The David Tennant Puppet

Kathleen has been making puppets of the Doctors for many years, as you know. Back in 1991 a friend of hers managed to get one to Peter Davison.

So this weekend I was at a Wizard convention that David Tennant was at. She gave me her puppet of Tennant’s Doctor and asked if I could try to get it to him.

It took me three days of maneuvering with the Wizard personnel, but finally on Sunday they okayed bringing me over to Tennant to present it to him. They escorted me to the front of the line of about 1000 people (that’s no exaggeration) and I apologized to the young lady they put me in front of, but she seemed fine with it.

I brought the puppet forward to David with the understanding that I’d be as fast as possible. He seemed enchanted by it and immediately put his hand into it and started playing with it.

I said, “It’s a gift for you, made by my wife, Kathleen David. My name is Peter David and I’m–”

I was about to say “a writer for Marvel comics,” but Tennant cut me off. He looked at me wide-eyed and said, “The writer?!”

Astounded, I nodded. I managed to say, “Yeah.”

“I LOVE your work on Hulk!” he said.

I turned to the crowd and shouted, “David Tennant knows who I am!”

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