David Tennant and Georgia Tennant attend a screening of “You, Me And Him” on March 29, 2018 in London, England ; David Tennant hugs his two daughters in May 2022.Credit : Dave J Hogan/Getty ; Georgia Tennant/Instagram

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David Tennant and his wife, Georgia Tennant (née Moffett), share five children
Over the years, they’ve welcomed Ty, Olive, Wilfred, Doris and Birdie
Three of his children are actors themselves

David Tennant and his wife, Georgia Tennant (née Moffett), not only played family on the hit BBC show Doctor Who, but they also created a real one off-screen.

David first met Georgia on the set of the sci-fi series when he was playing the titular role from 2005 to 2010. She starred alongside him as his genetically engineered daughter, Jenny, for the 2008 episode “The Doctor’s Daughter.”

Three years later, David and Georgia got married in 2011. They have since welcomed five children: Ty, Olive, Wilfred, Doris and Birdie.

Being a family of seven isn’t always easy. “I think parenting is often sentimentalized, and sort of cleaned-up for consumption, and in my own experience being a parent, it’s hit and miss, and full of triumphs and disasters,” David told Radio Times in July 2020.

Amidst the challenges, the Good Omens star sees the positives in having a “sofa full” of children. “It is great,” he said on The Jonathan Ross Show in December 2019. ”It’s a lot of work but there’s nothing like it, really.”

Here is everything David Tennant has said about fatherhood and his five children.

He’s a father of five

David Tennant smiles with wife Georgia Tennant and their 4 kids in November 2023.Georgia Tennant/Instagram

David became a father to two children in 2011. The Jessica Jones actor and Georgia welcomed their daughter Olive in March of that year. Additionally Georgia had a son, Ty, from a previous relationship, whom David adopted in 2011, per Hello!.

“My baby is almost a year old, and I adopted my wife’s boy last year as well, so I became a father twice in six months,” he told Absolute Radio in March 2012. “That’s got to be something of a record, hasn’t it?”

David and Georgia welcomed Wilfred in 2013, Doris in 2015 and Birdie in 2019, respectively.

Ty has spoken up about his family’s size

David Tennant with his 4 kids in November 2022.Georgia Tennant/Instagram

While appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden in May 2019, David told Corden that he and Georgia were expecting their fifth child. But Ty had something to say about the addition to the family.

“Five is a lot,” he said. “What’s really weird about it is we’re now getting lectures on birth control from our 17-year-old son. And that’s definitely meant to be the other way around.”

“He’s like, ‘Come on, do I need to teach you the basics?’ It’s mental. It’s a lot,” he continued.

Several of his children are actors

Ty Tennant and David Tennant attend the UK premiere of “Tolkien” in London, England ; Olive Tennant and David Tennant attend the “Mean Girls: The Musical” Opening Night on June 26, 2024 in London, England.Ian West/PA Images via Getty ; Karwai Tang/WireImage

Ty, Olive and Wilfred are following in their parents’ footsteps as actors. Ty has starred in several projects, including Tolkien, Doom Patrol, War of the Worlds, House of the Dragon and Good Omens, where he shared the screen with his father.

Olive, meanwhile, has been featured in You, Me and Him, Avoidance and Belfast, for which she won Best Newcomer 2022 at the National Film Awards.

Wilfred, the couple’s third child, burst onto the acting scene in 2017 playing the role of Sam in You, Me and Him, alongside their sister, Olive. They also landed a part in the BBC drama Casualty in 2022, starring as Joey Parker, a young boy who ventures into a city hospital looking to get his pet gerbil some help.

Tennant pranked his son at Comic-Con

David Tennant, Ty Tennant and Georgia Tennant attend a screening of “You, Me And Him” on March 29, 2018 in London, England.Dave J Hogan/Getty

During London’s Comic Con in November 2022 — which both Ty and David appeared at — the father of five found time to prank his son, per Today.

While Ty was doing a meet and greet, David stood behind his son and held up a sign that read, “He’s not that special!”

This came after David’s father-in-law, Peter Davidson — who starred as Doctor Who‘s Fifth Doctor in the ‘80s — started the joke at Wales Comic Con in April 2022. In an Instagram post, Georgia shared a photo of her father holding up a sign that read, “He’s not that special!” in front of a huge crowd there for David.

“’Here I am protesting in front of the half mile queue for your husband,’ ” Georgia captioned the snap.

His children are raised mainly out of the spotlight

David Tennant and his daughter in January 2023.Georgia Tennant/Instagram

While several of David’s kids are pursuing careers in showbusiness, he and his wife are cautious about sharing too many details about their children on social media.

“We’re not quite as squeamish as we were,” he told The Guardian in July 2020. “I don’t think we’ll ever be sharing pictures of our children in Hello! magazine, but I think a lot of that comes from an insecurity about being uncovered or invaded. The longer you’re together, the less that feels like a threat.”

David continued, “As our relationship was born out of people trying to stick lenses through windows, it’s taken us a long time to slough off that residual nervousness about sharing anything.”

His children are Doctor Who fans

David and Georgia Tennant’s baby daughter in November 2019.Georgia Tennant/Instagram

David’s children became Doctor Who fans at a young age.

“My wife and I met on Doctor Who and they saw a picture, they got wind of that,” he said while appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show in November 2015. “So they wanted to see it and they watched the episode we met on, and then they developed this kind of passion for it.”

Although Olive got upset watching her father leave the role, she quickly developed a love for the next Doctor, played by Matt Smith. “They’re fickle,” he added.

The couple’s youngest child, Birdie, has even gotten in on the action. Shortly after her birth in October 2019, Georgia posted a picture of the then-newborn laying down with her head turned toward the TV — which had none other than Doctor Who playing on it.

“Indoctrination,” the caption read.