22 Year old Tennant auditions for Takin' Over the Asylum

[loswafles3]

I will meet this man if it is the last thing I ever do. It just better be before he gets REALLY old.

[FeltRabbit]

so pale!

[whodazzamme]

i love when he starts fiddling with the desk

[whodazzamme]

legs crossed on the desk.... LIKE A BOSS!

[tigerchica139]

it makes me sad that he lost some of his accent =(

[youtubrgirl12345]

@tigerchica139 But he's more comprehensible now at least. Though I also love his Scottish accent.

[Ireallywantacookie]

he must've regenerated......

[ImSoXxStarstruckxX]

@ 1:03 Anybody want to help him with that? I know I do. ;D

[xXSilverxxKitsuneXx]

@ImSoXxStarstruckxX Mm I certainly will ;D

[DoctorWhoFan1229]

@ImSoXxStarstruckxX ahhhaaahhh YES

[ViliciousVice]

I love him! But you can't deny that he looks a bit like a vampire here :P

[masteraj57]

i want to be an actres but the idea of doing this is terrifying to me.

[rentheadangelcollins]

@masteraj57 *hug* I used to be the same way, but the best thing to do is just do it. Over time, it DOES get easier. There is always a twinge of fear in auditioning, but trust me, it's so much easier over time.

[masteraj57]

@rentheadangelcollins :)

[molovesmusic567]

omg he is soooo adorable :3

[Monaqute]

1993... my birth year...

[DontKicktheBritV2]

Should it weird me out how much I want this man, considering I was 2 years old when this was filmed? ...nah. :)

[Shikutukumimika]

@DontKicktheBritV2 I wasn't even born so no, not weird at all. xD

[AuditoryEden]

He's whiter than a sheet. Yeesh.

*sigh* and yet still so handsome.

[rljanvrin]

The. Man. Is. A. God.

[nettlefrog]

Age has been good to him...

[pipkinsweetgrass]

So brilliant at so young an age!!!

[fridaythe13thcreeper]

He was SOOOOOO young in this! (: I LOVE IT.! Brilliant acting.!!!

[JonnoGradian]

...And that was the AUDITION.

[kieghacat]

0:36 the little glitter he gets in his eye - what brilliant acting! subtle but so heartfelt. makes all the difference in the sequence.

[MindProbeTest2]

He's so pale!

[yumyumtorilla]

I love it!!!

[mashroxmysox]

He's always been this way... perfect.

[happykitty11]

WHAT A CUTIE PATOOTIE I THINK I MIGHT BE IN LOVE.

[nightpulse]

Aww baby Tennant so awesome and amazingly

 adorable

[mizeri4life108]

WOW! Time has certainly been kind to him!

[DalekAtBadWolfBay]

Well,

i love it when he says it

[esoretal]

He's SO cute ._.

[QuirkyGirl12345]

Feels like a scene from Trainspotting.... Odd.... =D

[sorsaria]

His accent seems much thicker here. He's adorable, but I prefer an older David myself.

[ThisIsMyBoomStick]

Dont you just hate how men only get more attractive as they age? We gals yearn for our 20s again, while the guys start off awkward and lanky and get bloody gorgeous around 40. I love looking at them, but damn I hate them for it too hehe

[FueledByRamen101]

he looks really pale in this video

[katie12x]

that must be akward, acting that out infrount of them :L also, i think his tops a little to big :D

[italiankahlan]

like if you almost jumped in your seat when the guy talking to david said something about the "doctor"

:D foreshawowing!!

[wannabedesi]

Holy shit he's got a thick brogue doesn't he?! What a cutie pie!

[MIMIBRIT75]

IRISH????????? LOL

[krabspong88]

Watching this is sssooo wierd !

[rosiebamb]

he's really lost his accent quite a bit since here (that is, assuming of course that this is his natural accent). his scottish accent sounds alot less heavy now i think.

[LCOddy]

he's sexy even as a mad man

[pimpmy3someGtS]

@ChristyCullen101 Irish?

[ChristyCullen101]

@pimpmy3someGt Scottish.

[DUDEfounder]

@ChristyCullen101 hes scottish!

[katie12x]

@ChristyCullen101 He scottish...

[DigiCosmicAngel]

@ChristyCullen101 you mean Scottish?

[Tw1lightSweetz]

@ChristyCullen101 it's scottish..not irish..

[ChristyCullen101]

@ChristyCullen101 I already corrected myself. If one more person says he's Scottish, not Irish, I will spontaneously combust.

[nightpulse]

@ChristyCullen101 He is Scottish you idiot

[ChristyCullen101]

@nightpulse I think this is the moment you shut the fuck up because I already corrected myself twice.

[Lucynda444]

@ChristyCullen101 FAIL He's Scottish!!!

[babybearduck]

jesus christ . . . and i thought puerto rican spanish was the fastest a person could talk . . .

[Greenwolfman97]

FREE AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[softlyserenademe]

awe he is too cute! this is lovely. he did a wonderful job here, I think. It makes me want to watch it.

[RamielLemon]

@softlyserenademe: If you love The Beatles, support mental health services, want to see David as a manic depressant, then go for it!

[softlyserenademe]

@RamielLemon ahhhhh tonight I am looking it up :)

[imamadmad1]

he looks so good in the real show. just watching it now.  so hot!!!! <3 DT

[evolvingboard]

This settles it, I want to be an actress

@papertowelzful I was born in '95, I understand, lol

[shy522]

love his 'Well'....lol....

[auro1001]

@shy522 It's so Doctor!

[jollieollie36]

I love this! David is only a year younger than me and I love him to death..... LOL. How young he looks here is scary..... Hehehehe

[papertowelzful]

Creepy to think I have a crush on david and I wasn't even born when they made this!

[rocknrollchic28]

I can't stop watching his eyebrows...

X)

[ambertequila1]

Oh my God, i was born in 1993!

[lovelyspringweather]

oh my his hair. me no like.

[fanta2986]

Now he turn up to be the sexiest man in the universe:)

[058950]

....I can't even understand him! I LOVE YOU, DAVID!!!!!!

[eurydice23]

....I was 2 when this was made. I still have the biggest crush on him though :)

[stephenieduncan]

@eurydice23 i was negative 2 ... 

[Eriechancookie]

God, I'm 19 now to 20 and this is SO ODD XD, and lovely, coz David always is. you sexy thing, you!

[NoOtherNamesWereLeft]

This is so odd. I'm turning 22 this year - he's practically my age in this video.

[DoctorWhoIsBeast]

OMG he is scotish!!!

[Seonatha]

He's brilliant. He's absolutely brilliant.

[kitkatsaysrawr]

yes david i do believe you should lose your virginity. to me ;)

[heartears]

Wow a vid of David in 1993

My birth year...

I'm 17 now...

and David is still so hot!

[VamLoveAndKisses]

1993? A year before I was born! I feel so young! XD

[UsefulAppendix]

I feel so weird reading the comments. This was three years before I was born.

And has anybody tried turning the captions on? Its hilarious.

[gothicarnivale]

I was EIGHT. I feel old. Also, this is precious and intimate. I feel like I've stumbled into an actor's journal. Everyone who's auditioned for something knows how vulnerable you feel- putting yourself out there and knowing you're being judged. Well, literally.

[graytart]

@gothicarnivale You were 8 in 1993 and feel OLD? Don't! I was 33!

[gothicarnivale]

@graytart Haha- in comparison, I mean. Seeing that the majority of comments here are from people who were just born on that year, or not just yet. For a man of David's age, it seems he appeals to a younger crowd. Which is a great thing, really. :)

[STOPtheHORROR]

@gothicarnivale omg that's the exact year I was born in ;;

I feel too young..

[RumSoakedPirate77]

oh god I was just born when this happened. XD

[Kryptonian250]

He's so young! He was adorable back then.

[shadyfolkie]

DAVID TENNANT I LOVE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

[ENIGMAX0]

WOW!! Amazing energy!!  awesome actor!! Absolutely brilliant!!!

[meshpop]

"You have to quit this behaviour and pull yourself together! Do you understand me?"

David: *looks down like a little boy*

nawww

[geniusABBY]

GAH! I WAS BORN! He's just so beautiful I want to cry.

[ForeverSilentDreamer]

young one! oh my word, he looks so different!

[emROARS]

he has no eye crinkles :(

but awwwwwwwwwwwww i can't believe im only like...1 there. XD

[elimacca]

@emROARS

im negative 1.

:(

[10Shivi]

So,So funny! Never will get old this!!! Nice hair he had back then! :)

[Thoroughbred17]

His hair hair is too neat!!

[ladylake2004]

where did you get this he so fab in this

[glbxx]

so talented. and fit. i adore!

[Milkpaw]

oh he's brilliant. i love him :D

[stroberimanisrasanya]

So young :O

[Alyssa0401]

he so bloody good ..... how can u not love him ...all those caracters hes playing ......ill miss him as the Doctor

[DoctorWhoLoveGirl]

he was even cute when he was young...looks not a day over 22

[lyndaltw]

he looks so young!

[xoxDrWhoBabexox]

David McDonald/tennant you are sooooo fit ........ although the hair is just wrong ..... mess it up !!!!! BEST DOCTOR EVER !!!! on a completely unrelated topic ...... new MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE SONG :) :) :) JUST BOUGHT AND IT IS AMAZING :) :)

[sirtinycreep]

I'd have liked to have seen the others before giving him the part.

[Chakoo32]

:) whoever got a shock at 00:42 is normal

[FaerieDust]

I was three years old back then :P But, like so many others here, I really wouldn't care XP But whoah, his Scottish is so much more pronounced here than in interview and stuff... So hot! :P And yeah, his hair requires major messing up! *happily offers*

[GirlVash]

His hair lol...

I just want to mess it up a bit!

[Amiryfey]

Haha he looks so weird with his hair like that

[LoveTimeLord]

How did you find this?? This is awsome! :)

[Avanniel]

I loved him in "takin' over the asylum". Perfectly portrayed. Loony and proud :)

[beatlepeacelove]

is it just me, or is he like the modern and british version of james stewart.

[kiriconan]

he is the perfect doctor

[Chichiproductions1]

excellent actor, so amazing!

....i was 1 when this happened, that is such a weird thought ....

[LadyofNight89]

He is brilliant, I love him... great actor!!

[OctaviaTheMusician]

good lord, is he doing a cold reading at the end? that is one bloody talented man.

[TennantMary]

What had happened droppinig the prop David? What about spilling the ink well with your knee!

[JessyIsTheBestis]

haha he is such a great actor! He really uses the stage!

[ih8clownsproductions]

nuthin better than watching David Tennant Jump around randomly

[ZelliX07]

1993?

Ummm.... That was the year in which I was born.

Lovely.

Oh, and am I the only one who can't understand a frickin word of what they're saying? xD

[bbfan77]

@ZelliX07 lol, me too XD and hah, yup, barely understand too..heh, but worth watching it for David tho ^^

[rawrdinosaur95]

He looks so pale D:

[jamesbloomfield89]

Think he overacted that a lot

[ewanmureaux]

@jamesbloomfield89 He was playing a looney, what do you expect?

[sunnyblossom1]

@jamesbloomfield89 I know you wrote it a year ago, but if you still haven't watched the show - go do it. Then you'll he he didn't overact, he underact in his audition (if there is even a word like that). He is playing a manic and looney after all! :)

[sweetypie1988a]

he looks so different

[Skully081]

I was born that year lol!

[XXhampstXX]

So he's.... 39?

[sweetypie1988a]

@XXhampstXX he loooks younger wow

[Pikaronni]

@XXhampstXX I know, he's technically middle-aged now. But hell will freeze over before he looks it.

[RefusetoListen]

Great audition, no wonder he got the part!

Alas, our love can never be. Along with many of the commenters, I was the ripe young age of -2 when he did this.

[JonasBrothers78910]

@RefusetoListen Damn. I was -3. xDD

[GirlVash]

@JonasBrothers78910 Well I've got a year on ya. still. As with Johnny Depp I don't think I'd care. haha.

[noompie95]

Wow he is young here. I wasn't even born xD

[thenoxeen]

oh my he's so damn beautiful <3

[NYCgirl721]

I was -2 haha

[ficklefiend]

He is putting an accent on here btw. He's laying on the Glaswegian heavy.

[sweetypie1988a]

@ficklefiend where is that?

[GerbilCrazy123]

i was one yr old aswell at the time, god the man is crazy but great xx

[TheRealLinzys]

I was two. :P

[MCC4RTHY1]

you can tell that he is just a nutter.. love to have a beer with him. looks so real to see him just as he was before he was famous and had to "act" constantly. if you ever read this (yeah right) show us for a second the real david.. the one who brushes his teeth in the morning. ;)

[PioggiaNelVento]

Wow... the year I was born, David was auditioning for this... wow...

[megagirlmargmuse]

I born in that year...

[starmirth]

I was fourteen at the time. Whew. Now I really feel like a slacker, seeing this. Oh, and of course he is brilliant, he always was and still is. AND he's got his own accent here, which is great.

[LifeMustard]

He was as old as my sister is now.... Wow.

[delusionaldiminutive]

So cute!!! He is wicked nervous at the beginning but once he starts doing his crazy manic David thing, you see the light glowing in his eyes. I think he had something even back then.

[riotgirlxx92]

I was only one year old when this was happening! Little did I know that years later i'd be seeing this dorky wee guy everywhere (:

[Chakoo32]

Hahaa :') I got scared when he got up from hi chair so suddenly and said 'FREE AT LAST!'

;D lawl at his purple bag/shirt

Even then he looked cute ^_^ xx

[degubamboo]

Hes really nervous! You can tell.

[MsWholigan]

Ah, the lovely David Tennant - even when he's wearing a purple bag for a shirt. ;-D

I graduated High School in '94 and remember this 'look' well. lol

[BAILEYxTENDO]

Is It Just Me Or Has David Tennant Not Aged A Day In His Life Lolz

And It's Funny I Was -3 Years Old When This Was Happening :)

[sezwheelz]

lmao we he says free at last

[sarah1228]

wow i was only 12 when he did this lol

very awesome

[Willow756]

he looks a ton better now!

[rcijeg]

men get better looking with age, women just get better! ............ David just gets more gorgeous with every year that passes, smile *crinkles* and all! ........ thank god he grew up, because 22 was not his best look! lol

[Ministf]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!

xD

So funny! :| :D

HILARIOUS! :D

[TheTennisprince]

do u have any other audition tapes???

[Keeltrice]

he looks pretty much the same except really really white like albino looking! hes like the same age I am now... well maybe a few months different I'm not 22 just yet

[violetflower91]

wow,... he was so young....

[CurtmanZ]

Very interesting looking fellow, very likable, great expressions and very believable. Well done mate, hope it all went well :)

[b0nzaiii]

he's extremely famous now so yes- I think things worked out for him quite well lol

[CurtmanZ]

Forgive my ignorance, but I did not know that and for me it did not matter. I really enjoyed his performance and even if he kept doing performances like this at this level without making it big you could still tell that he had it in him.

[paigehobo]

@CurtmanZ if you're interested he did get this part. It is called Taking Over The Asylum. He wasn't really famous until...well he was known in theatre and then got a role in a drama/musical called Blackpool, followed by a role in Harry Potter and a british miniseries Casanova. He is best known as The Doctor in long time running show Doctor Who. He had the part from 2005-2010.

[imnotlikeothergirls5]

holy cow he was 22 when i was born... and he still doesn't look any different

[malteeaser101]

@imnotlikeothergirls5 Well it's doctor who he can regenerate!

[samtropolis]

he was 19 when I was born and we were both born on April 18th.

[gr8Sweetfox]

@samtropolis me too LOL!!!!!

[Sarutoke333]

Wow that was hilarious!

About half way through, I lost track of what he was saying, but it was funny to watch! xD

[SexyPunkRockerina]

i just found that he's turnin 40 next year??!! he looks like he's in his early to mid 30s to me o.O anyone else surprised??

[spikelilgirl]

@SexyPunkRockerina Nope, he's got great genes! :)

[connetable]

Haha, love David! His skin looks completely translucent here :)

[knails]

he'll lose his virginity all right! he won't even have to look for a girl he'll be tackled in 5 seconds flat! :D

[livstar93]

lol. even with that dodgy hair do

[EloraSmith]

Aww he is so cute!!!

[angelheart757]

Ahh Bless! I loved Takin' over the asylum is was a great series.

[HIIIYAZZZ]

omg LMFAO

[RTMJDN]

he had got very strong scottish accent. now it's not so hearable...

[funkypixie500]

"at least its no kircaldy" haha omg this is the cutest thing iv ever seen he looks so wee he has defenately got better looking with age :)