David Tennant and his wife Georgia made reference to a Doctor Who episode as Rishi Sunak bid goodbye to No10. on Friday.
The actor, 53, who starred as the tenth incarnation of the time lord, once ‘brought down the government’ in the Sci-Fi series, with the couple quoting the episode following the Tories worst ever election results.
David is a supporter of the Labour Party and has long criticised the Conservative Party, having recently engaging in a row with politician Kemi Badenoch over her views on gender.
Sharing a photo to Instagram following Labour’s landslide, Georgia and David smiled for a selfie.
She captioned the update, ‘Turns out she did look tired’, in reference to 2005’s The Christmas Invasion that saw The Doctor threaten to ‘bring down’ the Prime Minister.
David Tennant, 53, and his wife Georgia, 39, made reference to a Doctor Who episode as Rishi Sunak bid goodbye to No10. on Friday
The first full story to feature David as the tenth Doctor, followed the story of prime minister Harriet Jones as she oversaw the launch of the Guinevere Space Probe which was captured by a Sycorax spaceship.
The invading Sycorax ship ultimately retreated after being opposed by The Doctor, but Harriet ordered the Torchwood organisation to destroy them, which the time lord branded as ‘cold-blooded murder’.
In turn he threatened to ‘bring down’ her government, by planting doubt in her mind, which ultimately led to rumours of her failing health and a vote of no confidence.
The scene saw The Doctor confront the Prime Minister: ‘Don’t challenge me, Harriet Jones. I’m a completely new man. I could bring down your Government with a single word.’
‘You’re the most remarkable man I’ve ever met. But I don’t think you’re quite capable of that,’ Harriet responded.
He continued: ‘No, you’re right. Not a single word. Just six.’
Harriet shouted: ‘Stop it!’
‘Six,’ he reiterated, before turning to UNIT operative Alex Klein and whispering the six words that led to Harriet’s downfall: ‘Don’t you think she looks tired?’
The actor once ‘brought down the government’ in the series, with the couple quoting the episode following the Tories worst ever election results
She captioned the update, ‘Turns out she did look tired’, in reference to 2005’s The Christmas Invasion that saw The Doctor ‘bring down’ the Prime Minister, Harriet Jones (pictured)
The Doctor branded the Prime Minister a ‘cold-blooded murder’ after she destroyed a Sycorax spaceship. He then sparked rumours of her failing health which led to a vote of no confidence
It comes after Kemi Badenoch hit back at David calling him a misogynist, after he blasted her in a trans rights speech.
The Women and Equalities Minister said the attack from the Doctor Who star, who told an awards ceremony he wished she would shut up and not exist, was rooted in misogyny.
‘I do think David Tennant is a misogynist. The way he framed those comments showed that he did not care about the argument on single-sex spaces for women,’ she told the Times.
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‘Shut up’ is one of the tropes that you hear them say. There’s something visceral there. I do think it’s probably rooted in misogyny. It doesn’t matter whether it’s misogyny or not. It wouldn’t be any better if it was directed against a man.’
After winning celebrity ally at the LGBT Awards for being one of ‘the community’s most fierce allies and supporters’, the Scottish actor was asked to relay a message to trans youth backstage.
During his interview the Timelord said trans youth should not feel unloved or not accepted as ‘most people in the world don’t really care’, later adding that opposers would ‘all go away soon’.
He went even further backstage adding that ‘it’s a tiny bunch of whinging little f***ers that are on the wrong side of history and they’ll all go away soon’.
Ms Badenoch believes that Tennant does not understand her point of view, saying ‘I’ve never said anything negative about trans people.
‘I’ve actually talked about protecting them from those who wish to exploit the rules that were made for them. They [people like Tennant] just don’t care. They attack. They think it’s all a big game. If you want to be a politician, then stand for election.’
It comes after Kemi Badenoch hit back at David calling him a misogynist, after he blasted her in a trans rights speech
During his interview the Timelord said trans youth should not feel unloved or not accepted as ‘most people in the world don’t really care’, later adding that opposers would ‘all go away soon’
Even Sir Kier Starmer got involved in the debate this week, as he criticised both Tennant – a Labour supporter who has previously described the party leader as a ‘clever grown-up’ – and Labour candidate Dawn Butler, who agreed with the former Dr Who.
On a visit to a medical centre outside Leicester to meet NHS staff, he told reporters: ‘I think in politics, as in life, it’s really important that we are able to robustly disagree with others.
‘Obviously, that happens a lot in a general election campaign but we should do it with respect for everybody involved in that robust discussion.’