of a gold medal winning performance in the Olympics because of a brain injury they have suffered, but their achievements are no less significant.
Many thanks to all the staff, volunteers and supporters who give so generously. I hope that like me, you will continue to support Headway Essex. Without them there would be no one to help pick up the pieces of lives shattered through brain injury and to help rebuild them."

Please visit www.headwayessex.org.uk to find out more about Headway Essex and the amazing work that they do.
They have a selection of David Tennant merchandise including hand signed greetings cards available in their shop.

Headway Essex Auction Richard II Tickets And David Tennant Signed Programme

Headway Essex, the brain injury charity for which David Tennant is patron, are holding an auction at their Great Gatsby Ball on Friday 15th November and one of the lots is for 2 tickets to see David Tennant as Richard II at the Barbican Centre in London on the evening of Friday 10th January 2014, kindly donated by Anne Joynes. The same lot also includes a programme autographed by David Tennant donated by us.

If you would like to place a bid on the tickets and the programme then you can send a sealed bid to 
Headway Town Office,
58b Head Street,
Colchester,
CO1 1PB.

You need to quote LOT FOUR DAVID TENNANT in your bid and include your name, address and telephone number.

ALL BIDS MUST BE RECIEVED BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER SO BE QUICK!

All money raised goes towards helping Headway Essex continue their amazing work. To find out more about what they do visit their website at www.headwayessex.org.uk

T&C below:

Help Headway Essex To Win Valuable Funds

Headway Essex need your help to get a grant of £3000!

The crucial brain injury charity Headway Essex, of whom David Tennant is patron, have been nominated for a Lloyds Community Fund Grant of £3000 and they need your votes to help them secure this grant.

Headway Essex has been made a finalist and reached the voting stage of the Lloyds Community Fund 2013.

There are four good causes in each community area. The two groups with the most votes will each receive £3,000 and the other two, £300 each. Headway Essex are a finalist in the Colchester area

You can vote in three ways;

• Online- visit www.lloydsbank.com/communityfund
• By Text- text VOTE KPXC to 61119
• In store at any of the following Lloyds branches: Colchester Crouch St, Colchester High St, Colchester St James, Colchester University Of Essex, Tiptree

Voting closes on November 1st 2013. Text votes will be charged. SMS text message votes will be charged at the mobile phone users’ standard message rate and the phone number will only be used for administration of the Community Fund voting process.

Headway Essex cares for people who have acquired a brain injury and this may be through sporting or work accidents, road traffic accidents, assault, illness or disease. Support is given in two ways: through the Headway Centre in Colchesterwhere rehabilitation activities take place or via the Community Support Service.  Currently over 300 families are supported across Essex.

David Tennant has been a patron of Headway Essex since 2007 when he spent time visiting the centre and talking to staff and people who access the service while researching his role in the BBC TV drama Recovery.

You can also help Headway Essex by visiting their online store and treating yourself to something from their range of David Tennant themed goods, including signed greetings cards, t-shirts and pillowcases. Click here to visit the shop

Vote For Headway Essex To Win A Lloyds Bank Community Fund Award

Vote for Headway Essex to win a valuable award of up to £3000 from the Lloyds Bank Community Fund. The award will allow the charity to continue to provide essential support via their day centre in Colchester and Community Support Service to people in Essex who have acquired a brain injury. The charity currently supports over 300 families

David Tennant has been the Patron of Headway Essex since he worked closely with the charity while researching for his role in the television drama Recovery (2007) in which he played a building site manager who suffers a debilitating brain injury in a car crash. David visited the day care centre and spent a considerable time taking part in group sessions with attenders, to explore the huge impact the injury had on their lives and relationships. He said,

“Getting to know some of the clients of Headway Essex was instructive, eye-opening and very moving. These are people coming to terms with lives that have changed beyond all recognition. Having to deal with something society often misunderstands, misinterprets and mistrusts.

As I understood more about the condition I understood how vital the work that Headway is doing can be. They give understanding, experience and community to people struggling to rebuild their lives. Against all odds, the spirit and humour of the clients at Headway Essex was remarkable.”

Find out more about Headway Essex here

The Lloyds Bank Community Fund will provide grants to support more than 1,300 local good causes in villages, towns and cities across England, Wales and the Isle of Man. Lloyds want your help to find the shortlisted causes that are most important to you and your local area.

There are four good causes in each community area. The two groups with the most votes will each receive £3,000 and the other two, £300 each. 

Click here to vote for Headway Essex

UKfans can vote for Headway Essex by SMS too. Just text VOTE KPXC to 61119. If voting from the Isle of Man, please text VOTE KPXC to 447860016016.

Read more about Recovery here

Nominate Headway Essex As Part Of Sainsbury's Local Charity Appeal

Headway Essex, the brain injury charity supported by David Tennant, would appreciate your help in nominating them for the Sainsbury's Local Charity appeal.

David was first introduced to everyone at Headway Essex whilst researching his role in the BBC drama Recovery.

Joanna Wright the director of Headway Essex says:

"David spent time at our Day Centre researching the leading role in the BBC drama "Recovery". We were thrilled when he agreed to be patron of Headway Essex, and we are doubly thrilled that he has undergone writer’s cramp to personally sign greeting cards which we can sell to raise much needed funds to help us provide care and support for people with brain injury and those who care for them."

David says:

"I am absolutely delighted to be able to help Headway raise the profile of brain injury. While researching my role in Recovery, I spent time at Headway Essex where I observed some of the group sessions as well as chatting to some of the members. It was a truly humbling experience. There was so much hope, humour and positivity, mixed with occasional anger and sadness.

"It was a very powerful experience, seeing first-hand the effects brain injuries can have on people. It made me realise just how lucky I am and brings fresh meaning to the phrase 'there but for the grace of God go I'. Headway is a wonderful organisation and one I am only too happy to help."

You only have until tomorrow to make you nominations, so be quick! 

You can read more about how it all works and make your nomination on the Sainsbury's website here

Nominations can also be made in store.

Don't forget that you can still help Headway Essex by purchasing a card signed by David Tennant via their shop here.

David Tennant Supports Headway Essex - Get Your Brand New Personally Signed Card

Brand new personally signed card from David Tennant

David Tennant, Patron of local brain injury charity Headway Essex has personally signed greetings cards to raise money to help the charity continue its important work in the Community.

Actor David has been supporting the charity for nearly 6 years.  He first got involved with Headway Essex when visiting the Headway Centre on Boxted Road, Colchester to research a role for BBC drama Recovery in which he portrayed a husband and father that had suffered a brain injury.

David Said “It made me realise that not only the person with the brain injury is affected but also everyone around them.”

Headway Essex recognises this and works tirelessly to support the person that has suffered the brain injury and their family and carers too.

The new card follows on from a previous design that was sold a number of years ago and raised thousands of pounds.   

Anna Smith, Fundraising Manager said “We are so grateful to David for taking time out to sign all of these cards again for Headway.  The image on the front is brand new and contemporary so we are sure it will be another hit. We only have a limited number of cards available so act quickly or miss out!”

Cards are on sale for £20 each.  To order a card please visit www.headwayessex.org.uk

With many thanks to our friends at Headway Essex
Photo courtesy of Georgia Moffett.

David Tennant's Patron Message For Headway Essex

David Tennant has issued his annual patron's message for Headway Essex. You can read it by clicking on the photo above.
Please visit www.headwayessex.org.uk to find out more about Headway Essex and the amazing work that they do.

Help Out Headway Essex

As most of you will know David Tennant is the patron of the brain injury support and care charity, Headway Essex, he became patron after visiting their centre to research his role in the BBC drama Recovery.

Headway Essex cares for people who have acquired a brain injury and this may be through sporting or work accidents, road traffic accidents, assault, illness or disease.

Support is given in two ways. Through the Headway Centre, which is a day centre in Colchester where rehabilitation activities take place. These activities are designed to help people to rebuild their lives after brain injury. The centre has 72 places available each week.

Headway Essex also has a Community Support Service. The Community Support Team, provides telephone support, information on the different aspects of brain injury, support groups, training for carers, specialist literature on brain injury, home and hospital visits and educational talks. Currently over 272 families are supported across Essex.

You can help our lovely friends at Headway Essex continue their work by visiting their web shop here.
They have lots of David Tennant goodies for sale with T Shirts featuring a design by David (see photo above) pillowcases and tote bags!

A Little Reminder From Headway Essex

Just a reminder that you can still help Headway Essex by buying some of their David Tennant-related products through their online store. And their newest products ensure that you can carry David with you wherever you go.

These gorgeous and practical cotton bags are available in black or hot pink. Be seen out and about with your cool and stylish Tennant Tote!
Please support brain injury charity Headway Essex by purchasing a David Tennant tote bag for only £12.48 including postage! And don't just stop at buying one for yourself; they will make excellent gifts for all David Tennant fans.

Size: 37 x 41cm (approx)

You can purchase the bags and other items from the David Tennant range from the Headway Essex online webshop


Headway Essex cares for people who have acquired a brain injury and this may be through sporting or work accidents, road traffic accidents, assault, illness or disease.

Support is given in two ways.  The Headway Centre is a day centre in Colchester where rehabilitation activities take place.  These activities are designed to help people to rebuild their lives after brain injury.  The centre has 72 places available each week.

Headway Essex also has a Community Support Service.  The Community Support Team, provides telephone support, information on the different aspects of brain injury, support groups, training for carers, specialist literature on brain injury, home and hospital visits and educational talks.  Currently over 272 families are supported across Essex.

David Tennant has been a patron of Headway Essex since 2007 when he visited the Centre while researching the role of Alan Hamilton in Recovery, a man who receives a life-changing brain injury following a road accident.

Carry David With You Wherever You Go!

Headway Essex have launched a new item in their range of David Tennant products, exclusive to their online shop and just in time for Christmas.

You can now purchase stylish tote bags featuring David's picture. Measuring 37 x 41 cm approximately, the bags are available in black and pink and cost just £12.48, including postage. Overseas fans can also purchase them through the store.

Buying these bags and other David Tennant-related product from the Headway Essex store ensures that the charity can continue to provide much needed support to individuals who have acquired a brain injury, and also to their families.

The bags are sure to be in big demand, so to make sure that you get your hands on one before Christmas, order now from the Headway Essex webshop here

Headway Essex Fright Night Competition: Last Chance To Enter

The Headway Essex 'Celebrating Fright Night' Competition closes on Friday 2nd December. You just have only a few days left to enter for a chance to win a huge, limited edition 8ft by 5ft vinyl banner featuring Fright Night vampire hunter Peter Vincent and signed by David Tennant.

Entry to the competition is via Headway's JustGiving page at http://www.justgiving.com/DTFrightNight. Simply donate £5 and leave your email address. You should receive an email from Headway with the competition entry questions shortly afterwards; just make sure that you have answered and replied by Friday. The competition is also open to overseas fans and there is a runners up prize of a signed Doctor Who poster.

David is a patron of Headway Essex, who care for individuals who have acquired a brain injury, providing valuable support for them and their families. Fans of David can also show their support by purchasing the 'David Doodle' products available from the Headway online shop, which is here.

Win A Signed Fright Night Poster AND Help Headway Essex

For your chance to win a HUGE Fright Night poster with David Tennant on it, personally signed by the man himself; simply donate £5 to Headway Essex at http://www.justgiving.com/DTFrightNight

Anyone who wishes to donate to the Headway Essex ‘Celebrating Fright Night’ Just Giving page will get the opportunity to enter the Headway Essex Prize Competition.
Answer two questions correctly about David Tennant and you will be entered into a prize competition to win a limited edition 8ft x 5ft vinyl banner, personally signed by David Tennant. Don’t forget to leave your email address when you donate so Headway can contact you with the prize draw questions. If you do not hear from Headway within 5 working days, please check your junk mail or contact Headway Essex campaign@headwayessex.org.uk Overseas fans are welcome to take part in the Prize Competition too!
The prize competition winner will be picked on Friday 2nd December 2011.

There will also be a runner up prize of a signed David Tennant Dr Who poster. What’s more your donations will help provide care, information and rehabilitation to survivors of brain injury, their families and carers.
The limited edition poster is approximately 8ft x 5ft and is made from quality vinyl. It was made especially to promote the film Fright Night and is not available in shops.
Please support David Tennant’s chosen charity by taking part in this exciting competition.

Headway Essex Christmas Cards

The brain injury charity, Headway Essex, of which David Tennant is a patron has Christmas cards available from their online shop here.
Please support them buying some for your friends and family this year!
Or if you're in the UK you can now donate by text. Text HEAD12 TO 70070 followed by the amount you wish to donate e.g. HEAD12 £10

Headway Essex Update

Just a quick update to remind you of the fabulous David Tennant merchandise available from our friends at Headway Essex.

There are still a VERY limited amount of signed cards available as well as a choice of 'David Doodle' merchandise with T Shirts and pillowcases...

Click here to see the full range and remember your helping a great cause that helps survivors of brain injury and their families.

Hats 4 Headway Campaign

David has borrowed Catherine Tate's Much Ado About Nothing rehearsal hat to support the Hats 4 Headway campaign. As David says "It's not much to do to raise vital funds for Headway Essex. Please wear your hat 4 Headway, make a donation and help improve the lives of those living with brain injury."
To make a donation please visit http://www.justgiving.com/headwayessex/Donate please email any photos of yourselves taking part in Hats 4 Headway to fundraising@headwayessex.org.uk. They may be added to the Headway Essex Facebook page and used in local press.
For more information please visit http://www.headwayessex.org.uk/fundraising/events.php
Thanks to Headway Essex.

New Headway Essex Shop Now Open

Great news! David Doodle T.shirts & Pillowcases are now available for overseas fans and online!

The Headway Essex webshop is now open for business. Which means that David Tennant fans can now order the fabulous David Doodle merchandise online and pay with Paypal. Headway Essex would like to thank fans for their patience and support.

Please visit www.headwayessex.org.uk

David Tennant the Patron of Headway Essex has exclusively designed a fantastic doodle to raise funds for the brain injury charity.

If you want to keep David close to your heart the David Doodle T-shirt is just what you need! These t-shirts are the ultimate Ethical shirt made from organic cotton. They come in both male and female fit with a full range of sizes.

For the more adventurous among you, you could always rest your head and ‘Dream with David’ on your very own David Doodle Pillowcase! This contemporary style black doodle on a white cotton mix pillowcase looks fabulous.

Thanks From Headway Essex

Headway Essex would like to say a huge thank you to all the David Tennant fans that have sent anonymous donations to Headway Essex in celebration of the release of TV Drama, Single Father. Please be assured that the money raised will go towards our vital work providing care and support for those with a brain injury and their families. Anyone else wishing to make a donation can do so through our Just Giving page: http://www.justgiving.com/headwayessex/Donate

Headway Essex Reach £10,000!

Lots of good news comes from our friends at Headway Essex this morning!
They have raised an amazing £10,000 so far from the sales of the T Shirts and Pillow Cases designed by David! Thank you to all of you who have purchased one!
And if you haven't got one yet then what are you waiting for?!

and if you're one of our overseas fans then fear not as very soon you'll be able to get your hands on one too. Work is well underway for a new Headway Essex shop and PayPal system, so hang in there!!

And last but not least we've had a few queries about sizings of the T Shirts for kids and as you can see above the T Shirts are a fab idea for the younger fans amongst us too! Little Kurtis looks cool in his and is delighted to be wearing something designed by David!
He's wearing the small male size which is 37-39ins and seems to be the best size for kids to go for.

For full details and info on how to order click here.

And please pop by and visit Headway's Site here.

Headway Essex Update

We know that there is a lot of interest from overseas fans in purchasing the fantastic merchandise that David has designed for Headway Essex.
Headway Essex would like to let all David’s fans know how much they value their support. However, selling their wonderful new merchandise overseas is not as straightforward as some may think. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes at Headway Essex to resolve this, and they will find a solution to the complexities of Customs & Excise & VAT regulations, and will be setting up an appropriate and secure payment system and related terms & conditions in due course. Many large UK charities DO NOT sell merchandise overseas, but even though Headway Essex are a small charity they are working hard not to disappoint David’s fans who live overseas. Thank you for your patience with this and we will let you know as soon as there is any further news. :)

In the meantime fans from the UK can place orders here.