Editing (section) Catherine Tate 0 You are not logged in. ==== ''Doctor Who'' ==== In 2006, Tate made an appearance in the closing few moments of ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', appearing as a character referred to in the closing credits simply as "The Bride". According to [[David Tennant]] in his DVD commentary for the episode, extreme secrecy was maintained for her cameo (due to her star status in the UK, although the impact was lost on American and Canadian viewers unfamiliar with her). Tennant claimed only he and a few others knew she would be appearing and her scene was shot while the rest of the cast and crew were attending the wrap party for the season. Her cameo led into the 2006 Christmas special, ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'' in which Tate returned, her character now named [[Donna Noble]]. This appearance was originally intended as a one-off. Tate commented on her role: "I was holding out for a summer season at {{w|Wigan}} rep but as a summer job, this'll do." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5161894.stm] A few months later, Tate and Tennant appeared together in a sketch for Comic Relief in which Tate played her signature character, Lauren Cooper, and Tennant played a substitute schoolteacher who turns out to be the Doctor in disguise. After enduring Lauren-style taunts about his accent and whether he "fancied [[Billie Piper]]", the "Doctor" changes Lauren into a [[Rose Tyler]] action figure with [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]]. Tate's appearance in ''The Runaway Bride'' garnered mixed reviews from fans and critics, but when [[Freema Agyeman]] announced she was leaving ''Doctor Who'' after the 2007 series, the producers returned to Tate and announced that Donna Noble would return for series 4, to be broadcast in 2008. The announcement resulted in substantial negative feedback from vocal fans who did not want "Lauren" in the TARDIS (once again, however, this backlash was almost exclusively UK-only, as Tate was an unknown quantity overseas, although DVDs of ''The Catherine Tate Show'' began to be released in North America around the time she joined the series). Donna returned to the series in ''[[Partners in Crime]]'' in April 2008. Within a few episodes she had won over many of her critics. Tate acted alongside both of her predecessors, Billie Piper and Freema Agyeman, as well as [[John Barrowman]]'s [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Elisabeth Sladen]]'s [[Sarah Jane Smith]]. Donna Noble left with ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', though the possibility of her returning to the series was not ruled out. In fact, according to ''[[Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale|Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter]]'' Tate said she would have gladly returned for another season. Tate's popularity on the show is illustrated by the warm response she received when she introduced a portion of the July 2008 BBC Proms concert dedicated to ''Doctor Who''. In October 2008, Tennant and Tate were nominated in the same category at the National Television Awards for Outstanding Drama Performance. Tennant won, but as he was unable to be present due to his theatre commitments, and having just announced his intention to leave the series, he asked Tate to accept the award on his behalf, joking with Tate that she should have won it. Tate continued her involvement with the franchise into 2009, recording two original audio adventures for [[BBC Audio]]: ''[[The Forever Trap (audio story)|The Forever Trap]]'' and ''[[The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)|The Nemonite Invasion]]''. At the end of 2009 she reprised Donna for the two-part story ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. Also beginning in 2009, Tate and David Tennant formed an informal radio-host partnership. On at least three occasions as of February 2010 they co-hosted BBC Radio's ''Jonathan Ross Show'' as guest hosts. In 2013, Tate returned to the ''Doctor Who'' universe, narrating ''[[Death's Deal (audio story)|Death's Deal]]'', the penultimate story of the 50th anniversary audio series ''[[Destiny of the Doctor]]'', before reprising the role of Donna Noble for [[Big Finish Productions]]. 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