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" David Tennant has suggested that fans always expected him to return to Doctor Who. The Scottish actor said that he was &amp;quot;thrilled&amp;quot; to reprise his role as the tenth Doctor for the first time since 2010 in 50th anniversary special, &amp;#039;The Day of the Doctor&amp;#039;.  &amp;quot;I think since I left, the expectation had been that I&amp;#039;d end up in this special, because there is a precedent for old Doctors coming back for a visit around the anniversary time,&amp;quot; Tennant explained. &amp;quot;I was thrilled because it&amp;#039;s a huge thing for Doctor Who and it&amp;#039;s a huge thing for television in general. Of the special&amp;#039;s landmark status, Tennant added: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re just trying to film the scenes the best you possibly can, so you sort of put aside the idea that you&amp;#039;re making something that is a moment in television history. The pressure of that would sort of paralyse you.&amp;quot;  Tennant also compared &amp;#039;The Day of the Doctor&amp;#039; to anniversary episodes from Doctor Who&amp;#039;s past, including 1983&amp;#039;s 20th anniversary special &amp;#039;The Five Doctors&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;I certainly remember when &amp;#039;The Five Doctors&amp;#039; was on, it was electrically exciting,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I hope that this [50th special] will have some of that buzz for today&amp;#039;s generation.&amp;quot; Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 50th special - written by Steven Moffat - is to be simulcast globally and screened in cinemas worldwide. &amp;amp;gt; Doctor Who Official &amp;#039;Day of the Doctor&amp;#039; trailer to air on Saturday Watch a teaser trailer for &amp;#039;The Day of the Doctor&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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